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Kensington Manor by Dream Home - 12mm Rio Grande Valley Oak Laminate Flooring (with FREE Attached Padding) - 30 Year Warranty
Kensington Manor is a premium 12mm +3mm pre-glued underlayment laminate product line. What is unique is that most of the line has a handscraped finish appearance. This is not simply in the look, but also in the actual texture!
Kensington Manor Flooring Advantages:
- No glue and no nails needed
- Easy Click Installation
- Moisture resistant board
- Thickness: 12mm + 3mm (1/8") pre-glued underlayment
- AC Rating: 3
- 30 Year Warranty
- Made in the USA
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I love the way it looks. It appears to have a textured look much like hardwood. It seems to clean well.
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So far we really like it, seems really tough.
Switched from carpet because of breathing problem, less dust! Would recommend to all!
This product was just what I was looking for. I couldn't find the color I wanted in real hardwood, this was the next best thing and I'm very pleased with the look and the cost!
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We are trying to fix up our home to sell. This was budget friendly and beautiful! I'm considering staying for awhile longer now that we have this amazing floors! They transformed our home!
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We just had our most of our first floor installed with this. There was very little waste. I had figured in 10%, but that was too much. I'll use the rest on a different part of my house. This product is beautiful. The wide planks look like real wood. My installer said it was very easy to install. His only complaint was that on some of the planks, the attached underlayment overhung the plank, or wasn't attached properly. Not a big deal, was easy to fix. I purchased this with the Bella premium underlayment because I wanted a quiet floor. It definitely is quiet. The floor has a little bounce to it in some areas. For the price, you can't beat it!!!
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Was delivered on time to the store. The guys at the store were super helpful. They held the flooring for about a week before I could pick it up.
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Floor has a great look to it. But the locking tabs come apart very easy. I do not recommend using this floor for a large room.
I absolutely love this floor. It has a stunning appearance and is gentle in the joints
I wrote a 5 star review right after we put these floors down. I went on and on about how great they were. I probably should have waiting until we actually used them before I wrote my review. It's been about 3-4 months and they have scratches EVERYWHERE. With wood floors the scratches will somewhat blend in with the color of the floor. On these laminate floors it is ugly white scratches everywhere. I do still love the look of them, but they would be better off in a room that doesn't get a lot of activity. In my house with kids and dogs it appears that this was just a waste of a lot of money. At least with wood you can sand out scratches if you wanted. I'm just stuck with white scratched laminate now and have only had these floors for a few months. I could never recommend anyone to spend their money on these floors knowing they do not hold up to day to day activity.
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The product is excellent and was installed by a professional contractor I hired. They liked the flooring.
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The product arrived quickly. Watch the amount you order. The website jacks up the number of cases over the square footage entered. I manually reduced it by over 10 cases. When the job was done, I returned the 4 cases I didn't open and found that there was a 20% restocking fee.
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Q:Do you have instructions on how to fit the laminate stair nose piece to the flooring? It needs to wrap around the stair on two sides.
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A:Please call our Tech and Installation Dept. @ (800) 366-4204 for a detailed answer to your question. Thank you for your inquiry.
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A:No, this has padding attached. It does require Poly Sheeting Moisture Barrier but only if you are installing on concrete subfloor.
Q:if this product is installed in a basement does the 30 year warranty stay in effect and how will it hold up in a basement?
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A:Yes if conditions are kept at the manufacturer recommended temperature of between 60 ̊ to 85 ̊ Fahrenheit with a relative humidity between 35% and 75% for at least five days prior to delivery and throughout the life of your floor to ensure optimum performance.
Q:what is the difference between tongue and groove laminate flooring and locking flooring?
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A:Please call our Tech and Installation Dept. @ (800) 366-4204 for a detailed answer to your question. Thank you for your inquiry.
Q:Can this laminate flooring be installed on stairs?
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A:Generally you would cut off the overlapping stair nose and then install laminate nosing and flooring. However, laminate flooring and nosing isn't a great idea for stairs, fine for one or two steps but we caution the use of it on an entire staircase. People do it but it can be unsafe. Check your local building codes. Hardwood flooring and nosing works great, when laminate IS used you must fully glue will 100% urethane adhesive without the use of padding, padding attached laminate must have paddling scraped off.
Q:What are the dimensions of one box?
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A:Approx. 4'L x 12"W x 4"H.
Q:Do the short end of the laminate click as well as the long edge?
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A:Yes they do.
Q:Is this recommended for bathrooms and kitchens?
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A:Most of our flooring can be installed through out the home, but there are concerns about installation in bathrooms. Bathrooms are areas of high moisture. With full baths there are concerns with water spills, high humidity due to steamy showers, and toilet over flows. Elevated moisture in a full bath can create finish issues, board warping, and buckling. When installing in these areas extreme caution is advised and it is recommended to choose flooring with high stability like engineered. Make sure you have good air flow and use mats to absorb moisture when coming out of the tube or shower. Many floors will not be warranted in a bathroom application. An alternative would be our Tranquility vinyl Click flooring. The Tranquility vinyl click flooring looks like real wood, but will not be affected by moisture like wood floors.
Q:Are all of the kensington manor laminates made in the USA? They do not all specify. Thanks.
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A:Material Safety Data Sheets for our materials can be found on our Flooring 101 link at the bottom of our website www.lumberliquidators.com
Q:What do you suggest we clean the floor with? Can it be done with mop, soap and water?
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A:For general cleaning a swiffer type system works best. Not one that sprays the floor however. Lightly damp is fine but never soak or flood mop your floor. Do not use steam mops. Have a no shoes policy as much as possible. Use felt pads on all furniture. Sweep often.


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Sadly, some people take it way too seriously. I had something along similar lines of fans taking things too seriously when I went to a WWE event with my AJ Styles shirt.
WWE Fan: You're in the wrong place to wear that TNA shirt.
Me: Oh, is that because WWE doesn't have wrestling anymore?
WWE Fan: No, WWE IS wrestling. Everything else is just a rip off since WWE started it.
Me: That's cool... You do know what the NWA is, right?
WWE Fan: Probably some stupid Indy fed you watch since you're wearing that Indy fed shirt.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A homeless man is in custody for stabbing two people Friday night near the Middle East Market in downtown Charleston, police said.
Jarvis Lamar Mitchell, 27, was arrested and charged with two counts of malicious wounding early Saturday morning, said Lt. Steve Cooper of the Charleston Police Department.
The two victims — a male and female — ran to the Outback Steakhouse in the Charleston Town Center Mall to call 911 just after 11 p.m., according to CPD Lt. Scott Blankenship.
Cooper said the female victim suffered a severe laceration to her face, while the male victim sustained a severe laceration to his throat. Both victims are expected to survive, Cooper said.
Blankenship said there were "conflicting statements" about whether the victims knew the suspect or not.
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B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1993, University of Pennsylvania; J.D., 1996, Harvard University; LL.M., 2005, and Hon. Abraham L. Freedman Fellow, 2003-05, Temple University; Member, New York State Bar
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An expert in mass tort litigation, Byron Stier handled a number of controversial cases of national interest while in practice and brings his insider's perspective to the law classroom.
"Even though I love launching off into the stratosphere of theoretical debates, I always feel the need to come back to earth and discuss how this is going to affect the students and their future practices."
Professor Stier began his legal career in 1996 with the firm of Jones Day in New York. During his five years with the firm, where he primarily handled cases involving products liability and commercial litigation, he served on a lead counsel team that defended the tobacco industry against numerous class action lawsuits. In 2001, he joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as an associate in the firm's mass torts group, where he represented a consumer product company in a federal multidistrict litigation concerning cough-cold medications and appetite suppressants.
Professor Stier left private practice in 2003 to return to academia as an Abraham L. Freedman Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia. In 2005, he joined the Southwestern faculty, where he teaches courses on Torts, Civil Procedure, Legal Profession, Mass Tort Litigation, Global Tort Litigation and Products Liability. He also serves as Co-Director of the Summer Law Program in Vancouver and faculty advisor to the Southwestern Law Review. He was named the 2009 Irving D. and Florence Rosenberg Professor of Law in recognition of his outstanding service, teaching and scholarship.
A former senior editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Professor Stier has focused his research and writing on mass tort litigation while proposing systemic reforms, and his scholarship has been cited by federal and state courts, legal treatises and law school casebooks. In addition, he serves as founding editor of the Mass Tort Litigation Blog. He has been quoted on related issues in major newspapers and news services, including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Reuters, Forbes, National Law Journal, Los Angeles Daily News, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Legal Intelligencer, as well as All Things Considered on National Public Radio (NPR). In addition, he has spoken at numerous law school symposia nationally and internationally on the subject of mass torts and co-chaired a symposium on asbestos litigation in conjunction with the Southwestern Law Review.
Professor Stier aims to inspire students with his passion for both the intellectual possibilities and practical applications of the law. "Even though I love launching off into the stratosphere of theoretical debates," he explained, "I always feel the need to come back to earth and discuss how this is going to affect the students and their future practices."
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PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (West's Bridge to Practice Series; West Academic Publishing, forthcoming 2014)
Collective Litigation in Cultural Context: A Comparative Analysis in CLASS ACTIONS IN CONTEXT: HOW ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND CULTURE SHAPE COLLECTIVE LITIGATION (with I. Tzankova; D. Hensler, C. Hodges and I. Tzankova, eds.; Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2014)
The Promise and Peril of Media and Culture: The Gulf Coast Claims Facility and the Toyota Unintended Acceleration Litigation in the United States in CLASS ACTIONS IN CONTEXT: HOW ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND CULTURE SHAPE COLLECTIVE LITIGATION (D. Hensler, C. Hodges and I. Tzankova, eds.; Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2014)
Film and Mass Tort Litigation in the United States: A Civil Action and Erin Brockovich in LAW AND POPULAR CULTURE: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES (M. Asimow, K. Brown and D. Papke, eds.; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014)
Class Action Versus Claims Fund: Lessons from the BP Gulf Oil Spill, STANFORD JOURNAL OF COMPLEX LITIGATION (Symposium Issue, forthcoming 2014)
The Sale and Settlement of Mass Tort Claims: Alternative Litigation Finance and a Possible Future of Mass Tort Resolution, 23 WIDENER LAW JOURNAL 193 (Symposium Issue, 2013)
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility as Quasi-Public Fund: Transparency and Independence in Claim Administrator Compensation, 30 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW REVIEW 255 (Symposium Issue, 2011)
Promotion of Off-Label Use: In Favor of a Regulatory Retreat, 19 ALBANY LAW JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 609 (Symposium Issue, 2009)
Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts, 36 PEPPERDINE LAW REVIEW 715 (2009)
Crimtorts, Class Actions, and the Emerging Mass Tort Method, 17 WIDENER LAW JOURNAL 893 (Symposium Issue, 2008)
Now It's Personal: Punishment and Mass Tort Litigation After Philip Morris v. Williams, 2 CHARLESTON LAW REVIEW 433 (Symposium Issue, 2008)
Perspectives on Asbestos Litigation: Overview and Preview, 37 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 459 (with A. Calnan; Symposium Issue, 2008)
Jackpot Justice: Verdict Variability and the Mass Tort Class Action, 80 TEMPLE LAW REVIEW 1013 (2007)
Phenylpropanolamine and Hemorrhagic Stroke in the Hemorrhagic Stroke Project: A Reappraisal in the Context of Science, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Law, 16 ANNALS EPIDEMIOLOGY 49 (with C. Hennekens; 2006)
Resolving the Class Action Crisis: Mass Tort Litigation as Network, 2005 UTAH LAW REVIEW 863 (2005)
Lawyers Are Much More Useful Than They Seem, 21 NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL A25 (with S. Bennett; 1998)


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THE LODGE AT KAURI CLIFFS NAMED BEST RESORT IN REGIONBY CONDE NAST TRAVELER READERS' CHOICE AWARDS!Matauri Bay, Northland, New Zealand, October, 2010 - Conde Nast Traveler readers have chosen The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs as the No. 1 Lodge/Resort in Australia+ Pacific in the 2010 Readers' Choice Awards readers' survey.
This is the 23rd annual survey. Hotel rankings are based on ratings in the following categories: Activities/Facilities, Food/Dining, Location, Overall Design, Rooms, and Service.
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The Rycote Universal Camera Kit is an all-in-one suspension and windshield kit for DV-cameras with miniscreen windshield, windjammer, InVision video Hot Shoe and Multi-purpose shock mount fitting – essential für professional requirements, to achieve perfect audio recordings.
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www.delamar.de 11/2014Title: beyerdynamic MCE 85: Shotgun microphonesAuthor: Felix BaarßTranslated from the original German article[...]The applications are extremely versatile: The MCE 85 can be used with film cameras, DSLR cameras and camcorders. It can be used with a fishpole boom. It can also be used as a handheld microphone, with lecterns and as overhead microphone for drums.
Film und TV-Kameramann 12/2014Title: AudioAuthor: unknownTranslated from the original German article[...]With the MCE 85 beyerdynamic has added a new condenser shotgun microphone to the product range which is of high interest for DSLR and video filmers. It is completely manufactured in Germany and due to ist slim design and rugged aluminium housing it is light and robust as well.
Digital Photo 10/2014Title: Microphones for the DSLRAuthor: Alexander Bota-WeberTranslated from the original German article[...]The microphones produce a nicely balanced acoustic sound. Their almost linear frequency response produces a 4 kHz presence boost which brings speech unobtrusively to the fore. A more sensitive frequency above the 10 kHz range ensures greater crispness and air in the trebles. The test showed that the MCE 85 BA greatly enhances conventional DSLRs because the mic is not just set to a neutral acoustic setting, but can be flexibly adjusted thanks to the battery power supply. Whether mounted on a camera or camcorder, or used on a microphone boom or as a hand-held mic, for those who place a high value on a low-noise original sound, both of these 85 Series mics have reached our shortlist. Digital Photo Voting: very good
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Collins back in camp after stint with Team USA
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Left-hander Tim Collins was back in the Royals' clubhouse on Sunday and dressed for the occasion. Never mind the green and white caps the team wore on St. Patrick's Day.
Collins was equipped with a tall, floppy leprechaun hat, a vivid green shirt and a pot o' gold, complete with chocolate-filled coins.
Is he Irish?
"A little bit," Collins said. "I'm a mutt: Irish, Indian, German and French."
Collins returned to the Royals on Sunday, along with first baseman Eric Hosmer, after playing with Team USA, which was eliminated in the World Baseball Classic on Friday.
"For the most part, it was good," Collins said. "It wasn't fun to lose, but I'm excited to be back in camp. I didn't get as much work as I would've liked to, but that's just how the tournament goes. They're out there to win and it doesn't matter if you get your innings or not, so that's why I'm excited to be back in camp, to get my work done."
Collins pitched in two games for a total of one inning during his two-week absence. He did get in several side sessions but missed work facing hitters.
"For me it was more about the competition of facing the hitters as [opposed to] going in the bullpen and working on stuff because I can do that all day," Collins said. "For me right now, it's facing hitters and how my stuff is working against the hitters."
Collins is scheduled to pitch in Monday night's game against the Rangers.
"I'm certainly behind most of the guys that have stayed in camp, but I don't think it's going to affect me," Collins said. "We've got two weeks left and I'll probably pitch three or four more times. That's usually about where I am at the end of camp -- seven, eight, nine innings, and right now I think I'm at four or five innings, so I'm not too far behind. There are guys that are a lot further ahead but, for me, I think I'm right where I usually am."
Counting his inning in the Classic, Collins has pitched four innings and faced 20 batters.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Art Department has announced the winners of its 2005 Student Competition Art Show, which will be on exhibit November 20 through December 9 in the Louis O. Palmer Gallery of Johnson Hall on the campus.
This event is free and open to the public. In addition to the competition winners, all of the participating students' works will be on display in a wide range of media. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The winners of the competition, as selected by their fellow students, were as follows:
Kristen Schaffer '07, Best Drawing and Painting
Emily Sollenberger '06, Best Drawing and Painting
Katherine Kelly '08, Best Painting
David Soltys '06, Best Painting
Stefani Cvetkovska '07, Best Painting
Maggie Kline '07, Best Sculpture
Maggie McCoy '06, Best Sculpture
Vince Kuntz '09, Best Ceramics
Amanda Smith '08, Best Ceramics
Ashlee Lamb '09, Best Ceramics
Nicole Whiteman '07, Best Collage
June Henderson '08, Best Collage
Nikki Kacsmar '07, Best Design
Beth Kramer '06, Best Photography
Kathy Werner '09 received Special Recognition
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Jingzhi Zhu, an international student from Langzhou, China, received Special Recognition
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Working in customer service is an interesting thing. You just never know when a customer, that comes to the counter and orders a drip coffee of the day, may return and suprise you years later. Doug was a customer many years ago at one of our retail stores in Kansas City. Well as life would have it, Doug was gifted with internet skills and writing ability. Many of our baristi probably thought when Doug moved away we'd never hear from him again….well, we have! Doug has written a blind reveiw of our coffee. He explains it better than I can in his review. I'll just say I'm glad he still enjoys our coffee. His Blog is a great place to learn about coffee, Vermont, and much more. I think you'll enjoy the things he shares. GO TO Bloggle!
I've known Jeff Taylor for nearly half a dozen years. Jeff's a coffee guy through and through. He's a heck of a barista, an international WBC judge, and a talented coffee roaster… which he puts to good use as co-owner of PT's Coffee Roasting Co. in Topeka, Kansas. PT's had a coffee shop up the street from me a ways when I was in Overland Park, Kansas… I understand they now have another only a block or two from my old place. (Clearly, one or the other of us needs to work on timing.)
Many moons ago Jeff was kind enough to send along a number of his coffees for me to sample. I enjoyed them each and all, but never quite got around to writing about them. (Okay… so it's now clear that *I'm* the one who needs to work on his timing.) I figure that was something less than fair of me, so a number of weeks back I ordered some coffee to see what he's roasting these days, with the intent of writing about *this* batch of beans. I'm glad I did. I enjoyed *this* round each and all, too, but one coffee in particular stands out…
PT's Kenya AA Kieni Auction Lot is a sweetly perfumed cup, with jasmine-like hues of coffee flower, and… are those violets in its fragrance? Wetted, much of the florals remain, joined by a lower note that I read as amber and a new top-note of citrus. In the cup I find ripe, red grapefruit (seems I nearly always do with better coffees from Kenya's Nyeri district) as well as flavors of green apple that are by turns sweet and tart. There's lots of movement — surprising body, actually for a Kenya. The finish is long and sweet and leaves a bit of sweet cherry on the tongue.
This is an exceptionally clean cup. What's more, it's a cup that, unlike a great many Kenyan coffees — most all that I've tasted, in fact — doesn't really flex its muscles at you. There's none of the musky note that's typical to origin. It's not broad-shouldered at all… it's all curves. It's a Kenyan coffee in touch with its feminine side. And I like it.
Recommended, and available now, at PT's Coffee Roasting Co..


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HUNDREDS of residents in the Meon Valley were without electricity last night.
Just after 6.30pm there was a power outage that affected around 1,200 homes across West Meon, Cheriton, Bramdean and Beauworth.
A spokesman for the supplier, SSE, said that within an hour power was restored to all but 80 homes in West Meon, although some residents in Cheriton said they were without electricity for two hours.
By 5am this morning (April 1) power had been restored to those houses using a generator, which remains in place.
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First Showing of the Rothfeld Collection at the AU Museum
There was an undercurrent of excitement running through the American University Museum in the Katzen Arts Center as museum staff prepared to show off the Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art to the public for the first time.
The collection, a gift of Donald Rothfeld of New York City, NY, in 2011, includes 165 pieces of contemporary, mixed media Israeli art and chronicles Israel's history. It includes the work of numerous prominent and emerging Israeli artists, including Moshe Kupferman, one of the most prominent Israeli painters as well as a Holocaust survivor and a founder of the Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot (a community in northern Israel that commemorates Jews who fought back against Nazism); Elad Lassry, whose work was shown at MOMA; Siglat Landau; and Yael Bartana.
"The Rothfeld Collection is stunning," says museum director and curator Jack Rasmussen, "Don Rothfeld pursued artists who were technically sophisticated (whether with video, photography, sculpture, or paint) and had something to say about Israel and the world we live in. Viewers are deeply engaged from the moment they look beneath the beautiful surfaces and find reality looking back."
Peter Starr, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences added, "We are honored to provide a home for this outstanding collection. What Don Rothfeld has assembled, with great passion and aesthetic acumen, is a testament to the vitality of contemporary Israeli art, and of the culture in which it thrives."
Rothfeld gave the collection to the American University Museum so that it can help inspire dialogue about the political issues involving Israel. The gift also honors Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, whom he respects and admires.
American University is home to the Center for Israel Studies and offers an undergraduate minor in Israel studies. The center presents the creative and intellectual contributions of modern Israel in the arts, sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The Israel studies program, one of the premier programs of its kind in the United States, focuses on Israel's history, unique political democracy, multicultural society, economic development, immigrant absorption, and international contributions.
"When I decided to gift the collection, I felt that the work should be gifted to a non-Jewish-Israeli affiliated institution. I wanted the artist's work 'out there' to be seen, discussed, and compared with that of their peers across the globe," Rothfeld said. "When I learned about AU's Israel Studies Program and met the staff, I was convinced that this was the right venue for the work. The beauty of the Katzen Arts Center and the Washington, D.C., location made it a 'slam dunk.'"
"In its first eight years, the American University Museum has focused on international art, and particularly on contemporary art from the Middle East, already presenting major exhibitions from Syria, Lebanon, and Israel," said Rasmussen. "The Rothfeld gift helps us build a collection that will encourage this free, continuing discussion of ideas, beliefs, and values in the region—exactly what is needed today."
Laura Katz Cutler, the center's associate director, expressed her excitement about presenting such an exciting array of contemporary Israeli artists at American University. "The mission of the Center for Israel Studies is to educate about Israel in all its diversity. Artists are social commentators, and we expect this exhibition will provoke thousands of conversations about Israel amongst those who view the collection."
Rothfeld is grateful to Cutler for having "made a great shidach" (Yiddish word for "match") by introducing him to the AU Museum. Rothfeld is thrilled. "I can't wait to see the works in a museum setting."
The Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art opened September 3 and continues through October 20 in the American University Museum. Events cosponsored by the museum and the Center for Israel Studies include a Gallery Talk on September 8, a panel discussion on October 19 covering various aspects of the collection, and a concert by renowned Israeli pianist Alon Goldstein. A catalog will be available in the Museum Shop. Consult the museum website and the Center for Israel Studies for additional information.
Parts of this article were adapted from "An Artful Gift" Connections, Fall, 2011.


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By Gennifer Biggs, Business Solutions Magazine
Compliance laws and regulations regarding email security are helping to drive 30% growth for this managed services provider (MSP).
Protecting your customers' networks used to be straightforward; you simply deployed antispam and antivirus protection to keep threats from sliding into the IT environment via sneaky email attachments and links. But now that process has evolved into a complex, multidimensional security challenge for solutions providers. Just ask Steve Winter, founder and president of ERGOS Technology, who has tracked the progression of both security technology and threats and discovered that protecting his customers' networks better can really pay off in revenue growth.
When ERGOS opened its doors in 1997, the world of smartphones, mobile workers, multiple email accounts, and on-the-go computing simply didn't exist. "Even five years ago we didn't have remote monitoring capabilities; it was all on-site care, and our biggest problem was making sure our clients' email was backed up," explains Winter. "There wasn't any talk of archiving, indexing, eDiscovery — none of that was on anyone's radar." Today, that has all changed. Businesses of all sizes are tasked with archiving and making available on demand — due to eDiscovery and compliance laws — any number of email communications. Winter admits that it can be a challenge for a solutions provider to keep tabs on all the regulations that may impact a business' email solutions. Is the customer a financial institution? Does it face SEC regulations? If a client is a medical facility, what records does it have to keep and for how long? For ERGOS, much of that guidance comes from its vendor partners, in particular Spam Soap (see sidebar), which provides the email security solutions leveraged by the MSP. Overall, the increased security demands have been a boon for ERGOS — pushing it toward a multimillion-dollar increase in revenue this year. But that revenue increase was only possible after the MSP stepped up its security knowledge and IT offerings and turned the shifting security landscape into an opportunity to upsell.
Due Diligence Essential To Comprehensive Email Security
For ERGOS, the impact of litigation on the archiving and accessing of email hit home more than a decade ago. Based in Houston, the MSP had front-row seats to the Enron scandal in 2001. It was that scandal, which revolved around systematic accounting fraud and corporate corruption, which led to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Within the SOX legislation are strict standards for all public companies, including more open access to financial records, internal communications, and corporate governance. "Even though we don't deal with a lot of public companies, the impact of SOX pushes down through SMB customers, and because the scandal and subsequent legislation was on the front page here, it raised awareness with our customers," explains Winter.
ERGOS began to evaluate its email security offering on several fronts as it realized that email filtering was no longer enough to fully protect customer environments. The MSP engaged with existing customers to discuss what email-specific requirements impacted their business. To accomplish that, ERGOS hosts periodic business reviews with every customer to examine and discuss what has changed within a customer's business that could impact email security needs, as well as talking about what might have changed in terms of laws impacting that customer's vertical. To uncover where email security policies should evolve and, thus, discover opportunities to upsell, Winter says his sales team uses questions such as, What is changing in your business?, Do you have new satellite offices?, Is yours a mobile workforce? "Ideally, you want to use these questions to identify opportunities beyond basic email security, such as how they are communicating securely between satellite offices, how they are handling archiving and indexing of email when they have mobile workers, whether they allow social media in the office, and what line of business apps connects into email, such as CRM (customer relationship management), which may pose a security threat," Winter explains. The simple reality is that today you can get corporate email at the office, at home, on your iPad, iPhone, or even on a kiosk somewhere. And when you are looking at that many devices and access points, security and archiving needs are bound to change.
Beyond talking to customers to keep one step ahead of email security issues, ERGOS keeps tabs on compliance laws and other regulations through open communications with its vendor partners, peer groups such as HTG (Heartland Technology Group), and its distributor, Ingram Micro, which maintains a business unit dedicated to heavily regulated verticals in the public sector, including government, healthcare, and education. "We really keep our ears and eyes open, plus we work especially closely with our clients who share our interest in compliance, such as our legal and financial customers," adds Winter.
Shifting Email Security Needs Impact Bottom Line
Despite the due diligence required to stay abreast of the ongoing evolution of email security needs, Winter says email security sales are foundational to ERGOS growth and continue to be a linchpin in the business. "Email has been and probably will always be the killer application that every single business needs and the reason we're in business. We use it to open doors and then to open them wider," explains Winter. In fact, ERGOS has seen email security lead to more in-depth relationships with existing customers as well as bringing in new business. "Staying on top of email security enhances our status as a trusted advisor, especially as we continue to bring innovation to our customers with the help of our vendor partners."
Over the past few years, ERGOS has watched email security — the spam and virus filtering of old — evolve to include a robust recovery element as well as other security technologies. "What we sell as a company is continuity of operations. It's all about recovery of data and how we can keep the client going even if something knocks their email server offline," says Winter. "We can walk into the door and show them a full suite of solutions that empower continuity of operations, bundled and priced as a comprehensive managed offering. It is the mission-critical app that clients care most about and that leads us to the other solutions we have for continuity."
In ERGOS' experience, email security typically leads to conversations with customers about retaining and readily accessing email, a service necessitated by eDiscovery and laws such as SOX. With that solution in place, the next step is often privacy issues and encryption services that resolve questions about securely communicating cvxabout patients, healthcare information, credit cards, etc.
Winter notes that the compliance landscape in many of its key verticals, such as energy, financial services, legal, healthcare, nonprofits, and education, is constantly shifting. Consequently, enhanced security technologies, as well as well-defined internal email usage policies, are always in demand. "We've found that offering consulting around policy development and enforcement is another value-add for us," he explains. "In particular, we focus on what our customer's email policy is and how it is documented." For example, are employees responsible for purging their own email? Do devices used by employees outside the office require provisioning by the internal IT staff or the organization's MSP in order to ensure security compliance levels? What is the business policy of personal versus organizational email and retention of those communications? "We believe part of our responsibility as an MSP is to make our customers aware of any potential security risks, help them understand what they need to be thinking about regarding these issues, and even provide them with recommendations for other experts," says Winter. "Then we help to reinforce those policies on the technology end."
Email Security: A Greenfield Of Opportunity
Winter is confident the ongoing opportunity regarding email security needs is only just beginning. While encryption is still gaining traction, other trends are driving email security needs in different directions. The growing desire of SMBs to move email to the cloud, eDiscovery rules that are expanding in scope, and the closer scrutiny of text messaging and social media as official corporate communications are all examples of trends affecting email security. "With email remaining the preferred method of business communications, we are only going to see more and more regulations," says Winter. "It is the one app all businesses have, and until that changes, we'll be busy."


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RESOLUTIONS, resolutions.
I'm sure I should be resolving something that would make me a better person, and my life more exemplary.
But geeze: I have been getting by this way for 86 years; why change now?
Or could I change if I wanted to?
The only New Year's resolution I ever kept was to stop smoking (and I've been coasting on that one ever since). I haven't been successful at all at giving up cheese and chocolate and the fattening things I know I should quit.
So the years roll on, and so do the pounds.
If I were serious about changing, I guess I could work on my temper. I have always considered myself pretty sweet-natured, but Rowland might disagree. My new husband and I have our tempestuous moments. He, in fact, never seems to get riled, but I can explode at the drop of a hat.
Can it be that he is more annoying than my last husband? Or have I just become more set in my ways, more sure of how things should be?
A huge bone of contention has been politics: he is a committed capitalist and Republican, while I am a Democrat, capital D. He constantly comments on my "lefty" opinions, my "liberal" ways.
I don't consider myself a lefty, just someone who wants to take care of people in need. I am not one who believes everyone should — or could — pull himself up by his bootstraps.
Rowland, on the other hand, believes that everyone is responsible for himself, and can, if he is willing to sacrifice or pay attention, make his way in this world.
Bah, humbug, say I. Sometimes, no matter how willing we are, the cards are stacked against us.
So he and I debate our positions. A lot. And of course there is no simple answer, so the debate is ongoing.
When he won't concede that I am right, I go ballistic.
Stupid me.
I resolve right now not to scream at him any more.
Besides — I know perfectly well he is a reasonable guy, because he voted for Obama. Yahoo! We agreed on something!
Another point of contention has been our differing attitudes about money. Possessions. He wants to have one of everything, I want to give everything away. Our house, and our bank accounts, are like a revolving door. In and out, in and out.
I am wary each time he goes to the store. He goes to buy something he "needs," but comes home with stuff I'd never need, nor want. We debate all the time. I throw up my hands.
No use in my asking him to resolve to be more frugal. He is who he is and has been cultivating that persona for 87 years.
I am who I am, and no New Year's resolutions are going to change me.
Luckily, both of us are able to laugh at our differences; my outbursts rarely last. Rowland says I make our arguments seem more contentious than they really are, and I know he is right. We have differences, but who doesn't?
So here we are, on the brink of another year, with one resolution in common:
That the two of us will continue to live together in relative harmony, and remember at all times — despite my bad temper — to count all the blessings we have.
Beth Ashley's column, Since You Asked, appears every other Tuesday.


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Painting the Black
Same Vogelsong, Second Verse
When Ryan Vogelsong takes the mound tonight against the Nationals, he has the chance to finish the sixth inning for the 23rd consecutive start. The old parlance about death and taxes doesn't include a bit about Vogelsong going six innings just yet, but it might soon in San Francisco; if Vogelsong pitches every fifth game over the remainder of the season, he could break Juan Marichal's club record for the longest streak (31) in a season. Vogelsong already owns the franchise's best post-expansion streak, having last month surpassed Matt Cain's 18-game stretch in 2011.
The impressiveness of Vogelsong's streak extends beyond the Giants organization. Since the most recent round of expansion, in 1998, there have been 45 streaks as long as 22 starts with six-plus innings. Just 14 of those 45 streaks were able to last 30 or more games. Once you reach that level, your company is mostly Hall of Fame-quality.
Ryan Vogelsong's Streak Versus the Longest, 1998-2012
There is no guarantee Vogelsong will join the above fraternity. But sitting this close to names like Johnson, Schilling, and Martinez is an accomplishment within itself. Citing Vogelsong as a potential back-of-the-rotation starter prompted guffaws as recently as two years ago. This wasn't a case of the availability heuristic, where everyone had to see it work before buying in. This was a case of a team turning to one the league's demonstrated worst starters. Back in 2004, his only 20-plus start season prior to last year, Vogelsong allowed nearly seven runs per nine innings. The story from there is incredulous and indelible. He washed out of a few organizations, went to Japan, came back, washed out of a few more, and finally landed on his feet with the Giants. Now he's competing for the National League's ERA crown, for the second year.
Explaining a breakout candidate, particularly one who seemingly came back from the graveyard, involves some backfitting of narrative to data. The key components for Vogelsong's revival seem to be as follows.
During Vogelsong's last outing against the Cardinals, he displayed good fastball command. Take an at-bat against Tyler Greene in the third. Vogelsong threw a four-seamer down and away, a two-seamer down and in, and then a fastball up above the strike zone. Greene had no chance of doing damage with any of these pitches. None leaked over the plate or drifted into a danger zone. They all were located where they needed to be. He kept the ball down in the zone and showed an ability to work both sides of the plate. Giants announcer Mike Krukow summed up the pitcher well, "The fact that he can locate on the corner so consistently, outside, inside, that's what makes Vogelsong Vogelsong. Not many guys can do that as consistently as he can."
Go back to the at-bat against Greene and listen to Krukow, or just read his quotes here. He starts speaking after the second pitch of the at-bat, "A first-pitch four-seam fastball that hangs outside corner, you change grips you throw a two-seam fastball on the inside corner at the knees. They're both fastballs, but they're both different pitches in the eyes of the hitter." At this point Vogelsong throws the fastball above the zone and Krukow concludes, "Now you elevate the fastball. There are three pitches, but three different pitches in the eyes of the hitter. All fastballs. Outside-down, inside-down, outside-up."
Vogelsong throws five pitches: a four-seamer, a two-seamer, a cutter, a curveball, and a changeup. None stand out individually due to their movement or wiggle. Put all together, with their location and usage, and it works. The repertoire plays up because of Vogelsong's functional intelligence on the mound. He seems to read hitters, swings, and situations. Take Vogelsong's first at-bat of the night. He started Jon Jay with a fastball away for a called strike. In many cases, the pitcher would throw another fastball and keep tricks in his bag for later. Vogelsong didn't, opting instead for a curveball. Jay must've been thinking fastball, too, as he began to swing; his efforts to hold up went for naught and he was in an 0-2 hole right away. Those small things can add up. Combine it with his ability to locate and it's an effective, if unsexy combination.
"I've really learned to slow the game down," Vogelsong said. "When I was younger, I'd let things speed up on me when I got in a jam. Instead of taking a deep breath and finding a way to get out of it, I'd just to try to throw harder. One of the things I've learned as I've gotten older is that throwers add and pitchers subtract. I'm a pitcher now."
You can see his self-confidence on display in the Cardinals game. He shakes off Buster Posey with Matt Holliday up, disagreeing with the breaking ball selection and instead jamming Holliday with a fastball up and in (the ball goes foul). Later, he challenges Carlos Beltran with fastballs inside, too. There's such a thin margin for error involved. Vogelsong has to believe in his stuff, his ability to locate, and his strategy; it's an all or nothing proposition.
As abstract as the concepts of command, feel, and confidence are, they could be the components behind Vogelsong's rise. Thus proving that, sometimes, the most important parts go unseen.
R.J. Anderson is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @r_j_anderson
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"As abstract as the concepts of command, feel, and confidence are... Thus proving that, sometimes, the most important parts go unseen."
Aug 13, 2012 10:43 AM
R.J. Anderson
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You can do what Mike Fast did and look to see how often a pitcher avoids the middle of the plate. But there are some obvious flaws there--a pitcher can miss his spot by the entire plate and have it look like well-commanded pitch. You can also do what the linked COMMANDf/x piece does, though there are some questions about how effective that process is with pitches up in the zone--as discussed in the comment section.
Aug 13, 2012 10:55 AM
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Welcome to the age of space-grade technology packaged with homegrown style. The NEW Burton Homestead Pack is designed to keep your devices in check without broadcasting your technicality. The secret is an internal/external dichotomy that provides features such as a laptop compartment/tablet sleeve combo, 30 liters of compartmentalized storage space and an excess of pocketed organization. All this and yet it still shows heritage style to the world outside with latch patches, daisy chains and classic colorways.
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My name is Jordan Sorokin, and I have chosen to study physics because it provides me with the challenge, and yet, intrigue and fascination that I have always been searching for. Coming from Carlsbad, CA, physics isnt something as common as surfing or just hanging out around the beach/101, however, I started studying physics last year on my own, and immediately fell in love with it&from Einsteins relativity to upper-division high-energy particle physics. I will be attending the University of Pennsylvania next year, and am extremely anxious to continue my studies in physics. I will be majoring in biophysics, a perfect combination for both of my passions: biology and physics.


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Fairfax County General District Court now offers citizens and visitors the opportunity to prepay speeding tickets and similar offenses via the Internet. Most traffic tickets and some criminal violations can be paid before the assigned court date so that people will not even need to appear in court. Prepaying saves a trip and saves time. There are no additional costs or fees for online payment.
The Internet payment option is part of a statewide online service resulting from a unique intergovernmental partnership between the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia Information Providers Network (VIPNet) and the Fairfax County General District Court. To pay using the Internet, go to www.courts.state.va.us and click on General District Court Case Information and follow the instructions. Payment can be made via the Internet once the ticket information has been entered into the system (approximately two weeks after the traffic stop) and up until 4 p.m. the day before the court date.
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Los Angeles, Sep 23 (IANS) Actress Elizabeth Hurley has reportedly broken off her engagement to Shane Warne because the former cricketer refused to set a wedding date.
Hurley, 48, wanted to set a wedding date and take their relationship to the next level but Warne was happy with the way things were going.
"She kept pushing for a date, but he was happy as things stood. She ended it furiously. She started to question whether Shane had any intention of marrying her," thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.
Hurley is disappointed with the way things have shaped up.
"She feels let down. They had big, big plans. She really thought she had found 'the one' in Shane. He could have easily saved the relationship by agreeing to a definite date," said a source.
The duo was dating for almost three years and got engaged less than a year later after dating.


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Exercise Therapy to Treat Adults With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA:STOP)
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|Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
|Behavioral: Exercise Program
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
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|Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Simple Treatment or Prevention (AAA: STOP)
- Growth rate of AAAs [ Time Frame: Measured at Year 3 ]
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|November 2006
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|April 2011
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Active Comparator: 1
Participants will take part in an exercise program.
Behavioral: Exercise Program
Participants who live within 15 miles of the Palo Alto VA Hospital will take part in a supervised aerobic exercise program 3 days a week. Participants who live farther than 15 miles from the hospital will receive a detailed exercise plan and will exercise on their own while wearing a heart rate and activity tracking device. They will also attend monthly study visits for review of their progress. All participants assigned to the exercise program will be encouraged to increase their daily exercise. Each day they will wear a pedometer; twice a month they will wear a global positioning system (GPS) and heart rate monitor.
No Intervention: 2
Participants will take part in a usual activity group.
Detailed Description:
AAAs are common among older individuals, and are the 10th leading cause of death for men over the age of 55. A ruptured AAA usually leads to death. Therefore, early detection and treatment are critical. Currently, there are several surgical treatment options available, but there is no proven non-surgical treatment for AAAs. Research has shown that physical inactivity may be linked to the development of AAAs. The purpose of this study is to gather information on AAA risk factors, and to evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise program at preventing the growth of small AAAs in older individuals.
This study will be composed of three individual projects. Project 1 will enroll 1400 individuals with small AAAs. Project 2 will enroll 1000 individuals with unknown aortic size and previously tested exercise capacity. Both groups of participants will attend one study visit, at which time their medical history and physical activity history will be recorded, vital signs will be collected, and blood and urine sample will be given. Questionnaires will be completed to document physical activity levels and AAA risk factors. An abdominal ultrasound will be performed to measure the size of the aorta or AAA. Participants in Project 2 will also take part in a treadmill exercise test, during which heart rate and blood pressure will be recorded, and heart activity will be monitored by an electrocardiogram (ECG).
The third project will last 3 years and will enroll 340 individuals from Project 1. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an exercise program or a usual activity group. An initial screening visit will include medical history review, vital sign measurements, blood collection, questionnaires, an abdominal ultrasound, a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, a computed tomography (CT) scan, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
Participants in the exercise program will complete an exercise test at the beginning of the study and every 6 months for the duration of the study. Participants who live within 15 miles of the Palo Alto VA Hospital will take part in a supervised aerobic exercise program 3 days a week. Participants who live farther than 15 miles from the hospital will receive a detailed exercise plan and will exercise on their own while wearing a heart rate and activity tracking device. They will also attend monthly study visits for review of their progress. All participants assigned to the exercise program will be encouraged to increase their daily exercise. Each day they will wear a pedometer; twice a month they will wear a global positioning system (GPS) and heart rate monitor. Participants assigned to the usual activity group will wear pedometers each day and will maintain their usual level of physical activity. At yearly study visits, blood will be collected and physical activity levels will be assessed.
All Project 3 participants with AAAs smaller than 4 cm will undergo an ultrasound and blood collection once a year; participants with AAAs 4 cm or larger will undergo the same procedures every 6 months. At the end of 3 years, all participants will attend a final study visit at which time their medical history will be reviewed and blood will be collected. They will also undergo an abdominal ultrasound, and PET, CT, and MRI scans.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Small AAA less than 5.5 cm in size
- Over age 50
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with congenital aneurysm syndromes such as Ehlers-Danlos' or Marfan's
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00349947
|United States, California
|Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System
|Palo Alto, California, United States
|Kaiser Permanente Hospitals of Northern California
|Santa Clara, California, United States
|Stanford University Medical Center
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|Principal Investigator:
|Ronald L. Dalman, MD
|Stanford University
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Stanford University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00349947 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
5P50HL083800 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
P50HL083800-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|July 6, 2006
|Last Updated:
|June 5, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Aortic Diseases
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Pitbull Brings a Dose of 'Global Warming' to TODAY Show
Pitbull geared up for the Thanksgiving holiday by bringing a little 'Global Warming' to the TODAY show this morning (Nov. 21.)
Mr. Worldwide performed 'Back in Time' in his signature aviator shades and while wearing a tan blazer. Pit is easily one of the stylish pop stars working today and he always looks so dapper. Plus, we love his sense of humor. Remember when he footed the bill of the web prankster who launched the campaign to have him play at a Walmart in a remote part of Alaska? But back to present day, Pit rocked it and had all the people assembled in Rockefeller Center feeling his rhythms and rhymes.
Pit also jammed his first-ever No. 1, the summer of 2011 smash 'Give Me Everything' and even sent a Thanksgiving shout out to the peeps in New York City. It wasn't particularly cold this morning but Pit still made things feel festive. He even had TODAY host Hoda Kotb rocking out in the crowd. Kotb was all kinds of into Pit and dancing. The rest of the crowd jumped up and down, like they were enjoying a pre-workout for all the turkey they will be consuming tomorrow.
In the interview about 'Global Warming,' Pit talked about wanting to change the musical climate and how he didn't record the album traditionally in the studio. He recorded wherever and whenever he could, and sent the parts off to be mixed in the studio. It's unorthodox but we can't argue with the results when they are this good.
Then Pit launched into his latest smash 'Don't Stop the Party.' We were rocking out in the living room when Pit jammed that out. It's easily one of the catchiest songs of 2012. We pretended we were in Rockefeller Center, taking it all in live.
Check out photos from Pit's perf below. And then watch him deliver a killer live set.
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"Rebel Rebel is one of the old school NYC record shops— they've seemingly been around since the dawn of time. The walls are lined with posters and records from bands that haven't seen a recording studio in years. Vinyl is everywhere, promo posters are sold out of a box for $2 a piece. It's one of those places where a record buyer just feels at home." – nycgoth.com
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I had a surgical root canal today and the endodontist said that he removed a grape sized abscess and was sending it for biopsy. If the cells have metastasized would this be some kind of cancer? Also, the dentist said that I had little remaining bone tissue. If this root canal fails (the second one on this eye tooth) would I be able to have an implant? Thank you.
Usually the tissue removed from an endodontic procedure isn't cancerous. So, that shouldn't be a concern. Regarding the possibility of an implant, it is hard to say without a radiograph of the area. Most sites can be used for implants after healing. I would think that the healing process will fill in the bone in the area of concern. Surgeons can also graft bone in deficient areas. Talk to your dentist about this. Take care.
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AP - The New York-New Jersey region woke up to wet snow, hundreds of cancelled flights and more power outages Thursday after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from a superstorm that left millions powerless and dozens dead last week.


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I can say this, back in the Miller days, Indy fans would never allow this.
MSA/CFH were rocking with Pacers fans kind of like today's Thunder crowd.
Thursday night's crowd was nice and seemed like the OKC crowd.
There were clearly more Pacers fans, but today it might be tough to say there were more Pacers fans based on how it looked and sounded on TV.
2011 Bulls fans vs 2004 Pistons fans. Which do you guys think are worse?
pretty sure pacers saw the lesser half of the bulls fans. the young, cool, bandwagoners. the better half probably are STH and don't need to drive to indy to see the game.
did see lots of bulls fans that didn't seem to be hardcore basketball fans. only here to see and be seen as it were.
I can't believe you'd ask this question really I mean I'm a lifelong Chicago hater and even I wouldn't put these Bulls fans into that category
Really? Pistons fans were that bad?
We're on the right track and if we add some decent pieces with our cap space we can be a solid contending team.
Like many, I'm hoping for Eric Gordon. He'd be a solid leader and the home fans would love to see him leading the Pacers to the victories along with Paul who looks to be promising.
Hopefully we'll be making the playoffs every year up to that point.
The fanbase seems to be building back up after falling apart since last making the playoffs.
Hopefully the Pacers can bring back the winning basketball to fully prove they are back.
It looks good now and everyone is excited for the future.
The 2004 Pistons fans were as badass as the players.
I've always felt Pacers fans/Indiana fans have always been respectable.
This season, I've noticed the Bulls fans have invaded every team's arena in the Central Division's. Especially the Bradley Center.
Maybe not as much in the Quicken Loans Arena since they still had a bunch of fans on bandwagon, but probably next season since that fanbase will probably level out.
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Yeah and I think if they would've had as good a year as they did this year, it wouldn't be as bad.
For whatever reason they fell apart and don't really look like they will recover.
Bogut is not healthy and that elbow injury looks like it can put him in jeopardy and Jennings has become very much a ballhog. They have no offensive chemistry. They have bad contracts and they are for older players.
We're going to hopefully cause havac and competition in the East for years to come.
Pretty sure that is just because he is a TNT employee. I wouldn't worry that much about it.
Eh, no big deal. I can barely post let alone create anything like that. I would say Reggie has someone that does that for him and it is a marketing tool setup by TNT.
Bottom line....Reggie stated with words what his feelings are.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
I've never seen so many Bulls fans in one place. It was disgusting. I guessed that there were maybe 25% Bulls Thursday night, biut today, I think it was 55% or maybe even 60%. It was bad.
I so wanted the pacers to take their 14 point lead to 20 or so with 2 or 3 minutes left so all the Bulls fans would leave early.
If I had tons of money I would buy every available ticket for game #6 and give them to pacers fans only
The number of Bulls fans today really bothered me
The guy opposite Dennis Scott on NBATV admitted that not only does he rarely use his twitter, but that Turner Sports had set it up for him. They may be doing the talking, but they likely don't have much control over the background.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I am so glad i didn't see them tipping trash cans outside Conseco, I might have lost my temper and done something I shouldn't have. My tolerance for the Bulls fans was at a realy low level today
buck is right. Over half were Bulls fans. There were more of their fans in the lower bowl ours. Plus ours were so much quieter throughout the game. Cell phones and Twitter need to wait till down times. The suits need to cheer.
Our casual fans better get on board. Or Chicago will have another home game come Thursday.
If the Pacers win Game 5 I guarantee there will be mostly Pacers fans in attendance for Game 6.
The Pistons fans were worse. Of course there were probably 10,000 Bulls fans today and there might have been 1,000 Pistons fans back in 2004.
It seemed like the club level had the fewest % of Bulls fans. lower level and balcony was probably majority Bulls fans. I was hard to believe
The brightside of them selling out the game was that all their money went to PS&E.
I don't understand it. If I lived in Indy I would find a way to make it to all these games. I attended game 3, but had to drive three hours for it. These people live right there and won't go out. It's sickening.
Bogut had his elbow scoped when the Bucks were offically eliminated from the playoffs. They took out a jar full of bone fragments. He expects to be working out by the end of May.


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CINCINNATI—After 10 minutes of Big East basketball Tuesday night at Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati and Villanova had scored 16 points.
Uh, that's not 16 points each. That's combined.
This has not been uncommon for the Bearcats in their home games to date. They scored 54 points against New Mexico, 52 against St. John's, 60 against Notre Dame. Whatever it is that's supposed to make playing at home easier in college basketball—shooting background, familiar surroundings, fan support—has not boosted the Cincinnati offense.
This would seem to make Friday night's 9 p.m. ESPN game against No. 15 Georgetown (18-4, 8-3 Big East) all the more daunting for the Bearcats (19-6, 7-5).
It's hard to win when you're not scoring, and coach Mick Cronin contends it's harder to score when you're thinking about not scoring.
"Too many guys are worried about offense, worried about layups, worried about shooting it," Cronin said after Cincinnati fought to a necessary 68-point outburst in beating Villanova. "You have to get lost in the game.
"You can't play offense if you're worried about missing."
Cincinnati's inside players—forward Justin Jackson, centers Cheikh Mbodj, David Nyarsuk and Kelvin Gaines—are not offensive targets. Altogether, they average only 13 points per game. The Bearcats must rely on transition baskets that have become too rare and jump shots that ceased to fall when point guard Cashmere Wright injured his knee last month at DePaul.
Since he has been hurt, Cincinnati has only once breached the 65-point mark in regulation. Before Wright went down, the Bearcats did it three times in their first five Big East games.
After missing one game following the injury, Wright has shot 8-of-41 on 3-pointers. Wright said after Tuesday's win that he is feeling better, however, and his overall played showed that. Cronin added that he expected the last part of Wright's game to round into shape would be his ability to be a factor on offense.
There have been complaints about Cincinnati's lack of offensive dynamism, which has been costly in games that otherwise were winnable because of the team's elite defense.
"It's hard to insulate your team from external pressures," Cronin said.
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A SMALL and relatively insignificant moment perfectly summed up Dennis Smith's afternoon on Monday.
Playing in the second round of PDPA Qualifiers against Steve Grubb, the Swindon ace popped in two straight 180s, then another treble, before missing the treble 19.
Just two pinpoint throws more, and the experienced PDC campaigner would have secured darts' perfect leg, but it wasn't to be.
That turned out to be a microcosm of the wider day which saw Smith play superbly, only to be denied a place in the 2013 Ladbrokes World Championships at the last.
The 43-year-old made it all the way to the semi-final following wins over Grubb (5-2), Ian Jopling (5-2), Nick Fullwell (5-3) and Mark Lawrence (5-1), only to run into Cheshire's John Bowles.
The winner was guaranteed a place at Ally Pally next month, but Smith was blown away 5-0 and his worlds dream was left in tatters.
"I was playing really well and just fell at the last hurdle," he explained.
"I'm absolutely gutted, but I firmly believe there's a reason for things happening and I'm sure it will make me stronger for next year.
"I started off really well and when I had one more match to play I thought I could do it.
"He probably thought the same thing and obviously I met the better man on the day. He brought his game to the match and I didn't.
"I'll lick my wounds, if it hurt too much getting beat I probably wouldn't play at all.
"I've got a couple of exhibitions over Christmas to keep my arm in and then we'll start again in the new year. I'll be back to fight another day."
Smith's pain was compounded by the fact he had previously missed out on a place at the worlds by finishing £100 short of qualification through the PDC ProTour Order Of Merit.
That total could have been remedied by winning in the Players Championship on Saturday or Sunday, but losses to the World Grand Prix winner Michael Van Gerwen and Arron Monk ended his challenge.
"I went to Barnsley to try and qualify and it just didn't happen," added Smith.
"I had a really tough draw on the Saturday against Michael Van Gerwen and I did well against him, but it wasn't enough.
"I played a good lad on the Sunday as well and missed a couple of doubles."
Swindon's sole representative at Ally Pally will be Johnny Haines, who qualified through the ProTour Order of Merit.
Smith plans to travel to London for the tournament with his close friend, where he will look on as a spectator.
"I'll be watching John and I wish him all the best in the world, it couldn't happen to a nicer lad," said Smith.
"He's a fantastic dart player and a good friend of mine. It will be a fantastic experience for him."
Haines made the third round of the Players Championship in Barnsley on Sunday after beating Adrian Gray (6-0) and Colin Lloyd (6-3), before bowing out to Mervyn King (6-1).
Fellow Swindonian Chris Aubrey lost 6-3 to Ian Moss in the third round on Sunday and also made the third round on Saturday, being defeated 6-0 by Ian White.


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George Beadle and Edward Tatum present their experiments with Neurospora bread mold.
Hello, I'm George Beadle. In 1941, Edward Tatum and I did experiments using Neurospora crassa — red bread mold. Our experiments proved Archibald Garrod's 1902 theory that hereditary diseases are "inborn errors of metabolism" — missing or false steps in the body's chemical pathways. For most of its life cycle, Neurospora is a haploid organism. This means that there is only one copy of each gene, so we didn't have to worry about dominant and recessive alleles, as had Mendel. In the lab, Neurospora grows well on "minimal" agar that contains only a few simple sugars, inorganic salts, and the vitamin biotin. Neurospora must have enzymes that convert these simple substances into the amino acids and vitamins necessary for growth. We reasoned that if we mutate any one of the genes that makes an enzyme, for example gene A, we should get a Neurospora strain that cannot grow on minimal medium. The mutant would be able to grow if we add the enzyme product as a supplement. Edward Tatum and I set out to find these nutritional mutants. In 1927, Herman Muller showed that X-rays cause mutations in genes. So, we irradiated a Neurospora culture with X-rays. We expected to get some rare mutants that would not grow on minimal media. We grew the offspring of the irradiated Neurospora on "complete" media that contained all the vitamins and amino acids. Next, we tested the ability of each of these cultures to grow on minimal media. We grew the offspring of the irradiated Neurospora on "complete" media that contained all the vitamins and amino acids. Next, we tested the ability of each of these cultures to grow on minimal medium. Most of these cultures grew on minimal media, meaning they didn't have a genetic mutation of the kind we were looking for. However, the 299 the culture did not grow on minimal medium. We then tried growing Culture# 299 on minimal media supplemented with either amino acids or vitamins. We found that Culture# 299 did not grow on minimal medium with amino acid supplements, but did grow on minimal medium with vitamin supplements. Therefore, Culture# 299 must not be able to make one of the vitamins. We then had to figure which vitamin was missing in Culture# 299. We did this by testing Culture# 299's ability to grow on minimal medium supplemented with single vitamins. We found that Culture# 299 grew only if we provided the vitamin B6 . This was our first Neurospora mutant. It could not make vitamin B6 on its own because one of the enzymes in the B6 synthesis pathway must be affected. Thus, the gene making this enzyme must have been mutated by X-rays. By adding vitamin B6 as a supplement to the minimal medium, the mutation could be compensated for and Culture# 299 could grow. Using this method of selection and supplementation, we isolated many different types of Neurospora mutants. Genetic mutations affect metabolic pathways, and we confirmed the synthesis pathway for many vitamins and amino acids. For example, the amino acid arginine is synthesized in a step-wise process catalyzed by enzymes. A precursor molecule is converted into ornithine then citrulline and finally arginine. If one gene makes one enzyme, there should be a genetic mutation for each step of this synthesis pathway. Among the arginine mutants there should be strains that need either ornithine or citrulline or arginine as supplements. In 1944, our colleagues, Adrian Srb and Norman Horowitz, found these mutant strains. They started with Neurospora strains that needed arginine as a supplement. These strains had mutations in different genes. For example, Mutant# 1 couldn't make ornithine. So, the gene that makes the enzyme for ornithine synthesis must have been mutated. If ornithine is added to the media, citrulline and then arginine would be made and Mutant# 1 could grow. Similarly, a genetic mutation in Mutant# 2 affected the enzyme that makes the arginine precursor citrulline. Adding citrulline as a supplement complemented the mutation and drove arginine synthesis to completion. And a genetic mutation in #3 affected the final step of arginine synthesis — the conversion of citrulline to arginine. By adding arginine as a supplement, the mutation was complemented and Mutant# 3 could grow. With each mutated gene, only one step of the metabolic pathway is affected. Therefore, one gene is responsible for one enzyme or protein. We had biochemical proof of Sir Arthur Garrod's 1908 proposal of the"inborn errors of metabolism."
George Beadle loved gardening. Wherever he lived, he made sure he had green space to use as a garden. He would place bets with his gardening friends as to who grew the sweetest corn or the largest pumpkins.
Beadle had successful research careers in corn and Drosophila genetics. Why did he switch to yet another system, Neurospora, to do his "one gene, one enzyme" experiments?


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YULEE, Fla. - Two armed robbers of small convenience stores in Nassau County in less than a week has the Sheriff's Office looking for two gunmen, one of which fired a shotgun at a clerk.
Customers tell Channel 4 that the convenience store at the Shell gas station on U.S. Highway 17 just off Interstate 95 in Yulee has been held up at least four times. In the latest incident on Nov. 5 a masked, hooded gunman with a short-barreled shotgun took a shot at the clerk as he ran from the store, but missed. Then the robber fled.
"This man here, he is just sweet as he can be, and it's just horrible what people are doing to him," one customer said. "He's a very likable man. He's given people gas before when they've run out of gas, and then, you know, he doesn't deserve anything like this. It's horrible."
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"I think that's bad in this area, especially on a main thoroughfare like this," said resident Willie Webb. "It's hard to believe somebody robbed this little store here."
Six days earlier -- Halloween night -- the clerk at a Kangaroo store on U.S. 1 in Callahan was robbed.
Deputies say the robber his backpack on the counter and told the clerk to put money in the bag, then pulled his shirt up to show her he had a revolver.
The clerk put somewhere between $60 and $100 in cash in the robber's backpack, and the man took the bag and headed for the door.
"I just thought this was a nice, quiet town and things like that didn't happen around here," a regular customer at the store said. "I feel sorry for the lady that got robbed. As long as she didn't get hurt, that's all that counts."
The two incidents within the same week both in small stores in small Nassau County towns have people shaken up.
"It's amazing what people will do, especially right here," the customer said. "Around these holidays, it's probably going to get really bad."
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