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Changes in Breast Density and Breast Cancer Risk in Women With Breast Cancer and in Healthy Women
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified September 2016 by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
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First received: March 7, 2007
Last updated: September 29, 2016
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|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Changes in Breast Density and Breast Cancer Risk in Women With Breast Cancer and in Healthy Women
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|Longitudinal Changes in Mammographic Density and Risk of Breast Cancer
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RATIONALE: Studying mammograms for breast density changes over time may help doctors predict breast cancer risk.
PURPOSE: This natural history study is looking at changes in breast density and gathering health information over time to assess breast cancer risk in women with breast cancer and in healthy women.
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OUTLINE: This is a prospective, retrospective, controlled study. Patients and healthy participants are frequency-matched by age (± 2 years) and ethnicity.
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>Off the Beaten Path>Kirby or Rainbow Vacuums
This post definitely falls under the Off the Beaten Path.
I test vacuums for a guy in Slovenia. No, I'm not making this up. I have tested a bunch of vacuums like Dyson, Hoover, and Meile. Now he wants me to contact a Kirby rep and a Rainbow Vacuum rep so they can do an in home demonstration and I can test their vacuums.
Do any of you have either a Kirby or a Rainbow Vac. It's hard to get an understanding of what they are like on the web. Plus, anything I try to look at on their own websites always prompt me to ask for a salesman to visit my house.
I'm trying to get some opinions before I ask for a home invasion, I mean home visit. I'm not going to buy one, but I need to test these things out. Also, what is a home visit like from one of these guys?
Distinctively Juvenile
We have a Kirby, and it is a good vacuum. My wife doesn't like it because it's pretty heavy to tote around our split level house. She bought another,lighter and cheaper one, but it doesn't vacuum as well.
The sales pitch...unless they've changed, and it has been 15 years, but it's a very, very high pressure pitch. I even go an uneasy feeling going to their "store" once to buy some extra bags.
Would I buy another one? No -- just too expensive for a vacuum cleaner. .
both are overpriced!!
Rainbow is a PIA to clean after each use...
Don't know how good Kirby sucks...
Orecks are pretty good...and lightweight...
We have a Rainbow (3-4 years?) and love it. Yes it's pricey, and yes, you have to dump the gucky water after you're done, but boy, does it clean to a level beyond the typical vacuum. I bet it would suck up 5 lbs. of stuff out of the living room carpet after Kirby gave it his best effort.
Sales pitch? I guess I can't tell you how hard it would be to shove the salesman out the door without having made the sale.
Well at least someone here is making relevance to the subject. - S.J.
No run...need sleepy!
Several lifetimes ago when I was desperate and naive I signed up to be a Kirby salesman. Their business model is ALL about the hard sell. In the early 90's the retail price was ~$1500. I can't imagine what it might be now.
I do recall that it seemed an impressive machine, both a good vacuum with decent attachments and doubles as a carpet cleaner.
I'd be curious to hear more recent feedback.
I had the Kirby reps come to my house once--it was a guy and a girl each in their 20's. The girl seemed like the trainee, she did a lot of the demonstrating and took orders from the guy who did most of the talking. My wife had apparently fallen for the old "free cleaning" trick that their telemarketers use. At any rate, I did not know until that morning that they were coming.
The hard sell was beyond anything I had ever seen before in my life. I was embarrassed for them but not enough to give them the time of day. At the end of their performance they wanted me to pay $1500 for a vacuum cleaner on the spot when I didn't feel like I needed a vacuum cleaner.
When I said "NO" they did the old call-the-manager trick to try and see if they could get me a "special deal"--I think they went straight to $1,200. So without me even asking for a discount they were already set to take 20% off their initial asking price.
I kept saying "NO" definitively--not saying "not today", or "maybe another time" or anything to give them any hope, just "no"--and they would not accept it. Finally when they pointed out that I lived in a nice house in a nice neighborhood and had kids and asked why didn't I think it was worth spending for the best vacuum I lost my patience.
I said that the reason I am able to live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood is that would never spend a grand on an fucking vacuum, I would never spend a grand on something I had not even thought I needed when I woke up that morning, and I certainly would never buy a vacuum from a door-to-door sales team who showed up at my house in a car worth less than the vacuum they were trying to sell. Thanks, bye.
I am a sales professional and tend to have a soft spot for sales people who are in low end positions just trying to make a living--but that was one of the most embarrassing and uncomfortable things I have ever witnessed.
So that was my "home visit." Enjoy!
Runners run.
LOL at mikeymike's story! My wife did the exact same thing with the Kirby - got 'em in for the ole 'free carpet cleaning' pitch. Hard, hard sell. My wife wanted to buy the darn thing at >$1000 (don't remember the actual price) right there on the spot. I said forget it but I knew she wanted it so bought one on ebay for about $350. She was very happy and we still use that stupid thing today. Good vacuum but heavy so guess who get's to do ALL the vacuuming, including lugging it up and down the stairs? Me - that's who! My solution to lugging it up and down the stairs? I replaced all the downstairs carpeting with hardwood. Done.
Vacuums suck.
50,000 Miles Later
I grew up in a Kirby house. We got it when I was 4ish. At some point after I had left for college, the parents got a new one.
Some background: I grew up in an extremely poor house (until all the older siblings moved out when I was in junior high, which was hella good for me as the baby of the family). Yet we had the multi-grand Kirby. Yeah, my dad is not good with salesmen. Fast forward to 2012. He's 82 now and stuff shows up constantly that he's ordered off the teevee.
ANYWAY. It was a solid motherfucker and it cleaned up 'real nice'. I can't imagine it was any better than other vacuums though. It was heavy. It was LOUD. I mean, even in vacuum cleaner terms, this bad boy was L O U D.
And... I recall having to replace "the belt" on it repeatedly. As an adult, I've had three hoovers... never replaced a belt. Have replaced vaccums twice. In 25ish years, I've spent maybe 400 on 3 vacuums. Compared to 1500-2000k for one vacuum plus belts and belts and belts over probably 18-20 years.
Feeling the growl again
LOL Mike.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
Tell us more about testing vacuums for a guy in Slovenia.
Is there a big market for highly rated vacuums there?
Do you test other things?
Any way for us to get on the Slovenian Vacuum Gravy Train?
Demon of Bad Decisions
I test vacuums for a guy in Slovenia.
I test vacuums for a guy in Slovenia.
MadLibs strikes RA again.
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
Tell us more about testing vacuums for a guy in Slovenia.
Is there a big market for highly rated vacuums there?
Do you test other things?
Any way for us to get on the Slovenian Vacuum Gravy Train?
You asked, I answered!
Here's the short story. I bought a Dyson, but during my research of vacuums I saw an article on
Vacuum Wizard.com that if you wrote a 500 word review of your vacuum, you could win $50.
I bought my Dyson, wrote the review and got $50 from the owner of this website, who happens to be a guy in Slovenia.
He has a bunch of review type websites, and this is one of his more profitable ones.
Yes, I have reviewed other things for him, and another guy from Norway named Marius Bakken (a former Olympic 5K runner). I've reviewed Juicers, Running Shoes, Shredders, GPS Watches, and I think that's it.
Go to vacuum wizard now. He's looking for someone who works on vacuums to help him out one day a week. I only have time for like one review a month since I'm a teacher full time.
Ha. That's awesome! Thanks.
I have a Kirby I bought last summer, it was definitely a high pressure sales pitch and the only way they sell those things is the door-to-door 'free cleaning'. At the time my wife was sick and in the hospital so I was a little emotionally vulnerable, but when the guy said $2000 for a vacuum I literally laughed out loud and told him there was no way I was buying it, he finished the free clean and asked again 'what can I do to make the sale' as he had been doing all through the demonstration. I told him bring the price down $1000 and maybe I'll think about it, when he did I told him nope $1000 is still to much for a vacuum and he finally came down to $800. Honestly still to much for a vacuum, but it does do a really good job (I have 3 cats and it got up cat hair my other vacuum wouldn't even touch) and has a lifetime warranty. The other thing they try to do is take your old vacuum as a "trade-in" to lower the price as if there is a market for old used vacuums. I think it is really so that when they salesperson leaves and then the next day when you realize you paid $1000+ for a vacuum you can't return it b/c by that point they can say they have already sold/destroyed your old vacuum for parts then you have no vacuum at all - although there is supposedly a 72 hr return policy. I did not let the saleman take my old vacuum, I told him I'm paying for a vacuum and that's what I'm getting you are getting my $800 and that is ALL you are getting. I use the old one upstairs now b/c that Kirby is a b**** to get up the stairs
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VIDALIA, Ga. — With college basketball fans anxiously awaiting the 2013 championship in Atlanta's Georgia Dome April 8, Vidalia onion growers are experiencing their own version of March Madness as some expect to begin shipping the same day as the big game.
"We've got our own kind of March Madness here," said Walt Dasher, co-owner of G&R Farms, Glennville. "There's so much that can happen in late March — hail, temperature fluctuations — and last year we didn't see some of the issues with the downey mildew until we had started packing."
Dasher said conditions look favorable for average to slightly above average yields in the G&R fields. He expects sizes to be average and slightly larger than typical.
However, a storm front rolled across the country the first weekend of spring and dumped 2-4 inches of rain across the Vidalia growing region.
Richard Pazderski, director of development for Utah Onions, said there were even reports of hail around the Glennville area, but he hadn't seen it himself.
Most growers polled March 25 said the rain was a concern, but predictions of cold overnight temperatures for the last week of March were more troublesome.
"We need to make sure the necks are beginning to dry before we start digging," Pazderski said. "This weather may slow us down a couple of days, but not too much longer."
On March 25, Dasher revised his anticipated start date, saying the rain and cold could push shipping back to April 15-20.
Rain had roots gasping
Ronny Collins, chief executive officer of Plantation Sweets, Cobbtown, said he uses an old-time rule of thumb to help him determine when his Vidalias are out of danger.
"They always said until you see the full moon at the end of March, you aren't safe from seed stems and other problems," Collins said.
"This year we thought that heavy rain in February would drastically reduce our crop. But things have dried out since then, and we expect only a slight reduction overall with more jumbos instead of collosals this season."
Rainfall totals were varied across the Vidalia growing region during the late February storms that brought an official end to a two-year drought. Some growers reported 10 inches of rain while others reported as much as 24 inches in a 10-day period.
In a few low spots, the ground was so saturated that the onion roots did a 180-degree turn and headed straight back up to the surface seeking oxygen, said Travis Collins, who operates Collins-based Mike & Travis Farms with his father Mike Collins.
More than 14 inches of rain fell on their Vidalia onions, he said.
"We had the best seed beds I've ever seen to start with, though," said Mike Collins, who predicted good yields and average sizes.
Michael Hively, who with the Collins duo recently launched a new company called Sweet Vidalia Farms LLC, said the rain likely was less of a problem for the smaller growers.
"Those big growers with big heavy equipment had to wait longer to get back into their fields than the little guys with smaller, lighter tractors," Hively said.
Solid prices expected early
Anxiety about the rain gave way to optimism about prices by late March.
Vidalia growers and marketers said low supplies of sweet onions from Texas and Mexico were good news for the trademarked sweet onions from Georgia.
Kevin Hendrix, chairman of the Vidalia Onion Committee and vice president of Hendrix Produce Inc., Metter, said he expects the season to open with prices in the $22-$26 range for 40-pound cartons.
He and his father, R.T. Hendrix, grow about 800 acres of Vidalias and expect to start shipping April 15, the date set by the Georgia Department of Agriculture as the official start.
Some growers said they planned begin shipping as early as April 8. Those early shipments are subject to special inspections.
"The whole first-to-market thing is mostly customer driven," Hendrix said. "We have an inspector on site so we could go early, but we want to ship the best product, and sometimes that means you wait a week."
L.G. Herndon Jr. Farms, based in Lyons, has a similar philosophy.
Jason Herndon, nephew of L.G. "Bo" Herndon Jr. and manager of the operation said being first to market isn't the most important factor for his family's operation.
"We don't dig onions until they are mature," Herndon said of the farm's 500 acres of Vidalias. "We're in this for the long haul, not the month of April."
Although many Vidalia growers and marketers agree with the Vidalia Onion Committee chairman's prediction that prices at the opening of the season should be at least $22 per 40-pound carton, few would venture a guess on how long the prices would hold.
Joey Johnson, co-owner of J&S Produce Inc., Mount Vernon, said his company serves as an agent for four Vidalia growers and has been involved in the deal for more than 20 years.
"In the past, before the offshore deals, we could hold the prices better through the season," Johnson said, adding J&S expects to ship about 50,000 cartons of Vidalia onions this season.


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We are doing a benefit car, truck, motorcycle and tractor show. The proceeds from this show will help fund needed equipment for the different band programs at the high school. The entree fee is only $ 10.00 per car and awards will be at 2:30 p.m. We will be selling t shirts, food and drinks. We will have a 50 / 50 drawing, door prizes and will be awarding 18 trophy's and 15 plaques. If anyone is interested in sponsoring the show for a donation of $ 100.00 you'll get your name printed on the back of the t shirts for advertising. Any questions feel free to call or email. Thank you for donations: Richard Scott, Prowler Productions, the TWs, SE Wheels Events, and the Dixie Cruisers
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Photographers received an insight into the invention of the image at a special evening at Lacock.
Fox Talbot Museum curator Roger Watson gave a talk on his soon-to-be-published book 'Capturing the Light' to the group of 30 photographers who gathered at the National Trust museum to commemorate William Henry Fox Talbot.
Each year on Talbot's birthdate, February 11, Wiltshire Times photographer Trevor Porter organises a social evening to celebrate the work of Talbot. This year Mr Watson was able to show the proof copy of the book that outlines the invention.
Mr Watson said: "This captivating book traces the true story of two very different men in the 1830s – Henry Fox Talbot and Louis Daguerre – both striving to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image, and keep it for ever."
The book is due for release in April.


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Twinkle and Emily – Humane Society Pets of the Week!
The first time that I introduced my cat to my husband's cat, she showed no fear. She walked out of her kitty carrier, looked at his cat, then immediately walked across the room and started eating out of the cat food bowl, all while being hissed at. It took the cats a while to warm up to each other, but now they get along pretty well and even play from time-to-time. Many pets are waiting to explore a new home and meet a new animal, and that's where you come in.
The Humane Society shelters pets, gets them the care they need, gives them the love they're craving, and does their best to place them in permanent homes. Whether you're looking for a lazy dog who prefers a quiet walk to play, or a cat who chases toys, chances are the Humane Society will have your perfect match.
May I present our pets of the week. If you'd like to see them in person or get more information on these pets or any other pets that the Humane Society has, check them out online here or call 940-855-4941. They're located at 4360 Old Iowa Park Road in Wichita Falls.


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I am reading, among other things, Living Dharma Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters by Jack Kornfield. Unfortunately, I have been skipping around so I don't have the exact wording of it, but I read the best snippet. It has stuck with me and I really love the analogy. The author mentions that he is writing about several different Buddhist Masters who practice in different ways. He eludes often to the fact that there isn't a "right" way to enlightenment, that different people will take different paths. I love this because it is my belief that if you are on any path towards enlightenment that you are better off than you were before. Anyway, he says that there is a picture of a teacher pointing at the moon and to think about all of your teachers pointing at the moon. It does not matter what method they use to point at the moon, it is important to remember that you are looking at the moon itself.
Upon some quick googling, I found that this analogy/story pops up rather often... I'm sure most of you have already heard it... I really loved it and it has stuck with me. My mother and I were having a chat about Buddhism the other day and she was asking about the different types and I told her the analogy about the moon.
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. is backing the American Association of Retired Persons' "Drive to End Hunger" initiative with themed packaging on Tropicana clementines.
The packaging on 3-pound bags and 5-pound cartons will include images of campaign spokesman and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon with his No. 24 car, dubbed the Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet.
Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson has committed to donating at least $25,000 to the AARP Foundation for the initiative in 2012, according to a news release.
"Drive to End Hunger" raises awareness and funds to fight hunger among people ages 50 and up.
A quick-response code, available on both bags and cartons, links to an AARP Foundation website where direct donations can be made. Shoppers donating $24 or more will receive a "Drive to End Hunger" hat.
"This program not only offers unique packaging to shoppers to raise awareness, but also allows us as a company to give back to an important cause," James Rasmussen, fruit category manager at C.H. Robinson, said in the release.
Since its launch the anti-hunger initiative has donated almost 16 million meals and gained donor commitments with an expected value of more than $17.5 million.


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Santana collects four hits in Indians' rout of Twins
First baseman kicks off second-inning rally, homers in the fifth
MINNEAPOLIS -- Facing a heavy infield shift with two outs in the third inning, Carlos Santana laid down a perfect bunt.
He picked up a single on the play, but the Twins were lucky -- it was the only time during the Indians' 8-2 win on Tuesday night that a ball hit by Santana didn't fly over everyone's heads.
"It's basically free," Santana said. "My first at-bat, I got a double, and then early in the count, I said, 'Oh, they're playing the shift,' and did a bunt."
The first baseman finished 4-for-5 -- including a home run off Minnesota starter Yohan Pino that traveled 415 feet into the right-field concourse at Target Field. He also helped the Tribe get out to an early 3-0 lead in the second by swatting a double off the top of the right-field wall to begin the inning.
After that double in the second, Pino proceeded to hit Lonnie Chisenhall in the lower body with a slider, and then Nick Swisher loaded the bases with a single to center. One Yan Gomes strikeout later, David Murphy singled to bring two runners home, and then Mike Aviles pushed the lead to three with a sacrifice fly to score Swisher.
Meanwhile, Indians starter Danny Salazar employed an effective bend-but-don't-break strategy in his first Major League start since May 15.
Officially added to the roster earlier in the day, the 24-year-old righty loaded the bases with three straight one-out walks in the second. That's when catcher Gomes came to the rescue with a quick mound visit.
"He told me to stay back and breathe and focus on the pitch I wanted to throw," Salazar said. "That was good. Because if he doesn't come out, I wouldn't go back and try to rest for a couple seconds."
After a few deep breaths, Salazar escaped by fooling Sam Fuld and Danny Santana with changeups for strikeouts in consecutive at-bats.
While the offspeed stuff helped early, Salazar ramped up the heat when he wanted.
After the Twins got on the board in the fourth, Salazar faced runners on first and second with two outs. Holding a 3-1 lead, he hummed a 97-mph fastball past Brian Dozier for an inning-ending strikeout.
"I'll tell you what: That was more of the stuff we had come to appreciate last year," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "If he's gonna pitch like that, and move forward with it --- man, what a shot in the arm for us."
In the fifth, Santana launched his home run past the seats in right field and into the concourse for a 4-1 margin.
"It's nothing we haven't seen before," Swisher said. "The kid's got super light-tower power, man. He's a huge part of our lineup. We're really going to need him down the stretch, and I think if he just continues to do this, we're going to win a lot of ballgames coming up here."
Thanks to his trio of walks in the second, Salazar's pitch count ballooned quickly, and he was pulled after facing one batter -- Kurt Suzuki, who singled -- in the sixth. Reliever Kyle Crockett ended up sailing through the inning with some help from Jason Kipnis, who made an outstanding diving play to rob Fuld for the third out.
Minnesota was not done, however.
Brian Dozier knocked a solo shot to left -- his 19th of the season, a new Twins record for a second baseman -- off reliever Scott Atchison, and then Kendrys Morales lined a single to left two batters later. But Morales tried to stretch it into a double, and he almost avoided a tag by Kipnis with a nifty stop-slide but could not quite stretch to the bag in time to avoid ending the inning.
"We've been falling behind early, but at the same time, good offensive teams can find a way to scrape some runs together over nine innings," Dozier said. "But it just seems like when we get down early, we're not very good when that happens."
The Twins were poised to get a bit closer in the eighth when pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez pulled a triple past a sprawling Murphy to the right-field wall. But Cody Allen entered for Marc Rzepczynski and struck out Chris Parmelee.
With Minnesota reliever Matt Guerrier on the mound in the ninth, Cleveland added four runs to its total on a pair of doubles by Swisher and Gomes, an intentional walk to Kipnis and a two-run single by Dickerson to left field. Santana added one more double to right, which scored Chris Dickerson.
The sequence cemented a win for Salazar, who played an important part in the Tribe's playoff run last season before slowing down significantly at the beginning of 2014. The starter collected six strikeouts against the three walks to keep the Twins off balance and run his record to 2-4 on the season.
"Today was better," Salazar said. "In the beginning of the season I was struggling a little bit with my delivery and everything. They sent me down to Triple-A to work on that, and I was working really hard. I got called back up again, and I tried to do my best out there."
Alex M. Smith is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @asmiff. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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He had heard of this foreign term, defense, and its cousin, rebounding, but they weren't part of his regular repertoire. Those weren't high priorities since he had the University of Notre Dame, among others, pursuing him and extolling what they liked about his potential.
"You remember V.J. as a freshman and a sophomore?" Gooden said. "He grew up."
Beachem leads the team with 21.7 points per game, but points only tell part of the story. He's also averaging 6.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
Gooden pushed Beachem to all-around maturity on the court. Gooden, who was also at Harding before moving to New Haven, has coached his share of talented, college-bound athletes over the years. And his expertise as a coach is mentoring and molding them, not coddling them. He teaches them how to play team basketball. He points out their weak points and makes them work at them.
Gooden demands more than they might think they have in them. That's what a good coach and a good teacher does.
"Coach told me over the summer I don't always have to score the most points to be the best player on the court," Beachem said. "I took that to heart."
The result is a more complete Beachem, a senior who will head to Notre Dame this fall on a basketball scholarship. He's rebounding with more purpose than before. He's defending better.
Best of all, Beachem is figuring out ways to make plays that don't involve a pull-up jump shot or a baseline drive.
In the Bulldogs' 77-72 win over Norwell last Saturday, Beachem made one of the biggest plays of the game late in the game. A couple offensive rebounds had slipped away from the Bulldogs. The ball was about to be knocked out of bounds under the basket. Beachem grabbed the loose basketball, made a quick move, spun and dunked.
"My freshmen and sophomore and junior years, I wouldn't have tried to save that ball," Beachem said. "I'd have let it go and got back on defense. I've matured a little bit. I saved the ball and ended up getting two points for the team."
Gooden called that play one of Beachem's biggest on a night when Beachem scored a game-high 27 points.
"When your best player is doing something like that, that's leading by example," Gooden said. "Everyone else sees that and that's an asset to our team."
New Haven (8-4, 3-1 Northeast Hoosier Conference) hosts Columbia City (14-2, 3-1) in a key game on Friday.
The NHC race is tight at the top, with Homestead at 4-0 in conference play and New Haven, Columbia City and DeKalb tied at 3-1. The winner of the New Haven vs. Columbia City game stays in the running.
New Haven's loss was to DeKalb, Columbia City's loss was to Homestead and DeKalb's loss was to Columbia City.
"I'm very proud of the guys," Beachem said. "We've come out and been practicing harder lately. I think we're progressing and trying to make a run for the NHC. I think we're clicking at the right time and hopefully we can ride some momentum into the tournament."
Gooden has always been strong at developing teams prior to the postseason state tournament. His Harding teams were always much tougher in February and March than in December and January.
He's steered Beachem that way as an individual. Beachem is playing his best ball in the final quarter of his career as a senior.
"He's getting older, he's more mature," Gooden said. "We pound it in their heads and they realize it. He's a good, smart kid. He knows the game."
Beachem said he is still working to improve his defense and rebounding, although those areas are better than they've been in the past. He'll need a little more bulk on his body next season to play on the college level.
But he has learned how to let the game come to him, and how to influence the game in ways that don't necessarily show up in the box score.
"I realize I don't have to take all the shots," Beachem said. "When they're there, (Gooden) doesn't want me to pass them up. That's definitely part of maturing over the summer, growing up and knowing when to force shots and when you don't need to.
"We want to come out with the win any way we can do it. And that's what I want to do."


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CHAIRMAN of senior rugby Steve Burgess insists Ledbury can still push for promotion – but they have got no margin for error.
Ledbury remain third in the table after suffering their biggest defeat of the season against Old Wheatleyans, who triumphed 25-10 at Ross Road.
The Herefordshire side must win their four remaining fixtures in Midlands Three West (South), including away matches against second-placed Old Yardleians and table-topping Pinley.
Burgess said: "It's still theoretically possible that we could finish in the top two. If we were to beat the top two and also win our other two fixtures, we would be there or thereabouts in the promotion race."
Ledbury are eight points adrift of second-placed Old Yardleians, who they face on March 22. Burgess said: "This is our second season in this division and we started off the campaign confident that we could finish in a mid-table position.
"But, as the season has gone on, we've improved a lot."
Ledbury are in North Midlands Shield semi-final action at Stourbridge Lions tomorrow.
They led 10-0 after 25 minutes against fourth-placed Old Wheatleyans and looked to be cruising in an error-strewn first-half.
But the hosts trailed 12-10 at the break and failed to muster a point in the second period as Paul Williams was held up short and Gary Nicholson lost control of the ball as he was tackled by the line.
Steven Humphreys dived over for the first try and Dave Bromage, who had earlier slotted a penalty, kicked the conversion.
But, from being in a position of strength, Ledbury were put under intense pressure in the last three minutes of the first-half and were 12-10 behind and down to 14 men at the interval.
Ronan Jones finished off forward pressure from the visitors for an unconverted try and then Jamie Rayfield was yellow-carded.
Ledbury's defence held up a driving maul but the hosts were penalised at the resulting scrum and James Rooke crashed over with McCallum slotting the extras.
The visitors extended their lead in the 55th minute when Leo Craddock finished off a slick passing move.
McCallum's close-range penalty kicked the Coventry club 20-10 ahead before Richard Drury raced from deep to score a superb individual try.
Ledbury attacked in the last 10 minutes and Rooke was yellow-carded but they could not break through.


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A PLACE of learning and contemplation will be transformed by life-size wooden sculptures.
Sculptor Ed Elliott, aged 28, explores presence in sculptural objects, often using the human figure, and will be displaying a collection of four pieces of work at the Hive in Worcester until Friday, July 18.
The Hive Arts Steering Group selected the work of the former Chase School, Malvern, pupil, who has a workshop at Trumpet Corner, near Ledbury, to showcase work by local artists to the public.
Mr Elliott said: "An exhibition at the Hive is such a great opportunity to show my work to the people of Worcestershire. I'm really looking forward to finally exhibiting in the city where I was born."
A spokesman for the steering group said: "We are really keen to support the work of new and emerging artists, especially when their work shows a clear connection to the building.
"We felt that Ed's sculptures were a good fit, reflecting the sustainable materials used in the Hive."
The ground floor of the Hive will host a collection of the emerging artists' recent sculptures, drawings as well as photographs of work in-situ.


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Joey (2004)
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Starring: Andrea Anders, Jennifer Coolidge, Matt LeBlanc, Paulo Constanzo
Genres: Documentary, Short
Joey and the Perfect Storm - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Joey goes to visit the sick actor in bed, the tissues in the actor's hands and on the sheets disappear between shots.
Joey and the Premiere - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: Joey is talking to Brody. He has a cup in his left hand, then when the shot changes, it's in his right.
Joey and the Big Move - S2-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When Joey is leaving his old house, you can see a part of a boom mike at the top of the screen (over the doors).
Continuity mistake: At Joey's party, when Alex and Michael are talking about Seth's girlfriend, the food on Alex's plate keeps changing places in between shots.
Continuity mistake: Joey visits Abby at her house. When she first sits down, her arms are open and her low-cut blue blouse can be seen beneath her green jacket. There is a shot of Joey from behind her, during which her right arm is on her leg. Immediately after that, the shot switches to the front, and her arms are crossed across her chest and the green jacked is pulled tight up to her neck.
Joey and the Book Club - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Joey goes to his agent, we see her putting sugar in her drink and stirring it twice, and also the red stirrer keeps disappearing and reappearing from her drink.
Joey and the Perfect Storm - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Joey goes to see his agent about him being in all the plays, at one point we see her writing something down, then when the shot changes she instantly is not writing and has her hands on her glasses.
Continuity mistake: When Joey and Howard are clearing up after the party, we see that Joey throws all the rubbish he has in his hands in the bin, yet when the shot changes he has more to throw in the bin.
Continuity mistake: Joey states he has never lived alone. Yet in "Friends," he had his own appartment.
Continuity mistake: As Gina walks around the pool, you can see the soles of her feet are dirty, she then lies down next to Joey, and they are clean.
Continuity mistake: In Series 1 Episode 14 "Joey and The Premiere", Joey is speaking to Lauren. In between shots when we see Lauren, the items on her desk change position.
Joey and the Dream Girl (1) - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Joey is making the omelette for Donna, we see Joey breaking the eggs and then he puts the bluebowl on the table. When the shot changes, the bowl is no longer there, then comes back again in a later shot.
Episode One (a.k.a. Joey and the Student) - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Michael asks Joey and Gina to leave the bar, when Joey has gotten up and left and Gina is looking in the mirror, her pink handbag is in her right hand. Yet when the shot changes it is suddenly is in her left hand.
Joey and the Big Audition - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: When Joey goes into his audition, we can see that the bag is no longer on the couch, if you look through the gap in the door.
Joey and the Dream Girl (2) - S1-E9
Continuity mistake: Right near the end of the episode when Donna leaves, and Joey sits on the couch, we see there is only one magazine on the couch, away from the cushion, yet in the final shot of this scene, there are two magazines under the cushion.
Joey and the Big Audition - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: In the scene were Michael is running lines with Joey, the position of Michael's book keeps changing position on the foot stool in between shots.
Continuity mistake: Just after the opening credits, when Joey runs out to see Jake, Jake has one hand out in one shot and then puts the basketball in both hands. When the shot changes, his hand is out again and then he puts the basketball in both hands again.
Episode One (a.k.a. Joey and the Student) - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During the scene when Joey and Michael go to Gina's after she got them kicked out of the bar, the cork in the wine bottle appears and disappears from the bottle.
Episode One (a.k.a. Joey and the Student) - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Michael and Joey are Gina's house, when Gina is talking to Michael about changing her ways, the shoulder of her top keeps changing positions on her shoulder.


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I'm hoping some of you Austrian School experts can address these key values of Austrian economics, issue by issue, i.e. explain the reasoning behind the theory and how it works. (if this thread is successful, people looking to debate abroad can go on here and view the straightforward machinery of Austrian economics so it is possible to state the position clearly)
"The theory that economic events are best explained by a deductive study of human action."
"The theory that the use of economic models and statistical methods to model economic behavior are a flawed, unreliable, and insufficient means of analyzing economic behavior and evaluating economic theories."
Necessarily true because of the praxeological axiom. Because in any period of induction people are persuing different ends do to people being exposed to different stimuli, we are incapable of understanding why people act in such a way without understanding certain facts about human action. Statistics showed how people acted in a certain period, but without a preset economic theory you cannot understand why they did what they did. Was there inflation because there was a full moon? Data is extremely valuable, but the intepretation can only be performed through some sort of economic theory and it can only tell us what things were at work in that specific instance, it cannot add to our knowledge of economic theory unless it allows us to see something which is a priori true which we overlooked before.
"The theory that testability in economics and consistently accurate mathematical modeling of an economic market are impossible because mathematical modeling of any real market affects the decision-makers in that market and "testing" relies on real human actors who cannot be placed in a lab setting without altering their would-be actions."
The first part is true because people act in dynamic and changing ways, not in terms of mathematical constants. As for testing, this just reveals the values and decisions of certain people under certain situations
"The theory that the way in which money is produced has real and not only nominal economic effects."
This is true because money income and prices affect how real goods and services are allocated, as revealed to us through market theory.
"The theory that the cost of any activity should be measured by reference to the next best alternative."
This is true because if someone has no choice, then there can be nothing lost when the action is performed, it is only through alternatives which we can have something which can be surrendered in order to bring something about, a cost.
"The theory that, in a free market, interest rates and profits are determined by three factors: monetary gains or losses from a change in the consumption of a good or service, additional output that can be produced by additional inputs, and the time preference of the associated individual agents."
You need to clarify this point.
"The theory that inflation properly defined relates to an increase in the supply of money (including credit) which causes prices to rise."
This is true because any other changes in the value of money are caused by real market desires, it is not a separate phenomena.
"The theory that capital goods and labor are highly heterogeneous (diverse), that money allows different goods to be analyzed in terms of their cost effectively, that economic calculation requires a common basis for comparison for all forms of capital and labor, that this process is the signaling function of prices, and that it is also a rationing function which prevents over-use of inherently limited resources."
Different capital goods and labor produce different things at different quantities. This is an empirical fact. Because entrepreneurs can receive a profit through utilizing goods which are of a lower price which produces a more value product, all capital and labor will be bid up to the level of their marginal value in bringing about the product. This requires a common base because in the absence of a numerical base it is impossible, except through arbitrary whim, to determine what is the most valuable way that goods can be utilized and where inputs are to be most effectively utilized. This system allows for calculation which bring all goods to where they are most desired by consumers. Any discrepancies will result in either profit or loss which will slowly be eradicated so long as no changes in the data of the market occur.
"The theory that the capital structure of economies consists of heterogeneous goods that have multi-specific uses which must be aligned to be effectively allocated, that the economic "boom-bust cycle" is caused by an artificial and unsustainable expansion of credit by the banks, and that this expansion causes businesses to make bad investment decisions which, in turn, necessarily cause major economic dislocation."
The first part of this is answered above. Time preference is huge in determine the value of land and capital goods because the interest rate determines a huge amount about profit differentials. If interest rates are extremely high then something needs to be able to produce a great deal, and quickly, so as to be able to pay off the debts which he has incurred. However, if the interest rate is very low then entrepreneurs will be able to invest in longer term projects because he will not incur costs as great through through his borrowing and lending. This whole process means that when interest rates are high demand for longer term capital goods is not very high because what they can be used to produce is not profitable. However, if interest rates are low then the demand for capital goods which have projects which require a long time to come to fruition increases because they yield profitable results. This increases the demand for long term capital goods, which spawns their production and also spawns more investment in long term projects.
When interest rates are lowered through an expansion of credit an unsustainable process comes about because as the new money used to purchase things and demand for goods in general shifts to the right. This, in turn, causes a general rise in price because no new capacity to produce has been reached. Since the interest rate is a ratio between demand for present goods and future goods, determined by the expected return from investment vs. general time preference (it's not quite as neat as that but it'll do for a basic explanation). This means that eventually the consumption to investment ratios reestablish themselves at a point which is not equal to the new rate of interest, assuming that forced savings or a shift in time preference/production potential has not occurred. Since entrepreneurs invest in higher order goods and longer term projects it takes more time for their projects to come to fruition. Once the interest rates change, however, the prices and returns anticipated throughout the process change dramatically. This makes many entrepreneur's investments unprofitable, they have to stop mid-project and accept any corresponding losses. This is compounded by the fact that lower interest rates disinsentivizes savings and will exacerbate the problem from what it otherwise would have been. This results in mass business failure and a sudden fall in demand, which leads to further fall in business activity.
This is all the result of mass entrepreneurial error anyway, and it is only the tampering of this key pricing mechanism which is likely to cause such radical misallocation, the inevitable result of a lower time preference and greater demand for future goods, but which is only temporary. A sudden natural fall in interest rates would have a similar affect.
Thanks. Could you explain how markets clear when the prices aren't planned out and set?
I suggest you pick up any standard economics textbook for that.
Essentially, if there is a greater quantity demanded than the quantity supplied at the current price, the price is bid up. If there is a lower quantity demanded than the quantity supplied at the current price, the price is bid down.
Note: Perfect competition of standard micro doesn't exist, but the mechanism is more or less similar.
Ya know... The thing is that, even though that's AE and just plain economics 101, I have the hardest time really saying that has to be the case just in terms of how much people hold. I don't know, I feel the wording is awkward even if academically it's spot on.
The logic is simple, that if the only variables are price and quantity of a homogeneous good, then buyers will continue to exchange until they either don't have enough money to buy anymore, and sellers will continue to exchange until they either don't have any more goods to exchange or the utility of giving up another increment of the good will give them less than the money they would get from it. Any discrepancies in price of the same good will result in arbitrage movements for profit to those who desire the good most, and this process raises the price. If the price is too high then producers will cave and lower the price so that they will be able to sell off goods at a lower price which they still value more than the current price in relation to their good. If prices are set then both parties have to compare the utility of the set price to the utility of the good which will prevent people from trading at that point which they really want to trade.
Where it get's tricky is when you move past basic barter and into the world of imperfect competition, where although the price will allow the market to clear, the way the price is set is very different, as well as how markets may clear (surpluses by a monopoly may be destroyed, for instance)
So if I had a flat video game company and I wanted to hire an economist to study in-game currency (sound familiar) do you recommend I hire an Austrian?
I would definitely not hire an Austrian. Maybe a financial analyst.
There's almost no entrepreneurship in Valve's games.
Why? (to both statements)
Don't forget that Economics being a science is value free.
Well, by "values," I simply meant the theories that make Austrian economics what it is.
I actually find that normal micro econ textbooks (the four I have been exposed to and my class) do an absolutely awful job of explaining why markets clear. The most eloquent explanation that I've ever read is Rothbard's work in MES, no doubt.
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What exactly is the Austrian looking at in the video game example? He would probably be able to tell you why it is that certain events had happened in the value of currency within a video game, but he probably wouldn't be able to help you do much in making money in the industry, if that's what you're asking.
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KBW Cuts AGNC Target Price To $25.50
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods today cut its target price on American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) to $25.50 from $27 and maintained its Outperform rating, on a day when shares of AGNC are down 7.8% to $22.00 following the mortgage REIT's third-quarter earnings report late Monday. From KBW:
We remain positive on the stock but see it trading in the 0.9x-0.95x book range for a while. We expect AGNC to lighten up on its "fully hedged" stance and lift earnings power north of the 80c dividend given a weaker economic growth outlook, but believe it will adjust that positioning continually as data comes in.
In short we see 3Q as a quarter where AGNC spent a lot of money on book value protection against rate uncertainty and it worked. The downside is rates pretty much just made a round trip, leaving it in the eyes of the beholder as to whether it was money well spent or money wasted. We still like the stock, like that AGNC repurchased 12M shares in the quarter, and like what AGNC has to offer investors in terms of being a very actively managed mREIT. We expect in some quarters that will lead to outperformance vs. the sector, and in others (like this one) a lot of activity without noticeable impact. The variety offers sector investors a "hedge fund" vs. "buy and hold" style choice.


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Give your hair an instant makeover. Lisa Haynes reveals the transforming powers of the fringe.
By Lisa Haynes
Before news of the royal baby broke in December, it was the Duchess of Cambridge's new hair making the headlines.
Kate Middleton's long sweeping fringe wasn't exactly a drastic change from her usual style, but, as trends go, she was being a little more 'cutting-edge' with her flowing locks. Indeed, having a fringe cut can be a simple way to make a big style statement.
Stars like Taylor Swift, Jessica Biel and Zooey Deschanel have put their hair focus on fringes. Then there's Kim Kardashian who can't decide, and applies a temporary clip-in fringe to keep us all guessing.
"Fringes are a great way of updating a style without losing length and are a key fashion statement this season," says Andrew Barton, celebrity hairdresser.
What's more, the same cut can be worn swept to the side, centre-parted or bold and blunt, so that's three styles for the price of one.
So chop, chop - the New Year is the perfect time to refresh your hair with a fringe.
Trim types The fringe comes in many guises, from blunt-cut bold bangs to long sweeping peekaboo.
"The must-have cut of the season is a big, bold and beautiful fringe," says Guy Cammarano, creative director of Regis Salons.
"But the beauty of the fringe is that it is completely versatile and can suit different hair lengths, hair colours and even thickness of hair."
If you're feeling adventurous, go all-out with a full and heavy statement fringe. Fuller fringes make foreheads look smaller and the bottom of your face appear narrower - ideal for round or heart-shaped faces.
"Perfect teamed with a strong colour, this style works best with straight tresses," Cammarano advises.
An eye-skimming fringe will instantly transform a long face, making it appear miraculously shorter.
"The peekaboo fringe is a super-sexy look as it covers or completely falls over one eye, ideally in a long voluptuous wave," suggests Cammarano.
"There's nothing sexier than an eye-tickling fringe with a beautiful pair of eyes peeping through the hair."
Flighty fringe A fringe isn't for everyone and if it feels like a scissor snip too far, there are tentative short cuts.
Wear it long, like Kate Middleton, and switch between wearing it up or down. Enter the transitional fringe...
"If the thought of going all Jessie J leaves you quivering, the side-swept fringe is an ideal alternative," says Cammarano.
"It's especially ideal for those with round faces that want some coverage on their forehead but don't want to create a full, blunt line. It also gives the versatility of not having to be worn every day."
Cammarano recommends asking for a fringe cut with lots of layers to ensure movement and fluidity. This long and layered look works especially well on those with curly or wavy hair.
If you're a fringe commitment-phobe, try a clip-in one. Hershesons' range of 'Winges' (wig fringes) are available in choppy 'Rock Chick' or 'Sharp' in nine different colourways, £30 each (www.hershesons.com).
Cut control You get bang(s) for your buck, quite literally, at the hairdressers with a perfectly behaved blow-dried fringe but it may not be quite so easy to manage at home.
Celebrity hairdresser Mark Hill has these top tips for DIY fringe maintenance: :: Use a large round brush, volumising spray and hairdryer to style your fringe. As your hair dries, rotate your brush to build in volume and movement.
:: When dry, spritz with heat protection spray and use straightening irons to 'French polish' your fringe - don't pull hard, just gently glide the plates through your hair to keep the movement soft.
:: Hold your fringe in place by using hairspray, and always finish with a spritz of shine spray to add gloss and keep frizzy hair at bay.
:: Your fringe may need reviving between washes, so use a dry shampoo to eliminate dirt and grease and boost volume at the roots.
:: If you're attempting to trim your fringe yourself, never go too short!
Cammarano's top tip: "Before you take the plunge with a fringe, always talk it through with your hairdresser to ensure you get the style and shape best suited to you."
Tried & tested Give your hair a moisture boost lathering up with argan oil. Our testers trial three shampoos and conditoners: :: Dr Organic Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditoner, £5.99 each (Holland & Barrett).
Having dry hair, this set promises to be 'restoring, hydrating and smoothing'. It smells lovely but I'm not wowed by how smooth or soft my hair feels. However, my husband made a beeline for the conditioner and claims his hair feels healthier.
3/5 :: Baylis & Harding Great Hair Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner, £6 each (www.baylisandharding.com).
Perfect for everyday use, this set leaves hair feeling clean and nourished with a pleasant coconut aroma. The conditioner is ultra-moisturising but should be used sparingly as over-liberal application can leave hair a little on the greasy side.
3/5 :: Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo and Conditioner, from £15.85 each (0800 310 1133).
As a curly-haired person, I find my hair especially frizzy in the winter months. This set did a great job in making it feel smooth and silky rather than the usual dry and brittle. I also have a sensitive scalp but found them kind to my skin.
4/5 Buy it now Add some bite to your look with MAC's Year of the Snake collection. The limited edition make-up range includes vibrant shades and shimmering finishes, with eyeshadows embossed with a snake design. Priced from £14, available at www.maccosmetics.co.uk from late January.
Beauty bulletin :: Secret stash Guard your make-up bag and put a lock on your lip gloss collection - one in 10 British men admit to being secret make-up wearers. Guys from Newcastle are the most likely to wear make-up, closely followed by men from Essex, according to a recent survey by designer secret sales website, www.HushHush.com. Concealer was top of the beauty list for those that admitted to using war paint with 71%; lip gloss followed with 64% and almost half (49%) were partial to eyeliner, or 'guyliner'. More than a third of the men taking part (37%) also regularly used fake tanning products.
:: Recessionista alert Stock up on beauty essentials at Asda. The health and beauty event offers big savings on the shelves across a wide range of bathroom favourites, online and in stores until February 5.


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Léon Morin, Priest [1961] [Criterion] (BLU)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Amoeba Review
Edythe Smith 07/21/2011
Theism has always been a dominating and polarizing subject in philosophy. For the late philosophers who were atheists, their argument against God's existence often clashed with the popular arguments of reason that suggest we all have a soul. The question of whether or not this soul needs salvation cannot ever be answered. Léon Morin, Priest has a character that goes as far as to suggest the need for uncertainty in religion. Without it, the priest claims, there wouldn't be a cause for faith. As in love, he compares devotion to God as merely a "leap of faith"--a belief held by many theists and philosophers. But for Barny, his latest attempt at conversion, one cannot compare the loves of the flesh with that of a Holy spirit.
Following the Italian occupation in France during WWII, a small village is now met with the hostility of Nazi Germany. As the German troops move in to capture and deport Jews, many townspeople scuffle to prove their allegiance to Christ. Children are given hasty baptisms in large numbers and the widows of men lost in battle try desperately to stay true to France while deceiving the Nazi regime. Barny (Emmanuelle Riva) is one of these women. Husbandless and with a young daughter, she decides to visit the Catholic church to seek advice. Though she's an atheist, the village leaves no other options in charitable good will. Of the two priests available to speak to she chooses Léon Morin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a 26-year old man from a modest family. She expects to be met by a man who blindly lays claim to God but is surprised at his complex outlook on faith and his willingness to tolerate her absence of it.
He begins to assign her various books to read, covering the life of Christ and religious philosophy. They start to meet weekly and debate religion and its source, with Barny's lack of faith becoming increasingly thin. In-between their time together, with war unfolding in the streets, the doubt she has in her heart fades and she becomes converted. A calm seems to be reached between the two until she realizes that she's in love with the priest. Her struggle then moves from an absence of faith to pleas for Christ to help her deal with her desires and loneliness.
Though religion is the focal point of many films, I've yet to see it approached with such dignity and openness to speculation. The film makes the age-old claim that Jesus was Jewish and interprets various testaments and commandments, more so from a Catholic and Protestant standpoint. It becomes an important reason for the priest to justify his choice to hide Jews in his church, outside of the fact that he wants to save people from being sent off to Germany. You find yourself completely absorbed by their debates and anxious about Barny's delicate condition, and the war only adds to that tension.
The film does more than grant you a lesson in love and religion. Much of its comedy is established through the desperation of all of the marriageable women in the village. The priest is the only man their age in town besides soldiers from Germany and Italy, and most of the women flock to his door attempting to mask their lust with humility and Christ-love. Their failures become increasingly comic as more women try to woo him. It sometimes seemed as though he was the last man on earth. But instead of being thrilled with the abundance of beautiful French women, he has the taxing task of trying to convert them and lead them to a path of righteousness.
For a movie from the '60s it seems as if it was made much earlier, though French New Wave films this early in the '60s hadn't quite reached larger audiences. This of course doesn't apply to the likes of Goddard, who is still the most accessible French director from that time period. Melville's use of uncommon editing and the scope of his shots, both interior and exterior, can be seen in Léon Morin, and they are delightful to behold. This was one of the more exciting examples of religion in cinema. It reminded me of philosophical debates that go beyond the question of God, and I found Barny's unrest over Léon's unattainablity to be very compelling. Highly Recommended.
Jean-Paul Belmondo delivers a subtly sensual performance for the hot-under-the-collar Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, Pere), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. The French superstar plays a devoted man of the cloth who is the crush object of all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France. He finds himself most drawn to a sexually frustrated widow - played by Emmanuelle Riva - a borderline heretic whose relationship with her confessor is a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo, Léon Morin, Priest is an irreverent pleasure from one of French cinema's towering virtuosos.
Product Details
- Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel, Gisèle Grimm
- Format: Black & White, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 07/26/2011
- Run Time: 117 minutes
- Catalogue #: 572
Special Features
- French television interview with director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo from 1961
- Selected-scene commentary by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
- Deleted scenes
- Booklet featuring an essay by critic and novelist Gary Indiana and excerpts from Melville On Melville
- Original theatrical trailer


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Why Should Our Small Firm Care About Career Planning?
Even though we have fewer than 200 employees, how could our human resources function develop career paths for them? —-Forward Thinker, HR director, publishing/communication/advertising, Dearborn, Michigan
Dear Forward Thinker:
With fewer than 200 employees, your company may not be large enough to develop career paths for everyone—but it is certainly large enough to discuss career development with all of them.
Developing career paths inside the company requires that you:
1) Define groups of job roles that share significant characteristics, such as support, technical, sales, supervisory, managerial roles, and so on.
2) Identify the knowledge, skill and experience requirements for each of these roles, and
3) Highlight the differences among roles as potential development opportunities for people who are motivated and able to bridge the gaps.
If this information is available, your employees can see what it takes to be prepared for a desired role when opportunity knocks. High-potential employees might also be encouraged to acquire additional education or experience—and the commitment you make to them will likely help with retention and long-range planning, even if they must go outside the company to obtain it.
Don't let your size dissuade you. Despite limited opportunities for promotion, career development can and should still be happening. Advancement could include:
- Expanding job responsibilities to enable individuals to develop new skills and open up other career options
- Participating in company initiatives that force employees to stretch themselves and use other talents and skills
- Training managers to initiate meaningful discussions with employees, or having human resources take part in career planning. This tends to boost engagement, despite not every employee having a future with your company.
The company benefits when you develop the skills people need to compete in a challenging employment environment. Your HR function can play a pivotal role helping employees confront reality and make informed choices about their career aspirations.
SOURCE: George Klemp, Cambria Consulting, Boston, January 8, 2013
LEARN MORE: For insights on how career plans spur potential, please read What Impact Does Career Development Exert on Employee Performance?
The information contained in this article is intended to provide useful information on the topic covered, but should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion. Also remember that state laws may differ from the federal law.


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Calling all King Pins.
The San Bruno Bowling Center, formerly Woodhaven Lanes Bowling Alley, opens at 11 a.m., Saturday after being closed for about two years.
There will be refreshments to celebrate the grand opening and players' first game is free.
Save the carpet, the entire bowling alley has been re-done, including new paint featuring the colors of the Italian flag, owner Salvatore Muzzi's native country.
The name "San Bruno" comes from the patron saint of Muzzi's Italian village.
The red, green and white dotting the building's interior columns and portions of the floor by the lanes are also the colors of the Mexican flag.
Lanes were leveled and brand new pin setting machines from Germany replace the ones former owner AMF removed when they closed the facility in the summer of 2012 after being open more than 30 years.
AMF gave no warning to players or employees; rather, officials taped a flier to the door saying the building was closed.
The Center's interior bar, Corkwood Lounge, does not have a liquor license at this time. However, the adjoining restaurant Corkwood - which remained open during the closure of the bowling alley - serves beer and wine.
San Bruno Bowling Center is located at 154 W. Main St.
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I bought a D Cyclone as my first disc. I played a round with it and came in second among the five of us (we were almost all noobs). So I didn't feel too bad about it.
But it kept coming out of my hand early, resulting in some really bad shots. I was also hoping to get a disc that didn't fade as much at the end of flight.
So I was reading like crazy a lot of info on this site (thanks Blake!) and saw that the Cobra was recommended. I was intrigued that it was supposed to fly right, then fade left, and it was also rated highly by some reviewers... so I bought one.
I'm happy I got it, but I'm having trouble getting it to turn right at high speed. Of 20 or more throws, it's only done the S-curve twice.
It's flying so straight for me that I used it as my driver during the last game. I came in second again.
I'm wondering if I'm hyzering it just a little, which is negating the right turn at speed and causing it to go straight? If that's the case, then I need to work on my BH to get it more flat.
The X-step is feeling more natural to me, and a more experienced golfer who tagged along with us last time complemented me on my technique. So I think I'm coming along, but I know I have a lot to learn.


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As discussed in the introductory article of this series, conflict of interest issues are a significant concern for attorneys. Patent practitioners have an additional layer of concern with respect to subject matter conflicts of interest. This type of additional conflict search is not related to the inventors, assignee or research team, but is directly related to the patent application disclosure.
There are several key cases to show how this type of conflict is problematic and what it can do to a client relationship and to the client's perception of whether the attorney is representing that client zealously. The first case that will be reviewed in this series is Vaxiion Therapeutics v. Foley & Lardner in the Southern District of California.
Foley & Lardner is a large law firm with offices in multiple cities. Their San Diego office represented Vaxiion Therapeutics with respect to their patent work. The Foley D.C. office represented a Vaxiion competitor, EnGeneIC, with respect to their patent work. According to the court filings, Vaxiion claimed that they were not notified that Foley represented this competitor, and under a traditional conflict of interest check — this conflict may not have even been flagged by the firm.
In 2001 and 2002, Foley's San Diego patent team filed two provisional patent applications for Vaxiion in the United States directed to minicell technology. While the firm successfully filed a United States utility patent application claiming priority back to the two provisional patent applications by the one-year deadline of the first provisional filing, they did not file the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application until the next business day, which was four days late. As a result, the PCT application and any resulting foreign patent applications were only able to claim priority to the 2002 provisional filing and not the 2001 provisional application filing. And, there's a question as to whether any foreign applications could have been filed, based on the fact that the "first filing" was in 2001 — more than a year from the date of the PCT application filing date.
Between the 2001 and 2002 Vaxiion provisional patent application filings, the D.C. Foley office filed a provisional patent application for EnGeneIC for minicell technology. That office also filed a PCT application for EnGeneIC by the one-year deadline, successfully claiming priority back to the EnGeneIC provisional patent application. So while Vaxiion had United States patent application coverage that dated back to 2001, EnGeneIC had the possibility of foreign patent protection dating back to 2002 — predating the second Vaxiion provisional application.
To compound the problem, Foley's D.C. patent team received a rejection from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding the EnGeneIC patent application, citing the U.S. Vaxiion application. The attorneys tried to antedate or "swear behind" the Vaxiion application based on trying to show that they had reduced it to practice before Vaxiion did. When that effort failed, they then contacted Vaxiion about cross-licensing the minicell technology, which is when Vaxiion learned of the dual representation.
The malpractice lawsuit related to a breach of fiduciary duty and dual representation of adverse interests (among other things) arose from that failure to file the PCT application for Vaxiion on time. While the case ultimately settled, some interesting information came from the court. First, the court said that it was unnecessary to show that attorneys in San Diego communicated Vaxiion client confidences to their colleagues in the D.C. office who were representing EnGeneIC. In addition, the court pointed out that ethical rules in different jurisdictions (California, D.C. and USPTO) may have different implications.
Ultimately, two acts in advance of the EnGeneIC representation could have negated or dramatically minimized the subject matter conflict issues in this case. First, Vaxiion should provide a list of competitors to Foley and request that they not represent any company or individual on that list. That list should be put into Foley's conflict system as "adverse parties" or "related parties", so that a conflict search will flag those companies. Vaxiion should also update that list with outside counsel as needed.
Second, Foley should have conducted a subject matter conflict search in advance of EnGeneIC's engagement within the patent group to ensure that there was no subject matter conflict of interest. There are a couple of ways to set up such a search, depending on the size of the firm and the conflict database. At small and mid-size firms, this type of search may be a simple email to the patent group that states: "We are considering representing a company who develops and manufactures minicell technology, and specifically bacterial minicell technology where the minicells are used to target tumors with specific treatments. Please reply back immediately if you represent any clients who use this technology." A large firm may also consider utilizing this method of conflict checking, but a better system may be to use a conflict database that allows attorneys to select "business codes" related to the type and subtypes of businesses, followed by adding keywords to help focus in on whether someone else at the firm is handling matters in that technology space. It is likely that a simple keyword search of "minicell" would have flagged this conflict.
A firm's internal conflict of interest system should not begin and end when a prospective client is brought into the firm but should continue through the patent prosecution process. Had Foley's D.C. counsel searched the firm's conflict database when the EnGeneIC office action came in, they would have flagged the conflict there as well, which wouldn't have resulted in Foley pitting one client's patent applications against another in public documents.
It is important to summarize that both the client and the law firm have responsibilities to provide information to one another. Vaxiion would have been well-served to provide a competitor list to Foley — and at that time — Foley's management would have had to consider if that representation was worth the exclusion of the Vaxiion competitors. It is also clear that firewalls and different offices are not going to shield a law firm from claiming that information about proprietary technology is going to be segregated, and at the very least, it is not going to give either client a good feeling about the law firm's representation of their important legal work. The next article in this series will focus on how to disclose inventions to potential new counsel without giving away proprietary information.


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Voltron Force, MOTU movie, carrying cases, more...
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NOTE: Due to the New York Toy Fair, there will not be a Mattel Q&A for February 15. Ask Matty will return March 1st.
It has been a good while since we have heard any news regarding the Masters of the Universe film? Do you have any updates to share with us?
In regards to other Caligar characters, such as Cerratus who was not in the Filmation cartoon, would his figure still have the retro look that Whiplash has or would the figure be more closely based on the MYP design with minor classics elements such as furry shorts etc.?Not right now. We know fans want news and as soon as we have some to share, we will!
Will the production units for Panthor be doubled in comparison to that of the initial Battle Cat release?If we did Cerratus from the 2002 series he would be Classic-ized much as Marzo and Carnivus are.
Will the new Voltron Force toy line be revealed at Toy Fair in February and will there be 6" figures?Sorry, we can't comment on any specifics about production runs of any figure.
Have you ever considered producing a decorative carrying case for the MOTUC or Ghostbusters toy lines?We will have Voltron toys to reveal at SDCC - likely not before.
This is something we have looked at but with the limited resources we have for collector lines, right now we are putting all of our energy into making the figures as great as possible.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Some people love to go to restaurants where they can get whatever they want served up in a warm tortilla bowl! Well, now you don't have to waste the gas money on a trip to that favorite restaurant. You can make your own tortilla bowls at home, according the manufacturers of the 'Perfect Tortilla Pan Set'. This week I'm going to 'Try It Before You Buy It.'
I've had a lot of requests lately to try out the 'Perfect Tortilla Set', so the last time I was out searching for new 'as seen on TV' products to test, I found it and grabbed it for this week's segment. The 'Perfect Tortilla' is suppose to transform any regular soft tortilla into firm tortilla bowls for you to serve up salads, soups or even ice cream.
The set comes with four non-stick 'Perfect Tortilla' pans that are dishwasher safe. I had some smaller soft tortillas in my fridge so I used those for the test, however, larger tortillas will make bigger and better bowls with this set.
The whole concept is very easy. Just press the tortillas into the molded pan, set the oven to 400 degrees and wait. For crispier tortillas the directions recommend leaving them in the oven between 9 and 11 minutes (that's what I did).
After the baking was done, the tortilla bowls came out great and came right out of the pans without any sticking. Clean up is very easy too!
You can buy the 'Perfect Tortilla Pan Set' online or in some stores. I found my test product at a local Walgreens store for $10.99. This week, I'd have to say the product worked and the price was reasonable. Check out the video to see how it all worked out!
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U.S. corn futures are expected to start higher Wednesday as grain users step up purchases after prices dropped to six-week lows.
Traders predict corn for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, will open up 2 cents to 3 cents a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade. In overnight electronic trading, the contract rose 2 3/4 cents, or 0.4%, to $6.93 a bushel.
Pushing prices higher is buying by users of corn who see the recent setback in prices as an opportunity to secure supplies of the grain. East Asian importers are actively buying feed grains after a slump in global prices, with South Korea's Major Feedmill Group snapping up 110,000 metric tons of optional-origin corn, according to trading executives.
"The value-based buyers are now starting to be interested," said Rich Nelson, director of research for Allendale, a brokerage firm in Illinois.
Corn futures have pulled back 14% since the nearby contract reached an all-time high near $8 a bushel in June. Profit-taking and reports of better-than-expected harvest results have weighed on the market after prices surged earlier this year on concerns about poor weather reducing output.
Strong demand from foreign buyers could help perk up prices. Traders earlier this week were buzzing about potential sales to China, although there has been no confirmation of any deals.
China has the potential to be a major buyer. Its corn imports in August reached the highest monthly volume in 10 months, rising 42% from the previous month to 244,502 metric tons, according to the General Administration of Customs. China's demand for corn imports is expected to accelerate as global prices come off recent highs, fueled by the country's sharply rising feed demand. Still, China could buy South American corn, instead of grain from the U.S.
"China's [corn] supply is tight, and the country may be starting an import cycle that could take annual import volumes as high as 9 million or even 10 million tons," Shanghai JC Intelligence Co. analyst Xiao Jun said.
In other news, traders are waiting learn whether the Federal Reserve has decided to take more measures to buoy the sluggish economy. The spotlight will remain on the Federal Open Market Committee, with a policy statement expected around 2:15 p.m. EDT.
--Chuin-Wei Yap in Beijing contributed to this article.


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Thursday, September 21, 2017
HIV and AIDS
Clarification For The Window Period of HIV
I am a bit confused. I have read from the CDC that the window period is three months. HIV in site says it's three months too. World Health organization says it's 21 days from the time of probable infection. Harvard School of Medicine says that it's three weeks. I am trying to read the reputable internet sites as some sites can be really confusing, especially if the person researching and reading is as anxious and paranoid as I am. Can you help clarify this issue please?
Acute HIV infection describes roughly the first 3 weeks following infection. At the peak of acute HIV infection, persons can be 1,000 times more likely to transmit HIV infection than those who have been infected 6 months or longer. Because HIV antibody tests only become detectable 4-6 weeks into the infection, accurate diagnosis requires the use of HIV viral load testing, which can detect the virus as early as 5 days after infection. The window period is the time delay from infection to a positive antibody test. Hope this helps.
Pamposh Kaul, MD
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Law officers in Nevada are on alert as the FBI seeks a suspected bank robber from California with ties to the Reno area.
The FBI says 22-year-old Gary Casdell Fite Jr. should be considered armed and dangerous. He's described as a black man, 5-foot-8, 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his neck and a scar on his chest.
Authorities say he made off with a large amount of cash from the drawer of a bank in the San Francisco Bay area on March 1 after he jumped the counter and pointed a semi-automatic handgun to the teller's head.
Fite's last known residence was in Oakland earlier this year. In addition to Reno, the FBI says he has ties to Antioch and Vallejo, Calif.