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WASHINGTON —Nearly 1,000 young people from throughout southern Louisiana joined the March for Life on a snowy Friday to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in protest of the landmark decision that legalized abortion.
On the week of the 40th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, this year's march had the theme of "40 = 55M" for the purported 55 million abortions that have occurred in the past 40 years.
Blake Mougeot, 18, who made the trip with nearly 100 other St. Michael the Archangel High School students from the Baton Rouge area, called the trip a pilgrimage.
"To be united with all these students on this march, you have to believe it's going to be impactful on people and what you're doing is not for naught," Mougeot said.
Fellow St. Michael student Brenna Huckaby, 13, said she wanted to help "save babies," promote adoption opportunities and to push the argument that life begins at conception.
"It's an important subject in my life, and I want to stand up for those who can't," she said.
The Louisiana students — nearly 500 each from the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas — joined many thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators who met up on the National Mall to hear various speakers before marching to the Supreme Court. Demonstrators carried signs with messages such as "Defend Life" and "Defund Planned Parenthood," shouted chants including "Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Roe v. Wade has got to go."
Abortion remains a divisive issue with no dramatic shift in viewpoint on either side. A new Pew Research Center poll finds 63 percent of U.S. adults opposed to overturning Roe, compared to 60 percent in 1992. Earlier this week, abortion opponents marked the anniversary with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on abortion rights.
While President Barack Obama supports abortion rights, he put out a statement this week noting, "Today and every day, my administration continues our efforts to reduce unintended pregnancies, support maternal and child health, and minimize the need for abortion. On this anniversary, we recommit ourselves to supporting women and families in the choices they make and redouble our efforts to promote safe and healthy communities."
Louisiana law changed last year to require that a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy must get an ultrasound 24 hours before the procedure and that she must be offered the ability to hear the fetal heartbeat.
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who participates in the march each year, said he is impressed with the increased enthusiasm and the greater attendance of young people.
"I'm just invigorated by the young people and the passion for the pro-life cause," Aymond said. "There's no doubt they'll change the culture of death to a culture of life."
Emily Eymard, a 15-year-old Cabrini High School student in New Orleans, said she wanted to join the anti-abortion and prayer movement to save every fetus.
"They don't have the voice to speak yet and they shouldn't be killed for someone else's mistake," Eymard said.
Eymard and the rest of the New Orleans group of students met Thursday with Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Rep. John Fleming, R-Minden, to discuss anti-abortion efforts.
"This movement is growing and gaining momentum every year, and we're changing hearts and minds around Louisiana and across the country," Vitter said Friday in a prepared statement. "I'm proud that Louisiana was recently recognized as the No. 1 pro-life state in the country, but we still have a long way to go. With the persistent witness of pro-life folks — including many, many young people — I'm confident that we will be successful."
Vitter on Friday reintroduced his bill to prohibit federal funds in the form of family planning grants from being awarded to entities that perform abortions. He also reintroduced his Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, a bill that would make it illegal to obtain an abortion due to a gender preference.
Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, also put out a statement on Friday welcoming the March for Life participants.
"I've always stood very proudly on my pro-life credentials as a doctor," Boustany said in a phone interview. "It gets back to core morality of our country and whether we respect life."
Boustany wrote letters last year to the chairmen of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee asking for a congressional investigation into the allegedly poor safety and reporting practices of clinics that perform abortions in Louisiana and nationwide, including Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge.
In 2009, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals cited the Delta Clinic for not properly filling out "Report of Induced Termination of Pregnancy" forms.
But DHH Secretary Bruce Greenstein said last year that multiple return visits have demonstrated such poor reporting practices by the clinic were discontinued.
In December, Boustany wrote to Greenstein regarding abortion records requests and questions regarding the oversight of clinics are abortions are performed. Boustany said he is awaiting a response.
Boustany said he is concerned about Louisiana clinics potentially operating "without any kind of oversight as to what they're doing."


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The Australian dollar has risen to a three-month high, surging past $US1.05 on the back of better-than-expected German business data that led to a weaker US dollar.
The currency is currently trading at the day's high of $US1.0533, up from yesterday's close in Australia of $US1.0491.
A monthly poll by the ZEW think-tank released overnight found morale among German analysts and investors had improved sharply in December, fanning hopes that Germany, Europe's largest economy, would avoid recession this winter.
''It doesn't look like it's anything idiosyncratic with the Australian dollar. It's just a generalised increase in risk appetite resulting from better-than-expected German business data,'' said ANZ currency strategist Andrew Salter.
Mr Salter said the Australian dollar was expected to remain strong today, with Asian markets opened fairly buoyant.
''We think the Australian dollar is going to remain well supported, especially because it's now broken through the $US1.05 level, a level that's proved a bit of an impediment over the past two or three weeks,'' he said.
''It's established itself above $US1.05 successfully, and should hold there for the near term. It's [also] contingent on what happens tonight with the FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] and whether they meet market expectations for additional asset purchases.''
Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Jones said the dollar also benefited from optimism surrounding US debt negotiations, with news reports indicating progress was being made in talks between Republicans and Democrats.
''It's a case of the market maintaining its glass half-full approach to the fiscal cliff talks,'' Mr Jones said.
Mr Salter said fiscal cliff discussions in the US would continue to add to the dollar's volatility over the next few weeks, and could negatively impact on it if no deal is struck.
''I think the best way to approach the next few weeks from the Australian dollar's perspective is to position yourself for appreciation because the fundamental factors for appreciation are in place - that is, a rebound in commodity prices, a rebound in Asian economic activity and also some slightly better data out of the global economy.
''But protect yourself from volatility emanating from the fiscal debate via an options strategy.''
The positive international data did not dampen the need for the RBA to cut rates again in February, Westpac Bank's senior international economist Huw McKay said.
''We think the case for interest rate cuts is still very strong. The collapse in business confidence that we got on Tuesday is very consistent with that to offset the weakness in activity once the mining boom peaks,'' he said.
''The Reserve Bank needs to be acting very decisively to make sure that the interest-rate-sensitive parts of the economy are providing a partial offset to that.''
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Yesterday, my friend and I went out to play a round at Cass Benton in Northville, MI. The weather was crazy, as it always is in Mich.. We started our round as soon as the rain let up and managed to get 8 holes in. When we got to the tee pad for 9, we heard the loud crash of a tree limb falling. Anyone who's been there this year (or at all) knows about the old wooded areas this course employs. Back in March, I noticed that some of the largest trees along hole 9 had come uprooted and fallen over. The other day, it was pretty windy and that tree limb I mentioned earlier had us reconsider finishing the round. We thought of skipping 9-12 and almost teed off on 13 when it really started to rain.
I got to thinking that maybe this course is a little too dangerous to play anymore. Who wants to be lining up a putt, trying to sink a 30 footer only to have a 2200 pound tree limb fall on them?
Does anyone else know of any plans to thin out the old trees at this great course and maybe make it a little safer?


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FLASH SPECIAL: Twenty Takes Of Triple-Threat Patrick Wilson
As a companion column to this weekend's extensive, exclusive InDepth InterView with Broadway and Hollywood star Patrick Wilson, today, let's take a look at twenty takes of this versatile and multi-talented triple-threat of the stage and screen in a vast array of impressive roles and guises. Covering everything from showing off his vocal chops with a live duet of an Andrew Lloyd Webber anthem from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA with SHAMELESS star Emmy Rossum to actually showing it all with a fully-bared FULL MONTY performance on the Tony Awards to tremendous takes on tunes from OKLAHOMA!, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE SECRET GARDEN and MISS SAIGON, and, then, in Hollywood, to trailers for some of his most impressive film performances (ANGELS IN AMERICA, LITTLE CHILDREN, HARD CANDY, WATCHMEN and INSIDIOUS among them) to his most recent work in PROMETHEUS and the forthcoming THE CONJURING and INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 and even more, we cover it all. Plus, a charming GAP ad with HOMELAND star Claire Danes, a hilariously wacky College Humor Clip, the National Anthem, Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", a look at The Wilson Van band and even more!
Also, don't miss InDepth InterView: Patrick Wilson, which is available here.
Additionally, Patrick Wilson hosts the Hurricane Sandy relief benefit concert BROADWAY BLOWS BACK at the Gershwin Theatre this Monday at 7:30 PM. More information is available here.
Part I: Broadway
So, first, let's take a look at Patrick Wilson's theatrical roots and shine a solo spotlight on some of his most fondly remembered stage performances to date - and a few surprises, too.
Kicking off BROADWAY ON BROADWAY 2002, here is Patrick Wilson kicking off the clip collection in the best possible way with a Rodgers & Hammerstein standard from OKLAHOMA!, "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning".
Check out the original cast of THE FULL MONTY in this raucous performance of "Let It Go" on the 2001 Tony Awards, featuring Wilson alongside Kathleen Freeman and the rest.
Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY classic "On The Street Where You Live" is imbued with particular passion in this clip from the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors as Wilson pays tribute to fellow InDepth InterView participant Dame Julie Andrews along with a starry assortment of other notables.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA co-stars Wilson and Emmy Rossum re-team to perform the overflowingly romantic "All I Ask Of You" on GOOD MORNING AMERICA to promote the film's release.
Patrick Wilson performs material from Paul Scott Goodman's incredibly impressive rock opera BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY in this montage.
Since it is too good to miss, enjoy this conspicuously captured clip of Wilson singing the immensely moving MISS SAIGON solo "Why, God, Why". What a Chris he could be and with the just-announced 2014 revival coming up - and maybe even a movie - who knows?
Here is another tantalizing, if all-too brief, glimpse of Wilson in major mega-musical mode, taking on "Lily's Eyes" from Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's THE SECRET GARDEN.
Now, enjoy American Idol and country superstar Carrie Underwood joining Wilson for the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS duet "Suddenly Seymour".
Part II: Hollywood
From his stunning work in HBO's ANGELS IN AMERICA through to the emotional, studied character work he has contributed to entities as diverse as LITTLE CHILDREN, HARD CANDY, WATCHMEN and INSIDIOUS, Wilson's cinematic resume amassed for merely a decade's efforts is nothing short of astounding. And, he may just be hitting his stride!
Experience the trailer for Wilson's breakthrough film role with the HBO miniseries production of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning ANGELS IN AMERICA, co-starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep, directed by Mike Nichols.
Next, here is director Todd Field's gripping and biting take on suburban malaise in the tortured and also quite rapturous LITTLE CHILDREN, co-starring Kate Winslet.
The rare film to feature two actors alone for the majority of the running time, here is the trailer for the unforgettable two-hander shared with Ellen Page, HARD CANDY.
Now, check out the trailer for the cult hit WATCHMEN, directed by Zack Snyder, a film adaptation of Alan Moore's celebrated graphic novels.
Taking on a featured part in Ridley Scott's ALIEN prequel PROMETHEUS, Wilson enjoyed yet another supernatural success onscreen this summer. Will he rejoin for the next installment?
Check out the trailer for the terrifying horror hit INSIDIOUS, co-starring Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey, which is also available to watch instantly on Netflix. Keep the lights on!
Wilson and director James Wan discuss their next filmic collaboration before INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 starts filming in January, a period-set thriller titled THE CONJURING, co-starring Vera Farmiga, which will be premiering early next year.
Part III: Bonus
Lastly, let's look at some clips of Patrick Wilson in some guises you might not have ever envisioned him in - Van Halen cover band drummer and GAP khakis hawker included!
First, Wilson lends his buttery baritone to the national anthem at a 2010 Army Vs. Notre Dame football game.
Set to the original cast recording of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN's "Anything You Can Do", here is the endearing GAP commercial featuring Wilson and HOMELAND star Claine Danes cutting up a rug (and effortlessly selling a pair or two of khakis in the process, no doubt).
Check out Wilson alongside his brothers in this collection of live performances of their Van Halen/hard rock cover band, The Wilson Van. Rock on!
Wilson displays his superb comedic timing in this uproariously funny College Humor feature video from a few months ago.
Lastly, Wilson knocks the Irving Berlin standard "God Bless America" clear out of Yankee Stadium in this thrilling vocal performance. A home run and then some!
So, what has been your favorite Patrick Wilson performance to date? Is it his many stage roles, ranging from new musicals to cherished classics to ribald contemporary comedies and period dramas or perhaps his vast and incomparable film appearances thus far that impress you most? And all of that is without even mentioning his blazing ANGELS debut and TV work since, even headlining his own CBS series last season, A GIFTED MAN. Nevertheless, it seems as though whatever Wilson chooses to do next, we will all certainly be watching!


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No cases of meningitis reported in Mendocino County
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Despite a national recall and meningitis scare there have been no reported cases in Mendocino County, according to Heather Van Housen, patient care executive at Ukiah Valley Medical Center.
UVMC was one of the locations that received a lot shipment of steroids that has been voluntarily recalled from the manufacturer, the New England Compounding Center (NECC).
The drug is called preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate, and it is used as a pain medication. It was administered only to certain patients of Dr. Michael Young, the UVMC pain specialist.
The drug is often used to treat pain and swelling associated with arthritis or other joint diseases.
"If for some reason you happen to experience any unusual symptoms within one to four weeks following your treatment, please seek the appropriate level of care: emergencies should always go to the closest emergency department, and non-emergencies should contact your physician's office during normal business hours," Van Housen wrote in a letter to patients.
"Although we don't anticipate any reactions to the injections, there are some symptoms you should be aware of: a stiffening of the neck or a different kind of headache than you've previously experienced, fever, stiffness, sensitivity to light or stroke-like symptoms (localized weakness, numbness or slurred speech)," UVMC's letter stated.
Another similar letter went out to patients who got the drug some time ago and would no longer be likely to be showing symptoms. That letter states:
"If you were in any danger, you would most likely have already developed meningitis-type symptoms or experienced a different type of pain than your original symptoms."
The letter advises patients of Dr. Young to call him if they have questions, but more importantly to head to the emergency room if they have symptoms.
According to Van Housen, UVMC selected this compounding center in spite of a 75-percent higher cost for the compounded medication because the NECC is a specialized "compounding-only pharmacy" dedicated to providing medications and services to patients and prescribers.
"The team of registered pharmacists at UVMC did not choose the product based on price," Van Housen said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) there are currently no reported cases of meningitis related to the medication recall in California. The CDC urges those that have questions about the recall to call their information hotline at 1-800-232-4636.


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LSU Law Apprenticeship Week is an innovative and unique new program of practical legal education. From January 6-10, 2014, master lawyers and judges will teach LSU Law upperclass students in small enrollment, hands-on mini-courses. Each mini-course will aim to provide students with focused, task-oriented training not generally available in law school courses and usually available only through actual practice experience.
Participating students receive one hour of credit, at no additional charge, for successfully completing a mini-course. Students are expected to devote the week of the program to thoughtful preparation for class and diligent completion of the individual and group projects assigned. To enhance the communal experience and provide networking opportunities for students, each day will include an all student/all faculty lunch and mid-morning coffee break.
For more information, visit the Law Center's Apprenticeship Week website at https://www.law.lsu.edu/apprenticeship/.


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Get Ready for Summer Fun at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center April 6
ATHENS—The annual Outdoor Fools Day event at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens has two goals: To let you know what's out there to enjoy, and to teach you how to do it.
Do you want to go camping? Kayaking? Fly-fishing? Cook gourmet campfire meals? Or maybe birding is your thing, or archery, or just learning about the animals that live in our woods and waters.
Outdoor Fools Day will help you develop your skills and increase your knowledge in all those areas — not by listening to someone talk about doing them, but by doing them yourself under the direction of a skilled expert.
Staff from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's State Parks Division will show you how to set up camp. Fly-fishing experts will help you tie a fly and catch a rainbow trout with it in TFFC's casting pond, and then a park ranger will help you clean it and cook it.
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Outdoor Fools Day is sponsored by Wulf Outdoor Sports; Schneider Electric; FutureMatrix, Inc.; Citizens National Bank; First State Bank; Red Hat Rentals; Aaron's Sales and Lease; Best Western—Royal Mountain Inn; Holiday Inn Express—Athens; Super 8—Athens; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Friends of TFFC.
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Corbin wins No. 5 rotation spot, Marte makes roster
PHOENIX -- There was little drama in the final roster decisions made by the D-backs on Saturday.
Patrick Corbin won the No. 5 spot in the rotation, while outfielder Alfredo Marte claimed the final position player slot.
Corbin outdueled Tyler Skaggs and Randall Delgado during the spring for the role. Skaggs was optioned out a couple of weeks ago, and Delgado was also sent to Triple-A Reno following Saturday's game.
Corbin was consistent throughout the spring, with only one shaky outing. He was 6-8 with a 4.54 ERA in 22 games (17 starts) for the D-backs last year.
"I thought he was really good," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He was very confident coming in. He was himself and worked on becoming a better pitcher himself."
A spot opened up for Marte after outfielders Adam Eaton and Cody Ross both went down with injuries this spring. The pair will open the season on the disabled list.
It became obvious that the job belonged to Marte, 24, when the D-backs reassigned the only other extra outfielder left on the roster, Tony Campana, on Friday. Marte had been optioned early in the spring, but the team brought him back when Eaton went down with an injury.
Marte hit .294 with 20 home runs and 75 RBIs for Double-A Mobile last year. He can play either corner outfield position, but is probably better suited for left.
"He swings the bat good, aggressive," Gibson said. "We like the way he swings the bat, for sure; got a little bit of sock in it."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I've said many times the Roland TR-808 is the king of all drum machines. It has the sharpest deepest kick with the most attack, snares and hats that sound like lighting and a sequencer that makes any beat sound incredible. I love this machine so much I think I subconsciously liked songs because they had an 808 on them (all before I even knew what a Roland TR-808 was!). I love this video above where a bunch of classics with 808 drums were recreated on an Korg Electribe SX. I own everyone one of these songs on 12″.
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"Recreations, again by ear, of some classic early 80s beats that were originally made on a Roland TR-808 drummachine. This became the signature sound for freestyle music and later for house. Mantronix – 808 Beats, Shannon – Let the Music Play, Freeez – IOU, Man Parrish – Hip Hop Bebop, GLOBE & Whiz Kid -. Play that Beat Mr. DJ, Nineteen – Paul Hardcastle (iTunes link), C.O.D. – In the Bottle, Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing" – Harlem Nights Music
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Dairy exports strong: Let me count the ways
Any way you count it, 2013 was a banner year for U.S. dairy exports, according to a monthly and year-to-date summary from the U.S. Dairy Export Council.
• Total solids: Total overseas sales of U.S. milk solids were equivalent to 14.9% of U.S. milk production in December, leaving the full-year percentage at 15.5%, up from 13.2% in 2012.
Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milk-solids production were 3.4% in December, and 3.0% for the year.
• Percent of product: U.S. exports as a percentage of annual total production were up for every major product category, with 58% of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder production exported last year. About 56% of total dry sweet whey production was exported, as was 72% of all lactose, 10.7% of all butterfat, and 6.3% of all cheese.
• Volume: For the month, U.S. exports of cheese topped 30,000 tons for the first time in December, and butterfat sales continued their improved pace. Skim milk powder and dry whey shipments saw a slight seasonal slowdown, but on balance U.S. exports during the month were well above a year ago, closing out a year of record export sales. U.S. suppliers shipped 158,001 tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose in December, up 30% from the prior year. Throughout 2013, export volume was 18% higher than the 2012 level.
• Value: On a value basis, U.S. exports were worth $604 million in December, 47% higher than prior year. It was the fifth month export values topped $600 million, bringing the full-year total to $6.72 billion, a 31% improvement on 2012.
• Market share: The United States was able to gain share of global dairy trade in 2013. Among the world's top nine exporters, U.S. export share of milk powder, cheese, butterfat and whey products was 19.0%, up from 16.1% in 2012. Increases were widespread across virtually all major markets in 2013. The three fastest-growing U.S. markets were China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East/North Africa region.
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Pennsylvania January IOFC improves
Penn State University's measure of income over feed costs (IOFC) rose 3.5% in January, according to the latest Dairy Outlook report from economist Jim Dunn. At $10.74/cow/day, the January IOFC is up 36¢/day from December, and the highest value since September 2007.
IOFC reflects daily gross milk income less feed costs for an average cow producing 65 lbs. of milk per day, and the improvement in January came from a higher milk price. The January Pennsylvania all-milk price was up 60¢/cwt. from the revised December estimate, to $24.00/cwt., the highest level since August 2011.
That milk price increase was offset slightly by a 0.6% increase in overall feed prices. The average cost to feed a cow producing 65 lbs. of milk per day rose 3¢, to $4.86/day.
Measured another way, feed costs per hundredweight of milk produced averaged $7.48/cwt. in January, up 5¢ from December. With the higher milk price, the milk margin over feed costs was $16.52/cwt., up 55¢/cwt. from December 2013 and up $4.37/cwt. from a year ago.
Dunn's forecast of the average 2014 Pennsylvania all-milk price is $22.97/cwt., which would be up $1.49 (6.9%) from 2013's estimated price of $21.48/cwt.
To read Dunn's latest Dairy Outlook report, click here.
USDA to release new long-term agricultural projections
USDA will release new 10-year agricultural projections on Feb. 13. USDA's Agricultural Projections to 2023 will be posted to the Office of the Chief Economist's (OCE) website at www.usda.gov/oce and available in MS Word and PDF formats. Projections data will be available as Excel spreadsheets here.
USDA publishes the projections each year in February. The projections are developed by interagency committees in USDA, with the Economic Research Service (ERS) having the lead role in the preparation of the report. The new projections cover crop and livestock commodities, agricultural trade and aggregate indicators, such as farm income, through 2023. The projections do not represent a USDA forecast, but a conditional, long-run scenario based on specific assumptions about farm policy, weather, the economy and international developments. Normal weather is assumed throughout the projection period.
The projections were prepared during October through December 2013, with the 2008 Farm Act assumed to be extended and remain in effect through the projection period. Therefore, the projections do not reflect the Agricultural Act of 2014.
Background on USDA's long-term projections and past issues of the report are available on the ERS website at www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/agricultural-baseline-projections.aspx.


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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Downtown Miami near Bayfront Park and Miami Convention Center
Popular property highlights
Airport nearby
Close to the airport, this hotel is also near Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Bayfront Park, and Miami Convention Center. Other nearby points of interest include Port of Miami.
Free Breakfast
Leamington Hotel-Downtown/Port Of Miami offers a complimentary breakfast and reception to guests. Transportation from the hotel to the Cruise Port of Miami at scheduled times.
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Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms at Leamington Hotel-Downtown/Port Of Miami also feature air conditioning and private bathrooms.
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The Leamington Hotel-Downtown/Port Of Miami offers the best value in the Downtown Miami Shopping District, just steps away from shops, restaurants, and clubs. Located within a 5-minute drive from Bayside Marketplace, American Airlines Arena, and the Cruise Port of Miami, this hotel offers complementary transportation from the hotel to the Cruise Port of Miami at scheduled times.
Multilingual staff provide 24-hour assistance to guests, including information about tours to Miami, Everglades, Key West, and Orlando. Free WiFi is provided in the hotel's public areas.
Leamington Hotel-Downtown/Port Of Miami is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation - drop-off
- Total number of rooms - 82
- Number of floors - 5
- ATM/banking
- Free breakfast
- Elevator/lift
- Free cruise terminal shuttle
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1922
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is offered to guests.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11:30 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- Breakage deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
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LAND O'LAKES, Fla. - Tampa Bay area deputies are searching for a suspect in what is being called a hate crime, after a man was shot in the face with a pellet gun.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office reports that a man and his girlfriend were shopping at a Walmart early Wednesday when the suspect started harassing them, believing the man was from the Middle East.
As the man and his girlfriend approached their car, the suspect came up to them and made several comments and then shot the man in the face with a pellet gun.
The suspect then ran off and hasn't been caught. The victim wasn't seriously hurt.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is asking the FBI to investigate the case.
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Scientists (actually a veterinarian in Texas) prove that Big Foot exists.
This is patent nonsense. Everyone knows that Sasquatches live in Washington State and British Columbia, not Kentucky. Plus, the Sasquatch-Yeti line diverged from the line that led to anatomically modern man some 500,000 years ago, not 13,000 years ago as these charlatans allege. If you want to know the real dope, buy my book.


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Felix can't get Mariners untracked
Texas tallies season-high 11 hits off Seattle ace
SEATTLE -- Not even having 20,000 Felix Hernandez bobbleheads in the stands nodding their support could help the ace or his sinking Mariners.
Pitching on a fan giveaway night commemorating Hernandez throwing Seattle's only perfect game two seasons ago, King Felix was mortal. Again.
Seattle's ace allowed five runs on a season-high 11 hits to the team with the best record in the Major Leagues. The Mariners managed just five hits and a pair of unearned runs while striking out 10 times against Rangers left-hander Derek Holland and lost their eighth consecutive game, 5-2, on Saturday night in front of 35,022, Safeco Field's largest crowd since the home opener.
"I wanted this one really bad," Hernandez said, after his second consecutive subpar start. "It was my bobblehead night. I wanted to win it for all the fans, for our team, in where we are right now.
"It was tough."
Adding to the dissappointment, manager Eric Wedge said afterward that first baseman and No.-5 hitter Justin Smoak strained his oblique and will need to be re-evaluated on Sunday. The injury occurred on a check swing in his first at-bat, though Smoak stayed in for two more before leaving in the eighth.
"When you go through streaks like this, it's sometimes tough to win a big league ballgame," Wedge said. "But you've got to keep coming to the park. You've got to keep pounding.
"This is where you've got to be tough. You've got to stay determined, stay persistent."
Starter Hisashi Iwakuma (5-1, 2.37 ERA) will try to end Seattle's longest skid in two years on Sunday afternoon in the series finale against Nick Tepesch (3-4, 3.98) and Texas (32-17).
Hernandez (5-4) struck out nine, his most while allowing double-digit hits since allowing 10 hits with nine K's on July 10, 2010, in a complete-game win over the Yankees.
But this time, he was leaving his changeup up and the free-swinging Rangers kept reaching down to golf his sinker. Hernandez allowed six hits and three runs before he had gotten six outs.
Jurickson Profar's two-strike chip shot over leaping second baseman Carlos Triunfel gave Texas a 1-0 lead in the second. Catcher Kelly Shoppach deftly blocked A.J. Pierzynski from sliding into home with his left leg while receiving Brandon Ryan's throw to save another run on Elvis Andrus' grounder to shortstop, but then Hernandez fell behind David Murphy, 3-1. Murphy ripped the next pitch, a 93-mph fastball, into the right-field corner, and the Mariners trailed, 3-0.
For the 11th time during the losing streak, a Mariners pitcher allowed at least three runs in an inning. Seattle's pitchers had allowed only 11 three-run innings over the season's first 41 games.
Hernandez threw 47 pitches in the first two laborious frames. At that point, he had allowed eight earned runs and 14 hits in his last seven innings, dating to Monday's 6-0 loss at Cleveland. During his start prior, he tweaked his back in a May 15 start at the New York Yankees.
It was just the second time since May 1 and 7, 2010, that Hernandez had failed to last at least six innings in consecutive starts.
Hernandez and Wedge insist the pitcher is fine physically, with no residual issues from that back stiffness.
"They came out swinging. They came out aggressive," said Hernandez, whose ERA has climbed from a league-leading 1.53 to 2.51 in a week.
"I mean, they put together great at-bats. They put the ball in play and they found holes. I threw good pitches but they hit them."
After two Texas errors set up Kendrys Morales' two-run double off the top of the right-field wall that got Seattle back within 3-2 in the third, Hernandez could not find any semblance of a groove.
He got former Mariner Adrian Beltre to ground into a double play in the fifth, and playfully chided his good friend over it in the middle of the infield. But a few pitches later Hernandez threw a fastball that Nelson Cruz put three rows into the bleachers beyond right field to make it 4-2 Texas.
After Leonys Martin's two-out triple in the sixth and Hernandez's only walk, to Andrus on his 114th pitch, Oliver Perez relieved the scuffling ace.
Hernandez looked up to acknowledge the largest King's Court crowd since the Mariners created the clever promotion (2,700-plus) and a rousing ovation. But his disappointment at not being able to stop the longest Mariners losing streak since the 17-game abyss in July 2011 was evident.
"Man, I try not to lose any games. But when you lose these kinds of games with the team struggling, it's tough for me, tough for the team," Hernandez said.
Murphy greeted Perez rudely with an RBI single, the fifth and final run charged to Hernandez.
"We worked him pretty good and made him throw pitches," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We didn't chase many pitches outside the strike zone, and when he threw the ball in the strike zone, we made enough contact to find some holes."
Gregg Bell is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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LRI Coalition's Kathleen Arntsen was the only patient advocate who spoke at a recent press conference hosted by the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and New York Health Works to announce the release of the "Research In Your Backyard: Developing Cures, Creating Jobs" report. The most striking finding — one third of all clinical trials in the U.S. are conducted in New York, making the state the world's leader in clinical research.
Here is the presentation given and the video shown (see first video below) on what a clinical trial is, how they are developed and the positive impact they have on the lives of patients, as well as the positive economic impact they have on the local economy. President of the LRI Coalition member Lupus Foundation of Mid and Northern New York, Inc., Kathleen appeared in a news segment on the local ABC affiliate (second video below) the night of the press conference.
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As part of the only academic health system in San Diego, the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is a hub of discovery and innovation.
Our physicians and researchers are on the front lines of fighting heart and vascular diseases - at the patients' bedsides, in the research lab, and in our community. The technologies, techniques and treatments we develop are setting standards in cardiac care.
Joan, an accomplished pianist, almost gave up her passion for the piano due to a heart condition. Then she met Dr. Lori Daniels.
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Brownies and Rainbows from Laycock are heading to the great outdoors thanks to a Community First grant.
Youngsters will take part in den building, campfires, environmental art, team-building and bush craft.
Leaders of the 10th Keighley (New Church) pack hope the experience will build the girls' confidence and social skills.
Following sessions with a forestry expert, the girls will take part in outdoor challenges at Waddow Hall near Clitheroe.
The New Church Brownies are among three groups that recently received grants from the Community First fund for Keighley West ward. This is a Government fund for deprived areas, with panels of local people deciding who receives grants in each area.
Braithwaite and Guard House Community Association received £2,362 for ten weeks of family swimming sessions, and lessons in sewing, altering and cake decorating.
The Sue Belcher Community Centre in Bracken Bank was given £2,493 for a young people's work club and a school students' homework club.
Keighley councillor Jan Smithies, who oversees the West ward funding panel, said the money was particularly useful in the current climate.
She added: "Community First is making a tangible difference in the ward."


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Volume 10, Issue 18
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I remember the first time I was introduced to the technique of placing a piece of the birthing mother's placenta under her tongue to help control excessive blood loss, especially in a case where the labor had been long and exhausting. Having been raised on a farm, I was well aware of the instinctual habit of other mammals to eat their afterbirth and had been told how important it was for them to be strong and safe.
My work in rural villages and with closely knit groups like immigrants, Mennonites, ethnically displaced peoples and back-to-earth subcultures taught me that many wimyn have retained their instinctual nature to birth upright, vocalize, immediately embrace their young and prefer a piece of their own placenta for life-threatening complications like postpartum hemorrhage.
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A study of 154 mothers and babies in Guadalajara, Mexico, found that babies who are mainly breastfed for the first six months of life were less likely to have gastrointestinal (GI) problems than those babies that were mainly formula-fed (18% versus 33%). The bad news is that they also have more likelihood of having iron deficiency, putting them at risk of anemia. If the mothers had high iron stores, the babies were at less risk; unfortunately, 28% of Mexican women have low iron stores and anemia.
One of the researchers pointed out that prior studies have found that "breastfed babies don't become anemic if their cords are not cut too soon." Delaying the cut for as little as two minutes can help improve the baby's iron status and confer other benefits.
— Medline Plus, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_67142.html, accessed 18 Jul 2008
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Midwifery and Birthing in Peru
Within Andean traditional culture, the conception of the body is different from that of Western biomedicine. The body is not understood as a machine, but as an integrated whole, with all of its parts interrelated. The body and its kawsay (vital energy in the Quechua language) are in communion with nature, the deities and other human beings; everything is connected to everything. Therefore, good living is based on living in balance.
This conception is made manifest in the practices of Andean traditional midwives, who have a holistic vision of pregnancy and birth. According to their tradition, birth is in itself a ritual, where different aspects of Andean culture and tradition take form, especially the sacredness of fertility and the abundance generated by the complementarity between the feminine and the masculine. Therefore, birth takes place in the intimacy of home, with the presence of the midwife and close relatives only. Natural birth in a vertical position is encouraged so that the baby is received close to Pachamama or Mother Earth. Other rituals are also present, for example, the burying or burning of the placenta. The relationship between the traditional midwife and the birthing woman is horizontal. The midwife serves as a guide and supports the woman in trusting her own body to accomplish this task.
Most Andean women prefer to die at home when complications arise, rather than going to the health post or hospital. They know they will be discriminated against and mistreated, they won't feel comfortable and they will be blamed (along with their midwives) for having been attended at home with these traditional midwives. This is also what impedes these midwives from referring their birthing women to the local health centers or hospitals, in cases of emergency. Also, in most cases the local community health centers don't provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC), which should be available to all Peruvian women if complications arise during labor. Both cultural barriers and lack of access to EmOC together explain why we have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in South America—185 maternal deaths for each 100,000 babies born alive. The nutritional condition of most of these women (many of whom have anemia) also makes them more vulnerable to complications.
As I witnessed with a group at the community of Huillcarpay at Cusco, Andean women long for the traditional medical knowledge that is being lost, especially knowledge of healing plants and Andean traditional midwifery practices. They feel very uncomfortable at the "cold hospitals, where they have to give birth lying down, and where they aren't treated as equals," where their power over themselves and their bodies is diminished. Now they have no choice, because their midwives have passed away.
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This amazing documentary shows a very different take, hopefully a trend, on how to deal with maternal and fetal mortality in a developing country. Rather than rule them out, with language such as "traditional birth attendant" and claims that they cannot be trained, Mozambique is further training nurses and midwives to make a difference.
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Hendrick Health System president and CEO Tim Lancaster recently announced Jeremy Walker as new Chief Financial Officer.
"We are fortunate to have Jeremy join the Hendrick team," said Lancaster. "He brings a wealth of knowledge from his experiences and training with a variety of other healthcare systems."
Before coming to Hendrick, Walker served as vice president of Finance for Hospital Corporation of America based in Arlington.
His previous positions included Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City and financial analyst for Triad Hospitals in Franklin, Tenn.
"Over the past nine decades, Hendrick has been committed to providing a legacy of exceptional care with Christian compassion for the citizens of Abilene and its surrounding communities," said Walker. "I consider it an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to contribute to this legacy."
Walker received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Accounting from Freed- Hardeman University in Tenn., and a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management from Oklahoma Christian University.
"In addition to my excitement about being a part of the Hendrick family, my wife and I are also looking forward to living in Abilene and raising our daughter in such a caring and family-centered community," said Walker.


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Hired guns cost Seattle taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars
SEATTLE--When the city of Seattle cannot solve a problem alone, departments turn to consultants as hired guns with silver bullets that can cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Over the last two months, the Problem Solvers have poured through hundreds of pages of contracts to see how the city spent some $600,000,000 on outside consultants in the last few years.
It feels so good to be green
The city's sustainability department spent $26,000 on a two minute long public service announcement. The commercial praises Seattle locals for being green and using plug-in hybrids and insulation.
Mayor McGinn questioned why the money was spent.
"I have to admit, when I saw it, I winced a little and I was waiting for this interview to happen after I saw it," he said.
The ad runs on the Seattle Channel and the jingle alone cost taxpayers $3,500. Lead singer for The Presidents of the United State of America, Chris Ballew, wrote and sang the jingle. Jill Simmons runs the department and says the commercial is a good return on investment and that it is memorable.
"I challenge you not to be singing it after you've listened to it," she said.
Outside help for boats
Contracts show that the planning department paid $172 an hour to an outside consultant to come up with the definition of a house barge. The overall contract spent around $10,000 to create a temporary definition for Lake Union and other waterways.
"It's basically a licensing process," said Bryan Stevens, who manages part of the department.
Stevens deflected criticism of the cost of the definition because it helps the city have proper legal liability according to new state law and that no city staff member is properly equipped to define a house barge.
"If you're a naval architect, you have the expertise to evaluate that. So, we don't have that expertise," Stevens said.
Words matter
A consultant contract with the finance department helped 24 city workers learn "clear business writing skills," including use of practical grammar and how to properly punctuate. Mayor McGinn defended the contract and workers.
"They may have deficiencies in their skills, but they're otherwise good employees. We want to make sure we get the skills they need," he said.
SDOT reforms
Then there are the big dollar contracts that can create big change. One consultant got almost $500,000 to examine SDOT and expose a number of problems, including a lack of accountability for road maintenance.
David Jones with the audit department says the changes that could come from the consultant are worth the costs.
"Somebody has to go out there and makes sure that stuff gets done to improve the system," he said.
Lingering logo questions
SDOT also has to worry about new parking rate changes and how to get that information out to the public.
"There aren't signs available off the shelf that convey all of this kind of information," said Mike Estey, a manager with the department.
A consultant contract shows that SDOT spent more than $14,000 to create parking logos seen on the iconic green parking meters.
That money is only for the design of the graphics, not manufacturing or installation.
Another consultant was paid $11,000 for design and consultation on the city's employee donation program "Seattle Shares."
Once again, McGinn brushed aside questions, saying he trusts his departments to make the right call.
"We could spend a hell of a lot more money reviewing, putting every contract through layers and layers of review and that would cost time and money as well, he said.
The mayor did say city can do a better job to cut the fat and the waste.
"I'm sure the folks in those departments, now that you've done this will be a little more cautious now about how much money they want to spend on contracts," he said.


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Ana-Grammar 2Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) The big lamp threw a dazzling light upon the royal robe.
2) The goose put his life in jeopardy when he ate the flowers in the plot.
3) Startled by the warning signal, Jack tumbled into the sap; yet he only had to lightly wash his hair to remove the residue.
4) As Ed traveled around the country, he was directed to an alternate highway.
Answerlarge = big
glare = a dazzling light
regal = royal
gander = a male goose (his)
danger = jeopardy
garden = a plot of flowers
siren = warning signal
resin = tree sap
rinse = lightly wash
toured = traveled
routed = directed
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Festival to Celebrate Texas Independence Scheduled March 1-2 at Historic Site
WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS, Texas — A free two-day festival on March 1-2 will celebrate the 172nd anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The annual event at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site commemorates the signing of the Texas' declaration by 59 men elected by citizens of each municipality in Texas, who convened here March 2, 1836, in a drafty, timber building atop a Brazos River bluff as war clouds loomed.
Members of the Texas Army, skilled craftsmen, talented musicians and costumed re-enactors, portraying such Texian heroes as Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Anson Jones, will be on-hand at the 293-acre park to bring the Republic of Texas era to life.
"Washington-on-the-Brazos has seen many changes since independence was declared here in March 1836," said Bill Irwin, historic site superintendent. "Most recently, additional park staff has been hired to better tell Texas' story. As Texans, we are all proud to be involved in preserving our Texas heritage."
As in past years, highlighting the two-day festival will be a ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday featuring several Texas heroes and invited special guests and a performance of "Once Upon A Time in Texas" by Texas troubadour Brian Burns. The cutting of a Texas-sized birthday cake will follow.
Washington-on-the-Brazos features three attractions open year-round: Independence Hall, the Star of the Republic Museum and Barrington History Farm. All admission fees are waived during the festival weekend. Vendors will be selling food and drinks.
A new exhibit — "Audubon's Creations: His Texas Legacy" — will open Saturday at the Star of the Republic Museum. On display will be world-renowned artist John James Audubon's collection of mammal engravings, including the Texian Hare, Red Texan Wolf, Texan Skunk, which were drawn from specimens collected by Audubon and his party during their visits to Texas in the 1830s and 1840s.
Funding for the Texas Independence Day Festival comes from the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park Association, Exxon-Mobil Corporation, Bluebonnet Electric Co-Op and Embarq.
The historic site is located on FM 1155 just off State Highway 105 midway between Brenham and Navasota, about an hour's drive northwest of Houston. For more information, call (936) 878-2214.
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What is the best way to figure out if I am turning discs over from power or if I am just having bad form? I am no longer having problems turning over my midrange discs but I still have an issue with my more understable drivers. I bought a brand new Ace and threw it several times with hyzer. Each time it flipped up and flew straight for awhile before finding a gentle fade left(RHBH). Every time I throw my beat up Orion with the same hyzer it turns hard right. Is it the disc or me?
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ps I have decided to stick with my fan grip for putts and short approachs as it is the most comfortable and accurate for me. When the knuckle on my middle finger gets sore I just bust out the tape.


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NIER review
When it was revealed a year ago, there was a fair amount of mystery around Square-Enix's lastest IP, Nier. The publisher was tight-lipped about any story elements and even most of the gameplay for the game until very close to its actual release. Now that the game has been launched on the Xbox 360 and PS3, it's pretty easy to see why they stayed mum. Nier is a dull, slow-moving exploit, with simplistic gameplay mechanics, boring fetch quests, and weak visuals. There are some shining moments in the storyline, but getting to them takes many hours and will try even the most hardcore action-RPG fanatics.
Whereas other Japanese RPGs will pit you as a whiny teenager (often an amnesiac) on a quest to save the entire world from destruction, Nier's story is a welcomed departure from the norm, focusing on an older warrior simply trying to save his daughter from a deadly virus that has taken her over. Everyone in your village appreciates and respects your character, offering him random jobs to help him make ends meet and take care of his sick child, while you begin to uncover the secrets to her condition and possible cures. And all of this while coping with a world on the verge of destruction by dark forces known as shades. The story has some interesting bits mixed in, but it moves very slowly in general, and it takes a while before the plot starts to get good.
The game's combat is pretty simplistic. You'll have access to some basic melee combos from your weaponry, as well as some magic spells that you'll be able to get after attaining the Grimoire Weiss, a book that is supposed to save the world from destruction at the hands (or pages, rather) of the Grimoire Noir. You'll be able to dodge and block attacks, and spells can be easily mapped to the shoulder buttons. Unfortunately, the game still feels overly simplistic, and enemies rarely put up a good fight.
Nier does some interesting camera work here and there, intersecting the free-roam camera common to action-RPGs with some pseudo-2D platforming moments, as well as going with a top-down Zelda-esque look for some sequences. These moments are strangely compelling, with the platforming scenes feeling pretty fluid and the top-down moments even mirroring some top-down shooter games in both gameplay and look, but they are few and far between. More often than not, you'll be trudging through the game's open, barren expanses without a whole lot going on.
The game's sidequests are plentiful, but very tedious. For example, early on there is a quest chain that has the player delivering a fragile parcel to another person on the game map. You'll do this by running from one area to another without getting hit by any enemies; should a single-attack connect, the parcel will break and you'll be forced to return to the quest-giver and restart the whole damn thing. This is extremely annoying, considering how enemies will literally pop out of thin air to attack you, causing you to restart the whole mission. These sidequests are rarely compelling, and even completists will find themselves scratching their heads and wondering what the point is of finishing them. In another strange move, you can't get your sidequests to show up as indicators on your map, leaving you to guess where you need to go to cash in on them with only vague clues from the quest-givers.
The game moves fluidly at a 30 FPS clip, but there's really no reason why it shouldn't since the graphics are devoid of any real detail. The game lacks the graphical panache of other games in the action-RPG genre, and the drab, colorless environments fall well short of the mark. Nier himself is one ugly looking dude, but some of the other character models look decent enough. However, in terms of technical prowess or art design, the game won't wow you like other recent Square-Enix games, namely Final Fantasy XIII.
What the game lacks in the visual department, it makes up for in audio. The soundtrack in Nier is excellent, featuring some haunting tracks that do a great job of capitalizing on the game's general dread-inducing feel. The voice acting is also pretty solid for the most part. Nier's dry delivery will make you groan at first, but once you get a better understanding of the character you will understand some of the more subtle nuances in his personality, reflected in the voice acting. It should also be mentioned that Nier is for a mature audience, and some of the dialogue is laced with profanity. While it works in the game and never detracts from the characters or the storyline, be on the lookout for some f-bombs from some of the game's more colorful personalities.
Nier is a missed opportunity. There are moments when the storytelling shines, but those are few and far between in a pretty drab quest-laden game with boring missions and fetch quests. The combat also lacks depth and finesse, and the whole experience just seems to plod along without a lot of reward.
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NOX-E36 Multiple Ascending Dose Study in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
This study has been completed.
NOXXON Pharma AG
Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
NOXXON Pharma AG
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: March 10, 2010
Last updated: February 12, 2013
Last verified: February 2013
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The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple intravenous doses of NOX-E36 in healthy subjects and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A secondary objective of the trial is to obtain exploratory estimates of the pharmacodynamic response at the level of inflammation, metabolism as well as ongoing diabetes complications (e.g. impaired cardiovascular, liver and renal function). Thus, the study is designed to provide sufficient safety and dose-response data for a planned Phase IIa proof of concept study with NOX-E36 in patients with multiple complications of type II diabetes mellitus.
|Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
|Drug: NOX-E36
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|NOX-E36 - A Phase Ib, Multiple Intravenous Dose Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Properties in Healthy Subjects and Then in Three Groups of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus to Compare Three Ascending Dose Regimens in a Double-blind and Placebo-controlled Manner
Further study details as provided by NOXXON Pharma AG:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety and tolerability of multiple intravenous doses of NOX-E36 in healthy subjects and patients with type II diabetes mellitus [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Multiple dose pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of NOX-E36 in healthy subjects and patients with type II diabetes mellitus [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Group A
Drug: NOX-E36
Multiple dose 0.25 mg/kg or placebo i.v. to healthy volunteers; dosing frequency q2d
|Experimental: Group B - D
Drug: NOX-E36
Multiple dose of 0.0625 mg/kg, 0.125 mg/kg, 0.25 mg/kg or placebo i.v. to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (ratio 3:1); dosing frequency q2d
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Group A: Healthy male and female subjects
- Group B-D: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus according to ADA definition; GFR > 60 mL/min; HbA1c ≥ 6.0 and ≤9.0 %; normoalbuminuria, microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of or presence of clinically significant diseases with the exception of diabetes (Groups B-D)
- Concurrent illness that may affect blood glucose other than diabetes
- Supine blood pressure at screening, after resting for 5 min, of >140 mmHg systolic or > 90 mmHg diastolic (Group A) or > 160 mmHg systolic or > 95 mmHg in diabetes mellitus patients (Groups B-D)
- Clinically significant abnormal ECG at screening
- Any kidney disease not caused by diabetes or hypertension
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01085292
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01085292
|CTC North MediGate GmbH
|Hamburg, Germany, 20246
|Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
|Hannover, Germany, 30625
|Itecra GmbH
|Köln, Germany, 50931
|ikfe GmbH
|Mainz, Germany, 55116
|Profil Institut fuer Stoffwechselforschung GmbH
|Neuss, Germany, D-41460
Sponsors and Collaborators
NOXXON Pharma AG
Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH
|Study Director:
|Grit Landgraf, PhD
|Noxxon AG
More Information
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 18, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|NOXXON Pharma AG
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01085292 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2010-019148-38 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|March 10, 2010
|Last Updated:
|February 12, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
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Tomatoes stuffed with Salmon Dill Dip (Barefoot Bloggers)
I recently joined yet another blogging group. The Barefoot Bloggers make only recipes from Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa). While I don't have any of her cookbooks, I do enjoy watching her on the Food Network. Each month, 2 members get to choose a Barefoot Contessa recipe. Then we all post then on the same day (every other Thursday). So keep an eye out for my BB posts and also check out the blogroll to see everyone else's posts.
The first BB recipe that I got to make as a Barefoot Blogger is the Smoked Salmon Spread (thanks Ashley for picking this great recipe!) I wanted to spruce it up, so I decided to stuff it into some tomatoes. The dip was very tasty and adding tomatoes into the mix added a freshness. I used a tip I read online somewhere to serve them on a bed of salt. The salt helps to prevent the tomatoes from rolling around.
Smoked Salmon Spread – from Barefoot Contessa Family Style, pg 35
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced fresh dill
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish, drained
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt – I omitted
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 pound (4 ounces) smoked salmon, minced
Cream the cheese in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until just smooth. Add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill, horseradish, salt, and pepper, and mix. Add the smoked salmon and mix well. Chill and serve with crudites or crackers.
To stuff tomatoes: I bought Campari tomatoes (they're a little bigger than a golf ball). I cut a hole in the top then I used the end of a spoon to scoop out the insides including the seeds. I then rinsed in cool water and placed upside down on a paper towel to drain. I put the spread into a plastic bag and cut off the corner so I could pipe a little bit into each tomato. I garnished with fresh dill.
9 Responses to "Tomatoes stuffed with Salmon Dill Dip (Barefoot Bloggers)"
Welcome to the BBs. I did cucumber towers with mine the first time I made this, then stuffed cherry tomatoes and new potatoes for a work event today.
Your pics are great. Wish I'd thought of the salt.:-)
Hi Jen,
I just discovered your blog :). I'm Sophie from Flour Arrangements. In just about a week I'll be moving to Boston (actually Cambridge) from Austin, and I'm hoping to start a cooking group when I get there. I actually TRY to cook dairy free too (although sometimes I need a little dairy in there, ya know?); so it'd be cool to have a fellow 'somewhat non-dairy' foodie in the group! Drop me a comment on my blog, or even an email, if you're interested. It's nice meeting you!
Oh, and feel free to tell any of your friends about it :).
Flour Arrangements
Wow, these look really good and refreshing! NIICE!
Your idea of stuffing them into tomatoes is great! And great tip on using salt!
I love how you presented the dip. Nice work!
What a wonderful idea to stuff tomatoes! These look great!
These would be fun to make. I'll bet the hardest part was scooping out the tomatoes. They make for a delicious and colourful appetizer.
excellent use of a dip! Love the salt idea.
THIS LOOKS MARVELOUS! I need to start back again with BB now that we are settled in the new digs.


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Lung Cancer
Stable 3mm noncalcified pulmonary nodule
recently had CT chest, abdomen,pelvis to check for recurrent ovarian cancer. Diagnosed w/ovarian cancer Aug. 2003, hysterectomy and chemo. CT 5/31/06 showed 3mm noncalcified pulmonary nodule which is unchanged/stable on CT 6/20//07. Chest CT showed-biapical pleural and parenchymal scarring consistent w/old granulomatous disease Tiny 3mm noncalcified pulmonary nodule right middle lobe. COULD THIS NODULE BE RECURRENCE OR METASTASIS OF OVARIAN CANCER? My PPD test was negative May 2007. What granulomatous disease could I have had? I appreciate any answer and information. Thank you.
These small non-calcified nodules are called "indeterminate" because it is difficult to make a diagnosis based on their appearance alone. The possibilities include both benign and malignant disease. With a prior diagnosis of ovarian cancer the risk of metastatic cancer is possible. However, with these tiny nodules, it is difficult to obtain a diagnosis short of a major operation. It would also be reasonable to continue to follow these with serial chest CT scans every 3 months for 2 years. If there is no evidence of progression in size or number then it would be safe to assume their benign nature.
Abbas Abbas, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
College of Medicine
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