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How does the pop nominee prepare for a Grammy night that includes red carpet close-ups, a high-energy performance and late-night parties? Furtado—along with hairstylist Laini Reeves and makeup artist Colleen Creighton— gave PEOPLE the scoop. Eschewing a nutritionist or personal trainer, Furtado stocks up on fresh fruit, steamed veggies and water two weeks before the show and tones by rehearsing for her upcoming "Get Loose" tour. "The dancing is a great all-over body workout," says the singer, who favors Liftoff energy drink for quick pick-me-ups. Reeves uses Kérastase Nutritive Lait Nutri-Sculpt on Furtado's hair, since throat-irritating hairspray is usually off-limits: "Her hair responds better with the least amount of product." For the red carpet, Creighton uses softer makeup on the star, like Shu Uemura sheer face powder. At performance time, she adds extra coats of Giorgio Armani mascara. To turn up the glam for afterparties, Creighton dabs MAC Lustreglass lip gloss in Instant Gold on the star's lips and curls her lashes with a Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler. And most importantly, "I just want to look hot all the time," says Furtado.
For all the award show gossip, check in with our Red Carpet Confidential blog.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with restaurant and indoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in Westbury, this hotel is 1 mi (1.6 km) from The Space at Westbury and 2.1 mi (3.3 km) from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Roosevelt Field Mall and Nassau County Aquatic Center are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has an indoor pool and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a business center.
Room Amenities
All 140 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and cable TV. Room service, coffee makers, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Proximity to shopping
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
Hilton Garden Inn Westbury
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool and a children's pool, Hilton Garden Inn Westbury provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room. 2 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hilton Garden Inn Westbury is a smoke-free property.
- Restaurant
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Bar/lounge
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 140
- Number of floors - 4
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
- Room service (limited hours)
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Great American Grill - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 2 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 14.95 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Hilton Garden Inn Hotel Westbury
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.

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Umbilical Cord Blood Collection and Processing for Cardiac Regeneration in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Patients
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Cell-based cardiac regeneration has been the focus of acquired, adult heart disease for many years. However, congenital heart disease with severe structural abnormalities may also be reasonable targets for cell-based therapies. Interestingly, the pediatric heart is naturally growing and may be the most amendable to regenerative strategies. Therefore, identifying autologous cells (cells from the patient's own body) would be important to initiate these studies.
This study aims to validate the use of umbilical cord blood as a source of autologous cells for the purpose of cardiac repair of congenital heart disease. Cells will be isolated from the cord blood to help us determine the feasibility of collection, processing, and storage of these samples at the time of birth of infants with prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This study may be useful for the development of pre-clinical and clinical studies aimed at the long-term goal of repairing damaged heart muscle.
|Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
|Other: Collection of umbilical cord blood
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Umbilical Cord Blood Collection and Processing for Cardiac Regeneration in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Patients
- Percent of samples contaminated [ Time Frame: 14 days after collection ]
- Percent of cells that are viable following post thaw analysis [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Umbilical Cord Blood Collection
|Other: Collection of umbilical cord blood
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any pregnant woman, regardless of age, with a prenatal diagnosis of HLHS
- One or both parents willing to consent to the storage of umbilical cord blood for the specific purpose of regenerative research
- Mother is willing to provide a blood sample for serology testing
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals unwilling to participate
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01856049
|Contact: Karen S Miller
|(507) 266-5510
|Contact: Karen M Cavanaugh
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|Principal Investigator: Susana Cantero Peral, MD PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Susana Cantero Peral, M.D., Ph.D.
|Mayo Clinic
|Responsible Party:
|Susana Cantero Peral, M.D., Ph.D., PI, Mayo Clinic
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01856049 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 14, 2013
|Last Updated:
|August 5, 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Susana Cantero Peral, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic:
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
UCB (umbilical cord blood)
Umbilical cord blood
Cord blood
Cardiac regeneration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Heart Defects, Congenital
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Congenital Abnormalities
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The city of Woodland is offering a Cooling Center at the Community & Senior Center today through Wednesday, to help people cool off.
The forecast for today, Monday, calls for a high of up to 108 degrees and possibly 110, according to the National Weather Service.
A 5 to 8 mph north wind is expected to accompany the heat today. That wind should turn westerly in the afternoon.
The overnight low isn't expected to be all that low. Forecasters say the minimum temperature will be about 72 degrees.
Tuesday and Tuesday night should be slightly cooler, but otherwise pretty much the same with the high reaching 102, while the low should be about 69.
The Cooling Center is open and available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Community & Senior Center is located at 2001 East St. There will be a designated room with television and Wi-Fi available.
Restrooms and cool water are also available.
Wednesday through July 4th, the highs should remain slightly below the century mark, and the lows should stay in the high 60s.
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Potent algaecide will treat, control, and prevent a broad spectrum of algae. Noticeable results can be seen in as little as 24-48 hours. Administer when growth first appears. Powerful oxidation reaction provides effective control of all types of algae, including stubborn string algae, while raising oxygen level. Use in water features including water gardens, fountains, and birdbaths or as a surface treatment.
GreenClean Powder (Granules) works on contact to immediately begin fighting algae blooms, and releasing vital oxygen into the water body as it biodegrades. Begins working within 60 seconds of application. 1 teaspoon to 16 tablespoons (1 cup) of GreenClean Granular per 1,000 gallons of water. 2-1/2 lbs of powder (granules) equals two cups.
For use in: ornamental ponds, watering troughs, water fountains, statues, walkways, and other water features.
Keep pond algae-free, clear, AND odor-free with NEW GreenClean Kits that includes GreenClean Powder PLUS GreenClean Xtreme Liquid Bacteria . Small Kit is 2-1/2 lbs of GreenClean Powder with 32 oz of GreenClean Xtreme Liquid Bacteria and Large Kit is 8 lbs GreenClean Powder with 1 gallon of GreenClean Xtreme Liquid Bacteria.
GreenCleanFX Liquid is a commercial-strength algaecide that sinks to the bottom of the pond, making it perfect for deeper ponds. Works up to 48 hours after application. For low-density algae, use 1 tsp or 1.7 oz per 50 gallons. For high-density algae, use 2 tsp or 3.4 oz per 500 gallons. 16 oz equals about 9 teaspoons. Comes in easy-application bottle.
For use in: deep ponds, pondless waterfalls, fountains, and other water features.
To keep your deep pond free of algae, plus correct cloudiness and odor problems, choose NEW GreenCleanFX Kit that includes 32 oz of GreenCleanFX Liquid and 32 oz of GreenClean Xtreme Liquid Bacteria.
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2013 Family History Conference and Book Fair
8:00 am to 4:00 pm - John A. Logan College Route 13 & Greenbriar Road, Carterville, IL
Presented by Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D.
Web: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/conf2013.html
Registration: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgssi/reg_form.html
The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois and John A. Logan College
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Ray Hancock Conference Center
John A. Logan College
Route 13 & Greenbriar Road, Carterville, IL
Featured Speaker
Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D.
Certified Genealogist & Certified Genealogical Lecturer
Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, has edited the National Genealogical Society Quarterly since 2002. He is a trustee and a past president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, past board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and recipient of its 2011 Professional Achievement Award and its 2004 Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award of Merit.
Retired from a thirty-year career in higher education and professor emeritus at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., Tom works full time as a genealogical researcher, writer, editor, and educator. He coordinates courses at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and Samford University's Institute on Genealogy and Historical Research; and he teaches in Boston University's Genealogical Certificate Program. Tom's research has encompassed records of every state east of the Mississippi, as well as Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, England, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Wales. He specializes, however, in Georgia and Virginia and is most interested in solving "brick-wall" genealogical problems.
Tom writes and speaks frequently on genealogical methods with broad application across geographic areas, time periods, and levels of expertise. He is known for meaty lectures benefiting genealogists of all experience levels.
Finding "Unfindable" Ancestors
The failure of common research practices to identify ancestors does not mean they are nfindable. This session will describe and demonstrate nine approaches to locating difficult-to-trace ancestors.
Going Beyond the Bare Bones:
Reconstructing Your Ancestors' Lives
Learn how to extract information from frequently used genealogical sources to create biographies that bring ancestors to life.
How to Avoid Being Duped by the Internet
The Internet brings increasingly bountiful amounts of information to genealogists' desktops—some valid, some erroneous, and much of unknown accuracy. Attendees will learn practical strategies for discriminating between correct and misleading information. They also will learn how online genealogical information—even if its accuracy is unknown—can lead to valid conclusions about ancestors.
Missing Something?
Getting the Most out of Genealogical Evidence
Attendees will learn five ways to get more information from the genealogical sources they use: paying attention to all of the evidence in the sources; examining each source's context; using an entire series; paying better attention to what is not in the source (using negative evidence); and combining sources to build a case.


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I am 99% sure this is a Chippewa basket. This belonged to my grandmother whose father was 100% Chippawa and whose mother was from Norway.
Other than that, I know nothing about it. Any info you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Is there anybody out there who is an expert on native american items? If so, I would love to see your comments.


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Being in her 80s and a widow for more than two decades, she remained active. She was involved in her church. She bowled regularly and kept in regular contact with friends and relatives. But there was an emptiness each time she returned to an empty house.
Perhaps it was fate that one day as she stepped outside of the back door, to her surprise there was a stray calico kitten meowing and appearing hungry. Of course Aunt Millie's maternal instincts took over and she instantly brought the stray inside and offered a bowl of milk. As the cat eagerly lapped up the milk, Aunt Millie felt her heart melt, and right there and then she adopted the young feline. She couldn't resist the aura of the kitten being a victim and alone, plus, combined with those innocent cat eyes, well that was all it took. In Aunt Millie's world, all was well.
She enjoyed the time with her new kitten. In the evening when watching her favorite television shows, the cat would crawl up next to her on the couch purring contentedly. When the weather was warmer, she would sit in the backyard and watch the cat chasing butterflies. The cat eased her loneliness and gave her a warm feeling that she had done the right thing by bringing the cat into her home, for she had also convinced herself that if she hadn't then this wonderful friend might have perished in an unfair world.
My Aunt Millie had lived in the same farm house that she had shared with her husband when he was alive. So it really came as no surprise one morning when she heard her adopted kitten meowing and scratching at the back door, and when she opened the door to see what was causing her pet such concern. Low and behold, there was another cat. This one was an older stray with stripes. But as with the first cat, Aunt Millie just couldn't turn her back. And so, this cat, too, was welcomed into her home. Being a good Methodist, she believed it was the Christian thing to do.
Shortly afterwards, Aunt Millie wrote me a letter telling about her newfound friends. In the letter, she apocalyptically wrote, "You know, cats are a lot like people."
But then another cat showed up. And then another and another. At first Aunt Millie, understanding the dilemma of having too many cats under her roof, tried to appease the cats by putting plates of food outside. During the Indiana winters, she saw to it that the now increasing number of cats would get warmth in the barn.
Soon there were eight cats, and then 10. And still they kept coming. Aunt Millie continued to put out the plates of food believing she had no choice. For the younger cats, she would take them inside out of fear that they would not survive the elements. But they would ultimately stay inside. At first, she kept up with the strain of the ever-increasing number, even with those who took for granted they were now house cats.
It got to the point that Aunt Millie lost track of just how many cats had come to depend on her food and shelter. Between the indoor cats and those relegated to the outdoors, 20 became 30, and still they came. Wherever there was a stray, they sniffed out the Purina Cat Chow and the Little Friskies that my Aunt put outside, and once they found the free food, they stayed. There were people who, looking for a way to free themselves of unwanted cats and learning of my Aunt's obsession, would drive by and dump their cats into my Aunt's care. My Aunt couldn't help herself and looked the other way.
I had learned of the digression from another relative and one day stopped in to visit my Aunt. I was astounded by what I saw. The cats had taken over the house. It appeared they no longer saw the need to visit the litter box and left their extractions wherever they deemed appropriate. Cat hair was everywhere, and the smell was nauseating. Toys filled with catnip littered the floor and what had been beautiful and well-cared-for furniture was now shredded from cat claws and covered with cat hair. I found grocery store receipts showing that my Aunt was spending more money on food for cats than she was for herself. It was evident she was sacrificing her own nutritional intake in order to feed the freeloading cats. But Aunt Millie seemed not to notice that anything was out of order.
"Aunt Millie, this is ridiculous. These cats have taken over your house. You've got to do something about this. This is not healthy," I declared.
"If I don't care for these wonderful creatures, what will happen to them?" she asked with all sincerity.
"They will survive. You must stop offering freebies to every cat who lives within a 50-mile radius. You cannot afford it. They are destroying this house and judging by how much weight you've lost, they are destroying you as well!"
My aunt paid no attention to me that day, not to anyone else who tried to reason with her. Not so long ago, she had a mini-stroke. When emergency responders entered the house, they were shocked by what they saw in what had become a cat community. Adult Protective Services got involved and declared what had once been a wonderful home was now uninhabitable. Today, my Aunt Millie lives in a nursing home and in the meantime, I and other relatives were working with the local animal shelter to work out a worthy arrangement for close to 40 cats. I keep thinking back to my Aunt Millie's words, and she was right: Cats are a lot like people.
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Peninsula PedallersFrankston, Victoria, 3199, Australia
Penrith Panthers BMX Club
PO Box 1038, Penrith, New South Wales, 2750, Australia
At Penrith Panthers BMX Club we pride ourselves on being a family club, where riders from all age groups can race in a competitive, yet supportive and fun environment. Riders of all are graded according to their ability, thereby ensuring close competition and an equal chance for everyone to taste victory.
Perth Mountain Bike ClubPerth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
Randwick Botany Cycling ClubMaroubra, New South Wales, 2035, Australia
Riverland Cycling ClubBerri, South Australia, 5343, Australia
Salisbury Cycle SpeedwayTangent Ave, Salisbury North, South Australia, 5108, Australia
South West Mountain Bike Club
PO Box 935, Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230, Australia
We have an enthusiastic club committee with a focus on new trails and trail advocacy and a downhill sub-committee overseeing the development of downhill trails and events at Wellington Mills. Cross Country (XC) riding and social events have not been forgotten and will be pursued as well.


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A question regarding the twelve ayatanas: I get that there are the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind; as well as their corresponding objects of visible form, sound, smell, taste, touch and mental objects. But what about senses that don't clearly fall into any of these categories, such as equilibrioception?
The sense of equilibrioception seems to depend largely on the ear, but I don't think it could be regarded as a sound object. But it also seems to depend on sight and brain functioning, but it doesn't seem to be clearly a visible ayatana or a purely mental object, either.
And how about the radar perception of a being such as a bat? These animals appear to create an entire visual-like impression based on interpretation of touch objects and sound. Or bees, which seem to communicate with pheromones (people perceive pheromones too), but it hardly seems like a purely smell object. In these cases, the distinction between "touch" and "sound" and "visible form" seems to become blurred.
And I can imagine the possibility of a being who has sense perceptions with which human beings are not familiar. I'm wondering, would all such senses be understood as having their base solely in the 12 ayatanas? And if that is so, could there be more to the ayatanas than what we, in our human form, are able to perceive and understand?


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GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The last building block of the Obama administration's strategy unveiled Wednesday to keep the northern spotted owl from extinction nearly doubles the amount of Northwest national forest land dedicated to protecting the bird by the Bush administration four years ago.
Still, conservation groups that went to court to force the overhaul said key gaps remain, such as an exemption for private forest lands and most state forests.
The full critical habitat plan will not be published until next week, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 9.6 million acres of Oregon, Washington and Northern California will come under its provisions, almost all of it federal lands.
The amount is down from nearly 14 million acres proposed last February but still exceeds the 5.3 million acres proposed in 2008. The biggest cut came in private timberlands -- 1.3 million acres. State forests covering 271,000 acres remain.
Following a directive last February from the White House, officials revised the latest plan to make room for thinning and logging inside critical habitat to reduce the danger of wildfire and improve the health of forests.
Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity said it appeared the critical habitat plan and the previously adopted owl recovery strategy were back in line with the Northwest Forest Plan adopted in 1994 to protect owls and salmon.
"In restoring extensive protections on federal lands, today's decision ... marks the end of a dark chapter in the Endangered Species Act's implementation when politics were allowed to blot out science," he said. "The owl has continued to decline since its protection under the Endangered Species Act. Part of the reason for that is the loss of habitat on private and state lands."
Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist for the GEOS Institute and a former member of the spotted owl recovery team, objected to plans to log and thin forests inside the critical habitat area, saying no studies have been done on how that may harm owls, which favor old growth. He added that one study shows it reduces the amount of prey available.
The federal government has been trying to balance logging and fish and wildlife habitat since the late 1980s.
The designation of the spotted owl as a threatened species in 1990 triggered a 90 percent cutback in logging on national forests in the northwest, and similar reductions spread around the nation.
Even so, the spotted owl has seen a 40 percent decline during the past 25 years, Fish and Wildlife officials said
The Bush administration tried to undue protections for the owls and other species to allow more logging, but the effort was turned back in court.
Environmental Protection Information Center Conservation Director Andrew Orahoske said that the designation was an improvement, but left important habitat unprotected on the North Coast.
"We were pleased to see that many of the federal lands that the Bush administration had excluded were back in the designation," Orahoske said.
Private lands and many state lands were excluded on the North Coast, an important area because redwood forests promote spotted owl recovery more than other types of forest, he said.
Orahoske said that EPIC would look at the designation to determine if Fish and Wildlife was doing enough for spotted owls according to federal law.
"By excluding the entire redwood region, the Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to provide for the recovery goal for the habitat," Orahoske said. "We really don't view this final rule as fully complying with the law."
The timber industry reserved detailed comment on the latest proposal until it can look at the full plan.
American Forest Resource Council President Tom Partin said he wanted to see how much of the owl habitat remained from the draft last February. He urged Fish and Wildlife to get moving on efforts to control the invasion of the barred owl, an East Coast cousin that has been pushing the meeker spotted owl out of its territories.
The latest spotted owl recovery plan calls for killing some barred owls, but Fish and Wildlife has not come out with specifics.
Times-Standard staff writer Grant Scott-Goforth contributed to this report.


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Advisory Opinion
August 20, 2002
Michael A. Crabtree, Esq.
Central Pension Fund of the International Union of
Operating Engineers and Participating Employers
4115 Chesapeake Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016-4665
ERISA Sec. 404(a) & 408(b)(2)
Dear Mr. Crabtree:
This is in response to your request for an advisory opinion on behalf of the Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers (the "Fund") concerning the application of the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). Specifically, you have requested the views of the Department as to whether inclusion of certain indemnification and hold-harmless provisions in a plan's service provider contract would violate the fiduciary provisions of ERISA.
You represent that an actuarial firm, in connection with discussions relating to the renewal of its contract to provide actuarial services to the Fund, advised that it was requiring all new engagement letters to contain, among other things, "limitation of liability" and "indemnification" provisions. These provisions, in effect, would require the Fund to agree not to recover from the actuarial firm an amount in excess of the greater of $250,000 or one year's fee for any damage caused to the Fund "regardless of the cause of action," and to indemnify and hold the actuarial firm harmless for any amount exceeding the same limits "from any third party claim or liability" arising from, or in connection with, the firm's services to the Fund. The Fund's insurer has informed the Fund that its fiduciary liability policy would not cover the Fund's losses if the Fund suffered losses in excess of $250,000 as a result of the actuarial firm's actions that were not recovered because of the proposed limitation of liability and indemnification provisions. The insurer explained that the policy is not designed to cover professional liability exposures normally associated with Actuarial Errors and Omissions coverage.
Although the Fund has decided not to retain the actuarial firm, opting instead for a firm that required no specific limitation of liability or indemnification provision, limitation of liability and indemnification provisions may be becoming increasingly popular with actuarial firms according to press and other reports. Given the current and future issues presented to fiduciaries with respect to the engagement of service providers with contractual limitations of liability or indemnification provisions, you have requested guidance from the Department concerning the permissibility of such provisions under ERISA.
Section 404(a)(1) of ERISA requires, among other things, that a fiduciary discharge his or her duties with respect to a plan solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character with like aims. The prohibited transaction provisions state, in section 406(a)(1)(C) and (D) of ERISA, that a fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan shall not cause the plan to engage in a transaction if he or she knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect furnishing of services between the plan and a party in interest with respect to the plan, or transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a party in interest, of any assets of the plan. Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA provides a statutory exemption from the prohibitions of section 406(a) for contracting or making reasonable arrangements with a party in interest, including a fiduciary, for office space, or legal, accounting, or other services necessary for the establishment or operation of the plan, if no more than reasonable compensation is paid for such services.
With regard to the selection of service providers under ERISA, the Department has previously indicated that the responsible plan fiduciary must engage in an objective process designed to elicit information necessary to assess the qualifications of the provider, the quality of services offered, and the reasonableness of the fees charged in light of the services provided. In addition, such process should be designed to avoid self-dealing, conflicts of interest or other improper influence. What constitutes an appropriate method of selecting a service provider, however, will depend upon the particular facts and circumstances. Soliciting bids among service providers is a means by which a fiduciary can obtain the necessary information relevant to the decision-making process, including information about contractual provisions such as those identified in your letter relating to limitations of liability and indemnification.
The Department does not believe that, in and of themselves, most limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in a service provider contract are either per se imprudent under ERISA section 404(a)(1)(B) or per se unreasonable under ERISA section 408(b)(2). The Department believes, however, that provisions that purport to apply to fraud or willful misconduct by the service provider are void as against public policy and that it would not be prudent or reasonable to agree to such provisions. Other limitations of liability and indemnification provisions, applying to negligence and unintentional malpractice, may be consistent with sections 404(a)(1) and 408(b)(2) of ERISA when considered in connection with the reasonableness of the arrangement as a whole and the potential risks to participants and beneficiaries. At a minimum, compliance with these standards would require that a fiduciary assess the plan's ability to obtain comparable services at comparable costs either from service providers without having to agree to such provisions, or from service providers who have provisions that provide greater protection to the plan.
In the Department's view, compliance with ERISA's fiduciary provisions, including section 408(b)(2), also would require that a fiduciary assess the potential risk of loss and costs to the plan that might result from a service provider's act or omission subject to a proposed limitation of liability or indemnification provision. In making such an assessment, a fiduciary should consider the potential for, and outside limits of, such a loss, as well as any additional actions that may be available to the plan to minimize such a loss.
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Peach and Black Pepper Veal Chops Recipe
The Grilled Recipes kitchen invites you to try Peach and Black Pepper Veal Chops Recipe. Enjoy our collection of quick & easy grilled recipes and learn how to make Peach and Black Pepper Veal Chops.
Total Time: 3 hr 45 min
Prep 5 min
Inactive 3 hr 20 min
Cook 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Level: Easy
For Veal Chops:
1 packet (1.12 ounces) black peppercorn marinade mix (recommended: Durkee Grill Creations)
1 can (11 1/2 ounces) peach nectar (recommended: Kerns)
4 (1/2-pound) veal loin chops, 1 inch thick
For Glaze:
1/2 cup peach jam (recommended: Smucker's)
1/4 cup bourbon (recommended: Jim Beam)
1 tablespoon cracked black peppercorns
In a large resealable plastic bag, combine marinade mix, peach nectar, and veal chops. Squeeze out air and seal bag. Massage bag to ensure chops are coated. Refrigerate 3 to 6 hours to marinate.
Set up grill for direct cooking over medium-high heat. Oil the grill grate when ready to start cooking.
Prepare glaze in a small saucepan over medium heat. Combine jam, bourbon, and cracked peppercorns. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside.
Remove chops from marinade and let come to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Discard marinade. Grill chops on hot, oiled grill for 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and brush with glaze. Cook an additional 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and glaze for 1 minute. Remove from heat and brush once more with glaze. Serve hot.
INDOOR: Prepare and marinate chops as directed. Remove chops from marinade and discard marinade. Pat chops dry with paper towel. Place on foil line baking sheet or broiling pan and broil 4 to 6 inches from the heat source until well seared on 1 side, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Turn and brush with glaze and return to broiler and cook for 1 minute; turn and glaze and cook for 1 minute more for medium. To check for doneness, make a small cut in the thickest part of the meat; it should be slightly less done than you like it. Allow the chops to rest for 5 to 10 minutes (internal temperature will continue to rise). Brush with more glaze and serve.
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Philly couple helps survivors of child abuse tell their stories
In the wake of abuse scandals at Penn State and within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the horrific details of child sexual abuse dominated headlines.
But one Philadelphia couple was frustrated by the lack of attention given to the aftermath of abuse. So, they decided to publish a book giving voice to survivors.
Joel Hoffmann, 30, is co-editor along with his wife, Nina. He was sexually abused by his stepfather as a young boy, and an account of dealing with the legacy of abuse has now been published for the world to see. Still, he's a bit edgy when talking about his experiences.
"It makes me uncomfortable talking about, it frankly," Hoffmann said. "But it's something I know that I have to do."
Hoffmann first wrote about his abuse last year in Philadelphia Weekly at the urging of his wife, senior editor there. Back then, he wrote under a pseudonym. This spring, he came out publicly as a survivor after being frustrated by coverage of the Penn State crimes.
"It focused very much on the crime and on the sentencing and the most horrifying details of sexual abuse," Hoffmann said. "But I didn't see a whole lot about what it takes to come back from that."
The stories in their new e-book, "The Survivors Project: Telling the Truth About Life After Sexual Abuse," focus on how abuse affects relationships and intimacy for decades -- including an account from Hoffmann on how his past abuse almost destroyed his relationship with his wife.
He said editing the stories was both disturbing and cathartic.
"I feel closer to these people than I feel to a lot of people I've known for a long time and have met over and over again," Hoffmann said. "There's no substitute for that bond."
Philadelphia Children's Alliance head Chris Kirchner hopes the book will encourage former survivors to seek help for psychological or substance abuse problems they may suffer in the wake of abuse.
"When we talk to adults about the impact abuse has had on their lives, most people are surprised by the depth and breadth of the negative impact that child sexual abuse can have on someone's life, and these stories echo that," Kirchner said.
According to Nina Hoffmann, the project is Philadelphia Weekly's first book-length publication. It includes 57 stories from survivors and their loved ones, many from the Philadelphia area.
Their book is available for download on the Kindle now. Versions for iPad and Nook will debut in upcoming weeks.


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12 Valentine's Day Gifts Decoded
We Love Your Cheesy Celebrity Magazines
Most of you have encountered your guy, glancing at the pages
of Us Weekly and then not being able to put it down. We must admit, it's pretty
damned entertaining and we can't believe how bad so-and-so looked in her bikini
when she was caught in that weird pose by the paparazzi in the bushes 50 yards
away, or wow-Posh Spice actually pumps her own gas! On "guy trips" my buddies and I make sure to have a stack of the glossy, horrible
celebrity mags on hand.(BTW: Have you noticed all the different magazines actually
use the same pictures every month?)
We Struggle with Facebook Timing
We have to play our Facebook
cards correctly. We don't want to friend you too quickly and look too enthusiastic. The easiest thing to do is to let you friend us first so we know the
coast is clear. But after that, there are more things to obsess over. When do
we declare we are "in a relationship" with you?Again, you go first, will
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Here's an evolution in music software I like: Dr. Octo Rex. The .rex format is an old format which allows you to auto splice a sample and therefore make it easy to rearrange the pieces. It also allowed some slowing down speeding up of the clip long before Ableton was born. Sampled sounds have a certain punch to them. I think they are number two in the pecking order for chest thumb behind pure analog and leaps and bounds over virtual instruments. I can sit and play for hours with the Rex loop player in Reason. I wasn't ever expecting it to be updated but here it is.
"The upgraded Dr. Octo Rex loop player loads eight REX loops into one player and lets you switch between them on the fly. This makes arranging a breeze – load the drum loops into one player, the guitars into another and use the sequencer to select what loop to play in a pattern-like fashion. With eight loops to switch between, the new rex also comes ready for the experimental minded. Set the player to retrig the loops on the beat, on the bar or on the 16th note. Or program the loops manually like in the original rex player." – propellerheads.se
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Characterization of Familial Myopathy and Paget Disease of Bone
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The researcher wants to explore the genetic causes of muscle disease. The researcher is particularly interested in muscle disorders that occur in combination with diseases of bone that appear to be passed on from generation to generation.
Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy will measure the concentrations of blood, water, and lipids (fats, for example) in your tissues. This device essentially measures the color of tissues in order to determine tissue physiology (its physical and chemical processes).
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Muscle weakness
Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy
Device: Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy
Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy
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Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy, the technique is fast and painless and was developed at the University of California, Irvine. The Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy instrument is actively involved in research studies, but is not yet a part of routine clinical practice. The result of this study will aid similar research projects that seek to improve our understanding of how tissues work and how alterations in metabolism affect long-term health.
TheDiffuse Optical Spectroscopy measurement consists of placing a probe onto the surface of your body (calf, bicep, or head). This probe will be secured by either gentle hand pressure or fastened to your skin using clinically-approved wraps such as Coban/wrap bandages or medical adhesive tape and medical glues. Several dots will be made on your skin outlining the probe with a surgical felt tip marker. This is so we would be able to put the probe again on the same spot in case we needed to interrupt the measurement. The probe looks like a bar code scanner in a supermarket and it shines infrared light on your skin. There is no radiation involved with this light. In some cases where light signals are low, the optical detector will be placed directly onto your skin (but contained within an electronically shielded casing, and placed inside another plastic casing). (not offered during pregnancy).
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Inclusion Criteria: Male or Female age 18 and older
- diagnose of Muscle or bone disorders
- with a combination of medical problems including muscle and bone disease and their family members.
Exclusion Criteria:
- under 18 year of age
- unrelated diagnosis
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01166854
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Keywords provided by Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Center, University of California, Irvine:
muscle and bone disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bone Diseases
Muscular Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
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THE final four businesses shortlisted for the most anticipated Winchester Business Excellence Award have been announced.
European Exhaust and Catalyst Ltd (EEC), Charters Estate Agents, Lakesmere Ltd and Upham Brewery Company have been selected for Denplan's Business of the Year Award.
Sharon Ellis, head of human resources and business services at Denplan, said: "Denplan has been part of the Winchester community for almost 30 years and we're delighted to sponsor the Business of the Year category once again.
"This award recognises and celebrates one outstanding company that has demonstrated excellence in developing its business, including implementing a sound business and financial plan that runs in conjunction with a clear marketing strategy.
"These are tough criteria to meet but we have been extremely impressed by all of the finalists. It's exciting to think that all of these fantastic businesses are already part of the thriving local economy."
In May last year EEC were awarded the supply contract for Euro Car Parts - the UK's largest distributor in its sector. The move led to another with Sator group, owned by Euro Car Parts parent company LKQ, which in turn led to a 40 per cent upturn in volume for the company. They have continued to extend their product range to reach a larger customer base, improve on its teamwork, innovation and products to ensure they meet environmental legislation. Their catalytic converters convert around 98 per cent of harmful car exhaust emissions into less harmful gases.
Established in 2009, Charters is now the market leading estate agency in Winchester. A recent survey showed they owned 39 per cent of the market share out of 22 competitors and they have been awarded the third best agency practice in Southern England at the Estate Agency Awards for two consecutive years from 2010.
Winchester-based Lakesmere started in 1993 as a small cladding contractor. Since then it has grown to become the UK's leading specialist in design, manufacturing, installation and management services across seven offices throughout the UK and the Middle East. Between 2007-2012 their average turnover was £43m per year, peaking at £47m in 2012. Despite rough trading conditions as a result of the economic downturn their 2013 turnover increased by 16 per cent and net profits increased threefold.
Upham Brewery, based in Bishop's Waltham, was set up in 2009 with the objective to brew a selection of fine real ales to restore the pub back to its former glory. Most recently, the company announced its aim to expand and open between 20 to 30 new pubs by the end of 2015 providing employment for some 400-500 people. The company also aims to invest £280,000 to increase their brewery capacity from 1,000 casks to 5,000 casks over the next three years to meet growing demand.
The names of the winners of each category will be announced at the prestigious black-tie awards ceremony on Friday (June 14).


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Wisdom of the Midwives
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- The Essence of Midwifery by Linda V. Walsh, CNM, MPH
- The Journey—Dance of Labor and Birth by Judy Edmunds
CHAPTER 1: Counseling as a Tool in Your Birthkit
- Some Insights Into the Psychology of Birth by Anne Frye
- Pharmacy-free Pain Relief by Judy Edmunds
- Group Prenatal Care by June Whitson, CNM
CHAPTER 2: Nutrition/Health
- Nutrition for Two: Preventing Cesarean by Anne Frye
- The Role of Nutrition in Preterm Labor by Anne Frye
CHAPTER 3: Herbs/Homeopathy
- Nettles by Linda Lieberman, CNM
- Red Raspberry by Linda Lieberman, CNM
- Comfrey by Linda Lieberman, CNM
- Calendula by Linda Lieberman, CNM
- Touch-talk by Anonymous
- A Homeopathic Primer for Midwives by Patty Brennan
- Using Homeopathy by Patty Brennan
- Tinctures Made Easy by Cathryn Feral
- Evening Primrose Oil by Anonymous
- Herbal helps by Daphne Singingtree, CM
- More Evening Primrose Uses by Jill Cohen
- Natural Remedies by Cathryn Feral
- Using Homeopathy to Turn Babies by Patty Brennan
- Getting to Know Herbs by Alison Osborn
- Uva Ursi by Alison Osborn
- Nature in Your Birth Bag by Katy Polone
- Using Herbs in Midwifery Care by Lisa Goldstein
- Midwifery and Herbs by Jeannine Parvati Baker
CHAPTER 4: Pregnancy
- Searching for Underlying Causes of Hyperemesis by Phyllis Klaus, MFCC
- Homeopathic Remedies for "Morning" Sickness by Lisa Goldstein
- The "Art" of Midwifery by Sharon Glass Jonquil, CNM
- In Good Alignment by Marion Toepke McLean, CNM
- Back to Basics by Julie Tupler, RN
- Turning Toxemia Around by Anne Frye
CHAPTER 5: Premature Rupture of Membranes
- PROM by the Book by Yvonne Lapp Cryns
- The Apple Will Drop When It Is Ripe… by Patty Sherman
- PROM: One Midwife's Protocols by Clarebeth Loprinzi Kassel, CM
- PROM by Sister Angela Murdaugh, CNM
- PROM Management by John Stevenson, M.D.
CHAPTER 6: First Stage
- Precious Essences by Marie Miczak, D.Sc.
- Forcing the Issue: The Induction of Labor by Sharon Glass Jonquil, CNM
- Inducing Naturally by Alison Osborn
- Managing First Stage Problems by John Stevenson, M.D.
- Nourishing the Mother by Anne Frye
- Artificial Rupture of Membranes by Alison Osborn
- Posterior Labor: A Pain in the Back by Valerie El Halta
CHAPTER 7: Second Stage
- Serving Our Birthing Sisters by Judy Edmunds
- Perineal Massage Oil by Judy Edmunds
- Birthing Choices by Justine Dobson, DC, LMT
CHAPTER 8: Third/Fourth Stage
- The Grand Finale to Birth by Judy Edmunds
- Postpartum Hemorrhage: Prevention and Treatment by Yvonne Lapp Cryns
- Bimanual Compression Tips by Marion Toepke McLean, CNM
- Expelling Clots by Marion Toepke McLean, CNM
- Assisting at Waterbirths by Marina Alzugaray, CNM
CHAPTER 9: Newborn Care
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CHAPTER 10: Breastfeeding
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- Finger-Feeding a Preemie by Jude Kurokawa, CNM


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Halloween Comes Early to Lake Tawakoni State Park
WILLS POINT, Texas — A massive spider web first spotted covering several acres of oak-elm woodlands along a Lake Tawakoni State Park trail in early August and later reported in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story on Aug. 29 made national and international headlines throughout the Labor Day Weekend.
An arachnaphobe's worst nightmare, the gauzy, insect-laden web drew more than 3,300 curious visitors over the three-day holiday to this 376-acre park on the shore of Lake Tawakoni, 50 miles east of Dallas. On Labor Day, the park recorded 1,275 people visiting just to see the web.
"When I first saw it," said Park Superintendent Donna Garde, "I was totally amazed. What ran through my mind was that this looked like something out of a low-budget horror movie, but I was looking at something five times as big as what you'd see on a Hollywood set."
Stumped as to the web's origin, the initial consensus of arachnologists and entomologists who saw an online photo of the web sent by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist Mike Quinn was that it may have resulted from a "mass dispersal" event. In such an event, millions of tiny spiders or spiderlings spin out silk filaments to ride air currents in a phenomenon known as "ballooning."
Quinn collected a sample of spiders Aug. 31 from in and around the gigantic web and took them to Texas A&M University in College Station for analyses. Entomology Department researcher Allen Dean identified 11 spider families from the sample. The most prevalent species was the Tetragnatha guatemalensis, or what Quinn dubbed the Guatemalan long-jawed spider, since this species didn't have a common name. Guatemala was the country in which it was first documented.
"I drove 50 to 100 spiders to A&M on Saturday," Quinn said. "Spider experts tend to specialize in one or few families of spiders. There are nearly 900 species of spiders known from Texas, so no one is an expert on all the species."
Quinn described the Lake Tawakoni web as "sheet webbing" since it covers a large area of trees, which is more typical of a web spun by a funnel web spider rather than the classic Charlotte's web, or orb web, like that produced by long-jawed spiders. He speculates that the park's spider population exploded due to wet conditions this summer that resulted in an abundance of midges and other a small insects upon which the spiders feed.
The Guatemalan long-jawed spider ranges from Canada to Panama, and even the islands of the Caribbean. According to Quinn, the spider is about an inch in length with a reddish-orange head- and-thorax. Spiders, like mites and scorpions, are arachnids, a group of arthropods with four pairs of legs, saclike lungs and a body divided into two segments.
So popular was the monster Lake Tawakoni spider web phenomenon that it ran as the lead story in the Nation section of the Aug. 31 New York Times, and was the newspaper's most e-mailed article that day. The nightmarish quality of the story prompted satirical takes on several Internet Web sites and led to national coverage on Fox News, the Discovery Channel, CNN and other networks. Quinn termed the degree of news coverage "remarkable."
Dr. Norman Horner, a retired dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, was on his way to the park mid-week to study the "not very common" phenomenon, when he received a call from park staff telling him that a heavy overnight rainstorm had made the trail impassable and knocked down much of the giant web.
"So far," Horner said, "we have been informed of webs of this nature occurring in Florida, California, Canada, Italy, Ohio and now Texas. In all cases, they appear to have been produced by tetragnathids, but have other species associated with them."
Superintendent Garde said Sept. 5 that the crowds coming to see the wondrous creation had slowed to a trickle, and that they were not being allowed to access the nature trail due to the sloppy conditions.
"It was fun, but we were really tired," Garde said. "The spiders are great little guys. They put our park on the map."
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In his latest science-themed prank, concept artist Jonathon Keats will marry anyone — or anything — using quantum entanglement as the tie that binds.
"Unlike conventional weddings, which must meet church or state standards for couples to be married, the nuptial entanglement process is totally open, as nondenominational and nonpartisan as the laws of physics," experimental philosopher Keats told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. "As long as people meet the basic criterion of exposure to entangled light, the procedure can be as simple or complex as they wish."
Monogamy isn't mandatory. In fact, spouses need not even be human, said Keats, who will begin his quantum marriage ceremonies Thursday at New York's Art Currents Institute.
"Many people already have a more intimate relationship with their iPhones than with their spouses, and perhaps this is another way in which nuptial entanglement is honest," said Keats. "Technology is neutral. From a technical perspective, you can become entangled with your pet or your plant or your iPhone. You can show the ultimate environmental commitment by becoming entangled with the planet."
Keats' plan, to borrow The Middleman's mad scientist catchphrase, is sheer elegance in its simplicity. A couple walks down a long hallway from darkness into sunlight. At hallway's end, said couple finds two sets of footprints, on which they stand facing one another.
"Depending on their preference, they may be dressed in full formalwear or stark naked," said Keats, who has previously created controversial concept art like god porn, depression-proof antimatter currency and a photosynthetic restaurant for plants.
The couple then looks up into a window flush with sunlight, in which is suspended a precisely calibrated entanglement apparatus employing Keats' system of adjustable prisms. As the sunlight passes through a nonlinear crystal made of beta-barium borate (viewable in the gallery above), it is divided so that half the light shines on each person's face. They stand for about a minute as entangled photons bombard their skin with the photoelectric effect.
Next stop: honeymoon.
"Should three or more people wish to become entangled, they'll need to pair up and repeat the process in all pertinent combinations," Keats said.
For those who can't make it to New York or arrange a quantum marriage in their own town, Keats plans to offer two or more wedding bands, depending on the newlyweds' proclivities, that have been pre-entangled.
Keats' latest undertaking, which runs through June 18, peels some fun onions. It explodes the concept of matrimony, allowing anyone to marry anyone or anything. It demolishes the parameters of social obligations. And it simultaneously demythologizes the sanctity of traditional marriages and the messy divorces that follow approximately 40 percent of the time in the United States.
'The quantum marriage will literally be broken up by skepticism about it.'
"Nuptial entanglement is only as intense as the entangled parties make it," Keats said. "People who go through the procedure will not know whether they've been entangled, or how much, in any empirical sense. They'll have to take their entanglement on faith, as any attempt to measure a quantum system will disturb it: The quantum marriage will literally be broken up by skepticism about it."
Still, Keats maintains that "quantum physics is much more forgiving than the rules of etiquette, because quantum laws concern probabilities instead of absolutes. Subatomic particles governed by physical laws don't have to behave in any particular way."
Given entanglement's seemingly limitless possibility, Keats is prepared to marry more than just humans. Indignant conservatives freaked by gay marriages will most likely condemn the concept of quantum marriage, which welcomes those who want to wed their shiny new iPads or whatever else commands their hearts and minds.
Keats' interactive exhibition is a re-examination of the range of human relations, which he argues ought to be as broad as the human imagination. For a species that seems to defy limits with every evolution, we still can't help but continually fortify them. And quantum physics is here to help us with that contradiction.
"The great physicist Murray Gell-Mann famously said of quantum physics that 'Everything not forbidden is compulsory,'" said Keats, who pens Wired's Jargon Watch column and wrote Oxford University Press' Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology. "In the quantum realm, even the most improbable events are bound to happen eventually. I can only hope that nuptial entanglement can bring this spirit of possibility to everyday life."
And for the post-quantum marriage celebration?
"I'm now undertaking experiments entangling champagne," Keats said, "which people will be able to drink, absorbing the entangled bubbles to become entangled in their own right."
Images courtesy Jonathon Keats. Artist photo courtesy Jen Dessinger.


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A little discussed impact of sequestration, due to take effect on March 1, is the fact that after 2014, spending will increase every single year in both defense and non-defense categories, reports the Congressional Budget Office.
There are real spending cuts, but they come nowhere near to totaling the $1 trillion figure that has been reported by various agencies and news outlets.
In Washington, D.C., a cut is how much less spending will increase from the governments preplanned wish list.
To be fair, defense as a category was spending $699 billion as recently as 2011, when it peaked.
Defense spending has dropped to $670.3 billion in 2012 in cuts unrelated to sequestration. And if the sequester goes into effect, it will drop again to $639 billion for fiscal year 2013, and again to $593 billion in 2014 before it begins to rise.
Thats a total of $77 billion of real cuts to defense as a result of sequestration, after which spending increases. In fact, it will rise every year through 2023, when CBO projects its budget will total $714 billion.
Compare that to the often reported $500 billion figure of defense cuts being bandied about, which it turns out are really just reductions in the previously projected growth rate of spending. Or to budgeting authority, to keep it simple.
In non-defense discretionary spending, spending has decreased from $658.3 billion in 2010 to $615 billion in 2012. It will fall additionally to $609 billion in 2013 under sequestration, and then again to $577 billion in 2014. After that, spending rises.
Thats a total of $38 billion of real cuts to non-defense discretionary spending as a result of sequestration. Thats nowhere near the $300 billion in cuts that has been reported.
So, for defense and non-defense discretionary spending combined, thats $37.3 billion of real cuts in 2013, and another $78 billion in 2014. After that spending will increase every single year.
The rest of sequester will come out of the mandatory category of spending, but those cuts will be more than offset by tremendous spending increases elsewhere on that side of the budget.
For example, sequester partially hits Medicare, but for that program spending will rise from its 2012 level of $551 billion to $592 billion in 2013, to $605 billion in 2014, and so forth. CBO never foresees a decrease there.
Consider the mess
Let us pause for a moment and consider the magnitude of the mess were in.
Consider the Budget Control Act, which reduced budgeting authority by $1 trillion over 10 years will only yield $115.3 billion of actual, real cuts over a two-year period, after which spending increases, something the Cato Institutes Dan Mitchell has been at the forefront of reporting. That is the true story of sequester.
That means to balance the budget with our annual trillion dollar deficits, budgeting authority would likely need to be slashed by anywhere from $5-$10 trillion over 10 years.
And even then, the actual, real cuts to spending might only total $500 billion or so before the budget reached balance, and spending was again allowed to increase.
Imagine the headlines reported for a proposal like that, relative to the reporting weve seen over the relatively tiny sequester.
And, already, members of the House Republican conference are waffling over whether or not to even keep those cuts.
Some are accepting Obamas false premise that sequester will be economically damaging, and others still who would rather raise taxes on millions of Americans instead of cutting defense spending for a single year or two.
The point that must be made is that the American people were promised these cuts.
To secure the votes needed to suspend the $16.394 trillion debt ceiling until May 19, House leaders had to promise members they would stick to the sequestration.
In fact, all of these cuts were the price for increasing the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion in August 2011. Imagine that.
It is time to stand strong on the sequester. This is no time to go all wobbly because much, much more needs to be done down the road to save this country from certain bankruptcy.
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The cytology report from my oncologist was given to me yesterday at my appointment. There are cancer cells in the ascites in my abdomen. I am being drained about every 10 days, and that gives me relief, but it comes right back. The doctor wants to try Avastin along with my gemzar and Xeloda but isn't sure Blue Cross will pay for this since it's usually used for breast cancers. I keep praying for wisdom, courage and strength, but I just feel no hope. Sorry so glum.
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Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
Looking forward to this.
How awesome that one summer will contain both this and Dark Knight Rises?
And who knows, maybe the Spider-Man reboot will be good, too.
I really hope this movie doesn't suck.
LOl...yeah. When you think about it, in a way, we've waited our whole life for something like this.
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
That is one of the interesting things of the past decade of movies: We've gotten many of them that now we take for granted as being possible, when even I can recall a time where it all sounded like pure fantasy. In the early 90's, who thought movies like this would happen? Or something like Avatar? Or the Lord of the Rings?
no ed norton as the hulk?
Oh my God.
I want. Now.
It's rare that I get my hopes really high for anything, but...
This is going to be epic.
It looks like it was an issue with creative control, more or less:
Who's the villain? Loki? I didn't catch Thor.
Yep, Loki is the main villain. I would suggest giving Thor a watch if you can.
Also, here's my main concern, Cap was always the Avengers leader, but is there any doubt that RDJ as Stark/Iron Man is going to dominate all the Avengers screen time? I mean he is clearly the best actor of the group and also the most comfortable as his character. I guess it's a minor gripe, but I don't see anyway that you don't walk out of the movie seeing Iron Man as the dominant force in the Avengers. Perhaps that works better for modern times since in the original Avengers Cap was more relevant to the time period, but now there's no doubt with the way they have set up the time line that Iron Man is the most relevant hero there. I.E. relating to the current generation.
Um.....Not sure what you mean exactly.
Iron Man was one of the founding members along with Thor, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne & the Hulk.
They did not find Caps frozen body till issue # 4.
Tony Stark has always been a leader on the team and his money, well his Fathers money through the stark foundation has funded the team.
Cap really didn't assume field leadership of the team until all of the originals left and he stayed to guide the new team.
In other words in the books Iron Man has always been every bit as much front and center as Cap has and in fact they played off of this very issue in the recent civil war series as the sides lined up behind either Iron Man or Captain America.
Yeah, Cap and Stark have pretty much been co-leaders for a while now. At least, before the whole Civil War tiff.
I dunno why it always seemed to me that Cap was the leader, granted I'm probably not as versed as either of you. Just has seemed that way to me, plus the way third party articles always seem to portray it.
No, your really not incorrect on that. Cap has morphed over time into not only being the supreme fighter but they have also made him be some form of tactical expert (I'd say from about the mid 70's till now) as well. Also because of his high public opinion he has become the voice of the team when dealing with the press or public usually.
One other thing to keep in mind was that right after the Korvac series when the U.S. government took over operations of the Avengers they made Cap the leader because he was still considered an active military member (he soon rectified that) so they thought they could give him orders and in turn he would order the team to do the governments bidding.
Sorry, had to get my nerd on today.
Yes as you can tell I am a life long Avengers fan.
Cain't? Indiana...
Looks bada$$!
I am excited about this, but I can't help but see a little Transformers in there, especially in the beggining of the trailer. This is a very BAD thing.
Also Hawkeye (one of my favorite characters) just looks dumb. And they screwed up with not getting Edward Norton back.
Define "a little Transformers" ?
Well, the director said he was trying to emulate Transformers in terms of scale and effects...take from that what you will.
It's Joss Whedon. Coming from him, it's probably a good thing; he knows the importance of story and character, and his productions usually are at least moderately intelligent.
Okay, having watched Transformers 3 yesterday and now taking a look again at the start of this trailer, I see exactly what he's talking about.
Fortunately, it's reminding me of Transformers in ways that were never what made those films less than good.


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" Brand: Starburst / Type: Candy "
Joosters are small bags of jelly bean like sweets made by the starburst company. They come in two sizes that I am aware of - little bags that have about a handful of sweets in them, and larger bags.
The jelly beans within the packets are all brightly coloured and each colour relates to a different fruity flavour. They are made using actual fruit juice so they do taste very juicy and yummy.
Joosters are definitely juicy and tasty but they are not really any different to other jelly beans that are available. The one positive thing about joosters as oppose to other high street jelly bean companies is they are relatively cheap.
HOWEVER, and its a big however, I haven't actually seen them on sale for a while so it may well be that they have been withdrawn. If you are lucky enough to find Starburst Joosters on sale somewhere then it is well worth buying some especially if you are a jelly bean fan.
Visiting supermarket today I fancied something sweet but not a big chocolate lover so looked for something different. This turquoise coloured bag with a riot of colours and depicting a tropical island jumped out at me. Looked a thought I will give them a try then looked again it was a BOGOF offer so got 2 bags for the price of 1 what a bargain. A 230g bag for 99p but you got 2. The packaging is very bright and eyecatching.
On opening the pack the aroma of all the different flavours was very nice. Just be careful when you open them they are very small balls and you would be find them for days if you dropped the bag.
My next decision was Do I put them in colours, Do I eat them one by one, Do I mix the flavours to make my own fruit cocktail, Do I just grab them and put them in my mouth. No I declined and made them last me.
Grapefruit,lemon,strawberry,apple,blackcurrant and orange.
Grapefruit is tangy and zesty not bitter or sweet. I didn't expect it to taste like this. It was nice. Pink ones.
Orange is just like a satsuma at christmas it was juicy and of course orange in flavour. Orange Ones.
Apple subtle and sweet and very moreish too. This seems to be the most in the bag. Green ones.
Strawberry the best reminded me of the old fashion toffee bon bon flavour absolutely scrummy.
Blackcurrant is like the taste of ribena not keen on this flavour so mixed them with different flavour.
A typical 230g bag
819 kcals
100g of carbohydrate (sugar)
7.1% juice is that all. They taste as though is more than that in them.
Fat 0.1g so thats a good side to them
They are really scrummy and they replace Opal Fruits but I dont remember Opal Fruits tasting this scrummy. Opal Fruit Jelly beans to me.
Hope you enjoy reading this.
Can there be any finer sweet than the humble Starburst Jooster? Little jelly bean style sweets of various colours and flavours with an appeal that sees them enjoyed by both young and old. I love them, and I cannot get enough of them which could have a detrimental effect on my teeth and my waist-line.
Starburst Joosters are packaged in a light blue bag having been updated from the more traditional Yellow Starburst / Opal Fruit coloured packaging. Starburst is written in jaunty red on a yellow background with Joosters Jelly Beans scrawled in a comedy type font in the middle of the bag. A clear viewing window completes the front of the bag so potential buyers can see the little Joosters prior to buying them. As is common with most food products the back of the bag is given over to Ingredients and Nutritional Information as well as contact details should the product fail to satisfy.
The Ingredients are pretty much what you would expect from a sweet, with Sugar and flavourings the predominant constituents. One issue worth noting however is that Starburst Joosters do contain real fruit juice and although it accounts for only 7.1% of the total Ingredients it does offer a glimmer of hope for those worried about the sugar and artificial flavour content. For those who wish to purchase a 230g bag of these sweet treats a British pound should be sufficient to procure them.
Opening the bag seemed to be a bit of a task for me, Ive never been good at opening packets or bags without splitting them and spewing the contents far and wide. With the help of a pair of scissors I manage to open the bag to reveal a multitude of Joosters in various colours, with each colour representing a different fruity flavour. Each Jooster is about the size of a Marrowfat pea but rugby ball shaped, also every sweet has the word Jooster etched on it in white, I pity the poor person who spends his days doing that job. For my first taste I select a green Jooster and bite it in half, a harder jelly like shell gives way to a softer fruity filling that releases a delightful fruity flavour.
Further chewing of the sweet results in its disintegration fairly quickly but that fruity flavour is surprisingly strong and lingers in the mouth long after the sweet has been swallowed. My second taste test calls for a Yellow Jooster to be sucked to oblivion, it takes about one minute for the harder outer shell to be sucked off which then reveals the sweeter and fruitier middle again. As with the first taste a strong fruit flavour soon envelopes my taste buds which is an enjoyable sensation. It takes about four minutes to suck the Jooster to nothing and as before, a fruity tang lingers. Joosters do not seem overly sugary to me, yes they are sweet but not overpoweringly so, I did not feel particularly bloated or sick after eating the bag which can happen with some other sweet brands.
I give Starburst Joosters four stars out of five, with the fifth star removed because I still cannot forgive the renaming of the brand from Opal Fruits. A bag of Joosters will not last you a long time like some boiled sweets might, but I believe there appeal is very much in the delightful fruity flavour each little sweet is brimming with. I find them less sickening than other traditional jelly bean type sweets which can only be good, after all nobody want to feel sick after eating sweets. As for me, well Ive eaten my whole stash during the writing of this review so I guess its off to the shop to stock up again without delay.


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Yes, pohick has very old baskets and it's a very poorly maintained course considering they want $2/day to play there. I didn't even know there was a concrete tee on 13 until it was cleared away and I've played there since July
Rickg wrote:Played Pohick Bay in Fairfax County last weekend. All the holes are less than 300'. Some play longer because of elevation. There's some good elevation changes. Lots of woods. Hated the Mach I baskets. They have about a 3 inch deep tray and these had really light chains. It was really easy to get bounce outs. Once, I hit the pole near the bottom of the tray and the disc bounced straight back at me! This was from about 6 feet, and I didn't fire it at the basket. Just a light toss. Except for the baskets, this is a really nice pitch and putt course.


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Just announced - PDGA awards the bid for next year's Pro Worlds to Santa Cruz, CA! The last time the Worlds were held in California was 1982, so this is a huge deal.
Courses don't seem to be set yet, but the early talk indicates they'd use the following:
DeLaveaga DGC - http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=35
Pinto Lake DGC - http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=3107
CSUMB Oaks Course - http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=513
CSUMB Cypress Course - http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=512
Ryan Ranch - http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2803
I'm sure these courses will see improvements and modifications made, which is another exciting thing as a NorCal disc golfer.


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Recovering Gregorius cleared for baseball activities
PHOENIX -- Four days after being hit in the helmet with a 93-mph fastball, D-backs shortstop Didi Gregorius cleared all concussion tests Tuesday and resumed normal baseball activities.
"He'll take ground balls, swing and do everything today except play the game," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He has passed everything he has needed to pass."
Rockies reliever Josh Outman drilled the rookie in the head on Friday and Gregorius complained of soreness and headaches before the D-backs placed him on the seven-day disabled list with a mild concussion. A CT-scan came back normal, but the club opted to err on the side of caution.
Aside from being symptom-free, Gregorius had to pass a series of tests to be cleared that involved answering 20 questions correctly, then exercising under light distress and answering the questions again.
The 23-year-old is eligible to be activated Saturday, but Gibson said he wasn't sure yet whether that will happen on time.
Before the injury, Gregorius had hit safely in all seven games in which he appeared, going 11-for-27 with four doubles and two home runs.
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Overthinking It
GMs Say the Darndest Things
Baseball fans will believe almost anything if they're starved enough for news. No source is too far removed from the situation, no rumor too far-fetched to attract attention as long as it arrives on a slow news day and can be expressed in 140 characters. Ruben Amaro thinks Vernon Wells could be the Phillies' answer in left field and wants to offer him an extension? You don't say. Brian Sabean is considering signing a hitter? Now you're pushing it, but sure, it could happen. A team is talking about trading Zack Greinke for Jeff Francoeur? Okay, so no one would actually say that. (Wait—someone did.)
When a piece of information is couched in conditionals and comes to us through multiple intermediaries—a writer plus someone he knows who knows someone else—we don't expect perfect accuracy. Anonymously sourced tidbits are generally something to discuss and dream about, not something you can count on. But surely we can trust the men whose job it is to put their clubs together. After all, who would know better what's in a team's plans than the man in charge of making them? Can't we take what a GM says as gospel?
Not exactly. As it turns out, it's not always in a team's interest to announce exactly what it's going to do and when it's going to do it. That's why you rarely see GMs quoted saying something like, "So we're thinking we'll sign [player] in the next couple weeks. We'll probably start him off at $5 million, but we'll go up to $8 million if he doesn't take our first offer. Once we have [player], [other player] will be expendable, so we'll be looking to deal him for pennies on the dollar. Oh, and by the way, he's not as good as he looked last year, and he's probably hiding an injury."* Tampering rules aside, no team wants to weaken its bargaining position by giving away its plans or privileged information about a player. Some level of evasiveness is not only understandable, but advisable.
*Movie idea: Jim Carrey is a baseball GM who can't tell a lie and has to say yes to everything, so he signs everyone to 10-year contracts he openly admits are way too risky. Then he gets fired. I'm still working on where things go from there.
Still, part of a GM's job is talking to the press, so he has to say something. When he's asked about a particularly sensitive subject, he has two choices: he can shout, "Look, a suspected steroid user!" and flee in the ensuing furor, or he can dissemble and double-talk until someone serves up a softball. Most GMs opt for option B. Inspired by the first item on the list below, I asked the BP staff for other instances in which a GM was less than forthcoming about his plans. Here are a few examples that show why it's best to exercise some caution before buying into everything your friendly neighborhood baseball executive says:
1. Angels 2011-2012 off-season spending
2. Angels 2010-2011 off-season spending
3. Anything Concerning Signing Rafael Soriano
Sternberg and Cashman weren't lying about their intentions. They were just omitting the invisible "unless" attached to the end of every sentence an owner or general manager says. "Player X is untouchable [unless someone blows me away.]" "We're not going to sign Player Y [unless market conditions change in unpredictable ways or my boss overrules me]." The "unless" should always be assumed. Meanwhile, Soriano just keeps showing up on rosters against the wishes of everyone involved. He's like that last piece of candy you keep telling yourself you're not going to eat right until you realize you're holding the empty wrapper and it's on its way to your midsection.
*Just because a GM approves of a move and looks pleased at a press conference doesn't mean it's going to be a success. Case in point: Cashman again, this time in 2004. (Click to expand if you want to see the expressions on both faces more clearly. And if you don't, I'm not sure I want to know you.)
I scanned this image from a back issue of Yankees Magazine a few years ago, knowing the internet might need to see it someday. I don't know that it needs a caption, but the best captions/speech bubbles in the comments below get, um, a congratulatory comment from me.
4. Other things Brian Cashman says about the Yankees' off-season plans
Maybe it's because as the GM of the team that attracts the most intense media attention, he has to say the most things, some of which are inevitably deceptive, but Cashman has acquired quite a reputation for caginess. As Moshe Mandel recounted earlier this month, Cashman said the Yankees wouldn't negotiate with A-Rod if he opted out after the 2007 season and suggested that they couldn't sign CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett in a single offseason. He also said he envisioned Nick Swisher as a first baseman before bringing in Teixeira.** The moral of the story is that you can't see Cashman coming.
*Many people seem to remember Cashman saying "Bubba Crosby is/will be our center fielder," but I haven't seen a citation for any statement that explicit. Memory can be tricky.
**When a GM goes in a different direction after saying he thinks a player can play a particular role, it doesn't mean he wasn't telling the truth. After trading for Mark Melancon, Ben Cherington said, "We believe he's definitely capable of closing and capable of pitching in the ninth inning for us." In other words, "Hear that, Billy Beane? We don't need Andrew Bailey!" Of course, the Sox did trade for Bailey, which means Melancon won't be closing. Still, we don't know whether Cherington actually though Melancon wasn't up to the task. Maybe he just liked Bailey better.
5. The "vote of confidence"
*For bonus points, you can add a "for the foreseeable future," then use a "Yeah, so what if I said that yesterday? Do I look like a fortune teller?" defense after the firing.
6. Changes in team-building philosophy
7. Injuries
Baseball teams aren't obligated to tell you the truth. Sometimes they shouldn't. (Although it's probably better for them to equivocate than outright lie). It helps to remember that when a GM says something publicly, he might be saying it for a reason other than keeping you informed. But don't feel too bad about not knowing what a team is really going to do. Very often, the GM doesn't know yet either.
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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Cashman (to himself): "I can't believe Pavano is giving me 5% of his salary! What a guy!"
Dec 29, 2011 09:23 AM
Changes in Red Sox organizational philosophy, 2011.
Dec 29, 2011 09:46 AM
Pavano (to himself): I can't believe I signed my whole name without hurting myself. Wait... now my back hurts...
Dec 29, 2011 10:17 AM
Cashman (to himself): From this angle, Rafael Soriano looks like Glenallen Hill.
Dec 29, 2011 10:50 AM
Pavano (to himself): shyeah, baby.
Dec 29, 2011 13:52 PM
My eye was drawn to the array of little flags on the desk...there should be a Red Cross flag among them.
Dec 29, 2011 15:28 PM
And for my next trick. . . I'll make $40 million disappear!
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