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Marianne Matthes prepared the nursery for her daughter, filling it with old books she could not part with.
This was going to be a special place where a mother passed the books she loved — and the wonder in them — to her daughter.
But when her first child, Elizabeth Luke Matthes, was stillborn on July 25, 2012, the world stopped for Matthes and her husband, Lance, who met as 12-year-olds while growing up in Ontario, Ohio, about 160 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
"She was full-term, and we were both perfectly healthy," said Matthes, 32, of Wylie, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. "It was textbook normal."
On the morning doctors couldn't find her daughter's heartbeat, "it was like my whole life stopped, changed in an instant," she said. "I will miss her always."
From that despair came inspiration.
The couple launched a nonprofit charity in their daughter's name and spent the past year collecting new and used children's books that they plan to deliver to children in need in three states, including Pennsylvania, from Thursday through Saturday.
They turned to "the generosity of strangers" to help make a difference in the lives of other children.
"It's amazing how many kids in this world don't have books," Matthes said.
The almost 10,000 books they collected through Elizabeth's Book Drive include donations from Dolly Parton's Dollywood Foundation, author Dean Koontz and many school-age children who heard their story and wanted to help, Matthes said.
"Even our mail lady has left books on our doorstep," said Lance Matthes, 32.
Agencies on the receiving end of the effort said it comes at a time of reduced funding and cutbacks in book giveaway programs.
"We believe it's important that children have books in their homes," said Alice Nunes, CEO of the Butler County Children's Center HeadStart program, which will receive books from the drive. "When you're low-income ... usually books are the last thing you buy."
The agency distributes books three times a year to 700 children at nine sites. It eliminated book giveaways from its budget and relies on donated books to carry on a program that officials said can make a difference in a child's life.
"It's just amazing what that does," Nunes said. "The kids love to pick out their own books."
James and Ramona Matthes, Lance Matthes' parents, collected more than 3,000 books from their home in Sarver.
"It's been real good. ... Of course, my basement will be relieved to see them go," said Jim Matthes before he left to collect two more book donations.
Response to the drive expanded the distribution plans. Books will be distributed in Pittsburgh, Dallas, Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio, at three hospitals, two food pantries, an agency that supplies an orphanage in Zambia, an emergency shelter for abused children and a shelter for abused women and children.
"This charity has really helped with our healing process and gives us something to look forward to," Marianne Matthes said. "Some days this is the only thing that keeps me going."
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Congressman Barney Frank, Senator John Kerry, Senator Scott Brown, Congressman William Delahunt, Congressman John Tierney and Governor Deval Patrick hailed the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke that he would introduce widespread reforms to increase accountability at the Office of Law Enforcement Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The announcement coincides with a high-level meeting with Secretary Locke and Members of the Congressional delegation. The Massachusetts representatives have long been critical of NOAA for placing unreasonably low catch limits on the fishing industry, and for enforcement procedures that are excessively heavy-handed.
"This is a good step by Secretary Locke to help ease the tensions between our fishermen and federal regulators. When I met with Secretary Locke about this issue on Thursday I reiterated the urgent need to work with the New England delegation to ease the regulations that are restricting fishing on choke stocks, and I want to emphasize again how important it is for him to keep working with us towards a lasting solution for our struggling fishermen. They've taken a pounding in this economy and it's vital that we get them help right away," said Senator John Kerry.
"I am glad that Secretary Locke has taken a positive first step towards improving enforcement and I am particularly pleased that the Secretary himself has appropriately taken a lead role in supervising the reform of the Office of Law Enforcement," said Frank. "Additionally, he has taken an equally important second step of committing to work with us to increase the amount of fish that can be caught, particular cod and flounder. After some vigorous discussion Secretary Locke agreed to receive our argument on why it is economically justifiable and permissible under the statutes to increase choke stocks. I believe that the combined efforts of myself, Senator Kerry, Senator Brown, Congressman Tierney, Senator Whitehouse, Mayor Lang, and fishing industry leaders -- especially from New Bedford -- convinced Secretary Locke of the urgency of prompt actions, and I look forward to working with him."
"The reforms announced by Secretary Locke are a good step toward restoring trust and improving the relationship between the federal government and the fishing communities. However, now we need to turn our focus toward removing the burdensome restrictions and regulations that are hurting the fishing industry. During these uncertain economic times, it is critical that we do everything we can to help our fishermen, who have played an important role in the New England economy for so many years," said Senator Scott Brown.
"With all the uncertainty fishermen face today, they deserve far better than the hostile environment fostered by the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement that was outlined in the Inspector General's report. I applaud Sec. Locke's decision to implement these much-needed accountability measures that will benefit the agency as well as our fishermen," said Congressman Delahunt.
"I appreciated the opportunity to meet with Secretary Locke yesterday, and I am pleased to know he is committed to working with the New England delegation to revisit regulations on choke stocks and ensure the common sense application of catch share limits," said Congressman Tierney. "Additionally, while it is positive that the Secretary has appointed someone to review the cases highlighted by the IG report, I voiced my frustration that more immediate action is not being taken. Finally, I will continue to work with the Secretary on legislation I introduced to overhaul the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Again, the Secretary has taken steps in the right direction, however, I do not believe his proposed reforms go far enough to fix an unfair system that hurts fisherman and inappropriately benefits NOAA officers."
"I am pleased to see the Department of Commerce taking action to end the abuses in enforcement that subjected our fishermen to unfair treatment," said Governor Deval Patrick. "We look forward to NOAA reopening individual cases and giving those who suffered these abuses a chance to seek justice. We must also see action now to meet the urgent economic needs in our fishing communities, and I look forward to seeing Secretary Locke raise catch limits that are squeezing the Massachusetts ground fishing industry.
Locke's statement accepts the conclusions of the Inspector General report, which found numerous problems with NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement. The Secretary conceded that dramatic changes in NOAA procedures are needed.
"The problems identified by the Inspector General are unacceptable, were allowed to persist for too long and will end on my watch," said Locke. "We are taking the steps needed to make fisheries enforcement accountable and transparent."
Additionally, Secretary Locke agreed to continue working with the delegation and state officials, and to receive legal arguments that increasing the catch allocation of cod, flounder, and other choke fish species is economically justified and permissible under the statutes of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
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Hee hee, not bad. What's really funny is that I could see this pathetic musical actually happening. User:Wehpudicabok/sig2 21:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
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I'd just like to notify everyone that I will be doing a short movie version of this script and will be posted on YouTube shortly. Sadly, a few changes were made to accommodate the budget, however it looks good so far! -- James Calvo, 9:21 PM ET, 7-31-07
Calvo doesn't do the movie. So I decided to do it by myself. I'll write the music and the adaption of it for the Theme of Go Go Go Joseph. The creator of the page, please, can add me on MSN Messenger? firstname.lastname@example.com We can discuss for the music and other ideas to expand this work. Andrea Biblioteco


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HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors currently used in antiretroviral therapy can be divided into two classes: (i) nucleoside analog RT inhibitors (NRTIs), which compete with natural nucleoside substrates and act as terminators of proviral DNA synthesis, and (ii) non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTIs), which bind to a hydrophobic pocket close to the RT active site. In spite of the efficiency of NRTIs and NNRTIs, the rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant mutations requires the development of new RT inhibitors with an alternative mechanism of action. Recently, several studies reported the discovery of novel non-nucleoside inhibitors with a distinct mechanism of action. Unlike classical NNRTIs, they compete with the nucleotide substrate, thus forming a new class of RT inhibitors: nucleotide-competing RT inhibitors (NcRTIs). In this review, we discuss current progress in the understanding of the peculiar behavior of these compounds.
Current treatments against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections include six different classes of drugs, targeting the three viral enzymes (more than 20 different compounds in clinical use target the protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase), the virus fusion process (enfuvirtide/T-20 targets the viral gp41) or viral entry (maraviroc targets the human CCR5 cellular coreceptors) [
Currently, approved RT inhibitors are divided into two classes: eight nucleoside and nucleotide RT inhibitors (NRTIs), and four non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTIs). NRTIs are phosphorylated by cellular enzymes and converted into their active NRTI triphosphate form. Once activated, they compete with the natural nucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) for binding the RT polymerase active site, and after their incorporation into the primer strand, act as terminator of DNA synthesis due to the lack of a 3'-hydroxyl group [
New strategies to inhibit RT enzymatic activities and to overcome viral resistance are still under investigation. A successful example is illustrated by the recent development of the very promising "next-generation" NNRTIs developed by Tibotec, namely etravirine (TMC125, ETV) [
NNRTIs have become a cornerstone of HAART. However, in spite of the remarkable potency of currently marketed NNRTIs, the rapid selection of single mutations can confer resistance to most NNRTIs, leading to an almost complete loss of their activity, without significantly affecting the viral infectivity. Consequently, there is an urgent need for the development of new RT inhibitors with an alternative mechanism of action and exhibiting different resistance profiles.
Localization of more frequent NNRTI- and NRTI-associated resistance mutations on the RT/primer-template complex [17]. NNRTI-selected mutations (in blue) are all localized in the NNIBP, whereas NRTI-selected mutations (in green) are distributed around the dNTP binding site. The template strand is shown in yellow, while the growing complementary DNA chain is in orange. The catalytic D110, D185 and D186 are shown in red, the two magnesium cations required for the catalytic reaction as yellow spheres, and the incoming nucleotide is represented in space filling mode.
For this purpose, several RNaseH inhibitors targeting the two metal ions essential for this RT activity have already been developed [
The indolopyridones VRX-329747 {1-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-3-carbonitrile} and VRX-413638 (or INDOPY-1) {5-methyl-1-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-3-carbonitrile} were identified during cell-based high-throughput screenings of Valeant and Tibotec compound libraries aimed at identifying new HIV-1 inhibitors that were effective against drug-resistant mutants, possibly with a new mechanism of action [
Chemical structures of indolopyridones.
A first striking feature of INDOPYs is their antiviral spectrum, which is clearly distinct from that of NNRTIs and NRTIs. Whereas NNRTIs are highly specific for HIV-1, INDOPY-1 remains active on HIV-2 (EC50 = 180 nM on HIV-2 ROD) and SIV (EC50 = 210 nM on SIV Mac251) [
Another important feature of INDOPYs is their unique activity profile towards drug-resistant RT mutants. Antiviral tests conducted on HIV-1 molecular clones revealed that VRX-329747 and INDOPY-1 are not, or are only moderately, affected by several representative NNRTI-selected mutations, with a maximum of ~4-fold decrease of the EC50 towards the double K103N-L100I RT mutant [
In addition to this high activity on NNRTI-resistant strains, INDOPYs also revealed an unusual activity profile against NRTI-associated mutations. While INDOPY-1 is not affected by thymidine analog resistance mutations (TAMs, including M41L/L210W/T215Y and D67N/K70R/T215F/K219Q mutations [
Regarding mutations selected by viruses cultured in the presence of INDOPYs, it was found that four NRTI-resistance mutations were selected after six months of VRX-329747 selection [
Activity profile of the indolopyridones VRX-329747 (green) and INDOPY-1 (red) compared to efavirenz (blue) on HIV-1 molecular clones carrying NNRTI-selected mutations. The mean fold change is relative to the wild-type EC50. Adapted from [23].
In view of this remarkable resistance profile,
Interestingly, the binding of INDOPY-1 was affected by the identity of the last nucleotide at the 3'-end of the primer strand, with T and C being the most efficient in promoting INDOPY-1 binding. These data clearly indicated that INDOPY-1 preferentially binds to RT after the incorporation of pyrimidines. Similarly to all RNA and DNA polymerases, HIV-1 RT also undergoes a translocation step after nucleotide incorporation, exposing the next template position to its active site ready to accept the incoming nucleotide. Site-specific footprinting showed that INDOPY-1 binds to HIV-1 RT in its post-translocation conformation, in place of a nucleotide, and then induces a stable dead-end complex. Thus, the inhibition of HIV-1 RT by INDOPY-1 is due to a "freezed" conformation at the post-translocation step, which prevents nucleotide binding [
To investigate the correlation between phenotypic susceptibility to INDOPY-1 and the enzymatic properties of RT, a detailed analysis on mutants affecting the activity of the inhibitor in cell-based assays was also performed
Finally, the latter study also examined the effect on INDOPY-1 binding of abasic sites in the template strand at positions opposite the 3'-end of the primer (
Four different views showing the local environment around the HIV-1 RT polymerase active site and the putative INDOPY-1 binding site. The structure of the trapped RT/primer-template/incoming dNTP catalytic complex [17] is represented. The three catalytic aspartic acids are shown as red sticks, the two required magnesium ions as yellow spheres, the DNA template in light yellow (positions
Independently from INDOPYs, the development of a straightforward combinatorial approach for the synthesis of 6-vinylpyrimidine derivatives [
Chemical structures of DAVP derivatives and of the reference compound TNK-651.
Out of these three compounds, DAVP-1 emerged as the most active one on the wild-type enzyme (K
In view of this unusual resistance profile and to determine their mechanism of inhibition,
Comparative resistance profiles of Efavirenz (EFZ), Nevirapine (NVP), Delavirdine (DLV), Etravirine (ETR) and DAVP-1 towards four NNRTI-associated RT mutants. Red squares stand for strong loss of activity (>5-fold change), orange for intermediate loss of activity and green for weak loss of activity (<2-fold change).
Further insight into the mechanism of DAVP binding to the HIV-1 RT was provided by steady-state kinetic enzymatic studies performed with DAVP-1 on various RT/substrate complexes: the free enzyme, the RT/primer-template binary complex and the RT/primer-template/incoming nucleotide ternary complex (
Kinetics of binding of DAVP-1 to different wild-type RT-substrate complexes (adapted from [37]).
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Structural biology studies are currently in progress for providing a detailed molecular view of how NcRTIs are interacting with the HIV-1 RT. X-ray crystallography already contributed precious and highly detailed information of NNRTIs bound to the free RT (see for instance [
The structure of the wild-type HIV-1 RT/DAVP-1 complex revealed that the inhibitor does not bind the NNIBP, but rather at a novel site located in a hinge region at the interface between the p66 thumb and p66 palm subdomains, near the polymerase active site (
Overall view of the HIV-1 RT/DAVP-1 complex showing the relative position of binding sites for NNRTI (circled in blue, important residues of the NNIBP are shown as blue sticks) and NRTI (circled in red, the three catalytic D110, D185 and D186 residues are represented as red sticks). The p51 subunit is represented in grey whereas p66 subdomains are color-coded: fingers in yellow, thumb in orange, palm in light blue, connection in green and RNAseH in purple. The electron density map at 2.8 Å resolution is represented around DAVP-1. Residue W266 is also shown as sticks. Adapted from [47].
Another feature of the HIV-1 RT/DAVP-1 complex is the conformation adopted by the protein upon drug binding. In RT/NNRTI complexes, the RT undergoes a large structural rearrangement and adopts conformation similar to the one observed when the RT is bound to a DNA primer-template (see [
Left: Detailed view of the HIV-1 RT/DAVP-1 complex showing the electron density map at 2.8 Å resolution (in blue) around DAVP-1 and residues D110, M184, D185, D186 and W266. Right: Detailed view of the inhibitor binding pocket. Water molecules are shown as red spheres. Hydrogen bonds are represented with black dotted lines. Adapted from [47].
This crystal structure therefore reveals that the binding site of DAVP-1 is located in a region critical for the correct positioning of the 3'-OH primer for the in-line nucleophilic attack by the incoming dNTP and the subsequent chemical bond formation with its α-phosphate. It is known that mutations of residues involved in the stabilization of the primer/template junction can reduce the binding affinity for the incoming dNTP, as is the case for the L74 residue, which contacts the template at position
This RT/DAVP-1 complex, obtained without nucleic acids, obviously does not completely clarify the competitive mechanism of inhibition of DAVPs, but provides first structural requirements for binding of DAVP-1 to the free RT and for understanding the original inhibition mechanism of this compound. Consequently, ongoing research in our group includes structural studies of a challenging RT/primer-template/NcRTI ternary complex, which would provide more valuable information about NcRTI binding and mechanism of inhibition. To prevent the dissociation of the RT/DNA complex and to trap a covalent stable and homogenous complex, a disulfide cross-linking strategy that has already been successfully used in several X-ray studies [
Detailed view of the DAVP-1 binding pocket showing a superposition of the cα backbone in unliganded HIV-1 RT structures (in grey, PDB 1DLO, 1QE1 and 1HQE) and in RT bound to DAVP-1 (in orange, PDB 3ITH and 3ISN). Residues W266, D110, D185 and D186 are shown in yellow in unliganded RT structures and in red in the RT/DAVP-1 complex.
The development of INDOPYs and DAVPs led to the identification of "Nucleotide-competing RT Inhibitors" (NcRTIs), a new class of RT Inhibitors endowed with a novel mechanism of action. Although they are structurally distinct from NRTIs, NcRTIs also bind close to the RT polymerase active site (
Proposed model for the mechanism of action for DAVPs and INDOPYs. Unlike INDOPYs that are highly specific for the RT/primer-template complex, DAVPs also bind unliganded RT, suggesting some differences in the inhibition mechanism of both families of compounds.
We are extremely grateful toGuillaume Bec and Philippe Dumas (Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, CNRS Strasbourg, France) for their support. This work was supported by grants from the 'Agence Nationale de la Recherche sur le SIDA' (ANRS) and from the European TRIoH (LSHB-2003-503480) and THiNC (HEALTH-2007-2.3.2-1) consortiums. M.-A.G. was supported by a fellowship from ANRS.


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Suzi Quatro's comet of fame passed quickly but she's still riding its tail, Peter Holmes reports.
It was the mid-1960s in Detroit, at Michigan's legendary Motown studios, and Suzi Quatro - a precociously talented teenage percussionist, drummer, pianist, bassist and singer - was about to learn a musical lesson that would help carry her through the next 30-odd years of professional entertaining.
The accidental teacher was the late, great James Jamerson, one of the unsung heroes of popular music and bassist on dozens of Motown chart-toppers including The Temptations' My Girl, Stevie Wonder's Uptight, Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine and Diana Ross and The Supremes' You Can't Hurry Love.
"I was starting to get what I thought was pretty good on bass," the Detroit-born Quatro, 52, recalled. "I was hanging around Motown, like we all did, and [the musicians] took a little break. I ran into the studio, grabbed a bass and started showing off, doing scales and being very flash.
"[In the control room] Jamerson pushed the button [so he could talk to me] and said, 'Hey, that's not bad for a white chick'. And I said, 'Oh, thank you, thank you'. Then he said, 'But I'll tell you something, honey. It's not what you play, it's what you don't play'."
That remark, Quatro said, "changed my style of bass playing". It became less about the fiddly-widdly and more about the spaces between the notes.
"I do the flash stuff in my bass solo," Quatro said. "I don't like bass players who are frustrated guitar players."
Within seven years of this chance meeting with Jamerson, Quatro had left behind groups formed with her sisters Arlene, Patti and Nancy (pop act the Pleasure Seekers and the rockier Cradle), relocated to England, been "discovered" byMickie Most (The Animals, Donovan, Lulu) and teamed up with red-hot songwriting-production pair of the day Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman (The Sweet and, well, Smokie).
Clad in a silver catsuit or painted-on denims and leather jacket and surrounded by a hirsute, likely looking bunch of rock'n'rollers including then-husband and songwriting partner Len Tuckey, Quatro couldn't buy a hit in her homeland but creamed it across Europe and the southPacific.
Between 1973 and 1975 she delivered a brace of electric rock'n'roll gems such as Can The Can, Daytona Demon, Glycerine Queen, Devil Gate Drive, 48 Crash and Your Mama Won't Like Me. Most were penned by Chinn-Chapman, with the rest of the albums fleshed out with covers and Quatro-Tuckey compositions. Second banana status was fine for Quatro, but not Tuckey, who soon drifted away from co-writing with his wife.
"I think it bothered Lenny a lot," Quatro said. "I was quite happy. We were writing the majority of the albums. I didn't care. I was writing songs, recording them and they were going on albums."
Within three years of her first hit, Quatro had been all but sucked dry by a fickle audience and record business. Only one more enduring hit followed, 1978's duet with Chris Norman on Stumblin' In. It was enough, however, for a strong-willed woman with no time for liquor and drugsto parlay into a career spanning fivedecades.
It has included a six-week stint as Annie Oakley in the West End, her own television program Gas Street, a
self-penned musical about Hollywood star Tallulah Bankhead, TV appearances on UK shows Minder and Absolutely Fabulous, a stint on evergreen US TV series Happy Days, regular touring and less regular recording.
Quatro divorced Tuckey in the early 1990s and so began a downward spiral into depression. In 1998, she re-emerged with a self-help album Free The Butterfly and later spoke at a series of self-help seminars encouraging "enlightenment and awareness" through "song, sound andmovement".
"It was [about] losses I'd suffered and losing touch with who you are," Quatro said. "I had a very bad year in 1991. Everything went wrong: I divorced my husband, lost my mother, lost my brother-in-law. It was kind of like, wow, how many things can you throw at someone and still survive?.
"I eventually came through the other side. I felt it would be nice to share and help other people going through the same bullshit. And let's face it - we all go through it at one time or another. Maybe I needed it more than the [audience]. Maybe it's the case of the teacher doing thelearning."
Next month, Quatro will make her 20th tour of Australia. "After 20 times I know Australia pretty damn good," she said. "I've [been] everywhere."
These days, as a nostalgia act, Quatro hawks her wares in casino and club auditoriums. Some may view these venuesas graveyards, but not the Glycerine Queen.
"As far as I'm concerned I'm just out there doing what I do," she said. "I'm out there bringing my music to the people, that's what it's all about. It doesn't matter that they know who you are.
"You always have to win them over. It's the kiss of death to go out there and think just because you've made your name you don't have to try."
Suzi Quatro will play several NSW dates in February. Check press for details.
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Suspended Aboriginal leader Geoff Clark will find out in a week whether he will be sacked.
Mr Clark said yesterday the timetable was encouraging and that "hopefully in a week's time I'll be allowed to get on with the job".
Indigenous Affairs Minister Amanda Vanstone will decide in the next seven days whether the suspended chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission is to be reinstated.
The timetable was revealed in the Federal Court yesterday, leading Mr Clark's lawyer to ask that his client's legal challenge to the suspension be adjourned. Mr Clark had been seeking an order preventing Senator Vanstone from taking action against him and challenging her power under the ATSIC Act of making a second suspension proposal.
Debbie Mortimer, SC, for Mr Clark, said that since a County Court appeal decision in a criminal case against Mr Clark on December 4, the minister no longer had the power to terminate his appointment or continue his suspension.
Mr Clark was originally suspended in August by former indigenous affairs minister Philip Ruddock. He has argued that his continued suspension was invalid, given that his original convictions in the magistrates court, on which the suspension was based, were set aside when the appeal was lodged.
Ms Mortimer told the court that Senator Vanstone had sent Mr Clark two letters in December, and her last "show cause" letter amounted to recognition of a legal problem with Mr Clark's original suspension.
Justice Peter Gray said he did not think there had been an administrative error. "I think you've got to wait and see what happens. It would be a brave minister who says 'given what's occurred, I'll terminate'," he said.
Robert Orr, for the Federal Government, told the court that yesterday's legal challenge was premature. He said the minister's timetable had always been "a reasonable one". Justice Gray adjourned the case to January 28.
Mr Clark was suspended by Mr Ruddock after he was convicted and fined $2000 for obstructing police and engaging in riotous behaviour during a Warrnambool pub brawl. Following an appeal, the conviction for riotous behaviour was dropped and the fine reduced to $750 on December 4.
On December 23, Senator Vanstone wrote to Mr Clark asking him to show cause why he should not be sacked for misbehaviour on the basis of the County Court conviction. Mr Clark has until today to make submissions to the minister defending his position.
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by Elizabeth Lunt
Charlie Steele knew he was on the edge—he just never thought he'd go over. As a workaholic executive with IBM he worked long days and, fueled by cheeseburgers, fries, Pepsi and cigarettes, longer nights. After a diabetes diagnosis, his idea of self-management was to stop buying cigarettes by the carton. Sometimes he skipped the second Pepsi.
But that was 21 years and half a leg ago. Charlie, who is now 61, has had diabetes since he was 40. At first his health problems were attributed to the blockage of a major artery. He figured medical management would take care of it. His doctor told him to stop smoking, lose weight and exercise. He ignored the advice, but he began losing weight anyway, and he was also desperately thirsty. That was the diabetes announcing itself. Even after his official diagnosis, Charlie kept ignoring his doctors' advice. A few years later he needed a quintuple bypass. "I smoked my last two cigarettes in the parking lot of the hospital," Charlie recalls.
Not long after the bypass, Charlie woke up in the middle of the night with a blue, cold and painful left foot. He was admitted to the hospital, but the vascular surgeon who opened the leg closed it right up and announced that he had done everything he could possibly do. "If you don't like what your doctor tells you," Charlie says with a laugh, "get another doctor." So he did. The second specialist tried creams and a hyperbaric chamber (a treatment to increase oxygen flow to tissues) to improve blood flow to the leg. Charlie thought for a while that the foot was a lighter shade of blue, but the leg wasn't really improving. It turned out that Charlie had a rare allergy to Heparin, a blood thinner used during surgery to improve blood flow. The reaction caused his blood to clot and irreparably shut down circulation in his leg.
After three months in the hospital, Charlie had lost 100 pounds. He was pumped
up with antibiotics, but gangrene was spreading into his body and the nurses
could barely find an open vein for the intravenous lines he needed. "It
was a terrible period," Charlie says. He was in so much pain that he sprained
his thumb pushing the button on the morphine pump.
The first time the doctors mentioned amputation, Charlie was shocked and horrified. But after three months of painful and fruitless efforts to save his leg, he was actually ready. "Fine, take it. I'm tired of it," he remembers growling at the doctor. And then one day he was missing half a leg. Charlie said it was like a "typical movie scene": one leg is down to the end of the bed and the other's truncated outline is seen under the blanket. He had grieved the loss beforehand—"anticipatory grief, they call it," Charlie says—but he was nervous about how he would cope.
The answer came quickly, in the form of a young amputee. Charlie was lying in his hospital bed, about to be fitted for a prosthetic leg, when the prosthetist told him that his assistant, Moe, who was bustling around the room getting everything ready, was an amputee. Charlie couldn't believe it. "He showed me his prosthesis and my spirits were lifted 100 percent," Charlie recalls. But the immediate future was tough: Once he got the prosthesis he found he was not like Moe yet—he had months of rehab ahead of him. He had to learn to walk, to go up and down steps and to fall. ("It's very important to learn how to fall," Charlie says.) In time, however, he was able to step back into his three-piece suits. He went back to IBM and "life went on," he says.
Eight years later, after continuing to ignore his diabetes, Charlie needed another bypass. The grafts had not held in his diabetes-damaged veins. This time he paid attention. He began to read about diabetes, learning about diet and nutrition. "I became a partner with my physician in my own care," says Charlie, who began cutting out articles and turned into a knowledgeable patient. Before it erupts, diabetes is silent and painless but is "usually stirring up like a volcano," Charlie says. He wants to spread the word that people should not wait until their diabetes erupts.
Charlie's mission now, as a motivational speaker and board member of the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA), is to talk to people with diabetes and encourage them to manage it. He tells them 225 people a day lose their legs to diabetes; 55 a day lose their sight; 120 a day suffer from end-stage kidney disease; and 580 a day die. He gets right in their faces, he says, and asks them: "Is this what you want—is this the risk you are willing to take?" He tells them 70 percent of the serious consequences of diabetes can be avoided with better compliance.
He also works hard promoting the ACA peer-visitor program—because he will never forget his relief at meeting Moe. People need support from others who have experienced the same thing, Charlie says, and he wants hospitals to provide the programs. After morphine, a visit from an amputee peer visitor is ranked as the most valuable intervention by returning war veterans with amputations. "If you can reduce anxiety and stress about losing the limb," you can avoid other problems in the future, Charlie emphasizes.
Charlie also says that a good attitude allowed for his successful transition
to active amputee. "I had to realize I wasn't going to dunk the
basketball," he allows, but he realized after seeing Moe that he could
be active again, and that he could motivate others. "After they teach
you how to fall, they teach you to get back up again," Charlie says. And
he wants to help others do the
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Other Occasions
Thank-Yous and More"Whenever my husband and I have a dinner guest who brings a bottle of wine, we write her name and number on the label. If we don't get around to drinking it that night, I'll call when I finally find time to pour a glass. I get to say an impromptu thanks for her thoughtfulness, let her know I've enjoyed her gift, and catch up with my friend all at the same time."
―Marnie Barnhorst, 59, La Jolla, California
- Are you the one being "showered"? Think about sending flowers to the host of your party a few days before the event.
- Express support and congratulations for a particular goal (conquering a fear of flying, quitting smoking, running a marathon) by sending a card with something small that relates to her accomplishment, such as an airline-size bag of peanuts, a pack of minty-fresh gum, or an energy bar.
- When a coworker is moving on, do something to continue a tradition you shared. If, say, 4 p.m. was your designated vending-machine break, send a pack of candy in an envelope with the instructions "Do not open until 4 p.m."
"When my two daughters were little, I would dress them up for Halloween, take them to our local nursing home, and have them hand out candy. It taught my girls that we're responsible for creating a society in which we want to live―one where people don't get neglected just because they've reached a certain age."
Just Because
―Deborah Welsh, 56, Portage, Michigan
- Next time you find yourself in front of a single-purchase customer, don't just offer to let her hop ahead of you. Ask the cashier to ring up that quart of milk or orange juice with your purchase and make the shopper's day.
- Taking care of someone else's children for the day? Snap photos of the kids playing and goofing around. Show them to Mom and Dad later, or send them using your cell phone.


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Fair Use - Section 107
Fair Use
The fair use exception exists to achieve a balance between copyright owners and the general public who may benefit from using copyrighted works without seeking permission. A fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and "transformative" purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. The Fair Use doctrine recognizes the need to permit reasonable public access to copyrighted works in order to support the advancement of knowledge. The uses should repurpose and recontextualize the original or be accompanied with commentary - scholarly, educational, historical, and/or critical. Uses should be brief and noncommercial and proper credit and notice should always be given.
The Law of Fair Use
U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ¤ 107 Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use
"Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified in that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include-
- The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.
- The nature of the copyrighted work.
- The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.
- The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors." (17 U.S.C. ¤ 107)
Fair use is based on weighing these four factors:
1) Purpose and Character of the Use
- Is the use for a commercial or noncommercial purpose?
- What is the target audience?
- If the purpose is educational is the copied work to be accompanied by original commentary?
- Does the use of the work "transform" the material taken from the copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the original?
2) Nature of the Copyrighted Work
- Is the copyrighted work informational or creative?
- Is the copyrighted work educational or entertainment?
- Is the copyrighted work published or unpublished?
3) Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Used
- Did you use only the amount you needed to accomplish your purpose?
- Is the copied amount the "heart of the work"?
- Is the copied amount a substantial percentage of the whole work?
4) Effect Upon the Potential Market or Value of the Copyrighted Work
- Will the copying interfere with marketability of the original work?
- Are permissions available to purchase at a reasonable price?
- Is the use a "substitute" for purchasing the work?
Weighing and Balancing the Factors
A central principle of the fair use analysis is the flexible doctrine that Congress wanted us to test and adapt for changing needs and circumstances. The law provides no clear and direct answers about the scope of fair use or its meaning in specific situations. Instead, we are compelled to return to the four factors and to reach reasoned and responsible conclusions about the lawfulness of our activities. Reasonable people may differ widely on the applicability of fair use, but any reliable evaluation of fair use must depend upon a reasoned analysis of the four factors of fair use. If most factors lean in favor of fair use, the proposed use is probably allowed; if most lean the opposite direction, the purposed use will not fit the fair use exception and may require permission from the copyright owner.
Tools for conducting a Fair Use Analysis
Do an analysis each time you want to determine if your use of a work is a fair use. Contact the University Intellectual Property Rights Specialist if you have any questions regarding the overall analysis and use of the checklist. Complete a checklist, sign, date, and attach a copy of it to the material analyzed for fair use in order to document that you are acting in good faith.
To do your analysis, print and complete the Checklist for Fair Use (PDF | Word Document - requires document download).
The following tools can also be helpful in determining whether the use of material protected by copyright is a fair use.
BYU Checklist for Fair Use (PDF)
Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC), Visual Resources Association
Fair Use Evaluator, Michael Brewer, ALA Office of IT Policy
Fair Use and Best Practice Publications
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently released of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education. It offers 8 principles that provide an outline to some common situations where many in the library community agree fair use can apply. These codes of Best Practice in fair use function as guides to reasoning, not guidelines that dictate, and like the guidelines, do not have the force of law. They merely mark a well-trodden path through the fair use landscape.
From American University Center for Social Media
Documentary Filmmakers Best Practices in Fair Use
Examples of Successful Fair Use in Documentary Film
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
Fair Use in Media Literacy Education FAQ
Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Online Video
Code of Best Practices In Fair Use for Poetry
Remix Culture: Fair Us is Your Friend
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication
Best Practices in Fair Use of Dance-related Materials
Fair Use Scenarios
Fair Use and Free Speech
Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Online Video
Fair Use Language for Course Syllabi
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare
Other Fair Use Resources
Fair Use Sister Casey Hurley, BYU-Idaho Perspectives article
Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research and Study, Visual Resources Association
Fair Use in Education and Research, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University
Copyright Crash Course, Fair use of copyrighted materials, Georgia Harper, University of Texas
Educational Fair Use Today, by Jonathan Band, Association of Research Libraries
Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University Libraries
Fair Use in a Nutshell, CopyLaw.com by Attorney Lloyd J. Jassin
The Ultimate Student Guide to Images, resources about fair use and links to free or low-cost copyright-free images
Copyright Basics: Fair Use, Copyright Clearance Center
Fair Use Case Summaries
Court decisions regarding the question of fair use can provide insight in applying Fair Use to specific situations. Although there are not many cases directly related to the university community, the following summaries will offer some helpful understanding.
U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index. The Fair Use Index is designed to be user-friendly. For each decision, they have provided a brief summary of the facts, the relevant question(s) presented, and the court's determination as to whether the contested use was fair. You may browse all of the cases, search for cases involving specific subject matter or categories of work, or review cases from specific courts. "Although the Fair Use Index should prove helpful in understanding what courts have to date considered to be fair or not fair, it is not a substitute for legal advice. Fair use is a judge-created doctrine dating back to the nineteenth century and codified in the 1976 Copyright Act. Both the fact patterns and the legal application have evolved over time, and you should seek legal assistance as necessary and appropriate." -U.S. Copyright Office
During and after enactment of the 1976 U.S. Copyright Act several fair use guidelines emerged. These guidelines were created as "safe harbor" standards by interested stakeholders representing a variety of interests. Related to the Copyright Act of 1976, Congress included in H.R. 94-1476, an initial set of Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions with Respect to Books and Periodicals. During later years the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) was established to help resolve copyright issues within emerging technology. CONFU released draft guidelines on distance education, multimedia, images, electronic reserve services in libraries, and interlibrary loan. No consensus agreement has been achieved surrounding CONFU guidelines and they remain in draft.
In referring to the guidelines, it is important to note they are not the law and often express minimum standards for fair use.
While many institutions strictly adhere to the CONFU guidelines, Brigham Young University- Idaho has chosen not to adopt them as official standards for the campus community. They are provided here for reference and information only.
Complete Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) report, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Classroom Guidelines (1976), Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions with Respect to Books and Periodicals, Published in House Report 94-1476
Statement on the Copyright Law and Fair Use in Music, Music Library Association
Statement on the Digital Transmission of Audio Reserves, Music Library Association
Guidelines for Off-Air Taping for Educational Purposes


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Memorial Day Weekend Miami 2013 Events and Parties
Its 2013 and its Memorial Day Weekend is coming upon Miami once again. We're a little late with this list this year with it because its getting harder and harder to find these events, but we hope it paints an idea of what's going on in the city during the weekend. We are including all the hip-hop parties of course, and a few EDM and non-music events in case you want to change it up. This is a list going down the week of Memorial Day Weekend in Miami that we hand picked for your enjoyment.
So without further delay, here is our 2013 Memorial Weekend Event Guide for Miami, which features model Kaylin Garcia on the graphic, who we shot recently in a very American-esque outfit (we'll post the full shoot soon).
The list WILL be constantly updated so check back as events will constantly be added. And feel free to send any events that are not listed here to email@example.com.
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If you want to suggest games we should predict next week (Jan. 6-12) tweet us @lohudinsider and @lohud_defran — hashtag it #GOTW.
So was last week a quiet week? You betcha. Perhaps among the quietest of the year. Four of the five games we picked were wiped out by snow, leaving only Thursday's New Rochelle-Clarkstown South game, one we both lost by picking New Ro. Let's hope the snow and ice stay away this week.
It should be worthwhile. Mount Vernon will travel to White Plains on Wednesday in a game that should hint at the competitiveness Class AA has (or doesn't have) to offer.
(Note: We originally listed Mount Vernon-New Rochelle as one of the Games of the Week, but the game is scheduled for next Friday, Jan. 17 — not this Friday. We will replace it with Tappan Zee-Pearl River.)
Now, here's a look at our records this season and who we're picking this week:
2013-14 Records —
Josh: 19-4 (0-1 last week)
Dan: 17-6 (0-1 last week)
Rye Neck at Valhalla, 4:30 p.m. —
Josh's pick: Rye Neck, 55-43. These teams enter the game with just one loss between them, but this is a step up in class for Valhalla. Although the Vikings played Fox Lane tough, their best wins to date are probably against Hen Hud and Westlake. Rye Neck has a few more impressive results to lean on and should be a favorite here. They are the two favorites in their league, so the head-to-head series could very likely determine the league title.
Dan's pick: Rye Neck, 57-49. Rye Neck's Matt Franks has been consistently productive as just about any big man in the section. This team isn't built around Franks, though. The Panthers have their far share of scoring threats. I think Rye Neck is just more of a complete team and will get a key league win on the road.
Mount Vernon at White Plains, 4:15 p.m. —
Josh's pick: Mount Vernon, 88-71. I've hemmed and hawed on this matchup since I first saw White Plains this season. The Tigers do have plenty of talent. In fact, they have several players Mount Vernon could use. The Knights are a bit challenged from the perimeter and overall in the skill department, but what they have in large supply (muscle) should be an antidote to the very things that make the Tigers dangerous. I think White Plains will struggle to protect the backboard and will see its shooters kept away from their desired spots on offense. I think Mike DeMello and Jordan Tucker will have to be awfully hot to keep it close because the Tigers won't get many second chances to score.
Dan's pick: Mount Vernon, 77-69. White Plains has had as good a start as you could possibly want. Still, I'm not sure the Tigers are at the Knights' level just yet. Just like Josh said, the size difference is all too apparent. Brandon Martin, Yhanni Bartley and Marques Henry will be a match up nightmare for White Plains inside. The Tigers knack for getting into foul trouble could also become an issue. I think White Plains has the talent to possibly upset Mount Vernon, just not yet.
Pearl River at Tappan Zee, 4:30 p.m. —
Josh's pick: Tappan Zee, 55-50. This should be a typical Pearl River-Tappan Zee game. Both teams are solid, but not great, meaning winning in the other team's gym will be very, very tough. I also think guys like Ryan McWilliams and Luke McLaughlin can help contain Kevin Degnan and force Pearl River's role players to win the game. Expect it to be close late, and for TZ to win it at the line.
Dan's pick: Tappan Zee, 60-54. Two very evenly matched teams. The Dutchies have been a bit more consistent this season than Pearl River. The Pirates offense has really clicked recently, though, posting 70-plus games in their last two outings. I think there is a very good chance these teams will split their series. Home-court advantage will definitely play a factor. I'll give the Dutchies the advantage as they'll be playing in their friendly confines.
Spring Valley at Clarkstown South, 7 p.m. —
Josh's pick: Spring Valley, 74-70. Very, very tough call. I really could see South earning a split with Spring Valley — and what better game to do it than a Friday night at home. The Vikings are unbeaten for a reason, you know, and they should have every chance to win here. But I think Spring Valley can win a number of ways, while I think it'll take a shooting expedition by South to emerge victorious. With that in mind, the Tigers are the safe pick.
Dan's pick: Spring Valley, 80-76. If you've followed my first two sets of rankings, you already know where I'm going with my pick. I just think the Tigers are a more talented team than the Vikings. Spring Valley is just too big and too athletic for Clarkstown South to match up with. The Vikings are a very talented team, and the fact this game is at Clarkstown South on a Friday night makes it that much harder to pick against them, but Spring Valley is just too good. The Tigers take an early lead on Clarkstown South in the battle for the league title.
New Rochelle vs. Eastchester in JDRF Hoops for a Cure at NewRoc City, 8 p.m. —
Josh's pick: New Rochelle, 85-80. It could be tough playing a day after a matchup with rival Mount Vernon, but New Ro will have over 24 hours to recover. As long as their legs are under them, the Huguenots should have an advantage inside that will allow them to pound the glass against Eastchester. The Eagles will enjoy the bigger Monroe College court, but it's not like New Ro is a stranger to playing in the open floor.
Dan's pick: New Rochelle, 75-73. Eastchester's performance at the Slam Dunk tournament was a bit frustrating. I think the Eagles are a talented group, but I was disappointed in their loss in the consolation game to Bedford Academy. New Rochelle proves to be an interesting match up as the Eagles' Jack Daly and Benny Dimirco will once again face another talented back court. That, combined with the Huguenots; size, will be too much for Eastchester.
To view all of our picks for the Games of the Week so far this season, click on the "Predictions" tab on the homepage at varsityinsider.lohudblogs.com.


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As if she's not busy enough ??? starring in Saturday Night Live every week, working on a new television sitcom and being pregnant ??? the magical Amy Poehler is starting a Web series titled Smart Girls at the Party. The show is basically what we all needed as preteens: It "aims to help girls find confidence in their own aspirations and talents, and to prove that you don't have to be famous to be interesting." We truly can't find one bad thing to say about Amy. That is one lucky baby in her womb.
Bravo Mollygood. I too am enamored by Amy.
oh man. that makes me want to have a little girl, just so i can make her watch it and be empowered.
love it heather. :) ditto.
i totally don't get the song though. when they sing they sing yodelahie?
what heather said.
GOB is one lucky man.
Her cartoon The Mighty B is pretty awesome as well :]
shes due next week..
AAaawww! This is great. I had horrible, horrible confidence issues when I was a little girl.
I want Amy to be my mom!


text: Joseph Campbell's dogma: "Mythology is not invented rationally; mythology cannot be rationally understood" ("Primitive Mythology," p.42) Joseph Campbell's opinion on the origin of the myths: "And though many who bow with closed eyes in the sanctuaries of their own tradition rationally scrutinize and disqualify the sacraments of others, an honest comparison immediately reveals that all have been built from one fund of mythological motifs –variously selected, organized, interpreted, and ritualized, according to local need, but revered by every people on earth. A fascinating psychological, as well as historical, problem is thus presented. Man, apparently, cannot maintain himself in the universe without belief in some arrangement of the general inheritance of myth. […]And why should it be that whenever men looked for something solid on which to found their lives, they have chosen not the facts in which the world abounds, but the myths of an immemorial imagination?"The original "fund of mythological motifs" was the product of an "immemorial imagination"! That is a reasonable assertion because Native Americans so much as ancient Sumerians, Greeks and Japanese share the same "mythological motifs". The "immemorial imagination" part of the theory is based on the fact that the American Indians were separated from the rest of the planet's inhabitants for 14,000 years. Even if "mythology cannot be rationally understood" the relationship between every single culture's mythological motifs and the "immemorial imagination," can and should be rationally understood. Did all cultures sprang from one mother-culture? Thanks to the science of genetics we now know that they did (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/...60940.stm) and, therefore, Campbell's "immemorial imagination" can be altered to "immemorial memories." Figurines of the Great Mother (or Mother Goddess) are known to have been produced as early as 40,000 years ago. The fact that those figurines (known as Venus figurines) depict the Mother who according to mythology gave birth to gods and men, is confirmed by a description of the Mother (also called "Cow," "Wild Cow" or "Sacred Cow") found in the Pyramid Texts, the oldest texts of humanity. The description matches the depiction of the Mother in the statuettes because the "Mother" was a particular woman and not just any woman capable of producing offspring. She had a particular figure –exceptionally obese- and was treated in a particular way which most probably led to her acquiring that particular figure. Venus figurines have been produced for 40,000 years and although the oldest texts available were written only 4,500 years ago the myths and legends accompanying the practice of sculpting her figure and perpetuating her worship had a chance to be recorded. Thus, according to the story narrated in the archaic texts, the Mother was revered by her children not as the mother who gave birth to them, but as her who provided them with the physical attributes necessary for survival.All Mother's children were subject to the test of judgment effected by those fathering her children; the gods. Some children would be found to be "sons of god" and therefore gods themselves, some would be accepted as "sons of man," suitable to serve the gods as their slaves, and some would be rejected as primitive savages and would be exterminated. Accordingly, the Mother herself was regarded either as "Mother of gods" or as just an indifferent common mother.Those worshipping the Mother were those who survived the ordeal of judgment, those who were born by the "God bearing Mother" and therefore this one was the mother they revered and were proud of having been born by, not the common mother. The common mother's children were gone; dead, incapable of worshipping. The "Venus figurines" are indeed Venus figurines! To call them "fertility idols" it only indicates lack of serious involvement with the particular subject. For those interested I have uploaded an article of a 45-page study http://dtango.wordpress.com/2012/01...]Great in a pdf file. The story of the Mother is the foundation on which the extremely racist attitude of mythology is based: the mother belongs to an inferior primitive race while the father, the god, belongs to a superior civilized race. The offspring may belong to the race of the father, the mother, or anywhere between the two. "Katharmos," the deadly symptom of racism, demanded that the non-pure, the non-god, be expelled or exterminated. The Diaspora of the human kind begun at approximately 60,000 years ago and was completed a few hundred years ago when the last of the persecuted "non-pure ones" arrived at the remotest and loneliest place of the earth: the Easter Island. Myths about gods are considered fairy tales and are treated in the same way myths about mermaids are treated because on the one hand what evidence confirming the historicity of the myths there is cannot be recognized for what it is, and on the other hand a great part of the evidence lies on the bottom of the sea. When, 15,000 thousand years ago, sea level was 100 meters lower than its present level the Nile river delta was by approximately fifty kilometers longer and close to 10,000 square kilometers –in the Delta area only- of today's sea area was dry land.The myth of imperfect creation is found on both sides of the Atlantic: gods were killing one generation of humans after the other in their attempt to have the sort of people they wanted. According to the Mother's story, however, they were not killing entire generations. They simply kept killing for thousands of years those children of the Mother they deemed unsuitable for use. The above is a theory hated by both theists and atheists. Theists would never accept that their sacred supernatural deities are fake and atheists would never accept the existence of any sort of gods.To my opinion Academia has been so far pleasing both by remaining silent!


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ISSUES 7921G roaming whit push to talk
We have a deployment with many Cisco AP around 100, the AP are closer each other,This AP only works with 2.4 radio, because the radio of 5 don´t have anntenas to work so the only radio to cover the deplyment is the 2.4 Ghz.
The network was designed and installed by another company, they mounted 20 Aps to cover offices and 80 Aps to cover a warehouse mounted higt around 65 feet and there are separates each other around 41 feet.
I am having issues with 7921G phones roaming through a 802.11b/g, The phones do not seem to be moving on to nearby APs at the right time therfore alowing the call to degrade and drop out, I was hoping someone could give me some tips on WLC configuration and AP power to optimize the system already installed. I am really limited as to the amount and location of the APs
This issue it´s more when use the 7921G the push to talk ficture
The WiFi network has plenty of APs installed. It certainly has -67dbm coverge in all areas and also a more than of 20% overlap.
7921G ver 1.3.2
WLC 4400 ver 18.104.22.168
CCM ver 4.0
APs: AIR-LAP1242AG-N-K9
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SYDNEY — A 30-year-old Sydney woman has been released from custody on charges including drug trafficking.
Zandra Lee Williams of Dominion Street is charged with three counts of assaulting police officers and single counts of resisting arrest and uttering a threat. The offences allegedly occurred May 30, 2012.
She is also charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in oxycodone and two counts of breaching court orders. Those offences allegedly occurred April 28 in Sydney.
Among her conditions of release, Williams posted a $5,000 surety and is to report once a week to Cape Breton Regional Police. She is also to abstain from alcohol and all drugs not prescribed her by a physician.
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Interviews with managers at a small number of hospital trusts also revealed financial deficits were hampering the £12 billion project.
NHS IT bosses have strongly denied that patient safety could be affected.
The scheme - the world's biggest civilian IT project - aims to allow full electronic booking across the NHS and centrally-held patient records.
However, it has been dogged by criticism throughout, and hit by substantial delays.
The NHS-funded independent research project was carried out by King's College and Imperial College in London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Bristol and published by the British Medical Journal.
It found some staff thought that having to rely on elderly systems was bad for patients.
One medical director told the researchers: "Our path (pathology) system is extremely out of date, it's not just obsolescent, it's obsolete.
"When we had to buy some new bits for it recently we had to buy them through eBay from someone in America because there's just no bits in this country, so it's a huge risk to the trust."
Lead author Professor Naomi Fulop of the School of Social Science and Public Policy at King's College London comments: "While the delays continue, IT networks are becoming outdated and there is a real risk that patient care could be compromised."
However, the bulk of the concerns voiced by those interviewed were about 'poor communication' between Connecting for Health - the NHS body tasked with delivering the new systems - and trusts, and about the impact of financial deficits on the project.
Some of those quoted in the report were scathing about both the concept and the delivery of the flagship 'Choose and Book' systems, which should allow patients to choose their hospital at the touch of a button in their GP surgery.
The researchers did find, however, that support for the aims of the NHS IT programme remained strong.
'Visionary concept'
Another researcher, Dr Barney Reeves of the Clinical Trials and Evaluation Unit at the University of Bristol added: "It will be a disaster if the opportunities afforded by the programme are jeopardised by the challenges associated with implementation."
However, Dr Simon Eccles, Connecting for Health National Clinical Lead, said that while progress had been slow in some hospitals, those with the greatest need for new systems were being prioritised.
"It is untrue to suggest patient safety is being compromised. "This research reveals some of the challenges and frustrations of introducing new IT into the hospital sector.
"We work with those challenges every day and are working hard in partnership with local NHS organisations to overcome them to make best use of these technologies."
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I Was Born There, I Was Born Here. By Mourid Barghouti. London: Bloomsbury. pp216. HB. 2011. £14.99
Mourid Barghouti is a gifted Palestinian writer and poet. Born in 1944 near Ramallah, he has published more than a dozen books of poetry in Arabic and, in 2004, his memoirs I Saw Ramallah was published in the UK to widespread acclaim (a review of this book was subsequently published in this paper). Thanks to his valuable literary contributions, Barghouti was awarded the Palestine Award for Poetry in 2000. Then, in 2008, he published another collection of poetry titled Midnight and Other Poems, which was also received well.
This work is a sequel to his I Saw Ramallah. In that book he recounted his story of his return to Palestine in 1996 for the first time since being exiled following the Six-Day War in 1967. In the book under review, which has been skilfully translated by Humphrey Davies, Barghouti continues the story from 1998 when he went to Occupied Palestine in order to introduce his son, Tamim, to his Palestinian family and relatives.
Consisting of eleven gripping chapters and a perceptive foreword by John Berger, in this memoir, Barghouti vividly goes back and forth in time between 1990s and the present day providing a real and equally powerful picture of life in Palestine with all its challenges, difficulties, hardship, humiliation and absurdity. The author has an unusual ability of explaining the ups and downs of life in an occupied land without losing his sense of humour and incredulity. This enables him to censure those who had created the circumstances in which the helpless Palestinian people find themselves in today without being vindictive and nasty.
In the words of John Berger, 'This book, with its fury and tenderness, its close observation and cosmic metaphors, is wild. Reading it, you follow graphically the experience of the Palestinian people during the last sixty years, and, at the same time, you partake of some of the most ancient recourses of the human imagination when faced with collective suffering and humiliation…What has happened and is happening to the land of Palestine and its people is unclassifiable. None of the historical terms such as colonization, annexation, invasion or elimination are precise enough. The word 'Occupation', which is generally used, has been given a new vast meaning and this book spells out that meaning and the extension of what that means.' (p xii)
Given the nature of the problem and predicament that the Palestinians have been forced to endure for more than 60 years now, it is not surprising that this book defies classification. It is not a normal memoir or another biographical account. It is much more than heart-rendering stories of displacement, uprooting, exile and individual and collective suffering. Nor is it a political tract, although I have yet to read a more powerful account of a man-made political tragedy. In fact, this book is much more than a personal journey, for it provides a compelling account of how to face political powerless with exemplary dignity in the face of sheer brutality and unspeakable inhumanity.
This book is about ironies, contradictions, double standards and hypocrisy; it is also about the failure of human imagination, integrity and morality. In the end, one is forced to concede that the plight and predicament of the Palestinian people is nothing but a big blot on our collective humanity. In the words of the author, 'The Palestinian cause is starting over again from the beginning. Wasn't the beginning that a land was occupied and has to be reclaimed? And that a people was expelled from its land and has to return? Is the end that we have come to today anything other than that beginning?' (p214)
This is a powerful and moving tale of incomparable suffering related by a fair-minded and resilient writer of unusual skill and ability. Highly recommended reading.
Muhammad Khan. M Khan is author of The Muslim 100 (2008) and The Muslim Heritage of Bengal (2013).


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Mark a 3-foot diameter circle on the ground with chalk. Ten feet away, draw a 10-foot square. Gather the team together with the construction materials in the 10-foot square. Read out loud to the team the list of construction materials and the instructions.
Construction Materials
10 paper clips
5 rubber bands
1 balloon, uninflated
3 cardboard tubes
1 sheet of mailing labels
2 index cards
3 sheets of paper
2 paper cups
5 ping-pong balls
Team Instructions
Your mission is to land several portable test orbs on the moon. You are standing inside Mission Control; you may not leave Mission Control at any time. There is a landing pad across from you. You have five minutes to devise a method to move all of the orbs (ping-pong balls) onto the landing pad. At the end of the five-minute construction time, you will have one minute to launch the orbs. The orbs must not roll out of the specified area, or they will not operate properly.
Scoring (optional)
You will receive up to 10 points each for creativity, communication and cooperation. You will also receive 10 bonus points for each orb you successfully land on the moon.


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Stryll Trapper
The Stryll are genetically engineered hunters, used by various races to seek and destroy marked targets. Trappers are special ships used by the Stryll to weaken targets that they have been ordered to keep alive.
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Identify companies that are ethical and trustworthy and that could help Tennesseans become debt free.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) July 03, 2014
Tennessee continues to struggle with unemployment, as its rate as of late last year was 7.1%. What this translates into is that there are approximately 188,000 Tennesseans unemployed even though the Great Recession officially ended nearly five years ago. Unemployment in Memphis is even worse at 10.9% and Knoxville's unemployment rate is 8.2%.
To make matters even worse, Tennessee's median household income is just $42,995 making it the 48th worst in the nation. And its residents have credit card debt averaging $4669 per borrower and an average credit score of just 679.
These facts, plus the ever-increasing costs of life's basic necessities, have caused many Tennesseans to get into trouble with debt.
The company BestDebtConsolidationLoans.org recently undertook an analysis of the debt consolidation loan companies available online that could be of help to those Tennesseans that are struggling with debt. In making this evaluation, it looked at six criteria – debt solution options, business ethics, fees, consumer satisfaction, customer service and financial standing. Given these criteria, BestDebtConsolidationLoans.org found that the three best online debt relief companies are National Debt Relief, CuraDebt and American Debt Enders.
"We felt it was important," said a spokesperson for BestDebtConsolidationLoans.org, "to identify companies that are ethical and trustworthy and that could help Tennesseans become debt free. We understand that dealing with big debt is a big problem and requires serious help. Fortunately, we found that there is such help available."
BestDebtConsolidationLoans.org also learned that of the three best online debt relief companies, the best of the best was National Debt Relief due principally to its business ethics, customer service and customer satisfaction.
In terms of business ethics, National Debt Relief treats its customers honestly and fairly. Unlike many other online debt relief companies it charges no upfront fees and, in fact, charges its customers nothing until they approve their payment plans. National Debt Relief basically offers a 100% guarantee in that if a customer becomes dissatisfied with the company for any reasons he or she can cancel out of their program without being charged any fees or penalties. The funds that its customers send to National Debt Relief are deposited in FDIC-insured trust accounts that only their customers can manage. This assures their customers that their money cannot be spent for any reason until they authorize it.
BestDebtConsolidationLoans.org also felt it was important that National Debt Relief has an A rating with the Better Business Bureau. The company specializes in helping individuals and families who owe more than $7500 by providing them with solutions custom designed to fit their needs. National Debt Relief also ranks highly in customer satisfaction in that almost all of its first-time customers report that they were "very satisfied" with the services they received. National Debt Relief has helped more than 100,000 families and individuals become debt free. In addition, the site BestConsumerReviews.com awarded it the top ranking for debt relief companies.
Ranked second best for debt consolidation loans is CuraDebt. This company works mostly with customers who owe more than $10,000 in debts. It's been in business since 1996 providing its customers with credit negotiations, debt settlement and financial advice. CuraDebt has close working relationships with the credit card companies and as a result is almost always able to help its customers achieve credit card debt reduction. In addition, it offers programs designed to help with tax debts, medical debts, student loan debts and defaulted loans – as well as credit card debts.
The company ranked third best for Tennesseans looking for debt relief is American Debt Enders. Some of the services it offers include debt settlement and debt consolidation. American Debt Enders has been in business for only about seven years. However, during this time it has built a reputation for being able to help its customers with almost any kind of debt problem. It specializes in helping individuals and families who owe more than $5000. Its debt counselors are said to be knowledgeable and responsive and can help with almost any kind of debt problem up to and including credit repair. For that matter, American Debt Enders has reported that its debt counselors often can even help its customers improve their credit scores.
Tennesseans that are struggling with debt and would like to know more about debt consolidation loan programs and debt relief should go to the site http://www.BestDebtConsolidationLoans.org for more information about these three companies.


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No Objection Letter for Recycled Plastics #74
Return to inventory: Submissions on Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Plastics for Food-Contact Articles
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January 28, 2003
Peter McRostie
Camino Santa Margarita 01501
San Bernardo, Santiago
Dear Mr. McRostie:
This responds to your inquiry of December 2, 2002, on behalf of Recipent and Typack, requesting a letter of "non-objection" for the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) polyethylene terephthlate (PET) to fabricate containers (i.e., clamshells, trays and baskets) used to hold fresh fruit and vegetables. The packaged fruit and vegetables will be held at room temperature and below for a period ranging from a few days to several weeks. The source of the PCR-PET will be limited to reusable PET soda and juice bottles which have been collected through bottle deposit systems and those obtained from curbside collection programs. Your submission describes the collection, washing, extrusion and thermoforming procedures used to produce the PCR-PET. Your submission also indicates that the PCR-PET will not be blended with virgin PET nor will any adjuvants be added during the production of the finished recycled resin.
We have completed our review and have concluded that there is little or no likelihood that components of the PCR-PET will migrate to the fruits and vegetables at other than insignificant levels. In addition, because the fruits and vegetables will typically be washed before being consumed, we believe little or no components of the PCR-PET packaging will remain on the fruits and vegetables at the time of consumption.
Based on the information you have provided regarding your recycling process, we have concluded that PCR-PET, processed in the manner described in your December 2, 2003 submission, is of a purity suitable for the manufacture of containers used to hold fresh fruit and vegetables at room temperature and below and will not be required to be the subject of a food additive listing regulation, an effective food-contact substance notification or a threshold of regulation exemption.
Although we have concluded that your PCR-PET is suitable for the intended use, you should be aware that we are developing a formal policy on the use of post-consumer recycled plastics in contact with food. Thus, the decision set forth in this letter may need to be modified due to future deliberations on this manner.
If you have any further questions concerning this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Julius Smith
Consumer Safety Officer,
Division of Food Contact Substance Notification Review, HFS-275
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— SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Hobbled by an injured toe, Jimmy Clausen connected with Golden Tate on a 33-yard touchdown with 5:26 remaining, and Kyle McCarthy sealed the win with an interception in the red zone with just over one minute remaining to give Notre Dame a 33-30 win. The win ends Michigan State's six-game winning streak at South Bend, but the Irish also lost star wide receiver Michael Floyd to a broken collarbone. Armando Allen paced the Notre Dame ground attack with 115 yards and a touchdown. Clausen was 22-for-31 for 299 yards and two touchdowns.
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After the sixth episode of Heroes, fans everywhere are asking who is Adam Monroe? But Adam's identity isn't the only new question fans are left with after watching "The Line." There's the state of New York on June 14, 2008 and the contents of Isaac's paintings to debate too.
"The Line" was about various characters reaching a crossroads of sort and choosing which direction to proceed.
However, in true Mohinder fashion, Mohinder remained wishy washy, going back and forth on his decision to work for The Company while preaching about right and wrong. In the end, he stayed with The Company. But we learned a few things in the process.
The Company has a file on Adam Monroe and, according to Bob, he is an individual posing a potential danger.
Monica has been bagged and tagged by The Company. But unlike last year, she's fully aware of her adventure. She's given a cover story, contacts, gifts (a loaded iPod) and encouragement to help her city. Is this new upfrontness a direct result of The Company no longer having the services of the Haitian? And although we know that Mohinder didn't inject Monica with the mutated virus, I have to wonder if Bob sent someone else in to do the job while Mohinder was taking his morale stance?
While Bob told Mohinder that The Company needs him to keep them in line morally, I wasn't surprised when Mohinder got a new partner -- to keep him in line. A supposedly cured Niki reappears, touting The Company's line about doing good things.
Meanwhile Peter and a vengeful Caitlin head to a building in Montreal bearing the logo of his father's law firm just as the painting predicted. In it, they find a note of warning for Peter from Adam. One can only assume it's the same Adam The Company has a file on. But before they can discuss what it means, the pair are whisked a la Hiro's time travel powers to a deserted New York City on June 14, 2008 where they learn the city has been evacuated.
I thought wow; we know the date of the season finale already. But alas, June 14th isn't a Monday. My other thought was New York again?! Do you know how many cities the US has? They couldn't tap a different one for this season's pending disaster?
Looking at next week's preview of Peter and Caitlin in a decon shower, I'm guess the pending disaster is something biological. Guess Mohinder's preaching about the virus spreading to the general public wasn't just posturing.
Back in present day in Odessa, Ukraine, Noah and the Haitian are hot on the trail of Isaac's last seven paintings. They visit Noah's mentor where they proceed to torture him by removing memories of his family. That's one that Jack Bauer never used. But apparently it was effective.
When his mentor offers him a way out of the "on the lam life" with his family, Noah actually looks like he's considering it. But in the end, he crosses the line against The Company and kills his mentor.
Together Noah and the Haitian examine the paintings in a warehouse, but we are offered little insight. Here's what I saw
- HRG dead with a blonde kissing a boy in the background. This painting is the one Mohinder found a couple of weeks ago.
- A man shooting a gun. My guess is that it was Nathan.
- Hiro fighting what looks like Takezo.
- A hand with a needle (or was it a vile?). Looks like Niki is doing this very thing in next week's preview.
I didn't catch a good look at the other three, but here's what the folks at TVSquad say they were and my thoughts on them:
- A blonde hanging out a window. Could be Niki or maybe Kristen Bell's character?
- Peter looking into a mirror that says bio hazard. Probably from future New York.
- A painting of Claire sprawled on the steps. Could this be her prank with the cheerleader?
What did you see in the paintings?
Speaking of Claire, she partnered with the ever creepy West to pull the over-the-line prank on the Heathers -- I mean head cheerleader. Faking (I'm not sure that's the right word) her own death, she gets the drunk head cheerleader suspended from school and cheerleader, earning her a place on the team.
Meanwhile back in feudal Japan, Hiro crosses the line by kissing Yaeko, disrupting the time/space continuum and crossing Takezo, who saw the kiss. Takezo then double crosses Hiro with White Beard. Could a 400-year-old Takezo still be seeking revenge on Hiro and his family in present day?
The part of Ando, and now the restorer, reading the story is still the best part of the tale. I have one question though. If Hiro is betrayed by Takezo and left unconscious at the hands of White Beard with no access to Takezo's sword, how did the scroll get in there?
The wonder twins are back in this episode, but all is not wonderful as Sylar wedges himself between the too. It gets worse when he influences Maya to use her powers to kill the Citizen Border Patrol so they could cross the border and Alejandro tells her that the next time she uses her power he intends to let Sylar die. That's okay, because Sylar is still planning to kill the pair when he gets his powers back. In the meantime, he's content to play with his new toy (Maya).
No more on Matt and his dad or Nathan and his mom this week. Kristen Bell's character and Micah were also missing in this episode.
Not a bad episode in my opinion. It kept the storyline moving and gave us a few new things to ponder.


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