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Matters foreign & domestic
The gun-control controversy brings Glenn Beck back to bookshelves among new and upcoming titles about U.S. foreign policy, an unforgettable electoral battle settled in court, Europe and the world over the past 500-plus years, and how some less familiar White House occupants influenced presidential powers' evolution.
"Control: Exposing the Truth About Guns" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions, available Tuesday) — Making its print debut in paperback rather than hardcover form — likely to hasten a release well-timed to capitalize on the nation's ongoing post-Newtown gun debate — this book notes an interesting aspect of the Second Amendment: It includes the Bill of Rights' only admonition that a right "shall not be infringed." The author — the former Fox News talk-show host who's gone on to found The Blaze website and TV network and has written 10 No. 1 best-selling books along the way (counting fiction, nonfiction, self-help and children's picture-book titles) — wonders why more Americans aren't heeding the importance that the Founders placed on guns as essential for self-defense and liberty. To him, gun control is really about controlling people, not guns. He takes on what the publisher calls "common myths and outright lies that are often used to vilify guns and demean their owners." Among his targets are the notions that the Second Amendment was meant to apply to just muskets, that gun control works elsewhere, that mass shootings are more common today and/or unique to America, that armed guards in schools are ineffective, and that only fearmongers contend that government wants to take away Americans' firearms.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order" by Richard N. Haass (Basic Books, available Tuesday) — Serving in the Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations before becoming Council on Foreign Relations president in 2003, the author brings impressive credentials to his topic. America's biggest threat, he says, is internal, not external: The nation must address its ever-increasing red ink, crumbling infrastructure, underperforming schools and outdated immigration system if it's to deal successfully with the likes of China, Iran, North Korea and terrorists. He doesn't agree with those who advocate isolationism or proclaim irreversible U.S. decline. He does see globalization, technology and the waxing and waning of various nations' standing creating a 21st-century scenario of more widely diffused power — "a 'nonpolar' world of American primacy but not domination," the publisher says. His preferred new U.S. foreign policy would be one of restoration. Underpinned by economic renewal at home, he says, America should change its approach abroad by ending its reliance on reshaping the Middle East militarily. Instead, the United States should focus on preserving the balance of power in Asia, boosting North American energy independence and economic integration, and working with other nations to handle global challenges.
"Inside Bush v. Gore" by Charley Wells (University Press of Florida, available Tuesday) — The author, who joined the bench of the Florida Supreme Court in 1994, retired in 2009 as its chief justice — the title he held when the Sunshine State's "hanging chads" and "butterfly ballots" made the outcome of the 2000 presidential election there unclear, drawing him and his fellow justices into a legal and political controversy still hotly argued in some quarters today. After 36 days of closed-door debate, Florida's high court ruled 4-3 to require a statewide manual recount — with Mr. Chief Justice Wells among the three dissenters. His book provides "an unprecedented play-by-play of those tumultuous days" and what went on in chambers during that time, says the publisher. It includes legal analysis of the case at both the federal and state levels, as well as the author's insider account of relations among the justices, how election laws' ambiguity frustrated them, how difficult separating legalities from politics was, and the role played by the court's support staff. Having the advantages of hindsight and what myriad studies and commentaries have said about the case since it was resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court, Wells concludes that the rule of law ultimately prevailed.
"Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, from 1453 to the Present" by Brendan Simms (available Wednesday) — Its length proportional to its subject's scope, this 720-page book — by a prize-winning historian who directs the Centre of International Studies at Great Britain's University of Cambridge — sees control of Europe's geographic core as linked to world domination over the past 500-plus years, with Germany as the key. In his view, the basic question throughout that time, according to the publisher, has been whether a single force — be it Charles V, Suleiman, Napoleon, Hitler, NATO or the European Union — would control Europe. He explores how America's inextricable links to European affairs came about, growing from efforts to head off more colonization into determination to keep Napoleon, Imperial Germany, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union from becoming that single dominant force. He also says history has vindicated the Anglo-American unity model, which the EU should emulate instead of the Holy Roman Empire that once ruled much of today's Germany. Names, faces, borders, even nations have come and gone, but Europe's main security issues have remained largely the same, he contends. And, he says, today's EU leaders should heed a lesson taught by the last half-millennium's history: When Europe's harmonious, the whole world benefits.
"The Forgotten Presidents: Their Untold Constitutional Legacy" by Michael J. Gerhardt (Oxford University Press USA) — Unpopular, little-remembered presidents, even those widely considered to have failed in the White House, nevertheless have shaped how presidential powers — and their perception in the context of the Constitution — have evolved. In this book, the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill chronologically explores strong, unpopular stands taken by 13 such presidents, from Martin Van Buren to Jimmy Carter, that contributed to making the presidency what it is today. He highlights actions they took that expanded and consolidated presidential powers — often at the expense of congressional authority — despite many of those actions falling short of achieving their ostensible goals. Detailing such actions by those presidents — how Van Buren's withdrawal of federal funds from state banks during an economic depression solidified the presidency's capacity for independent action, for example — the author paints a larger picture of "how the presidency's inherent capacity for efficiency and energy gives it an advantage in battles with Congress, regardless of popularity," according to the publisher. This book almost certainly won't trigger a surge of interest in, say, Chester A. Arthur, but it will remind readers that familiarity is a poor gauge of historical importance.
Alan Wallace is a Trib Total Media editorial page writer (412-320-7983 or firstname.lastname@example.com).


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The Maple Grove Crimson held Elk River to about half the points they scored in a previous meeting and defeated the Elks 57-47 on Friday evening in Elk River.
One of the Elks' season highlights was a 90-83 win over the Crimson at Maple Grove on Jan. 3 led by Abi Scheid with 31 points.
In the rematch, the Crimson held the 6-foot-2 center to 17 and the Elk offense never got going.
Maple Grove (10-6 NWSC, 14-8 overall) made eight 3-pointers, six in the first half in taking a 34-26 lead.
Guards led the Crimson as Haylee Barker scored 13 points, Mackenzie Barta 11 and Kaela Jones nine. The Crimson made 15 of 19 free shots.
Scheid, with the Crimson collapsing on her, was limited to three close-range field goals. She did make a 3-pointer and 8-for-8 free shots.
Next-high for the Elks (5-12 NWSC, 8-13 overall) were Jayme Langbehn and Shelby Gracik with six each. The Elks were 11-for-13 at the line and made three 3-pointers.
The Elks will host Osseo on Tuesday.

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This article was published 7/11/2012 (1743 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
RUNNING back Anthony Coombs, kick returner Nic Demski and safety Teague Sherman of the University of Manitoba Bisons football team have been named to the 2012 Canada West Conference all-star team.
It was the second straight year for all three to be named conference all-stars. The Bisons (4-4) saw their season come to an end last Saturday in Calgary with a 57-18 semifinal loss to the Dinos.
Coombs, 20, played in six of eight conference regular-season games but was second in Canada West rushing average per game at 93.8 yards per game and fourth overall in rushing yards at 563. The Winnipeg native scored nine touchdowns which was tied for that first for most TDs in the conference.
Demski, 18, of Winnipeg, played in all eight conference games for Manitoba and led the conference in all-purpose yards at 1,310.
Sherman, 24, finished his five-year career at Manitoba first overall in conference tackles per game with 7.5 after playing in six of eight conference games
Enjoying rare homestand
AFTER playing six of its first eight games on the road, the University of Manitoba Bisons men's hockey team (4-3-1) is home this weekend for just the second time this season. The Bisons host the Lethbridge Pronghorns on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Max Bell Arena.
The Bisons are 4-1-1 in their last six games after opening the season Sept. 28-29 with a pair of losses in Edmonton to the Alberta Golden Bears.
"We've come a long way since that Alberta series and in a way, it was a good thing because it kind of woke us up to what we need to do to be competitive against the top teams," said goaltender Jesse Deckert. "We're really bringing it now and this was the perfect week (last week) for a bye to rest up and get ready for the next challenge."
Rifles' Carter honoured
WINNIPEG Rifles receiver Brett Carter has been named to the 2012 Offensive Jostens/CFL All-Canadians team by the Canadian Junior Football League.
Carter led the CJFL with 48 receptions, with 782 receiving yards and six touchdowns.
Berube fields running team
COACH Claude Berube is taking a 14-athlete Bisons team to the 2012 Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross country running championship on Saturday at Western University in London, Ont. The team will feature seven female athletes, including fifth-year runners Alice Sherwin, Nicole Dubois and Nicole Barrett, and seven male athletes including fifth-year Elliott Cooke.
Cockrell, Walton shine
RACHEL COCKRELL of the women's volleyball team and Stephan Walton of the men's basketball team have been named the Smitty's Bisons athletes of the week.
Cockrell, the Bisons women's co-captain and a second-year player, led the No. 5-ranked Bisons in kills with 36 and points with 39.5 points in nine sets in a two-match sweep last weekend of the No. 10-ranked Calgary Dinos.
Walton, a co-captain and fourth-year guard, scored 41 points in two games to help lead the Bisons to a road split in Calgary against the Dinos last weekend.
Officer presents donation
JILL OFFICER, the second on the Jennifer Jones women's curling team, presented a $5,000 donation from the RBC Olympian Grant Program to the CurlManitoba Performance Enhancement Program on Wednesday.
She was one of 37 athletes given the grant by the RBC Olympian Grant Program to give to an athletic association, community group or charity "that has fostered their love of sport, helped them realize their Olympic/Paralympic aspirations, or has touched their lives."
"This grant can help provide resources and skills to young curlers; more than what was available when I was their age," Officer, RBC Olympian and World Curling Champion, said in a media statement. The PEP program helps fund resources such as nutrition and sport psychology consultations, fitness sessions and on-ice skill development. Athletes are eligible for the program based on performance in the 16-and-under provincial championship.
Home hoop openers set
IT'S the home opener for basketball teams this week at both the Winnipeg and the Manitoba campuses.
The Bisons men's and women's teams will host the Brandon Bobcats at the U of M's Investors Group Athletic Centre Friday and Saturday with the women's games at 6 p.m. followed by the men's games at 8 p.m. At the U of W Duckworth Centre, the Wesmen will host the Regina Cougars today and Friday, with the women playing at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.
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[edit] Description
Zen Mod is a complete overhaul of Shogun 2: Total War. Zen Mod aims to create a more historically accurate and better game by adding correct unit rosters that make each Clan more unique. The units in Zen Mod have been balanced so each unit type's speciality is more important. There is multiple versions of this mod that are customized to work with the Vanilla game or there is a version that can work with DarthMod: Shogun II.
[edit] Features
- Battle mechanics have been slowed down to add to the realism and depth of the mod by forcing you to use different manouvers such as flanking to defeat the enemy army. This adds to the difficulty makign the game much more challenging!
- The Economis of the game have been changed slightly, making the recruitment and upkeep costs of ashigaru units cheaper. Historically, ashigaru were peasants that had basic training, thus they should be cheaper than trained Samurai.
- Each Clan now has it's own unique hero unit. In the vanilla game, every clan had the same hero units. This was not historically accurate and made all the clans feel the same. However, with Zen Mod every clan feels different. Also, every clan can only have one hero unit.
- The unit size of ashigaru units has been increased due to the fact that they were cheap to recruit and dont require the same amount of training as a Samurai unit would need.
- All units, ships, cavalry, infantry etc now have correct Japanese names to add to the depth and realism of the mod.
- Tweaks to the AI have been made so that the AI produces less ashigaru and more high tier Samurai. This also fixes the bug where the AI would spam Bow Ashigaru units.
- Garrison sizes have been increased to stop Clans getting destroyed in the first few turns.
- Archers effectivness has been reduced slightly while Matchlock units effectivness has been increased. While anti cavalry unit bonuses have been decreased.
- Unit cards are color coded to make it easier to tell what unit type's you have availiable in battle. This is based off JFC's unit cards mod.
- All of the unit rosters have been re-balanced to remove the redundant units and to make each Clan feel unique.
[edit] Unit Rosters
Zen Mod features new unit rosters, listed below is an example.
- Yari Ashigaru.(long spear)
- Naginata Ashigaru.
- Yumi Ashigaru.
- Teppo Ashigaru.
- Yari Samurai.(short spear)
- Naginata Samurai.
- Yumi Samurai.
- Teppo Samurai.
- Keikihei Samurai.(short spear)
- Juukihei Samurai.(naginata)
- Kyukihei Samurai.(bow)
- Hokihei Samurai.(musket, dragoon)
- Yari Sohei. (short spear)
- Naginata Sohei.
- Yumi Sohei.
- Teppo Sohei.
- Oban.(long spear, shogun only)
- Kerai.(nodachi, garrison only)
- Kiba Sohei.(mounted monks, req. fortified monastery)
[edit] Clans
Zen Mod features new unique units for all Clans. Listed below is a list of them all.
- Chosokabe- Superior bowmen Chosokabe Kyudosha (bow hero)
- Date- Superior naginata troops, Date Kesshitai (nodachi hero)
- Hattori- Kisho training for foot samurai/ashigaru, Hattori Iga-Mono* (ninja hero)
- Hojo- Superior siege units, Hojo Onna-Bugeisha (naginata hero)
- Mori- Superior sohei, Mori Yamabushi (naginata monk hero)
- Oda- Superior ashigaru, Oda Ashigaru-Gashira (long spear hero)
- Shimazu- Superior foot samurai, Shimazu Kensei (nodachi hero)
- Takeda- Superior mounted samurai, Takeda Uma-Mawari (mounted long spear hero)
- Tokugawa- Superior gun troops and ships, Tokugawa Sogekihei (musket sharpshooter hero)
- Uesugi- Superior spearmen, Uesugi Hatamoto-Kachi (short spear hero)
[edit] Credits
- The Hedge Knight for his UAI mod.
- Swiss Halberdier for his Yari Sohei model.
- JFC for his unit cards


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Welcome to the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project. Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here is a selection of materials arranged in exhibits for your enjoyment.
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Title: Long Walk Original Manuscript (Image #107)
Transcript: whether the person had a fair or dark complexion. The Group Areas Act was the cornerstone of apartheid and under it each racial group could only own land, occupy premises, reside and trade in its own separate area.
The arbitrary and meaningless test applied and the inhumanity of the Population Registration Act is illustrated in a case I once handled. In this instance a Coloured man was classified as an African. During the Second World War he had served in North Africa and Italy. We appealed to the Classification Board consisting of a magistrate and two other officials, all white. We had formidable evidence to establish our client's case and the prosecutor formally indicated that he did not wish to oppose our appeal. A magistrate asked our client to turn around with his back facing the bench. After looking carefully at our client's shoulders, he nodded to the other officials and upheld the appeal. And so it came about that such a crucial issue was decided purely on fortuitous grounds and the structure of the shoulders.
In 1951 the government made a direct attack on the rights of the Coloureds and Africans respectively. It passed the Separate Representation of Voters Act which it later used to remove Coloureds from the common voters roll, a right which they had enjoyed in the Cape for more than a century. The same year it passed the Bantu Authorities Act to restore the power of the Chiefs and to break up Africans who were increasingly becoming concious of their unity and power as a national group, into small ethnic entities preoccupied with purely local affairs and completely lacking a nationwide and international outlook. To split up the African into several narrow visioned
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Hi guys,
I'm sorry to as such a basic question, but how do you create a subscription box. I'm looking to make one almost identical to the one located on the upper right of www.thanksrp.com.
Any ideas/suggestions? Or, do you know anyone that can do this for me on the cheap? Thanks.
If you sign up for an email marketing service like "Constant Contact" they will provide the code. Otherwise you could use an email form and you could maintain your own list.E
Here is a sample code:
<form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' method='post' onsubmit='window.open('FeedBurner Email Subscription, 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true' style='border:1px solid #DDD;padding:3px;text-align:center;background:#F1F1F1;' target='popupwindow'>Get Free Updates: <input name='email' onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "Enter your email";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "Enter your email") {this.value = ""}' style='width:176px;height:18px; background: #ffffa0 url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b0xJ7qk6DTc/TInWwRjgSUI/AAAAAAAABC0/DWQZc1mUvaU/s1600/new-email.png) left no-repeat;padding: 1px 0px 1px 24px;border: 1px solid #8cafe3;' type='text' value='Enter your email'/><input name='uri' type='hidden' value='zimboora'/><input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US'/><input type='submit' value='Subscribe'/>Please click on the confirmation link sent in your Email Inbox</form>
You actually need some back-end code (PHP, ASP.NET, etc) to handle this type of thing.
A service like Constant Contact (as eruna recommended) is a good method for handling these type of processes if you don't have a strong programming background.
Even if you do, they can still be very good (the medium-sized company I work uses them to send out a monthly-ish email blast to about 40,000 people with pretty good success).


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LAS VEGAS — The MGM Grand Garden Arena was home to some of the greatest bouts in boxing history.
The ghosts of Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield course through the stadium's bowels. Oscar de la Hoya beat Fernando Vargas here and lost to Shane Mosley. And Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
There has been a lot of blood on these floors, and quite a few tears, the latter shed by Arizona and UCLA on Saturday afternoon, the Wildcats' of disappointment, the Bruins' of joy after a 75-71 upset win in the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament.
That was just the undercard, though.
Nick Johnson vs. Kyle Anderson, now that was the main event.
Punch after punch, slug after slug, both landed body blows. Johnson, the conference regular-season Player of the Year, one-upped Anderson in the scoring column 22-21, but Anderson, the tournament's most outstanding player, grabbed 15 rebounds.
After the fight, the judges called it a draw.
"It was between them two, and it could've gone either way," said Anderson's teammate Jordan Adams, who delivered a knockout blow of his own with a game-winning three-pointer with 45 seconds left. "Those are two great players who do a lot for their teams."
In a game that could have gone either way — evidenced by the seven ties and 10 lead changes — UCLA took it to the body early, and Arizona was on the ropes from the get-go. The Bruins led by 11 less than six minutes into the game, and after the Wildcats' almost unbelievable demolition of their first two tournament opponents, even UCLA seemed surprised.
But what lifted the Bruins was their resilience even after Arizona made its run, albeit a late run, as the Wildcats claimed their second lead of the game — the first came at 3-2 — with just less than 16 minutes remaining.
"To win a championship against other great teams means a lot," Anderson said. "We knew however many points we got up, it was going to go down to the wire. They weren't going to throw the towel in."
Not with Johnson leading the way.
Johnson had 14 of his 22 points in the second half, including a pair of clutch three-pointers, one that gave Arizona a 64-62 lead with 7:49 left and another that cut UCLA's lead to two with two seconds left that gave the Wildcats at least a glimmer of hope.
On this day, however, Anderson gained the upper hand with his uppercuts, scoring 10 in the second half, including 8-for-11 free-throw shooting, while grabbing nine rebounds.
Some of his teammates understandably thought Anderson was snubbed of the Player of the Year trophy after averaging nearly 15 points per game, a conference-best 6.6 assists per game and a conference fourth-best 8.7 rebounds per game.
"There's no doubt in my mind," UCLA's Bryce Alford said. "Nick Johnson is a fantastic player, and he does so much for his team. Great defender, leading scorer. But we've got Kyle's back. If they were to redo the award after this tournament, they'd give it to Kyle."
Not that it mattered much.
On the record, Anderson was diplomatic about the POY voting, understanding that the best player on the conference's best regular-season team was due the hardware. Privately he may have seethed, but he didn't let it show, much.
"Nah, nah," he said, laughing, when asked if he had any moments of disappointment about the award voting. "I'm glad I got this one."
Even in the locker room, Anderson kept his feelings to himself, keeping focused on UCLA's team efforts and goals.
Some teammates were perhaps a bit less diplomatic.
"Kyle is always an ugly dude, so he always has that ugly look on his face the entire time," said Anderson's recruiting classmate, forward Tony Parker. "You can't really tell anything with Kyle because he's so ugly. He's going to be like that for the rest of his life, so nothing fazes him."
Well, he sure looked pretty on Saturday, even after he took a few punches in the beautiful MGM Grand Garden Arena, even after a fight that will last for the ages.
"It was a war those last four minutes, but that's the best basketball to be a part of," Anderson said. "I talked to Rondae (Hollis-Jefferson) during the game, and we were telling each other this is so much fun. We come from the East Coast, we're out here playing Arizona vs. UCLA, this is fun right here.
"We're never going to forget this in our lives."


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Minutes Apr 21 2010
Jeff Licquia (LF), Stew Benedict (LF), Alan Clark (Novell), Russ Herrold (Centos), Robert Schweikert (Novell), Mats Wichmann (Intel)
- Wrap-up for the F2F, discussion of results for those not there, etc.
Jeff: ISP/RAS guys may be still stuck in NY, or still travelling
Jeff: Stew, did you get the Friday and OpenPrinting joint session stuff?
Stew: yes, I think so
Jeff: bottom line is new cups interfaces, SANE only if someone else does the work
Jeff: Gtk-2.10 uplift is a go, if time/resources are available
Jeff: CUPS additions are in process, may be interesting to explore 1.3 interfaces
Jeff: been working on extending the buildbot infrastructure for production builds
Jeff: website presence - Alexey put together a php script that makes a dynamic download page, may need a couple of tweaks yet
Jeff: Amanda and I have been playing phone tag on the other web site issues, may connect today
Jeff: Alan, any news on the PR stuff?
Alan: Nothing yet, still catching up from the trip
Jeff: anything more on PR/website stuff?
Jeff: Java - have touched base with Dalibor, will follow up by email with the Java issues from F2F
Russ: some vendors are nervous about the situation re: Oracle/Java, considering fallback positions, given that Java has been somewhat stagnant
Jeff: Goal is to get the conversation going again and see if we can get past the problems
Jeff: One of the things we talked about at the F2F is that we have to be very rigorous about the scope of the goals of LSB-4.1 and not get distracted
Russ: Have you decided to cut to time-based releases?
Jeff: We are following time-based releases for some parts (SDK), still refining the build infrastructure to streamline things so we can "just release" without a lot of manual effort
Robert: We've tried time-based releases with the tools, but we don't have enough experience yet to see if we should move other things to this model
Jeff: time-based releases sound like a good idea, we'll continue with the current model for now, while we try to really release as we planned.
Russ: might make sense to try to automate just a piece, then use that knowledge for the rest of it</br> Jeff: working on the 4.0 updates as the first piece
Russ: might want to look at http://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/
Jeff: Robert, you mentioned that the Project Plan for 4.1 is too "busy" for the task tracker. Is there value in re-organizing it to feature the tracker parts?
Robert: I think there's value in keeping it as is for the 4.1 retrospective
Jeff: Should we have a link to the tracker from the project plan?
Robert: considered it, but thought it might be confusing
Jeff: I may go ahead and add, so people can find it
Jeff: Every other week, on this call, we're going to spend some time making sure we're on track for the release, to keep us focused on the goal(s). If a long conversation comes out of this, that will be the topic for another call. Keep the status update short.
Jeff: Anything else that needs to be brought up?
Robert: Scheduling for the next F2F, either August or November are other events we could piggyback onto, please comment on the list so we can plan.
Jeff: Anything else?
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But he's got nothin' on this creepy couple and their collection of "ancient erotic art." In this vid, you can check out how paintings went porno in ye olden times. Feel free to take a tour given by these art buffs, but warning, don't drink the tea! [Everything Is Terrible]


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- The Indianapolis Star and Lafayette Journal & Courier write on Errick Peck who is ineligible for Ivy League play next season as a graduate student:
Purdue basketball explores possibilities of incoming transfer with former Cathedral player Errick Peck
Just because Matt Painter suddenly has three scholarships available for the 2013-14 season, the Purdue coach isn't certain he will add a player or players to next season's roster.
Guard Anthony Johnson and forward Jacob Lawson definitely are leaving the Boilermaker program, and there's a strong possibility redshirt junior center Sandi Marcius won't be back either, although the 6-foot-9 Marcius has been given the option to return for what would be his final year of eligibility.
Because eight of the 10 scholarship players on next season's roster will have freshman or sophomore athletic eligibility, Painter ideally would like to add a fifth-year graduate student or possibly a junior college transfer.
It appears that one possible option is 6-6 wing player Errick Peck, who played three seasons at Ivy League member Cornell and is in line to graduate with one season of athletic eligibility remaining. Peck played at Indianapolis Cathedral with Kelsey Barlow. The Purdue coaching staff saw Peck multiple times when they were recruiting Barlow.
Peck averaged 14 points as a Cathedral senior and was selected to the Indiana All-Star team.
Cathedral principal Dave Worland, a Lafayette native and a varsity boys' basketball head coach for 24 total seasons, admires Peck very much.
"When he made the Indiana All-Star team four years ago, people were saying, 'Who is this Errick Peck?' " Worland said. "All he did was be one of the leading scorers and leading rebounders. He just makes things happen. During his junior and senior years at Cathedral, we had a lot of kids who were very flashy, had great skills and could dunk.
"Errick was the guy who wasn't flashy, but he just always got the job done. He would grab a rebound and follow it by scoring. He could hit a 15-foot jumper when they needed a bucket. When he went to the Top 40 Workout, people saw that in him. Errick was the most steady of all those good players.
As a redshirt junior in 2012-13, Peck averaged 9.7 points and 4.8 rebounds, shooting 43.7 percent from the field for a team that finished 13-18. Peck was Cornell's No. 3 scorer this past season.
"There's some guys out there, but there's not a lot of guys," Painter said when asked about possible additions this spring or summer. "The fifth-year guys are the ones people are really looking for all over the country. They probably are the most over-recruited guys in the history of college basketball just because you have them for one year and they already have their degree and some years of experience.
"A lot of people are looking for that quick fix. If they need a shooter, they try to get a shooter. Yet, everybody is trying to get them. It gets confusing for some of these kids, because no one really has done the data of who is leaving and the success rate they are having. Schools are coming after them, but how successful have these guys been who have been doing these one-year stints? A couple have been successful, but there's not a lot of them."
Painter said some players from low-major or mid-major programs suddenly are attractive to high-major programs because they are older and have plenty of Division I experience. The X factor is that a high-major coach has no idea how productive these players can be in BCS conferences.
In a perfect world, Painter would like to add an experienced perimeter shooter. Right now, Purdue has only two seniors (Terone Johnson and Travis Carroll) and no scholarship juniors on the 2013-14 roster.
"If we take someone, it has to be the right guy, someone who would help us in an area in which we are deficient," Painter said.
Because his freshman class will have four members, including redshirt Jay Simpson, Painter likely will not sign an additional high school senior. He will look at JUCOs but added that getting a player who fits the Boilermakers' needs thins the available pool.
As Purdue moves forward in its recruiting, Painter knows what the program needs."There's no doubt we have to have a more skilled player," Painter said. "We got away from that. Obviously, we hoped we would have a guy or two make some strides in terms of making open shots. We convinced our guys after the non-conference season that we needed to take fewer 3s."


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HOUSTON - By 2016, every high school student in Houston ISD will have a laptop, and that brings concerns about online safety. Local 2 shows you HISD's newest tool against cyber crimes.
Teachers are learning more than just how to use their laptops, but also how to teach kids about them.
"They also need to know what it mean to live in a digital world," said HISD Chief Technology Officer Lenny Schad.
Students will also be taught about issues like digital citizenship, social media, cyberbullying and various other cyber safety topics.
"They need to understand what a digital footprint is. That post or inappropriate picture that you post as a 15 year old, that will come back and haunt you," Schad said.
While student's internet activity is often very controlled in school, it's when they're away from campus that HISD knows they could find trouble. That's why the district also has a new cyber security website for parents to learn how to continue the education at home.
"So it's really helping the kids understand the social aspect to what it means to blog and be on Facebook and Tweet," said Schad.
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Devices that enhance a persons hearing for specific problem areas including: TV viewing, telephone listening, alerting devices, lectures, movies, sermons, in auditoriums, etc.
Devices used in conjunction with hearing aids or by themselves.
Devices that allow for maximum benefit from hearing aids.
Devices that promote safety and independence for a hearing impaired or deaf person.
Personal Amplifiers: Amplifies one-on-one or small group conversations. Good solutions for people that need some amplification but are not able or do not wish to pursue hearing aids. Some systems can be used in conjunction with hearing aids to enhance listening in more problematic environments, such as in the presence of noise or at a distance from a speaker.
These systems are typically Hard Wired Systems - this is where a microphone is attached by a thin cable to the receiver, typically headphones. This can be useful for one-on-one conversation at short distances. It can be used for improved listening of the television, radio, CD players, MP3 player, etc. There is limited mobility as you have to be within the length of the cable to what you are attempting to listen to.
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Wireless FM System- is a wireless system where the signal is transmitted from the person speaking to the individual by an FM radio signal. The receiver can be a body worn device with headphones. The signal can also be sent directly to your behind-the-ear hearing aids with a small receiver "booted" directly to the hearing aid. An in-the-ear hearing aid may be coupled with an FM system via the hearing aid's telecoil. This system is often used in classrooms for the hearing impaired and can be used at meetings, lectures and sermons. This system is ideal for overcoming distance and background noise and is a great solution for those where these types of environments are very problematic.
TV amplifiers: Various devices are available that can be plugged directly into your TV and the signal is transmitted wirelessly to headphones. This may be transmitted via infrared – where the signal is sent by an infrared light signal, similar to the remote control on TVs or VCRs. This infrared technology is often used in the home to amplify the TV or in theaters and or public speaking situations. The infrared system requires a clear line-of-sight between the transmitter and the receiver. Other systems employ FM signal technology which transmits via a FM radio signal and can work within a 600-900 square foot area and do not require line of site. Some newer devices employ Bluetooth™ connectivity which can be paired to a Bluetooth™ headset or to a Bluetooth™ neckloop or a remote device which transmits the sound directly to your hearing aids.
Induction Loops or neckloops - An electromagnetic field is produced and it is picked up by a special receiver. The receiver could be headphones or the listener's hearing aid. Your hearing aid must be equipped with a manual telecoil to communicate with a loop system. Our Audiologists can assist you in setting up the telecoil function on your hearing aid. Larger loops can be wired into meeting rooms or theatres. Small neckloops can be worn around the neck and plugged into an audio device such as a cell phone, amplified listener, computer, MP3 player, etc. A Bluetooth™ neckloop connects almost any Bluetooth™ device wirelessly with your hearing aids via the hearing aid's telecoil. This device would allow our Audiologists to set up your hearing aid to communicate with any Bluetooth™ enabled device such as cell phone, laptop, MP3 player, etc.
Alerting Devices - These devices signal you with loud sounds, vibration, and or light. There are doorbells, knock-at-the door devices, phone alerting devices, fire/smoke alarm devices, baby-cry devices, room-to-room sound alerting systems, vibrating clock alarms, vibrating paging systems, vibrating watch alarms etc. Our Audiologists can provide devices that meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) code as of January 2010 that requires a lower-frequency signal in fire/smoke detectors which have a greater chance of being heard by those with hearing impairment. These devices also meet the testing requirements of Underwriters Laboratory (UL), an independent product safety certification organization that sets standards and certifies product safety.
Telephone Amplifiers - There is a large variety of telephone solutions for the hearing impaired including amplified telephones, portable amplifiers, and cell phone amplifiers. Bluetooth™ connectivity allows for direct communication with both landline and cell phones with Bluetooth™ neckloops or remote Bluetooth™ devices to transmit sound from your phone directly to your hearing aids.
The Telecommunications Equipment Purchase Program (TEPP) is a Wisconsin State sponsored program to help people with disabilities buy specialized equipment they need in order to use basic telephone services. You can apply for a TEPP voucher online, or by mail.
Amplified Stethoscopes - Allows the user to amplify or record heart or breath sounds. It can be connected to headphones, some BTE hearing aids or a cochlear implant. Other stethoscope solutions are available. An earmold may be designed to interface with either a CIC or ITC, serving as an interface between the earpiece of the stethoscope and the hearing instrument.
Special adapters may be incorporated onto the stethoscope's earpiece. Steth-o-Mate™ tips are such adapters for current users of custom hearing instruments (ITE through CIC)
Find more information from the Association For Medical Professionals With Hearing Loss, which provides information, promotes advocacy and mentorship, and creates a network for individuals with hearing loss interested in or working in health care fields.
Hearing loss is a disability that is protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees with hearing loss. A reasonable accommodation is defined as "modification or adjustment to a job, the work environment, or the way things are usually done that enables a qualified individual with a disability to enjoy an equal employment opportunity". This may include phone amplifiers, FM systems, amplified stethoscopes or personal amplifiers. Our Audiologists can advise you in determining what devices would best meet your needs to enable you to performance your job.
Bluetooth™ Connectivity: Bluetooth™ is an automatic "wireless connection" between an audio device and some type of receiver. Wireless connectivity has opened up a world of possibilities for people with hearing loss. Bluetooth™ technology can be used for an easy, high fidelity connection between your hearing aids and your mobile or land line phone, TV, computer, MP3 player and other audio devices.
Bluetooth™ Capable Hearing Aids
Many of today's digital hearing aids are Bluetooth™ capable. Hearing aids with Bluetooth™ capabilities connect to audio devices with a simple push of a button on a remote device. These remote devices essentially turn your hearing aids into a hands free headset, allowing you to hear sounds from audio devices through both of your hearing aids at the same time.
Some of the benefits of purchasing hearing aids with wireless Bluetooth™ capabilities include:
Hearing aids with a telecoil feature may also enjoy wireless Bluetooth™ connectivity, see induction loops. For more information on Bluetooth™ hearing aids and wireless hearing aid solutions, discuss with our Audiologists.
TV and Wireless Bluetooth™ Connectivity: a small adaptor connects to the audio output of any TV and runs on its own power supply. Enjoy high quality audio –streaming binaurally through your hearing instruments.
Telephone and Wireless Bluetooth™ Connectivity: Most cell phones are Bluetooth™ compatible, meaning you can "pair" your cell phone to communicate wirelessly to a remote or Bluetooth™ neckloop, which transfers the sound directly to your hearing aids. A phone adaptor allows you to use your current land-line telephone as a Bluetooth™ phone. It pairs to the wireless remote or Bluetooth™ neckloop and connects automatically whenever the phone is activated.
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This post originally appeared on purpose.edelman.com on December 21st, 2012.
While a number of huge events made headlines in 2012 – super-storm Sandy, the U.S. presidential election, international financial scandals – there was one notable topic catching the eyes of businesses around the globe: Corporate Citizenship. Corporate Citizenship is not a new phenomenon by any means, but 2012 showed us that it is no longer an option for brands.
87 percent of global consumers believe business should place at least equal weight on society's interests as on business' interests, according to the 2012 Edelman goodpurpose® study, yet less than a third (28 percent) believe business is actually performing well in addressing societal issues. With consumers growing more and more accepting of brands supporting social and environmental issues and benefiting their bottom line at the same time, it is important for corporations to consider how they can best align their business to their citizenship efforts for a true "shared value" approach without coming off as self-serving.
Throughout 2012, we saw a number of trends driving corporate citizenship efforts:
- Corporate character as a central driving force in platform development: A corporation's purpose has grown to be front and center when it comes to developing citizenship platforms, enabling companies to bring specific business expertise to society in a new, meaningful way. What's more, The State of Corporate Citizenship 2012 report, published by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, states that aligning corporate citizenship strategy with a company's overall corporate strategy is key to achieving important business objectives. Success was as much as nine times more likely in terms of reputation and corporate culture-related impacts for those who integrated over those who did not.
- Integration of business and new products/services into what a company does to benefit society: Being a good corporate citizen is no longer about simply making a donation to a good cause. Companies are focused on how they can work their business and product offerings into their sustainable cause platforms to make a greater societal impact.
- Corporate citizenship touching all aspects of employee engagement: A strong corporate citizenship program is extremely attractive to prospective employees, primarily millennials. Robust programs also help to boost morale and increase productivity and retention in a time when top performers are interested in more than just a job and instead looking for their work to be their calling.
- Long-term commitments to large, global issues as well as local ones: Most corporations are not able to make that great impact they are looking for on their own, so the key is to partner with other organizations and combine efforts to make a larger impact on global issues than one could do alone. It is important, however, not to forget about those local causes that can make big differences, such as seen by American Express's Small Business Saturday or the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative.
- The rise of the B Corp: With the rise of the B Corp movement, companies are making a stand to show their dedication to creating benefits that extend past their shareholders and on to the more general public. With more than 600 B Corps in 18 countries, corporate success no longer solely correlated with profitability – one must also do good for society as a whole.
For successful corporate citizenship and a sustainable business future, companies need to focus on conducting and communicating their efforts in a way that garners trust and generates positive reputations among key stakeholders. In today's reputation economy, it isn't enough to merely support a cause – companies must unite what they stand for and the causes they support with the way they do business to be authentic drivers of corporate citizenship.
What corporate citizenship tactics or specific campaigns did you find most successful in 2012? What would you like to see from corporations in 2013?
Peri Brauth is an Account Executive and Jessica Jennings is an Assistant Account Executive in Edelman's Business + Social Purpose practice. This post is produced by Business + Social Purpose's Corp Citizenship Center of Excellence, a team of experts, idealists and actionists committed to driving mutual benefit for business and society through the development and support of purpose-driven corporate citizenship efforts. Contributing trend hunters included: Jaclyn Murphy, Andrea Shatzman, Rodolfo Araujo, Al D'Agostino and Tyler Spalding.
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Helmer Nikolaj Arcel has agreed to come abord the project with David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford to produce under the banner of Heyday Films.
Warner Bros. has secured three important figures to work on "Fables", a film adaptation of DC Comics' series. Nikolaj Arcel, the man behind the lens for Alicia Vikander-starring "A Royal Affair", has been appointed to take charge of the film. The Danish filmmaker will team up with "Harry Potter" producers, David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films.
"Fables" was created in 2002 by Bill Willingham. The series follows fairytales and folklore characters, from Snow White to the Big Bad Wolf, who are kicked out of their world and form a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown. It has snatched fourteen Eisner Awards, including Best New Series in 2003 and Best Short Story in 2007.
The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news first, also learns that the project has already got a screenwriter attached. Jeremy Slater of upcoming untitled New Fantastic Four project has been hired to provide the script. Still in early development stage, the film has no start date yet.
Arcel's "Royal Affair" was made in 2012, also starring Mads Mikkelsen and Mikkel Folsgaard. Receiving rave reviews from critics, the Oscar-nominated historical drama led Folsgaard to be the winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Fesitval in the same year.


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My first thought was: how can he even be allowed to buy a pyramid (those things must cost millions and millions of dollars!) when he still owes millions to the IRS? Then I saw that it was a 9-footer in a New Orleans cemetery. Got admit, it actually looked pretty cool. Ray Kolb
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After an exciting day of WordCamp sessions, come join us for an afterparty/reception at Catalyst Restaurant. Catalyst is just a short walk from the venue.
- We start at 7pm, end at 10pm
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"President Barack Obama's administration is looking to establish a $60bn (£43.5bn) infrastructure bank based on the European Investment Bank (EIB), which is bailing out small UK businesses hit by the financial crisis."
"The President's transition team has met at least one City figure close to the EIB to discuss how to set up a bank dedicated to rebuilding America's creaking transportation infrastructure. It is estimated that the backlog of road repairs is close to $5 trillion."
"A spokesman for the Federal Highway Administration said on Friday: 'There are no plans currently in place, as the US Secretary of Transportation was only sworn in yesterday. [But] I can tell you that state infrastructure banks are being considered.'"


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Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.
- Tom Doherty in conversation with Harriet McDougal about Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time, and their long careers together.
- Speaking of tours, if you missed Cory Doctorow's Homeland tour, you can still check out this audio from his DC event, thanks to Thomas "Command Line" Gideon.
- We have a name for the first episode of Sherlock, series 3: "The Empty Hearse."
- Looking forward to the Tor.com Way of Kings re-read next week? Here's a fun post to tide you over: The Spren Theory of Disease: Unexpected Science in The Way of Kings.
- Because such skill should be rewarded: artist David Canavese created a mini paper Millennium Falcon. It took about eight hours to create.
And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here's a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!
- March #TorChat Sweepstakes: Queen Victoria's Book of Spells (Ends 3/27)
- Goodreads First Reads: Immortal Trust by Claire Ashgrove (Ends 3/26)
- Goodreads Giveaway: The Gate Thief by Orson Scott Card (Ends 3/26)
- Tor/Forge Newsletter Sweepstakes: Win a collection of Tor Teen titles (Ends 3/28)
- eBook Sale: Hellhole eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 4/3)
- Goodreads First Reads: Hell or Richmond by Ralph Peters (Ends 4/10)
- Goodreads First Reads: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Ends 4/16)
- Goodreads First Reads: The Human Division by John Scalzi (Ends 4/17)
- Goodreads First Reads: Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick (Ends 4/17)
- eBook Sale: The Way of Kings eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
- eBook Sale: Wide Open eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
Categories: Extras, Sweepstakes #TorChat, Brandon Sanderson, Brian Herbert, Claire Ashgrove, Cory Doctorow, Deborah Coates, Harriet McDougal, Hell or Richmond, Hellhole, Homeland, Immortal Trust, John Scalzi, Kevin J Anderson, Mending the Moon, Orson Scott Card, Queen Victoria's Book of Spells, Ralph Peters, Susan Palwick, sweepstakes, The Gate Thief, The Human Division, The Rithmatist, The Way of Kings, Tom Doherty, Wide Open


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Organic; low-carb; reduced sugar; preservative and chemical free; made from all natural ingredients; and now with special bacterial cultures designed to help you poop! Seriously, is there anything that "health" food can't do (or fix, or correct, or modify, or prevent…)?
Uhh…yeah. Especially if it's junk food masquerading as health food.
In recent years, food manufacturers have grown increasingly privy to the American public's dietary whims. In the early 90s, they fell over themselves to cut the fat, replaced sugar with sugar alcohols to keep up with the low-carb dieters of the new millennium and are now plying us with promises of eco-chic or otherwise "green" food.
The bottom line is that selling health is a huge trend, and manufacturers will do just about anything to make sure their products fit into our definition – albeit fleeting – of what health food is. In fact, for many of these reformed foods, the only real changes that have been made are to the label to play up the positives ("now with whole grains") and bury the negatives ("but we had to add 20 tbsp of sugar to make it even close to edible!"), leaving you, dear reader, with a product that is only nominally healthier than the original at best.
The following are a selection of ten food items that may be incrementally more healthy than their non-organic, fried-instead-of-baked, full-sugar vs. reduced-sugar peers. But, to us, they all still beg the question, What's the point?
Nature's Path Organic Strawberry Toaster Pastries
If the folks over at Nature's Path didn't have such a great PR team, chances are the tag line for this product would have been "Nature's Path Organic Strawberry Toaster Pastries: So you can feel good about serving your kids junk food." Harsh? Yes. True? Absolutely. In a side comparison between the "healthy" Organic pastries and Kellogg's Pop Tarts (which we all know "good" parents don't serve their kids), the pastries were about the same in terms of calories (210 vs. 205) and fat (3.5 grams vs. 4.5 grams) but the Kellogg brand actually had fewer carbohydrates (37.5 grams vs. 40 grams) and less sugar (17.5 grams vs. 19 grams). Although certain foodies suggest that the organic variety taste more "wholesome," at the end of the day, a toaster pastry is a toaster pastry and it's definitely not something that you (or your kids) should be eating to kick-start the day!
Dr. Oetker Organic Vanilla Cake
You attend farmers' markets, you only buy organic, and, where possible, you do your best to eat healthy. But a birthday is a birthday and, as Homer from The Simpsons would say, "mmm…cake." Unfortunately, however, Dr. Oetker's Organic spin on vanilla cake is just plain laughable. Besides the fact that cake, in any shape or form, just isn't healthy, this particular all-natural product contains gum acerbic arabic, the same food stabilizer (as in chemical) used in soda, M&M chocolate candies, gum drops, marshmallows, and many other candies. Still not convinced it's bad for you? This same ingredient is also used in watercolor paints, shoe polish and other items that you wouldn't normally consider ingesting. Gum arabic may not kill you, but it doesn't scream organic either. And you call yourself a doctor, Dr. Oetker!
Annie's Homegrown Certified Organic Canned Pasta Meals
Although, Annie, you seem so genuine with your homegrown canned pasta meals, we know that the product lurking beneath that metal can is nothing but low-grade slop. Let's look at Annie's Certified Organic All Stars pasta dinner (which, by the way, Annie is recommending for your toddler). The first four ingredients (by weight) are water, organic tomato puree, organic macaroni stars and organic evaporated cane juice. Uhh…Annie, sweetheart, stop being fancy and call a spade a spade: it's sugar…and lots of it. So much so that the sugar is listed way before any mention of cheese (even though this particular "dish" is touted as pasta in a tomato and cheese sauce.) Sounds to us like Annie needs to spend a little more time in the kitchen (or possibly on some reputable nutrition sites) before she tries shilling this stuff as anything resembling healthy!
O Organics (Safeway Brand) Organic Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips
There's simply no other way to put this: A chip is a chip is a chip. And what could make it worse? This chip (is a chip, is a chip…) is made of corn. Corn people. Need further proof to stay away? Uhh…they're a chip…and they're made of corn. Nuff said, we think!
Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs – Oreo Candy Bites
The whole 100 calorie serving size has become somewhat of an obsession in our culture as of late, with food manufacturers scrambling to get their newly downsized products stocked on supermarket shelves. On the plus side (see, where not all Debbie Downer here at Mark's Daily Apple!), the products are all 100 calories, and yes, exercising portion control is always admirable, but at the end of the day, they're still (pretty much) the same garbage in recycled packaging. Also, if we're being honest here, have you seen how small those "sensible" serving sizes really are? Realistically, the only person that benefits from the smaller serving sizes is manufacturers, who are able to continue distributing the same food (using the same recipe, same manufacturing equipment, same factory, same workers, etc) while charging at least double the price [1].
Gatorade Tiger
You've just exercised, you're worn out, you're thirsty, you need to replenish, and what could be more refreshing than sucking down 25 grams of sugar. That's right folks: Gatorade, the very drink developed by athletes for athletes is nothing more than sugar water. And other so-called health beverages aren't really that healthy either: Odwalla, which touts itself as "nourishing the body whole," contains about 30 grams per serving (which, it should be noted, is only half of the bottle) and we'd love to tell the folks over at Vitamin Water where they can stick their vitamins!
If you made your food purchasing decisions based on the quality of a product's web site, one look at the Activia portal [2] and you'd be convinced this is quite the super food! While the yogurt is by no means the worst thing in the world, it should be noted that those special little cultures are literally swimming in sugar… in fact, Activia contains 17 g of sugar per 4 oz. serving. Plus… did you see that Saturday Night Live skit? It'll put you off for life!
Morningstar Farms Chik Patties
If you had to look on the menu, chances are you wouldn't select a hunk of soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate and wheat gluten, or, in other words, one of Morningstar Farms' Chik Patties. And it only gets worse with the addition of wheat flour, corn oil, yellow corn flour and corn starch. One question: is it possible they could squeeze any more corn into this single chicken patty? And also, the package touts 58% less fat, which would be important if this was uhh… 1984 and we still thought that fat was the devil incarnate.
Lean Pockets – Supreme Pizza
Look! It's got whole grains! It's lean! It's got a whole lot of exclamation points and not much else going on, nutritionally speaking that is. Yes, we get it. A Lean Pocket is convenient. You can literally throw it in your pocket and go and, to be honest, they've come a long way from the early Hot Pockets. However, at the end of the day, they're still a pastry, stuffed with mystery meat and plenty of chemical preservatives and they're absolutely not something that should be considered even remotely healthy.
Healthy Choice Sweet and Sour Chicken
Frozen peach crisp, tempura battered chicken, sweet and sour sauce, what's not to love about Healthy Choice's Sweet and Sour Chicken? Yes, the packaging is green, and yes, there are little silhouettes of men running which suggests both that people who eat these exercise and that this meal would satisfy a grown adult (not likely!). However, it should be noted that this meal, in addition to a bunch of decidedly un-healthy chemicals, contains 69 grams of carbohydrates and a whopping 600 mg of sodium. Furthermore, this particular dish was almost universally panned among foodies, with one rather scathing critic noting that it was virtually impossible to mess up sweet and sour chicken but that healthy choice had "achieved the impossible."
These marketing tricks are sly, but they aren't fooling the MDA crowd. When you see the words organic, or lean, or whatever claim-du-jour is posted on the packaging approach it with skepticism and a critical eye! To make life even easier, why not just avoid processed and packaged foods altogether? And if you are going to eat a cake, fudge brownies, or toaster pastries, sure, pick the organic version, but at the end of the day you've got to remember you're still eating a cake, fudge brownies or toaster pastries.
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TYLER Webb struck an impressive hat-trick to help eight-man Kennington Athletic Green to a 5-0 victory over Reading Town in the Under 11 A League.
Goals from Louis Palfrey and Webb gave the home side a 2-0 lead at the break.
And the rampant Webb completed his treble shortly after the resumption, before Charlie Clarkson wrapped up the scoring late on.
Bure Park went top of the Under 10 A League with a 5-1 win at home to Marston Saints, to continue their unbeaten start to the Spring League.
Connor Duggen and Kristian Smith each struck in the opening minutes to give the home side a commanding lead, with Harvey O'Rourke and a another from Duggen putting Park 4-0 up at half-time.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Police arrested a 21-year-old man they say shot a 4-year-old girl in the head with a BB gun several months ago.
Brandon Michael Hood of St. Petersburg was taken into custody Tuesday on a charge of child neglect. Hood accidentally shot the child on Sept. 30, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Detectives made their arrest after getting medical confirmation on Tuesday that the incident has left the child with "ongoing debilitating injuries," according to a news release.
The toddler, who is not being identified, is at home resting. Authorities did not release the nature of her relationship with Hood, only saying the two were "acquainted."
The shooting happened at about 6 p.m. Sept. 30 while Hood was baby-sitting.
The child's mother's had asked Hood to watch her daughter and another child while she went to a job interview.
Before leaving, she told Hood, who had been in the backyard shooting at targets he'd set up, not to use the gun around the children.
But at some point, authorities say, the children ended up in the backyard playing.
As the mother got into her car, she heard crying. She found her daughter bleeding from the head.
She was told Hood accidently shot the child with the gun.
It is unclear if the girl will completely recover, the sheriff's office said. The BB, which penetrated her brain, remains inside her skull.
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The Specialization in Early Intervention (SEI) Program will provide current SUNY Downstate Occupational Therapy Students with the opportunity to:
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SEI Core Coursework is embedded into the Master of Science Program in Occupational Therapy
Courses currently in the OT program curriculum provide foundation for the knowledge important to practice in Early Intervention
Summary of SEI Elective Courses
OTMS 5215: Introduction to Early Intervention: Students will learn the basics of the EI process from its historical underpinnings to practical guidelines to practice in a variety of EI settings. This course will be provided online with practical assignments and papers, field trips, bulletin board discussion groups, and e-mail communication. During this course the student will participate in approximately six hours of a family partnership experience which will begin in conjunction with this course, and continue throughout the SEI.
OTMS 5315: Topics in Early Intervention: Students will explore current issues in EI. Topics will include family-centered best practices including embedded coaching and working with families, special patient populations, assessment and outcome development for IFSP's and Assistive Technology. This course will begin with an online course experience with practical assignments and papers, bulletin board discussion groups, and e-mail communication. Students will continue with the family partnership experience throughout the SEI.
OTMS 5107: Elective in Early Intervention: This is an elective course that will continue to incorporate embedded coaching model and specific interventions in the practice area of EI, working with children under three years and their families as part of the SEI. This on site seminar course will require that the student discuss assigned course materials for each seminar meeting, participate in on-line discussions, apply concepts taught in two online courses they have completed and analyze and incorporate common issues in working with young children and families. Students will continue with the family partnership experience throughout the SEI.
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Ken Bentley, head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons women's volleyball team, announced he has recruited five top Manitoba players who have committed to the program for the 2012-2013 season.
Libero Caleigh Dobie of River East Collegiate, left-side hitter Katelyn Falk and middle hitter Sarah Klassen of Winkler's Garden Valley Collegiate, left-side hitter Rebecca Kohler of Oak Park High School and left-side hitter Taylor Pischke who has returned to Manitoba after one season at the University of California-Santa Barbara where she was an honour role student in science with a 96.95 per cent average.
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Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Analgesic Efficacy of Multiple Doses of Ketorolac Tromethamine (IN) for Postoperative Pain
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This was a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study in subjects who have undergone major surgery. Each subject's study participation consisted of a screening visit, a 2-day treatment period, and a follow-up visit. Following surgery, subjects were randomly assigned to receive intranasally (IN) ketorolac 10 mg, IN ketorolac 30 mg, or placebo when the pain intensity (PI) rating equaled at least 40 on a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS). Thereafter, subjects received study drug every 8 hours, with the last dose given at 40 hours. For pain not relieved by the study drug, the subjects had access to morphine sulfate (MS) administered via patient controlled analgesia (PCA).
The primary objective was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of multiple intranasal (IN) doses of ketorolac over 2 days. The secondary objective was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of this dosing regimen.
|Postoperative Pain
|Drug: Ketorolac tromethamine Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
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|A Phase 2, Double-blind, Randomized Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Analgesic Efficacy of Multiple Doses of Ketorolac Tromethamine Administered Intranasally for Postoperative Pain
- Total Morphine Sulfate (MS) Use in Milligrams by Patient-controlled Analgesia (PCA) Through 24 Hours [ Time Frame: 8-hour intervals from the start of dosing through 24 hours ]
- Total MS Use in Milligrams by PCA From the Start of Dosing Through 48 Hours [ Time Frame: 8-hour intervals from the start of dosing through 48 hours ]
- Total MS Use in Milligrams by PCA From 24 Hours After the Start of Dosing Through 48 Hours [ Time Frame: 8-hour intervals from 24 hours after the start of dosing through 48 hours ]
- Pain Intensity Difference (PID) Scores [ Time Frame: 6 hours after study drug administration ]Ratings of Pain Intensity (PI) were made using a 100-mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) on which 0 = no pain and 100 = worst pain possible. PID was calculated by subtracting the posttreatment score from the baseline score, where the baseline score was the PI rating made prior to the first dose of study medication.
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2007
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Ketorolac tromethamine (5%)
Drug: Ketorolac tromethamine
10 mg Intranasal (2 x 100 uL of a 5% solution)
|Experimental: Ketorolac tromethamine (15%)
Drug: Ketorolac tromethamine
30 mg Intranasal (2 x 100 uL of a 15% solution)
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Men or women, age 18 years or older
- Body weight > or = 100 pounds (45.4 kg) and < or = 300 pounds (136.1 kg)
- Women of childbearing potential must have had a negative serum pregnancy test result prior to entry into the study
- Able to provide written informed consent
- At least moderate pain as determined by a PI score of > or = 40 mm on a 100-mm VAS
- Expected to remain in the hospital for at least 48 hours
- Willing and able to comply with all testing and requirements defined in the protocol
- Willing and able to complete the posttreatment visit
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy or sensitivity to ketorolac or ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)
- Allergic reaction to aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs)
- Current upper respiratory tract infection or other respiratory tract condition that could interfere with the absorption of the nasal spray or with the assessment of adverse events
- Use of any IN product within 24 hours prior to study entry
- Clinically significant abnormality on screening laboratory tests
- History of cocaine use resulting in nasal mucosal damage
- Active peptic ulcer disease, recent (defined as within 6 months) gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, or a history of peptic ulcer disease or gastrointestinal bleeding
- Advanced renal impairment or a risk for renal failure due to volume depletion
- A history of any other clinically significant medical problem, which in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with study participation
- Participation within 30 days of study entry or within 5 times the half-life, whichever is longer, in another investigational drug study
- Allergy or significant reaction to opioids
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Previous participation in this study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01351090
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|Waikato Clinical Research
|Hamilton, New Zealand
|Study Chair:
|Lincoln Bynum, MD
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|Responsible Party:
|David Bregman, M.D., Ph.D., Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01351090 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 9, 2011
|Results First Received:
|September 14, 2012
|Last Updated:
|September 14, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pain, Postoperative
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Postoperative Complications
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
Ketorolac Tromethamine
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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MSNBC's Perry In a 'Mushy Mess' Over LGBT Wedding
Far-left MSNBC weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry is no fan of marriage. The whole business is simply an act of "conspicuous consumption under the guise of tradition and love," she scoff. But the cynical feminist in her finds herself reduced to a "mushy mess when it comes to two fantastic people finding genuine happiness – and deciding to celebrate." But that couple in question, naturally, is a same-sex couple, one half of which is, wait for it, transgendered.
According to gay rights group GLAAD:
Scout and Liz, an LGBT couple whose engagement at the White House's LGBT Pride reception went viral in an online video were married last week. Scout, a transgender man, proposed to his partner Liz Margolies in June before a cheering crowd. The couple's engagement video has received more than 75,000 views on YouTube and sparked comments of support, as well as some unfortunate anti-LGBT bias.
Several months later, the couple was married by an LGBT-affirming rabbi in New York City. Scout and Liz wanted their wedding to serve as a message for LGBT youth who had been inspired by the story of their engagement, but were then discouraged by the uproar from anti-LGBT voices.
Harris-Perry concluded by saying "come June [2013] we can only hope the Supreme Court sees a place for more Scout and Lizs in this country."


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Hi everyone,
My husband and I are leaving for our cruise on the Gem this weekend. We're staying in Newark because we really liked a hotel there when we left out of Bayonne on Explorer last year. We have a car service coming to take us from Newark to NYC the morning of the cruise.
We haven't scheduled anything for the way back; my husband figured we'd just grab a cab at the port after disembarkation and head back to Newark. I said I wanted to make sure it would be that easy before we left; if not, I want to schedule a car.
Can anyone tell us if it's easy to grab a taxi from NYC to Newark post-cruise, and how much it might cost?
My experience was Yes, you can find a taxi. However; it wasn't cheap. This was in 2006 and there was something about the taxi crossing over into New Jersey and it possibly having to return empty. It cost me about $70.
Depending upon the number of ships in port, finding a taxi might not be so easy. For the driver to get to the drop-off point at the pier, he has to go up a ramp, and then it's a long wait to go down another ramp after he's picked you up. The past few times, we ended up walking across 12th Avenue to catch a taxi. If I was going to Newark, I'd use a car service. It's more comfortable, too.
What about the ship's transfer service ?
Would you be able to get a transfer from NYC to the Newark airport? How much would that be? The only issue is, we're leaving our car at the hotel (we're driving, not flying), so we'd still have to catch a taxi from the Newark airport to the hotel...
We ended up booking a car back. Thanks to everyone for the feedback!
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