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James Franco and Seth Rogen: Movie Buds
From the guys who brought us the genius comedies that are Knocked Up and Superbad, comes this summer's stoner hit, Pineapple Express, starring the adorable James Franco and hilarious Seth Rogen. If the names don't ring a bell, here's some background tidbits on these herbalicious funny boys:
Handsome and intelligent, James had his big break playing "Harry Osborn" in the Spiderman movies. However, he first found screen time on the TV series Freaks and Geeks, where he first met his Pineapple co-star Seth. The 30-year-old just graduated from UCLA, and will relocate to New York after the summer to pursue a post-graduate degree from New York University. Yes, he's in this movie!
Seth has been making waves as part of the Judd Apatow creative team, but he's been working in Hollywood since he moved from Vancouver at the age of 16. From roles with Franco on TV, to writing for Da Ali G show, he's got the whole funny guy act down pat!
If this movie is anything like their other hits, get ready for teens across the country to be repeating the movie's funniest phrases over, and over, and over again.


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By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press
LONDON Actress Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport Wednesday, her publicist said.
Mara Buxbaum said the 37-year-old was taken to a west London hospital Wednesday "as a precaution" and had since been released.
"She's fine now," Buxbaum said. She declined to go into details of Ryder's illness.
British Airways said a flight from Los Angeles to Heathrow requested priority landing after a female passenger "required medical attention" and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
"Our cabin crew looked after the female passenger as much as they could onboard and our passenger services staff also accompanied her to the local hospital," the statement said. "We wish her well."
Ryder, who began her film career as a teenager in 1986, earned back-to-back Oscar nominations in the 1990s for Little Women and the The Age of Innocence. She's also known for youthful roles in films including Heathers,Edward Scissorhands and Girl, Interrupted. She has mostly stayed out of the headlines after her 2002 conviction for stealing several thousand dollars worth of merchandise from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills.
Ryder had prescription drugs in her possession when she was arrested — but a drug charge was dropped after a doctor said he had prescribed the medication.
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IN a culture that worships youth, many baby boomers and older people alike are ever in search of a fountain of youth. And if you believe the claims being widely disseminated in books, magazines and newsletters and on radio, television and the Internet, that Holy Grail is now available in dihydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA, a hormone that is selling briskly as a dietary supplement.
The claims for DHEA make it sound like a miracle drug that can stop and even reverse the aging process and the debilitating diseases that often accompany it. Some enthusiasts say that a daily dose of the substance has taken 20 years off their chronological ages.
Commercial proponents, true believers and a few less-than-cautious researchers say it can strengthen immunity; recharge a flagging libido; melt body fat and build new muscle; prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis; enhance energy; improve mood; relieve symptoms of lupus; treat Alzheimer's disease, and increase longevity.
If even half these claims were established facts, DHEA might truly be a wonder drug. But before you rush out to buy a bottle, consider what is and is not known about its real and potential benefits and risks.
Is DHEA Safe?
DHEA is a hormone, a weak androgen produced by the adrenal glands that can be converted in the body to testosterone and estrogen in both men and women. Its release into the blood peaks at various times: just before birth (slackening in childhood) and before puberty (slackening after age 25 or 30). Blood levels of the hormone in a 70-year-old are only about 25 percent of those in a 30-year-old, prompting some to suggest that aging may be a DHEA deficiency disease. But it could also mean that the hormone is not needed in large amounts by older people.Continue reading the main story
DHEA is a nonpatentable steroid that can be synthesized from pharmaceutical ingredients or extracted from wild yams. Although DHEA had been available over the counter for decades, the Food and Drug Administration deemed it in 1985 to be a drug for which unsubstantiated claims were being made and banned its sale. Then in 1994, the hormone, along with many other potent ''natural'' chemicals, re-emerged as a nonprescription supplement under the Dietary Supplement and Education Act, which blocks F.D.A. regulatory action unless a label makes unapproved claims or the product is proved dangerous.
Warning No. 1: The DHEA you can buy in health food stores and elsewhere has not been scrutinized by any official organization for quality or content. You may or may not be getting what you pay for.
Warning No. 2: There are no long-term studies of either the benefits or risks of the hormone. Nearly all of the relatively few studies completed in people have been small and short-term. Most of the claims made for it are based on studies in mice and rats, which, unlike people, do not produce significant quantities of the hormone at any time in their lives. Therefore, its effects in these animals may be quite different from those in people.
Furthermore, careful researchers say promoters have drawn unwarranted conclusions about the benefits of DHEA from their studies and have made claims based on small studies that have not been confirmed by others.
Warning No. 3: The overwhelming majority of researchers who are conducting well-designed studies of the hormone caution consumers against taking it without medical supervision. Given the many unknowns about how the hormone can be administered safely and what benefits it may bestow, the researchers say it should be used only by participants in an approved research study, in which they receive pharmaceutical-grade DHEA and are closely monitored for ill effects. The researchers also caution against doses higher than 50 milligrams a day.
For, despite its over-the-counter availability, the hormone may indeed have risks. As indicated by studies in animals and people, the possible hazards include stimulating the growth of prostate and breast cancer, damaging the liver, masculinizing women and increasing women's cardiac risk. Rather than administering the hormone as a pill that must pass through the digestive tract and be processed by the liver, some investigators believe that a safer route might be through the skin or under the tongue.
Promises Yet Unfulfilled
That said, once researchers have sorted things out, DHEA or a metabolite (a breakdown product) may indeed have a bright future as a hormone supplement in mid-life to late-life. At the University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Owen M. Wolkowitz and Dr. Louann Brizendine are evaluating the hormone's ability to improve memory and quality of life in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease, based on animal studies in which aged mice given DHEA performed as well on memory tests as young mice and on the finding that elderly people with lower blood levels of the hormone did not function as well as those with higher levels.
In another study of men and women with major depression, Dr. Wolkowitz said, the hormone produced significant improvement when compared with a placebo, or dummy pill.
The hormone's ability to enhance normal immune responses has been suggested in studies of older men and women, who produced higher levels of infection-fighting natural killer cells and less of a damaging immune substance, interleukin-6, while on the substance. Elderly patients on the hormone showed an improved response to influenza vaccine. And in patients with the autoimmune disease lupus, DHEA reduced the severity of symptoms and the amount of medication they required.
As for other claims, however, at best a modest decrease in cardiac risk for men and none for women was linked to higher blood levels of the hormone in a 10-year study of nearly 2,000 people in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor of the University of California at San Diego. Nor did she find an association between DHEA levels and bone density. Initial claims that the hormone might lower breast cancer risk have not been borne out by three studies. And two studies found higher levels of the hormone in women who developed cancers of the breast or ovary.
Anecdotal reports of a revival of sexual desire and prowess stimulated by DHEA remain just that: anecdotes. Nutrition Action newsletter reported in March that volunteers in one study experienced no change in sexual desire while taking 50 milligrams of the substance daily for three months, and no study has yet examined the hormone's effects on sexual activity.
Likewise with studies of the hormone's effects on energy and mood. A small three-month study described ''improved physical and psychological well-being'' in people given 50 milligrams of DHEA a day, but a second study of a 100-milligram dose taken for six months did not produce such reports.
And Dr. Arthur Schwartz of the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia said that contrary to claims on the Internet, his studies had not shown that the hormone aids in weight loss. Six other studies found no benefit from the hormone on levels of body fat in men and women.Continue reading the main story


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Workshop slated on colorectal cancer
The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura will host a free workshop, "Frankly Speaking About Colorectal Cancer," from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Sat., Dec. 19 at the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Foundation, 9410 Owensmouth Ave., Chatsworth.
Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, will explore treatment, side-effect management and psychosocial aspects of the illness.
Lenz is professor of medicine,, medical oncology at Keck School of Medicine at USC and co-director of the Colorectal Center and the GI Oncology Program at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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BALTIMORE - Mary Heneberry scored one of her team-high five goals to start a 4-0 Loyola University Maryland run after Louisville took its first, and only, lead of the game with just under 13 minutes to play, and the Greyhounds defeated the visiting Cardinals, 14-12, in a rainy, Friday evening BIG EAST Conference game at Ridley Athletic Complex.
Bergan Foley gave Louisville (8-3 overall, 1-1 BIG EAST) a 10-9 lead with 12:58 left in regulation, but Heneberry tallied her fifth, a total that matched Foley for game-high honors, with 10:45 to play.
The Cardinals nearly took a two-goal lead on the possession after Foley's go-ahead goal but not for a head's up play by Loyola's Abby Rehfuss.
Meghan Ryan won the draw control after Foley's score, giving Louisville possession, and Foley came down the right alley, drawing out Loyola goalkeeper Kerry Stoothoff. Foley took a shot opposite Stoothoff's stick-side that appeared headed for the goal, but Rehfuss came from the weak side to knock down the attempt with her stick.
Rehfuss picked up the ground ball, but the teams traded turnovers until Louisville's Jamie Ward had the ball on the far side of the field in Loyola's offensive end.
Heneberry and another Loyola player doubled Ward, and Heneberry checked the ball away, picke up the ground ball and raced toward goal, scoring the tying tally with 10:45 to play.
Loyola's Meg Decker flipped the ensuing draw control to herself, and Grace Gavin drew a Foley foul inside the 8-meter arc, setting up a free-position shot. She scored over the shoulder of Louisville goalkeeper Ashley Herbst with 9:17 to give the Greyhounds a lead they would not relinquish.
Rehfuss controlled possession off the next draw for Loyola, and Gavin tallied her second in a row with 8:22 on the clock.
Gavin made it three-straight draw controls for Loyola, but her shot with 7:13 left went wide, and Louisville gained possession.
A Cardinals' defender, however, attempted to pass the ball back to Herbst but was checked by a Greyhounds attacker. Caroline Hager pulled the ball out of the air on the right side of the crease and dumped a shot past Herbst to complete the 4-0 run.
Louisville did not go away after Hager's goal, cutting its deficit back to one, 13-12 with 4:09 remaining, whe n Liz Lovejoy and Katie Oliverio scored 41 seconds apart.
The Greyhounds, however, would add an insurance goal as Rehfuss charged toward the goal and flipped a pass to Marlee Paton who scored her fourth of the evening with 3:13 to go.
From that point forward, Loyola was able to run out the clock, as Kerry Stoothoff made two saves on Louisville shots and caused another Cardinals turnover with 12 seconds to play.
Stoothoff finished with eight saves and a team-best four ground balls.
Loyola jumped out in front, 5-2, less than halfway through the first half as Heneberry scored four of the game's first seven goals. After Taryn VanThof scored for the Greyhounds with 18:01 in the first half, Heneberry made it 5-2 with her fourth goal just 14:09 in.
Foley and Lovejoy scored back-to-back for the Cardinals, cutting Loyola's lead to one, but Paton cut across the crease from right-to-left, took a Gavin pass and scored with 5:10 in the frame to give Loyola a 6-4 lead going into the locker room.
Paton also scored the second half's first goal, and Rehfuss added her only goal of the game at 24:47 before Oliverio scored, and Foley tallied two to make it 8-7 Loyola.
Paton stopped the 3-0 Louisville with an unassisted goal, but the Cardinals scored three more unanswered to take the lead on Foley's score.
Foley matched Heneberry for game-high honors with five goals, but the Cardinals' attacker needed 19 shots for her five. Heneberry and Paton, meanwhile, had a perfect shot-percentage scoring five and four, respectively, on the same number of shots.
The Greyhounds' defense also limited Louisville's play from behind the net, holding Oliverio to just one assist after she entered the game tops in NCAA Division I with 3.1 per game.
Loyola continues BIG EAST action on Sunday afternoon when it travels up Interstate 95 to take on Villanova at 1 o'clock in Philadelphia.


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SAN PELLEGRINO TERME, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Eros Capecchi snatched a stage victory from a three-man break in the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday.
Three days before the race ends, the Liquigas rider outpowered Italian Marco Pinotti and Belgium's Kevin Seeldraeyers to claim Italy's second victory in as many stages.
On a short, hilly, high-speed stage, the trio sheared off the front on the only classified climb of the day, the second-category Passo di Ganda.
Spain's Alberto Contador finished safely in the main pack and remained the overall leader after a day he described as "perfect."
Following a technical descent to the spa town of San Pellegrino Terme, Pinotti led out the final sprint but Capecchi, 24, shot past his compatriot to claim the first Grand Tour stage of his career.
"There was a double curve in the last kilometre, so I watched the other two like a hawk because I thought that somebody would be sure to attack," Capecchi told reporters.
"I was waiting for the finale because I'm not fast in a sprint but I knew I was faster than the other two.
"When Pinotti accelerated, I still had a bit of power left and I used it as best I could."
A team mate of overall contender Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, Capecchi said the first part of his own Giro had gone askew because of poor form.
"I came here wanting to give 100 percent for Vincenzo, and was very upset that I couldn't do a better job for the team in the first two weeks of the race.
"But it was only on the second rest day (Monday) that I started feeling in good condition, and today I could prove that to the team and to myself."
Capecchi used the biggest win of his career to pay tribute to Aldo Sassi, a leading cycling coach who died in December.
"I couldn't help thinking about Aldo when I crossed the finish line, and a large part of today's win is due to him."
Contador told reporters: "The first two hours were really fast but after the break went, things calmed down a lot and I got through fine."
Contador faced questions about the announcement by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that they were postponing an appeal hearing against the Spanish cycling federation's decision to clear him for a positive test for the banned drug clenbuterol in last year's Tour de France.
"When the truth has to come out the truth has to come out and in that sense I am very optimistic," the Spaniard said.
"Right now I'm only thinking about the Giro d'Italia," he added. "The Tour is a different race, it's still more than a month away, and I'll think about it when this race is over."
The Giro finishes on Sunday in Milan.
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May's a little early: Celebrity Summit Cruise Review by Harrisburger72
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May's a little early
Destination: Bermuda
Embarkation: Bayonne (Cape Liberty)
We took a bus from Harrisburg, PA to Cape Liberty which was odd since there were only 6 passengers on a full sized bus. Embarkation was slow but it could have been we were anxious to get on-board. I was carrying the allowed 2 bottles of wine but saw signs in the check-in saying alcohol was not allowed etc.. I was relieved when the X-ray guys sent us over to a small table which looked at the wine and quickly waved us through.
Weather was off and on all week. Our 1st port of call was Newport RI where we had rain in the AM but sun later on. My biggest complaint in Newport was the tender ride which was the longest I'd ever experienced. The 1st attempt to get on a tender (which looked like a local) was thwarted and we ended up on one of Celebrity's boats.
The next day at sea started chilly but warmed up nicely. The wife was seasick More for the 1st time in her life, although the martini and wine the night before may have contributed. We spent most of our sea days at the pool with an occasional foray to the buffet or an on-board activity. We were very content to just hang by the pool and the activity had to be darn interesting to tear us away. We missed all the excitement others mentioned although we did notice 1 gentleman changing clothes in the middle of everything. Not a pretty sight.
We had early seating for the 1st time and although it was a bit more rushed I'm glad we went that way. We had great table mates although the shape of the table made it a little awkward. One couple at our table celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary that week. And we'll never forget our 2 new Canadian friends. Food was good to great but never quite knock your socks off.
The stage shows were fantastic. I thought the singers and dancers did a great job and was very impressed with the costume changes and production values.
I guess my biggest complaint was the Martini Bar. For some reason I always had a problem getting what I wanted. Downstairs at the Rendezvous, no problem. Getting off the ship was a little rough too. We were supposed to meet the bus home at 10. Our arrangements were to be ready at 9:30 to be called which I thought was cutting it close but what the heck. About 9:45 we just got off. We were 10 minutes late for the bus but another couple were 20 minutes late.
We had dinner the last night at the Normandy which was very nice but pricey. Hard for me to say it was worth it since the food in the MDR was pretty good too.
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They've really improved the general area of King's Wharf since we were last there 17 years ago. Almost too touristy now. The glass factory with live demos is a nice touch. There were 2 ships in port when we were there and the ferry lines were long. But they got most of the people on when they came along. Snorkel Park gives you a taste of what a Bermuda beach looks like but if you don't go to Horseshoe or one of the other fantastic beaches you're missing out. My biggest problem, even on a nice day the water's too cold in early May.
The bar (Frog and Onion??) at King's Wharf had a Cinco de Mayo party for the ship's crews which some enjoyed a little too much. I know our Ass't Waiter Antoine (not his real name) REALLY enjoyed it.
The bus dropped us right outside the Breaker's and we got right in after buying tix at the gate. The individual head sets were great although anybody who didn't have them and talked alot during the tour was distracting. After a nice 45 minute tour of the opulence of the Vanderbilt's we found our way to the Cliff Walk which would have been nicer in better weather. I originally had intentions of walkig most of the 6+ miles of Cliff Walk but ended up only doing about 45 minutes. The next exit was over a mile and we had seen enough. We made our way back to the street and easily caught another bus. We might have had time for another mansion but it would have been pushing it and besides, we were on a mission to purchase a curling iron.
The lines back at the dock were a little long but moved well when a tender was available.
I would recommend seeing the mansions and Cliff Walk and hope you have better weather.
We mostly wandered around town on our own where a good map comes in handy. The one we ordered from the Bermuda website was adequate. Don't miss the unfinished church. On a sunny day it's quite photogenic. We were seriously considering the segues but it started to threaten rain so we just caught the #11 bus back to the ship. It really gave us a scenic ride back going by the airport, thru the big rock cut, stopping briefly at Hamilton and all the way back to King's Wharf. We stopped at one of the elementary schools along the way because the public buses are used as school buses at certain times of the the day. We picked up about a dozen kids and made a few extra stops on the way home. The kids were great.
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January 10, 2007
White tumbles on to Leafs injury list
By LANCE HORNBY -- Toronto Sun
Add Ian White to the grey area of Maple Leaf injuries.
The rookie defenceman last night joined a long list that includes four forwards and a blueliner, with what he termed a "minor separation."
"I really thought it would be worse than it is right now," said White, who nonetheless had his left arm in a sling after the 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. "I went in pretty hard, (in a race for the puck to negate icing) direct on my shoulder, but it could always be worse."
He'll undergo an MRI today. Brendan Bell, the last healthy Leaf defenceman, likely will play tomorrow in Buffalo.
"Ian's become such an important part of our team," coach Paul Maurice said. "He moves the puck, he skates the puck."
Forward Kyle Wellwood can't even say when he can practice again or whether he will have to check his slow-healing groin/hip flexor injury with a specialist.
"I'm trying to get back, skating every day and waiting for the pain to go away," he said. "You always want to wake up and have it gone. But it hasn't happened yet and I'm not sure when it will."
Also out of the picture for the immediate future is winger Darcy Tucker, who has a small crack in his foot.
"He's been off skates long enough now that it will take him a few days (to regain game shape)," Maurice said.
Winger Alexei Ponikarovsky, out because of a separated shoulder, could be back Saturday. Nik Antropov is ahead of schedule in his recovery from an ankle sprain and should not be much further behind Ponikarovsky.


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When IT administrators consider implementing thin provisioning for storage, it's not as easy as simply checking a box on an RFP, it's more than that as 3PAR's InServ storage system and the newest release of its InForm operating system have proven with its announcement this week at Storage Networking World.
Cloud computing model suits economic decline: 3PAR
Thin provisioning is the ability, without administrative overhead, to allocate virtual volumes once and autonomically consume physical capacity for written data. It lets IT administrators meet capacity requirements, support multiple service levels and drive efficiencies in the data center.
Traditionally, provisioning refers to the ability to pre-allocate blocks of data to applications, with the result being that capacity remains locked up and unused when data is not written to the volume. By contrast, 3PAR's thin provisioning allows over-allocation of disk capacity as blocks of data are released as capacity is required. Consider this example: 3PAR's thin provisioning has been expanded with the introduction of Thin Conversion, Thin Persistence, Thin Copy Reclamation and Thin Reclamation for Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation.
In this newsletter, we'll explain Thin Conversion.
3PAR's Thin Conversion converts traditional "fat" volumes into thinly provisioned volumes -- it maps out stranded capacity by deleted files and virtual machines. Thin Conversion provides for the non-disruptive migration of data at line speeds from legacy storage environments to 3PAR InServ Storage Servers.
3PAR's Thin Conversion differs from competitive implementations that are either professional services based and require the same "fat" allocated capacity to be purchased upfront and then the thin conversion process is applied as post processing step. The end user still has to purchase the full allocated capacity upfront and this defeats the purpose of thin conversion. Software-only implementations for Thin Conversion suffer from severe performance limitations. It also differs from thin provisioning approaches that have too large a write allocation size, which can consume many megabytes of capacity or approaches that are reservation-based and create silos of allocated but unused capacity and require man-hours of work to size, provision and manage storage. 3PAR's Thin Conversion implementation is reservationless and works with 16KB allocation units. It boosts capacity utilization without complexity and eliminates service level impacts on other workloads.
The technology could be deployed in two common scenarios: first, in migrating from traditional fat volumes on legacy systems to thin volumes on 3PAR InServ storage, and second, in situations where IT has originally deployed fat volumes on an InServ Storage Server and now wants to convert them to thin volumes to save on capacity utilization and expenditures for more storage.
Because 3PAR's thin conversion actually reduces the amount of storage capacity required to store data, users can expect to have CAPEX savings on purchases of additional capacity as well as the ongoing OPEX of hosting, powering and cooling storage systems. Thin conversion is available as an orderable product from 3PAR.
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April 15, 2013
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HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY DISTRICT, The Five Myths (and Truths) of Investing, 5:30 p.m., Farr Regional Library, 1939 61st Ave., Greeley. Presenter: Financial Adviser Nancy Hazelrigg of Waddell & Reed. Free. Details (970) 506-8536.
JOHNSTOWN-MILLIKEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, business after hours, 5:30-7:30 p.m., 1st National Bank, 100 Johnstown Center Drive, Johnstown. Details (970) 587-7042
GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, business after hours, 5-7 p.m., Ehrlich Toyota, 4732 26th St. Members free; nonmembers, $20. Details: (970) 352-3566.
JOHNSTOWN-MILLIKEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Business Expo and Children's Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Roosevelt High School, 616 N. 2nd St., Johnstown. Details: (970) 587-7042.
GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, young professionals, 5:30- 7 p.m., La Mariposa Restaurant and Margarita House, 3055 65th Ave., Greeley. Free. Details: (970) 352-3566.
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The S.T.A.R. Program began in September 1997. The program is located at the Special Needs Support Center in Lebanon, NH, an agency serving the needs of children and families with any kind of special need. The STAR Program is designed to help teens with chronic illness develop healthy coping and adjustment skills as they transition through adolescence to adulthood.
The S.T.A.R. program was made possible by a local benefactor, Phyllis Wilson, Ed.D., who pledged to fund S.T.A.R. over a five-year period in memory of her daughter, Phyllis Ruth Wilson. Phyllis Ruth contracted polio at a very young age and died accidentally at the young age of 38. As a result of her polio-induced physical restriction, which was a great source of estrangement from her peers, she battled with great adversity throughout her young adult years.
Although polio is no longer a problem in most areas of the world, the adversity and coping difficulties faced by young adults with chronic medical conditions are just as prevalent today. The S.T.A.R. program targets teens with a diverse group of chronic illnesses, including (but not limited to) diabetes, asthma, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, Crohn's disease/colitis, seizure disorders and cerebral palsy. It recognizes that the difficult challenges in emotional development caused by a chronic illness are often even harder for adolescents in rural areas like Northern New
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e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, EdinburghOrganiser: Keith Brunton
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With military action in Iraq looming and terrorist alert levels raised, Athens-area officials say they're on guard and taking extra precautions - trust them.
You'll have to, because they can't give out details about extra security measures without compromising their effectiveness, they said.
''They're mostly things you won't see,'' said Maj. Alan Brown of the Athens-Clarke Police Department. ''We don't want to tell anyone exactly what they are, but they're things like extra patrols in targeted areas and buildings.''
Precautions also include evaluating dangers at community events and having some police units prepared to respond to threat situations, he said.
The additional measures are part of the law-enforcement response to the federal government's terror alert rating system, which was raised from yellow - ''elevated'' - to orange, or ''high,'' this week as President Bush issued an ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The next level is the highest alert stage, the red ''severe'' level.
''If we went to red, then you might see things like roads being blocked, facilities closed down, more people in uniforms,'' Brown said. ''With orange, it's still pretty low-profile.''
Like Athens-Clarke police, federal officers are tight-lipped about specifics, but Deputy U.S. Marshal Ed Morrison said security at federal buildings in the area already was tight - and could get tighter if concern increases.
''There are some different things we do, depending on what color (level) we're at,'' Morrison said. ''As things progressively get higher, we do more - now, we're just like an airport. You have to be positively ID'd, have a picture ID, that type of thing.''
Athens-Ben Epps Airport has remained at the highest security level since 9/11 - with tighter security screenings and additional ID checks - but was waiting Tuesday for a directive on additional procedures from the Transportation Security Administration, the air safety arm of the Department of Homeland Security, airport manager Tim Beggerly said.
At the University of Georgia, Police Chief Chuck Horton warned that additional security would mean additional inconvenience.
''You might as well just make up your mind there's going to be some inconveniences,'' he said. ''We're just going to have to do some things. We've got some people here on campus who are used to tremendous freedoms and may not know how to react to intrusion alarms, key card access ...
''We just can't do business like we always did, with these criminals running loose. We're tough folks, we'll get through it. I just hope it's quick.''
As of Tuesday evening, the prospect of war in Iraq had not changed plans for the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The University of Georgia will host two of the tournament's first-round games on Saturday, and a second-round game on Monday, at Stegeman Coliseum.
NCAA President Myles Brand said Monday night the NCAA was reviewing its options for postponing the men's and women's basketball tournaments if the United States goes to war with Iraq this week. As for the possible delay of the women's tournament, Cheryl Marra, chair of the Division I women's basketball committee, said the committee is working with the NCAA and that nothing had been formulated that would delay the tournament.
No. 4 Rutgers will play No. 13 Western Kentucky at 11:18 a.m. Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum. No. 5 Georgia will play No. 12 Charlotte approximately 30 minutes after that game.
Staff writer Stephen Gurr and assistant sports editor Adam Minichino contributed to this report.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, March 19, 2003.
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Yes, I use alwaysvpn when placing the order. I also ordered the green cover (Tupper Quote cover in Leaf: $29.99).
After placing the order, it showed status "Unable to process order. Please call 1-877-379-0036, or 212-414-6024, if outside U.S.".
I did call the latter number (via Skype call for cost saving) a few times; but the agent lines were always busy for several minutes. So I decided to email B&N asking them what should I do with the order; then they've just changed my order status to be "Not Yet Shipped" and showing expected shipment date for both items on Dec 11.
They also send a mail saying thank you for my order.
After they send the lovely device to Vpost US address, VPost will then send it to me in Bangkok, Thailand. The Vpost calculator gave shipment charge estimation around US$30.-; which is quite cheap. So door-to-door price will be around $320.-(including that lovely green cover). That's about the same price as Pocketbook 301+ which I almost decided to buy. Hope I need not to pay import tax (+VAT).
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LAUDERHILL, Fla. — New Mexico left winger Blake Smith may not have stood out in his MLS Player Combine debut on Friday, but he still made heads turn off the field.
Smith (above), projected to be one of the top left midfielders taken in the SuperDraft on January 17, was the only player among the 72 invited to the Combine to place in the Top 5 in tests of speed, agility and power.
Another left winger, Don Anding of Northeastern and Santa Clara forward Erik Hurtado were the only other players to figure in the Top 5 in at least two exercises.
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What significance did the Transfiguration have for Jesus? for Jesus' inner circle of disciples? And what significance does this unique event hold for us today in the 21th century? Mack Lyon reveals Jesus' Transfiguration signaling an end of one religious faith, and the beginning of another. Check it out!
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A music video directed by Matt Mahurin for Silversun Pickups' "The Royal We" has made its way out. It features headshots of the band's members with blurry scenes and bizarre images like a person with a candle as his head and empty street filled with floating roses sometimes intercepting.
The album in which "The Royal We" appears has been in stores since April 2009. Titled "Swoon", it peaked at No. 7 on Billboard Hot 200 and once reigned U.S. Top Independent Albums chart.
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I want to bring the youth of Africa to realise that Europe is not worth putting ones life in danger; for in Europe as anywhere else, life has its share of suffering, dead-ends and recurrent failures.
Omar Ba had been dreaming of Europe for twenty years. In the eyes of millions of young Africans, it remains a surreal El Dorado that must be reached at all costs, often by tearing oneself away from ones family. After a three-year voyage at the risk of his life, he eventually arrived in France. Once settled, all his illusions vanished: he was not to find the affluence wrongly praised in Africa.
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When it comes to trickery nothing beats Gloria Arroyo's admin. Even in crafting a 2010 national budget they put one over the public.
At first Arroyo's Congress cohorts dragged the budget hearings in Oct.-Nov. Congressmen took their sweet time with plenary debates. The usually overpowering majority could not even muster quorums, leading to innumerable session deferments. The All Saints-All Souls holiday came and went with Senate inquiries going nowhere. Clean-election activists smelled a rat. The admin was delaying things to make the government run on a reenacted 2009 budget. That would have been handy in an election year like 2010. With a reenacted budget, projects completed in 2009 will get fresh funding in 2010. The President would have a free hand realigning hundreds of billions of pesos to "new projects". Being brazenly partisan, she would have misused the public money for her congressional campaign and that of her legion. The puny Congress minority would have been unable to stop her.
Amid civil society protests the admin switched to Plan B. The Senate and House of Reps uncharacteristically worked during the Christmas break to reconcile their versions. The wide discrepancies didn't daunt them. For they had a common aim: pad the P1.54-trillion budget for electioneering. For the second year in a row, the House slashed automatic appropriations for debt interest by P30 billion. The amount was diverted to usual pork-barrel departments: of Public Works and Highways, Transportation and Communications, Agriculture, Education, Health, and Social Welfare and Development. Not to be outdone, the Senate further cut debt servicing by P35 billion, and also embedded it as secret pork in the six agencies. The President, though in the past always quick to defend creditors' benefits, didn't mind the budget cut-and-paste. She had allowed the same in the P1.4-trillion appropriation of 2009, to distract legislators from impeaching her. Never mind that the cut in debt payments would lead to tighter credit and higher interests for both businessmen and consumers.
And so the DPWH budget for 2010 surged by P30.4 billion, first from Malacañang's original P96.6 billion to the House's padded P113 billion, then to the Senate's further padded P127 billion. The DOTC allocation rose by P2.1 billion, from Malacañang's P14.5 billion to the House's P15.8 billion, to the Senate's P16.6 billion. Same with the rest. Admin congressmen and senators will then withdraw the secret pork for their pet projects, for nifty kickbacks.
Just in time for their election bids too. The bicameral budget body co-chaired by Sen. Ed Angara and Rep. Junie Cua made sure of it. Earlier on they had told Arroyo to "frontload" the pork releases in Jan.-Mar., as campaigning starts for the May 10 balloting. For good measure, Angara and Cua wrote riders that forbid the President from impounding first-semester allocations for later use, and require congressional approval to realign. The provisos would tie not only Arroyo's hands but also her successor, in case they depart from the usual coddling of legislators' whims. Malacañang spokesmen went through the motions of saying the President will impound and realign as she pleases, just like before. Whether it was all for show, to downplay her being a lame duck, would soon be seen. That is, if she vetoes or retains the contentious insertions.
At any rate, the P65-billion hidden pork is on top of the usual perk of P200 million per senator and P70 million per congressman. (Only Senators Panfilo Lacson and Jamby Madrigal renounce pork slabs, and made sure their combined P400 million was deleted from 2010's.) Then there's the P200,000-P500,000 monthly no-audit stipends for committee chairmanships, and millions more in no-audit allowances.
Angara also created a P10-billion "economic stimulus" from slashes of other budget items. This package, which Cua avidly signed, ostensibly is to pump-prime the economy from global financial crisis. But legislators rejoice at the additional source of pork. Angara also increased the budget of his home province's Aurora Special Economic Zone to a whopping P800 million, from Malacañang's proposed P145 million. On the day all this was ratified, the eight senators in the bi-cam, except Angara, had not signed the budget report. The House had no quorum as usual. Copies of the final version were kept from the media. If not for The STAR reporter Jess Diaz's diligence, the public would not have known what was happening. Even the Senate and House opposition was silent about the sneaky admin fast break.
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Saudi Arabian King Abdullah's New Year pardon of imprisoned foreigners was first reported to benefit 43 Filipinos in jail for petty crimes. Then the figure was upped to 79. The discrepancy is due to poor monitoring by Filipino officials of exactly who, where and how many overseas Filipino workers are in jail, and for what. So the Blas Ople Policy Center is asking the Philippine embassy to check out all jails and account for all incarcerated countrymen. Three of them who pray to benefit from the royal clemency are Jess Pamintuan, Jason Pineda, and Dondon Lanuza.
Pamintuan was sentenced to nine months but has been behind bars for over a year. He has written Center head and senatorial candidate Susan Ople for help in getting a pardon. In direr straits are Pineda, once set for execution, and Lanuza, convicted of killing a sexual attacker.
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Disney Presents: Angelina Jolie's Cheekbones, or, the 'Maleficent' Teaser
Disney has released a teaser for the upcoming Maleficent, the story of the Sleeping Beauty villain, played by Angelina Jolie. While the poster Disney released yesterday was scary, we didn't even get to see the best part: her cheekbones.
The teaser is narrated by Elle Fanning, who plays Princess Aurora, and though it's very short, the climax comes when the two come face-to-face. "Don't be afraid," Aurora coaxes. "I am not afraid," Maleficent replies. "Then come out." Jolie purrs in response: "Then you'll be afraid." It's a great moment and sure to drum up some excitement for the film, which won't be released until next May. Aside from that, Disney has included plenty of imagery from the original Sleeping Beauty, such as the thorny branches Maleficent uses as weapons and the spinning wheel needle that puts Aurora to sleep.
While the teaser gives every reason to be excited, there are some causes for concern. Disney recently called in John Lee Hancock, the director of Disney's upcoming Saving Mr. Banks, to write scenes to be reshot. However, if the tone of this teaser is to be trusted, we're in for some creepy (and maybe even a little bit campy) fun.


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March 19, 2012
While the federal government has attempted to lead the way toward long-term economic recovery, state and local governments continue to struggle. Facing large deficits and constrained from borrowing by their constitutions, each state's lawmakers have attempted to find effective solutions by way of new tax measures and spending cuts, says the Wall Street Journal.
- State governments face a combined $47 billion gap between projected revenue and costs for the fiscal year that starts in July, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
- While that figure is high historically, it is less than half the budget shortfall that states confronted a year ago and down from $191 billion three years ago.
- For the coming year 29 states have projected deficits; that is down from 42 a year ago and 46 the year before.
However, it is unlikely that the pace of this recovery on the local level will continue unabated. States face the two-pronged threat of increased outlays for health care and the drying up of federal stimulus support. Therefore, the unique methods states have employed to constrain deficits will likely have to be maintained or expanded upon in the near future.
- The Florida legislature recently approved a $70 billion budget eliminating 4,355 jobs and reducing funding for hospitals and colleges to close an estimated $1.7 billion shortfall.
- Pennsylvania lawmakers are preparing to take up a proposed budget that calls for cutting state funds for colleges by as much as 30 percent to close an estimated $746 million gap.
- New York's governor has proposed cutting aid to local governments, eliminating cost-of-living increases for some state employees and extending a temporary tax on the wealthy to help close an estimated $3.5 billion gap.
Some argue that this is not the time to constrain spending, as the recovery is fragile and could face serious setbacks if states do not contribute to aggregate demand. Further, these critics point out that states can take advantage of the historically low interest rates to fund major projects.
However, it bears mention that this fiscal crisis has also allowed states the opportunity to clean house by cutting government spending and optimizing efficiency. By cutting 647,000 jobs since mid-2008, state and local governments have created sleeker administrations.
Source: Josh Mitchell, "States Keep Axes Sharpened," Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2012.
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Soporific: Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense of awareness or alertness.
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Here's a theory loosely thrown together that has some valid points. On my phone so i cant post images.
1. Madara was the first person to experiment with Hashirama dna right. He created zetsu's and prolonged his life. Who else was seeking immortality and and created life from Hashirama dna? Orochimaru. He created Yamato by infusing a newborn child with Hashirama's dna.
2. The edo tensie is a jutsu used by few shinobi. But only one was shown to counter the seal. Madara. Who could have taught him the release seals? The person he gave Hashi dna to. Orochimaru. This could be the reason he knew so much about the edo tensie.
3. When Kabuto and Madara met kabuto introduced himself as "HIS" assistant. Why would he be talking about Obito if they were partners. Kabuto has only been known as Orochimaru's assistant nobody else.
4. When Sasuke was talking to Jugo and Suigetsu he talked about Orochimaru. Then an image of Anko and Madara holding his neck appeared. We know Oro put his curse mark on the necks. Anko had hers shown whose to say he didnt put one on Madara.
5. Orochimaru has experimented on Madara's body alongside Kabuto. But Madara died in a cave where only Zetsu's and Obito knew the location of right wrong. Madara has proven to be able to leave the cave to give his eyes to Nagato so maybe he could have showed Orochimaru the way in.
Just food for thought.


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Minnesota-based Segetis announced yesterday that it is expanding its production capacity for its levulinic ketal-based solvent and non-phthalate plasticizer products – which will be under their green chemical platform trademarked as Javelin technology.
Segetis chose a contract manufacturer somewhere in the Upper Midwest (location and name undisclosed of course) to build a new facility that will produce several million pounds of the green solvents and plasticizer products.
The company is currently producing 250,00 lb/year of their chemicals and chemical building blocks at its semi-works production plant in Minneapolis, which started operation in early 2009.
As I've said not much information was given regarding the new capacity. Segetis said the investment followed notification from the US EPA of a successful registration clearance and TSCA listing eligibility for five of the company's products. Out of those five products, three biodegradable products (already listed under TSCA inventory) are now being manufactured for commercial use.
For further background, Segetis has actually been developing levulinic ketal-based plasticizers with US resin company PolyOne. I wonder if PolyOne is one of those companies that are already marketing (or will soon market) Segetis' non-phthalate plasticizer products.
Also as another backgrounder, major chemical player DSM has a stake as well in Segetis.


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Multi-sport facility opens in Murrysville
Lee Hammer came to Murrysville SportZone and Dek Hockey more than three years ago, just as the organization was preparing to embark on planning and construction of a new facility.
While work isn't completely done, he's beginning to see the fruits of those efforts.
The new 30,000-square-foot facility opened late last month, and teams competing in everything from inline and dek hockey to pickleball already are using it.
"It's almost a relief, but I'm not quite done yet," said Hammer, general manager of Murrysville SportZone and Dek Hockey. "It is nice to see. The whole process is something, as well — you see the excavators back here with the dirt, then you see the frame, the steel go up and then you can go inside. It's been a very fun project to say the least. I've learned a lot throughout all this, as well."
Construction work is ongoing in some parts of the facility, which Hammer expects to be fully in use sometime this month.
The new arena, located adjacent to the old facility at 4491 School Road South in Murrysville, will complement the older one, which opened nine years ago.
Hammer said SportZone's owners originally had the idea for a second arena when the first facility opened. While the facility was built mainly with inline hockey in mind — SportZone currently runs its inline leagues out of Center Ice Arena in Delmont — the arena can house more than just one sport.
In addition to inline hockey, Hammer said the facility can support dek hockey, basketball, soccer, lacrosse and volleyball, among other sports.
SportZone is offering pickleball — a sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis — on Mondays and Thursdays at the arena. Hammer mentioned the possibility of trade shows and concerts, as well.
"With a space like this, it's very unique," he said. "When you look at it, it's a hockey rink. But when you have an indoor space like this, you can utilize it for many different things to help benefit local organizations and the community, as well."
Additionally, the new facility has two rooms for group fitness classes, a children's playground and office space.
Among the arena's notable qualities are stadium seating, luxury boxes and full-glass boards that allow spectators to see all the on-floor action.
"I think it's just the whole package (that's remarkable)," Hammer said. "You've got the glass, we have a top-line floor, we have stadium seating. There's not really a bad seat in the house. Everything just comes together."
"I would have to say it's the nicest rink I've played on yet," said Brad Krupp, 36, of Irwin, who plays for a team called "3 Bald Men and a Huffy" in Division C of SportZone's adult dek leagues. "It's similar to Hot Shots (Indoor Sports Arena in Mt. Pleasant), but it has all the glass boards, and it's a little bit smaller than Hot Shots. I like it. The one at Center Ice (Arena in Delmont) is nice, but I think the glass boards over here (are nice) — and it's brand new."
Krupp said people come from all over to play in Murrysville's leagues, and he expects the new facility to be a bigger draw because of what it can offer.
"It's really nice to have something this close instead of having to go (a long way)," said Karen Morrow, 36, of North Huntingdon, whose husband John plays in one of SportZone's adult leagues and whose son, Luke, played in one of the children's leagues. "This is kind of the closest thing we have. There's nothing in North Huntingdon, so it's good to have (this) to use."
A major reason for the arena's construction was the growth of all forms of hockey in Western Pennsylvania because of the Penguins' success. Murrysville SportZone offers dek hockey leagues throughout the year, and Hammer estimated about 100 dek hockey teams are competing this summer.
With the new facility, that growth is likely to continue — and not just in dek hockey.
"I think the ownership team figured that it would be a good time to offer something else and help grow the inline sport that's actually growing elsewhere in the country and bring it to Pittsburgh," Hammer said. "We all want Pittsburgh to be the hockey capital. I think this was something they could help bring to the community to help the Penguins and local organizations facilitate their hockey needs."
Doug Gulasy is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5830, via email at email@example.com or via Twitter @dgulasy_Trib.