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Palestinians, not Philistines
By: Sami Shalom Chetrit
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In a September 9, 2005 editorial entitled, "The New Disorder in Gaza," Haaretz newspaper provides a to-date review of the conflict by waving a warning finger at the Palestinians: We have given you this second opportunity and you will be in big trouble if you miss it. The first opportunity given to the Palestinians was of course the deceitful, impossible and anti-Arab partition plan of 1947, which no one involved in its acceptance believed that it would actually hold together for more than one day. Certainly not the Zionists in Palestine who had already prepared the plan for "cleaning" the country (it should not be forgotten that the Arab armies entered the picture only on May 15, 1948, and much of the ethnic cleansing took place before). Then comes Haaretz to remind and warn us about another missed opportunity by "those who don't miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity," the most malicious clichי in this history of Zionism. "It is now an indisputable fact: Israel is giving. It is less clear that on the other side of the equation, the Palestinians are taking," writes Haaretz, with deception and denial. It is essential to set the record straight: Israel did not give anything. The "disengagement" was nothing more than a military withdrawal based on Israeli strategic considerations that has nothing to do with a peace process and certainly no concern for Palestinian welfare. No agreement was signed in any process, exactly in the same manner as the withdrawal from occupied land in southern Lebanon. How many times must we repeat the same mantra: you cannot give what is not yours, especially if it was taken by force from the other side and held by force for almost 40 years.
Haaretz is asking the Palestinians to restrain and disarm the forces of opposition. I did not hear any simultaneous calls from Haaretz for the occupying army to dismantle. This is the only equation here: as long as the ghettoization of Gaza and the West Bank continues, the opposition will continue, and the Palestinian Authority has no chance of restraining it, even if the PA was headed by the Israeli Minister of Security Issues, Gideon Ezra. The removal of the ghettoization implies the removal of all settlements and soldiers, up to the last of the lunatics in Hebron. That includes the removal of all the fences and walls up until the June 4, 1967 border, including Arab Jerusalem. There are maps and borders to which the Palestinians have already agreed, and Sharon has ignored since he placed his forces on the Temple Mount.
If Haaretz is asking for a fresh start, it should start with its own language, and stop immediately the use of the belittling and humiliating term they use in Hebrew for Palestine and the Palestinians. The required and correct name is `Palestine` and the adjective is `Palestinians`- written with the Hebrew `SAMECH` and `TET` and not `SIN and `TAV` – in a manner that looks and sounds of the biblical Philistines. Start using it and getting used to it, it will eventually sink in. Imagine if some newspaper were to decide in an ongoing and obsessive manner to write "fucks` (in Hebrew ZIYUNIM) instead of Zionists, or `Eis'raal` (has the Hebrew word poison in it) instead of Israel. Ha`aretz would print an editorial calling for an immediate stop to this cheap anti-Semitism.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by Khan 2.0, Jun 19, 2014.
I guess it wasn't 'officially' announced before?
I'm interested in what the release date will be. I feel Trek is better off in the Holiday season as opposed to the Summer trying to compete with action films.
I look forward to old Spock sending the crew off on a mission to go look for something. That's the plot sorted anyway. Titles are always harder to come up with.
summer 2016 so far:
• Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (WB) - 5/6
• Captain America 3 (BV) - 5/6
• Universal R-Rated Comedy (Uni.) - 5/13
• Alice in Wonderland 2 (BV) - 5/27
• X-Men: Apocalypse (Fox) - 5/27
• Sausage Party (Sony) - 6/3
• The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (Sony) - 6/10
• Finding Dory (BV) - 6/17
• How to Train Your Dragon 3 (Fox) - 6/17
• Angry Birds (Sony) - 7/1
• The BFG (BV) - 7/1
• Independence Day 2 (Fox) - 7/1
• Tarzan (2016) (WB) - 7/1
• Marvel Untitled (July 2016) (BV) - 7/8
• Ice Age 5 (Fox) - 7/15
• Untitled Next Bourne Chapter (Uni.) - 7/15
• King Arthur (2016) (WB) - 7/22
• Untitled Planet of the Apes (Fox) - 7/29
Late 2016 so far:
• Trolls (Fox) - 11/4
• Untitled 2016 Event Project (Uni.) - 11/4
• Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (WB) - 11/18
• Untitled Disney Animation (Nov. 2016) (BV) - 11/23
• Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 (Fox) - 12/16
• Untitled Star Wars (BV) - 12/16
• Untitled Illumination Entertainment (2016) (Uni.) - 12/21
Plus theres the small matter of Avatar 2 (& not forgetting the new Paramount announcements in OP)
if ST3 follows the release dates for ST09/STID, then it be either 5/13 or 5/20 (between CA3/SvB & XM:A)
I wonder if they'll end up going back to the November/December release date? Like the 20th, 25th and 30th anniversaries. Spend several months leading up to it, heavily publicising that 2016 is Star Trek's 50th? Big TV celebration in September and unveil the full version of a trailer.
*Thanks to George Lucas.
September 8th, "The Man Trap", would be cool. But it's the end of summer and the start of school. what about on Christmas? Abrams wanted to launch Star Trek on this day.
Looking at the list above, I'd go with June or November for safety's sake.
I thought one (or both) of those movies got their release date changed?
not yet
All I'll say is Bring it onnnnnn!!!!!!!.
agreed...we would not want to get in the way of "Alvin and the Chipmunks 4: Chipped Teeth" now, would we?...
While I was thinking more of the planned Star Wars movie, you are quite right. Save the Chipmunks!
May it be as glorious as Doctor Who's big 50. Best of luck to Orci!
We've been hearing about the director, writers and story tidbits for the past couple of months. I never doubted that there would be a Star Trek 3 in 2016!
I hear Benicio Del Toro is up for the part of the villain.
As Captain Garth
I think that if Star Trek's opening date is close to ANY of these films, it will do just fine.
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About 400 workers at the chain's Richfield, Minn., head office will lose their jobs as the company looks to cut costs. The move its part of new CEO Hubert Joly's effort to lower expenses by $725 million, the Los Angeles Times notes.
Staff cuts at its headquarters are expected to save Best Buy about $150 million. While the current layoffs only affect office staff and no stores are yet slated to close, the company said that additional workforce reductions are expected in the coming months.
Joly was recruited to lead the struggling big box electronics retailer's turnaround back in August.
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Time to add some heart to the immigration shambles
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The Federal Government must accept responsibility for the damage it is doing to Naomi Leong, who has been incarcerated in Villawood detention centre for all of her short life ("Free to find her true colours, if only for a day", Herald, May 19). When Naomi's mother was picked up for overstaying her visa, she should have been deported quickly, especially once it became clear that she was pregnant. Having allowed Ms Leong to give birth to a stateless baby in Australia, the Immigration Department must ensure that this innocent child does not continue to be deprived of a normal life because of its incompetence.
L.M. Andrews Faulconbridge
Stateless Naomi Leong is rationed to three hours playgroup a week. What is the name and performance bonus awarded to the loyal servant of the people who made that decision?
Richard Ure Epping
Naomi Leong might be technically stateless but she was born and raised in Australia. Unless Villawood has been excised from Australia, she is Australian. When are she and her mother going to be released? It is neither fair nor reasonable to raise a child in detention, regardless of her mother's actions. Sometimes compromises need to be made in order to do the right thing. To stand by on a technicality in this instance is morally reprehensible.
The Immigration Department should have bitten the bullet before this case became public and made an exception of Virginia Leong and granted residency. Now that the case has been made public, John Howard, Amanda Vanstone and their inhuman team will feel compelled to fight tooth and nail to deny a woman and her innocent child the right to citizenship, lest it encourage other "illegal" women to become pregnant and somehow "cheat" the system.
This tiny family has to be allowed to stay in Australia and be welcomed as citizens. Anything else is unconscionable in any civilised society.
Gemma Tamock Bondi Beach
Just think, Prime Minister and Immigration Minister, of the major political bonus and PR bonanza coming your way if you relaxed the immigration laws in relation to visa overstayer, Virginia Leong and her daughter.
How many Herald readers, do you think, looked into the eyes of three-year-old Naomi in the front page photograph and thought, "to hell with setting a precedent, to hell with red tape, stop this cruelty, release this little girl from detention immediately and give her a chance in our lucky country"? With nothing to lose and all to gain, use the power the Australian people, wisely or otherwise, gave you.
Max Fischer Scarborough
I hold Amanda Vanstone responsible for the torture of three-year-old Naomi Leong. After Cornelia Rau and Vivian Alvarez, she and her Government are morally bankrupt on this issue. The sight on TV of Senator Vanstone acting like she cares about the gross abuse of these people sickens me. If she really cared she could stop the abuse of Naomi immediately.
Adam Hunt Bondi
Time is running out for the East Timor 50, who are being forced out of a country they embraced. Why, Amanda Vanstone, why? At least tell them why, instead of hiding behind a ruling.
Joan Brown Orange
Indira Naidoo ("Alvarez case raises dark questions", Herald, May 19), the deep irony of Vivian Alvarez's story isn't that people will soon forget her in favour of Big Brother. The biggest irony is that as she was deported into the care of the Mother Teresa sisters, she was in much safer and more caring hands than she would have been had she stayed in Australia. Had she remained here, she would have either been thrown into detention or treated under our crippled public mental health system, and probably would have ended up living on the streets.
Cathy Bannister Kaleen (ACT)
Indira Naidoo believes there is an Australian conspiracy to deport all those with genetically enhanced tans. That's why Alvarez and Rau were whisked away but wait, I'm sure Ms Rau wasn't tanned? Does Ms Naidoo seriously present Australia as a country where thousands of tanned people fear to walk the streets at night, afraid they will be caught in an immigration net and deported? Please, Indira, hyperbole is neither helpful nor truthful. I'm not sure of your aim, but basing a whole country's psyche on one single deportation is deceitful.
Richard Gray Northbridge
Farmers protect their most valuable asset: the land
Ah yes, attack the farmers. I'm assuming that when letters for yesterday's page were written, the authors were wearing neither cotton nor woollen clothing, nor leather shoes or belt. And obviously all they had eaten was some fungus they found clinging to the (uncarpeted, uncurtained) walls of their houses.
If they decide to get out of nice public-servant suburbia, they will find farmers are incredibly environmentally aware and practise sustainable farming. A farmer's livelihood hinges on how happy and productive the land is; it is senseless to purposely destroy it, and so they don't. Pure and simple.
Donna Weckert Orange
I feel compelled to let Bruce Duncan (Letters, May 19) know that we can live without swimming pool retailers, ice-cream shops and nurseries because they provide non-essential luxuries. Farmers provide necessary products for us to live, and that's why we need to support them in these hard times. End of story.
Stephen O'Connell Middle Arm
Bruce Duncan, farmers qualify for government assistance because they provide much of the fresh food on our tables (plus a large slab of our exports). When your local swimming pool shop does the same, it'll probably get the same assistance. Or did you think your milk came from a carton?
Dan Meijer Artarmon
Ian Shayler (Letters, May 18) fears falling dam levels may one day prevent him from adding water to his scotch. However, on behalf of whisky enthusiasts everywhere, I urge him to change his ways. After all, a typical bottle of scotch is 40 per cent alcohol by volume, which means his whisky is already 60 per cent water! Ian, do both your palate and the dam levels a favour and enjoy your scotch neat. As a distillery worker once told me: "The only thing worth adding to scotch is more scotch."
Andrew Derbidge Malt Whisky Society of Australia, North Ryde
We country bumpkins are awaiting with interest the day when you city slickers turn your tap on and nothing comes out.
Robert McKittrick Mudgee
Ghouls gather round to gawp at Schapelle
There is clearly more than one Worm at Channel Nine. What a disgrace that the grubs at the network took a human tragedy and used it for commercial gain. Just as bad are the companies that purchased advertising space during the program and, even worse, the viewers who participated in this charade which will be irrelevant to the outcome for Schapelle Corby.
What next from Nine in its ratings battle? A rent-a-crowd opinion and SMS poll on whether Kylie will be cured of cancer?
Todd Kelly Brighton (Qld)
Wednesday night's TV guide, Schapelle's Nightmare: the Untold Story (includes Lotto at 8.40pm), made me so perturbed as to invite comment. But I honestly don't know what to say.
Andrew Wood Farmborough Heights
What is the lowest common denominator? Nine.
Henry Slater Lindfield
More than bullying
If the facts are as outlined in your story "Minister criticised for failure to redress balance in harassment case" ( Herald, May 19) in the case of the female naval officer seeking compensation, then it is not "yet another example of bullying and harassment in the military". It is an example of an evil empire at work. All school careers advisers should read this article. The ball is in your court, Angus Houston.
Margaret Sim Epping
Full of beans
While I do not condone the abuse of stimulants in sport, how many of those outraged by the use of caffeine by professional athletes head straight for the coffee machine at work each day?
Kate Greenwood Jindabyne
It missed the bus
Claire Conolly (Letters, May 18) is under a misapprehension. The object in Railway Square is not a bus shelter. It's an architectural statement that bears no relation to the surrounding old, not unattractive (mainly) buildings and was clearly designed by a government someone who has never experienced a squally Sydney summer downpour. Off with his/her head and bring back the bullnose roof.
Phil Rodwell Redfern
Claire, the shelter was renovated just before the 2000 Olympics when many efforts were made to hide the city's embarrassing homeless people. An additional touch is seats that are impossible to sleep on.
Stuart Khan Thirroul
The reason you get no protection in Railway Square is the bus shelter has never been built. All that's there is a heap of materials waiting for the builder to arrive.
Jim Henderson Summer Hill
Oh, what a killer
What more confirmation do we need that four-wheel-drives are marketed to arrogant, brutal drivers than the hoarding on Victoria Road, Drummoyne, advertising a Toyota killing machine: the picture taken from the point of view of a small child in front of the massive machine with the slogan: "Get in or get out of the way."
Martin Brown East Ryde
A lone voice
I'm not sure I would always agree with George Galloway's policies but it was so refreshing to see him telling the US Senate some home truths this week ("You have nothing on me, Galloway tells accusers", Herald, May 19). I was getting so inured to lies and obfuscation from politicians it was a pleasant surprise to hear someone cutting through the bullshit. No wonder he just won a seat in the British election; I might have voted for him myself out of gratitude.
Pauline Reynolds Belfield
Political class fails
The Vinson report on the condition of state schools confirms what most of us in the community already know from simple observation ("Verdict on state schools: shoddy", Herald, May 19).
It is also interesting that the suspicion of many about the transfer of expenditure from many different parts of the state budget during the Olympics to prop up that horrendously expensive exercise has been confirmed. That has left us with many new and heavily underused white elephant sporting facilities, accompanied by under-maintained schools, hospitals, public transport and other vital infrastructure. Nothing could better illustrate the short-term orientation of most of our political class.
Les MacDonald Balmain
Libs of different colours
Sorry Alex Hawke ("Young Lib taunts the wets: go to the Greens", Herald, May 18), we in the moderate wing of the Liberal Party are not going anywhere. You should remember the Liberal Party is a broad church. Some of us just sit in different pews.
Brett Thomas Oyster Bay
Bosses have needs, too
While I sympathise with casual workers for their lack of job security, I must take issue with the views of Anna Hough (Letters, May 19). She says "many employers of casuals are often concerned only with their profit margin".
Employers are just like everyone else, Anna. Of course they are interested in their profit margin. This is what feeds and shelters them and their families.
Many small-to-medium businesses have moved to employing casuals because it is nigh on impossible to dismiss or lay off non-performing or surplus permanent staff without paying huge sums in wrongful dismissal claims or retrenchment packages. It is far simpler to employ casuals, albeit at higher award rates. Can you blame them?
Paul Stevens Chatswood
Information saves lives
I fully agree with Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke about the need to torture to get information to save innocent people's lives ("The 'yes' case can outweigh the 'no' ", Herald, May 17). I wonder how all those "anti" letter-writers (May 18) would react if one or more of their loved ones were blown up by terrorists? On whose side are they - the terrorists' or the innocent victims'?
M. Blake Mount Kuring-gai
Don't cut and run
It seems Kim Beazley was able to enjoy his trip to Tasmania as he shared Paul Lennon's collaboration with John Howard over the new forestry arrangements ("Beazley nod on forests deal angers Greens", Herald, May 17).
I think Kim has been a little too reserved at a time when reserves are too little. It's time for him to stand up and send a clear and uncut message on the environment. In fact, the more uncut the better.
David Gunter Stanmore
On paper, there's a fight at the end of the tunnel
Can Michael Costa explain what happens when the smooth coloured tube shown in the Cross City Tunnel diagram meets the crowded "real life" road immediately beyond the exit at Rushcutters Bay?
Ann Renwick Darling Point
Shower cap
Can writers please think more carefully about the consequences their letters can have? I had almost convinced my wife to take a Watson when she raised a new condition: I would have to wear a sheath.
Michael Parker Ainslie (ACT)
Laws unto themselves
Has anyone else noticed that vehicles that obstruct intersections and run red lights in the city seem more often than not to be government buses?
Paul Ellercamp Haberfield
A question of rhetoric
More than 40 per cent of letters in yesterday's Herald end with a question. Is the rhetorical question alive and well?
David Atkinson Beecroft
Cracking the code
I've seen that in certain circles it is regarded as tres trendy not to have read The Da Vinci Code. My 80-year-old dad has not even heard of it. Now that's one super-cool dude.
Colin Beszant Moss Vale
A poor substitute
Why isn't there an Australian poorest 200 list? You know, to balance it all out ("If I were a rich man and now I am", Herald, May 19).
Ray Smith Blacktown
Survival instincts
Lee Cass (Letters, May 18) asks how people of the 1940s survived without a water bottle or a mobile phone. The hatted and overcoated people I've seen in these old photos were mainly males, and they survived (a) without water, because water was a goodly component of their beer in the six o'clock swill, and (b) without mobile phones, because the "little woman" would be waiting in the station car park whatever the hour.
Rosemary O'Brien Georges Hall
The other day I, too, was looking at a photo of a city street of about the 1940s. Not only was there not a water bottle or a mobile phone to be seen, but nor was there a four-wheel-drive in sight. I repeat: how on Earth did these people survive?
Mike Clear Penrith
Coogee's close call
The letter suggesting Australia is the 51st state of the US (Letters, May 14-15) reminds me of a milk bar I knew in the 1950s. It was at Coogee, near the aquarium, and had a jukebox with all the latest US top 40 hits, and was very popular with the local bodgies and widgies. It was called the "49th State". Of course, then the US had only 48 states.
Bill Pope Redfern


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Kanye West Performs a Medley and Jokes Around with Seth Meyers on 'Late Night'
"Life is life," West said. "There are ups and downs and they will give an eight year old the best pumpkin at any given time and you just have to be prepared for these type of things."
West also talked about fatherhood and his new music, saying that his new album will have "artistic, intellectual, kid-friendly songs" now that he's a father. West went on to tell Meyers that being a dad has changed "everything." "In my approach to life, in everything, it's changed it," he said.
But don't worry, he'll still be cursing: "It'd be like if you sat down and talked to Quentin Tarantino and was like, 'Are you gonna make G-rated movies now?' … It's Quentin Tarantino."
Also on the show, Kanye performed a medley of some of his top songs, including "Jesus Walks," "Touch the Sky," "Stronger," "Heartless," "All of the Lights," "Mercy" and "Black Skinhead."


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The future of Canberra's central information technology agency has been thrown into doubt after the publication of a report into the federal government's implementation of a controversial spending review.
Former National E-Health Transition Authority chief executive Ian Reinecke was appointed by the Department of Finance in April to assess its performance in carrying out the recommendations of the Gershon review, which led to billion-dollar information and communications technology (ICT) spending cuts over four years. Dr Reinecke's report was released yesterday by Special Minister of State
One of Dr Reinecke's recommendations was for the Finance Department to conduct a thorough assessment of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), which had led the Gershon implementation on its behalf, to consider whether its two major roles of policy development and facilitating delivery should be functionally separated.
". . . the expectations placed on AGIMO were unsustainable, and its role and structure need to be reconsidered," Dr Reinecke wrote in his report.
Doubts surrounding AGIMO's future were revealed by The Australian Financial Review in August after the Labor government withdrew $448 million earmarked for reinvestment in technology. The removal of funds followed Dr Reinecke's report being handed to then finance minister Lindsay Tanner in June.
Dr Reinecke said some agencies found it difficult to deliver on their Gershon savings targets. Chief information officers criticised AGIMO for taking a uniform approach to cost cuts and some reported supplementing ICT savings by making cuts in other areas. Four agencies complained that the cuts would affect public services and had their targets reduced.
"There is also a concern, shared with the supplier industry, that the savings targets have had the effect of promoting the perception that ICT budgets should be treated as costs to be contained, rather than an investment leading to greater productivity," Dr Reinecke said.
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Mr Birks said the report's publication was a good opportunity to revisit the intent of the Gershon recommendations, the level of success in implementing them and what could be learned for the future.
"Industry has become more and more disappointed with the outcomes achieved in the federal government [ICT] reform program," Mr Birks said. "It's become less and less strategic and increasingly focused on cost."
In response to industry criticisms that government has lacked a strategic IT vision, Dr Reinecke recommended the appointment of a chief technology officer. This model is used by the Obama administration in the United States, with the CTO concentrating on strategic use of technology, while the CIO is focused on implementation.
Former federal government information chief Kevin Noonan supported the idea but said there would need to be clear delineation between the roles. "Some sort of separation to ensure that operational focus doesn't swamp strategy is good, but you can't have two leaders driving things," he said. "You need to have somebody who is pulling it all together."
Mr Gray said he would consult with Dr Reinecke and other experts from government and industry before developing a plan.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Great photo, Jim! I guess Mr. Orangie is part of the family :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Like a second child! LOL!Delete
Super photo Jim, I'm sure Sophie thinks Mr Oraangie is one of the family as well.ReplyDelete
Cheers to all, Jean. p.s. Any Dancing today? yesterday's story was beautiful, take the moment and do what you love doing to the best you can, and all else does not really matter at all.Replies
Thanks so much Jean. Yes it's important to do what we love to do to the best of our ability. Sophie has a dance every morning after her meal with one of her 'babies'/toys!!Delete
Sophie, sorry, spelling mistake, too many "a's".Apologies to Mr Orangie.Cheers, Jean.ReplyDelete
Fun pic!!!ReplyDelete
It was fun to play around with it, Bruno.Delete
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Thanks Debra!Delete
hey Dad ~~~ did I do good?ReplyDeleteReplies
You always do good Soph!Delete
G.M., Jim,ReplyDelete
Cool shot! I want a mirror like that for each corner of the house! I have product envy!Replies
LOL! Now you can't see everything that may or may not be going on around you!! A good security system though I guess.Delete
Very interesting shot!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Lisa.Delete
O-oh.. I gasped when I saw that photo. Just love it, Jim!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Carol. It is the only one in this park and is used for cyclists and runners I guess. I hope to have more fun with it again.Delete
Cool picture, Jim.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Inger. I had seen this mirror for years and the other day decided to 'use' it!Delete
I like this!ReplyDeleteReplies
I 'played' with it a bit, Pat, and ended up with this. So many more possibilities!Delete
Awww... So coool!ReplyDelete
That is so cool!ReplyDelete
Very clever shot, Jim, and you know I'm such a fan of Mr. Orangie!ReplyDelete
I love it : )ReplyDelete
I don't know who Mr. Orangie is....I will go searching and figure it out.


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You may not be the only person with this information: once you decide to go forward, do so without delay. If someone files a case before yours, you may be too late.
You may be tempted to go to the newspapers with your information: do not make your information public if you wish to file a case.
The False Claims Act only covers fraud on the government: if it is not public money, it is not a False Claims Act case.
The False Claims Act ("FCA") makes it possible for members of the public to file qui tam lawsuits against individuals or companies who defrauded the federal or certain states' governments. In this way whistleblowers may recover the money which the government has lost. Many whistleblowers (known as relators) are employees or former employees of the fraudulent parties but may also be customers, outside contractors, or even patients.
The FCA was originally enacted during the Civil War because unscrupulous defense contractors sold the Union Army defective rifles and ammunition and sick pack animals. President Abraham Lincoln pioneered the legislation and in 1863 the False Claims Act or "Lincoln Law" was enacted.
Today, unscrupulous defense contractors are still defrauding the government; with reports of ineffective body armor; kickbacks for supply contracts; and defective helicopters. Such fraud is also rampant in the supply of pharmaceuticals; off-label marketing; kickbacks to doctors in the form of lucrative speaking engagements and all expense paid weekends in the sun; as well as defective medical devices.
The FCA makes a defendant liable for three times the government's losses plus a fine for each false claim. Congress decided to give whistleblowers a share of the recoveries that result from qui tam lawsuits to give people a strong incentive to step forward and take the personal and professional risks involved in reporting fraud. Under the False Claims Act, whistleblowers are entitled to up to 30 percent of the government's damages.
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What Are The Gobshites Saying These Days?
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Being our semi-regular weekly survey of the state of Our National Dialogue which is, as we know, what Louis Armstrong would have come up with had he composed "Potato Head Cheese."
Before we begin, we should make note of the permanent departure from this vale of derp of our old friend, and one of the stars of our semi-regular weekly survey,the Dancin' Master. Andrea Mitchell Greenspan sat in for him, as the Dancin' Master declined to help NBC humiliate him publicly any further. He climbed down off the luxurious clothesline where he'd been hung out to dry and vanished from the scene, leaving AMG to eulogize him for the giant of broadcast journalism that he was. As most of you probably know, he is going to be replaced by my man Chuck Todd. As far as I know, there exists no tape of my man Chuck's doing the electric slide with any political carnivores, so that will be the last time we see that wonderful video around these parts. But I expect my man Chuck to follow the footprints laid down on the floor by the Dancin' Master, but with numbers!. Or maybe they'll just turn the whole thing into a quiz show featuring people in strange costumes and co-starring the ghost of Peggy Cass. That's the way I'm rooting, anyway.
Because, if nothing else, the ongoing events in Ferguson, Missouri show just how untethered from the reality of the lives lived by most Americans this weekly Sunday kabuki truly is. Every one of The Sunday Showz tried to deal with an ongoing event that simply cannot be wedged into our current who's-up-who's-down?, win the morning (!) political paradigm. Oh, AMG put the oddly invisible governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, on the spit for a bit but, otherwise, it sounded like, in the immortal words of Crash Davis, Martians talking about a fungo.
(Nixon, it should be said, hit for the Sunday slam, appearing on all three networks, probably to counteract the rumors that he was abducted by aliens just about the time Michael Brown was shot. He told old pal Martha Raddatz on This Week With The Clinton Guy shocked by blowjobs, that he had been shocked -- SHOCKED! -- by the overreaction of the local suburban Rambo cops: Yeah, all of us were thunderstruck by the pictures we saw. I mean, the overmilitarization, the IMRAPs rolling in, the guns pointed at kids in the street, all of that I think instead of ratcheting down, brought emotion up. And that's why I made the unique decision to bring in our highway patrol, to have a local leader, Captain Johnson from that community in that community, which he has been, and to put a much different face on law enforcement there, and I think it has paid off while respecting and allowing the appropriate first amendment rights for people to grieve and to speak. I rather think the only relevantly thunderstruck people in Ferguson were the people at whom the tanks were aimed, as opposed to people terrified by the photos of them. )
Take, for example, AMG's bamfoozlement over the militarized police forces now prowling the streets.
MITCHELL: But a lot of people, Mayor, were shocked by the militarization that we saw on Wednesday night. And we've seen this started in 1996 and 1997 as an anti-drug war component. But then it became armored vehicle, the kind of surplus defense vehicles.
Where in the unholy fk have these people been? It's not just the damned equipment, although arming your locals as though they were beat cops in Fallujah never made any sense. It's the attitude that comes with the equipment, the attitude that allows your average local chief of police to decide he's Patton on the way to Bastogne. No-knock warrants. SWAT teams to conduct simple drug busts. The very concept of a "war" on some drugs -- or, indeed, a "war" on terror --leads to the inescapable conclusion on the part of police that they should arm themselves as though an actual war was going on. This "started," Andrea, in the mid-1980's, and it was black folks in the cities that saw it first. Hell, "trigger-happy policin'" was one of the elements cited in Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," and that was in 1969. All that's changed is the available weaponry.
But the House Cup this week has to go to Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post, who was visiting on CBS with all-conquering former Grand Armee embed Bob Schieffer, and who seemed to cling to the notion that, first and foremost, this particular president's first duty is to be a vehicle of racial conciliation whose primary function is not to make the situation any more volatile than the tanks did.
MARCUS: I would say the only way, the only point on which I disagree slightly with what has been said before is I think the president is actually struck a very good balanced tone here, because he is at the head of a criminal investigation and he doesn't want to go too far in overstepping the bounds there while he wants to make sure that he calms the waters...I guess the facts of what they're doing to me, the FBI agents, the investigation, the second autopsy speak even more loudly than anything the president might be able to say.
Translation from the original weaselspeak: "If the president talks like a black person, he's going to get shredded by the born-in-Kenya crowd, so let's not disturb the horses."
Luckily, Michael Eric Dyson was there as a blessed corrective.
DYSON: No, there is not an either or, you can deploy political strategies and public policies that. At the same time we need his leadership, his vision, his unique style. He's an oratorical genius. Deploy that in defense of the people from whom he learned that oratorical genius and to defend those vulnerable populations, especially white people whose white privilege in one sense obscures from them what it means what it means that their children can walk home every day and be safe. They are not fearful of the fact that somebody will kill their child who goes to get some iced-tea and some candy from a store. Until that quality is brought the president bears a unique responsibility and burden to tell that truth.
There is no centrist position here, no both-sides-do-it dodge behind which the Beltway media can hide. (And the performance of people like Ryan Reilly and Wesley Lowery last week put every talking head to shame.) Dyson brought the straight truth. There is only one side. Children should not be shot down and left in the street for four hours. Debating that makes cowards of us all.


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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The perfect season for Utah's gymnastics team vanished in the short time it took Florida to whip out a couple vaults Friday.
Third-ranked Florida (8-2) handed the Utes (10-1) their first loss, taking a 197.700-196.875 in Florida's O'Connell Center in front of 4,274. The defeat leaves Utah's 1993 team (17-0) as the program's only team to go unbeaten through the regular season.
Funny though how wins and losses can be perceived by teams. Even though they lost, the Utes felt better about their performance than they did a week ago when they struggled to beat Oregon State 196.300-195.150.
"People are going to say, 'Oh you aren't undefeated anymore,' " sophomore Annie DiLuzio said. "But that doesn't really matter. We had some mistakes, but it's about learning and growing from those and the experiences and coming out on top in the end."
Florida's total was its second-best of the season as the Gators celebrated their senior night with a statement win.
Florida's next competition is the SEC Championships on March 29.
Neither team had a fall, and Florida finished out the meet on the floor with all but one gymnast earning a 9.9 or higher as there were Gator chomps and praises all around.
Florida's Amanda Castillo won the all-around with a 39.625, marking the first time this season Utah's Ashley Postell hasn't taken home the award.
"I don't know if we can do much better than that," Florida coach Rhonda Faehn said. "We just put everything together and that's what you want to do at this point in the season."
The difference between the teams for most of the night was less than 0.4, but the few tenths of a point might as well have been five points for all the luck Utah had in overcoming it.
Even though the Utes never counted a fall and the only major break was a step out on floor by Kristina Baskett, Utah couldn't chip into the 0.325 the Gators earned on the first rotation and lost ground instead as the meet progressed. It wasn't like the Utes folded, like they did last season at Georgia; Florida just never allowed them to catch up.
"We came in here in a tough situation, and the girls did a good job all the way through," Utah coach Greg Marsden said. "But we ran into a Florida team that was on fire."
Losing the perfect record was disappointing, junior Kristina Baskett said, but not crushing.
"We can't be all pissed off we lost, that wouldn't help us," she said. "It's going to help us all get better, and even though it was better than last week, we can all improve, including myself."
Florida opened with a 49.375 on the vault, scoring nothing lower than a 9.825, while the Utes posted a 49.05 on the uneven bars, their third-lowest score of the year.
The Utes didn't have any big breaks on the bars, but they didn't get many big scores either with Baskett's 9.9 being the team high.
The Utes didn't make up any of the scoring on the vault, where they are ranked No. 1 nationally, earning a 49.4 while the Gators posted the same on the uneven bars.
Postell led with a 9.95 and Baskett and Kyndal Robarts both had 9.9s.
Even with a solid floor rotation the Utes lost ground to Florida on the balance beam, trailing by 0.4 after the event.
With the gap widening, it was obvious only a Florida meltdown on the floor that would force the Gators to count a fall would preserve Utah's perfect record. It didn't happen as the Gators closed out the meet with a season high floor score of 49.6 that was just .05 short of the school record.
"I'm not sure they can be better, but I know we can do better than we did tonight," Marsden said. "We had a lot of missed handstands and little deductions I could go through every event and talk about. They are a very good team, and we are too."
* IN SHORT: Utah loses its first meet of the season, and its third straight to Florida in the regular season.
* KEY MOMENT: The Utes fall behind in the first rotation and never catch up to the Gators.
* KEY STAT: Senior Ashley Postell doesn't win the all-around, ending her streak of eight straight wins.
Vault: Ashley Postell (Utah) 9.95
Uneven bars: Amanda Castillo (Florida), Melanie Sinclair (Florida), Kristina Baskett (Utah) 9.9
Balance beam: Ashley Reed (Florida) and Amanda Castillo (Florida) 9.9
Floor: Corey Hartung (Florida) and Amanda Castillo (Florida) 9.95
All-around: Amanda Castillo (Florida) 39.625
First rotation: Florida 49.375 (V), Utah 49.05 (UB) - Utah trails .325
Second rotation: Florida (UB) 49.4, Utah (V) 49.4 - Utah trails .325
Third rotation: Florida (BB) 49.325, Utah (F) 49.25 - Utah trails .4
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CAIRO – Six months after Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi became Egypt's president after crushing his opponents, criticism of his regime is either whispered or left unspoken amid stifling curbs on freedom of expression.
A deadly crackdown on Islamist supporters of Sissi's predecessor, Mohammed Morsi, whom he ousted last year, has generated a climate of fear at train and bus stations, public squares and cafes, activists say.
Not only are the once reviled police back on the streets in full force, but so is a band of loyal "citizen informants" ready to pounce on any critic.
Activists accuse Sissi of installing a regime even more authoritarian than that of veteran Hosni Mubarak, who quit in early 2011 amid protesters' chants of "bread, democratic freedom and social justice."
Activists say they now have to be more cautious to evade the witch hunt launched by the authorities and regime loyalists aimed at silencing any dissent.
Their advice? Don't air political views in public, secure your mobile phone and meet only at trusted places.
Leftist activist Abdel Rahman is still shaken by what he witnessed in September.
While heading home in a minibus, he heard a woman criticize Sissi and encourage another passenger to say what he thought.
As the bearded passenger began expressing a critical view, she called the police to arrest the man she denounced as "a terrorist member of the Muslim Brotherhood," which the authorities last December designated a "terrorist" organization.
"The man was pulled out of the bus, beaten and arrested," Abdel Rahman said.
"Now I tell my friends not to talk politics when using public transport, or in the streets or cafes," Abdel Rahman said at the headquarters of a leftist youth movement.
What he saw was not a one-off.
On Saturday, two British Egyptians were detained briefly at a Cairo metro station after another passenger complained they said in English there could be violence on Jan. 25, the fourth anniversary of the anti-Mubarak revolt.
Karim Taha of the April 6 movement, a key anti-Mubarak youth group, said that even Morsi's brief year in power was better than what was happening today.
"We were able to meet in public gardens" then, he said. "Now it's just impossible."
Ahmed, 27, was detained for nine days in January after he was overheard discussing politics on the phone with a friend.
"If someone in the street or subway asks about your political views, you're afraid to say what you really think given the security crackdown," said Ahmed, using a fictitious name for security reasons.
Meanwhile, the authorities pour praise on citizen informers who they say are helping to ensnare members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Since January, tip-offs from whistle-blowers have "significantly increased, leading to the arrest of several mid-ranking Muslim Brotherhood leaders," said Hani Abdel Latif, a spokesman for the interior ministry .
"It's positive — the citizen is aware of the dangers and challenges of the moment," he said, insisting that the police made sure no innocent citizens were detained.
Youssef Salhen, a spokesman for Students Against the Coup, a group opposing Morsi's ouster, said he never talks politics when on public transit.
He said he also uses a special app to hide photos of anti-government rallies on his mobile phone, and even his friends do not know where he lives.
Salhen is stopped regularly by the police in the street or on the subway because of his beard, the visible giveaway of an Islamist.
Citizen informers are also encouraged by the media, according to Sherif Mohi El-Din at rights watchdog the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
In November, popular television presenter Tawfik Okasha, a known critic of the Islamists, urged his viewers to launch "popular resistance" against the Brotherhood.
"If you're on the bus, in the subway, on the train . . . it is necessary to confront them and strike them," he said.
Many Egyptians agree with Okasha.
"I'd turn in my own son if he was in the Brotherhood," said truck driver Saad al-Kashef as he sipped tea at a central Cairo cafe. "We have to stand with the government and the army."
What Kashef said he would do actually happened with Safey Ali El-Din, a former member of the April 6 group.
His own mother handed him in to police for being critical of the Sissi regime, and he was held for four days.
"My mum's a housewife," said El-Din, who has now quit the youth movement. "She listens to television anchors who say activists are traitors trying to destroy the country."


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1. Re: past 1 year/6 months data by having creation date in the meta dataBranchbird - Pat Nov 16, 2012 1:22 PM (in response to 664493)Hi Indhu,
You're definitely on the right track here. Anytime that I need to leverage a difference between two attribute values (amounts, dates, etc.) in a where clause, I do something like this:
DEFINE test AS SELECT
DaysSinceEpoch1 AS TransactionDate,
TodayDaysSinceEpoch AS CurrentDate,
TodayDaysSinceEpoch - DaysSinceEpoch1 AS Diff,
TransactionId As TransactionId,
FormattedDate As NicelyFormattedDate
WHERE Diff < 180;
Basically, you "promote" the difference between the current date and the date in your fact table to an attribute using EQL and then use that as the comparison value. In the current version (EID 2.3), you can only have constants on the right side of a comparison (=, <, <=, etc.) in EQL so this is the way you work around it.
Hope that helps, if any of this is unclear, feel free to post/send your EQL and I can take a look.
Patrick Rafferty
2. Re: past 1 year/6 months data by having creation date in the meta data920244 Nov 16, 2012 2:56 PM (in response to Branchbird - Pat)Actually, we removed the restriction on comparison operators in EID 2.3; you may now use an arbitrary expression on either side of these operators.
However, writing
WHERE TodayDaysSinceEpoch - DaysSinceEpoch1 < 180
results in a type error, because the difference of two DateTime values is a Duration, not an integer. You'll need to use something like the following instead:
WHERE TodayDaysSinceEpoch - DaysSinceEpoch1 < TO_DURATION('P180D')
The format for duration literals in EQL is the same as it is for ingest; you can find this described in the docs at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35822_01/server.740/es_data_loading/toc.htm#duration%20property
Hope this helps,
3. Re: past 1 year/6 months data by having creation date in the meta dataBranchbird - Pat Nov 16, 2012 3:21 PM (in response to 920244)Richard,
Good to know about the right side restriction being removed.
One clarification:
The statement I referenced above would have DaysSinceEpoch as an integer, not a duration/datetime per the "usual magic" that is traditionally done to enrich dates on an implementation prior to the introduction of "date math" in 2.3. For example, today (11/16/2012) being 15,561 days since epoch minus whatever transaction date (expressed in # of days since epoch) is less than 180. I should've been more explicit in my typing.
4. Re: past 1 year/6 months data by having creation date in the meta data664493 Nov 27, 2012 6:42 AM (in response to Branchbird - Pat)Hi Patrick,
We have the attribute creation_date in our meta data.We do not have any sysdate there. Do we need to load sysdate and then do a diff as you have suggested,
DEFINE test AS SELECT
creationdate AS creationdate ,
sysdate AS CurrentDate,
sysdate - creationdate AS Diff
WHERE Diff < TO_DURATION('P180D');
Please assist further.
5. Re: past 1 year/6 months data by having creation date in the meta dataBranchbird - Pat Nov 27, 2012 5:48 PM (in response to 664493)Hi Indhu,
Yes, I was referencing the common pattern where you load in Date Records into the index to assist with your calculations. The LQL below is really just "pseudocode".
For example, if you had an attribute called RecordType with 2 values: Calendar and RealData where all the actual records are tagged with RecordType=RealData and you have a single record in the index that is tagged with RecordType=Calendar.
You could then write something like this (again, it's psedudocode...this may not compile):
DEFINE getTheSysDate AS SELECT
ADateYouLoadInYourPipeline as sysdate
From AllBaseRecords
WHERE RecordType = 'Calendar';
DEFINE test AS SELECT
creationdate AS creationdate ,
getTheSysDate[].sysdate AS CurrentDate,
CurrentDate - creationdate AS Diff
WHERE Diff < TO_DURATION('P180D');
You could also use the SYSDATE,SYSTIMESTAMP,CURRENT_DATE and CURRENT_TIMESTAMP functions if you are using the latest version of Endeca Server. The above way of loading Calendar records is kind of the "old" method. If you've never used the old method, the new one might be a better fit, I almost always load Calendar records reflexively because it's what I've always done.


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Ideally, it would be a WordPress plugin.
I am looking for a product catalog, not a shopping cart. Please see the examples provided.
I am looking for a plugin that would allow me to create a product catalog, where I could potentially list devices with their specs, photos, ratings, etc.i.e. http://www.theverge.com/products or http://phandroid.com/phones/
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July, 2012
Represent artists tell us what the 100 Club means to them...
You don't really need us to remind you that the 100 Club is more than just the venue for this summer's Represent shows, it is one of the most important clubs in British musical history. For over seventy years the venue has been at the forefront of musical movements from swing and jazz through to punk, indie, reggae and Northern soul. Today we're asking a selection of the Represent artists from Santigold to The Safety Fire, what the 100 Club means to them.
First up, alt-pop queen Santigold:
"It's always nice to play at a venue that has so much history and that has been the home of shows by so many of my favorite artists growing up, and across so many genres; from The Sex Pistols, The Clash and Siouxsie and the Banshees, to Fela Kuti and Steel Pulse. It really has a very special legacy."
The Safety Fire:
"Over the last few years I have seen many historic music venues close, and coming from London it is great to still have one of the most prestigious still running and putting on great shows."
"It's really cool to be able to perform at a legendary venue. The Sex Pistols performed there, which is crazy. And I can tell people that I've played there, so more street creds for me!"
"The 100 Club has hosted all the most influential and important bands in music history. To be a small part of that is a really proud moment for us.
When I heard about the show, my jaw hit the floor, it's gonna be a great night. When you first pick up a guitar its songs by people like The Jam, Oasis and Nirvana that you start learning first. To be sharing a stage with Paul Weller is just unbelievable, he's such a massive influence on all guitar music."
The Heatwave:
"Gabriel Heatwave: I've never been actually which is mad as I grew up nearby. But I've known of it for years as a legendary punk venue, didn't the Sex Pistols play here back in the day?
Benjamin D: It makes me think of jazz mostly."
The Bots:
"Mikaiah: It means being part of history. It's a milestone for us. It's a legendary place.
Anaiah: Yeah it means we get to be a part of history. We are playing where a lot of different artists throughout every era have played, that's a huge honor."
Wet Nuns:
"It's a legendary venue. Most people know about it and it has an incredible history. It's cool to play anywhere where really well known things happened."
Applications are now closed but stay tuned to facebook.com/converse for more ways to get involved…


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What remains of emperor Hadrian's wall is today a UNESCO World Heritage site and can be seen in Northern England. Historians are divided when it comes to the reason as to why the wall was built. A third believe that it was built as a defensive wall. "To separate the Romans from the barbarians" wrote Hadrian's biographer. The barbarians he was referring to were the Picts – a tribal community living in modern day Scotland.
Another theory is that the wall was built to control the movement of goods. The check points along the wall provided points of entry and exit into the Roman empire and thus would have formed a ideal location to levy tax. Something had to fund the many wars in the many places that the the Romans had gotten themselves into!
The third belief is that the wall had no purpose but to make a political point. The white washed walls reflecting the sunlight would have been visible for miles and a constant reminder about the vastness of the Roman empire.
The original wall was about 117 km long and was wide enough for 2 guards to stand side by side for sentry duty. The engineers of the Roman army designed and built this wall. Along the wall there were hospitals and granaries and other necessities to ensure that the men of the Roman army were comfortable.
The stones that have survived the attacks by picts and by nature lie today surrounded by green fields and guarded by sheep, lots of sheep.


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July-September 2010
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July 2
Cross-Species Gene Mutation Assay
National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) scientists have authored an invited book chapter for an upcoming volume of Molecular Toxicology Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology series). The chapter details methods for conducting the Pig-a gene mutation assay in mice and rats. The Pig-a assay is a flow-cytometer-based assay that can be used to assess the in vivo mutagenic potential of suspected toxicants. The assay is rapid, relatively inexpensive, and is functional across species (mice-to-human), making it a potentially valuable tool for regulatory safety assessments.
For additional information, please contact Vasily Dobrovolsky, Ph.D., Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology or Robert Heflich, Ph.D., Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology, FDA/NCTR.
Regulatory Research Perspectives
The June 2010 issue of NCTR's scientific journal, Regulatory Research Perspectives, has been posted to FDA.gov. The development of diagnostic assays and the identification of specific biomarkers are two critical elements in personalized medicine. The two articles in this issue describe two examples of research being conducted at NCTR to meet these challenges. The first article describes the use of allele-specific competitive blocker PCR (ACB-PCR) to detect and quantify mutations in the K-RAS gene, and the second article highlights the potential for using epigenetic effects as biomarkers of various pathological states. This issue and all previous issues can be found at: http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/NCTR/WhatWeDo/NCTRPublications/ucm076867.htm.
July 9
Pharmacokinetics of Bisphenol A (BPA)
Investigators at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) have shown that non-human primates exhibit small age-related changes in internal exposure to the bioactive aglycone form of BPA, which has been shown to cause endocrine disruption in experimental animal studies. By comparison, the bioactive aglycone is present in higher concentrations in perinatal rats of the same developmental age as the primate. The data from non-human primate and rodent studies will be combined with human biomonitoring data to develop a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to improve the prediction of internal exposures of target tissues in human infants and fetuses to the bioactive aglycone form of BPA. BPA is a high-production chemical (>3.7 million metric tons/year) used in the manufacture of numerous food-contact and medical products and has been detected universally in the urine of all ages from infant to adult, with the highest concentrations in infants. Two publications describing this research have been recently accepted (Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2010).
For additional information, please contact Daniel R. Doerge, Ph.D., Division of Biochemical Toxicology, FDA/NCTR.
50th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society
On June 29, 2010, William Slikker, Jr., Ph.D., Director, NCTR, was a featured speaker at the Sunrise Mini-Education Course on "Imaging Tools for Structural and Functional Teratogenesis Analyses" offered by the Education Committee of the Teratology Society at their annual meeting. Dr. Slikker's presentation entitled "Imaging tools for structural analysis" addressed various imaging techniques and their applications in risk assessment.
July 16
Improved Method for Noninvasive Brain Diagnostics
Investigators from the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), and Johns Hopkins University have developed a computational pre-processing method to improve the computerized pattern recognition of Magnetic Resonance Scans (MRS) of brain tissue. After processing, brain-tissue scans were categorized into nine descriptive categories with 96% accuracy by pattern recognition, as opposed to a previous accuracy of only 30%. This methodology has significant diagnostic and prognostic potential. For example, astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas (types of brain tumors) are very difficult to distinguish based on MRS images. However, accurate MRS models based on pre-processed scans were able to identify a group of features in the MRS spectra of oligodendrogliomas that were absent in astrocytomas. These biomarkers may permit unequivocal distinction of the two tumor types. The implications for patient care are significant since the prognosis is 1-2 years for astrocytomas vs. 10-15 years for oligodendrogliomas.
The goal is to expand this technology to additional clinical challenges that would benefit from accurate noninvasive diagnostics, such as Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. A manuscript describing this research was recently accepted for publication (Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2010).
For additional information, please contact Jon Wilkes, Ph.D., or Dan Buzatu, Ph.D., Division of Systems Toxicology, FDA/NCTR.
The Toxicology Forum
Five NCTR scientists presented their studies at symposia organized by The Toxicology Forum held July 11-15, 2010 in Aspen, Colorado. NCTR presentations included:
- Tumorigenicity of Acrylamide
- PB/PK Modeling of Acrylamide for Use in Risk Assessment
- Pharmacokinetics of Bisphenol A
- The Role of the Rodent Tumor Mode-of-Action for Naphthalene Toxicity
- Evaluation of Toxicity of Nanoscale Materials
The Toxicology Forum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a forum for open discussion among government, academic, and industry scientists on contemporary toxicology issues of mutual interest. The next biannual meeting of the Toxicology Forum will be held February 1-3, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
For additional information, please contact Paul C. Howard, Ph.D., Associate Director for Scientific Coordination, FDA/NCTR.
July 23
AAALAC Triennial Site Visit
The Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) conducted a triennial site visit at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) on July 13-15, 2010, and reported the finding of "no mandatory items" at the exit briefing. Although formal notification of accreditation status will not be issued until the AAALAC Council meets in the fall 2010, full accreditation for the next three years is expected.
The team commended the NCTR for excellence in documentation, research and support staff training, the occupational safety and health program, the zebrafish facility, animal husbandry, veterinary care, and facility sanitation. The site-visit team was led by an AAALAC Council Member Emeritus, a privilege limited to those institutions that have demonstrated a long-term commitment to achieving and maintaining high standards of laboratory animal care and use.
Assessments included close scrutiny of all animal facilities, procedure laboratories, programs, and records.
For additional information, contact Jeff Carraway, DVM, Veterinary Services, FDA/NCTR.
July 30
Crude Oil Bioremediation
During the week of July 19, 2010, Carl Cerniglia, Ph.D., Director, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), consulted with FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory at Dauphin Island, Alabama, concerning research and potential collaborations related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Of particular interest was the recent publication (mBio, 2010) by investigators from the NCTR, the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (Suwon, Republic of Korea), and the National Cancer Institute. The publication discussed the integration of enzyme structural information with metabolite data, biochemical reaction data, and genomic data to give mechanistic insight into the degradation and detoxification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by microorganisms. PAHs are toxic components of crude oil and have been shown to accumulate in biological systems and persist in the environment. These studies have direct implications in the development of methodologies to remediate oil-contaminated soils and sediments.
For additional information, please contact Carl Cerniglia, Ph.D., Director, Division of Microbiology, FDA/NCTR.
August 6
NCTR Summer Student Research Program
The National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) concluded its 2010 Summer Student Research Program with oral presentations by the young investigators describing the research that they completed during the summer. This Special Employment Program provides science and mathematics undergraduate and graduate students a 10-week training experience in regulatory science under the guidance and mentorship of NCTR principal investigators. This year, NCTR hosted 20 future scientists/mathematicians from various Arkansas universities, University of Pennsylvania, The Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, California State University at Long Beach, Jackson State University, Syracuse University, and the University of Oklahoma.
Visiting Speakers
During the week of August 2, 2010, NCTR welcomed two invited speakers for seminars and discussions with the research staff. June Dunnick, Ph.D., National Institute of Health for Environmental Sciences (NIEHS), discussed her studies on the gastrointestinal carcinogenic potential of hydryoxyanthraquinones. Dr. Dunnick is participating in an exchange seminar program between the National Toxicology Program (NTP)/NIEHS and FDA/NCTR. Hydryoxyanthraquinones are believed to be the active compounds in Senna, a medicinal plant used as a laxative.
Kai Ge, Ph.D., from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH, presented a seminar and held discussions on the role of epigenetic regulation in adipogenesis. Dr. Ge also consulted on mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches to elucidate epigenetic markers relevant to diabetes and obesity with the NCTR proteomics staff.
August 13
Neurotoxicity of Nanoparticles
Investigators from the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have shown that 25-40 nanometer silver nanoparticles at concentrations of 15–50 micrograms per milliliter associate with the cells on the interior surface of the brain's micro-sized blood vessels (microvessel endothelial cells) and can induce:
- significant cellular toxicity
- alterations in cell form and structure
- alterations in monolayer (layer of cells one cell thick) integrity
- an increase in prostaglandin E2
- tumor necrosis factor α
- interleukin 1β
Primary rat-brain microvessel endothelial cells were used as an in vitro model of the blood brain barrier (BBB) to gain insight into the mechanisms involved in the nanoparticle-induced BBB dysfunction that has been reported. These studies indicate that silver nanoparticles produce an initial cascade of proinflammatory mediators that may contribute to increased BBB permeability, further brain inflammation, and neurotoxicity. Silver nanoparticles are widely used in engineering, manufacturing, and biomedicine. However, their impact on human health has not been adequately evaluated. A manuscript describing this research was recently accepted for publication (Toxicological Sciences, 2010).
For additional information, please contact Merle Paule, Ph.D., Director, Division of Neurotoxicology, FDA/NCTR.
August 20
A Proteomics Primer
Scientists from the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) have completed a basic review on the use of the emerging field of proteomics and its techniques in the field of systems biology. Rapid genetic sequencing technologies have transformed "microarrays" and "genomics" into common tools for laboratory study. Nonetheless, the proteins produced from the genome (a full set of genes in a living organism) can be further modified for different functions in the cell. The sum of these proteins, and their resulting cellular functions, are identified as the proteome. The role of the proteome and proteome technology is discussed in an invited chapter for a book to be published under the title, Handbook of Systems Toxicology.
A pre-print of this chapter is available from Donna Mendrick, Ph.D., Director, Division of Systems Biology, FDA/NCTR.
August 27
Improvements in Salmonella Identification
Investigators from the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) have shown that using a statistical method (random forest classification) to analyze profiles of genomic DNA fragments produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) from eight serotypes of Salmonella enterica improved the accuracy of predicting the relationships between PFGE banding patterns and particular serotypes over the conventional method of hierarchical cluster analysis. Current technology for identifying foodborne pathogens relies on standard microbiological methodology and genomic analyses, such as PFGE, which is the standard typing method for isolates (samples) from Salmonella outbreaks and epidemiological investigations. Because strain identification requires comparison of complex patterns of DNA fragments, this statistical method will improve FDA's ability to classify novel isolates of foodborne pathogens. A manuscript describing this research was recently accepted for publication (Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2010).
For additional information, please contact Wen Zou, Ph.D., Division of Personalized Nutrition and Medicine, FDA/NCTR.
Pathogen Database
On August 20, 2010, NCTR organized and hosted an interactive WebEx seminar featuring Bruno Sobral, Ph.D., Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI), Virginia Tech University. VBI is consolidating four large pathogen databases into their PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC), which contains approximately 2,300 bacterial genomes and could serve as a resource on foodborne pathogens for FDA's research community. Discussions are underway between VBI's Cyberinfrastructure Division and FDA Centers interested in developing formal collaborations to work with the PATRIC database.
For additional information, please contact Jim Kaput, Ph.D., Director, Division of Personalized Nutrition and Medicine, FDA/NCTR.
September 2010 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
September 3
Bioterrorism and Food Safety
Investigators from the National Center for Toxicological Research have shown that the thermal stability of ricin (a potential foodborne bioterrorism agent) was similar when added to milk, milk-based infant formula, soy-based infant formula, and fruit juices, but yogurt and blended yogurt-fruit drink enhanced the thermal stability to ricin. This enhanced stability was determined to be due to pH, galactose, and the presence of exopolysaccharides, which may allow other galactose-binding, ribosome-inactivating protein toxins, such as the shiga-like toxins produced by E. coli 0157:H7, to survive standard pasteurization conditions. Since infants and very young children are prone to consume a single type of food as a complete meal (e.g., baby foods or infant formulas), these groups are considered to represent a more vulnerable population for food-borne bioterrorism agents.
For additional information, please contact William Tolleson, Ph.D., and Fred Beland, Ph.D., Division of Biochemical Toxicology, FDA/NCTR.
September 10
NCTR Women's Health Research Workshop
The National Center for Toxicological Research hosted an Office of Women's Health sponsored workshop, "Sex Differences in FDA Regulated Products: Research for the Future" in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 2, 2010. The workshop, attended by 75 individuals that included FDA scientists, clinical physicians, and industry, addressed the critical data gaps that exist in women's health research and how these may impact the risk-benefit analysis of FDA regulated products. The four principle issues for discussion included: autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, adverse drug reactions, and mental health. Although women are disproportionately affected by various conditions and diseases compared to men in terms of incidence, diagnosis, and response to treatment, the biological mechanisms of sex differences are not well understood. The workshop gave NCTR scientists an opportunity to discuss and identify future research needs with a broad audience, and to address the regulatory impact of sex differences in FDA regulated products.
September 17
Genetic Variations in Nutritionally Related Chronic Disease
NCTR investigators have used data mining to show that a majority of the genes of the carbohydrate metabolic pathways are associated with chromosomal regions linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and that a number of key genes in these pathways contain single nucleotide polymorphisms (single nucleotide variation in the DNA sequence of individuals) that exhibit significant differences in frequencies among diverse ancestral groups. These differences may be among the key genetic variations that explain biological differences observed between individuals to various carbohydrate foods. This study emphasizes the significance of the metabolic pathways genes in the development of disease phenotypes and its differential occurrence across diverse ancestral populations and between individuals. Although health disparities result from a complex set of issues, including socioeconomic status, healthcare, and food access, research is increasingly demonstrating that genetic makeup influences the effects of drugs and nutrients in individuals. This is not a surprising result as a number of conditions are already known to have an ancestral component. A manuscript describing this research was recently published (Biotechnology Journal, 2010).
For more information, contact Vijayalakshmi Varma, Ph.D., Division of Personalized Nutrition and Medicine, FDA/NCTR or Jim Kaput, Ph.D., Director, Division of Personalized Nutrition and Medicine, FDA/NCTR.
RAPID-B in Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Monday, September 13, 2010, NCTR hosted Kraft Foods' scientists to discuss the potential of the NCTR-developed RAPID-B technology in food quality assurance and quality control for target pathogen detection.
For more information, contact Jon Wilkes, Ph.D., Division of Systems Biology, FDA/NCTR.
September 24
Food Safety Tools
Thousands of pathogenic Salmonella strains have been identified, many of which are able to cause foodborne illnesses in humans. NCTR scientists have adapted and combined existing technologies into an accurate and cost-effective strategy to monitor for the presence of virulent Salmonella strains, and/or monitor the progress of cleanup strategies in an impacted environment. The detection strategy combines a targeted microarray — containing 69 of the most common Salmonella-specific virulence genes responsible for the ability of the bacterium to cause infection — with ArrayTrack™ and Microbial Gene Library, a free FDA bioinformatics tool. This detection system could easily be modified to include additional probes for newly described virulence-associated genes. A full description of this system was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries (2010).
For additional information, please contact Carl Cerniglia, Ph.D., and Rajesh Nayak, Ph.D., Division of Microbiology, FDA/NCTR.


text: I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Michael Biehl, Chart Industries' Executive Vice President, CFO, and Treasurer. You may begin your conference.Michael Biehl Thank you, Marine. Good morning, everyone. I would like to thank all of you for joining us today. I will begin by giving you a brief overview of our second quarter results then Sam Thomas, our Chairman, President, and CEO, provide highlights from the second quarter and comments on current market and order trends we see in each of our business segments. I will finish up then by commenting on our outlook for the remainder of 2012. Reported net income for the second quarter of 2012 of 17.9 million or $0.59 per diluted share, second quarter earnings would've been $0.57 per diluted share excluding $1.1 million favorable earn-out adjustments related to prior acquisitions, partially offset by a non-cash impairment charges and the write-off of deferred financing fees associated with the credit facility amendment. Due to higher forecasted costs and a delayed biomedical product launch of prior acquisition, earn-out liability was reversed, as it was determined that the reported gross profit targets would no longer be met. This provided a net $4.4 million benefit in the quarter, reflecting the net impact of our quarterly assessment of all of our prior acquisition announced. In addition, we also took in impairment charge for the elimination of in process research and development intangible assets, established at the opening balance sheet, related to this prior acquisition. As a result, an impairment charge of 3.1 million was taken out of these assets in the quarter. The current quarter's performance compares to the second quarter of 2011 net income of $10.6 million or $0.35 per diluted share. Second quarter 2011 earnings would have been $0.41 per share excluding 2.8 million of restructuring costs associated with acquisitions.


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John Kepley is an actor who appeared as a Vulcan monk in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Andorian Incident". He received no credit for this part and was identified by the call sheets of the shooting days. Kepley also appeared in at least one episode of Star Trek: Voyager. The costume he wore in this episode was previously worn by actor Arlee Reed in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Starship Mine" and was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]
Kepley had featured parts in the comedy Can't Be Heaven (2000, with Matt McCoy and Rachel Robinson), the thriller Vanilla Sky (2001, with Ray Proscia, Mark Bramhall, and Andrei Sterling), the comedy In Good Company (2004, with John Cho, Gregory Hinton, and Malcolm McDowell), and the George Clooney's drama Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005, with Glenn Morshower, Robert Knepper, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, J.D. Cullum, and Joyce Lasley).
In addition, he worked as stand-in for actor Powers Boothe on Bill Paxton's thriller Frailty (2001).


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Awkword ft Joell Ortiz, Slug (Atmosphere) and Maya Azucena – Go
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As I saw the lineup for Awkword's new track I knew this was going to be epic. Go! features on Awkword's upcoming album "World View" and features Joell Ortiz from Slaughterhouse, Slug from Atmosphere, and Maya Azucena. World View profits will be donated to a non-profit organisation called "Guns 4 Cameras" which has a moto of "eradicating street violence through the Hip-Hop inspired education and empowerment of our at-risk youth". Fans can download the single to support on the link listed above. However, you can also listen to Awkword ft Joell Ortiz, Slug (Atmosphere) and Maya Azucena – Go! on the audio player below.
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