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New human diseases rapidly emerging according to a report in BBC News 20 February 2006. Scientists speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference claim that new infectious diseases are emerging at faster rates than ever before. Every year scientists discover one or two new infectious diseases in humans. Many of these such as HIV (AIDS) and avian influenza (bird flu) are coming from animals. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an epidemiologist at the University of Edinburgh, UK has catalogued over 1,400 disease causing agents. He commented to the BBC: "This accumulation of new pathogens has been going on for millennia - this is how we acquired TB, malaria, smallpox, but at the moment, this accumulation does seem to be happening very fast. So it seems there is something special about modern times - these are good times for pathogens to be invading the human population." Some of the reasons given for the increase in new diseases are changes in land use and agricultural practices, global travel and trade and hospitalisation. Prof Woolhouse also commented: "Pathogens are evolving ways to combat our control methods."
Editorial Comment: Many sceptics have claimed creation cannot be used as a basis for science because it cannot be used to make predictions. Over the last few years we have made the following predictions about human diseases and we are pleased to see AAAS scientists confirming we were right. In 2002 we wrote: "The fact that new bacterial diseases are being discovered is good evidence that the world in general, and humans in particular, are degenerating - is exactly what you would expect if you take Biblical history seriously." (See "Beware of Bartonella", 21 Mar 2002).
Last year following a report that a US trade expert claimed 30 new diseases had emerged in the last decade we wrote: "These new diseases are no surprise to someone who accepts the Biblical framework, rather than the evolutionary one. The Biblical picture of Creation indicates that the world began good without any diseases, but following man's rebellion against the Creator, the earth began a long progression downhill from good to bad to worse to the present day. This degeneration commenced with God judging man's sin by cursing the ground with thorns and thistles and imposing the biological phenomenon of death. The world further degenerated following God's judgment at the flood which destroyed the original balanced environment and soil, and the ideal atmospheric conditions. The flood was followed by an increasingly erratic climate with the coming of winter and summer, ice and snow etc. Human diseases have been on the increase as a result of this degenerate trend, which includes the degeneration of the human genome. Creation Research predict on the basis of this history, that we will see even more new diseases in the next 50 years, in man, animals and plants, as evidence of this trend."
As for the present report, please note: the fact that some organisms can combat our control methods is not evolution either. Our control methods are eliminating (selecting out) germs already resistant to our control methods. (Ref. predictions, diseases, devolution)


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Twins strike for six in 10th inning to best KC
Schafer's two-run single caps three-hit, four-RBI night at the plate
KANSAS CITY -- The message from manager Ron Gardenhire before Thursday night's game at Kauffman Stadium was clear: the bats must come alive.
His request was granted as the Twins rebounded from back-to-back one-run performances in their 11-5 extra-inning win over the Royals in the series finale.
Minnesota rode a six-run 10th to victory. Eduardo Nunez provided the go-ahead RBI single, but Jordan Schafer and Brian Dozier piled on with two-run hits, while Kurt Suzuki capped the frame with an RBI double.
"We finally had the big inning, got some big hits and kind of spread it around," Gardenhire said. "So a nice win, getting a win here after two really, really tough losses."
Schafer starred for the Twins from the nine-hole. He collected three hits, and his second career four-RBI game.
"We played them tough all series," Schafer said. "We had a couple of games before that we came out on the wrong end, but they were close games -- that's a really good team over there, first-place team. It's good to get a win on the way out of here."
Another late-inning meltdown from the Twins' bullpen allowed for the big inning. Alex Gordon was responsible for Tuesday night's 2-1 walk-off win, and he prolonged Thursday's game, as he belted a homer to right-center off Minnesota reliever Ryan Pressly for a 5-5 tie in the seventh.
But the 'pen rebounded after Gordon's home run to throw four scoreless innings. Gardenhire was hoping to be economical with his bullpen, but the game-tying jack spoiled that plan. Six different relievers combined on the effort with Anthony Swarzak notching the win.
"We've got a one-run lead, we're trying to figure out how to get through our bullpen without using everybody out there, and that lasted one hitter, and we had to end up going with everybody," Gardenhire said.
Minnesota rewarded the bullpen's effort in the 10th against Royals reliever Bruce Chen. Oswaldo Arcia began the inning by smashing a triple into the right-center gap. Back-to-back walks by Trevor Plouffe and pinch-hitter Joe Mauer brought up Nunez, who laced a single up the middle to score a pair. Nunez did not recall what the junk-throwing Chen offered him.
"Seriously? I don't know. It's so slow, the first pitch he threw to me was 83, the second one was 81," Nunez said.
Schafer dumped a two-run single into shallow left to extend the lead to 8-5, Dozier roped a two-run double and Suzuki finished the deluge with a RBI two-bagger.
The offensive outburst came as a relief for a Twins team that stayed competitive in the first two games of the series, but they tallied just two runs.
"We've played three games here, we could have won all three and we could have lost all three, and tonight was no different than the first two," Gardenhire said.
Neither team scored in the first six innings of the first two games. But they combined for four runs in the first frame of the finale.
Kennys Vargas (groundout) and Arcia (single) provided RBIs that scored Dozier and Suzuki, who reached on a single and a double, respectively, for a 2-0 Twins lead.
Kansas City answered with a pair of runs in the bottom half on RBI singles by Gordon and Salvador Perez.
Minnesota snatched the lead back in the fourth inning. This time it was Schafer and Dozier tallying RBI singles to put the Twins up, 4-2.
After shutout second and third innings from Twins starter Tommy Milone, the Royals tacked on runs in the fourth and fifth to even the score at 4.
"That's the most frustrating part is the guys are doing such a good job of putting together good at-bat and scoring runs, and just to give it up pretty much that next half-inning is very frustrating," Milone said.
Schafer put the Twins back in front with an RBI double off Jeremy Guthrie in the sixth that flirted with the right-field line.
"Really, the only pitch I didn't really love was to Schafer, the RBI double in the sixth. It was the only pitch I thought was really bad," Guthrie said.
Jackson Alexander is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The other night, when I had already finished cleaning up in the kitchen after dinner, something made me stop what I was doing and just take a good look around. I felt so content looking at the beautifully green avocados from my partner's parents' garden, a bunch of vibrantly red parrot tulips in a simple glass vase and the bright orange persimmons I had bought from a farm we visited recently. As I switched off the kitchen light I had a smile on my face just thinking of all the recipes I could use those persimmons for.
The following morning I picked up a bunch of mizuna greens from the farmer's markets. I love it's mustardy flavour and I thought it would go so well with the persimmons, the oranges and the pomegranate I also happened to have at hand. This is such a simple salad, but the fresh ingredients and the lovely combination of flavours makes it a perfect dish to serve at any occasion.
Mizuna, persimmon and pomegranate salad
1 bunch mizuna greens, washed and shredded
2 persimmons, thinly sliced
small handful cashew nuts, toasted
1/2 pomegranate, seeds
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1 orange, juice and zest
1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
2 tablespoons fruity extra-virgin olive oil
pinch of salt
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By Renee Human
I wrote this last Thursday on my flight home from MAX. My head is full (as was my belly this past week–thanks, Adobe, for great food and beverages to go with great content). As usual, there were great sessions and keynotes and a few surprises. And the Black Keys! Here's a rundown on this educator's experience and perspective on the Creativity Conference. (This will be a three-part blog, focused on this instructor's take on the social direction of the products, the much-discussed subscription issue and, finally, the promise of a healthy but quickly-growing web/mobile strategy and delivery.)
Part 1- Social-ly Expansive: Adobe goes social media big time
The social media theme of the conference started to become apparent when attending a session on the Adobe Exchange on Sunday. The old exchange has become a train wreck, or at least it had for me as a web, mobile and Flash girl. Instead of trying to clean it up, Adobe is redoing the entire exchange and encouraging more user content and plugin development. I had never considered contributing to the Exchange, but the three entry points—via Extension Builder 2.1 (3 is coming this spring), Configurator 3 for custom panels in Photoshop and InDesign and the Adobe Exchange Packager—there should be an entry point for almost any designer or developer to submit. And as educators, it gives our students a new possible (and possibly financially beneficial) outlet for their content and development. And the social media aspect of the new Exchange will let you vote up or down products so the good stuff should rise to the top.
Of course, the push to the Cloud also is incredibly social. File sharing and collaboration will be much easier for teams. I'm excited to see how my students will use the Cloud since most Media Informatics courses have team projects. I'm considering how I can require groups within the Crowd. I think the chief benefit here from the instructor's perspective is to be included in those Cloud collaborations. I'll be able to see what's going on. I won't have to rely on student reports, I'll be able to see who procrastinates and who contributes what to the project as well as the process itself. For that, I'm very excited.
Of course, the other social aspect of the Cloud is the inclusion of Behance. After watching the keynote online from NKU, students have Facebooked me to say they signed up for their account and "know what they're going to do this summer".


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Happy St. Patrick's Day! This year, skip the green beer (go for green cupcakes instead!) in favor of a real Irish drink. You'll forget all about emerald-hued light beer when you taste this traditional Irish coffee. Here's how to make it, plus recipes for cocktails featuring Irish whiskey, Guinness, Irish cream and more.
Some restaurants get fancy with their Irish coffee: Chocolate shavings on top, Irish cream-infused coffee, a torched-sugar crust atop the whipped cream. That's all great for the other 364 days of the year, but today, why not go traditional? Use this recipe straight from Dublin for your post-Guinness nightcap.
Original Irish Coffee
Recipe courtesy Barman Dara Cruise, Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin Ireland
Makes 1 serving
1 cup freshly-brewed hot coffee
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 jigger Irish whiskey (1 1/2 ounces or 3 tablespoons)
Heavy cream, slightly whipped
Fill a footed glass mug (or any mug) with hot water to preheat it, then empty. Pour piping hot coffee into warmed glass until it is about 3/4 full. Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Blend in Irish whiskey. Top with a collar of the whipped heavy cream by pouring gently over back of spoon. Serve hot.
More Irish Cocktails:
- Half and Half (Black and Tan)
- Madeline's Kiss
- DIY Irish Cream
- Stout Float
- Black Velvet
- Ali and Georgia's Luck 'O The Irish Whiskey
- Adult Shamrock Shake
- Beyond Guinness: Irish Beer Picks
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POOLE man Adrian Walls and his feathered friends will be back on our TV screens on Sunday in the fourth series of The Zoo.
Head of birds at ZSL London Zoo, Adrian, pictured right, who grew up at Poole, will be dealing with a host of cute Humboldt chicks in the first episode of the three part documentary.
A former pupil of Ashdown Technology College at Canford Heath, he started his career at 16 working at Merley Bird Gardens.
Now 41 and living just outside London, he spent nine years gaining all the knowledge he needed about birds before starting work at the world-renowned ZSL London Zoo at Regent's Park.
He now manages a large team of keepers, looking after more than 100 different species of birds.
In the first episode he is seen getting to grips with a record baby boom at the zoo's Penguin Beach exhibit.
When 10 baby Humboldt penguins hatch he and his team have to work flat out to cater for the babies.
"Whenever I see the chicks tucking into their food or waddling about I feel like a proud dad," he said of the South American penguins which normally breed in coastal Peru and Chile.
"It was great having the cameras back. I'm so pleased the whole nation will now see the fantastic progress the chicks have been making."
After three series, the man who admits to a lifelong passion for bird, has got more used to having a film crew follow him about. "I love being able to talk about and share my dream job," he said.
The Zoo begins on Sunday at 8pm on ITV and continues on August 17 and 24.


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It was a melee for the ages, well at least for this season. With two laps to go in the Advocare 500 on Sunday, Jeff Gordon intentionally ran into Clint Bowyer, who had rubbed him and caused him to cut a tire earlier in the race. And as with many wrecks, Gordon decided to get in one final shot and pay back Bowyer. The wreck destroyed Bowyer's car and the ensuing events were not pretty.


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Off-the-wall Questions and Answers, Queries and Anecdotes from U.S. Women's National Team forward Mia Hamm. What do we NOT know about Mia? That's what we thought to ourselves when we were brainstorming for questions to ask the soccer icon and absolute living legend. She's the subject of over a dozen books, she's been a guest host on the "Today Show," she's the poster girl for Gatorade, U.S. Soccer and the WUSA, and she's even popped up in celebrity gossip columns after her recent engagement to No-mmaaaah!!! Let's face it--she's been everywhere and done everything. So what's left to find out from the high profile, but very private, pony-tailed warrior? Actually, quite a lot.
Center Circle: A case could be made that you're one of the most recognizable female athletes in the world, but I suppose you're used to the attention?
#9: "You get used to it. I think, at times, you get surprised in certain environments, though. In soccer environments, it's understandable and you're always ready for it, but on the street it can catch you by surprise. It's cool though, and it's flattering. It kind of makes you realize that people are paying attention to what I'm doing, as well as what the team is doing."
CC: With your father having been in the Air Force as you grew up, you've lived in a lot of different places. What city do you consider your home town?
#9: "Right now, it's Austin, Texas. It's beautiful, it's hilly, it's green and the people are very nice. The city is a great mixture of cultures and food and it's got a great music scene. The University of Texas is very much an influence on the city and that adds some extra energy to Austin."
CC:You recently became engaged to Boston Red Sox star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. Do you plan to hyphenate to Hamm-Garciaparra? That could be interesting for the guy who irons on the letters above that famous number nine…
#9: "No, I don't want to put that many letters on the back of the jersey. At my age, I need the least wind-resistance from my jersey."
CC: Have you ever had the chance to take batting practice at Fenway Park, and if so, could you jerk one over the Green Monster?
#9: "I haven't. And I doubt I could. I did get to take BP (batting practice) once with Tisha Venturini at PacBell Park in San Francisco right after it opened. We did okay. I managed to hit a couple into the outfield."
CC: Okay, now on to more serious matters. Who's the toughest player you've played against (and you can't say Kristine Lilly or any other U.S. player that you go against in practice daily)?
#9: "(Defender) Gro Espeseth of Norway is probably one of the toughest players I've ever faced. She's just a highly physical and competitive player, with a lot of pride."
[Editor's Note: Espeseth, who played in the WUSA in Year 1, has retired from both the league and international soccer.]
CC:Which foreign players do you think will be the stars of the 2003 Women's World Cup?
#9: "Hanna Ljungberg of Sweden will have a great World Cup. She can turn on you at any moment. No matter the pressure, she can just turn and go. And she just finishes her opportunities. I think Bai Jie will also score a lot of goals for China now that she's playing forward for them. And Marinette Pinchon of France for sure will be one of the stars this fall."
CC: You're on a bit of a tear lately, for both the Freedom and the National Team. Would you venture to say that you're at the top of your game?
#9: "I think I'm just more mature and more experienced. Playing in the WUSA week in and week out has helped put me in a competitive environment more consistently, and that in turn has helped me keep my game at a higher level more consistently."
CC:Compare how you're playing now to how you felt like you were playing leading up to the '99 Cup?
#9: "I don't know, really, but I probably have more weapons to my game than in 1999, both on and off the ball. Playing different positions has definitely helped me make adjustments and learn more tactical things about the game. And technically, it has helped me be better able to serve balls both left and right-footed."
CC: What do you want your legacy to be within the annals of the U.S. Women's National Team and world soccer in general?
#9: "Just that we brought more exposure and more opportunity for the women's game in the United States. I think through the opportunities we have helped create, the game will get more exposure and and vice-versa, so women's soccer can continue to grow and more young girls will get the opportunity to play and compete and maybe one day represent their country."
CC: We asked this question to your U.S. teammate Tiffeny Milbrett recently, but now it's your turn. How long do you see yourself playing internationally?
#9: "Well, I'm not sure, but this is probably my last World Cup. I can see myself playing through the 2004 Olympics and then making a final decision. At that time, I will re-evaluate how I'm feeling and how I'm playing and whether I can still help the team win."
CC: How great is it to be able to have a home base and a home team and be able to show up for work every day for the Freedom playing in the top women's league in the world?
#9: "It's awesome. Just being able to say, when someone asks what your profession is, 'professional women's soccer player' is a great feeling. You can talk about your team and the league, and the community that you are a part of, and how we've embraced them and they've embraced us. It's been wonderful."
CC: The movie "Bend it Like Beckham" has done surprisingly well at the box office in the U.S. Have you seen the movie? And did you know that they almost changed the title to "Move it Like Mia" for the U.S. release?
#9: "I thought it was great. It was great to have a soccer movie for girls. The lessons from the film were inspiring and the best thing is that girls who play soccer can have a movie that they can identify with."
CC:You may or may not know that Brandi made an appearance in "Air Bud 3: World Pup." Do you have any desire to be in the movies?
#9: "It depends on the part. It would probably have to be a romantic comedy. Comedy has to be involved."
CC: Do you have any definite plans after your soccer career is over?
#9: "None, whatsoever, but I am open to suggestions."
Table of Contents
1) Armchair Midfielder (Back in the U.S.S.A.: The Big Six Venues)
2) In Threes (w/ MNT defender Greg Vanney)
3) DeeJay for a Day (w/ U-17 MNT forward Guillermo Gonzalez)
4) Queries & Anecdotes (w/ WNT forward Mia Hamm)
5) Mark That Calendar (MNT vs. Group B – France 2003)
6) Superstar!!! (w/ MNT midfielder Eddie Lewis)
7) FAN Point/Counterpoint (Who will win the 2003 Confederations Cup?)
8) "You Don't Know Jack (Marshall)" (1999 Confederations Cup Trivia)
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Kingston's SSDNow V+200: More Affordable SandForceby Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/19/2012 12:02 PM EST
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XZerg - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkThat's over $2/gb for all models except 240GB which is almost $2/gb... How the hell is that affordable? I am glad I picked up a used OCZ Vertex 2 240GB last year for $275.
After so many years of SSD existence, the price still being up there is awful, esp. in IT industry. The SD cards prices have plummeted a lot in comparison, what's going on with SSD, especially with so many companies stepping it up? Reply
Taft12 - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkWhat a shocker - a guy rushes for first post and doesn't read the article.
"The MSRPs of the V+200 line are quite high, although I'm guessing street prices will be a lot lower"
There's plenty of SSDs at barely more than $1/GB, and I don't know what you're talking about with regard to SD cards, they're around $1/GB as well and the flash is a lot slower. Reply
izmanq - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkyeah, they said a lot lower, but how much ? Reply
JNo - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkActually I agree with him. Did you even read the *headline*:
"More Affordable SandForce"
And yet Anand is only *guessing* that street prices will be lower.
I love the man like any one of us but that doesn't seem right to me to have a misleading headline like that.... Reply
Tewt - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkI also agree that Anand is just guessing and we really have no way to say these will be much cheaper. Everyone below is providing examples how they have found better deals than Kingston's so-called value line. (Taft12, check the anger at the door). Reply
Matias - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkSo many new players in this market, so much hype and marketing... I bet they are making a huge margin with those. That is why the prices are still high, everyone wants a share of the pie!
I contibuted by buying 3 SSDs in the last 2 years (all Vertexes and all without BSODs for the statistics). Reply
BLaber - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkIn my country just the Kingston ssdnow v 64Gb cost almost same as OCZ agility III 60gb , so much for being an affordable brand. Reply
Fujikoma - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkI bought an Intel and a Crucial drive and both were cheaper per GB than these are. I also bought mine last year ($90 each for a 60ish GB intel drive and a 60ish GB Crucial drive). I'd also venture to say that Intel and Crucial have better quality control. So why the high prices? Reply
Coup27 - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - linkMy biggest problem with Kingston drives is their ridiculous method of naming and marketing. Even OCZ's line up looks simple compared to theirs. Reply
Wizzdo - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - link670$ (30% cheaper) - just as fast - more reliable.
What a non-deal these sandforce drives are! Reply
clarkn0va - Friday, January 20, 2012 - linkI have bought about a dozen Kingston, all in the space of a few months, and 14 months later I've seen 3 or 4 die. One was no longer recognized by the BIOS, another spontaneously set itself a password. One started acting just like a hdd, gradually corrupting information in a subtle manner; this is actually worse on an SSD than on a hdd, because you can't do a bad block scan.
The budget drives from Kingston had small cache, SATAI interfaces, and no TRIM support. All this I was willing to give up for the right price, but the failure rate is inexcusable. Kingston offers no firmware upgrade for these, you just have to keep good backups and hope it fails before the warranty expires.
I've also had some Intel SSDs. Intel couldn't be bothered to give us TRIM in G1. G2 was better, but still too slow on sequentials, frankly. I haven't bothered with anything since then because the rent is just too damn high. The 310s are Intel's Netburst of the SSD world.
I picked up a Corsair Force 2 because it was the cheapest SF at the time. In three different laptops it would reset on resume from suspend. It's now sitting on the work bench waiting for a home. A year after buying it, Corsair still doesn't offer a firmware update on this jewel.
OCZ on the other hand, I've used or deployed more than a dozen of these since the original Indilinx-based firmware arrived, including all generations of Vertex and Agility, and a couple Solid 3 in the mix. Not one of these has failed or hinted at failing. Never a blue screen or a stutter, they just keep cruising along. My first SSD purchase was a Vertex, and although the original firmware had no TRIM support, a later update brought it in (even before Linux support). This Vertex served in two desktops and now finds its home in my rough-service netbook. The OCZ forums are an excellent trove of tips and tricks for Windows and Linux users. This is an example of a company doing it right. I don't even look at other brands any more.
Kingston can go sell their overpriced garbage to some other sucker. They're a great source for RAM, but their SSD division just doesn't cut it. If their higher end products are just going to be rebrands of other makers (Intel, SF), then they should at least offer some competitive pricing or some other value-add. Reply
Toughbook - Friday, January 20, 2012 - linkWhy not just go with the tried and true out there? Either a Samsung or Intel will do you right. The others are just posers. Reply
Mugur - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - linkI saw the 60 GB model and it is priced in my country exactly like Corsair Force 3, a little above OCZ Agility 3... I would've expected a lower price, based on previous V models. Reply


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Evolutionists maintain that invertebrate marine creatures that arose during the Cambrian Period developed into fish over the course of tens of millions of years. However, in the same way that Cambrian Period invertebrates had no ancestors neither are there any intermediate form to indicate any evolution between these same invertebrates and fish. (See The Cambrian Period.) Yet the very considerable transition between invertebrates-lacking skeletons and the hard parts of whose bodies are on the outside-and fish, whose hard parts act as supports in the middle of their bodies, should have left behind a vast number of fossilized intermediate forms. Yet all the different categories of fish appear suddenly in the fossil record, with no forerunners or "primitive" versions.
For 140 years, evolutionists have been combing the fossil strata in their search for these imaginary intermediate forms. Although millions of invertebrate fossils and millions of fish fossils have been discovered, no one has found even a single intermediate form. In an article titled "Evolution of the Lung and the Origin of Bony Fishes: A Casual Relationship," the evolutionist paleontologist Gerald T. Todd sets out the following questions that demonstrate evolutionists' despair:
All three subdivisions of the bony fishes first appear in the fossil record at approximately the same time . . . How did they originate? What allowed them to diverge so widely? How did they all come to have heavy armor? And why is there no trace of earlier, intermediate forms?98
The fossil record shows that just like other living classes, fish emerged suddenly and with all their different structures intact. Fish were created in a single moment, with no evolutionary process behind them. Allah is the All-Powerful Creator.
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Testicular Cancer: Maintaining the High Cure Rate
ABSTRACT: The management of germ cell tumors has advanced dramatically, with cure rates approaching 90% to 95%. Treatment of stage I/A seminomas generally includes orchiectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy. Treatment of stage I/A nonseminomatous germ cell tumors involves orchiectomy followed by retroperitoneal lymph node dissection or active surveillance. One of the major advances has been the introduction of cisplatin-based chemotherapy for metastatic disease and the development of a system of risk attribution. The logical management of any patient with curable disease is to provide curative therapy and then follow the patient in a structured manner, to diagnose and treat any complications in a timely manner.
In the second half of the past century, dramatic improvements were made in the management of advanced cancers of the genitourinary tract, with particular progress in the management of germ cell tumors. The management of metastatic testicular germ cell tumors has become one of the paradigms of successful treatment, reflecting advances in chemotherapy and an improved understanding of the principles of tumor biology and of the importance of multidisciplinary management. Nevertheless, with increasing experience, we have come to recognize that these approaches to treatment have some flaws, and that we must be careful if we are to maintain the high cure rates that have been achieved.
An increased understanding of risk factors has allowed us to tailor our treatment to the level of risk. We have come to realize that some of our treatment strategies are associated with significant late effects, and we have attempted to avoid these by modifying some treatment approaches. However, such attempts to improve treatment outcomes have failed, largely because of a reduction in the initial cure rate. This serves to illustrate a critically important principle- when effective treatment is available, modifications must be introduced in a thoughtful and structured manner to ensure that there are no hidden costs associated with the innovations under consideration (Table 1).
Most germ cell tumors arise from tissues derived from primordial cells that originate within the genital ridges and usually migrate in the midline to the testicles, and less frequently, to the retroperitoneum, mediastinum, and pineal region. These cells are capable of differentiating along two major histogenetic lines, forming seminomas and nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT).[1,2] All of these tumors have a common germ cell origin and, in the testicles, arise from precursor cells described histologically as carcinoma in situ.[3] Less than 5% of testicular cancers are lymphomas and other non-germ cell tumors.[ 1,4] The ability to differentiate along different pathways is of particular importance with regard to late relapse (see below).
The most common type of seminoma is the classical variant, composed of uniform, round, or polygonal cells with abundant cytoplasm and a centrally placed nucleolus.[1] Less common spermatocytic and anaplastic variants have been described, although it should be noted that the anaplastic variant sometimes represents a misdiagnosed NSGCT.[5] Seminomas are characterized by the presence of syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells in about 30% of cases, and these may produce a marker protein, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG).
We have identified a subgroup of seminomas, morphologically resembling a solid variant of yolk sac carcinoma that is associated with a worse prognosis when treated with conventional radiotherapy or standard chemotherapy regimens.[5] Studies are in progress to define whether the biochemical determinants of outcome identified in the molecular revolution may explain the differences in the natural history of these tumors- for example, aberrations in expression of c-kit, other oncogenes, or tumor-suppressor genes.
Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors
The group of NSGCTs includes several histologic subtypes: embryonal carcinoma, mature and immature teratoma, endodermal sinus tumor, and choriocarcinoma.[1] Frequently, NSGCT may consist of elements of undifferentiated cancer, trophoblastic tissue, and varying components of somatic differentiation, such as cartilage, glandular tissue, or hair.[1,2] Another tumor marker, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is classically produced by endodermal sinus tumor, although it is also associated with embryonal carcinoma. The presence of AFP in the circulation signifies the presence of nonseminomatous elements, even if pure seminoma has been diagnosed in the primary tumor. This constitutes an indication to manage the patient for a nonseminomatous germ cell malignancy.
Common Features
Testicular seminomas and NSGCTs share many features in common[ 1,2]: (1) Both occur predominantly in males aged 18 to 35 years; (2) both usually follow an orderly pattern of spread, from the testis to the surrounding supportive tissues and/or up the spermatic cord, to regional and distant lymphatic channels, and sometimes to visceral sites via blood-borne metastasis; (3) both are characterized by the elaboration of tumor markers and by common etiologic associations, including a characteristic marker of the short arm of chromosome 12,[6,7] testicular maldescent, carcinoma in situ of the testis,[3] and a less clearly explained association with the syndrome of multiple atypical nevi[8]; (4) both histologic patterns have been associated with a susceptibility gene localized to chromosome Xq27[9]; and (5) both are highly sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy.[10,11]
However, important differences exist between testicular seminomas and NSGCT, including a somewhat older age range for patients with seminoma, a slightly higher prevalence of second primary tumors among males with seminoma, different patterns of metastasis, and a substantial radiosensitivity in seminoma vs marked radioresistance in NSGCTs. Although the data are relatively preliminary, it appears that the c-kit ligand is expressed more heavily in seminomas than in NSGCTs,[12,13] and this leads to the potential for an increased chance of clinical improvement in response to modulators of these ligands, such as imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) or more specific developmental compounds, when used for seminoma as opposed to NSGCT.
When presenting at extragonadal sites, the biology of these tumor types is less similar: The seminomatous tumors tend to retain sensitivity to treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and patients with these tumors are relatively easily cured. By contrast, the extragonadal NSGCTs are associated with much higher relapse rates and inferior cure rates.[14-16] The reasons for these differences are unknown, as the testicular and extragonadal tumors share virtually identical histologies and etiologic associations and similar patterns of spread.
Primary testicular cancer commonly presents as a painless enlargement of the testis, often noted on self-examination.[17] There may be local pain,[18] which is often associated with hemorrhage within the tumor. Occasionally, a large tumor will drag on the spermatic cord, causing referred pain in the region of the flank, which, therefore, does not necessarily indicate the presence of retroperitoneal lymph node metastases. Unless the patient has previously undergone surgery for testicular maldescent or scrotal violation as part of the initial management of the primary tumor (a cardinal error), inguinal lymph nodes are usually not involved. Drainage of the testis is typically to the lymph nodes at the level of the ipsilateral renal hilum.[19]
The symptoms of metastatic germ cell tumors are protean and depend on the sites of involvement.[20,21] Most commonly, the retroperitoneal lymph nodes are involved early, which can be associated with lumbar backache or central/lower abdominal pain. Occasionally, renal colic is due to obstruction of the ureters by advanced lymph node metastases. Pulmonary metastases may be asymptomatic or, if extensive, may be associated with dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, or chest pain. Brain metastases, although uncommon, may manifest as headache, confusion, dementia, or focal neurologic syndromes, and occasionally may be detected in the routine staging workup.[ 22,23] Liver or bone involvement is now distinctly uncommon at presentation but may be associated with relapse. When these features are seen at presentation, choriocarcinoma should be considered as the most likely histologic subtype. It should be kept in mind, however, that seminoma will sometimes metastasize to bone.
Germ cell tumors may be associated with nonspecific or constitutional symptoms, including weakness, sweats, fevers, malaise, and asthenia, especially in the case of advanced disease. Gynecomastia may indicate the presence of testicular cancer, especially in patients with a dominant element of choriocarcinoma either in a primary tumor, metastatic deposits, or both.
Extragonadal germ cell tumors manifest symptoms similar to those described above, although they are more heavily influenced by the site of origin. For example, pineal germ cell tumors may be associated with headache, confusion, visual changes, stroke-like syndromes, and Parinaud's syndrome.[14] The presentation of retroperitoneal germ cell tumors is identical to that of testicular tumors with retroperitoneal metastases, with the exception of an obvious testicular primary. Mediastinal germ cell tumors are commonly associated with dyspnea, cough, chest, or back pain, and occasionally with superior vena cava syndrome. Mediastinal NSGCTs are commonly associated with metastases at presentation, and the symptoms reflect the sites of those metastases (Table 2).[24,25]
Monitoring Treatment
The efficacy of treatment is routinely monitored by clinical assessment, using physical examination and appropriate imaging studies. Plain radiographs and computerized axial tomographic (CT) scans are the standard modalities, with CT having almost completely replaced lymphangiography.[ 26] For brain metastases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is superior to CT scanning, but the role of MRI in the assessment of other sites of systemic disease remains controversial. Although preliminary evidence supports the use of positronemission tomography (PET) in assessing the presence of viable cancer in residual deposits after chemotherapy for germ cell tumors,[27] this technology has not yet secured a defined place in management, given conflicting reports regarding specificity and sensitivity.
Tumor Markers
The circulating tumor markers AFP and HCG should also be measured as part of the initial diagnostic work-up and when monitoring therapy. The first specimens should be obtained prior to primary surgery. AFP has a normal half-life in the circulation of 5 to 7 days, and HCG has a half-life of 24 to 36 hours.[28] Prolongation of a circulating marker's half-life after orchiectomy usually denotes occult metastatic disease, and indicates the need for further investigation and treatment.[28]
In patients with metastatic disease, the absolute levels of tumor markers constitute independent prognostic determinants. During chemotherapy, there may be a transient release of markers from dying cancer cells, causing a transient elevation of blood levels before they begin to decline according to normal half-life gradients. Thus, serial measurements should be taken to determine whether the patient is responding adequately to treatment. If these repeated measurements are not taken during the period of chemotherapy, tumor marker release will not be identified and the half-life calculation will be incorrect, suggesting a prolonged tumor marker decline (incorrectly implying the presence of resistant disease).


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- "Bunch of red neck hick bastards at this precinct. Scarcely fit to be called cops."
- — GTA San Andreas Website.
Las Venturas Police Headquarters is the main law enforcement building in Las Venturas, and is the largest law enforcement structure in the entire state of San Andreas.
It is located at the northeastern end of the city, in the Roca Escalante district. This structure is accessible to the player, and is where the player will re-spawn after being arrested anywhere within Las Venturas city limits. The Police Station contains a sizable impound garage that can be accessed through a garage door at the side of the building. The police station has a minor appearance in the mission Cop Wheels where CJ steals one of the police bikes located near the entrance of the building.
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"...and we can say we ran it the year it rained a lot". At least it wasn't cold.
Great big fun.
Well, sort of. Not a good year for me. Monkey PW, actually. By a lot. And as I will retire before Monkey-next, fooey. That's not the way to go out. (LAST year apparently should have been it for me)
I threw away my shoes at the airport.
Great seeing everybody again and meeting some new people.
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It is healthier to puke and pass-out than to pass-out and puke.
Monkey PW, actually. By a lot.
But you ran a long race in Alabama the day before. I fell short of my goal of buying a sili cup and I didn't even buy silicone cups yesterday.
I talked to some good people out on the course and loved the volunteers and after-race spread. Some amazing woman at an aid station took my long sleeve shirt back to the start line too!
Had a great time - harder than I anticipated. Guess I didn't heed the warnings. Nice to meet / see a few RA'rs.
Ouch. My legs are not happy with me today.
It was an awesome weekend! Thanks for putting on a great event, Trent!
Looks like you'll have to put off retirement, Robert.
Live the Adventure. Enjoy the Journey. Be Kind. Have Faith!
I think the monkeys bit my foot at least 3 times, for no good reason I rolled my right foot twice around mile 14 and 15, and had a sharp spasm in the same foot at about mile 22, enough to stop me in my tracks, but not realy injured, I don't think, so got to be Monkey attacks.
Running in the rain was fun, definitely better than the warm, humid run I was dreading at the start.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
Running in the rain was fun, definitely better than the warm, humid run I was dreading at the start.
+1 I was worried about 70 degrees after the last week being sub-50 in Ohio. I was thankful for the cooling rain during the run.
Monsoon Monkey... cute :-)
I call BS
Was it all a dream?
Hobble Jogger
The over/under on that was "15 minutes".
Sadly, all the action was on the over.
Ran my worst marathon time in quite a while too. Sucks to be 15-20 minutes off what I thought I'd do....shouldn't complain too much I guess since I still got a croch monkey. I'm retired though. Done chasing a monkey 1st place.
FWIW I think a 3:10ish Monkey is comparable to < 3:00 at -- say -- New York. And you were still beat up from New York. All in all I'd say you did pretty well.


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iPhone 5 Memory Size and Speed Revealed: 1GB LPDDR2-1066by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 9/15/2012 8:53 PM EST
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tynopik - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkare there 2 different ipad 2 models? it's listed in the chart twice
http://www.ifans.com/forums/threads/yes-the-iphone... Reply
Araemo - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkYes, there are two iPad 2 models.
After the "new ipad" (ipad 3) came out, they still sell an ipad 2 model. However, apple got a process-shrunk version of the A5 into it, which increases battery life since it's the exact same chip design, but manufactured on a newer, better process, so it uses less power. I don't know for sure, but it's entirely possible that they updated the memory interface to get cheaper parts, rather than having to special-order older generation parts. Reply
tynopik - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - link
I don't know for sure, but it's entirely possible that they updated the memory interface to get cheaper parts, rather than having to special-order older generation parts
I certainly hope that means the newer one is also the faster one ;) Reply
madmilk - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkNope, clock speed and architecture are the same. Just smaller. Reply
coolhardware - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkWow, you guys have done a superb job on the iPhone 5 coverage. While most tech sites just do the rumors and the liveblog, Anandtech actually digs in to find and analyze the technical details. :-)
Thanks for all the sleuthing!
If you guys get any more info on the 5th generation iPod touch, a lot of your readers may be interested. I'll probably never buy an iPhone but this will be approximately my sixth iPod (including my old mini which upgraded from a CF sized hard drive to a CompactFlash memory card). I have sold or given away most of those iPods but the latest touch (w/the nice screen) really appeals to me.
I realize the touch is using a lot of 'stock' parts (CPU/camera) from older Apple devices, which may limit what additional analysis you can do, but I would love to know more about the new IPS display (shared w/the iPhone 5) and the battery/memory/flash etc. would all be awesome to know. And post if you find out any specific ship dates for the new iPod touch, mine just lists 'October' on the order status:
Thanks again for all the in-depth tech reporting you guys do! Reply
pxavierperez - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkSamsung just released an ad which inadvertently confirmed iPhone 5's 1GB memory. Reply
dugbug - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkWhich goes to apples concern: there are supposed to be firewalls between the mobile group and their component business.
Samsung is acting irrational. The phone isn't even out yet. Reply
KitsuneKnight - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkIt's possible that the mobile division just looked at the same publicly available information as Anand to figure that out. I've not seen the ad, so they might have had several different versions ready and waiting for once they found out, even. Reply
Penti - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkPretty sure the ad people aren't involved in either of the Samsung business groups when it comes to components and mobile development/design. Memory is also sold by Samsung Electronics not the Foundry services team. So memory chips are sold by the same business group that makes phones. Foundry services do exist partly in another company though. Head office still has lots of the responsibilities. It's up to Samsung Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics and Apple to agree to the terms and if they are gonna keep quiet about stuff, component manufacturers normally don't they boast about stuff months if not years before delivery. Even still the foundry people and memory/packing people would know nothing about the physical design of the finished product. If they do then surely Apple is to blame as they don't have NDA's covering such areas even and it's Taiwanese firms that do the casing. It's also not the component engineers and people that will make decisions for the phone developers, they will have to make their own decisions and will be able to use any technology their parent company owns or license.
It's easy enough to guess, Apple wouldn't release a device with 512MB now, iPads has had 1GB since the new iPad. Don't know how their marketing works but they have no reason to discuss mobile ad campaigns with people talking about competitor products. Reply
Microsapper - Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - linkSorry but it seems Apple were most likely responsible for more leaks on iPhone 5 than anybody on the web. I mean it really doesn't take much to get the low down on what going on with Apple lately!
Like I was just minding my own business going over Qualcomm S4 info on the web. Low and behold I stumble upon this link on Qualcomm's Austrian Developer site and what do it see? This little tidbit about iOS and ARMv7 ARMv7s. So apparently it seems A6 may have S4 Krait cores in it, instead of Apple's own custom cores!
Wouldn't that be something if Apple used Qualcomm S4 Krait cores and PowerVR GPU? I think it would, even though it would most likely indicate both Samsung GSIII (US) and iPhone 5 at least had similar CPU's! :DDD Reply
Luke.Hi - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkHi guys! You table shows "MB/s" - does that mean megaBIT or megaBYTE per second? Reply
nfineon - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkCapital MB normally means megaBYTES whereas Mb = megaBiTS Reply
Death666Angel - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkBig "B" stands for byte, small "b" stands for bit. Reply
tipoo - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkThe Pentium 4 HT Extreme Edition had memory bandwidth between 6400 MB/s-8512 MB/s depending on the model, I always find it interesting to compare how far along these mobile SoCs have come. Reply
danielfranklin - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkIndeed interesting stuff, but its important to remember the desktop's of those days most often had dedicated graphics with its own memory bandwidth.
I was picturing my Celeron 300A with a 64bit 100mhz mem bus when i looked at the chart, wasnt much was it... Reply
ltcommanderdata - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkhttp://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/16/iphone-5-bench...
Geekbench results are up for the iPhone 5. It reports 1GHz dual core with 1MB L2 cache. The Geekbench score works out to be 2.5x faster than the iPhone 4S.
The biggest improvement turns out to be in memory bandwidth with a 3.2x increase from iPhone 4S to iPhone despite only a 33% theoretical increase going from LPDDR2-800 to LPDDR2-1066. I guess Apple has redesigned the memory controller for more bandwidth efficiency as Anand mentioned was needed. Reply
igotsnomoney - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkGoing around the internet when i fount iphone5,2 in the geekbench browser. Apple really did mean 2x performance
The A6 is one powerful SoC
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1030202 Reply
BSMonitor - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkBut I love how we get all excited for performance from 1998 in these tiny All-in-One PCs!!
I want the Ivy Bridge smart phone I can dock to replace my work PC. ;-) Reply
rocky12345 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkHello
I like the site a lot but can we please stop with all the iphone 5 this & that stuff. I mean come on we all know there will be a review of this new phone from Apple so if we could please leave all of the tiny liittle articals for the big & up & coming review that would be great. I have never seen so much coverage of a simple little cell phone before on one site. please just take all the speculation & facts & put it into one review.
This is a great site been coming here since day one when it opened up but if you are going to give Apple so much site time for what they call a new device then all products should get the same attention. I am not saying the site is biased towards one company,we all know this is a very open minded site 99.99% of the time.
Thank You
Long Time AnandTech Reader. Reply
A5 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkThese articles are pretty much the point of the Pipeline section. No one is making you read them, but Anand has to pay the bills and these iPhone articles drive a ton of traffic. Reply
rocky12345 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkI get that anandtech has to pay the bills but most of this same info in these little articles will be in the big review that is forth coming. I also stopped reading these little blurbs about the iphone 5 after the second one that was posted this past weekend because it will be the same info we will get in the big review. But I guess it not Anandtech's fault that Apple has been so tight lipped about a lot of the hardware inside the new iphone 5 which in turn makes sites like this have to speculate as to what is going on inside the new idevice. I myself will not get an idevice not because of the hardware being bad I actually think the hardware inside an ipod or iphone is fairly good. I won't get an idevice because of Apple themselves I can not spend my money on a company like Apple that has such terrible business practices & is so sue happy about such stupid things. IF they were to compete with the other companies on a fair playing field without using the court system I probably would own some sort of idevice.
Can you think of what it would be like if in other industries there were apple like companies such as the auto industry. We would still be driving cars with tech from 5 years ago because anything knew in cars would be held up being released because of impending court battles. I know companies have to protect their IP but when it gets down to a product being banned because of a shape or icon that is going to far. Reply
LordSojar - Monday, September 17, 2012 - link8 of the 12 articles under the Pipeline are about Apple. It is a bit out of sorts compared to say a new Samsung phone, or really, any other new electronics product. Even Intel doesn't get this much press when they release an entire new family of processors.
Who is more important, Apple or Intel? GIve you a hint, one uses the others chips in their products and would not exist without the other. Reply
erple2 - Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - linkClearly, you don't remember the substantial coverage Intel got just recently from the idc. Nor the many articles about haswell that have also been written as new information surfaces.
Besides, these snippets are all in the pipeline section. Do you remember what the site was like during the galaxy nexus launch? Of the sgs3 launch? It was much the same. Reply
stacyjose - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkVery informative and worth able reading
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If Hogwarts is unplottable, then how did Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Durmstrang Institute arrive for the Triwizard Tournament, someone plz help! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs).
Forums: Index > The Wizengamot > Possible plo hole?!
Remember when Harry was with Dumbledore in one of the later books and he was muttering as they were flying back to the castle? He was disabling some of the enchantments, just as he did to allow the Apparation lesson. There's a good chance the same has happened with the unplottable charm. - Lucci (talk) 20:56, December 21, 2012 (UTC)


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Courts in the Classroom
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Justice Arterburn was born May 13, 1902, in Bicknell, Indiana, and died February 10, 1979, in Florida.11
In 1923 he received an A.B. from Indiana University and was admitted to practice.12 In 1926, he received a J.D. from the University of Chicago.13
He practiced law in Vincennes from 1927 to 1955.14 Justice Arterburn was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court in 1955.15 He first served as a chief justice at a time when that title was rotated among the justices.16 However, when the Indiana Constitution was amended in 1970 to change the system, Justice Arterburn was selected as the court's first permanent chief justice, and served as chief justice until 1974. He served his last three years, 1974-1977, as a justice.17
He taught at Washburn College in 1926 and 1927, and at Indiana University in 1949, and in 1953-54. He was also a member of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners from 1938 to 1944.18
11. 7 WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICA 18 (Marquis, 1st ed. 1981) [hereinafter WHO WAS WHO].
12. 7 id.
13. 7 id.
14. 7 id.
15. Obituaries, 23 RES GESTAE 145, 145 (1979).
16. Id.
17. Id.
18. Id.
Source: Browning, Minde C., Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt. "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices." Indiana Law Review: Vol. 30, No. 1, 1997. View this source in PDF format.


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HOUSTON - The tragedy in Connecticut has intensified the already controversial topic of gun control.
For some, the focus isn't on stricter laws and who should or shouldn't be allowed to posses guns, but rather the question of whether teachers should be armed with protection.
"Yeah, I'm not totally against that," said Larry Cullen, who was a high school teacher for 36 years in the Houston area. He said it's something to consider, but districts would have to be careful.
"The big problem, of course, is they'd have to have it well concealed where no one could take it off their person, like a student," he said.
Cullen points to other methods of securing schools.
"I think there are other measures. You know, security measures at the doors," he said.
Gayle Fallon, President of the Houston Federation of Teachers, agrees.
"I think the last thing we need to do is have more guns on campus," she said.
Fallon said assigning armed police officers to schools would make campuses more secure, but she thinks districts need to first examine their safety policies and taking safety precautions, such as securing entrances to all school buildings.
"I somehow knew there would be a knee-jerk reaction from some people (saying), 'Oh... let's arm the teachers,'" she said. "Bad idea. But why don't we secure our schools more?"
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Calling all witches, wizards and muggles....
Harry Potter Wiki has been getting a lot of attention thanks to the Wizarding World Giveaway and the Deathly Hallows premiere, and a reporter from Yahoo! Movies wants to feature movie reviews from Harry Potter Wiki users in an article she's writing about the Deathly Hallows:Part 1 premiere!
Did you go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1? Please help us promote the wiki by posting your expert review tonight... we need the reviews by 7am tomorrow morning PST. This is a HUGE opportunity to promote the wiki and everyone's hard work here.
Please post your review in the comments on the Review Page using this format if you're interested in being featured in an article and helping spread the word about Harry Potter Wiki:
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Did you know?
Sir Herbert Baker is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Herbert Baker was a British architect who became the leading influence on architecture in South Africa at the turn of the 20th century.
Born in the English town of Cobham in 1862, Baker was recognised as the top of his class after passing his examination for associateship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1891.
He came to South Africa in 1892 to visit his brother, and during this visit was commissioned to redesign Groote Schuur, Cecil John Rhodes' house on the slopes of Table Mountain – a coup for an untried architect. Obviously pleased with the result, Rhodes sponsored Baker's further education in Italy, Greece and Egypt. When he returned to South Africa, Baker became the most sought-after architect of his time.
He was invited to build residences for the 'Randlords', wealthy mining magnates in the then-Transvaal. The work of his practice can be seen throughout the country in schools, churches and private homes. Johannesburg's Parktown and Westcliff suburbs are filled with Herbert Baker buildings, including his own home, Rockhouse.
Most famous among his works in this country are the Union Buildings, the seat of government in South Africa. The cornerstone for this impressive edifice was laid in 1910 and the buildings were completed in 1913.
Other famous Herbert Baker buildings include Groot Constantia, the Rhodes Memorial and St George's Cathedral in Cape Town; Northwards, Roedean School and St John's College in Johannesburg; and Rhodes University in Grahamstown.
Much of Herbert Baker's architecture is still in official use and open to the public. Private homes are visible on walking tours of old Johannesburg, or on certain open days throughout the year, and the gardens of the Union Buildings can be visited as part of most tours of Pretoria.
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Who to contact
Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
Tel: +27 11 482 3349 (week days between 9am and 1pm)
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Northwards, 21 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation offers guided tours most weekends to historical buildings in Johannesburg, Pretoria and occasionally further afield, including some designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
Best time to visit
The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation's tours happen mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. Check the website for details. The Union Buildings are not open to the public, but at any time of year you can walk in the gardens and pose for pictures on the front steps. Groote Schuur in Cape Town is only open to the public on special days.
Around the area
If you're in Parktown and Westcliff, you'll be ideally positioned to visit the Johannesburg Zoo or take a stroll around Zoo Lake. If you're at the Union Buildings, pay a visit to nearby Freedom Park to appreciate the contrast of old and new South African architecture. While you're in Cape Town, especially in the Constantia area, do a wine tour.
Tours to do
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YOUNG adults with learning disabilities from Foxes Academy in Minehead took part in the launch of a national campaign at Old Palace Yard, opposite the Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday (June 17).
They were there to highlight the need for educational equality for young people with a learning difficulty or disability.
Academy patron Rosa Monckton supported the students who voiced their concern about funding cuts by telling MPs, peers and the media their stories.
The 'A Right not a Fight' campaign, set up by Natspec (The Association of National Specialist Colleges), calls for young people with a disability to have the right to choices that most young people take for granted.
Recent changes to the funding system and the approach taken by many local authorities means students and families are struggling to make the most of opportunities promised in the new Children and Families Act.
Director Maureen Tyler-Moore, MBE said: "Our country's most vulnerable young people are at the mercy of short-term thinking.
"Over 88% of Foxes Academy's learners from the past 5 years have got jobs after leaving us, with 85% going on to live semi-independently.
"Learners with disabilities deserve the choice to attend the college that enables them to reach their full potential.
"To become young adults who are valued members of their communities who achieve meaningful employment, independent living and a happy social life."
One learner said: "When I started here at Foxes I was 17-years-old.
"I was quite young.
"To get new funding there was a battle at the end of my second year.
"It took months and it was really stressful and worrying as well.
"It was complicated and took a long time for the Local Authority to make up their mind.
"Now I am over the moon to have another year here.
"It will give me more support to have a good future with a job and a place to live with my friends."


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Today, I am over at my friend Becky's blog writing about my daughter's grateful tree. You can read the post here.
Growing up, I always thought that I was such an easy child to raise. My parents hardly had to do anything, as I made good grades and was obedient. Except for the time that I seriously protested the family dinner when my parents started the Fit For Life craze diet in the 80s, I was a pretty perfect child. You would have protested the special mayo and alfalfa sprouts combo in the Pita bread as well, trust me.


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Feminist News
Irvine Students Protesting End of Affirmative Action Arrested
Five persons were arrested while camping out and conducting a thirteen-day hunger strike protesting the Board of Regents' July 20th decision ending affirmative action for California universities, . The protesters at the University of California at Irvine campus were arrested, along with two supporters, for obstructing a police officer. The police moved in when the protesters stayed longer than their permit allowed.
Media Resources: Source: The Washington Post - October 30, 1995, A3


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Minestrone with Orecchiette and Borlotti Beans
This is a quick and easy Minestrone, particularly appropriate for winter.
The 'cheating' element come from having most of the vegetables ready prepared and the beans ready cooked. The result, I promise you, is one the very nicest minestrones I've ever tasted.
This recipe is from Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking. Serves 4-6
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First heat the oil in a large cooking pot, then chop the pancetta quite small with a knife and add it to the hot oil.
Next put the swede and carrot, celery and onion into a food processor and pulse till chopped just a little more finely. Now add the garlic to the pancetta and stir it around briefly, then tip the swede,carrot, celery and onion in and, keeping the heat high, turn them around and cook for about five minutes. After that add the tomatoes and stock, and when it begins to simmer add some seasoning, cover with a lid and cook gently for 20 minutes.
Then the lid comes off and the pasta, borlotti beans and cabbage are stirred in and then back to simmering point and let it continue to cook gently (without a lid) for a further 10 – 15 minutes. Serve in heated bowls with chopped basil, and lots of parmesan.


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Only Denver and Oakland have faced off more times on Monday nights (17) than these two NFC East rivals, who go at it for the 16th time in the spotlight game.
Washington can't be comfortable, though, having lost its last seven prime-time outings. Plus, the Redskins can't find a way to beat any division partner, losing all six last year and two this year.
No team is more surprisingly successful so far than Dallas, led by DeMarco Murray, who broke Jim Brown's mark by rushing for at least 100 years in the first seven games.


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The best barometer of investor sentiment is always the stock market, of course, but occasionally we do look at other surveys to support or refute our own thesis. Recently, the CFA Institute canvassed its membership to get an understanding of their outlook for the coming year. It published the results in its CFA Institute Global Market Sentiment Survey 2013. With 110,000 members who represent most of the developed world, the survey is a great adjunct research source that should reflect the thinking of the investment industry as a whole.
The CFAs can best be described as "cautiously optimistic." Roughly 40% expect the global economy to expand this year, with 20% in the contraction camp. (The rest were undecided.) The 40% view of expansion is up from 34% last year, indicating a creeping optimism. Surprisingly, the Europeans are the most optimistic, with 50% of their membership expecting expansion.
For a couple months, Americans thought the European debt crisis had gone away, but it is rearing its ugly head again. Among the CFAs, 37% thought the crisis would continue to be the highest risk to growth this year. Only 23% think the crisis will ease, while 78% think it will remain the same or worsen.
The group is more bullish on equities than the economy, with 50% expecting equities to be the best performing asset class. (So far, so good!) This is up from last year. A meaningful minority of 38% expect either precious metals or commodities to be the best performer. No one really likes bonds or cash. While they were not surveyed on inflation, this asset allocation is consistent with playing increasing inflation.
Interestingly, the Americans are more bullish than some emerging markets participants. Both the Chinese and Brazilian CFAs have very small groups that are most bullish on equities.
Overall, the industry members are saying they feel bullish at the moment -- somewhat for the economy, but more so for stocks. Take it under advisement!


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Synology Launches 12-bay DS2413+ and Wi-Fi Enabled 2-bay DS213airby Ganesh T S on 10/2/2012 5:58 AM EST
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krabe - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - link"The DS2413+ is the first 12-bay tower form factor NAS from Synology in the standard business product lineup." The DS2411+ preceded it. Reply
UpSpin - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkThe price for the DS2413+ is just crazy. How do they justify such a high price? The thing consists of a PSU, a case, HDD bays and the mainboard, maybe a custom made, so make it twice as expensive as a consumer model. So you're at maybe $500 total. Add a custom software on top of it, research costs and profit and you end at max. $1000. Reply
webmastir - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkIn all fairness, DSM is a solid piece of work. I give them credit for making a very nice UI. Reply
bill.rookard - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkconsidering it contains no drives at all. If you think about the basics of what they're offering, it's the equivalent of an Atom motherboard with 4 SATA ports ($100), 2 extra 4 port SATA PCI/PCI-e cards ($15 each), a case ($50), a PSU ($50), and software. Looking at the basic parts cost (ok, customization aside), you're still looking at $250-$300 in parts at FULL RETAIL price - let alone what they might get in volume discounting.
That means they're looking at over $1000 for the software?
Before the Thailand floods, I could have built something like that AND populated it with 2TB drives for that price, then dropped FreeNAS in and called it a day. And it would have sported a much more powerful processor than an Atom 2700 for any software add-ons I wanted. Reply
no stress - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkwhat processor are you thinking about?
keep in mind, many dont want a more powerfull processor, but instead they want a more power efficient processor.
ps. i got a DS409+ with 4*2TB and it rocks. i can recommend it as the best NAS i ever had Reply
ap90033 - Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - linkI think you are full of it. I have tried to price a decent matching system and have not come close to the pricing you state. Plus all the headache with making sure it works with freenas or whatever. Reply
MichaelD - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkThe 2413+ is a little pricey, but...the software/UI is solid and performance looks good. They wisely included dual gigabit LAN with failover, but where they really failed is in the PS. Why no redundant PS? This is an enterprise-level device, no doubt. And no redundant power? For a device in this class AND at this price, that is a huge oversight IMO. For less than the price of the 2413+ I can buy a 15-drive SAS/SATA backplane/SAS expander with redundant PSU and slave it to any number of devices that support a PCI-E SAS/SATA RAID card and have way more capability than this offers.
But I understand the general target market for this device: SMB/SOHO. Many of these devices will be shoved in a closet with no HVAC b/c "it makes too much noise", where the heat will kill drives and eventually the PS. For non-mission-critical data, this thing on a good AVR UPS will make a good storage solution. You wouldn't catch me putting any of my DBs on here though. Reply
DanMandor - Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - linkA system like the DS2413+ is used in an IT environment, and trust me, Synology SAN's and NAS's are worth every penny you put into them. But you aren't just paying for the product, you're paying for support as well. Any time we have issues with Synology gear, we have them in SSH sessions within a matter of hours and the issue fixed typically within a day. Sure, you can custom build something for that price. But after building, configuring, testing and the works, it's not worth the time. You want to throw an expander onto these things? Just plug it in and go. Show me a custom build that has all external 3.5" drives hot-swappable with RAID rebuild without reboot and infiniband expansion for not only a price that's comparable, but also the same end experience.
When you're in IT, you really don't want to waste your time messing around with something that takes you hours to put together, get up and running, and stress tested. You pay a premium for equipment that comes ready to go with a solid warranty. 12 drive expander? Plug it in and go. I'm sorry, but you just can't beat that. No having to do major configurations other than spending the couple of minutes creating your shares and you're good to go. You can't even consider touching that without huge amounts of testing and equipment. Reply
jramskov - Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - link"Synology also takes special care to point out the photographer-friendly features and packages available for the DS2413+."
Anyone able to expand on that? Reply
Gr8Ape - Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - linkthis looks like it: http://www.synology.com/dsm/dsm_app.php?lang=enu (Photo Station)
Photo Station is an online photo album integrated with a blog for you to easily share photos, videos, and blog over the Internet. The package offers in-depth integration with various social networking sites. You can browse photos saved on your DiskStation via any major browser and mobile devices. Reply
jramskov - Thursday, October 04, 2012 - linkWell, that's not specific to that model. I use that today on my DS1010+. Reply
centosfan - Sunday, October 07, 2012 - linkI have been looking for a NAS just like this, that has a solid OS reputation, to go into my rack at a data center which is a 125 miles from my house. But I will not put anything in there that does not have a redundant power supply. I think they really screwed up by not at least offering an optional redundant power supply. For Synology to market this to the Enterprise sector with out a redundant PSU is somewhat absurd.
Hopefully they will learn from their mistake and come out with an inexpensive 2U rackmount version with a redundant PSU.
In the mean time I will look at building my own.
Lifted - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkYou want 2U with redundant power?
2U, 12 bays, expandable to 136TB, 4 x 1GbE (optional 2 x GbE), redundant power
2U, 12 bays, redundant power
Or you could just build your own. :P Reply
centosfan - Friday, October 12, 2012 - linkThanks, I am aware of that model, but I am not interested in paying $3000 for that :) It has about $850 in parts.
I'll build my on and put FreeNAS on it.
Thanks. Reply


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The hotel offers an excellent breakfast. The rooms are comfortable and cosy. The staff is very welcoming and multilingual (English, French) The wellness area was overcrowded when we used it, too many users for the sauna/hamam seats available.
Room fabulous with sea view. Breakfast fantastic.
SPA, cleanliness, friendly, active and helpfull staff, comfort...everything was perfect!


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A MAN has been charged with the murder of an elderly woman at a Yate care home.
Ryan Guest, 33, of Birkdale in Yate has been charged with murder this morning.
It follows the sudden death of an 87-year-old woman at Oaktree Care Home in Brimsham Park.
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