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Undergraduate Program
The Anthropology Major
Anthropologists study humanity in the broadest possible sense. Like other social sciences, we want to know why people behave the way they do, and we begin by trying to document just how diverse human behavior can be around the world. By diverse we mean "variable." All humans organize themselves into families, but what a typical family is composed of can vary greatly. All people eat, but how, when, and what we eat is not at all predictable. All people have some concept of beauty, but what is beautiful in one culture may be ugly in other.
When anthropologists hear, "Oh, that's just human nature," we tend to be skeptical. Before we make any generalizing statements about how people behave, we want to make sure that our conclusions are not based solely on the study of people in western contexts. This is why anthropologists are known for studying so-called "exotic" people or tribes. But studies of the remote and exotic are only part of what anthropologists have done over the century and a half to understand human societies. We also try to view our own society through a different lens––looking at familiar aspects of modern life that would appear strange to a member of another culture. For example, why do perfectly normal, rational people treat pets like human beings? Why do some think it's disgusting to eat a dog, but have no problem eating a pig?
The following paragraphs outline some of the practical skills and distinctive perspectives students develop as anthropology majors, which have been invaluable in their post-collegiate career paths.
1. Research Methods
Anthropological methods are different from those of other social scientists. We tend to base our studies on what we call fieldwork—living and working with a small group of people for a year or more in order to understand and describe the way their society works at a micro-level––learning their language, ways of life, political and economic systems, local beliefs. We tend to rely on the firsthand study of small groups in situ, rather than on surveys or experiments in laboratory settings. Fieldwork methods in anthropology are based on the principle of participant observation: when conducting fieldwork, anthropologists must be both subjective participants in the social life of the people they study, as well as objective observers of it.
Students are introduced to this approach to social research right from the beginning: Anthropology 101 and 104 include at least an option to design and carry out your own research project. A required course for the major is 201, in which students may design and carry out intensive, participant observation studies. Students thus gain valuable experience in problem solving and teamwork. We also strongly encourage students to study abroad and pursue independent research. Our entire curriculum prepares students to adapt to foreign cultures, so our students love to go to relatively unusual places. We also sponsor our own summer course abroad in Malawi, a small country in Africa. More locally, our department has a strong interest in community studies and social justice, so many of our students have internships with community organizations or carry out research on social issues in Rochester.
2. Critical Thinking and Theoretical Analysis
The results of anthropological research are presented primarily in the form of book-length studies called ethnographies. In these texts, anthropologists move back and forth between concrete descriptions of the particular times and places they conducted fieldwork and an abstract analysis of the social and scientific meanings contained in this material.
Learning how to interpret complex empirical materials in terms of theoretical analysis and scholarly debate is a central part of the anthropology curriculum. Students are taught to see how specific theoretical arguments shape the selection of the empirical materials presented and how particular empirical cases relate to general theoretical claims. All of the courses taught in the department make use of full-length ethnographies or original research papers, and these writings are treated as contributions to theoretical debates in progress. Unlike other majors, in our courses there is very little use of textbooks, which tend to treat knowledge as a set of established truths. Students are thus expected to demonstrate their own ability to describe and analyze the ethnographies they read and the research projects they carry out themselves. All courses require students to write short- and long-form essays.
3. Cultural relativism
Classic questions of interest for anthropologists deal with human variability and universality: Do all societies have private property, or are there some groups where everything is shared equally? Do all societies have a formal political hierarchy, or are there places that have absolute equality? How do relationships between men and women or adults and children vary from society to society? Do all societies fight with their neighbors? Is the transition from childhood to adulthood always marked by conflict with parents? How are universal needs like food, clothing, and shelter channeled through different cultural ideas to produce different ways of eating, dressing, and living together?
Participant observation entails the subjective experience of deliberately exposing oneself to different forms of life. This experience provides a way of viewing one's own form of life from the outside, so to speak, viewing it in comparative terms as just one possible form of life. This results in another principle of anthropology, cultural relativism. This means that one must suspend judgment until one has understood other cultures from the inside and one's own from the outside. It does not mean that anthropologists view all forms of life as morally equivalent. On the contrary, only by going through a process of empathy with the other and estrangement from the self can one be in a position to have reasoned opinions about different forms of life. This is why, when we interview graduates about what they learned as anthropology majors, they often say that anthropology is a major that teaches you to see the world in a different light—to think critically about aspects of the world that people often take for granted.
4. Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary comparison
Familiarity with a wide variety of cultures, societies, and social groups gives anthropologists a unique ability to cast a comparative light on the findings of other social scientists, often leading to the qualification or falsification of theories developed on the basis of western industrial societies. While much of anthropological research is conducted by single investigators, an increasing amount of research is conducted by teams with complementary specializations. Anthropologists are now routinely included on teams with economists working on development projects, healthcare providers treating culturally diverse populations, educators teaching diverse student bodies, marketers selling to global markets, human rights advocates defending ethnic minorities around the world, and relief agencies dealing with refugee populations.


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Ok, here's the spot where you said it would have been funny if (enter random event her) would have happened at the Chicago game.
Mine is:
It would have been funny if Ron had another cup thrown at him.
No I love ron, but i would **** my pants if I saw that!!!!
What would he have done considering he was all dressed up for the event?


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OROVILLE -- A judge has determined an Oroville man is mentally competent to stand trial following a court hearing on the matter Thursday.
Butte County Superior Court Judge Kristen Lucena ruled defendant Olabaku Norman Jones, 44, was competent after hearing testimony from three mental health doctors who have evaluated Jones. She said it was persuasive that one doctor found it highly probable Jones was malingering — fabricating or exaggerating his symptoms.
Jones is charged with an open count of murder for the death of Mary Abby Tucker, 33, following an alleged incident at their Spencer Avenue apartment June 23.
The defendant reportedly told first responders on June 24 that Tucker slipped and struck her head in the shower.
Tucker's autopsy reportedly showed Tucker died of multiple blunt force. The medical examiner concluded her injuries weren't characteristic of a fall in a bathtub.
Thursday's court trial stemmed from an Oct. 16 hearing where the judge expressed a doubt about Jones' mental competence. During that hearing, the defendant didn't appear to know Jodea Foster was his attorney.
Two doctors evaluated Jones and were divided on whether the defendant was able to understand the court proceedings and to assist the defense.
During the Thursday's trial, the defendant was initially presumed to be mentally competent and it was the defense's burden to prove it was more likely than not that Jones was incompetent.
Under questioning by supervising deputy district attorney Kurt Worley, Dr. Kent Caruso said he didn't have any concerns that Jones understood the criminal proceedings against him. The doctor was concerned about Jones' ability to rationally assist in his defense.
Caruso said he spoke with Jones for 2-1/2 hours on Oct. 31 at the Butte County Jail. Jones was confined to a cage in the interview room because jail staff was concerned he was a safety risk.
The doctor said Jones was pleasant during the first 45 minutes, but began showing signs of escalating agitation and paranoia as Caruso began asking about events surrounding Tucker's death. The defendant showed confusion about what they were talking about and was a generally unreliable historian when discussing Tucker's death.
Under questioning by Foster, Caruso noted there were reports Jones was talking to himself. Jones also reportedly claimed to be using telepathy to communicate with others.
The doctor said he was always looking for signs of malingering. Jones appeared to believe what he said, but it was a possibility the defendant was being manipulative, he said.
Jones mentioned audio hallucinations and other symptoms to Dr. Deborah Schmidt. She noted she conducted her 2-1/2-hour evaluation on Nov. 5 without any of the symptoms appearing.
Schmidt administered a 75-item test to determine if Jones was malingering. His score was considerably above the threshold where it is highly probable the patient is malingering.
When Jones discussed what happened, she said the defendant became vague, couldn't recall what happened and gave inconsistent answers. There were several possible explanations for these responses, but Schmidt didn't believe it meant Jones couldn't act in a responsible manner.
Schmidt said Jones appeared to understand the charges against him, but expressed a concern about being executed by lethal injection.
"He said, 'It was on the table.' Those were his words," Schmidt said.
Jones had mentioned lethal injection during his first court appearance in the case June 26. The defendant told the judge he would rather have the injection than sit in court.
This isn't a death penalty case. If Jones is convicted, he could be sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison.
Medication was briefly discussed. Schmidt said she learned jail staff had ordered psychotropic medicine for Jones, but he refused to take it. He told her he had taken similar medicine while at the California Youth Authority, but stopped because it was affecting his studies.
When Dr. Daisy Switzer interviewed Jones in a competency matter that predated the current one, the defendant denied taking any such medicine before.
During arguments, Foster said Jones wanted people to believe he was competent, but is experiencing difficulty in the area of aiding with his defense. For example, Foster said Jones told Dr. Schmidt he believed Foster was his child custody lawyer.
Foster urged Judge Lucena to not put a lot of weight into the malingering test because it doesn't definitively determine such things.
Worley argued there may be rational reasons for Jones' inconsistent recall of events and it didn't necessarily mean the defendant can't aid in his defense. He said Jones was actually very sophisticated about the matter, perhaps due to his experiences with mental health services.
Although Jones reportedly said Foster wouldn't talk with him, Worley said Jones knew who his attorney was. Not cooperating with an attorney isn't incompetence, he said.
After Lucena handed down her ruling, Jones renewed a request to represent himself and the judge set that matter for Dec. 31.
The defendant remains in custody.
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ElephantsYeah wrote:To bring this topic back to the original question:
Frank, in general, if you think a teacher has given you what you think is a bullsh*t answer, call him or her on it, and see how it goes. If you don't like the way it goes, find another teacher.
As beginners, we compare our teachers to impossible hagiographical models, and it may be that some teachers you will meet are locked into those very same models. Other teachers may not be locked into those models, but respond along the same lines, in an attempt to probe the bounds of our ability to memorize so-called spontaneous words and deeds. Yet other teachers will do other things.
It really comes down to finding someone you can work with at this stage of your practice, which is often more of a matter of personality than anything else.
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Federal agency eases mortgage rules for troubled borrowers
A federal agency says it is easing rules for troubled borrowers to lower their monthly mortgage payments on loans backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the two government-controlled lenders, says borrowers who are at least 90 days delinquent on their mortgages won't have to submit financial documents to qualify for a permanent loan modification if they make three on-time payments.
Borrowers may receive more favorable terms on their mortgages if they choose to provide the documents.
The agency says the program should help borrowers lower their payments and avoid foreclosure. It takes effect July 1.
Fannie and Freddie together own or guarantee about half of all U.S. mortgages, or about 31 million home loans.
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text: Baltimore museum exhibit showcases W.Va. during Civil War April 13, 2013 Story Share By Cecelia MasonWest Virginia Public Broadcasting | APSHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- The Baltimore B&O Railroad Museum's main feature is an historic roundhouse where visitors can see old train engines, cars and cabooses. An exhibit called The War Came by Train commemorates the Civil War's sesquicentennial and currently includes artifacts and displays from West Virginia.The War Came by Train is a five-year long exhibit that changes each year to highlight events that took place 150 years previously.Dan Toomey, guest curator, said part of the exhibit is in the roundhouse with some of the railcars as a backdrop to highlight eight real people who lived during the war. The people are represented by mannequins."You have this German immigrant who worked for the railroad and lived a few blocks away, Toomey said. "As we pass through, you'll see an escaped slave from West Virginia who went to work for the railroad brigade, we'll see a Union soldier, we'll see a Confederate officer, we'll see a lady who was taking a trip from the Shenandoah Valley to New York via Martinsburg, we'll see a locomotive engineer and we'll see Gen. B.F. Kelly from West Virginia."One mannequin is dressed as Capt. Thomas Sharp; whose photo appears on a plaque explaining how, under the command of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Sharp was charged with moving stolen train cars from the Martinsburg to Strasburg, Va., beginning in 1861."Over a period of about six or eight months, he moved 14 locomotives and 83 railcars belonging to the B&O Railroad up the Shenandoah Valley via the Valley Turnpike because there weren't any railroads, and then reassembled them," Toomey said, "and then they were used for the Confederacy throughout the war."In addition to the exhibit in the roundhouse, an adjacent gallery features some West Virginia history and artifacts. Toomey said one display case is dedicated to the state's participation in the war and its soldiers. "Also, one of the really unique items in the case is the actual [U.S.] flag that flew over the corporate headquarters of the B&O Railroad in 1863, when a new star was added for the state of West Virginia," he said. "So that's a real 1863 flag that belongs to the B&O Railroad."Other items in the case tell the story of West Virginia's military participation and statehood. They belong to Richard Wolfe of Bridgeport, W.Va., who serves on the state's Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.There's also information on the May 1863 Jones-Imboden Raid into what is now West Virginia. During the raid, Brig. Gens. William Jones and John Imboden set out to disrupt the railroad throughout Western Virginia by damaging bridges and other infrastructure."Their mission was to destroy the B&O Railroad in its entirety, from Cumberland west to the Ohio River," Toomey said. "They did destroy the Fairmont Bridge; they set fire to the oil fields up near Wheeling at Burning Springs.""The petroleum industry was just getting started, and one of the largest oil fields was in West Virginia," he said, "and the Confederates completely burned it out; it didn't come back to life ever again the way it was."Toomey said the Confederates destroyed a number of bridges, wrecked trains and did quite a bit of damage. "They were on the loose for several weeks," Toomey said.One of the more interesting artifacts on display is a wooden rifle crate donated to the museum by collector Richard Berglund of Silver Spring, Md. Berglund said the crate was used to transport Model 1841 rifles from the Harpers Ferry Arsenal."The crate itself was sent from Harpers Ferry Arsenal in, at that point, Virginia by the master armor Burton to Colonel Huger at the Pikesville Arsenal, which was just outside of Baltimore" Berglund said. "The crate was shipped by the B&O Railroad and it's a very unique crate, particularly since it was made of wood and the thing that happened to almost all of them, they were broken up for firewood."The exhibit will remain on display at the B&O Railroad Museum for one year. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 3 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' 4 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 5 Plans for all-ages venue rise in old bakery building Former W.Va. Guard chief presses for new Coonskin bridge Previous Story Home rule compromise would require Charleston to repeal gun laws Next Story


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Most basketball experts thought Indiana would earn the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region and perhaps get to play its regional semifinal and championship games in nearby Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium. However, the Hoosiers were tripped up by their nemesis, Wisconsin, in the Big Ten semifinals, and that was enough to send them to the East Region.
There are no shortage of challengers for Indiana in the East. Second-seeded Miami won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and it might have deserved a No. 1 seed over Gonzaga. Below those two, Syracuse started to look like its old self in reaching the Big East championship game.
Also, sixth-seeded Butler is an intriguing case. The Bulldogs have been turnover-prone, but at their best, they have notched wins over Indiana, Gonzaga, Marquette and North Carolina.
Indiana (27-6) has been the country's top-ranked team for a reason -- its best is better than anyone else's. When the Hoosiers are making shots and taking care of the ball, they are something to watch. But if an opponent can limit Cody Zeller in the post and force the guards to cough the ball up, Indiana can be vulnerable.
Miami (27-6) offers experience and a point guard (Shane Larkin) capable of taking games over down the stretch. The Hurricanes have NBA size up front and a coach (Jim Larranaga) who knows what it takes to win in March. Question is, can the Hurricanes do it with a bull's-eye across their chest? That was a problem for a couple of weeks late in the regular season.
No. 14 Davidson vs. No. 3 Marquette: It's safe to say Golden Eagles coach Buzz Williams wasn't thrilled to see the Wildcats matched up with his squad. Davidson is a veteran squad that can shoot the 3-pointer and is coached by Bob McKillop, who takes a back seat to no one in the X and O category. While Marquette is mentally tough, it won't own an overwhelming talent advantage on the Wildcats.
8-9 winner (North Carolina State-Temple) vs. No. 1 Indiana (third round): Either foe presents a tricky matchup for the Hoosiers. The Wolfpack isn't great on defense but has excellent balance on offense and can run with Indiana, while the Owls have a senior guard in Khalif Wyatt who can go off for 35 on any night and single-handedly pull off an upset.
Indiana F Victor Oladipo is considered a leading candidate for the Wooden Award despite modest individual stats. He is this good because he combines offensive efficiency with terrific defense. Coach Tom Crean has compared him to Dwyane Wade, whom he coached at Marquette, and that should tell you all you need to know.
UNLV F Anthony Bennett might be playing in his only NCAA Tournament. The Canadian freshman has the talent to be a No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft and can take over games almost any time he wants. If Bennett gets on a run, the Rebels are quite capable of getting to the tournament's second weekend.
Bucknell F Mike Muscala is a favorite of the tempo-free crowd, and for good reason. Muscala has put up terrific numbers despite getting double- and triple-teamed most nights. If Muscala has a typical game against Butler on Thursday night, the Bison can pull off an upset.
Davidson owns a 17-game winning streak, and only five of those victories were by fewer than 10 points.
Bucknell brings a seven-game winning streak into the tournament.
Montana enters the tournament with six consecutive wins since a BracketBusters defeat at Davidson.
Illinois has lost four of its past six games, beating only Nebraska and Minnesota in that span.
Colorado is just 4-4 in its past eight games, including a baffling loss on its Senior Night to a bad Oregon State team.
Since starting 18-1, Syracuse is just 8-8. In its past five games, the Orange has topped 62 points once.
57.6 percent -- The shooting percentage from 3-point range by Syracuse's James Southerland during the Big East tournament. Southerland canned 19 of 33 in four games as the Orange reached the championship game.
2 -- Teams in this region who own wins over No. 1 seeds. Butler and Illinois each took out Gonzaga and Indiana, with the Fighting Illini earning extra credit for beating Gonzaga in Spokane.
4-2 -- Colorado's record against Top 25 teams this year. It would have been 5-1 if Pac-12 officials hadn't botched the ending of regulation at Arizona back in January, when Sabatino Chen's board-and-cord 3 to win the game before time expired was somehow waved off.
38 percent -- The shooting percentage over the past five games for California's Allen Crabbe, the Pac-12's leading scorer. If the Golden Bears are to make any kind of run, Crabbe must find the range more consistently.
1.13 -- Points that LIU-Brooklyn surrenders per possession, which ranks 323rd in Division I. While the Blackbirds play an appealing up-tempo style and can rack up the points against anyone, their defense certainly won't hold up if they play Indiana in the second round.


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The Colts go 16-0 but don't win the Super Bowl? Will you consider the season a failure?
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The Colts go 16-0 but don't win the Super Bowl? Will you consider the season a failure?
Of course it would be a failure, isn't the best team supposed to win? By going 16-0 you are the best team, you had better win.
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
Yeah, it's a failure. They are the most dominating team in the NFL. Forget the record, they should win the championship.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
We actually would become a laughing stock. The only team who went undefeated but couldn't win when under the pressure.
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Tough question. Personally, I would consider it a failure. I'm not hedging here, but getting TO the Super Bowl is a pretty big deal. Actually, this is the reason I don't want us to go undefeated. There's just too much pressure .
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
It would have to be considered a failure for all the reasons mentioned. You don't go 16-0 and choke away the title without big injuries.
Definitely a failure. As much as 16-0 sounds nice, I want a title most of all. That's all that's important. I will be most disappointed if we at least don't make the SB this year. But if we do, HOPEFULLY, get there, we get a dome, which means we'd be in good shape. But we must get there.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
It would be a failure. No doubt. Thats why i'm so uncertian if we should even try for 16-0 or not.
i'd have to agree, a lot of pressure would be off the colts shoulders if they atleast lose oneOriginally Posted by Believe_in_blue
so...going undefeated would be awesome, but i wouldnt be heart broken if the colts go into the playoffs with atleast one loss
I would say it would go down as one of the biggest choke-jobs in the history of the NFL. So it's a good thing they're going to lose against Seattle, because I highly doubt they're going to win any playoff games.
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Care to make a friendly wager on that?
Mr. Spyro, go ahead
dont forget the cardinals...
they spoiled the vikings season last year, and the year before that they did something else...cant remember, but it made them lose the #1 overall draft pick and be able to pick eli.
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Nearly every summer morning, fog rolls in from the ocean to blanket the coast of Monterey Bay. Earlier this year, Central Coast scientists showed that those banks of moist air are packed with monomethyl mercury, an especially toxic form of the heavy metal mercury.
Findings presented at a scientific conference this week pinpointed a possible source of the mercury — ocean upwelling that drives the toxic compound from deep waters to the surface, where it enters the atmosphere and is absorbed by fog.
"It's not dangerous to people," said UC Santa Cruz environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias, who presented the new findings at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. People can be exposed to much more mercury from a can of tuna, he said.
However, at high levels, monomethyl mercury is a potent neurotoxin that disrupts development in fetuses and young children, impairing memory, attention and language and motor skills.
As fog deposits monomethyl mercury along the coastline day after day, it gets easily absorbed in the tissues of plants and animals that live near the ocean. Because organisms that ingest monomethyl mercury don't easily excrete it, the toxin gets more concentrated as it moves up the food chain, presenting a potential threat to the ecosystem.
In the summer of 2011, Weiss-Penzias' research team, which included scientists from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and CSU Monterey Bay, sampled fog at four locations near Monterey Bay. They used funnel-shaped devices to suck up large quantities of foggy air and trap any suspended particles on filters, which they later analyzed.
The researchers found that levels of monomethyl mercury in coastal fog were many times higher than those previously seen in rainwater. This result was surprising because most scientists had assumed that mercury in the atmosphere gets transferred to land via raindrops. Using data from previous studies, the researchers estimated that between 61 percent and 99 percent of monomethyl mercury deposited on the coast of Monterey Bay in a given year comes from fog.
The team published their results in February 2012 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
What the researchers did not know at the time was where the mercury in the fog was coming from, but they suspected the ocean as a possible source.
Mercury has been pouring out of coal-fired power plants since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the 19th century, with much of it ending up in the ocean. For decades, mercury has also found its way to the ocean from rivers contaminated by mercury mines in the coastal mountains of California.
To test their hypothesis, this summer the scientists collected seawater samples at depths ranging from 3,300 feet to the surface of Monterey Bay.
In the ocean, mercury primarily takes the form of dimethyl mercury. When waters containing dimethyl mercury reach the surface, sunlight breaks it down into several components, including monomethyl mercury. Weiss-Penzias found the highest concentrations of dimethyl mercury at 660 feet. Above that depth, dimethyl mercury becomes unstable and can decompose, eventually escaping into the atmosphere, said Weiss-Penzias.
Weiss-Penzias plans to collect measurements of dimethyl mercury in the atmosphere directly over the ocean to verify it as the source of the mercury in fog.
"It is a bit of a mystery where it's coming from, but I think what we're seeing is a large-scale phenomenon that has to do with upwelling of deep ocean water along the coast," he said in a statement.
Weiss-Penzias also wants to study whether coastal fog absorbs other contaminants, such as pesticides. In addition, preliminary data from Cruz Ortiz, an undergraduate student in Weiss-Penzias' lab, suggests some insects have higher mercury concentrations in the summer, when coastal fog is more common, than in February and March.
"There is so little data on this now, we're just trying to fill in the map to improve our understanding of the cycling of mercury in the environment," Weiss-Penzias said in the statement. "We want to know its sources and sinks and transformations."


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By Michael Ramsey
NEW ORLEANS–Hillary Clinton said Monday her proudest moment as secretary of state was participating in the risky decision to raid the compound where Osama Bin Laden was living. Her biggest regret? The deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Mrs. Clinton, in a paid speech to roughly 4,000 attendees of the National Automobile Dealers Association annual conference, delivered a message of bridge building and skirted issues that might be unpopular with the largely Republican crowd. During a question-and-answer session after her speech, outgoing NADA Chairman David Westcott asked Mrs. Clinton if she would run for president in 2016. "I don't know," she replied.[wsj-responsive-more-in tag="Hillary Clinton" category="" ]
The former first lady, who received a standing ovation before and after her talk, brushed off the question and made an appeal for greater cooperation. She said she was pleased Congress was able to reach a budget deal and hoped for more cooperation.
"As Americans I fear we are spending too much time looking over the horizon," she said. "I am not thinking about. I am telling other people to not think about it. I'll think about it in the future some time."
She said the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Libya was "obviously a great personal loss because I am the one who sent him there."
Mrs. Clinton used anecdotes about vehicles that had passed through her life to hit on various points, including the value of small businesses and the importance of compromise. Among them was a story about her father, who owned a textile business and was a "reliable buyer" of large Cadillacs and Lincoln Continentals. She said he didn't like the idea of spending U.S. money to help rebuild Europe and Japan after World War II, but came around after the Marshall Plan got bipartisan support.
"She was pretty funny, which was a bit of a surprise," said Dave Jachter, owner of a Toyota dealership in Wilsonville, Ore. "She stayed away from some key financial issues in a room full of Republican businessmen, which was a little disappointing."
She wove tales of vehicles she owned through her life and told the audience that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had been the stepson of a Buick dealer and had grown up in Arkansas with a Ford dealer, who remained close to the family. Her second vehicle, she said, was a yellow Fiat that was stolen and wrecked in a high-speed chase.
"I couldn't understand how they could get it to perform, when I never could," she said. "I was a little proud of it."
She said one of her regrets of public life was that she no longer was allowed to drive. Her last time behind the wheel was in 1996.
Mrs. Clinton also lauded General Motors Co. for appointing Mary Barra as the new chief executive officer.
"I'm excited about GM's new CEO," she said. "It sends a really good signal to little girls, and to little boys."
Mr. Westcott asked Mrs. Clinton about her feelings on former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's recent book describing his time in office. She said the book's ultimate message was that Mr. Gates came to respect both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama.
"Both presidents served their country under difficult circumstances," she said.
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Confession time. My family recently incurred an infestation of bedbugs, probably from purchasing bedding from a second hand store. If it was just me I probably would just tolerate them. They don't even bite me, but my wife an daughter were severely affected by the bites. Simply removing them was not an option unless we replaced all of our beds and furniture, which we could not afford to do. I killed and conspired to kill hundreds of them. I feel a great deal of remorse about this. I have been sending Metta to all beings who are reviled and killed just for existing. It is my strong intent that they have a favorable rebirth.
We are being vigilant about preventing anything like this from occurring in the future. But if it did, I don't know how I would handle it differently.
Is this the karma of being a householder? I would appreciate compassionate feedback.


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MILFORD Haven's Market Square will once again be bustling with traders, when a new street market opens this Saturday (July 19).
The market, which will run from 10am until 4pm every Saturday until Christmas, will feature a range of stalls, from sweets and gifts to garden tools and ladies' wear.
Mayor of Milford Haven Cllr Eric Harries said he could remember the square being a 'bustling market' when he was a child, and was thrilled to see it return.
"I'm certain that this sort of venture will facilitate the start of the regeneration of Charles Street," he said.
"I sincerely hope the market will attract people from outside the town and boost the future of the town centre.
"I congratulate the Business Circle and the Town Team for all their hard work."
Jointly funded by the Town Council and the Business Circle, the market has seen investment of £4,500 to get it up and running.
It will be managed by Charles Street shopkeeper Byron Jenkins, and other local traders will take on the responsibility of storing the stalls.
Business Circle chairman Lynne Turner said members had been critical in getting the market set up.
"It's very easy to say 'Oh, that's a good idea', but we're really looking at the goodwill of members for it to take off," she said.
Local town and county councillor Guy Woodham – who also chairs Milford Haven's Town Team - said the market was in good hands.
"Who better to manage the market than those who manage their own businesses?" he said.
"I really hope the people of the town come out and support the market. It will be starting off small but with the support of the community there's every opportunity for it to grow and become a permanent feature back in the town," he added.
The Market Square car park will be closed from Friday night until Saturday evening to accommodate the market.
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The United States Secret Service is investigating the hacking and publication of private e-mails between members of the Bush family, including former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, which were published online late Thursday. It appears that the hacking is rather complete as correspondence, addresses, phone numbers and a picture of a self-portrait painted by former President George W. Bush standing in a shower was released. A report on the Smoking Gun website said a hacker known as Guccifer raided the email accounts and posted the photos online. The photos are very recent as there is an image of former George H.W. Bush, who was just released from a Houston hospital last month!
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Hi, Im about to start on a project concerning a site already using Joomla.What we are going to do is replace Joomla with WP.The client needs the existing site live until the WP site is ready. Ill be working with WP on the clients server until then.
My question is:What is the correct procedure now and when WP is ready regarding the public.html directory?Ive had similar problems in the past when Ive tried to put an existing WP site into the public.html directory and the URL has still got 'wordpress' as part of the address.
Has anyone any advice regarding this issue?
Thank you,Alan.
Hi Alan,
It's possible to install Joomla and Wordpress in separate directories, but I think you may find it easier keeping the sites completely separate(maybe a subdomain new.mysite.com) until you're ready to switch them over.Search the wordpress codex on how install at a sub-directory.
Alan, what exactly do you mean that 'wordpress' is part of the address? Did you originally put it in root/wordpress (http://www.domain.com/wordpress) and then try moving it to root (http://www.domain.com) or are you talking about something else?
Hi Pamela.Yeah thats exactly what I did ( put it in root/wordpress (http://www.domain.com/wordpress) until the site was live as there was an existing site on the same server. But when I tried to have the WP site as the root domain I didnt know how to get rid of 'wordpress' in the url.
Alan, simply go to Settings -> General. http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/options-general.php
Then from there change both the WordPress Address (URL), and the Site Address (URL) to simply http://www.domain.com.
Thanks for that Pamela, Ill try it. Ill come back if I have anymore probs.Alan.
Pamela,I did what you said.The Home page is fine but I got this 404 error message on the next page:Not Found
The requested URL /training/ was not found on this server.
Ive got it sussed !I followed the instructions here:http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL.Thanks for your interest and help anyway Pamela.Alan.


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WCU Student Selected for Research Project at Vanderbilt
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 9, 2013 - William Carey University senior chemistry major Tyree Ratcliff of Hattiesburg has been selected to participate in the 2013 Vanderbilt Summer Undergraduate Research in Chemical Biology program in Nashville, Tenn., May 27 - August 2. Ratcliff was one of the 10 chosen out of 500 applicants for the program. The ten-week, hands-on course is designed to introduce chemistry, biochemistry and biology students to the research processes and the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary research. The students will participate in a mini-symposium on drug discovery, attend seminars given by Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology faculty and participate in weekly discussions on various topics.
Ratcliff will work directly with Dr. Jens Meiler, associate professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt, on a current project involving structural and chemical biology. Dr. Meiler's laboratory develops computational methods to investigate proteins and their interactions with small molecule substrates, therapeutics, or probes.
"I am honored that I was selected for this distinguished program," Ratcliff said. "This will be the third summer research program I have participated in; I spent one summer working with the USDA and another at Kent State University in Ohio. I am grateful for the experience these research programs have given me, and look forward to working with Dr. Meiler this summer."


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The Argentine attacker has little doubt that the Liga champions can cause the Red Devils problems and is hopeful they will get a good result on Wednesday
The Argentina international has admitted that the Premier League leaders will prove to be tough opponents ahead of Wednesday's first leg, but he has insisted that Madrid will do their utmost to get a good result.
"Manchester United are a fairly solid team. They always make it to the knockout rounds in European competitions and we're going to have to be on our toes," Higuain was quoted as saying on the club's official website.
"But we can do a lot of damage with individual quality and counter-attacks. It's clear that we're going to give it our all.
"I hope that the key player comes from my squad because this would mean that we did things right and that we can have a successful second leg."
Wednesday's encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu kicks off at 19.45GMT.


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EDUN's pro-planet ethos was completely accidental, admitted Christian Kemp-Griffin, the company's chief mission officer, at the Fashion Summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday. "It was much more about the people, much more about the development part," he said of the ethical clothing label, which was founded in 2005 by U2 frontman Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson. "EDUN's mission is to create beautiful clothing and sustainable trade in the developing world, in particular, sub-Saharan Africa." It turns out, however, that you can't minister to people without considering the planet they inhabit.
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Choosing to work in Africa was an easy decision. Bono has been one of the continent's most fervent—and most visible—advocates for the past 25 years, throwing his considerable celebrity muscle behind such high-profile initiatives as DATA, the ONE Campaign, and Project (RED).
Trade, not aid, was clearly the answer to Africa's woes.
Africa, said Kemp-Griffin, used to have 6 percent of the world's trade. Now, it has 2 percent. "If you could increase the trade by 1 percent to Africa, that would be $70 billion to the continent," he said. "And they only receive $25 billion in aid today." Trade, not aid, was clearly the answer to Africa's woes.
Although close to 12 percent of the world's cotton is grown in Africa, less than 2 percent of it is spun there, making it virtually impossible—before EDUN stepped in, anyway—to produce a completely African-made T-shirt.
Almost 12 percent of the world's cotton is grown in Africa, but less than 2 percent of it is spun there.
With 22.4 million people living with HIV in the region—roughly two-thirds of the global tally—tying the company's mission to AIDS prevention was obvious enough. "If your workforce is getting sick and dying, you're never going to build an industry," Kemp-Griffin said. "It was important for us not only to make the garment in Africa, but also have a component that goes back to preserving the sustainability of manufacturing in that part of the world."


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Or is it "put words in my mouth," not once but twice in the same post.
Show me where I said that a bar fight is worse than driving drunk.
And on a personal note, one of my friends did die in an auto accident where the driver had been drinking. The driver was also a very good friend.
But guess what, that's been four weeks and his blood draw level still hasn't been released. He blew a .27 on the scene, but even the lead investigating officer admitted to my face that the onsite PBT was wrong. The hospital, unoffically, tested him at .05, which is under the legal limit.
I'm involved in a situation first hand worse than this, and the current situation has given me a little more insight on how the state actually determines you were "drunk." The link you posted said he tested a .09, which btw is unofficial because that has to come from the ISP and that could take over a week. I was also told that the onsite PBT, hospital test, and the ISP tests hardly ever match up. He said that sometimes they go up, sometimes they go down, and it's not out of the question that it varies by .03 (he said .03 specifically because that would be the change needed in my friends case for him to be considered drunk).
But again, show me where I said Tinsley had been arrested twice and where I said that a bar fight is worse than drunken driving.


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South Dakota cattle producers with losses stemming from last weekend's blizzard may be frustrated by the lack of federal assistance due to government shutdown, but help is on the way.
Three South Dakota organizations have combined efforts to establish the Rancher Relief Fund with the Black Hills Area Community Foundations to provide support and assistance to ranchers affected by the blizzard.
You can donate to the Rancher Relief Fund online.
Or you can mail checks to:
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Make your checks out to "Rancher Relief Fund."
The fund will be administered by the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and South Dakota Sheep Growers Association.
Producers who lost animals need to properly document the losses as it will help process potential claims. Third-party verification of losses is recommended. To get answers to questions about livestock identification, you can contact the South Dakota Brand Board at 605-773-3324.
Damages from the blizzard have led Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to call on Congress to pass a new farm bill, providing financial assistance to livestock producers affect by the weather. According to the Rapid City Journal, Thune says both the Senate and House versions of the new farm bill include a livestock disaster program that would cover between 65 percent and 75 percent of ranchers' losses.
The Livestock Indemnity Program, set up to limit the losses cattle producers incur from natural disasters, expired with the 2008 farm bill on Oct.1 and ranchers are left with unanswered questions while the furlough continues.
"A lot of the government agencies that we would normally be turning to for those answers are furloughed," Jodie Anderson, executive director of the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, told the Billings Gazette. "So there's this sort of timing issue that's enhancing the frustration out there in cattle country."
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I have two sons. I like to say I inherited them when their mother and I began our relationship.
They make me crazy sometimes, like when I have to tell them 12 times to pick up their dirty socks off the floor, or not to leave their empty water bottles or candy wrappers on the couch.
They make me crazy sometimes. But I love them more than life — all the time. Even when they make me crazy.
In one week and one day, I will get to celebrate my 10th Christmas with my sons. I am willing to bet I am looking forward to Christmas morning as much as — maybe even more than — they are. The looks on their faces when they see the gifts from Santa, when they open those brightly-wrapped packages under the tree — that joy is worth all the crazy times. It's worth the world.
In one week and one day I get to celebrate Christmas morning with my sons. Wendy Walsh will never have that chance again. Her son, Seth, was one of the several LGBT teens who committed suicide this fall after facing years of bullying. I can't even begin to imagine what she must be feeling right now. I think I might just close myself off in my house and never want to see anyone else again.
But Wendy Walsh isn't doing that. She is putting her grief and her pain and, yes, her anger to work, joining with the ACLU to call on all schools everywhere to protect all children from the kind of bullying and harassment that left her son feeling he had no way of escape except dying, and to call on the federal government to enact legislation to fight bullying.
And while the rest of us can never truly understand the depth of Wendy Walsh's grief, her loss, we need to all understand that Seth Walsh was our son, too, that Wendy Walsh's loss was our loss, and that her grief should be our grief. And we should all fight just as hard and she is to make sure that no other children, anywhere, ever feel such despair that suicide seems their only option.
If we don't do something to save our children, who will?


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Pruritus in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
This study has been completed.
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
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First received: November 12, 2012
Last updated: March 4, 2015
Last verified: March 2015
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We believe that knowing characteristics of uremic pruritus is the foundation to investigate its pathophysiology and offer better skin care for patients with chronic kidney disease. We therefore conducted this cross-sectional study to evaluate the characteristics of uraemic pruritus.
|Kidney Failure, Chronic Pruritus
|Other: Questionnaire based on the McGill Pain Questionnaire
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: Once at the entry of the study ]A visual analog scale (VAS) measuring the general severity of pruritus was reported from 0 to 10 (0 = no pruritus, 10 = worst pruritus imaginable
|Study Start Date:
|June 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Chronic kidney disease
Other: Questionnaire based on the McGill Pain Questionnaire
Interview questionnaire based on the short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients with CKD stage 3 to 5D, followed-up in the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults older than 20 years old, with CKD stage 3 to 5D, with symptoms of pruritus.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who refused to answer the questionnaire or unable to understand the contents of the questionnaire.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01727180
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|Study First Received:
|November 12, 2012
|Results First Received:
|March 4, 2015
|Last Updated:
|March 4, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Renal Insufficiency
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Skin Diseases
Skin Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
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Chartfield Guesthouse
It's a haven created to whisk you away from the cares of the world the moment you step inside this grand old house, which has been standing for over 120 years overlooking the picturesque Kalk Bay harbour.
Now lovingly restored, Chartfield Guesthouse is nestled in this quaint seaside village where the pace and charm is reminiscent of a bygone era while every modern convenience is provided for.
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Kalk Bay is easy to get to whether by car or with public transport. From the airport follow the N2 towards Cape Town and when you see an exit for the M3 direction Muizenberg, take it. Follow the M3 into the M4 and from Muizenberg follow the coast road south past ST. James to Kalk Bay: Or if you prefer follow the scenic Boyes Drive and once in Kalk Bay take the first left into Anderson Raod and then the second left into Gatesville Road - This is an excellent location to whale spot from as well.
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Kalk Bay is a bastion to the Cape's sea-faring past. First visited by Simon Van Der Stel in the 17th Century one can't help but feel you've traveled back in time, worlds away from the high-rise hustle of Cape Town. Named after the chalky lime stone deposits found in the area by the Dutch in 1806 Kalk Baai (Chalk Bay) soon became a busy little fishing village. A railway line in 1883 brought with it more fishermen and tourists in their scores. In 1895 a municipality was founded and non-fishing families were encouraged to settle in the area. This developed into a tight knit bustling seaside village and much of everything that makes it special remains today.


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The Guide contains information on how to get started playing World of Warplanes and provides extensive coverage of gameplay features that come in handy for novice and advanced pilots alike.
Each chapter includes a table of contents for a quick access to the necessary bit of information.
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SECOND Division sides Trowbridge Town Reserves and Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves are the first two teams through to the semi-finals of this season's EJ Shanley & Sons-sponsored Spring Cup after victories over respective third division opponents Polenez Westbury and Zeals.
Dave Jenkins' Trowbridge Town side progressed to the last four thanks to a 3-0 success over a Polenez side who made the Woodmarsh based side work extra hard for their victory.
Dan Barnett's goal for the Bees separated the teams at the break. Craig Neate doubled the home team's lead and a second from Barnett booked them a semi-final place against Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves in April.
Zeals FC 1 Trowbridge Wanderers 4
A 4-1 VICTORY for Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves away at Zeals FC saw them set up a semi-final meeting with local rivals Trowbridge Town Reserves.
Wanderers had the chance to take an early lead but Steve Jackson saw his penalty saved after Joe Walker had been fouled. Wanderers eventually took the lead through Will Bayley and led 1-0 at the interval.
The second period saw Wanderers fly out of the traps and they doubled their advantage courtesy of Nick James who after a superb run from left back produced a composed finish to make it 2-0.
Bayley added his second and Wanderers third before Cliff Sakyi made it 4-0 with a powerful header from a Will Bayley corner.
James Weeks scored a late consolation for Zeals.
Bradford United Reserves 1 (1) United FC 1 (5)
THIRD Division United FC, who took a healthy 4-0 advantage into their Spring Cup first round second leg tie away to second division Bradford United Reserves, finished the job they had started eight days earlier with a 1-1 draw at Poulton which gave them a 5-1 aggregate victory and booked their place in the quarter finals where they will meet second division champions Lacock.
David Biaey scored United's first-half effort which was cancelled out by Kieran Powell.
United's Shavon Allen had plenty of chances to add his sides tally but was woeful in front of goal but luckily for the striker the damage was already done in the first leg as United progressed to the last eight.
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Day 1: It Begins
Nobody ever accused me of being thin, but the sad fact is that moving back to Santa Fe after years in California played a major part in letting myself go. For the first year, it was hard for me just to get up in the morning, let alone exercise, but all that's going to change. I'm excited and dedicated, and my first step is the vow to eat nothing but salads for a month.
Day 4: Whole Foods Market
I love jicama, but these dried-out cubes just about make me quit until I realize nobody said I had to include them. I throw my favorite veggies into one cacophony of crisp greenery and attempt to feel OK about the $8 price tag. Man, this salad could've used some jicama.
Day 7: Atrisco Café
My mother and brother are wrecking the New Mexican food, and it isn't doing me any favors. Sour grapes aside, throwing a chicken breast on this mélange takes some sting out of the stuffed sopa that's now giving me that "come hither" stare. It's been odd getting used to my new restrictions, and I come perilously close to cheating this very morning, but the support of my family has certainly helped…ish.
Day 9: Whole Foods Market
I literally can't think of any other place to go now that cheese is no longer part of my life, but I've discovered I can reduce costs by picking up broccoli separately. I crunch away as visions of The Shed haunt me, and I will forever remember the anthropomorphized enchilada from the previous night's nightmare. "Eat me, Alex," it said in a ghostlike fashion. "I'll make you feel good."
Day 12: Santa Fe Baking Co.
My dining companion assures me that I don't want heated steak on my salad, but I can't help but feel that the cold meat on this thing isn't helping. "I miss hot food," I announce. "Well, then you shouldn't have become gross," my friend says. The rest of the meal is eaten in silence.
Day 16: Lucky Bean Café
Maybe the cute girl who works here will see that I've forsaken burritos to become a salad guy, and she'll want to ask me about how my mission is going. This doesn't happen (not even close), but at four bucks, I've discovered just about the best salad deal in town. I love me some bell peppers, and it's high time somebody used them liberally. It's become much easier to eat salads, especially since the thought of choking down globs of melted cheese now scares the hell out of me.
Day 20: Whole Foods Market
My second job is next door to this place—sue me! I stand at the salad bar for eight minutes, mulling over red cabbage versus cold peas, but I am weak. I need a change. I whine to myself in my head and rationalize the walk to the build-your-own-burrito counter, and though I steer clear of the meats and the sour cream and the various other items—items that I'd probably kill my own family to get at—I still feel like total crap an hour after my bean and rice burrito. It's like my body is punishing me for being a cheater.
Day 27: Home
Can I eat cereal? I don't mean sugary cereals, but one of those healthy ones with commercials where women go to the beach and laugh and smile and wear bikinis while slurping down spoonfuls of some sort of flake while feeling healthier than Charles Atlas. I can't? Eff.
Day 30: Lucky Bean
Maybe the cute girl who works here will remark that I sure do like salads. This doesn't happen (not even close), but when I hand over my four bucks and get at those delicious bell peppers I can't help but feel much better than a month ago. I think I'll keep it going. As I sip on my tea and think about tomorrow's salad, I come to one inevitable conclusion: I hate being a salad guy.
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OTA is now available.
Yea I have been having wifi issues. It seems that when screen is locked the wifi signal drops out sometimes.
So the question is going to be - do I upgrade and maybe(?) help my WiFi issues, or wait in the desperate hope there may
one day be a jailbreak released for 6.0 or 6.0.1. I'm not offering advice here, just an opinion. Shutting the signing windows
for 6.0 and 6.0.1 prevents users from downgrading, but it also prevents jailbreak developers from downgrading. IMHO, the
odds of developing a working jailbreak on an OS you can't restore to in the event of an error is basically zero.
I believe what's taking so long is 6.0.1 being the jailbreak. They didn't give a crap about 6.0 the bugs on It suck. Why jailbreak a crappy firmware. I'd say they waiting for 6.0.1 or 2
Its showing up now as OTA as of 3:45pm EST.
UPDATE: Nevermind. Didn't see all other comments.
If you're holding your breath for a jailbreak, you're going to die of asphyxiation.


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R.I.P. Bernic Mac & Isaac Hayes
Haywood is raping JO and they aren't calling it.
the security sucks there if someone can get on the court like that....If i were there i would have threw a clothesline on the guy and cuffed him up with a quickness...but thats just how i roll
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What a smart play by Tinsley to move it to Granger instead of taking the three himself. Brilliant play.
No more jumpshots please.....we just have to maintain this lead for another 4 minutes....
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Jamaal Tinsley is making the passes that win games right now. This is a freakin' clinic on how to be a pass first PG late in games.
JO with the great defense, Dun with the dumb play taking his eyes off the ball.
That was funny, Foster totally sent that guy to the floor on his face. Ben you should re-title that video "fan runs on to court NBA" it will be watched with high ratings.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Dun you're supposed to be smarter than that.
We should be 4-0 this weel
R.I.P. Bernic Mac & Isaac Hayes
JO with SIX blocks tonight.
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The banks completed their fourth-quarter call reports to regulators this week and they are much better than I was anticipating. I will be writing about various aspects of them over the next few weeks, but the first data series that needs to be discussed is the non-performing mortgages (NPL).
I've written several columns on this subject over the past few years as the data has been mixed to negative. This is the first report since the 2008 financial crisis where all four of the dominant money centers, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citi (C), and Wells Fargo (WFC) reported strong and impressive performance in the area of their non-performing loans.
All four are showing declines in the value of their non-performing mortgages in both aggregate dollar values and as a percentage of loans outstanding.
The most impressive numbers came from BAC reporting a decline in its portfolio of non-performing mortgages for the first time since a small decline the second quarter of 2010. The outstanding value of non-performing mortgages declined from about $58 billion in the third quarter to about $55 billion in the fourth. That's a big drop and almost certainly a reflection of an increase in approved short sales.
It's too early to determine if this is the beginning of a real change for the better in the outlook for BAC, but the size of the move coupled with the positive performance by the other money centers indicates that it might be.
But I would be cautious right now because the value of non-performing mortgages as a percentage of its entire first trust residential loan portfolio is still very high at about 20.2%, down from about 20.8% in the third quarter.
JPM and C both experienced declines in their non-performing loans that are most probably due as well to the increase in approved short sales and nascent stabilization in home values.
JPM's first trust residential NPLs declined in value from about $27 billion in the third quarter to about $26 billion in the fourth. At Citi the decline was from about $10 billion to about $9 billion.
WFC experienced a slight increase from about $34.5 billion to $35 billion, but the value of its mortgage portfolio also increased by $5 billion from $253 billion to $258 billion.
The value of mortgages tied to foreclosed properties that have yet to be sold also declined at all four of the money centers, while the value of outstanding loans increased.
In aggregate, this was the best quarter for the performance of the money centers, as measured by their call reports, since the crisis of 2008.


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Also, is it possible for view.find(...) to take an optional "toPosition" argument, to limit the extents being searched?
The gist of these two questions are for the word_highlight package, which tends to bog down on "large" files (multi-megabyte). If only the currently visible text was scanned, it could be a lot faster. I can imagine a couple ways of working around it, but having the above two abilities would make this a lot simpler.


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REDLANDS >> Police are conducting party patrols around the University of Redlands this weekend in search of students and other people younger than 21 consuming alcohol during post-rush week gatherings.
It's part of the city's Responsible Redlands initiative, a program aimed at curbing problems related to binge and underage drinking, police said.
The patrols were scheduled for Friday and tonight. Police plan to issue citations if they catch violators.


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This week Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music posted a great article on the upcoming full MIdi support in iOS 4.2. We are getting "WiFi Midi" which appears to be an Apple proprietary system for Apple devices to communicate wirelessly and official USB Midi support via the iPad Camera Connection Kit (Amazon link). It seems we will enter the next phase of music software and hardware on iOS devices once developers have the new Core MIDI goodness in their hands for a while. Is my Atari ST jealous yet? Read the full article on CDM here: createdigitalmusic.com/on-ipad-midi
"In iOS 4.2, best known for leveling the playing field between Apple's handhelds and tablet, you'll get full-blown MIDI support. It was clear in leaked details from earlier releases that Apple's Core MIDI framework was finding new life on the mobile OS, but not directly what that would mean for hardware. Now, the hardware picture is clear." – Peter Kirn
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The founder of the software antivirus company McAfee Inc., John McAfee, is wanted by police in the Central American nation of Belize in connection with a murder of another U.S. citizen). He is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, a builder from Florida who was shot Saturday night at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye. Sites are reporting that four of McAfee's dogs were poisoned last weekend and now the neighbor was murdered at his house. John McAfee retired to Belize in 2008. A Wired contributing editor is posting updates about McAfee evading police here. Odd that we live in a world where you can read the status updates of a man on the run as they happen. I guess we will see reporters live-tweeting murder suspects running from the police from now on.
McAfee's life has turned in recent years from cybersecurity to drugs, guns, prostitution and violence, explained Jeff Wise, a freelance reporter who broke the story. "He will tell you he moved to Belize for the good life, for the country, to rescue the Belizean people from poverty," Wise told FoxNews.com. In reality, McAfee became embroiled in bath salts and the quest for the ultimate high, he said.
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With neo-Brite
-Mineral glass
-Water resistant 10 ATM
-Tough solar (solar charging system)
-Radio reception function: automatically receive ( up to 6 times per day ) ( Chinese Radio up to 5 times per day ) and manually receive the
[Japan] incoming radio wave :JJY, frequency: 40kHz/60kHz (Fukushima, Kyusyu both stations compatible models)
[North America] incoming radio wave :WWVB, frequency: 60 kHz
[Europe region received radio :MSF/DCF77, frequency: 60 kHz /77.5kHz
[China] receiving radio :BPC, frequency :68.5kHz
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-Timer ( per set: 1-maximum set: 24 with elapsed time measurement (24 hour total) after the time is up, measured at the time the second unit )
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• Power saving function (stop sewing after certain period of time in the dark, save battery life)
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-In solar power with no driving time from full charge time
Function use case: about 5 months
If the power saving state: 26 months
Home time City (receiving functionality for cities), receive radio waves
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(Honolulu) ( anchorage ), WWVB standard radio in Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, New York, United States
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Better days
Missy Higgins finds it hard to imagine her life without music.
But the Australian singer-songwriter contemplated just that after suffering a severe bout of writer's block a few years back.
Following on from the resounding success of her first two albums, the ARIA award winner suddenly found herself under an immense amount of pressure to produce a worthy follow up.
In a bid to renew her inspiration she took a break from music, opting to travel, move into a Melbourne share house and study a few subjects at university.
''I rented a little studio that I went into every day and tried to write music,'' she says.
''I tried writing every day - I really tried to come up with a third album but it just wasn't really working and I thought it's just not making me happy any more, the songs are just not coming easily.
''I thought I can't keep banging my head against a wall forever and trying to come up with something - if it's just not coming naturally then I've just got to walk away.''
After much of her adult life had been spent touring - Higgins shot to stardom at just 15 with the song All For Believing - the prospect of life without music was very daunting.
''It was scary because I just didn't know what I'd do with my life,'' she says.
''My parents kept telling me, 'just chill out for a while, you've done enough, you've been touring for most of your out-of-school life, you can just take a break, don't be so hard on yourself'''.
''But I guess I was just really sad that I wasn't doing music any more. It had meant so much to me and it had been such a huge part of my life and my identity. So yeah it was a very strange time.''
Fortunately Higgins' inspiration returned. Upon its release in June, The Ol' Razzle Dazzle debuted at number one on the ARIA albums chart, making it the songwriter's third straight album to hit the top spot.
''I didn't really know if I'd come back to music or if I'd get inspired again but luckily I did,'' she says.
''It feels really, really awesome to be back into the game again and feel inspired and have a new album out.''
The Ol' Razzle Dazzle sees Higgins shift away from the more raw acoustic techniques she has favoured in the past.
''I think with this album I definitely kind of embraced the pop side of song writing and production,'' she says.
''I wanted to try and use instruments and put synthesised keyboards on there and really go all out with the backing vocals and really just have fun making the songs sound as alive and creative as possible.''
While it may not have felt valuable at the time, Higgins' unwelcome sabbatical actually motivated some of her long-awaited song lyrics.
Everyone's Waiting details the pressure of expectations, while Set Me on Fire tackles her relationship with music.
The two tunes came out of a collaboration with songwriter Dan Wilson - best known for his work with Adele on Someone Like You.
''I explained to him that it had been such a hardtime for me feeling as if I was creatively blocked and feeling the pressure as though everyone wanted me to come up with something so fast,'' she says.
''I didn't expect [Set Me on Fire] to be such a direct reflection of the struggles that I'd been through in order to write the album, but it ended up being the best way to tackle all of those issues, to hit them head on.
''It was a really lovely experience and a really organic way of songwriting.''
With the album going gangbusters and an Australian tour set to kick off on November 17, Higgins' music career is undoubtedly back on track.
The musician has also just finished touring North America with chart topper and fellow Aussie, Gotye.
She has been performing Kimbra's part in the popular tune Somebody That I Used To Know, which even scored the pair a gig performing on The Late Show with David Letterman.
She said the tour, which took in massive venues across the US, helped her reach a whole new audience.
''America's very excited about him at the moment so it's kinda fun to be on board with all that,'' she says.
''It's really nice to play for someone else's audience and after every show I've been going out to the merchandise store and signing CDs and meeting people afterwards.
''It's nice to feel as if you are getting some new fans and introducing people to your music who have never heard it before.''
Despite the new crowds, Higgins isn't new to the US. She's embarked on several headline and supporting tours across the country in the past.
''I have a nice following [in America] now,'' she says. ''I've done quite a few years of touring the states and it's kind of paid off. The venues I play at aren't as big as I play at home but I kind of like the contrast of being able to play at more intimate venues.''
But there's nothing like playing at home, with Higgins looking forward to kicking off her Australian tour.
''I did a tour a few months ago that went really well so it's going to be great to … step it up a notch,'' she says.
''I'm also really looking forward to doing more songs off the new album. Hopefully we'll be able to go deeper into the new album.''
Missy Higgins
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WHERE: Canberra, Royal Theatre
WHEN: Friday, November 23
TICKETS: ticketek.com.au
■ Naomi Fallon is a staff writer, a music lover and a keen baker
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