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Google co-founder Sergey Brin took the stage last week at the Code Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes, where he talked about two projects being developed by Google X, the company's research lab. One is Google Glass, which Brin and a growing number of early adapters wear to have constant access to a computer screen attached to an eyeglass frame. The other is a new prototype self-driving car that, unlike the first generation of Google cars, has been built from scratch without a steering wheel or pedals. Earlier prototypes were modified Prius or Lexus vehicles. The new cars look almost like gondolas with wheels.
Code is the conference associated with the Recode.net tech blog run by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Mossberg and Swisher started the blog and conference after splitting from Dow Jones, which owned their previous venture, All Things Digital. Mossberg ended his longtime Wall Street Journal technology column and now blogs for Recode.net.
Like co-host Swisher, I'm much more excited about the self-driving car project than Google Glass. Google Glass has its fans — thousands of people have paid $1,500 for a not ready-for prime-time preview edition of the product, which lets them access maps and Web pages, make calls and take pictures and videos without having to take their phone out. But I'm not convinced it's a life-changing product.
I am very excited about Google's self-driving cars for several reasons. For one, they'll enable drivers to safely multitask. Today it's not safe to text while driving and even a bit dangerous to talk on the phone. I didn't have an accident, but I arrived at the Code Conference late because I was using my speaker phone to conduct a conference call while traveling on Los Angeles freeways and wound up missing an offramp. My eyes were on the road and my hands on the wheel, but my mind was elsewhere.
With a self-driving car, you could focus all your attention on work or entertainment while the computer worries about traffic, offramps and avoiding running over pedestrians. Although the cars are not immune to accidents, Brin pointed out that they are likely to be safer than regular cars because they take out the human element. About 30,000 people are killed on U.S. highways annually and, according to the World Health Organization, there were approximately 1.24 million traffic deaths worldwide in 2010.
Most of these deaths are a result of human error, compounded by bad judgment. Computers aren't perfect, but they never drink while driving. And even if they do text, they, unlike humans, have the processing power to multitask. Computers don't have road rage and they don't let their speed creep up for no apparent reason. They don't make last-minute decisions to try to run a light or avoid a complete stop at a stop sign. I've flown in the cockpit of planes with autopilot, which are a lot safer than the ones I used to fly, when I had to make all the decisions and manually work the controls.
The other thing I love about self-driving cars is that they can provide independence to people who can't drive because of disabilities, illness, age and other reasons. An early Google video showed a blind employee, "driving" from his home to a local coffee shop without having to seek assistance from another person. That's worth a lot.
There are plenty of different business models for self-driving cars. Some might be owned and garaged at home, just like regular cars. But Brin envisions fleets of cars being operated as driverless taxi cabs, picking people up, taking them to their destination and moving on to serve the next passenger. If nothing else, it could ease the parking situation, which occupies an enormous amount of time and real estate.
Look around and notice how much space is taken up by parked cars that could be used for other purposes. I've seen estimates that as much as 30 percent of San Francisco traffic is drivers looking for parking spaces. Wouldn't it be nice if you could simply step out of the car and let it either go pick someone else up or drive someplace where it could easily find a parking spot and then pick you up later?
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Less than a month after wind turbine manufacturer Vestas announced it was consolidating its U.S. research and development (R&D) offices and transferring those operations and employees to its Brighton, Colo., office, the company says it will shutter all of its U.S. R&D operations, resulting in 85 layoffs.
Vestas will close its R&D facilities in Houston; Louisville, Colo.; and Marlborough, Mass., by the end of the second quarter of 2013. Instead of being moved to Brighton, as originally announced, 85 Vestas R&D employees will be terminated.
The company also closed R&D locations this year in China, Denmark and Singapore, and reduced its R&D employee base by about 20% compared with 2011.
Last month, Vestas announced two rounds of layoffs in Colorado, and in August, the company eliminated positions from its Brighton, Colo., assembly plant as part of its plan to reduce its head count by 3,700 this year.
Vestas says it will continue its R&D presence in six other locations around the world.
Like so many other companies in the wind energy supply chain that have recently trimmed their headcounts, Vestas has repeatedly cited reduced orders resulting from the lack of a production tax credit extension as the reason for the layoffs it has made.

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It is a measure of Parramatta's ambition that, as they were collecting their second consecutive wooden spoon, they knocked on the door of the Seattle Seahawks.
Perhaps even more surprising is the reigning NFL champions - worth a tick over $1 billion according to Forbes magazine - handed them an access-all-areas pass.
The Eels are determined to continue their resurgence and are picking the brains of leading sporting organisations from around the world. Only last week they welcomed Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann to Pirtek Stadium.
Now they are preparing to go on the ultimate study tour, to the home of the Vince Lombardi Trophy holders.
The Eels will send a delegation to Seattle's 68,000-seat CenturyLink Field to watch how the NFL poster boys play, train and engage with the community.
Rather than a one-off visit, it will be the beginning of a long-term relationship as the clubs swap ideas in the hope of getting an edge on rivals.
It's a project Eels chief executive Scott Seward and his staff have been working on from the moment he got into the top job and will come to fruition when they touch down in Washington state this year.
The idea-swapping has already begun. On Friday, Seattle's director of event presentation and fan engagement, Mark Tamar, popped into blue and gold headquarters.
Tamar, who has more than 30 years' experience in a organisations including the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, the MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers and the NHL's Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues, said Parramatta would be warmly welcomed in Seattle.
"The Seahawks are well known for the passion and intensity of our fan base," Tamar said.
"Last year we broke the Guinness Book of Records for the loudest stadium in the world. Our relationship with our fans is envied by teams all across the world.
"By the Eels coming over and visiting us they will see that first-hand. We can drop some insights into how they can develop that relationship with their own team."
Seahawks fans are considered the most passionate in the NFL and have been dubbed The 12th Man because of their ability to lift the players. The Eels have taken a small but significant step in turning their own home ground into a fortress by remaining undefeated at Pirtek Stadium in 2014.
"If you can't win at home, you can't win anywhere," Tamar said.
"That's the first line you cross, defending your home. Our fan base is part of our team, they have an effect on our team. They have been instrumental in more games than I can count. Our stadium is one place in the NFL where no one wants to play. We want people to walk in afraid of playing in our field, that's a huge advantage for us.
"It also motivates our players. We owe that to our fan base, we honour them on a daily basis and we appreciate their input, believe me."
In searching for examples of best practice in world sport, Seward said the Seahawks were the obvious choice.
"Why would you go anywhere else?" Seward said.
"We want to be the best here, so we wanted to learn from the best in the world. They are one of the greatest community engagement success stories in the world. We want to see how they do everything in every part of the business and see how we can adapt that to our team and community.
"It's important to keep your eyes open and have the ability to learn from people, regardless of where they are in the world.
"We look at people who are doing the very best in their field because that's exactly what we want to be. Hopefully, in time, they will be looking at us."
The Eels will have another opportunity to continue their resurgence when they host the bottom-placed Knights on Sunday.


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Unsettled toddler, mother taken off flight
An Auckland woman says she was left humiliated and out of pocket after Air New Zealand asked her to leave a flight when her toddler refused to settle before takeoff.
Elena Volkova was supposed to be travelling from Auckland to Christchurch aboard flight NZ527 on February 9, with her two young sons, Andrey and Dmitry Zhavoronkov, aged two and five respectively.
Instead, she found herself being asked to leave her flight because she was unable to get her child settled within a few minutes.
"My youngest was over-tired, and he was crying but he was likely to settle as soon as we got going," she said.
"The air hostesses were trying to give him biscuits for a couple of minutes but when that didn't work, one came back and said the pilot could not take off with unsettled passengers and we had to get off the plane again."
Volkova said it was humiliating because "people were looking at me like I was a criminal".
"Children cry, and I understand that it's not nice for other passengers, but I was hardly given a chance to settle him, and I had never heard of anyone else actually being removed from a plane because of it," she said.
They were going to be placed on another flight an hour later, but by the time their luggage had been removed from the first plane, they were too late to get on the next one.
In the end, her youngest son was unable to fly at all and Volkova's husband had to abandon his own weekend plans with friends, to drive to the airport from Hamilton to pick up the youngest son.
Volkova and her oldest son eventually made it to Christchurch that day, but only one way of her youngest's return ticket was refunded.
However, Air New Zealand spokeswoman Marie Hosking said the issue was not that the child was crying, it was that the youngster was not restrained in his seat.
"It is a Civil Aviation requirement that all passengers use seatbelt restraints during takeoff and landing," Hosking said.
"In this case the child was unfortunately refusing to be either seated or restrained. Despite everyone's best efforts, the child could not be convinced to be seated with the seat belt fastened and the flight's departure was at risk of being delayed, inconveniencing other passengers.
"The pilot in charge had no choice but to make the call for the family to disembark and be re-accommodated on a later flight once the child had calmed down."
Volkova said that argument made "perfect sense", she just wished it was explained to her on the flight.
"Nobody explained it to me neither in the plane nor after that," she said.
"I thought the main concern was his crying and I focused on calming him down rather than getting him seated and buckled up.
"I think the staff lacked professionalism in dealing with children and parents in this situation."


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I love everyone's photos! Kids in the outdoors is the greatest thing ever!
I love everyone's photos! Kids in the outdoors is the greatest thing ever!
I have 4 kids, ranging from 12 to 1. Yes it does put a damper on your hunting time, but if you have a great wife that understands she will let you have your time hunting if you take the kids now and then and let her have her time. I can tell you though, I have never had so much fun in my life hunting as this year. My boy had his own tag this year and I was the one tagging along. It brings back what hunting is really about, spending time with the ones you love in Gods creation.
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Thanks guys. Glad you enjoyed the pics. Here's one more from this past Sunday evening. Zach hunted alone on this one. Stalked in, found a spot to sit downwind of the trail, and after the buck walked by at 20 yards he shot him at about 70 with the rifle he bought a couple years ago with his lawn mowing money. After I heard the shot and got his text, I went to the truck and drove over to him. Zach dragged the buck to the road and was waiting for me. I held the flashlight for him while he gutted the deer. Seems like yesterday when he was 6 and got that first spike. Zach has kept our freezer full ever since. He's 15 now and doing it on his own. Makes a dad proud.
NDHunter, only you and your wife know if it's time for y'all to have kids. But I highly recommend it, whenever the time is right. It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of hard work and some frustration sometimes too, but it's well worth it.
Awesome pic and story Shane13. Tell your son congrats.


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What is said about Harrison.
"Harrison- terrible player, terrible attitude, terrible defender. He's constantly late on defense and doesn't know when to challenge and when to back off. Zarko went the length of the floor for a dunk and he barely got in the picture. Kevin O'Neil tried to coach him during a timeout, but he completely ignored him and headed back to the court. Have fun with Roger big fella."
I wondered why he didn't get more game time.


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U.S. Border Patrol agents made one of the region's largest drug busts when the agents seized more than 6 tons of marijuana after intercepting a vehicle convoy on a remote road in Southern New Mexico.
"In the last five years, we had not had a seizure of this amount," said Fernando Escabi, an acting supervisory Border Patrol agent and spokesman for the agency in El Paso. The case was announced Friday.
Border Patrol officials said the bust took place Monday night after agents saw five vehicles traveling together on NM County Road 1 in Hidalgo County, in the New Mexico Bootheel.
Escabi said agents were able to stop four of the vehicles after smugglers tried to escape by driving through the desert.
The stopped vehicles were filled to the roof with large bundles of marijuana weighing a total of 13,700 pounds. The Border Patrol estimated that the marijuana has a street value of more than $10.9 million.
Two men from Mexico were arrested, but the other drivers escaped.
Leonardo Ortiz Chavez, 39, and Samuel Garcia Miranda, 29, were handed to Homeland Security Investigations agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An ICE spokeswoman said an investigation continues.
During the bust, Border Patrol agents were helped by Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies and by aircraft from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine.
"We are extremely proud of this seizure," Escabi said. "This is the result of inter-agency cooperation."
It is unknown where the marijuana was being taken.
Officials said that Border Patrol agents from the Lordsburg station regularly stop marijuana-smuggling attempts in the southwestern corner of New Mexico but that the size of Monday's bust was unusual.
Lordsburg is part of the agency's El Paso sector, which covers all of New Mexico and the westernmost part of Texas.
In recent years, law-enforcement officers have said that narco-smugglers in the El Paso region had moved away from large-scale drug loads and switched to transporting smaller amounts, which lessened the risk of being discovered.
Escabi said that smugglers continually change their tactics to try to elude authorities.
"There are always trends, and trends change," he said.
Monday's marijuana seizure was bigger than some of the biggest pot busts in El Paso in recent years, which were of 9,000 pounds of marijuana found in a tractor-trailer in 2009 at the Zaragoza Bridge and 12,620 pounds of marijuana in a trailer at the Bridge of the Americas in 2003.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com; 546-6102. Follow him on Twitter @BorundaDaniel.


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Over the course of the past week, both Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) reported their respective October-quarter earnings results. HP's were an unmitigated disaster. But, while Dell had a modest miss, the company's numbers were generally close to expectations. Dell has also reaffirmed its outlook for the year.
Both stocks reacted poorly, but the underlying issues are actually starkly different. The information-technology industry has certainly become more difficult due to macroeconomic challenges, especially in Europe, and as a result of constrained government spending. But, notwithstanding these external pressures, we believe HP is in deep disarray, whereas Dell is steadily following through on its business-transformation strategy.
Dell's shortfall came primarily from its "end-user computing" operation -- desktops and laptops -- and the company has been under pressure as spending on these products has eroded thanks to growing tablet and smartphone sales -- areas where Dell doesn't play. On the other hand, Dell's enterprise solutions and services business (servers, software, storage, services and so on) have performed adequately overall, even despite macro-induced uncertainty affecting the spending intentions of corporate managers.
It's important to note that, while end-user operations comprise about 60% of Dell's revenue, its enterprise business generates more than half of gross profit. This business is what the future of the company will be.
Overall, Dell's recent acquisitions seem to be performing generally within internal expectations. Margins were adequate for the most recent quarter, and cash flow performance was strong. The company's balance sheet still carries nearly $3 per share in net cash, even following a number of small to midsized acquisitions over the past few years. Critically, Dell has reiterated its earnings guidance for fiscal 2013 (ending January) of at least $1.70 per share.
On the other hand, HP has issues to deal with that relate to management, strategy and operations -- and that's on top of the unforgiving environment. The debacle of the Autonomy acquisition keeps growing: A stunning buyout price last year has now been followed by allegations of deal fraud and another huge asset writedown. While the October quarter put in a slight operational beat, the company has significantly reduced its guidance for the current quarter.
Further, while HP reported solid cash flow this past quarter, its recent acquisitions have left it with a sizeable net debt position. Consistent with management's prior comments from the company's investor day, the turnaround won't likely be in full force until 2016. That's too long for most investors to wait.
Since we last contrasted these two companies in early October, the overall market -- and tech stocks in particular -- have been under pressure. That period has also witnessed a presidential election and increased concerns about the fiscal cliff.
But what of these stocks? Through Wednesday, the S&P 500 has declined about 4.5%. Tech bellwethers Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) have lost 12% and 9.5%, respectively, and HP has cratered by 17.4%. Yet Dell is down by just 7.6% -- more than the index, but less than its peers, and dramatically less than HP.
In the wake of the earnings announcements, our thinking is unchanged. We are not involved in HP and don't expect to be interested for the foreseeable future.
As to Dell, we like the stock's prospects over the next six months and for the next 12 to 18 months, as well. While the company's headwinds will inhibit a faster transformation, we like Dell's strategic plan and the progress it has made toward it. The dividend yield is a generous 3.5%, which should allow for some patience -- and we believe it will only grow over time.
Adjusting for net cash, the stock trades at 3.6x 2012 earnings, reflecting an apparent conclusion by investors that the personal computer is dead and that, therefore, so is Dell. We disagree. We think PCs will continue to have a place -- and that, besides this, there's much more to Dell's investment case than just PCs.
Finally, we believe that a below-4x price-to-earnings multiple (adjusting for cash) is simply far too depressed for a company with a rock-solid balance sheet, positive earnings and cash flow, strong management and a business plan that should ultimately lead to a more predictable and growing business.
We reiterate: Stick with Dell; it is not the same as HP.


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Bucs catching prospect Diaz climbing depth chart
MILWAUKEE -- About a year ago, few people had heard about Elias Diaz. He was just another 22-year-old catcher in the Pirates' farm system.
About a month ago, all Pittsburgh general manager Neal Huntington heard about was Diaz -- from other team executives with whom he tried to work a non-waiver Trade Deadline swap.
Not surprisingly, Diaz is a rising star in the Bucs' galaxy who may have quickly supplanted former No. 1 Draft pick Tony Sanchez as the team's future behind the plate. Sanchez, in fact, made his debut at first base for Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday night -- on orders from the big club, days after Diaz's promotion from Double-A Altoona to Triple-A.
"We're trying to provide some versatility for Tony, but it will also give more opportunity to gain some Triple-A experience for one of our brightest young prospects," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of the moves.
Prior to the promotion, Diaz was selected to the Eastern League postseason All-Star team (along with right-hander Adrian Sampson) after batting .328 with 54 RBIs in 91 games with the Curve.
"Throughout the Trade Deadline talks, this is a guy that everyone asked about," Hurdle said of Diaz, a Venezuela native wrapping up his sixth season in the Bucs' organization. "So he's getting attention from a lot of other places as well.
"The reports on him have been really solid. The work ethic, pregame planning, blocking, throwing -- all the defense has shown up extremely well, and the bat has shown up as well. He's a guy we'll have more conversations about over the winter."
As Russell Martin prepared to enter his "walk" season, Hurdle all but anointed Sanchez his No. 1 catcher-in-waiting during Spring Training.
Sanchez spent a month early this season as the Pirates' primary catcher while Martin was on the DL with a hamstring injury.
On Saturday, Sanchez tweeted, "Catch ... first base ... clean Cutch's cleats. Don't matter. I'll do whatever it takes to be in the show."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Well I actually watched the Wall Street sequel last night.
I was actually pleasantly suprised for about 80% of the movie. The ending was off because I don't think they knew what they really wanted to do there & I have a feeling this is one of those movies that they did a test audience and determined how to end it after that.
But overall it was nothing like I expected. In fact they really did themselves a disservice with the way they advertised the movie. I won't give away anything if you haven't seen it but Gordon Gecko is not acuratly portrayed in the commercials as to how he is used in the film which was a pleasant suprise.
Also my other biggest fear for the film, he had a Son not a Daughter in the first film, and this was very well explained.
In other words I thought Oliver Stone had lost his mind (what little he had) and forgot his first film. Not at all. In fact there are a lot of characters who re-appear in the film. The real estate agent that sold Bud Fox the condo is the real estate who is there for this one (My God that woman has to be 90).
Also they talk about Bud Fox early on in the show so I thought that was it. The lo & behold at a charity event there is Bud Fox. This scene is classic & explains how Bud didn't really learn any lessons from his time with Gordo.
Like I said they didn't end it the way I would have preferred but overall this movie was much MUCH MUCH better than I thought it would be.


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The address? That's a bit trickier. It's a boat anchored 12 miles off the California coast. Blueseed, the startup behind this marine utopia, hopes to build a community there comprised of the boldest and brightest entrepreneurs from around the globe. But why would the next generation of bright technology minds choose the Pacific Ocean over a, well, normal address?
"There is no work visa for entrepreneurs," said Max Marty, Blueseed's CEO, in an interview. "There is no way for someone who wants to come [to the U.S.] and start their own company to do so legally." H-1B visas must be sponsored by an established U.S. employer; there is no equivalent for a non-U.S. citizen who wants to found the next Google or Intel on American shores. "We're sort of in this ridiculous situation where people want to come here to create companies and technologies and [jobs], but we're not allowing them to do this," Marty said, himself the son of Cuban immigrants.
Blueseed believes it has a solution: A commercial and residential compound that floats just beyond the invisible line that marks international waters, a dozen miles from the harbor in Half Moon Bay, Calif. "Things like visa regulations do not apply to individuals who are out there," Marty said. "You can legally work on [starting] a company, you can earn a paycheck, you can do all of those wonderful things as long as you are at least 12 miles from shore."
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This is no free-for-all--among the basic prerequisites for any prospective tenant is a valid B-1 business visa. This allows its holder to spend up to 180 days a year in the United States. While it prohibits employment, it does allow entrepreneurs to meet with potential investors, go to networking events, and conduct other types of business in a perfectly legal manner. A 30-minute ship-to-shore ferry commute will put Blueseed's residents on the road to places like Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Francisco.
If all goes to plan, though, Marty and his fellow executives believe the real action will occur on board. The flagship has room for some 1,000 entrepreneurs, plus crew members and a host of "enhancers" such as accountants, intellectual-property attorneys, and other consultancies--much like a land-based business incubator might offer. The ship will feature just about every service and amenity you can imagine: Onboard medical services, a concierge, 24-7 security, full-service gym, dining, shopping, and a variety of entertainment options. A certain number of rooms will be set aside as a hotel of sorts for overnight visits from investors, media, musicians and other artists, and similar guests.
Marty envisions Blueseed's own, oceanic version of the famed Google Talks series. He has also met with administrators at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business to discuss opening a satellite campus on board. In its ideal incarnation, Blueseed will become its own micro-version of Silicon Valley itself, flush with intellectual and financial capital. "The environment on board will be such that people won't want to leave," Marty said.
Blueseed's first critical challenge in achieving that ideal: Like any community, the boat's success will depend on the quality of its resident businesses. Blueseed will have a direct interest in who comes aboard; it's not simply a landlord, but an angel investor at sea. In addition to collecting roughly $1,600 average monthly rent per person--not bad for an oceanfront apartment in the Bay Area--the company will get an equity stake in each of the startups on board.
"It's up to us to help these companies succeed and create an environment that's actually fostering their growth," Marty said. "It makes us want them to grow to the point where, at some later stage in the future, they can have a liquidity event." As a result, the application process will be competitive and may require a referral from a reputable venture capitalist or other investor. Roughly 260 startups have expressed an interest in moving onto the Blueseed boat, which plans to drop anchor in late 2013 or early 2014.
Some types of businesses need not apply--they're not necessarily bad ideas, but they clash with Blueseed's second fundamental challenge, what Marty calls the "managing the entire political apparatus" that comes with their venture.


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Millions of people in the West today utilize traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, herbs, massage and nutritional therapies. Yet only a few U.S. schools that teach Chinese medicine require Chinese-language training and only a handful of Chinese medical texts have so far been translated into English.
Given the complexity of the language and concepts in these texts, there is a need for accurate, high-quality translations, say researchers at UCLA's Center for East–West Medicine. To that end, the center has published a document that includes a detailed discussion of the issues involved in Chinese medical translation, which is designed to help students, educators, practitioners, researchers, publishers and translators evaluate and digest Chinese medical texts with greater sensitivity and comprehension.
"This publication aims to raise awareness among the many stakeholders involved with the translation of Chinese medicine," said principal investigator and study author Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, founder and director of the UCLA center.
The 15-page document, "Considerations in the Translation of Chinese Medicine" was developed and written by a UCLA team that included a doctor, an anthropologist, a China scholar and a translator. It appears in the current online edition of the Journal of Integrative Medicine.
Authors Sonya Pritzker, a licensed Chinese medicine practitioner and anthropologist, and Hanmo Zhang, a China scholar, hope the publication will promote communication in the field and play a role in the development of thorough, accurate translations.
The document highlights several important topics in the translation of Chinese medical texts, including the history of Chinese medical translations, which individuals make ideal translators, and other translation-specific issues, such as the delicate balance of focusing translations on the source-document language while considering the language it will be translated into. More.
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Finished this weekend, took a few weeks here and there when I had time.
Disc is a Pro Katana.
This disc is NOT for sale, but I will gladly dye it again if someone loves the space rocker as well. (This one is for my bassist.)
I masked the "stars" with a paint marker. I tried the technique on my test disc -- never did I think it would mask so well. Kinda turned out a little polka-dot-ish, but you get the idea, and I learned a new way to mask. Two bleeds on the shoulderblades from the background color seeping in on the edge of the contact paper, other than that, came out great.


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Product Summary
The XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) SX900 solid state drive is an expanded capacity SSD which uses new optimized firmware to utilize greater storage capacity of the NAND Flash components. With superior NAND Flash, the XPG SX900 SSD reaches new levels of stability and performance. The drive breaks new ground in storage capacity for SSDs utilizing the SandForce 2281 controller, reaching 512GB, a 7% increase over common SSDs in the market that use a SandForce controller. This represents a milestone in ADATA's history of NAND Flash based products.
Super full capacity with high performance
The XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) family of products has been expanded to include solid state drives, and the XPG SX900 SSD is a perfect match for the performance requirements of this elite group. Its maximum sequential read and write speeds are 550/530 MB per second, with maximum random 4k write speeds as high as 85,000 IOPS. With capacities of 64, 128, 256, and 512GB, the XPG SX900 SSD is poised to take its place as a market and performance leader.
Supports Windows TRIM Command, Accelerated Data Transfer Performance
The XPG SX900 SSD adopts specially selected Flash chips from reliable manufacturers, and supports the Windows TRIM command. The Windows TRIM optimization command can directly delete stored data in the Flash memory and release unused space (Free Blocks) to be used for system writes immediately. This results in more accelerated transfer and write performance for solid state drives, and is also effective in slowing down efficiency decline and depletion chances, maintaining effective operation and extending the life of the disk. In both desktop and notebook computers, users will enjoy an unprecedented high-speed experience when they edit video, retouch large picture retouching, and use computer drafting, reading and writing operations.
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Drive Performance
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Bankers have put their financial skills to good use when saving for their retirement, producing the top two performing superannuation funds over the past decade.
The Goldman Sachs & JBWere and Commonwealth Bank staff super schemes outshone the rest of the super universe in the 10 years to June 2013, returning on average 10.5 per cent and 8.1 per cent respectively each year, figures from the prudential regulator show.
The next best-performing funds were UniSuper, an industry fund for employees in the tertiary education sector, and the Worsley corporate scheme, which both added 8 per cent annually over the past decade.
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority figures show Australian superannuation funds recorded their best performance in seven years as the total worth of the nation's pool grew to $1.62 trillion.
The industry-wide rate of return for superannuation funds in the year to June 30, 2013, was 13.7 per cent – the best result since 2007, before the global financial crisis and well ahead of the 10-year average of 6 per cent.
Overall, industry, corporate and public sector funds dominated the top of the APRA league table, which is controversial because it takes into account the whole of a super fund's performance, rather than comparing individual investment options.
As a result, super funds with a high proportion of older members, whose savings are invested in cash and other defensive asset classes, are likely to show relatively poor returns.
The APRA figures show a wide disparity in the performance of the biggest funds.
The largest scheme, the $66 billion AustralianSuper fund, posted a 7.2 per cent annual return over 10 years. Fellow industry funds, HESTA and REST, also fared well. REST, which caters to employees in the retail industry, with $28 billion under management, returned 7.3 per cent annually, while HESTA, which specialises in health sector staffers, gained 7 per cent a year on average.
By contrast, the biggest retail funds – AMP, Colonial First State FirstChoice and OnePath, which is owned by ANZ – all recorded annual returns of less than 5 per cent. MLC's Universal Super Scheme added 5.4 per cent a year.
On a one-year basis, industry superannuation funds recorded the largest growth in asset size, increasing by 21.5 per cent to $316.2 billion. Small funds, including self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), increased 15.5 per cent to be worth $506 billion.
Retail super funds grew assets by 13.9 per cent to $421.7 billion.
On a one-year basis, industry funds also showed the strongest rate of return for members, recording 14.4 per cent for the 2013 financial year, followed by public sector funds on 14.2 per cent, retail funds on 13.1 per cent and corporate funds on 12.3 per cent. SMSFs now account for 31 per cent of Australia's super assets – the largest of any sector.
Despite the controversy over the nature of the figures, the discrepancy in performance between retail and industry funds is likely to intensify debate about governance. Industry funds argue their sound investment performance shows their board structure is optimal, while critics say they should appoint more independent directors.


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A rainy weekend did little to dampen spirits as Carshalton Athletic began preparing for life in Ryman League Division One South.
Volunteers gave up their time to descend on Colston Avenue and spruce up the Robins nest after a long season that ended the disappointment of relegation.
Co-ordinator and stalwart Robins fan Peter Lebihan said: "It is good to take stock after each season. We had an overwhelming response and sadly couldn't not accommodate everyone, but it shows how well thought of the club is.
"We were especially grateful to those with particular skills, woodwork and the like, who came down and did some of the more demanding tasks."
Lebihan would like to see the home of the Robins become one of the Division One South's main attractions next season.
"We'd all like our ground to become a fortress and that starts with its appearance," he added.
"I want opposing clubs to turn up and be intimidated from the moment they step off their coach. It was sad to get relegated but we've won this league in the past so I'm looking forward to it all kicking off again."
Carshalton Athletic have revealed the visit of Leatherhead for a pre-season friendly on July 26.


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Interleukin-12 Following Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Refractory HIV-Associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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|Biological: filgrastim Biological: recombinant interleukin-12 Drug: etoposide Drug: ifosfamide
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Pre-Phase II Trial of Interleukin-2, Interleukin-12, or No Additional Therapy Following Response to Ifosfamide/Etoposide Chemotherapy for Refractory HIV-Associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
|Study Start Date:
|January 1999
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2002 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm I
All patients receive ifosfamide IV by continuous infusion for 2 days, etoposide IV over 2 hours daily on days 1 and 2, and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) daily on days 4-13. Courses are repeated every 21 days. Patients who have complete or partial remission after a minimum of 4 courses of chemotherapy receive maintenance therapy consisting of interleukin-12 SC twice weekly beginning on day 28 of the final chemotherapy course and continuing for 6 months or until disease progression. All patients also receive combination antiretroviral therapy during study.
|Biological: filgrastim Biological: recombinant interleukin-12 Drug: etoposide Drug: ifosfamide
Detailed Description:
I. Determine the efficacy of interleukin-12 (IL-12) by evaluating its effect on remission duration after response to second line chemotherapy with ifosfamide and etoposide in patients with HIV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
II. Determine the safety of IL-12 when administered as maintenance therapy in these patients.
III. Evaluate overall survival of this patient population. IV. Evaluate serum and tissue cytokine levels in these patients. V. Evaluate the effect of IL-12 on HIV viral load and on functional T-cell assays in these patients.
VI. Evaluate the effect of IL-12 on Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) viral load in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is an open label study.
All patients receive ifosfamide IV by continuous infusion for 2 days, etoposide IV over 2 hours daily on days 1 and 2, and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) daily on days 4-13. Courses are repeated every 21 days. Patients who have complete or partial remission after a minimum of 4 courses of chemotherapy receive maintenance therapy consisting of interleukin-12 SC twice weekly beginning on day 28 of the final chemotherapy course and continuing for 6 months or until disease progression. All patients also receive combination antiretroviral therapy during study.
Patients are followed every month for one year, then every 2 months thereafter.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- HIV-infected patients with histologically or cytologically proven intermediate grade large cell lymphoma; high grade large cell immunoblastic lymphoma; or high grade small noncleaved cell lymphoma who have either failed to respond to or relapsed following first line combination chemotherapy
- Bidimensionally measurable disease
- No CNS lymphoma (parenchymal brain or spinal cord tumor)
- No meningeal lymphoma
- A new classification scheme for adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been adopted by PDQ. The terminology of "indolent" or "aggressive" lymphoma will replace the former terminology of "low", "intermediate", or "high" grade lymphoma. However, this protocol uses the former terminology.
- Age: 18 to 70
- Performance status: Karnofsky 60-100%
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm3
- Platelet count greater than 75,000/mm3
- Hematologic criteria not applicable if abnormal functions are attributable to lymphomatous infiltration of bone marrow or liver
- Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL, except in patients receiving indinavir who have isolated hyperbilirubinemia
- Transaminases less than 5 times upper limit of normal
- Hepatic criteria not applicable if abnormal functions are attributable to lymphomatous infiltration of bone marrow or liver
- Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min
- No other prior or concurrent malignancy except carcinoma in situ of the cervix or nonmetastatic nonmelanomatous skin cancer
- No acute active opportunistic infection requiring antibiotic treatment Patients with Mycobacterium avium complex allowed
- Not pregnant
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- At least 2 weeks since prior immunomodulating agents
- Concurrent filgrastim (G-CSF) allowed
- Concurrent epoetin alfa allowed
- Concurrent antibiotics may be given if clinically indicated during study
- No more than 2 prior standard treatment regimens for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- No concurrent systemic corticosteroids
- Concurrent topical and/or oral antifungal agents permitted
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003575
|United States, California
|USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0800
|San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|United States, Florida
|Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|United States, Illinois
|Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114-2617
|United States, New Jersey
|University Hospital/New Jersey Cancer Center
|Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07103
|United States, New York
|NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Mount Sinai School of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
|United States, Ohio
|Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|Study Chair:
|Lawrence D. Kaplan, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00003575 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
CDR0000066642 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) )
|Study First Received:
|November 1, 1999
|Last Updated:
|February 7, 2013
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
AIDS-related peripheral/systemic lymphoma
AIDS-related diffuse large cell lymphoma
AIDS-related immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
AIDS-related small noncleaved cell lymphoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Etoposide phosphate
Isophosphamide mustard
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Adjuvants, Immunologic
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Growth Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Alternative Names Return to topExploratory laparoscopy - gynecologic; Laparoscopic tubal ligation; Laparoscopic oophorectomy; Laparoscopic hysterectomy; Laparoscopic egg harvest
Definition Return to top
Gynecologic laparoscopy refers to a group of procedures that use a small camera to examine the female reproductive organs.
See also:
How the Test is Performed Return to top
The procedure is usually done in the hospital under general anesthesia. A thin tube (catheter) is inserted through the urethra into the bladder. Another tube, called a nasogastric (NG) tube, may be passed through the nose and into the stomach to empty your stomach.
After cleaning the area, a small surgical cut is made above or below the belly button area. Carbon dioxide gas is injected into the area to raise the abdominal wall. This makes a larger space to work in and makes it easier for the surgeon to see and work with the organs.
The laparoscope is then inserted so that the surgeon can examine the organs of the pelvis and abdomen. Other small cuts may be needed.
After the procedure, the cuts are closed with stitches and covered with bandages. Depending upon the operation, a drain may be placed into one of the areas to drain any fluid that may build up.
How to Prepare for the Test Return to top
Do not eat or drink for 8 hours before the test.
How the Test Will Feel Return to top
If you are under general anesthesia, you will feel no pain during the procedure. However, the surgical cuts may throb and be slightly painful afterward.
If you get a local anesthetic, you may feel a prick and a burning sensation. You may have pain at the site of the surgical cut. Afterward, the cuts may throb for several hours and may be slightly painful.
Your health care provider may give you a pain reliever.
You may also have shoulder pain for a few days, because the carbon dioxide gas used to inflate your abdomen can irritate your diaphragm, which shares some of the same nerves as the shoulder. You may also have an increased urge to urinate, because the gas can put pressure on the bladder.
Depending on the procedure you have done, your health care provider may advise you to avoid eating and drinking for a period of time afterward.
Why the Test is Performed Return to top
Gynecologic laparoscopy is done for the same reasons as open surgery.
Laparoscopy can be used to:
What Abnormal Results Mean Return to top
Abnormal results vary based on the type of procedure.
Risks Return to top
There is a risk of puncturing an organ. This could cause the contents of the intestines to leak, or lead to bleeding into the abdominal cavity. This may need more involved surgery. Severe injury may result in infection or the need for a blood transfusion.
Considerations Return to top
Women who have already had surgery to the abdomen or pelvis may not be able to have laparoscopic surgery.
Surgery can lead to scarring, which prevents laparoscopic instruments from safely passing into the area. Scarring may also prevent the abdominal wall from being pushed out of the way properly when the carbon dioxide is injected.Update Date: 2/19/2008 Updated by: Peter Chen, MD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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September 11th, 2013 05:40 PM #6
Nikisha to Sundi (sun-dee not sun-day) to Yudiana. Most were Tiffany/Ashley/Jessica/Jennifer/Sarah/Brittany, so I actually appreciate the ones with the more unusual names because they are easier to find on social networks. Classic names are great especially now with so many cutesy pie names... But having a truly memorable name could be a plus too
As to your list, the mothers of Sebastian, Augustus and Dawson were ahead of their time!!! I've always loved Ivelisse and seen it a good dozen times. Apparently, it is popular with Puerto Ricans.James ~ Ariston
Aurelia ~ Sidra ~ Elizabeth ~ Gia ~ Julia
The others I hold close.... Quade ~ William (Liam) ~ Dresden ~ Giordana ~ Lydiana ~ Laurenza ~ Vivara ~ Fonya ~ Sagelle
September 11th, 2013 05:42 PM #8
I actually have been pondering Fonya BrynnJames ~ Ariston
Aurelia ~ Sidra ~ Elizabeth ~ Gia ~ Julia
The others I hold close.... Quade ~ William (Liam) ~ Dresden ~ Giordana ~ Lydiana ~ Laurenza ~ Vivara ~ Fonya ~ Sagelle
September 11th, 2013 07:32 PM #10
Dawson, it was his surname. His first name was Steven, haha. But he only ever went by Dawson, although I'm not sure why. I don't believe there was another Steven at the school at the time. Dawson was weird, though, haha--he wanted to change his name to Steven Thomas Dawson, so his initials would be STD. :/
I also knew a Jonathan who went exclusively by Hadji? I'm not sure the story there, especially since he and his family weren't Muslim at all--he was an English-Indian Christian... There were "normal" names like Brittany, Benjamin, David, Kristen, etc., but there were also a lot of less common names.Ashley | namenerd | Christian | storyteller
princesinhas e príncipes:
Isabelle Aurora Grace ▪ Adele Sofia Eloise ▪ Everett Joshua Charles ▪ Casper Nathaniel Eden
thinking about today:
Violet Fiala Elisabeth ▪ Daniel Torin Elijah ▪ Evangeline Dagny Hope ▪ Hugo Emerson Jack
Claire Everly ▪ Jack Jasper ▪ Delphina Lily "Della" ▪ Thomas Brynjar ▪ Hazel Isabella
Sebastian Malachi ▪ Katherine Aurora ▪ Grayson Amory ▪ Grace Amélie ▪ Reuben Sebastian
September 11th, 2013 08:32 PM #12
I like Kelesi the best.
The thing is, I went to a private school as a child and I went to school with kids from all different ethnicity from different parts of the world. They weren't in the majority but they definitely were more than a handful.
Quite simply I never put any second thoughts into their names other than how well they wore them, ir their personality had the most input into what I thought of their names.
Sagelle and Fonya I'm not fond of, they're not terrible just not my cup of tea. (I may be biased as I grew up with a Khalil, Kahlila and a Kelsey)
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Milan Kelesi is Slovak origin, but certainly with Hungarian roots (by his surname).


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Growing Up With Flying Saucers
In those years immediately following World War II, few Americans knew how much serious 'official' military attention was being paid to the subject of 'Flying Saucers'. Policies and agendas established behind the scenes regarding Extra-terrestrials were deliberately kept secret from most of our country's population. And yet the impact of these secrets would affect our lives for all the decades that followed…
General Nathan Twining…
"The phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious. There are objects probably approximating the shape of a disc, of such appreciable size as to appear to be as large as man-made aircraft.
The reported operating characteristics such as extreme rates of climb, maneuverability and action which must be considered evasive when sighted or contacted by friendly aircraft and radar, lend belief to the possibility that some of the objects are controlled either manually, automatically or remotely."
Director of the CIA, Vice Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter…
"Behind the scenes high ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense."
USAF Press Officer Al Chopp, U.S. Air Force 'Project Blue Book's civilian press officer…
"We've been ordered to work up a national debunking campaign, planting articles in magazines and arranging broadcasts to make UFO reports sound like poppycock."
"Well, if there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from…" [Luke Skywalker]
I could fully appreciate the lonely sentiment of a galactic farm boy from 'long, long ago and far, far away'. I was born a post-war 'baby boomer' to the flatlands of northwestern Ohio; raised to provincial, middle-class, small-town sensibilities. Our humble village was a convergence of state roads and rail lines—an island of humanity lost in a sea of corn, wheat and soybean fields. Life there was bland work-a-day tedium. The most excitement my rural kid-hood had to offer was watching the weeds grow. So you can guess just how electrifying the notion of 'flying saucers' visiting from outer space was to the festering, pre-adolescent imagination of an Ohio hayseed like myself! UFOs were a big deal back in the 'Fifties', and somehow I knew they were REAL!
Hello, my name is Jim Nichols and I'd like to invite you to join me as I look back to those early days when the idea of visitors from the stars held such magic…!
Was life truly simpler way back in the 1950's or were we more simple-minded? Ours was the first generation to find daily existence dominated by an incredible new electronic device called… television.
That magic box in the corner of our living rooms supplied us with a hypnotizing visual cavalcade of news and entertainment that fully defined our perception of daily reality. And yet while we were being happily anesthetized by such video fare as Ozzie and Harriet, I Love Lucy, and the Mickey Mouse Club, the cruel truth was our euphoric post-war culture could instantly vanish at any time in a blinding flash of atomic fission…
By the 1950's we actually lived our daily lives in a science-fiction reality. So the notion of 'flying saucers' seemed to naturally fit into our world of 'atomic-bomb's, supersonic planes, rockets and Sputniks. It was all as much a part of growing up as hot-dogs, French fries and soda-pop.
Even Davy Crockett and Pinocchio made room for space rockets when Walt Disney featured famous German rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun predicting future manned space expeditions on his 'Man and the Moon' TV presentation.
And ultimately, it was Hollywood that most profoundly inspired my fascination with flying saucers… Fifties filmmakers kept the pot stirred with frothy science fiction movies that furnished rich sustenance for my hungry young imagination languishing in a cultural 'death valley'…
Invaders from space seemed to echo our nation's unease with the growing menace of Soviet Communist aggression. Of course in 1956 global politics was a vague abstraction to a kid like me. Instead, I was being happily dazzled by M-G-M's Cinemascope and Technicolor block-buster "Forbidden Planet" at the local drive-in movie…
I loved that sleek saucer from "Forbidden Planet", although Hollywood saucers were the only ones I ever actually saw myself. But even as a grade school kid, I realized grown-ups were genuinely concerned that something flying in our skies could not be accounted for.
There were too many stories and photographs of circular flying machines, physical craft of intelligent design, which could not be accounted for, given our 20th Century understanding of aerodynamics—no wings, no propellers, no turbojets, no rockets! Yet somehow these machines were able to 'fly' by means unknown to Earthly physics. So, if they were not built by Earth humans--the unavoidable conclusion remained, they must have been built by 'somebody' from 'somewhere' else! And that could only mean that these flying contraptions were likely flown by intelligences from other worlds far out in space!
However, despite enthusiastic public expectations, no official explanation was forthcoming from our government leaders. The President and all of his military advisors refused to provide any definitive answers to this mystery. Quite the contrary, UFOs were dismissed with official military disdain as mass hallucinations and Cold-War jitters.
Still, flying saucers remained an enigma that simply would not go away… So, I formed my own answers to the UFO mystery. Since it was obvious that whoever piloted these saucers was not making war with humanity, or out to take planet Earth by military conquest, they must be random, curious explorers anonymously peeking in on our ways of life.
If we Earthlings had ships to visit other planets, isn't that what we'd do? I got the idea by watching shows like "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas". Here was a famous intrepid world explorer who aired films of his expeditions to the Congo, Borneo, New Zealand or the headwaters of the Amazon, showing the strange life-ways, customs and cultures of the native inhabitants there. Wouldn't it seem natural for curious visitors from space to do likewise?
Thus I formed my earliest no-muss-no-fuss 'theory model' that handily explained the sensational mystery of UFOs—they were merely curious visitors from other planets who flew in really COOL ships!
And the tales told by George Adamski seemed to prove my theory. This California man, who lived near the famed Palomar observatory, claimed to have contact with beings from planet Venus. In numerous popular books, Adamski shared his accounts of visitation with friendly, human-looking Venusians who shared a message of peace and urged humans of Earth to cease their dangerous experiments with nuclear weapons. Perhaps no single individual succeeded more in making flying saucers the popular Fifties fad than George Adamski, but eventually he too was branded a fraud.
Definitive answers to the UFO enigma remained elusive. Yet my stubborn interest in the subject kept pace right up to my high school years. By then the popular topic had earned a weekly television series… "The Invaders"!
And in those days, radio announcer Frank Edwards also had a personal campaign to convince a disbelieving world. He published bizarre tales of the paranormal and UFOs in best-selling paperbacks like, "Stranger than Science", and "Flying Saucers--Serious Business"; stirring accounts that rekindled the palpable, imminent thrill that the secrets behind the UFO mystery would, at any moment, be revealed.
And by 1960, it seemed that Edwards was right! The Air Force finally displayed a 'Flying Saucer' aircraft of its own invention… the AVRO disc! However, despite its appearance like a sleek, silver, Hollywood saucer, this clumsy contraption bobbled and wobbled, barely lifting off the runway.
As a dandy-lion trimmer the AVRO disc was unsurpassed, but after a decade of anticipation that U.S. ingenuity and technology would ultimately reveal its own anti-gravity propulsion systems, the Air Force, instead, further debunked UFOs by demonstrating that circular air-craft could not fly, and were thus an unwarranted waste of taxpayer dollars and public attention. No further research was justified…
For the remainder of the 1960's, silly saucers would be no match for America's awesome space rocket program!
Growing fear of Soviet missile superiority and threat of nuclear attack sparked an obsession with rocket design competition that dominated world attention for the rest of the decade. The Space-Race was on!
Determined that the United States would win this super-power race, President John F. Kennedy announced in May of 1961, the riveting mandate that within the decade the United States would launch men to the moon!
What a time to be alive. I was indeed born into an era of science fiction reality! With or without flying saucers, we were poised on the threshold of an era rich with seemingly unlimited potential. The prospect was mind-boggling. We can do anything!
For 'one brief, shining moment' we rode the wave of euphoria--Perhaps at last, humanity would find a collective endeavor more meaningful, uplifting and rewarding than . . . war!
Well, so much for the boundless idealism of youth…
The optimism died. John Kennedy never lived to see the culmination of his stirring mandate to land on the moon. Following his murder in the streets of Dallas much of America's gross national product--funding that could have advanced space exploration—was squandered on meaningless carnage in the Vietnam War.
We watched Neil Armstrong step onto the moon in 1969, but by the end of the manned Apollo missions three years later, a bored American public was already demanding TV soap operas instead.
Flying Saucers—the faded 'Fifties' fad that seemed so full of promise, just got lost in the shuffle. The U.S. Government continued its dour ridicule campaign. UFOs were labeled 'temperature inversions', 'swamp gas', or the 'planet Venus'…foolish fancies of gullible 'kooks' or ignorant bumpkins--more pressing issues diverted public attention, like Vietnam, the Cold War and civil rights unrest.
By 1968 it was obvious that UFOs were a secret that would NEVER be revealed!
Tragically the most important event in all human history—actual proof that we share this universe with other intelligent life forms remained stonewalled by virtually impenetrable governmental obstruction, media hostility and general public apathy! Could it be that the strangest creatures in the universe are not extraterrestrials…but the humans of planet Earth?
Even the late Dr. J. Alan Hynek, former advisor with Air Force Project Bluebook, finally broke ranks with the military UFO investigation program by objecting to its deliberate white-wash study of selective evidence and predetermined conclusions.
Hynek complained. "What kind of scientific investigation is it that assumes the answer before starting?"
The government posture was then, and remains to this day, that… Nothing Out of the Ordinary Exists!
Ironically it was Hollywood that finally revealed the motives behind the UFO cover-up.
Back in 1968—just one year before Apollo's trek to the moon—film maker Stanley Kubrick joined talents with writer Arthur C. Clarke to produce the science fiction epic of the decade, 2001: A Space Odyssey; An inspired vision of space travel, which would set the Hollywood standard for all cinematic space adventures to come. Originally released in sweeping, wide-screen Cinerama, Kubrick sought to capture the dynamic visual experience and awesome grace of space flight. But, in this movie he also revealed just how politically 'sensitive' the issue of disclosing an extra-terrestrial 'reality' would be for the government. As it turned out, this was more than just Hollywood fiction.
The movie scenario deals with the discovery of an 'alien' artifact—an imposing black monolith—on the moon's surface, and the social dilemma that such a finding presented to federal agencies. The public at-large was deemed unready to face the reality of life from other worlds, and the truth of the monolith was covered-up.
"Now, I'm sure you are all aware of the extremely grave potential for cultural shock and social disorientation contained in this present situation, if the facts were prematurely and suddenly made public without adequate preparation and conditioning."
2001 was lending keen insight into the real attitudes and policies our national leaders held toward disclosing the discovery of extra-terrestrial life.
In 1960, just as the fledgling National Aeronautics and Space Administration—NASA—prepared to initiate manned rocket launches, a government study concluded that despite our technological advances, the rank-and-file of the public at large were not ready to face the potential discovery of extra-terrestrial life—an inherent risk of space exploration.
A panel of scientists and sociologists at the Brookings Institution filed a report, "Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs", which suggested the human race was, as yet, still too medieval, primitive and reactionary, to deal with space 'aliens'…
"Anthropological files contain many examples of societies, sure of their place in the universe, which have disintegrated when they had to associate with previously unfamiliar societies espousing different ideas and different life ways; others that survived such an experience usually did so by paying the price of changes in values, attitudes and behavior…"
Perhaps Kubrick's paranoid computer, HAL, was acting wisely after all in 2001 when he eliminated his ship's crew. Maybe emotionally erratic 'human' has become obsolete.
"This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."
In 1979 Former Special Assistant to the Executive Director of the CIA, Victor Marchetti very blatantly stated the agency's official posture toward ETs…
"…We have, indeed, been contacted—perhaps even visited by—extra-terrestrial beings, and the U.S. Government, in collusion with other national powers of the earth, is determined to keep this information from the general public. The purpose of the international conspiracy is to maintain a working stability between the nations of the world, and for them, in turn, to retain institutional control over their respective populations.
Thus, for these governments to admit that there are beings from outer space…with mentalities and technological capabilities obviously far superior to ours, could, once fully perceived by the average person, erode the foundations of the earth's traditional power structures.
Political and legal systems, religious, economic and social institutions could all soon become meaningless in the mind of the general public. The national [governmental] establishments, even civilization as we know it, could collapse into anarchy…"
So there you have it, my kid-hood thrill, to ultimately discover all the 'flying-saucer' secrets, was a notion doomed from the start.
By 1970 I was an Army draftee. The youthful optimism of the 50s and 60s was gone. Interest in UFO activity faded. And yet, do earth humans really want to know? Innocently I'd assumed everyone would want to learn about the staggering reality of beings from outer space. But After all these years I'm not so sure. I think my fellow creatures are too busy living from paycheck to paycheck, content with their Wal-Marts, their Super-bowls, their Disneylands and their predictable little lives…
Or, as the movie "MIB" puts it…
Jones: "Humans for the most part don't have a clue. They don't want one or need one either. They're happy. They think they have a good bead on things."
Smith: "Uh, why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it."
Jones: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it. 1500 years ago everybody knew the earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago everybody knew the earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago you knew people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow!"
The 'flying saucer' fad amounts to a sixty year legacy of circumstantial evidence, crammed with endless anecdotal, eyewitness accounts—which sadly amount to no proof at all. Ergo: UFOs do NOT exist!
So, after all these many years I've come to the sobering, weary conclusion that my exuberant youthful anticipation for full disclosure about UFOs will likely never be realized—but at least I finally know…why!
To further explore the reasons for UFO secrecy has become a greater focus of interest for me as a researcher than UFOs themselves. My efforts to unravel the motives and meanings behind the social obstructions hindering serious UFO investigation continue to this day, and with this in mind, I invite you to visit the many essays posted here on my website to see where more than thirty years of research has led me…
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READING THE NAMES | As Aaron Barnes and Dorian Mooneyham, above, read the names of the victims of violence against the transgender community, others line up, below, to lay red roses on a table in memory of the victims during the Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony held Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Interfaith Peace Chapel at Cathedral of Hope in Dallas. For a full story and video of the event, go online to DallasVoice.com. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)
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VOTERS are heading to the polls on Thursday to deliver their verdict on Stratford District Council.
This year's district council elections coincide with the European elections and voting will be carried out in 135 polling stations across 100 locations spread around the district from 7am to 10pm.
There are 18 district council wards are being contested by 71 candidates including Brailes, near Shipston.
Contesting the seat is conservative Philip Seccombe, who has been a district councillor since 2002.
Stratford District Council is currently made up of 29 Conservatives, 14 Liberal Democrats, five Independent, two Stratford First Independent, one Labour and two vacant in Long Itchington and Southam.
Turnout at the elections in May 2010, which was for 18 wards along with two by-elections in Henley and Shipston, was 73.85 per cent.
Conservative candidate Philip Seccombe has served as District Councillor for 12 years and runs his own business in South Warwickshire employing 12 people.
He is married to Izzi, Leader of Warwickshire County Council and has two grown-up children. He served in the Territorial Army for 25 years reaching the rank of Colonel and has just retired as a Governor of Brailes School after 12 years, but will continue to support initiatives to increase numbers and improvements there.
He is currently Chairman of the influential Audit Committee at Stratford District Council.
Philip has been active in the ward, attending parish council meetings, and being involved in community projects to include building social housing in Brailes and Stretton, the campaign to save the post office services in Brailes, assisting the Flood Relief Team and supporting local residents to protect the rural nature of the ward.
He is committed to enabling business start ups in the ward and to encouraging local shops and traders to expand and employ more local people.
Labour candidate Jackie Warner works as a counter clerk at Shipston Post Office serving Brailes Ward residents and is a hard working Town Councillor and charity fund raiser.
Jackie wants to help people struggling to find affordable housing and take up the case of anyone who has been treated unfairly by policies such as cuts in social care.
She is campaigning to keep funding for the Young Firefighters who help many local young people gain skills.
Jackie will be a champion for local concerns in all the villages in the Ward and make sure that we are listened to in Stratford.
Green candidate Dave Passingham has lived in Stretton-on-Fosse for 17 years and is now retired.
He has campaigned with Friends of the Earth for many years and has been involved in many environmental initiatives.
He said: "I am standing for the Green Party because they fight for things I think are really important such as better quality of life, reducing inequality and a better environment.
"I would work to encourage responsible, sustainable development and campaign for safer roads."
Liberal Democrat candidate Paul Kelly is a retired teacher who lives in Shipston with his wife.
They have three grandchildren and have previously been foster parents as well.
Active in local life, Paul is a voluntary worker at Shipston Youth Club and Secretary of the local Probus Club.
Paul is very aware of the planning problems being presented by the absence of an adopted Core Strategy and the way this is affecting development in Local Service Villages such as Brailes.
He is now a member of the Shipston Neighbourhood Plan team and if elected he would be keen to support our other local villages with their Plans.


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...Radio Iowa had a phone interview with Mitt Romney today and he apparently denied knowledge of his offshore investments, claiming that because they are in a blind trust, he doesn't know anything about them.
Romney re: off-shore investments – they're in a blind trust. "I don't manage them. I don't even know where they are," he says.
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A NEW team of Street Pastors will help to provide a calming influence on Stroud's nightlife.
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Lebanon County surprises with no tax hike
To the surprise of even county officials, the proposed 2014 Lebanon County budget doesn't include a tax increase.
But it also doesn't include any resolution to the Cedar Haven Nursing Home debate, either.
The Lebanon County Board of Commissioners introduced a preliminary budget last week that they had warned for the last two months would include about a 5 percent tax increase. But because of a last-minute cash infusion, the commissioners held the line on taxes.
The county upped its revenue line in its Adult Probation Department by $500,000 thanks to some new reimbursement figures, closing the deficit gap for 2014 enough that it decided to further dip into its reserves to avoid a tax hike, according to Jamie Wolgemuth, Lebanon County's chief clerk.
Originally, Wolgemuth said commissioners favored a 2 percent tax increase to raise about $1 million in revenue and using about $1.5 million in reserves to close a deficit gap. But with the new cash, the proposed budget now drops the tax increase and uses about $1.9 million in reserve funds. The county would be left with about $1.1 million in reserves if this version of the budget passes.
The 2014 budget contains no decision on Cedar Haven, the much-talked-about nursing home in Lebanon run by the county. The county has lost money running the facility for years, commissioners have said, and the commissioners have entertained the thought of selling it both to make money in the sale and to get out from under its operation.
Any sale won't be happening this year, it appears. The commissioners also last week approved a $5,000 study to have an outside agency examine the finances of the nursing home and its future prospects, according to Wolgemuth. The report is scheduled to be presented in 30 days, he said, after the 2014 budget deadline.
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England's Stuart Broad took six wickets as and he James Anderson blew India away for 152 on day one of the fourth Investec Test.
After a half-hour rain delay, touring captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni chose to bat first under leaden skies at Emirates Old Trafford and promptly saw his team bag six ducks as they subsided in 46.4 overs.
Remarkably, it could have been even worse after an irresistible burst with the new ball left India eight for four after six overs but Dhoni atoned in small part for his error by making a plucky, counter-attacking 71.
Only Ajinkya Rahane (24) and Ravichandran Ashwin (40) joined him in double figures as Broad's precision, pace and carry, teamed with Anderson's mastery of the swinging ball, won the day.
Broad claimed the last four wickets to finish with six for 25, while Anderson - whose altercation with Ravindra Jadeja and subsequent hearing had dominated the build-up - took three for 46.
India, meanwhile, equalled an unwanted Test record as Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pankaj Singh all made nought.
India's top-order troubles started when Gautam Gambhir - recalled for his first cap since December 2012 - was squared up by Broad and fed a simple catch to Joe Root at gully.
Broad was terribly unlucky not to account for Pujara four balls later, squeezing one between bat and pad but just clearing middle stump.
Instead, he passed the baton to Anderson, who responded with a double-wicket maiden.
Vijay and Kohli fell victim to the same brilliant two-card trick, a full inswinger to line them up and a perfectly pitched outswinger to follow.
Both obliged with the nick and captain Alastair Cook snaffled two catches at waist height.
In doing so the Anderson-Cook axis reached 24 dismissals, overtaking Sir Ian Botham and Bob Willis as England's most productive outfield combination.
India's meltdown was not yet complete, Pujara's hard hands steering Broad to third slip for a fourth wicket in 13 deliveries.
England appeared on the cusp of a rout.
Dhoni and Rahane ensured that would not be the case, though both were beaten on the outside edge more than once as Anderson and Broad continued their examination.
Dhoni saw Chris Woakes' arrival as a chance to cut loose but saw a thick edge shoot inches over third slip when he flashed hard at the all-rounder's third ball.
That counter-attacking style soon began to lift India out of the depths, though, as he and Rahane put on 54 for the fifth wicket.
The pair almost saw things through to lunch until Rahane let his concentration slip in the penultimate over, caught at slip playing Chris Jordan away from his body.
Jadeja's arrival was greeted with predictable ire by the crowd and hometown boy Anderson needed just three balls after the break to pin his rival lbw with a hooping inswinger.
England's progress was checked with a lively stand between Dhoni and Ashwin that appeared to have been beamed in from a different match.
The pair added 66 in 13.5 overs, sharing eight fours as well as one top-edged six as Ashwin flapped at an Anderson bumper.
Ashwin had contributed a care-free 40 by the time he lobbed Broad to Sam Robson at deep mid-wicket, exposing the real tail.
Broad gladly mopped up the remaining three wickets, Kumar bowled middle stump offering no shot, a panicked Dhoni somehow fetching a catch from outside off to fine leg and Pankaj hopelessly outclassed.


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