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DPDx is an education resource designed for health professionals and laboratory scientists. For an overview including prevention and control visit www.cdc.gov/parasites/.
[Anncaliia spp.] [Encephalitozoon cuniculi] [Encephalitozoon hellem] [Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis)] [Tubulinosema acridophagus] [Enterocytozoon bieneusi] [Nosema spp.] [Pleistophora sp.] [Trachipleistophora spp.] [Vittaforma corneae (syn. Nosema corneum)]
Treatment Information
For gastrointestinal infections caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi, fumagillin 20 mg orally three times daily is the only drug with proven efficacy. However, its use is associated with severe thrombocytopenia in 30-50% of patients, which is reversible upon discontinuation of treatment, and the drug is not currently available in the United States.
For disseminated (not ocular) and intestinal infection attributed to microsporidia other than E. bieneusi and Vittaforma corneae, the drug of choice is albendazole 400 mg orally twice daily. Treatment should continue until immune reconstitution has been maintained for at least 6 months. Itraconazole 400 mg orally daily plus albendazole 400 mg orally twice daily may have activity for disseminated disease attributed to Trachipleistophora or Anncaliia.
For ocular infection, the treatment of choice is topical fumagillin bicylohexylammonium (Fumidil B) 3 mg/mL in saline (fumagillin 70 µg/mL) eye drops: two drops every 2 hours for 4 days, then two drops four times daily (investigational use only in United States) plus albendazole 400 mg orally twice daily for management of systemic infection.
Initiation or optimization of antiretroviral therapy is the cornerstone of treatment of microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients. Immune restoration to CD4 cell count >100 cells/mm3 is associated with resolution of symptoms of enteric microsporidiosis. Management of severe dehydration, malnutrition, and wasting with fluid support and nutritional supplementation should be provided. Use of antimotility agents for diarrhea control can be considered in infected adults.
Although albendazole is likely less effective against E. bieneusi, there are reports of success with albendazole therapy in immunosuppressed patients.
For more information, please visit http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines.
* This drug is approved by the FDA, but considered investigational for this purpose.
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Camden County Habitat for Humanity ReStore
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Tuesday – Saturday: 9am to 6pm
Phone: 856.963.8018
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If you are a Mac user, then the icon on the Mac and the iPhone can be described as uncommon, but you know the apple icons' hidden secret? After seeing, these things will be ignored, but the technology is reflected in the details of the products contains humanity and fun. Now We will take a look behind the stories of these icons:
1. iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad icons
Red pins mark the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California: Number1 Infinite Loop. This address is an internal Apple programmer joke, meaning the code is a never ending cycle.
Open the iPod's music menu Artists label is sideways, like a certain artist, who? Bono, U2′s lead singer.
2. Mac icons
E-mail icon is a stamp, and postmark the text is "Hellofrom Cupertino, CA". Cupertino, CA is the headquarters of Apple.
Icon in the three letters are A, F, K. Abbreviations in the network, the means Away From Keyboard.
This is Apple's built-in system to run Java code in the program. This icon is probably the performance of a programmer's living conditions, a cup of coffee but also in a few words written on paper towel Java code.
Notes icon on the eggs and milk in addition to, but also a record of Lou's phone number 555-7361. In the American TV and movies, is often a 555 area code, a special code reserved for the virtual world.
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Reviewed By Paul K (NEWALLA, OK) Reviewed for a 2017 Dodge Ram —7/13/2017 10:04 PM
We have had trouble with rear seat covers for our Ram 3500 trucks. Currently have two 2017 3500 crew cab trucks and we got two of these. They actually fit the whole length of the seat and cover well. There are seatbelt slots, which is great if you want someone sitting on your cover (we don't...we have dogs) but you need to tape them over (we use cloth tape) to seal them from dirt, mud...or livestock poop...our ranch dogs have issues ;)


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English professor Mike Kobre led a 2015 trip to Dublin, giving students the opportunity to surround themselves with literature, history, and even some ghosts. See how study abroad programs bring literature to life:
As a student of creative writing, you'll explore how we try to understand our lives and our world by writing stories, poems, essays, and novels. Over the course of required workshops and seminars, you'll develop your own distinctive voice as a writer and create a portfolio of original work that you'll present in a public reading in your senior year. And by practicing different modes of writing-creative, critical, and professional-you'll also develop the kind of critical thinking and writing skills that can be applied to many different careers.
- Your Skills Are in Demand
Students in literature and creative writing are the best writers on campus. English majors are proven to be great critical thinkers and readers, detail-oriented writers, creative communicators and passionate learners. These abilities-to converse, design, analyze, troubleshoot and resolve issues-are invaluable in an endless number of professions. You can also easily enhance these skills by adding a minor in Professional Writing and Rhetoric.
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Students who combine the study of creative writing with licensure in secondary education have a 100% job placement rate. The world needs more great teachers, and you can become one of them.
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At Queens, we've developed a strong community of writers and lovers of literature. Creative writing students work together to publish the literary magazine Signet and to sponsor annual readings of their own works. Our community of writers is taught by award-winning faculty, including a nominee for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, and we regularly feature readings by visiting writers and talks by literary professionals.
Queens English majors have held internships at various magazines, small presses, organizations and businesses, including:
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"Queens professors care about students' academics yes, but they also care about them developing and growing as individuals."
Queens students in writing and literature have worked in publishing, editing, newspaper and television journalism, copywriting and advertising. We also have graduates who have become employees in a variety of non-traditional fields ranging from financial institutions to small businesses. Some of our alums have pursued graduate degrees in literature, creative writing, teaching, drama and law, furthering their studies at Purdue, Sarah Lawrence, University of New Orleans, George Mason University, UNC-Greensboro, University of Iowa, Simmons College, and University of Washington.
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text: Home > Products/Tools > Hilti PMC 36 and Agatec CPL 50 Lasers Products/Tools Toolbox Hilti PMC 36 and Agatec CPL 50 Lasers By Rob Zschoche The two new lasers I tested for this article — Hilti's PMC 36 and Agatec's CPL 50 — combine features not usually found together on one tool. Line lasers that shoot plumb and level beams are quite common, and so are point-to-point lasers that can be used in place of a plumb bob. But these two models are the first I've seen that can perform both sets of functions.My crew and I used the lasers on numerous remodeling jobs, for tasks like leveling and plumbing framing and laying out tile, cabinets, light fixtures, and electrical receptacles. Login or Register to continue reading


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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The outgoing leader of the New Jersey Assembly says it's important that legislators figure out how to replenish the depleted open space fund before the end of the year, but there appears to be no consensus on how to fund the land acquisition program long-term.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver told an audience in Atlantic City this week that reaching a compromise on open space funding is a priority in the lame-duck session of the Legislature. But with the current session ending in mid-January, lawmakers are running out of time.
A stop-gap bill is expected to be introduced in the Assembly on Monday that would ask voters to approve $200 million in borrowing. A bond referendum on next November's ballot would be a temporary solution while lawmakers look for a stable funding source that Democrats and Republicans would support.
Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald of Camden County told The Associated Press a short-term fix would grant legislators a year to identify a permanent stream of money that isn't already dedicated to pay for something else.
He said he does not support using sales tax revenue for open space since those collections are relied on for other purposes. "It would be like spending the money twice," he said.
The state Senate passed a resolution in June that would have asked voters to direct a portion of state sales tax revenue to fund open space acquisitions for 30 years, but it stalled in the Assembly amid concerns that it had no cap and could wind up redirecting billions of dollars in revenues needed elsewhere. The Senate added a $200 million annual cap in July but fell two votes shy of the supermajority needed to advance the proposal to the Nov. 5 ballot.
"A priority in the next two months will be coming to some compromise and consensus around refueling our open space preservation trust fund," Oliver said Wednesday during a legislative leadership panel. "It's depleted. We need it now more than ever. We have to figure out what we're going to commit to."
Oliver said several alternatives are being considered, including adding a trigger point to the resolution, so that less money would go to open space when revenues fall below expectations.
The imposition of a water use fee of $2 per month was briefly reconsidered as well but apparently was shelved again.
Polls show voters strongly support open space. A Fairleigh Dickinson/Public Mind poll taken this month found 80 percent of residents support continued funding for open space, but respondents were divided on how to fund it.
The coalition of environmental groups known as Keep It Green has been advocating for a long-term funding source to replace the short-term bond referendums that voters have consistently approved for 50 years.
"Dedicating existing sales tax has been the funding mechanism that has enjoyed historic, bipartisan and overwhelming public support," said Kelly Mooij, coordinator for Keep It Green.
Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he was comfortable with the resolution the Senate passed because it's not based on borrowing. He said he is open to discussions with the Assembly.
"The Assembly has to figure out what they want to do so we can talk to them. They haven't given us any indication what they want to do," he said Thursday in Atlantic City.
A ballot question proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the sales tax to open space would need approval of the Legislature for two consecutive years, or approval in a single year by supermajorities in both houses. Democrats control both houses by supermajorities, but affirmative votes would be needed from every Democrat if no Republicans were to join.
Alternately, a bond referendum could be placed on the ballot with simple majority votes in both houses.
GOP Gov. Chris Christie's signature is not required. However, Republican lawmakers have been voting in accordance with his positions — the governor hopes to offer a tax cut proposal that would rely, in part, on sales tax revenue.


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DWP Union Blocks Audit of Secret Trust Funds
The union that represents most Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees has voted against cooperating with audits of two secretive trust funds, and the votes have effectively blocked the release of financial records detailing how $41-million in public money has been spent.
DWP general manager Ron Nichols told the Board of Water and Power Commissioners Tuesday that representatives of the IBEW had voted 'not in the interest' of ratepayers and lawyers would have to be hired – at public expense – in order to force the issue into arbitration or court.
"This is insanity that you – Mr. Nichols – and the other trustees have to retain counsel, that we then are going to have to pay for," said Commissioner Michael Fleming.
The IBEW has refused all requests for access to detailed accounts of how the Joint Safety Institute and Joint Training Institute have spent the money over the last 10 years, claiming the entities are private and exempt from public records requirements or open meeting laws.
The Commissioners then voted to try and stop approving any JSI or JTI payments – which are partly controlled by a DWP representative – and if that wasn't legal, ordered the DWP trustees involved in the trusts' business to begin keeping independent records of spending and report back to the Commission.
"At the end of the day we're having to do this because one person, let's really be honest here, one person has decided that he simply can't be honest and transparent," Fleming said, in a reference to IBEW boss Brian D'Arcy, who he later called – "one bully who can't face reality."
"Because of the actions of one person, this department is tainted, their reputations as Department of Water and Power employees is tainted, it's beyond comprehension," Fleming said.
"I resent having to pay as a ratepayer and as a commissioner," he added, "to provide documents that are the publics' documents to see, to the public."
Mayor Eric Garcetti and Controller Ron Galperin had both demanded independent audits of the trusts after the Los Angeles Times reported the spending has gone unchecked for more than a decade.
"Every day that goes by, it looks worse," said Commissioner Jill Banks Barad. "Where there's smoke, there's fire, and I don't understand why the union boss doesn't see that."
-- Eric Leonard at DWP Headquarters


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Winning Cash 5 ticket sold at Scottdale business
John Suitor said it was about the most exciting thing that ever happened in his life.
For another man, it was probably a life-changing experience.
All Aboard Express, which is located at 221 S. Broadway St. in Scottdale sold one of the two winning tickets in the May 25 drawing of the $1 million Cash 5 jackpot. John and his wife Lori are the owners of the store.
"I was just so flabbergasted," John Suitor said. "We opened on Memorial Day for about a half a day. I was just about to close up shop and (the man who had the winning ticket) came in and told me. It was outrageous. It was so great. He seemed to have all of his ducks in a row. He was checking income taxes."
His wife added their hearts dropped when they heard the news.
The holder of the winning ticket had not been officially identified as of June 3.
The other winning ticket was sold at the Sunoco Birdsboro Convenience Store in Berks County. Each ticket correctly matched all five balls, 16-28-30-31-42, to win individual prizes of $500,000, less 25-percent withholding.
Each retailer receives a selling bonus of $500.
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identities of the winners until the prizes are claimed and the tickets are validated. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. More than 91,600 other Cash 5 tickets won prizes of various amounts in the May 25 drawing.
"After the claim has been approved and once it is filed it takes four to six weeks to receive their payment," said Gary Miller, lottery spokesman. "They can come here (Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County) or they can choose to pick it up at one of our area offices. Generally, if it's a big jackpot prize, we like them to come here."
The closest area office is located on Western Avenue in Pittsburgh.
John Suitor said he doesn't know much about the man who purchased the winning ticket, but his wife has sold him lottery tickets in the past.
"I don't remember him too much," John Suitor said. "It's the first time I sold him a ticket. We've only been selling lottery tickets for less than a year. It's pretty amazing that we've already sold a big prize like that."
Not only has All Aboard only been selling lottery tickets for a short time, but they really haven't been opened that long.
John Suitor said the store — which he referred to as a grocery deli — has only been open for about a year and a half.
"We're so new, people don't even know where we are," he said. "We can sure use this shot in the arm. We're really hoping, even though the prize money was a little smaller than we were anticipating, that the little extra publicity will help and build up a clientele for our lottery business."
Paul Paterra is a staff editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-887-6101 or email@example.com.


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Crystal Executive Participates in Panel Discussion with VP Biden
Steve Chen, executive vice president of Crystal WIndow & Door Systems, was invited by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to be part of roundtable discussion last week about the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The event, held June 2 at Pace University in Manhattan, brought together business leaders from the New York area and other Northeastern states to highlight successes resulting from federal stimulus initiatives.
"Crystal was feeling the effects of the downturn in the construction and remodeling industry, as was the rest of the window manufacturing sector," Chen told the audience at the session. "Sales were at a standstill and it was impossible to maintain our current level of production. For the first time in our 19 year history, it looked like we would have to make some serious workforce reductions at the beginning of this year."
He then pointed to tax credits for homeowners purchasing and installing highly energy efficient windows that were part of the stimulus package. Having invested significantly for the past several months in upgrading its products to meet more stringent Energy Star performance criteria, Crystal was in an excellent position to take advantage of the tax credit initiative, Chen explained.
"Once tax credits became available for high performance windows, Crystal promoted it aggressively to its customers and received a tremendous amount of interest," he reported. "Our sales leads started coming in almost overnight. It was exactly the stimulus that homeowners needed to make the investment in their homes with very energy efficient windows, and it was exactly the stimulus a business like ours needed."
Crystal has 16 windows that qualify for stimulus tax credits, a fact that helped drive the company's sales this fiscal year up slightly over last year's sales. Crystal did not have to implement severe workforce reductions and is now looking to fill some engineering positions instead of eliminating them, Chen also reported.
The Partnership for New York City, which has worked with Crystal on its expansion investments, made Vice President Biden's office aware of the Flushing, N.Y., based window manufacturer and its success.


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Brittany Currie, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, chose athletic training because she enjoys helping others. She enjoys helping someone who has been injured to get back to pre-injury status. Brittany likes getting to see the improvement a person can make, and knowing that what she instructed them to do was beneficial to them.
"My favorite class was taping and bracing because it covers all the basic tape jobs and it was very practical which gives me a better understanding of what I'm doing," Brittany said.
After Graduation, Brittany plans of attending graduate school to obtain a masters degree in athletic training.
(left) Brittany Currie assists in the Laker Athletics Pre-Season Physicals, by checking an athlete's pupils prior to a vision screening.


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NickUdell commented on IcedCrow's blog entry in IcedCrow's Dev JournalIt looks nice, but I'd definitely recommend using a GUISkin to change those buttons
NickUdell posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI'm trying to set up keyboard and mouse controls for a space game using SlimDX and RawInput. My current code is as follows: Device.RegisterDevice(UsagePage.Generic, UsageId.Keyboard, DeviceFlags.None); Device.KeyboardInput += new EventHandler<KeyboardInputEventArgs>(keyboardInput); Device.RegisterDevice(UsagePage.Generic, UsageId.Mouse, DeviceFlags.None); Device.MouseInput += new EventHandler<MouseInputEventArgs>(mouseInput); However I read here: http://code.google.com/p/slimdx/issues/detail?id=785 that for WPF I need to use a different overload for Device.RegisterDevice(), as well as assigning a HandleMessage using Device.HandleMessage(IntPtr message) I've found the correct overload for RegisterDevice() which is: RegisterDevice(UsagePage usagePage, UsageId usageId, DeviceFlags flags, IntPtr target, bool addThreadFilter) What I can't work out, though, is: 1) Now that I have to use a target, what am I meant to set as a target? 2) Where do I get this IntPtr message from?
NickUdell replied to NickUdell's topic in For Beginners[quote name='Brother Bob' timestamp='1342098194' post='4958382'] The position in the matrix you mention is what move the vertices when you multiply them by the matrix. In the end, you have to move everything into a unit size cube (z-range differ between OpenGL and Direct3D though) centered at the origin. This cube cannot change so you must move the vertices into the cube, not move the cube to around the vertices. This is why documentation says you move the world and not the viewpoint. The two are conceptually identical though so it is a matter of how you look at it. [/quote] Now that makes a lot of sense. I always assumed they were different techniques. Thanks very much.
NickUdell posted a topic in For BeginnersWhen I was learning 3D a couple of years back, fixed function was still raging and we were taught to move everything backwards when the player moved forwards, as opposed to moving the camera. But since you can always supply a position in the view matrix, what's the actual point in moving the whole world around you? Are there any advantages over either method? Sorry if this is a duplicate, I struggled to think what the correct search terms for this would be. thanks
NickUdell replied to Ben Bowen's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingFor pet projects, voxels can make a lot of sense. They allow you to build a world by simply editing a few noise functions and move on, no hastily-made tools that need to be rebuilt a year later, no mucking around in Blender. For the programmers trying to learn how to make a game with the aim of getting a team together once they have the basic skills, this is ideal. They can leverage procedural content generation to provide them with nice-looking (usually) visuals, without their needing to show of their terrible 3d modelling / design skills. it's also inherently and intuitively deformable and requires that the developer pick up some very useful knowledge on compression, multi-threading, GPU computing and optimization. All of these skills transfer to a more mature project with a real team, as well as typically encompassing the standard skill-set required to code a game. There's also the allure of games like Minecraft and ID's new tech they're toying with. People are seeing voxel tech more and more and it's intuitively linked to their understanding of matter. They figure it's easier to work with, overall than building the shell of a thing. My first pet-project was a Minecraft-like infinite terrain generator (actually more infinite than minecraft, as minecraft uses a height limit) using 3D perlin and perfect cubes at 1/4 the size of minecraft's cubes. It ran fairly well on my admittedly high-end machine, even with all the fancy shaders I could muster. I theorize that for marching cubes I had more than enough resolution to produce a realistic terrain with enough detail. You see, these days terrain is still fairly low-poly. Due to normal mapping and tessellation you can get away with a fairly low-res voxel base (perhaps 1 voxel per metre). I got bored before messing around with marching cubes, though so I can't be certain on the performance
NickUdell replied to HNikolas's topic in For BeginnersI've been working on a game made in SlimDX for the last year or so. I've gotta admit, I'm madly in love with the platform. It emulates the C++ native DirectX functionality so well that 9 times out of ten you can flat out use a C++ DX tutorial and immediately port it to equivalent SlimDX in your head. Very useful stuff, that. I'd recommend SlimDX over XNA if you want immediate access to D3D11, if not then you're probably going to profit from the sheer quantity of resources available for XNA.
NickUdell replied to Sach_Wc's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingA couple of DX11 sites I used while learning (and I'm still learning) SlimDX Direct3D11: [url="http://www.rastertek.com/"]rastertek[/url] for D3D11 and HLSL [url="http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/hlsl-tutorials"]RB Whitaker[/url] which, despite sounding like a purveyor of fine coffees, has some amazing HLSL tutorials [url="http://d3dtutorials.blogspot.co.uk/"]This blog[/url] is not as good as rastertek, which I couldn't recommend more (some site formatting issues notwithstanding), but it also helps cover a few things. Honestly the best idea is to read through the basic tutorials on rastertek, think about what you want to make, think about how you would make it, and then start googling for techniques and ideas available based on the beginner knowledge you picked up from that first read-through.
NickUdell posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingTo my best knowledge, Texture1DArrays must all be of the same length. So what makes a Texture1DArray containing 10 texture1Ds, each with a width of 256 texels, different from a Texture2D of size 256x10? As far as I can tell they all take up one texture register, the same amount of memory and are even accessed in the same way, so is there any real difference in implementation or is the only difference just the name? I assume the same argument applies to Texture2D arrays and Texture3Ds too.
NickUdell replied to NickUdell's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHmm I see your point, I'll do a GPU implementation for now then and when it comes to optimization later I'll write up a CPU implementation and test them side by side.
NickUdell replied to NickUdell's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI was planning to build the CPU implementation on a separate thread so I could run it with low priority and build the textures slowly. It's a space game and I'm actually limiting the number of procedurally-textured objects on screen at any one time to 8 or 9, and due to the distances involved, this will update very slowly - so I have in the order of several minutes to actually generate the new textures - this in turn allows me to build very detailed (many octaves of fBm noise) texture representations without causing stuttering due to the GPU currently generating a large texture while my render thread waits.
NickUdell replied to Braeden's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingProtip: If you highlight your code in the post editor and select the "code" button (symbol: <>) it'll be a lot easier for us to understand. Like so: public static void main() { Console.WriteLine("This is ugly"); } or: [CODE] public static void main() { Console.WriteLine("This is beautiful"); } [/CODE]
NickUdell posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI'm using SlimDX and Direct3D11 and I have a Texture2D created by loading from a file. I want to use this, and a couple of other textures to build a set of procedural textures at runtime - however I don't want to use the GPU as it's already very busy doing other things. Unfortunately I can't find any way of sampling a Texture2D outside of HLSL or using Texture2D.SaveToStream() and skipping through to the pixels I want manually. Is there a simpler way of doing it? Something similar to HLSL's Texture2D.Sample(sampler,coords) or am I going to have to wade through the data stream? Thanks
NickUdell replied to gooncorp's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingAs usual that's looking really cool. What's your target platform for this?
[quote name='oggs91' timestamp='1338538682' post='4945242'] but if you build your triangles in a shader, how would you do physics with the terrain ? [/quote] Well you'd be building the triangles from a 3D texture, essentially that would be the set of voxels that make up your terrain. You could run physics against that, but as kauna said it's probably best to simplify it a little into something more suited for the calculations you want to do.
Ah, the old Minecraft gold rush. I made a voxel-based minecraft clone a while back - made my own renderer for it though, so I can't say if there are any out there that'll let you do it for you. If not, you might want to consider using a 3D texture sent to a geometry shader. The 3D texture would be the surrounding voxels (only needing maybe a 100x100x100 texture, maybe 256x256x256 at the most of R8_UINT) and the shader builds the vertices from there either using marching cubes or - if you want a cubic world like minecraft - by simply finding empty space and creating faces. I can't vouch as to whether this would be faster than if it was done on the CPU, but it seems quite separable.


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text: Disc Golf Jan 28, 2011 1:02:49 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 1:02:49 GMT -8 Does anyone in the Seattle area play? If so, does anyone play white river in auburn? If not, you really should. It is a kick ass course. Mmmmm..... Disc golf. The only sport where its almost unacceptable to be sober.


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The Kennedy enclave at Hyannisport, Mass.usually swarming with dogs, children, bicycles and softball teamswas strangely silent last week. The bright green lawns stretching from Jack's and Brother Bob's homes to Father Joe's oceanfront manse were deserted.
For Jackie Kennedy, left behind on Jack's order because she is expecting her second child in November, things were just about the way she liked them best.
She and Caroline, 2^, stayed near home, swam and sunned themselves. She got her first real news of Jack's progress when an excited painter rushed in to tell her that Jack had won Pennsylvania's big block of votes in caucus.


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Two surprises marked last week's second U.S. presidential debate, which spent half its 90 minutes on foreign policy. The first was that Texas Governor George W. Bush, who has made only three overseas trips in his life and has displayed little expertise in foreign affairs, was both at ease and showed considerable confidence discussing the Balkans, Middle East, Somalia, Haiti and Russia. The second, only hours after the debate, was the attack in Yemen on the U.S.S. Cole which may make the first surprise moot.
The deadly bombing may prove an unintended October Surprise, an unexpected event on which a close presidential contest in its final weeks can suddenly turn. If the attack triggers a Mideast war, a sustained slump in global markets � or even less catastrophic events such as a strong U.S. military response or more Israeli and Palestinian fighting � the consequences will be far-reaching and the political terrain perhaps seismically shifted. At home, that could hurt Bush who, intensive polling has shown, had closed the gap on his Democratic rival, Vice President Al Gore, and turned their race into a statistical dead heat.
Such, of course, is the nature of global events. They are almost always unpredictable. And the essence of presidential leadership is to deal capably, not with the mundane, but with the unexpected and the potentially destabilizing. That's why, over the past 20 years, debates have become a staple of U.S. presidential campaigning. In a political world of multimillion dollar ad campaigns and of focus groups which determine each adjective a politician uses in a speech, debates are the sole face-to-face, unscripted forums where candidates must think on their feet and, on live television, react to the unexpected. In 1988 Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis was asked what he'd do if his wife were raped. His bland reply effectively destroyed his chance to win.
Not much was expected of Bush in the three debates which conclude Oct. 17. He stumbles through syntax and over the names of foreign leaders. His knowledge of major issues had seemed woefully inadequate. Forgotten was his debate triumph over Ann Richards, his popular predecessor whom he ousted from Texas' Governor's mansion. Gore, who in this year's primary debates chewed up Democratic rival Bill Bradley, and in a 1994 debate on trade crushed third party candidate Ross Perot, would, pundits agreed, trounce the inexperienced Bush.
That's not what happened. Bush survived the first debate on Oct. 3, staying on message while an officious Gore offered a haughty welter of details only a professor of government could love. Polls soon showed that Bush had stemmed his six-week slump that began with the August Democratic convention and had pulled within statistical margin of error range. The Oct. 11 debate was less adversarial. Bush sounded sincere and was disarming, laughing that, "I've been known to mangle a syll-obble or two." Gore, who on TV looked like an orange popsicle the first time out, fixed his makeup, but was so wary of being characterized as a bully or making the small errors that marked the initial encounter that he seemed alternately tentative or to have been ingesting tranquilizers. Notwithstanding nearly eight years of White House experience, the Vice President neither exuded confidence nor inspired it.
Their most notable difference in foreign affairs involves when and how to intervene overseas, financially as well as militarily. Bush was critical of lending money to corrupt regimes, including Russia where, he claimed, funds ended up improperly in the pocket of former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, a longtime negotiating partner of Gore's on Russian reform. But he also praised the Administration for handling tough issues, including Yugoslavia, saying Slobodan Milosevic would not have fallen had the U.S. not used force.
Bush is far more reluctant than Gore to commit U.S. troops overseas, especially to "nation-building" missions, as in Somalia and Haiti. Calling for a more "humble" U.S., he said, "I'm not so sure the role of the United States is to go around the world and say, 'This is the way it's got to be.'" Gore, who cited the Marshall Plan as effective nation building, countered that, "Just because we can't intervene everywhere doesn't mean we shouldn't intervene anywhere." Both are right.
The stakes will be higher in this week's final debate. Gore must improve and show he is likable, trustworthy and that his experience matters. Bush must project competence and demonstrate he is not out of his depth. That will be more difficult for the Texan if the U.S. is retaliating for the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole or embroiled more deeply in Mideast turmoil. When a nation is attacked, voters stick with capable incumbents. A surprise in October is enough; they don't want another in November.


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Venture capital funding declined from $29.4 billion in 2011 to $26.5 billion last year, according to the National Venture Capital Association. However, that's still a big pot of gold for fortunate entrepreneurs who are looking to take their businesses to the next level.
The truth is, there will always be money available to companies that show promise. But with so many enterprises seeking funding, standing out in the crowd can prove difficult. Here's how to dazzle venture capitalists.
Identify the Fund and the Partner
Many types of VC firms invest in a variety of industries and at different dollar amounts. Figure out the firms — and the particular partners within those firms — that invest in your space and in the amount you're looking to raise, says Justin Hovey, a partner with the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
Are you looking for seed capital, accelerator services, a classic Series A round, or something different? Do your research on the firms, then drill down and approach the actual partner who is interested in your space. You can start by searching NVCA's membership directory for leads.
Get to Know Potential Investors
Don't waste your time cold-calling VCs or emailing your pitch, because these approaches do not work, Hovey says. Establish a relationship with partners you plan to approach long before you start looking to raise money.
For example, get an introduction through a mutual contact and ask for an informational meeting (without a pitch book). Follow the partner on AngelList.com and Twitter, Hovey suggests. Retweet some of their tweets, so they know you're following them. Let them know about your product launch, and, if applicable, offer them a free subscription to your service or a free download of your app.
Help potential partners get to know you and your product or service, so that when it's time to actually raise funds, you're calling on partners you know — or at least know you, Hovey says.
Demonstrate Your Knowledge
Venture capitalists will expect you to have thoroughly researched the market's interest in or need for your product or service. Arm yourself with facts and figures, including information about similar products or services already on the market; your major competitors and how your product or service is like and/or differs from their offerings; and the degree of strength in the marketplace enjoyed by your competition.
"Degree of strength" is based on how established they are, what portion of the market they command, the loyalty of their customers, the nature of their customers (compared with those you aim to attract), and more, says Billie Blair, president and CEO of the consulting firm Change Strategists.
Be Realistic
Realistic, credible numbers — projections of what your company can do, what the market really is, and where it will go — are key. Market size and growth rates are incredibly important statistics for investors, notes Lakshmi Balachandra, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College. "They recognize made-up numbers," she says. However, you don't want to underestimate your company's potential, either.
The best financial projections are straightforward and provide insight into the underlying business, says MIT consultant Jeremy Macdonald, who contributes to its Executive Insights Blog. Keep them simple by presenting a five-year plan that shows key drivers of revenue (number of customers, average selling price, etc.) and costs (head counts, costs of goods sold, sales and marketing expenses), he adds.
Showcase a Strong Team
"People invest in people. As such, when meeting with venture capitalists, demonstrate that you have a solid, cohesive management team," says David Barbash, a partner in the corporate department at Posternak Blankstein & Lund.
Offer a good sense of your team — who they are, what their backgrounds are, what they can do, as well as what they need in order to make their goals. "Provide a complete picture of your team and your capabilities," Balachandra adds.
Have "Skin in the Game"
If you're asking for money and you haven't put up significant funds of your own, don't expect a venture capitalist to take you seriously.
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Defying the facts, Coulter, York, Limbaugh revived Wash. Times ' baseless conclusion that Plame's neighbors knew her covert status
In response to news [1] of recent FBI interviews further confirming that neighbors of former clandestine CIA operative Valerie Plame did not know of her employment with the agency before syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak's July 14, 2003, column [2] identified her, several conservative commentators revived a Washington Times editorial's baseless conclusion [3] that Plame's neighbors did, in fact, know of her covert status.
For example, on the October 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of Plame: "[E]verybody in her neighborhood knew who she was." Similarly, in separate appearances on the October 26 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter and National Review White House correspondent Byron York echoed the false claim. Coulter declared that "everyone in Washington knew she [Plame] was a CIA agent," then stated that any neighbor of Plame's who claimed that they didn't know is lying and should face "prosecution":
COULTER: [O]ne prosecution that I think does need to be brought is the neighbors of Valerie Plame ... who claim that they told investigators yesterday that they didn't know she was a member of the CIA. That's a lie, and it's a crime to lie to federal investigators.
York deceptively stated that "there had been talk" that Plame's neighbors knew she worked for the CIA, but he failed to reveal that the two neighbors with whom he had spoken told him that they had not in fact known of Plame's CIA affiliation:
YORK: [T]he whole question was -- early on in this thing was -- did anybody else know that she worked for the CIA? And there had been talk that her friends and neighbors did. And I did meet two of the neighbors this evening, and I said -- well, the FBI agents were re-interviewing you, right? And they said no. When they came on Monday, it was the first time they'd ever been contacted by anybody from Fitzgerald's office.
It was only in an entry York posted [4] later that evening on National Review Online's group weblog, The Corner, that he acknowledged that "both men said they did not know that Mrs. Wilson worked for the CIA" -- a statement he did not make on Hannity & Colmes.
Coulter, York, and Limbaugh's suggestion that many of Plame's neighbors were aware of her covert status apparently originated in a July 15 article [5] -- and two subsequent editorials -- in The Washington Times, although Limbaugh was the only one to cite the Times directly. As Media Matters for America noted [3] at the time, the only neighbor mentioned by name in the Times report, David Tillotson, told the newspaper that he "absolutely didn't know" she worked for the CIA, which corroborated the assessment of other neighbors who were mentioned by name elsewhere [6].
However, the article also cited Fred Rustmann, a former supervisor of Plame's at the CIA who claimed that "[h]er neighbors knew" of her CIA employment. Yet even though Rustmann was not Plame's neighbor and had supervised her for only one year at the beginning of her career, a July 19 Times editorial [7] used his account to baselessly conclude that "most of Plame's neighbors in Northwest Washington said they knew she worked for the CIA." The claim was then repeated in a July 26 Times editorial [8], which stated that "numerous neighbors were aware that she worked for the agency."
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A Delicious Scottish Breakfast
Our breakfasts will definitely set you up for the day. For eggs, we have our own free-range hens, and when berries are in season we make our own jams and marmalade. Bread making is now on the list to do! At breakfast, we always have a wide selection of fresh fruits, seeds and berries, cereals, yogurts, as well as the full breakfast. We try and source all our ingredients locally.
Coig na Shee Egg Team In October 2010, the first of our free range egg production team arrived at Coig na Shee from the Black Isle. Henrietta and her team look forward to making your breakfast experience even more memorable when you come to stay.
Eating Out We can recommend a variety of cafes, restaurants and pubs for lunches and dinners. On booking, a copy of our 'Guide to eating out' in the area will be emailed to you. For groups of 4 or more, we can do dinner for you at Coig na Shee, two or three courses for £16/£20 per person, respectively. We are not licenced, but you are welcome to bring your own wine. Prior arrangement for evening meals is required. Sample menu available on request.
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Last year, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced that her vision for the Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) sector was to reach $50bn in exports by 2021. It is an important and ambitious goal for a nation that has worked hard to develop a brighter economic future. With the RMG sector accounting for 81 per cent of Bangladesh's overall exports, reaching such a milestone could help the nation substantially reduce poverty and strengthen economic outcomes for millions of people.
Transforming industries and economies requires dedication and commitment from numerous stakeholders, ranging from the government to the private sector. That's why the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh—two coalitions of brands that source garments from Bangladesh—have undertaken an enormous and unprecedented effort to inspect every factory from which their members source, and to ensure that safety issues are thoroughly addressed. Read more


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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Knights of Columbus free throw contest Jan. 4
Attention hoopsters ages 9-14, the annual Knights of Columbus free throw contest is coming to Hood River Valley High School on Saturday, Jan. 4. Participants can show up and compete any time between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. that day (entry fee and parent signature required). Winners of each of the 12 divisions will receive trophies.
Horizon girls win one
Finishing a three-game road trip on a positive note, the Horizon Christian School varsity girls basketball team rebounded from two tough losses earlier in the week to defeat Tualatin's Horizon Christian School 28-23. The win is the team's second of the season. Trista Hicks led the team with a game-high 12 points against the 3A Hawks, followed by Jodee Hicks with seven, Haley Becnel with five and Hannah Lingel and Hannah Kempf with two apiece. The girls claimed the win after a 58-12 loss Dec. 13 and a 85-19 loss Dec. 14 at the Cougar Classic tournament. They hosted Portland Lutheran Wednesday in a tough 50-20 loss.
Columbia Gorge Baseball hosts pitching camp
Columbia Gorge Baseball and Portland Pitching is hosting a series of three off-season pitching camps running Jan. 5, 9 and 26 at Hood River Valley High School's indoor batting facility. The camp will be split into age groups of 10-12 and 13-14 and will include dynamic stretching, pitching mechanics, drills, goal setting and mental components and strategies of pitching.
Prices are $30 per 90-minute session or $75 for all three. To register call CGB at 509-540-1309 or visit portlandpitching.com/cgb-pitching-camp.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Celiac Disease 09/30/2015This Celiac.com FAQ on celiac disease will guide you to all of the basic information you will need to know about the disease, its diagnosis, testing methods, a gluten-free diet, etc. Subscribe to FREE Celiac.com email alerts What are the major symptoms of celiac disease? Celiac Disease Symptoms What testing is available for celiac disease? - list blood tests, endo with biopsy, genetic test and enterolab (not diagnostic) Celiac Disease Screening Interpretation of Celiac Disease Blood Test Results Can I be tested even though I am eating gluten free? How long must gluten be taken for the serological tests to be meaningful? The Gluten-Free Diet 101 - A Beginner's Guide to Going Gluten-Free Is celiac inherited? Should my children be tested? Ten Facts About Celiac Disease Genetic Testing Is there a link between celiac and other autoimmune diseases? Celiac Disease Research: Associated Diseases and Disorders Is there a list of gluten foods to avoid? Unsafe Gluten-Free Food List (Unsafe Ingredients) Is there a list of gluten free foods? Safe Gluten-Free Food List (Safe Ingredients) Gluten-Free Alcoholic Beverages Distilled Spirits (Grain Alcohols) and Vinegar: Are they Gluten-Free? Where does gluten hide? Additional Things to Beware of to Maintain a 100% Gluten-Free Diet What if my doctor won't listen to me? An Open Letter to Skeptical Health Care Practitioners Gluten-Free recipes: Gluten-Free Recipes Where can I buy gluten-free stuff? Support this site by shopping at The Celiac.com Store.
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adogg replied to adogg's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsHello all. Sorry for the late update. My bioscopys came back negative so im not Celiac, however they did find a problem with my lower esophageal sphincter being weak causing Acid Reflux. Basically they have told be all my other problems are down to lifestyle and work. When i mentioned NCGI they looked at me as if i had 3 heads (so looks like they've never heard about it). So im now trying to eat healthier and get more sleep. Ive also started taking St. John's Wort to try and give me a kick of motivation. As for exercise, Im off to a spa in April with the fiance to be (Gonna pop the question there) and hopefully ill get to kick start myself at there gym. Failing all this if I don't feel any better in a 6 months ill try going gluten free. Many thanks for all the advice. Alan
adogg replied to adogg's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsEven from a Bioscopy? Alan
adogg replied to adogg's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsHello all, Update: I got to see a GI consultant last week and had an endoscopy today. Dont know what i was worried about, got the throat spray and all went well. Just waiting on the biospy results. Their initial diagnosis is that have a weak lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and a slow emptying Gastric/Stomach. So just waiting on bioscopy results. Alan
adogg replied to adogg's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsHi guys. My results came back negative my TTG IGA is 0.4 U/ml. They say they only test my EMA levels if my TTG level is above 4. I have now got an appointment through my private health insurance to see a GI consultant tomorrow evening. Keep you informed. Alan
adogg replied to adogg's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsHey guys. tried another BioCard test today. This time getting a good blood sample. I got a very faint line on the test section. So going buy the instructions (any hint of a line is a positive) it looks like I could have celiac disease. Alan
adogg replied to adogg's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsThanks for the replies. My plan is to see what results I get from this test and if negative I have the option of going private with my works medical insurance for a full diagnosis. No harm but NHS is chronic slow. Alan
adogg posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsHello all, Im a 28 year old male (80 kgs approx) used to be fit and eat normally. (non-smoker and light drinker) (about 3 years ago I stopped exercising due to low/no motivation and tiredness) Ive been having weird symptoms for the past 8 years (approx) these include, tiredness/fatigue, low mood/depression, low motivation, some stomach cramping and bloating most of all chronic heartburn and recently lots of burping. I also have some light acne, dry skin on knuckles and elbows, sometimes feel constipated and get the odd bleeding haemorrhoid. Doctors have always put it down to stress at work and not eating right (im a field engineer, so most of the time im eating out and not at the correct times.) I have had blood tests done to check iron, vitamin, etc levels and they all came back satisfactory. I've had a breath test for helicobacter and it came back negative. I have been on omeprazole for the last year or so (cleared the heartburn, but not the other symptoms) then I ran out and had to talk to the doctor again. After asking (suggesting) her could this be a food allergy/intorallance, I have now had a blood test done (should have the results next week) and been referred for an endoscopy (2 month waiting list). To be honest our local GP's are very good at misdiagnosing, both my parents have bee misdiagnosed for various things including diabetes and ive heard other stories about misdiagnosis of cancer from neighbours. So In the meantime I did a biocard test (I didn't quite get the full about of blood into the vial) and it came back negative. Also I haven't stopped consuming gluten just yet. Just wanted to see you thoughts. Alan


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Plum native Reiter continuing hockey journey in AHL
Ten years ago, Kenny Reiter left his home in Plum to crisscross America with a hockey bag on his shoulder and a goalie stick in his hand.
The next leg of his journey will be to the mailbox. Reiter will sign a minor league contract with the Bridgeport (Conn.) Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League, where the 25-year old goalie will continue his NHL quest.
Once a junior hockey journeyman-turned-NCAA champion, Reiter is now Plum's next NHL prospect. After attending a prospect camp with the New York Islanders in late June, Reiter's contract to play for Bridgeport, the Islanders' AHL affiliate, was in the mail early this week.
When it arrives, a few swipes of a pen should validate thousands of miles and a decade on the ice away from home.
"Once I sign my name on that paper, it's going to sink in a little bit," Reiter said. "I left home at 15, so it's been pretty much a decade of ups and downs in my junior career, and with college – that's probably the brightest point of my career so far. Just a lot of hard work, man, a lot of hard work and sacrifice from both myself and my family."
Reiter's contract is with the AHL and the East Coast Hockey League, meaning he's not signed with the Islanders, at least not now.
One of five goalies among the 47 players invited to the Islanders' prospect camp on Long Island, Reiter ended up splitting a shutout in the Orange team's 6-0 romp over the Blue in an intrasquad scrimmage on June 28.
He's now signing with the Islanders' minor league affiliate mostly because he feels the opportunity is there with the organization. That's all Reiter needs, according to his college coach.
"He's always been a battler," said Minnesota-Duluth's Scott Sandelin, under whom Reiter won an NCAA Division I championship as a junior. "I think with him, certainly he's got an opportunity. It's a tough position the higher up you go, but with his work ethic and his maturity level, I mean, I would put nothing by his opportunity just to get a chance to play at the highest level."
Joining Columbus' R.J. Umberger as a Plum native in the NHL will require lots of hard work and sacrifice, which probably seem routine to Reiter by now.
From 2002 to 2007, he played junior hockey in Danville, Ill., Texarkana, Texas, Cleveland, St. Louis – where his host family was that of now-St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny – and Fairbanks, Alaska, where Minnesota-Duluth coaches noticed him.
Last April, he signed an amateur tryout contract with Bridgeport, appearing in one game before the Sound Tigers' season ended. He'll return this fall as a rookie.
"I've always been the guy that's kind of had to scratch and claw for everything I've earned. So, I'm prepared to do that again if I have to," Reiter said. "But for me, I feel it's a great situation with a good organization, and I feel that the opportunity was there. So that was the biggest aspect for me, especially coming out of college."
Pat Mitsch is a freelance writer.


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Epstein on Friedman and Sandel
Rich in unintended commercial irony, Thomas Friedman proudly proclaimed in the New York Times this weekend that "This Column is Sponsored by No One." He then went on to give a huge publicity boost to his childhood friend Michael Sandel, through his uncritical and free endorsement of the Harvard philosopher's recent book, What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets.
It would have been easy to write a different and more informative book under Sandel's evocative title, by stressing the many principled limits on buying and selling that are, and should be, accepted all across the political spectrum: It is wrong to buy and sell other individuals, because it necessarily compromises their individual autonomy; it is equally immoral to hire a hit man to kill another person; less dramatically, it is wrong and illegal to pass off one's own goods under the brand name of a superior competitor; it is also flatly illegal today to enter into collusive agreements to rig markets by dividing territories or fixing prices; and it is flatly wrong and illegal to bribe public officials for permits or to buy votes in a public election.
The set of prohibitions on market transactions also extends to a broad class of "merit goods" that lose all value if they are bought and sold. To take one simple example, high school seniors are surely entitled to pay for instruction on how to improve their SAT scores. But it is beyond the pale for them to send in a large check to the Educational Testing Service to receive a high SAT score. The same is true for grades on every kind of test imaginable, which only have value if they measure the intellectual ability of the people who take them.


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Rebecca Romijn: Preggers and Friendly
Ugly Betty's Rebecca Romijn was smiling real pretty as she went on a shopping expedition in West Hollywood earlier this week.
Despite the urgency of her retail mission, the actress stopped to give the paps a friendly wave.
It's good to see that Romijn, who's expecting twins with her husband, Do Not Disturb star Jerry O'Connell, is clearly enjoying the prospect of motherhood—unlike some of her famous counterparts.
Good to see you, too, Rebecca! Now maybe you can bring that husband of yours out of his shell.


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Watches Stolen From Home of Former Nortek CEO
NewsRadio 920 WHJJ and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A dozen expensive watches and 20 pairs of cufflinks have been reported stolen from the Providence home of former Nortek chief executive Richard Bready.
Police tell the Providence Journal the 70-year-old Bready reported the theft on Tuesday when he discovered the items missing from a closet at his home on Irving Avenue.
According to the police report, the high-end watches included a Breitling that was one of only three existing in the world.
It was the second jewelry theft reported at Bready's home in six years. The police were called in January 2008 to investigate a theft of a large amount of jewelry from a safe.
Bready. who retired from the building products manufacturer in 2011, now serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees at Roger Williams University.


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Gram Positive Sepsis Test:
On October 12th, 2012 Dr. Emanuel Rivers referenced Nanosphere's (NASDAQ:NSPH) Gram Positive Sepsis test while making a speech at the University of Kentucky. The speech entitled "Improving Outcomes From Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: From the Emergency Department, General Practice Floors to the ICU " featured Nanosphere on a slide as another revolution in treating sepsis (Author note: the presentation from the speech was not published. This reporting comes from multiple physicians attending the speech).
Dr. Rivers is best known as the lead researcher on the data that lead to the treatment "Early Goal -Directed Protocol of the Treatment of Severe Sepsis (EGDP)" or nicknamed the "River's Protocol".
Dr. Rivers is widely known as one of global experts in the treatment of sepsis. He is in no way affiliated with Nanosphere. It is a true feather in the cap of the company to have such a renowned expert reference their test during a university speech.
PLAVIX Test:
In the October 2012 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology researchers published a study using Nanosphere's Verigene System to identify coronary artery disease patients whose bodies do not metabolize the drug, Plavix. The research found that using the simple Nanosphere rapid test, performed by a clinical nurse (with no genetic laboratory training), was above 99.9% accurate and in 100% agreement with a reference lab test. See the abstract here (http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1383994).
The importance of this test lies with the fact that an estimated 30% of Caucasians, 40% of Africans, and 55%+ of East Asians do not metabolize the drug Plavix. In coronary artery disease patients this means they are not receiving benefit from the Plavix regiment and must be treated in an alternate fashion.
The company has been pushing this test through the FDA for some time. In June 2011 the FDA asked for more data from the company. The company has maintained throughout the FDA process that this test would be eventually approved. This research is peer-reviewed evidence that this test works and will eventually displace the current expensive and time-consuming reference lab test.
The company thinks this test will generate around $40,000 a year per placement but may be a driver of placements into cardiology segments. As the menu of cardiology test continues to develop in the pipeline the value of this segment will become a significant driver of value. I believe the company will eventually partner to continue the build out of the cardiology platform and keep the internal focus on the bacterium tests.
The company is set to report earnings at the beginning of November. Placements of the Verigene systems are expect to be between 40-60.
Disclosure: I am long NSPH. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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LOS ANGELES — NASA's Opportunity rover is rolling across the Martian surface again, leaving behind a clay-rich rock in search of more discoveries.
Mission managers said Friday that the plan calls for arriving at its new destination — 1ƒ miles to the south — by August so that the solar-powered rover can be in a favorable spot before the next Martian winter.
Opportunity has been exploring Endeavour Crater since 2011. It's the largest of five craters examined by the six-wheel rover so far and contains some of the oldest deposits dating back to the first billion years of Mars' history.
Read more in Saturday's Arizona Daily Star or StarNet.


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If anyone thinks the Soviets stopped persecuting the church when the Soviet Union broke apart, they should understand what is happening today in Belarus. This country was part of the USSR, but today its government functions as a Soviet-style dictatorship with close ties to Moscow. And it is in the process of stealing the place of worship of an Evangelical church in Minsk, The New Life church.
Belarus, a small republic, declared its independence from the USSR on August 25, 1991 as the Soviet Union dissolved. In 1994 Alexander Lukashenko became its egocentric president, and over the last 18 years he has flaunted his dictatorship as a badge of honor. Through brutal suppression of all political opposition and through rigged elections, he accomplishes his goals with brutal control, exhibiting no desire of bowing to pressure from the west.
In 2002 the Belarus government passed the stringent, repressive Religion Law that declared all unregistered religious activity illegal, just as the old Soviet Union had done. New Life church, which was founded in 1991, repeatedly applied for registration, but its application was denied with no reason given. Being part of the leadership of an unregistered church can result in up to two years of imprisonment. Four churches in Belarus have been closed by the government in the last year.
New Life owned a farm with an old building in it. Over the years they spent hundreds of hours and much donated money to build a worship center on their property. In August of 2009 the Belarusian government issued an eviction order against the church. Even under the threat of bulldozers prepared to demolish the building, the people refused to leave. They stayed in the church, fasting and praying for 40 days. In the photo above you can see the people camping in the church. (If you receive this newsletter by email, I suggest that you go to www.ConservativeTruth.org to see the photos.) Finally the government relented, and the church was permitted to continue to worship in their building. Today about 1,300 believers meet there.
But now a new crisis has arisen. My friend George Bakalov, who has founded and is overseer in many churches in Bulgaria and other countries, has been in touch with the leaders of New Life. Though George is denied entry to the country because of his apostolic leadership, he has sent this urgent appeal to Christians worldwide:
"I just received this email today from our friends over at New Life Church in Belarus. As you know I'm banned from Belarus and can't come in due to the hostility of the dictatorial government of Alexander Lukashenko. They plan to confiscate the building. Again!
"Let's not let them think that we, the Body of Christ, will sit silently as this demonized government prepares to seize the property of this church.
"The Government already tried to confiscate the building once and the church refused to leave that place, after which the Belarusian government backed off. Let your voices be heard in the Heavens in prayer! Also, let your voices be heard in high-places here in the United States! You can use this web app to look up who your elected officials are and how to contact them: http://whoismyrepresentative.com"
The church recommends that supporters also contact the Belarusian Embassy in their countries: "Today, November 27, we at New Life church received a court summons from the Supreme Economic Court, in which our church is to vacate its building, then turn over the keys to representatives of the Moscow District Household Management Department of the Minsk City no later than December 5, 2012.
"Transfer of the church building and its keys to the representatives of the Minsk City Household Management Department is to be carried out on December 5, 2012 at 11 AM.We are not going to give up our church nor our right to worship the Lord there! Please forward and share this news with your friends, your Congressman, your Senators, newsmakers, media outlets, reporters and send protest letters to the Belarusian Embassy in your nation."
Here is the contact information for the Embassy of Belarus in Washington. Remember that the eviction is to take place just two days from the publication date of this article. So don't send a letter if you write – overnight it. Let's bombard them with overnight letters, faxes, emails and telephone calls. Prayer is the most important way we can help this church, but it won't hurt to put wings to our prayers by letting the Embassy of this dictatorial government know that the eyes of the world are upon them:
Embassy of Belarus1619 New Hampshire Avenue NWWashington, DC 20009(202) 986-1606 (Phone)(202) 986-1805 (Fax)email@example.com
Persecution.com Reporthttp://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=MTc1
New Life Church's Website Documents Persecutionhttp://www.newlife.by/eng_monitoring.php
An Online PowerPoint Presentation of New Life Church's Situationhttp://www.powershow.com/view/90a60-MTZlM/New_Life_Full_Gospel_Church_Minsk_Belarus_powerpoint_ppt_presentation
Lukashenko Informationhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/27/alexander-lukashenko-belarus-president
Religion Lawhttp://www.cesnur.org/2002/belarus_law.htm


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The diversity committee has the mission to foster an environment that values the diversity of the individuals in the department and to promote multicultural awareness and competence of the faculty members, staff, graduate and undergraduate students. The diversity committee consists of 4 faculty members, an undergraduate student and a graduate student (students are elected by their peers). The 2012-2013 committee members are: Drs. Astrida Kaugars, Debra Oswald, Mary Anne Siderits, and Steve Saunders, and student representatives Christina Caiozzo and Nicolas Saldivar.
One of the functions of the diversity committee is to provide guidelines, advocacy, or support for dealing with faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students grievances that are based on discrimination or prejudices related to their diverse identities. Please contact a faculty member of the committee if you would like to discuss any diversity-related concerns.


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Sara Stockbridge was born in 1966 in Woking, Surrey, England. She is an actress and writer, known for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Spider (2002). She has been married to Cobalt Stargazer since 2010.
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Lasith Malinga took five wickets as Sri Lanka knocked Twenty20 World Cup holders England out of the tournament with a 19-run Super Eights victory on Monday.
England, chasing 170, lost three wickets in Malinga's first over and the fast bowler completed career-best figures of five for 31 to take Sri Lanka into the semi-finals along with West Indies.
"We gradually progressed, the processes have been really good and the boys have worked really hard to get there," said Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.
"We've come under tough situations and everyone has put their hands up and performed.
"It was really good that the middle order got a hit today they showed we've got the quality and the bowlers to back it up."
Sri Lanka produced a solid all-round batting performance after losing the toss with Jayawardene leading the way, making 42 in a total of 169 for six.
Angelo Mathews (28) and Jeevan Mendis (18) added 52 off 31 balls. Stuart Broad was England's best bowler with three for 32.
Malinga removed Luke Wright, Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales in his first over and England slumped to 93 for seven.
Samit Patel smashed 67 off 48 balls, including eight fours and two sixes, and shared an enterprising eighth-wicket partnership of 51 with Graeme Swann who made 34.
But Malinga returned to bowl out Patel and end English hopes of reaching the last four.
England captain Broad said it was Malinga's three-wicket burst that did the damage to his side's innings.
"It was a shame because we would have got a start there and the way Samit Patel took on the spinners it looked very encouraging. It was a class act," said Broad.
"If we had hung around and stayed with him we know the last four-five overs can go for anything.
"It was really disappointing, we were not quite good enough."
Sri Lanka topped Group One after the Super Eight phase with the West Indies also reaching the semi-finals where they will be joined by two from Australia, India, Pakistan and South Africa.Report Typo/Error