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An ill wind is blowing through Israel's Knesset. If passed, a spate of bills sponsored by the governing coalition will have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and compromise the judiciary's independence.
The laws on the table include the imposition of draconian taxes to impede foreign funding of NGOs, a politicization of the selection of judges and a loosening of libel laws that will have the effect of curbing investigative journalism. They follow previous laws that also restrict open dissent, especially by citizens who aren't Jewish.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done little to stop this disturbing trend. Driven by a desire to keep his government intact and to undermine what's left of Israel's liberal social and political elites, he's enabling a process that, if successful, will reshape the country's institutional values.
Mr. Netanyahu targeted the "old elites" when first elected prime minister in 1996. Defeated three years later, he blamed what he believed was a biased establishment. When re-elected in 2009, he again formed a coalition of religious and nationalist interests. This time, he's determined to complete his project by ensuring long-term Likud dominance in pivotal decision-making junctures.
Israel's right isn't monolithic, and the legislative wave is backed by Knesset members with conflicting world views. These include the secular foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who cultivates his image as a patriotic leader for a largely Russian-born constituency that sees liberalism as a weakness. He shares little with his religious coalition partners: the ultra-Orthodox parties whose focus is increased religious legislation even at the expense of the majority of non-observant Israelis, and the nationalist religious parties whose priority is holding on to the West Bank as part of a divinely promised Jewish homeland even if it means stifling the right to dissent. Nevertheless, these partners find common ground in a disregard for the values of liberal democracy and the institutions that uphold it: the Supreme Court, the press, human-rights groups, academia.
Mr. Netanyahu isn't opposed to liberal democracy. But by amending his partners' initiatives only when pressed by tough criticism, he seems prepared to pay a heavy price to safeguard his leadership of the right-wing bloc.
The debate over the nature of Israeli society, the role of religion in public life and the treatment of minorities in a Jewish state isn't new. But since 1967, the unresolved question of the country's borders underscores any other discussion. Mr. Netanyahu's general statements in support of a Palestinian state notwithstanding, his coalition is united in wanting to expand settlements in the West Bank and hold on to that territory. Israeli liberals know this means either eventual annexation of land and people, leading to a state without a Jewish majority, or continuation of a status quo that will render Israel less and less democratic.
But Israel's liberals lack an effective political voice to stave off the erosion of democratic practice. In the past decade, stalemated peace talks with the Palestinians and ongoing violence against Israelis destroyed the left's credibility on peace and diminished its Knesset seats and voice in defence of liberal values. As for public reaction, last summer's widespread social protest showed that, while bread and butter issues could bring masses out to the streets, little else has mobilized them as powerfully. Still, the battle isn't lost. Many Israelis object to the proposed laws. The stakes are so high that they may yet speak louder to stop them.Report Typo/Error
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Lori Campbell, 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Dakota Lodge, Thompson County Park, 360 Butler Ave. E., West St. Paul, 952-891-7000. Meet Lori Campbell, an expert in wellness and aging and author of "Awaken Your Age Potential: Exploring Chosen Paths of Thrivers," and learn how to master the art of aging. Sponsored in part with TriDistrict Community Education. Registration required: Call 651-403-8313 or visit www.celearn4ever.org.
Master storyteller Nothando Zulu, 7-7:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, 952-891-0300. Zulu will recreate colorful characters from African and African-American folktales. Free.
Comedy and magic show featuring Dennis Carney, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Special guest star PizPor the Magician. Also appearing William Hill, from Stone Mountain, Ga. Tickets: $5. Reservations recommended. For information or reservations, call John at 952-255-8545.
Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 25, Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-891-7045. Experience traditional Chinese dance movements and learn about the historic and cultural background of these movements to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Free.
Best of Bonnie Featherstone & Friends exhibit will be on display through Feb. 1 in the art gallery at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4685, facebook.com/bonnieandfriends.
Winter Art Experience, an exhibit sponsored by the Eagan Art Festival and Eagan Art House, is on display through February at the Eagan Byerly's, 1299 Promenade Place. Information: 651-675-5521.
Patti Labelle, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake. Tickets: $54-$62. Information: mysticlake.com.
Patty Peterson with Family & Friends, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Valleywood Golf Course clubhouse, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Part of the Frozen Apple concert series by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Free. Information: avartsfoundation.org.
Auditions for "B-I-N-G-O Spells Murder" by the Eagan Theater Company, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Eagan Room of Eagan City Hall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road. Roles include seven characters (four men, three women). Performances will be March 13-14.
Auditions for "The Dixie Swim Club" by Expressions Community Theater, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3-4, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Roles for five women who will be portrayed at ages 44, 49, 54 and 77. Must be able to speak with a Southern accent. Performances will be April 4-6, 11-13. Call backs, if needed, will be 6 p.m. Feb. 6. Information: 952-985-4640.
"Tarzan," presented by Children's Castle Theater Jan. 24-26, at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 seniors and children 12 and younger; www.lakevilleareaartscenter.com, 952-985-4640.
Poetry Jam and Rap Battle, 1-3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road. Information: 952-953-2385 or cityofapplevalley.org.
Allegro Choral Academy is accepting registrations for its second semester for grades 2-8. Registrations accepted until classes are full. Campuses in Lakeville and Rosemount. Information: allegroca.org, [email protected] or 952-846-8585.
Drawing from the Imagination, ages 11-plus, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 5-19, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $62. Supplies provided. Registration/information: 651-675-5521.
Young Artists, ages 6-10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, or 4:30-5:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 4-25, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $45. Supplies provided. Registration/information: 651-675-5521.
Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18.
Adult painting open studio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: 651-675-5521.
Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377.
Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5-7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732.
Act-Sing-Dance winter session enrollment open for ages 7-17. Burnsville location. Information: 952-220-1676, Drama Interaction.
Homeschool Theatre Program, winter session open enrollment, Wednesdays, ages 7-17. In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644.
Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644.
Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644.
Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1-3 p.m. Information: 651-675-5500.
Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota.
Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833.
Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833.
The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640.
Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Last Hope (Hitman #4)
by Jessica Clare & Jen Frederick
Mendoza: I grew up in the slums and lost everything I loved to poverty, illness, and death. I had only one skill to leverage myself out of my circumstances—violence. Being hired out as a mercenary hitman brought me money and built an empire. But all that I've fought for is in jeopardy. My next job: Steal secret information that could bring down world governments. Find my target. Destroy it. But then, I meet her.
Ava: Karma hates me. When my best friend Rose is kidnapped, I have no choice but to take a job as a mule for a pair of criminals intent on selling top-secret information to the highest bidder. I should have known that bad luck tends to cling, because the plane I'm on goes down. That I survived a crash-landing was a miracle. And so was being rescued by Rafe Mendoza—hot, sexy, dangerous. The thing is, he wants the information that I need to free Rose. I can't let him have it, but I need his help. And I need to fight this crazy attraction for this mercenary with hungry eyes. Rose is depending on me, and I won't let her down, no matter how appealing Rafe is.
I have to admit, after reading a few early reviews I was a little wary going into this one... I mean, according to some of those reviews, Rafe's peen was basically a main character in this book, and I wasn't really sure how that was going to work for me. That being said, I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. I mean, yes it was a pretty big focus throughout most of the book but if I saw what looked like a baseball bat in some dude's pants I'd probably be pretty fascinated with it myself, am I right, ladies?!?!
Cockzilla aside, my reason for not enjoying this one as much as the rest of the books in this series was the relationship itself. Rafe and Ava are thrown into a pretty precarious situation, which causes them to rely on each other and ends up strengthening their bond pretty quickly... Unfortunately, after they left the Amazon I had a hard time feeling that connection between them anymore. Not only does Rafe put Ava in a very dangerous situation, which is a big no-no when it comes to possessive heroes, but then as soon as she's better he's pushing her away again. And where was the heartfelt apology and gratitude when he realized that she didn't leave him after all?!
Luckily, Last Hope still had the action and adventure that I've come to expect from this series and that made up for my issues with the romance. We have plane crashes and gun fights, wild jungle animals, and, of course, Ava's main mission of rescuing her friend, Rose... All of which kept me on the edge of my seat and turning the pages with superspeed to find out what would happen next.
Even though I didn't love this one as much as the rest of the books in this series, it is still by no means a bad read... I was just hoping for a little more. That being said, I'm not sure if there's still more to come with this series or not but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there will be at least one more book... Or ten!


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This has got to be the last revision or my advisor will kill me and dance about on my grave singing "Hallelujah!" The icons are here: http://axon.cs.byu.edu/~neil/plt-logo-red.zip Per Eli's suggestions (which seem to be a good middle ground), I've made four versions of the red/blue with the traditional lambda. In order of decreasing bling, they are: plt-logo-red-shiny.svg plt-logo-red-diffuse.svg plt-logo-red-gradient.svg plt-logo-red-flat.svg At least one of these should satisfy anyone from the iPhone generation all the way back to the Upper Paleolithic. (Though I'm certain Cro-Magnon would prefer the shiny one.) The zip file also includes 256x256 renders in PNG format for computers that choke on rendering SVGs with blur, like my laptop. Please redirect all further suggestions to your favorite vector graphics editor. :) Neil
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ING Industrial Fund has emerged as the buyer of the former Wonderland Sydney theme park site in a joint venture with The PacLib Group for a total of $52.5 million, with $10 million paid at exchange and the balance payable on settlement in January 2005.
The vendor, Sunway City Berhad, announced the closure of the 58ha amusement park in western Sydney on Monday because it was no longer commercially viable.
The theme park's operators said the park would close on April 26 because of consistent losses, difficult market conditions and huge insurance premiums. PacLib is an industrial construction group.
Under the agreement, ING will remove all the rides from the park and relocate any resident wildlife during the next 12 months.
ING Industrial Fund chief executive Paul Toussaint said the fund would seek to create an industrial business park on the site, directly employing more than 3000 people and creating 9000 jobs.
"As one of Australia's largest industrial trusts, IIF will seek to attract tenants to the property from across Australia by offering additional facilities to our existing major national tenants," Mr Toussaint said.
"The plan would be subject to the approval of the NSW Government and Blacktown Council. In considering options for the site, we will be guided by the NSW Government's policy for the area surrounding Wonderland and Blacktown Council's vision for the municipality.
"ING Real Estate already has a significant investment in western Sydney. It is Australia's fastest growing economic region and we are very committed to the area.
"While we understand that many people are disappointed Wonderland is closing, we feel very positive being part of a project that can deliver thousands of jobs to western Sydney."
The deal comes only a week after the fund released its half-year results, with net profit increasing by 21.5 per cent to $48.6 million.
The increase was largely attributable to the completion of several development projects, recent acquisitions and consistent rental growth within the portfolio.
The fund delivered earnings growth of 10.3 per cent for the half, from 6.68c to 7.37c a unit.
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text: Show Hide image Politics 15 November 2010 Swedbank to acquire remaining 49 per cent stake in First Securities Swedish financial services firm gains remaining share of Norwegian investment management firm for $9 Sign up for our weekly email * Swedbank, a Sweden-based financial services firm, has agreed to acquire the outstanding 49 per cent stake in First Securities, a Norway-based investment management firm, from the minority employee shareholders for approximately $90m in cash. Since 2002, Swedbank was the shareholder of the First Securities, which has 230 employees in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Swedbank financial service offering to its retail and corporate customers as well as to institutional investors with operations or interests in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Through their respective complementary strengths, Swedbank and First Securities will services within equities, commercial paper, bond markets, fixed income and foreign exchange services, as well as in institutional sales, corporate finance and Nordic and Baltic equity research. The acquisition is expected to be completed during November 2010. First Securities CEO Jorgen Ulvness said together with Swedbank, First Securities can take the next step in its development from an advisory-driven investment firm to a fully integrated corporate bank utilizing Swedbank's strong balance sheet. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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Regarding the company's move into Brooklyn, Tietjen says "the area of Brooklyn that we are going into has a large concentration of professional firms, especially lawyers. We do have a fair amount of business with lawyers, accountants and other professional firms now. The CFO also expects the Universal Mortgage acquisition to give it an additional advantage because of the mortgage group's existing customer relationships. "They are going to be a source of deposits for us, even though their principal business is to originate and sell off mortgages." Sterling Bancorp's shares rose over 2% on Thursday to close at $9.73.
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Kerry Territory
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Kelsi Kelso in Nigeria with HandsOn Missions
- May 1, 2008
Kelsi Kelso is serving with HandsOn Missions, a five-month program of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board that places people ages 18 to 29 in ministries throughout Africa. Nelson—who recently recovered from malaria—serves among the Zerma people in Niger, West Africa. "Living out here without running water and just one light and cooking from scratch and living in sand isn't the ideal life for me because I'm American," said Nelson, 21. "But this is life for them (the Zerma), and for me to understand who they are, I have to become like them."


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The state agency that processes unemployment claims for hundreds of thousands of California residents will get the money needed to bring in new and former employees in an effort to improve service, according to a letter released Friday, Feb. 7.
The Employment Development Department came under fire several months ago when computer problems resulted in late unemployment benefits for as many as 50,000 people in California. The problems began around Labor Day, and it took most of September before the state caught up in its benefit payouts.
Two letters released to the media Friday outlined the state's plan to prevent this from happening again.
The state plans to spend an additional $43.4 million in federal funds this year to maximize its services and request general fund money, probably millions of dollars, to maintain better service in 2014 and 2015.
The plan will enable the department to hire 280 additional program staff workers starting March 1. It will also allow EDD to retain about 250 workers termed "intermittent staff," keeping them on board until June of next year and either bring back or replace some 200 workers who had been let go due to budget cuts.
In a letter from David Lanier, secretary of the state's labor and workforce development agency, the blame for the shortfalls in service were laid at the doorstep of the federal government, which funds most of the unemployment insurance operations.
"Despite the best efforts of the EDD to increase service to unemployed Californians, technical problems with the UI payment system coupled with grossly inadequate federal funding levels have resulted in unacceptable levels of payment delays and unanswered phone calls," Lanier's letter said in part.
An estimated 159,800 Inland Southern California residents were officially listed as unemployed in December, the most recent month for which there is data, although probably about half were receiving benefits. In September about 6 percent of all the people receiving benefits statewide reported that the payments were late.
The California Labor Federation released a statement praising the state's effort to fix the problem and criticizing Congress and the lack of federal funding for unemployment programs.
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We see Lindsay Lohan at the premiere of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in Los Angeles on June 7th 2005.
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Effect of Bisoprolol on Progression of Aortic Stenosis (BLAST)
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|Aortic Stenosis
|Drug: bisoprolol Drug: placebo
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Trial of Beta-blocker Therapy in Aortic Stenosis
- Change in peak aortic jet velocity from baseline to 4 years follow-up [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Change in peak aortic jet velocity from baseline to 4 years follow-up. For each patient, the change in peak aortic jet velocity is calculated as (peak aortic jet velocity at 4 year follow-up) − (peak aortic jet velocity at baseline) on Doppler echocardiography.
- Change in mean pressure gradient across aortic valve [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Change in mean pressure gradient across aortic valve from baseline to 4 years follow-up
- Change in aortic valve area [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Change in aortic valve area from baseline to 4 years follow-up
- Change in BNP levels [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Change in BNP levels from baseline to 4 years follow-up
- Change in E/E' ratio [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Change in the ratio of E velocity (early mitral inflow velocity) to E' velocity (early mitral annular velocity) from baseline to 4 years follow-up
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|Study Start Date:
|July 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: bisoprolol
bisoprolol 5mg qd
Drug: bisoprolol
bisoprolol 5mg qd for 4 years
Other Name: Concor
Placebo Comparator: placebo
Drug: placebo
placebo for 4 years
Detailed Description:
Aortic stenosis (AS) is a gradually progressive disease, characterized by an increase in calcium deposition leading to progressive narrowing of the aortic valve (AV). There are currently no effective medical treatment to halt the disease process and surgical valve replacement remains the only proven therapy when the valve becomes severely stenotic. AS is mediated by a chronic inflammatory disease process, very similar to that seen in atherosclerosis, but lipid-lowering therapy did not slow the progression of AS in the SALTIRE, SEAS, or ASTRONOMER trials. It is possible that these trials may have targeted patients in whom disease was too advanced for lipid-lowering therapy to be effective, or in whom atherosclerotic mechanism was not the central pathogenic process in AS. Because identifying and treating patients in earlier stages of AS would not be cost-effective, it seems more logical to explore alternative pharmacological approaches.
AS has been thought to be a degenerative process basically induced by long-lasting mechanical stress, and hemodynamic factors such as shear forces, acceleration of blood flow, hypertension and rapid heart rate might contribute to progression of AS. Peak aortic jet velocity is known to be associated with clinical outcomes in mild and moderate AS, and our previous study showed that rate of progression was significantly associated with baseline aortic jet velocity in mild AS. Because beta-blocker therapy would decrease aortic jet velocity and heart rate, it might decrease hemodynamic stress and eventually slow down the degenerative process in patients whose disease is not too advanced for therapy to be effective. In a retrospective, observational study, beta-blocker therapy was associated with a favorable clinical outcome in AS.
The investigators hypothesized that bisoprolol, a new generation beta-blocker, would decrease the rate of progression of AS by modifying hemodynamic factors favorably in patients with mild to moderate AS.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Mild to moderate aortic stenosis defined by peak velocity of aortic jet between 2.0 and 3.5 m/sec
- Untreated hypertension: systolic BP ≥ 140 or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg Treated hypertension using dihydropiridine calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARB or diuretics
- Patients received no beta-blocker therapy for more than 12 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Symtomatic aortic stenosis: presence of exertional dyspnea, angina or syncope
- Planned cardiac surgery (e.g., CABG, valve repair or replacement, or aneurysmectomy) or planned major non-cardiac surgery within the study period
- Stroke or resuscitated sudden death in the past 6 months
- Evidence of congestive heart failure, or left ventricular ejection fraction < 50%
- Significant renal disease manifested by serum creatinine > 2.0mg/dL
- History of intolerance to beta-blocker
- History of adult asthma manifested by bronchospasm in the past 6 months, or currently taking regular anti-asthmatic medication(s)
- Moderate or severe aortic regurgitation
- Atrial fibrillation
- Female of child-bearing potential who do not use adequate contraception and women who are pregnant or breast-feeding
- A diagnosis of cancer (other than superficial squamous or basal cell skin cancer) in the past 3 years or current treatment for the active cancer
- Any clinically significant abnormality identified at the screening visit, physical examination, laboratory tests, or electrocardiogram which, in the judgment of the Investigator, would preclude safe completion of the study
- Unwillingness or inability to comply with the procedures described in this protocol
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01579058
|Korea, Republic of
|Samsung Medical Center
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 135-710
|Asan Medical Center
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736
|Seoul National University Hospital
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of
|Principal Investigator:
|Duk-Hyun Kang, M.D.
|Asan Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Duk-Hyun Kang, Professor, Asan Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01579058 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 14, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 8, 2014
Keywords provided by Duk-Hyun Kang, Asan Medical Center:
aortic stenosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Constriction, Pathologic
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Heart Valve Diseases
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
Antihypertensive Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
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FOLLOWING Premier's Paula Cox's Cabinet unveiling last week, the Official Opposition the United Bermuda Party has come out with their new Shadow Cabinet.
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Installing Viber desktop on your Mac is pretty easy. Just like any other application, it takes just a few simple steps.
Before you start installing it on your computer, make sure you meet the system and hardware requirements. And yes, you must have Viber installed on your mobile first to be able to use Viber for Mac.
The minimum hardware requirements for desktop computers are: a dual core processor, 1 GB RAM, a microphone and speakers for voice calls, a webcam for video calls, and an AD2P compatible Bluetooth receiver for Bluetooth devices.
Viber for Mac will work on OSX 10.7 and above.
Viber for Mac is now compatible with OS X Yosemite. To install it, just redownload the installation files and drag Viber to your Application folder. When it asks you to replace or keep both, choose "replace" and it will work automatically.
If your desktop or laptop computer meets those system and hardware requirements, make sure you have one of the following Viber mobile versions prior to desktop registration to be able to use Viber desktop:
- Viber 3.0 for Android
- Viber 3.0 for iPhone
- Viber 2.4 for Blackberry
- Viber 2.2.3 for Windows Phone 8 (partly compatible, might encounter sync issues)
- Viber for Windows Phone 7, S40/S60 & Bada: (any Viber version is partly compatible, might encounter sync issues).
If system and hardware requirements are fulfilled, installation should just take a few minutes or less.
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You will receive a 4-digit access code on your Viber mobile app. Type it into the Activiation window on Viber desktop. Read and accept the Viber User License Agreement and click 'Enter Viber'.
After completing the installation, Viber desktop will automatically sync your contacts with the contacts stored in your mobile Viber.
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February 1916
This is the full listing of all ships hit during February 1916. You can click on any of the links for further information on either ship, U-boat, commander or convoy.
Ships hit by U-boats during February 1916
34 map positions found. In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.


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Roquefort Pear Salad Recipe
Guests at a barbecue we hosted last summer brought this cool, refreshing salad. Now it's a mainstay at most all our cookouts. The mingling of zesty tastes and textures instantly wakes up the taste buds. -Sherry Duval, Baltimore, Maryland
- 10 cups torn salad greens
- 3 large ripe pears, peeled and cut into large pieces
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pepper to taste
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the salad greens, pears, onions, cheese and almonds. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the vinaigrette ingredients; shake well. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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Since news broke that she's expecting, Reese Witherspoon has shown off her growing baby bump with her usual classic-meets-casual style. The active mom has kept up her exercise routine, frequently jogging around her Brentwood neighborhood, but she's not living in workout wear. Casual day dresses with oversize sunglasses, chic ballet flats, and stylish handbags are Reese's hallmarks, but she's also gone glam at the Cannes Film Festival and the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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text: Updated from 1:50 p.m.The automakers will sidestep bankruptcy, at least in the near term. Saying "Chapter 11 is unlikely to work for the American automakers at this time," President George Bush unveiled a $17.4 billion bailout plan for General Motors ( GM) and Chrysler, which face imminent liquidity problems. Though he suggested bankruptcy as an alternative earlier in the week, Bush appeared to back away Friday, buying into the industry's fervent belief that consumers would be unlikely to buy cars from an automaker operating under Chapter 11. "If we were to allow the free market to take its course now, it would almost certainly lead to disorderly bankruptcy and liquidation for the automakers," he said. "These are not ordinary circumstances." President-elect Barack Obama backed the plan at a later news conference announcing some of his new cabinet members. He said a failure of the automakers "would have had a devastating effect" on the economy and workers. GM will receive $4 billion on Dec. 29 and $5.4 billion on Jan. 16. It will receive $4 billion more in February, if Congress agrees to release the second half of the funding for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Chrysler, meanwhile, will get $4 billion on Dec. 29. Both companies must submit plans that assure long-term, viable restructuring strategies, or they will have to quickly repay the money. Additionally, they must reduce their debt obligations by two-thirds and reach an agreement with the United Auto Workers to cut wages and benefits that are competitive with those at foreign automakers' U.S. plants. Shares of GM surged Friday morning, but pulled back in the afternoon, when they were trading up about 11% to 4.05. Shares in Ford ( F) were trading about 1% higher to $2.87. Unlike its peers, Ford says it does not face an immediate liquidity crisis.


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AUSTRALIA'S two hopes in Sunday's international race day at Sha Tin in Hong Kong have emerged from their final gallops in good shape for their assignments on Sunday.
Alcopop, who won the group 1 Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington at his last start and will compete in the Hong Kong Cup, and Sydney sprinter Sea Siren, who will start in the Sprint, showed they had settled in well.
Trainer Jake Stephens said he was pleased with Alcopop's first week in his new surroundings. ''He's fit, he's well. We didn't want him to do too much more than even time this morning. It was more about just getting him more familiar with the track and the winning post.''
Sea Siren, who was second in the group 1 Patinack Classic at her latest outing, has also pleased her trainer.
''To the eye her work was very pleasing and she wouldn't have blown a candle out afterwards, so we know she's in good shape,'' John O'Shea said.
''She's enjoyed her time here in Hong Kong … her coat's great and her demeanour is good. I'm confident she can run well on Sunday.''


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Bookmark this link to keep up to date with all the latest news and weather tomorrow.
The mining boom is over
Expenditure in mining plunged steeply in the March quarter, wiping away almost $1.5 billion in quarterly output.
Ben Te'o has been interview by police
The NRL star was questioned by police over assault allegations.
Health watchdog workers are facing job losses
Health Quality and Complaints Commission may not be entitled to redundancy payouts.
Toddler had surgery after dog attack
18-month-old boy undergoes emergency surgery after being mauled by a rottweiler.
ASADA's probe into drugs in sport could take years to complete
- Sports fans have been warned that the drugs in sport investigation is still in its "early days".
If you've got an idea for an app, game or widget, Brisbane seems to be a pretty good place to be. Noted start-up entrepreneur Steve Baxter is shelling out cash to developers with great ideas.
And Brisbane City Council also has money to give away in its Budding Entrepreneurs Program, to the tune of $5000 which can be used to attend conferences and learn all things tech. It's geared to help support people's first start-up idea.
The end game is to create more success stories like Brisbane-born We Are Hunted, Fruit Ninja, and Hungry Hero.
Andrew Demetriou spoke to the media in Brisbane about Eddie McGuire this afternoon.
He says the AFL does not tolerate this "sort of language" but trusts Mr McGuire will be dealt with under the AFL processes.
A social media record has been broken by the people of Brisbane according to a statement from the office of Lord Mayor Graham Quirk. Seems the council's recent 'Ideas Fiesta' lead to more than 1.2 million social media hits comprising than 61,000 website views and 680,000 Facebook views which lead to 2,291 'likes' and 749 comments.
The campaign was run to get people commenting on Brisbane's Draft City Plan - council's planning blueprint for Brisbane - which is approaching adoption. Have you had your say? Community consultation carries on through to July - click here for a timetable of events.Back to top
Research released today has listed the appliances most left on by people while they're not at home. And given some people are walking away from stoves and electric blankets, the results are a little disturbing.
More than half of all householders are creating a fire risk by leaving on printers and routers (55% of people), computers (52%), washing machines (50%) and mobile phone chargers (44%), the RACQ stats show.
Here's the list, in order: Printer/router, computer, washing machine, mobile phone charger, set top box, slow cooker/crock pot, dishwasher, television, CD/DVD/Blueray, fan, air conditioner, electric dryer, amplifier/home theatre or radio, kitchen oven, coffee maker, heater, kitchen stove and electric blanket.
Professional waiters hit the streets of Queen Street Mall this midday, battling slippery conditions and busy crowds, in the ultimate foot race.
Carrying a tray with cups of coffee, contestants were put to the ultimate test not to spill a drop along the winding course.
The international Waiters race was held in celebration of the 7the annual Italian week, which began on Monday and finishes Sunday.
The Waiters race dates back to the early 1900s, and is now a popular event held in over 53 countries.
The Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival continues this weekend with Queensland Oaks Day, also known as Ladies Day. Punters getting along on Saturday can expect some fine competition on and off the track. Just as Mildred Ellwood, one of the women who'll by vying for the blue ribbon in the Fashions on the Field competition. A FOTF devotee, Ms Ellwood has been competing in competitions for the last six years, including one in Dubai.
She has the following tips for potential FOTF contestants:
- Make sure you wear something that is comfortable and in season
- Be up with the latest trends – The Great Gatsby has inspired a lot of 1920s and 1930s outfits this year
- Choose something original – put your outfit together yourself and don't just choose something straight off of a mannequin
- Make sure all of the elements of your outfit complement each other
- Showcase a sense of femininity in your outfit.
Tickets to Oaks Day are available through Ticketek, gates open from 10:30am, FOTF registrations open from 11am, and the winner will be announced at 1.45 pm. And in other news, I'm judging! So if you're out and about, come and say g'day.
Police were forced to smash their way into a stolen vehicle on the Gold Coast, in which four children were reportedly chroming early this morning.
The car was stopped on Broxbourne Place, Oxenford, about 3.30am today.
A 14-year-old girl has been charged with numerous offences including unlawful use of a motor vehicle and obstruct police. A 12-year-old has also been charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle and obstruct police.
The pair will be dealt with under Youth Justices Act.
Well how about that. I couldn't help noticing would-be PM Clive Palmer has changed the style of the signs displayed at his Brisbane business HQ, Mineralogy House, following this story from earlier in the week.Back to top
A funding boost for research into dementia and Alzheimer's could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatment for the disease.
The state government has announced $9 million in funding for the The Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CADR) at The University of Queensland.
The centre employs a research-drive approach to dementia and Alzheimer's disease as part of the university's Queensland Brain Institute. The funds will go towards attracting international neuroscientists to the centre, advance diagnostic tools for early intervention and clinical trials of new therapeutic approaches.
The ABC has announced it will produce an new eight-part comedy/drama series called Old School.
It stars Sam Neill as a retired cop and Bryan Brown as a retired criminal who get together to "solve crimes, unravel scams and make some much-needed cash, while avoiding the wrath of the police and the underworld."
This sounded really familiar to me, and I finally worked out why.
Does anyone else remember that episode of The Simpsons where Troy McClure talks about his upcoming sitcom?
"My new show is called Handle with Care. I play Jack Handle, a retired cop who shares an apartment with a retired criminal. We're the original Odd Couple!"
Origin player Ben Te'o has been interviewed by police over allegations he assaulted a woman in a Brisbane unit.
Katie Lewis, 22, made a formal complaint to police yesterday, alleging the NRL player punched her in the face, fracturing her eye socket.
Te'o arrived at Ferny Grove police station, in Brisbane's north-west, to meet with detectives about 9am today. He left about three hours later.
What are you doing June 25? Why not get along to The University of Queensland for a free public lecture featuring Australia's Bureau of Meteorology Director Dr Rob Vertessy.
The weather expert will discuss the sophisticated environmental intelligence systems used to monitor and forecast the various weather patterns affecting our planet, especially the important role the mathematical sciences play. If it all adds up for you, check out the website for more information.
Barry for Brisbane! Remember that campaign featuring images of G20 leaders - including US President Barack Obama - launched by the city's economic development authority Brisbane Marketing a while back? Well, it's working, according to Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.
Apparently a survey by Colmar Brunton found investment interest in Brisbane doubled among Hong Kong business people exposed to the campaign, launched there in March.
Cr Quirk also said the Choose Brisbane campaign was exceeded expectations online as well, with more than 17,000 unique visits to the website recorded so far...Back to top
The main story behind the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees union spat in Queensland is still questions over its links with a not for profit Catholic Church group called the Ambrose Society for Religious Liberty.
But you have to ask if this is the beginning of something, or the end of something when a group of young people have to protest to a union - that represents young people who work in retail areas - to represent their views?
Most polls show young Australia support same sex marriage. Should their union represent their views?
State budget day will also be when the Queensland Auditor General will table the results of his performance audit, Maintenance of water infrastructure assets.
Here is a taster;
- In response to the drought that occurred across Australia from 2001 to 2009, the South East Queensland Water Grid (the grid), Australia's largest urban water security system, was set up in 2007. The network carries harvested and manufactured water to 2.6 million people across 21 000 square kilometres to guarantee water supply security, regardless of climate change and population growth.
- Currently costing $76 million a month, the grid operates bulk water infrastructure assets, such as dams, weirs, water treatment plants, and pipelines, as well as the Gold Coast Desalination Plant and the Western Corridor Recycling Water Scheme.
- This audit examined whether the grid assets are being managed and maintained effectively to contribute to a secure and sustainable water supply, and reviews the systems for long‑term water asset maintenance, looking in detail at the cost effectiveness of the two manufactured water assets.
Guess what today is?
World No Tobacco Day obviously. Hence this press release from online dating site VictoriaMilan.com.au which says a recent nationally representative survey of 1,000 Australians has found 13.7 per cent of Australian non-smokers would definitely leave their partner if they took up smoking. Apparently an additional 28.3 per cent would seriously consider leaving the love of their life. I'm hardly surprised. A blog I filed on smoking last year drew over 300 comments and a lot of criticism of smokers...
It's always great to see people dressing up for a night at the theatre! A Clockwork Orange opened at the Cremorne Theatre at QPAC last night.
In the front row were members of "The Devotchkas", one of the teams from Brisbane's active roller derby scene. Their name comes from the word for "girls" in NadSat, the English/Russian pigeon language that anti-hero Alex and his Droogs use. The theatre even provides a reference list to help you translate!
The show itself is 90 minutes of intensely physical theatre - the all-male cast of ten poured with sweat due to the stylised and choreographed fight and torture scenes.
The show's brutality is more accessible than the Kubrick movie - meaning the questions it raises about whether it's better to be forced to be good, or remain free to choose to be bad come through clearly.
Here's what's making news on brisbanetimes.com.au this morning:
- Independent health watchdog staff told they may lose their jobs in October.
- Police to release CCTV images captured the night Joan Ryther was murdered.
- 18-month-old boy undergoes emergency surgery after being mauled by a Rottweiler.
- Ben Te'o saga engulfs Queensland Origin camp.
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One of the fun thing about going through old family trunks is the brochures from trips of long ago. It's been a while, so, hey! let's take a Road Trip!
1. Described in the brouchere, "...is no low-lying,miasmatic swamp" by popular author Rex Beach.
2. Largest flow of any spring in the world, 22,134,780 gallons per hour !
3. Brochures are from 1934.
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AFL premiers Hawthorn have recalled reigning club champion Josh Gibson among three changes for Friday's pre-season clash with North Melbourne in Launceston.
Gibson returns alongside skipper Luke Hodge and veteran onballer Brad Sewell in a 29-man squad that will be cut to 26.
They replace Paul Puopolo, Taylor Duryea and No.24 draft pick Billy Hartung in the side which trashed a depleted Brisbane Lions lineup by 131 points at Etihad Stadium on February 13.
Draftee Dayle Garlett has been overlooked by the Hawks for a second successive game, after coach Alastair Clarkson revealed last week that the 20-year-old West Australian was still adjusting to terms with the heavy training loads of pre-season.
North Melbourne have added pacy utility Aaron Mullett, young key defender Cameron Delaney and ruckman Majak Daw as well as No.30 draft pick Trent Dumont from SANFL club Norwood.
Leigh Adams, Liam Anthony, defender Nathan Grima and forward Robbie Tarrant will all miss for the second successive game.
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Trent Orr graduated with high honors from Idaho State University in 1974 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1977. He clerked for Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt while in law school, was a fellow with the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, worked for Natural Resources Defense Council for eight years, and maintained a private environmental law practice in San Francisco for nearly two decades, during which time he did substantial work for Earthjustice.
He joined Earthjustice as a staff attorney in 2008. He has practiced before the federal and state courts in California and the U.S. Supreme Court. He received California Lawyer magazine's Attorney of the Year award in 2008.
Trent has served as a commissioner alternate on the California Coastal Commission and as a member of the federal advisory commission to Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore. He served on the board of the California Wilderness Coalition for 25 years and is a founding and continuing member of the board of the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters.
Trent and his domestic partner, Brian Mikulak, live in San Francisco's Mission District. In his spare time, Trent reads voraciously and enjoys cooking, hiking, travel and, of course, wildlife observation, with a heavy emphasis on his feathered friends.
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Every week or so during the summer, in the small Illinois town where I grew up, a city pickup with a fogging device would cruise the streets, trailing a bluish-white plume of a DDT-laden chemical brew, a picturesque exercise meant to abate mosquitoes.
In those blandly ignorant days of "better living through chemistry," this was viewed as a harmless—indeed, beneficial—practice. With the approval of our parents, who would call out "Here comes the fog truck!", my brother and I, neither of us double digits in age, would hop on our bikes and, joined by a posse of friends, pedal along in the cloud. No doubt all the parents thought their offspring were being immunized against insect bites.
When not cycling in toxins, I was obsessed with birds, rabbits and squirrels in our yard, creatures small and large in and around Drummer Creek (no inkling of agricultural runoff giving us pause in wading), the exotic wildlife seen at zoos, on TV and in movies, and the equally foreign fauna, from shells to sharks to shorebirds, encountered on winter trips to Florida. I read voraciously from an early age, with a near-exclusive focus on books about animal life, including some that described the disturbing decline and extinction of species.
So when, in 1963, I saw a CBS special on Rachel Carson's controversial Silent Spring, I'd already read her books about sea life and viewed her as an unquestionable authority. I was shocked to learn that the sort of chemicals in which I had fecklessly recreated were killing the birds I loved. I got the book and struggled through its chemical terminology. I'd given up following the fog truck—not cool for an 11-year-old—but was now acutely aware of stronger reasons not to play cavalierly with pesticides.
The 1960's social movement arrived when I was in high school, and I skipped out in April 1970 to celebrate the first Earth Day at a nearby university. I left for college that fall, vaguely planning to do something socially relevant (key words of the era). I dabbled in humanities for two years, pondering what path to follow. I capped my undergrad career with two years in Idaho in a federal program called the Teacher Corps, gaining an education degree while teaching in a low-income school below the Lost River Range.
Living there offered my first experience of mountains, trout fishing and wilderness backpacking, all of which gave me an appreciation for habitats and landscape that the flat fields of my childhood hadn't.
Not convinced that my vocation lay in teaching, I headed for the last refuge of the chronically indecisive about what to be when they grow up: law school. There, my aim remained to do something socially responsible but didn't settle on a particular area of law.
After graduation, I got a year's fellowship with the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, which did everything from constitutional criminal law to environmental work. Not long into my tenure, I took on a case challenging regulations governing offshore oil development. I loved the issues and the clients. At the end of the year, I landed a job in the Bay Area with Natural Resources Defense Council and have practiced environmental law on the pro-environment side (a crucial distinction, as I tell students aspiring to be environmental lawyers) ever since, including nearly 20 years in private practice.
I had worked with lawyers at Earthjustice since my move north and was retained in 2000 to do some work with the California regional office. Over the ensuing years, my work for Earthjustice steadily increased until, in 2008, I joined the staff.
I couldn't be happier.
Earthjustice's work addresses critical regional and national environmental issues. My colleagues are the most talented, dedicated and affable crew I've ever worked with. And my cases have been both challenging and engrossing, including such varied matters as successfully defending a model, open space-protection ordinance from developer challenges, stopping the creation of a national airport in the Sierra that would have harmed park lands and wilderness, twice defeating attempts by the Bush Administration to gut regulations that protect our national forests, and invalidating a plan for pumping water from California rivers that would have pushed several imperiled fish toward extinction.
I've come a long way from my bucolic upbringing and succeeded in refining and achieving my career goal vaguely set in high school. I suspect Rachel Carson would approve of my efforts. In her memory, please don't repeat my youthful folly: Avoid contact with pesticides!
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As bloggers and self-proclaimed foodies, Jack and I love to cook and share recipes for some fairly elaborate dishes. Sometimes we're encouraging you – our readers – to try a new, exotic ingredient; other times teaching you a new cooking technique; other times walking you step-by-step through a recipe that results in a wonderfully impressive dish!
But I actually get equally excited when we can share classic recipes with you – like this one for our Rice Pilaf. Recipes like this are so easy and delicious – but better yet – you probably already have all of the ingredients in your kitchen cabinet!
And, if you are like me, I often ate the rice pilaf that came out of a box with a pre-packaged seasoning mix. Then Jack showed me how easy it is to make homemade rice pilaf – and I'll never buy a boxed rice pilaf mix ever again!
Rice pilaf by definition is rice which has been cooked in chicken stock or another flavored broth, and we've add toasted orzo pasta to the dish as well. Add in some sautéed onions and other seasonings and you're done! It's so simple and the flavors are just so much better than any boxed rice pilaf I've eaten before!
This rice pilaf recipe is actually one of the first dishes that Jack learned to cook back in school many years ago. It's truly a wonderful, classic dish that anyone can make at home, and one that everyone should have in their recipe collection!Print
Rice Pilaf
Depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock you use for cooking, the addition of some additional salt may or may not be needed.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 5 cups
- ½ cup uncooked orzo pasta
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
- 2 large cloves garlic finely minced
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 3 ½ cups chicken stock
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a Dutch oven over medium heat, dry toast the raw orzo stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until a light walnut color (3 to 4 minutes). Remove orzo to a bowl and set aside.
- Add the olive oil and butter. Once the butter is melted, add the onions and rice. Sauté for five minutes stirring occasionally or until onions are translucent. If the rice starts to get brown, remove from heat before you proceed to next step.
- Add garlic and stir for one minute. Then add bay, thyme, pepper and browned orzo. Stir and add chicken stock. Be careful – when the stock hits the pan, it will bubble up.
- Stir once, cover and place in the oven for 30 minutes untouched.
- Remove from the oven and discard bay leaves. Fluff rice with a wooden spoon and taste. Add salt to taste, as needed.
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Baseball's Hottest Wives Finalist: Lisa Dergan
Fantasy Baseball Dugout appreciates the fact that you love our profile about Baseball's Hottest Wives. Here's a little more information on some of your favorite ladies of America's Pastime, starting with Lisa Dergan, wife of Colorado Rockies outfielder Scott Podsednik.
The stats:
- Height: 5'8″
- Weight: 120 lbs
- Bats: R Throws: R
- Born: 8/10/70 –
Corpus Cristi, Texas
- Eye color: Green
- Hair color: Blonde
- Tale of the Tape: 34-24-34
- College: San Diego State University
- Awards: Playboy Magazine's Miss July 1998
Lisa is married to Colorado Rockies outfielder Scott Podsednik, who has value in fantasy baseball because of his speed on the basepaths.
Dergan doesn't have much of a history in baseball, but was a cheerleader in high school, loves the San Diego Chargers, and has played golf since she was 12. She's so good at golf, in fact, that she is a regular on the Celebrity Players Tour and has sponsorship from Callaway Golf.
She began modeling in college, did the whole Playboy thing, and has been a reporter on Fox Sports Net since 2002.


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Recently, the GTU's Women's Studies in Religion program held a special event celebrating more than four decades of excellence and achievement. In honor of Women's History Month, WSR hosted a discussion featuring professors Margaret McManus (ABSW), Kathryn Poethig (GTU '97), Boyung Lee (PSR), and moderator Flora Keshgegian (GTU). Offering recollections from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, the panelists stitched together a lively "herstory" and shared hopes for the future of women's studies at the GTU.
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TEDx Play Through the Art of Sculpture
Five unique and talented local artists – Nina Bovasso, Jason Krugman, Lisa Bagwell, Sharon Sayegh, and Erik Johanson – explored the concept of play in their sculptures displayed at the Two River Theater in Red Bank for the 2014 TEDxNavesink ideas conference.
The gallery was curated by Elizabeth A. Urbanski,fine art consultant and art historian. About her motivation for bringing together such varied works to illustrate play, Urbanski said, "As a curator I am interested in exploring how artist express the abstract concept of play in a visual, but not literal, form. Whether it's exploring ideas such as the play of light or playing with materials or proportion, each artist approaches this visual endeavor in their own unique manner."
Curator Elizabeth A. Urbanski is an an art historian and fine art consultant, who advises on the formation and maintenance of modern and contemporary art collections for Fortune 500 corporations, retail spaces, the hospitality industry, private clients, private foundations and large scale public architectural projects in the New York metro area. To learn more about her work, visit her website.
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WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE WE? WHAT IS THIS? Plays New York's Gene Frankel Theatre, 7/5-12
Meet Daphne and Carl. Join them on a three part, interactive and immersive experience to find yourself, or maybe just themselves. Topics to be covered: questionnaires, mothers, being gay, getting dumped, getting nachos, having a dream, a terrible day job, and a best friend. The two young playwrights compare and analyze their choices thus far, attempting to answer life's most important questions before one of them has an emotional breakdown.
You may laugh, you may cry, you may drink.
WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE WE? WHAT IS THIS? previews on Friday, July 5th and Saturday, July 6th at 8 PM. Opening night is set for Thursday, July 10th at 8 PM, with additional performances on Friday, July 11th at 8 PM and Saturday, July 12th at 4 and 8:30 PM. Tickets ($12.00 online/$15.00 at the door) can be purchased in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/735741. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain, and the experience includes a cash bar with choice drink specials at each performance.
The show also features associate direction by Kaitlyn Samuel, sets and costumes by Julia Bilbao, lighting by Rob Lilly, ticketing/FOH coordination by Daniel Buono, press and publicity by Chris Tyler, and graphics by Nicole Boettcher.
DAPHNE GARDNER (Creator/Performer) is a Filmmaker, Writer, and Actor from Baltimore currently living in Brooklyn. Her work focuses on the young female experience in America: loneliness, complicated friendships, and hunting down the guy that shot your friend in the leg. She is in post-production on her first feature, Get Lost, which she co-wrote, directed, and starred in. Additionally she directed two episodes of the NYC-based web series SNAFU, and is currently in pre-production for a documentary about the musician Nathan Reich. She has worked at Oscilloscope Laboratories, the Tribeca Film Festival and is currently an editor at Comedy Central.
CARL HOLDER (Creator/Performer) is an Actor, Writer and the Producing Director of Glass Bandits Theater Company. Most recently he appeared in Glass Bandit's feeling. at The New Ohio and Tenement Street Workshop's Rough Approximations at Incubator Arts Project. Other credits include David Muse's all male Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre DC), Speech and Debate (Hartford Theaterworks), and Batboy: the musical (Hippodrome State Theatre). He has a few pieces in various developmental stages inspired by fortune cookies, Typhoid Mary, and a career of restaurant work.
JIM FAGAN (Director) is a NYC based TV and Theater writer/director. He is co-president of The New York Picture Company (www.newyorkpicturecompany.com) with whom he writes, directs, edits, and stars in The NYPC Sketch Show. He is also a TV writer on AMC network's Story Notes. On stage, Jim recently directed the Hemophilia Association of New York's benefit reading of Love/Sick, a new play by John Cariani. He also assistant directed for Lonny Price on Sweeney Todd (starring Emma Thompson) at the NY Philharmonic, and directed Audience Participation, winner of Best Production at the Manhattan Rep One Act Competition. Recent camera directing credits include a livestream for Lincoln Center Presents American Songbook on watch.lincolncenter.org. Jim's play Love Always is published with Playscripts and has been performed throughout the country. Jim is a UCB trained improv actor and performed in the main cast of Improv Boston's "Face Off" before getting his masters in directing at the Actors Studio Drama School. He is a proud Boston College alumni, WGA member and SDC associate member. Jim lives with his beautiful wife, Carolyn, in Queens. www.jim-fagan.com
KAITLYN SAMUEL (Associate Director) is an LA native now New York City based director. She is co-Artistic Director of Outside Inside, and received her MFA in Directing from the Actors Studio Drama School where she directed Top Girls as her thesis project. She has worked with the Gangbusters Theatre in Los Angeles and the Thirteenth Street Repertory in NYC. FringeNYC credits includes For a Good Time, Call Kathy Blanchard (2013), BALDY (2012), Night of the Auk (2012), Chagrin (2011), Julius Caesar (2010), and Woyzeck (2009). She recently directed Slow by Wynn Van Dusen for Red Shirt Entertainment's rooftop reading series, BALDY at Theatre Row and at CRS (the Center for Remembering and Sharing) in Union Square, and Give it Away, by Melissa Sinaly in the Manhattan Repertory Theatre's Winter One Act Festival. Adventure! www.kaitlynsamuel.com
JULIA BILBAO (Scenic/Costume Designer) is a Brooklyn-based designer and actor. She received her B.S. in Theater from Skidmore College, where she served as scenic designer for the Black Box's production of Sarah Ruhl's Orlando. She worked as the production designer for two shorts: "Lyle" by Mark Crowell and "The Council" by Jennifer Sciarra. She is also a freelance scenic artist for scenic fabrication company, Hewn Bros. This marks her NYC debut as a theatrical designer. www.juliabilbao.com
ROBERT LILLY (Lighting Designer). With Glass Bandits: Get Gone, Wolves in Abasement, The Boogyman Thumbs A-1-A, In Memoriam. Elsewhere with elsewho: The Junket at the Lynn Regrave, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at WOW Cafe, Outwardly Fabulous at the Crossroads in New Brunswick, Reconstruction at the (now deceased) Ohio Theater, Stuck at Theater Row, and a weird one-off Little Mermaid in McCarren Park.
DANIEL BUONO (Ticketing/FOH Coordination) is from the smallest state in the US. He graduated from Tisch School of the Arts in 2012 with a B.F.A in Film. He has worked on numerous student sets in varied positions including Director, Producer, Actor, and Assistant Director. His passion is to write screenplays and maybe act here and there. He is currently a Programming Director at One on One NYC, a networking studio for actors.
CHRIS TYLER (Press & Publicity) is a Brooklyn-based performing artist and promoter. A graduate of Brown University and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, he (among other things) hosts and curates TRL >>> Total Rejects Live! - an improvised queercore cabaret - on the third Wednesday of every month at Williamsburg's This 'N' That. In January of 2014, TRL enjoyed a one-night (and completely sold-out) showcase at the Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival Lounge. @NOTCHRISTYLER www.GoDCX.com


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Happy Birthday Victor Cruz!
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Today (November 11) the Giant's wide-reciever is celebrating his 27th year of accomplishing many feats. Cruz always gets our blood pumping on and off the field—who remembers him overcoming an injury to help the Giant's win the Superbowl in 2011? He's either grabbing our attention with his salsa dancing in the end zone or suited up on a red carpet. On his born day lets celebrate him by praising his style.
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- J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 1998
- B.A., Louisiana State University, 1994
Court Admissions
- State of Texas
- The U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Bar Associations
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
Aimee Perilloux FaganDallas Office
Aimee Fagan is a Principal in McKool Smith's Dallas office. Ms. Fagan focuses on complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes, in addition to pre-litigation and contract consulting matters. Her experience also includes trademark litigation, securities class actions, business torts, partnership disputes, theft of trade secrets, and breach of contract actions. Ms. Fagan's clients include leading companies from the energy, investment/financial services, banking, medical, and pharmaceutical industries, among others.
Ms. Fagan has been recognized as a top attorney under 40 by D Magazine, and has been named a Super Lawyers Texas 'Rising Star' every year since 2005. She has also been recognized in the Dallas Business Journal's listing of the top "40 Under 40" leading professionals. Ms. Fagan is the former Chair of the Dallas Bar Association Business Litigation Section and the Dallas Bar Association Trial Skills Section.
Prior to joining McKool Smith, Ms. Fagan practiced in the Dallas office of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP.
Representative Matters
- Legacy Separators, LLC v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Representing Halliburton as a defendant in a suit alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and patent infringement. The technology at issue generally relates to downhole gas separators.
- Dynamic 3D Geosolutions LLC v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., et al. Representing Halliburton in a suit alleging patent infringement related to 3D imaging software for downhole applications.
- IN RE: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon. Represented Halliburton and Sperry Sun, with focus on the development of expert and technical matters, in the MDL litigation related to the Macondo/Deepwater Horizon blowout. The case is currently pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- Mary Kay v. Michael Kors. Represented Michael Kors in trademark litigation with Mary Kay pending in the Northern District of Texas.
- Boulle Ltd. v. De Boulle Diamond & Jewelry, Inc. Represented luxury jeweler in trademark litigation in the Northern District of Texas.
- Weatherford International Inc. and Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. v. Halliburton and General Plastics & Composites, L.P. Represented Halliburton and General Plastics in a patent suit related to a method of forming composite parts for use in downhole tools, such as frac plugs, bridge plugs, and packers.
- MCR Oil Tools v. Halliburton. Represented Halliburton in commercial litigation related to contractual rights to oil field tools technology.
- Bjorn Myklatun and Oil Innovation v. Halliburton Energy Services et al. Represented Halliburton in commercial litigation in the Western District of Oklahoma related to the joint development of microemulsions.
- Aloft Media LLC v. Oracle Corporation, et al. Represented Halliburton in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Realtimezone, Inc. v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Represented Halliburton in commercial litigation in New Mexico.
- ReedHycalog UK, Ltd. v. US Synthetic Corporation and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Represented US Synthetic and Halliburton against patent infringement claims filed by ReedHycalog based on four patents related to leached diamond drill-bit cutting elements, in the Eastern District of Texas.
- MOSAID 802.11 Litigation. Represented MOSAID in 802.11 wifi patent litigation.
- Halliburton v. GeoGuidance, et al. Represented Halliburton in California litigation related to the misappropriation of trade secrets.
- Main Hastings LLC v. Halliburton Company and Jet Research Center, LLC. Represented Halliburton in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Kilts Resources, LLC v. Halliburton Company et al. Represented Halliburton in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Ms. Fagan has also handled a significant number of securities litigation matters, high-stakes commercial litigation matters, and pre-litigation or contract consulting matters over the course of her career. Her experience includes securities class actions, business torts, partnership disputes, trademark disputes, theft of trade secrets, and breach of contract actions for the investment, banking, energy, medical, pharmaceutical, and securities industries.
Professional & Community Activities
- Chair of the Dallas Bar Association's Business Litigation Section, 2011
- Former Chair of the Dallas Bar Association's Trial Skills Section
- Attorneys Serving the Community, a charitable organization serving the Dallas community
Awards & Recognition
- Profiled in Chambers USA "Women in Law," 2012
- Named a Texas "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers, 2005-2012
- Named one of the top 40 professionals under 40 by the Dallas Business Journal, June 2006
- Recognized by D Magazine as a "Top Attorney Under 40," based upon peer ratings, May 2006
- Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation
- March 9, 2012
- March 17, 2011
- March 26, 2010
- March 25, 2009
Press Releases
- June 23, 2008
"My company has retained Aimee to assist with a number of litigation matters, including several complex intellectual property disputes that I have managed. Aimee (along with her colleagues at McKool Smith) has achieved outstanding results. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Aimee."
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity
Bill Imwalle
Assistant General Counsel
"Aimee embodies the ideal for a lawyer you want on your side: the fierce loyalty and unflagging drive that every client deserves, the ethical standards and unparalleled competitiveness that other attorneys respect and the quiet strength and unquestionable knowledge that judges and juries trust. I was privileged to learn from her as a young lawyer and recommend her without hesitation for the most complex of matters."
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From the first time Brian and Sarah Roth of Creston saw their daughter, Lisa, run as a 7-year-old, it was obvious she was a natural.
Their younger son, Keith, eventually wanted to be included in the fun his sister was having. He too turned out to be a natural.
Six years later, the "Running Roths" have just completed their best seasons of track yet. The summer culminated with a first in the 800-meter run for Lisa and a seventh in the same event for Keith at the State Games of America hosted by St. Louis last weekend.
Keith, who will be a fourth-grader at Sterling Elementary, also took a 23rd in the 800 at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics held July 24-29 in Sacramento, Calif..
Lisa, who will be an eighth-grader at Creston Middle School, competed in her first track event when she ran at the Smith Dairy Meet in Orrville at 7.
"You could tell she was a natural," Brian Roth said. "She wanted to keep running so my wife and I worked with her and have taken her to more and more events each year since.
"Keith wanted to do what his sister was doing and he has picked up the sport very well also."
Since those early years, both Lisa and Keith have made great strides, turning in times already some high school runners would be pleased with.
Lisa set the Creston Middle School record in the 400 (1:02.9) as a mere seventh-grader, and just missed the 800 mark in the spring.
At the State Games of America hosted by St. Louis, the track events were held across the Mississippi River at Southern Illinois University.
Lisa won the 800 in 2:35, while Keith was seventh in the same event. Both siblings ran on regional relay teams as well and Keith was able to pick up a gold on a 4x400 team.
A speech given to the athletes by former Olympic great Jackie Joyner-Kersee helped inspire Lisa at the State Games.
"She told us, 'You are the best, You're running with the best, so go out and do your best and have fun in the process,'" Lisa said. "That's what I did.
"It was probably one of my biggest track moments, along with setting the (CMS) school record."
At the Buckeye State Games in Dayton on July 4, the sister and brother duo combined to win five events. Keith took the 400 and 800, while Lisa won the 400, 800 and high jump.
The Roths also excelled in Hershey Meet competitions this summer, although they weren't quite able to qualify for the nationals.
At the State Hershey Meet in Reynoldsburg on July 7, Lisa took a first in the 800 (2:36), second in the long jump and fourth in the 200. Keith was third in the 400, fourth in the 200 and eighth in the standing long jump. To get to the state meet, Lisa and Keith both won three events at the local Hershey Meet held at Wooster High School on June 16.
Keith was hampered by an ear infection at the Junior Olympics in Sacramento and ran slightly slower in the 800 than his incredible 2:36 qualifying time at the Baldwin-Wallace College regional.
Despite being a little under the weather, Keith said competing in the national meet was unforgettable.
"I told a lot of my relatives about it," he said. "I was nervous, but it was a lot of fun."
Sarah Roth said her kids can't wait to go back to school and share their experiences with classmates.
"It's the first time Keith was excited to go back to school," Sarah said. "I asked him why and he said it's because he can't wait for show-and-tell to tell his friends about his summer."
Lisa and Keith practiced twice a week with The College of Wooster Track Club this summer and Lisa has also been mentored by CMS track coach Mark Stanley.
Brian Roth is self-employed, while Sarah is a teacher in the Wadsworth School District, which leaves them plenty of time to help their children in their summer running endeavors.
"We've done a little more each year," Brian said. "As parents we try to watch that they're not doing too much, but so far it hasn't seemed to be a problem.
"They're also coached by some outstanding coaches. If they come up with any aches or pains we shut them down. ... It's been great to see what they've learned already from running and we're looking forward to the future."
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Elizabeth (Liz) Smith—formerly executive vice president and president, North America and global marketing—was appointed president, Avon Products, Inc. In addition to retaining her current responsibilities for North America operations and global brand marketing, Smith will now also oversee global supply chain and global information technology, giving her full, end-to-end leadership for the company's product-to-market processes, infrastructure and systems. She will maintain her current reporting relationship to Andrea Jung, Avon's chairman and CEO.
"Liz has played a key leadership role in Avon's turnaround since joining the company three years ago," said Jung. "She has been instrumental in setting the company on the path to sustainable growth and has significantly elevated our analytical and operational rigor.
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ONE of the most successful football sides in the area have disbanded.
Cam Ladies have been forced to call it a day due to a lack of players after several members of last year's squad moved away for university.
The club was founded in 1992 and they have won several trophies over the last 20 years, including the South West Women's Football League Division Two, the Gloucestershire County Women's League Cup and two County League five-a-side triumphs.
The pinnacle came just 18 months ago when they won the County League after previously being runners-up three times. That earned them promotion to the South West Eastern Division One, where they came up against the likes of Forest Green Reserves, Cirencester and Bridgwater and escaped relegation.
However, chairperson Lina Elliott explained that the committee were left with no choice but to fold after struggling to find a large enough group of players who could commit to that level of football.
She said: "We had a lot of players going to uni, and despite our best efforts to recruit new players we didn't have a youth setup so we didn't have anything to feed from.
"We had a few new people but we didn't think we could compete in the South West League.
"Football is all about enjoyment and we didn't want to have to drag a team all over the South West to get hammered every week.
"We tried to get into the County League but it turned out it was too late.
"We did everything we could, the last thing we wanted to do was to fold.
"It was a sad decision to make but the committee decided that was all we could do.
"I would like to thank committee past and present and anyone who supported Cam in any way."
Women's football stalwart Lynn Carter expressed her sadness at the demise of her beloved Bulldogs.
Carter joined the club in its inception and made over 200 appearances for them before retiring in 2008.
She was also the chairperson for 15 years before standing down after their title winning campaign.
She said: "It is sad because they've been going for a long time but there's nothing they could do without the players.
"I was there a long time. I played for 36 years and most of them were at Cam.
"It's more difficult in women's football to keep a consistent side. Men can move around more easily but it's stricter for women in terms of who you can sign and when you can sign and it did make it difficult."


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Verizon Motorola DROID Ultra also coming in snowy white
0. phoneArena posted on 26 Nov 2013, 08:09
Earlier today, we brought you news of a holiday-themed Motorola DROID mini, and it would appear that Moto and Verizon have teamed up to spread some joy...
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2. SupermanayrB (Posts: 1033; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
"...though we sure are hoping that the festivities will extend to the DROID MAXX, too!"
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3. Killertech2099 (Posts: 148; Member since: 28 Sep 2013)
Man if the Droid Ultra wasn't on Verizon i would definitely get it in white
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