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It contains only some of the throws. The first guy threw 201 meters at Big D 8 taking second place. I was surprised about his slow steps.
The second thrower asked for comments on his form at Finnish frisbee association forums. This vid is relevant here thanks to our very own tumpsi starting at 2:03. So any comments are appreciated. Tumpsi took fourth place.
The second thrower in this video needs to run faster and reach back farther. Throwing lower helps to keep the front of the disc lower than the rear keeping the speed and glide better giving a longer flight.
Tumpsi could reach back a lot farther and plant foot pointed at 180 degrees away from the target for added power generation. The flat footed planting looks painful. And dangerous in the long term. Short term too if the ground ain't slippery.

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text: Hiring a coach of Dennis Erickson's stature wasn't cheap for the Utah Utes, who are paying Erickson an annual salary of $275,000, according to his contract obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune. Erickson's contract, dated Feb. 19, 2013 through June 30, 2014, is worth the same amount the Utes paid Norm Chow in 2011 and makes him Utah's second-highest paid assistant. Defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake is Utah's highest paid assistant, with a base salary of $500,000. Co-offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and running backs coach Jay Hill both earned $225,000 last year and passing game coordinator Aaron Roderick earned $200,000. Like Johnson, Erickson will receive a monthly stipend of $450 for the use of a car for business purposes. - Lya Wodraska


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Currently, the Colts sit at 1-13, while both the Rams and Vikings are 2-12. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker is determined by strength of schedule; the team with the weakest SOS gets the higher pick.
Here is a look at the current win totals of each teams' schedule. Obviously, this can still change quite a bit over the last couple of weeks, but this should at least give us an idea of where we stand in the race for Luck:
#1 1-13, 120 wins (#3 SOS)
#2 2-12, 127 wins (#2 SOS)
#3 2-12, 130 wins (#1 SOS)
So, as of right now, the Colts remain firmly in the driver's seat.
Now, let's take a look at the records of the remaining opponents for each team:
Both of Minnesota's games are very winnable, so they could finish between 2-4 wins.
The Jags game is very winnable for the Colts, but it is on the road. The Houston game will be tough, but the game is at home. Unlikely the Colts will get more than one of the two, which would put them at 2 wins.
The Rams' remaining schedule is brutal, on the road at Baltimore and at home against the Niners. Unless San Fran locks things up and sits their starters, it's unlikely the Rams will win anymore games this season.
So, a three-way tie is still very possible. There are no 3-win teams, so the Colts will finish with no worst than the #3 pick. Of course, there is a substantial drop in value after the first pick, so it's still critical that we drop one, if not both, remaining games.


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The Reach the Beach (RTB) Running Relay Race is one of the longest distance running relay races in the United States. The RTB Relay will take place in picturesque New Hampshire during the start of the New England foliage season. The relay will consist of (a maximum of ) 12 person teams that will rotate through 36 transition areas as they cover the approximate 200 mile distance of the race. This means that each relay team member will run 3 legs of varying lengths and difficulty and will cover an average total distance of ~16.6 miles. There will also be an Ultra Distance division that will have a team limit of 6 members. In this case, the average distance covered per Ultra Distance Team runner would be ~ 33 miles. The runners will rotate in a set order once the race begins and will be obligated to follow this rotation until the final runner Reaches the Beach!
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The data used in this article was artificially generated and the use case is fictional, never the less this article is intended to be illustrative of how to use Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Hive in practice.
Use Case
Our business consists of serving online advertisements. We receive two types of web request (i) requests for advertisements within a context, and (ii) clicks on advertisements which we must record and redirect to the advertised site.
Our fleet is deployed within Amazon EC2. Both types of web requests are served by boxes running Jetty. Each time a request is received an entry is written to a log file on local disk. The log files are rotated every 5 minutes and pushed into S3.
An Amazon Elastic MapReduce job flow pulls the logs from S3 every 5 minutes and processes them calculating statistics such as the average response time, the number of calls per second, the number of clicks per second.
For an example of how to use this data to generate a statistically motivated model for contextual advertising see http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2855 That article also explains how to get started using Hive on Amazon Elastic MapReduce.
Data Sources
The web server that handles requests for advertisements produces a file in JSON format that looks like this:
{ requestBeginTime: "19191901901", requestEndTime: "19089012890", browserCookie: "xFHJK21AS6HLASLHAS", userCookie: "ajhlasH6JASLHbas8", searchPhrase: "digital cameras" adId: "jalhdahu789asashja", impresssionId: "hjakhlasuhiouasd897asdh", referrer: "http://cooking.com/recipe?id=10231", hostname: "ec2-12-12-12-12.ec2.amazonaws.com", modelId: "asdjhklasd7812hjkasdhl", processId: "12901", threadId: "112121", timers: { requestTime: "1910121", modelLookup: "1129101" } counters: { heapSpace: "1010120912012" } }
The json records are stored one per line in the log file. This makes it easier to import the log files into Hive as they can be read using the default TextFormat. The above example was reformatted to make it easier to read.
These log files are pushed to S3 in 5 minute intervals at the following location:
s3://elasticmapreduce/samples/hive-ads/tables/impressions/ dt=$time/$hostname-$time.log
The form "dt=" is required for Hive to be able to import the log files as a partitioned table. Using a partitioned table allows us to specify queries that only read a subset of the data rather than causing Hive to do a full table scan.
The web server boxes also produce click logs which have the following form.
{ requestBeginTime: "19191901901", requestEndTime: "19089012890", browserCookie: "xFHJK21AS6HLASLHAS", userCookie: "ajhlasH6JASLHbas8", adId: "jalhdahu789asashja", impresssionId: "hjakhlasuhiouasd897asdh", clickId: "ashda8ah8asdp1uahipsd", referrer: "http://recipes.com/", directedTo: "http://cooking.com/" }
Like the impression logs, these files are also pushed into Amazon S3 at the following location:
s3://elasticmapreduce/samples/hive-ads/tables/clicks/ dt=$time/$hostname-$time.log
Starting an Interactive Job Flow
In this article we'll develop a Hive script. To follow along with an interactive Hive session go the Elastic MapReduce AWS Management Console and click "Run Job Flow" then choose Hive and then "Interactive Session". Then once the job flow has entered the waiting state ssh to the master node. A more detailed description of this process is described http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2729&categoryID=265 simply substitute Pig for Hive.
To follow along right to the end of this tutorial, you'll also need to be signed up for Amazon SimpleDB because the last steps in this sample upload data to a table in SimpleDB. You can sign up for Amazon SimpleDB on the Amazon Web Services website at http://aws.amazon.com
Alternatively if you have the Elastic MapReduce Command Line Client installed you can start an interactive hive session with:
$ elastic-mapreduce --create --alive \ --name "My Hive Job Flow" --hive-interactive \ --num-instances 5 --instance-type m1.large
Wait for the job flow to enter the waiting state by checking the state of the jobflow from time to time with:
$ elastic-mapreduce --list --active
Once the job flow has entered the waiting state you can ssh to the master with
$ elastic-mapreduce --jobflow <jobflow_id> --ssh
replacing <jobflow_id> with the job flow id of the job flow you started earlier.Once you're logged onto the master node you start hive with the following:
$ hive \ -d SAMPLE=s3://elasticmapreduce/samples/hive-ads \ -d DATE=2009-04-13-08-05
This will make the variables ${SAMPLE} and ${DATE} available to us as we develop the script.
Data Declarations
To import the impressions and clicks tables into Hadoop we need to make use of a Serde. Serde stands for Serializer/Deserializer format and is a mechanism that allows Hive to act on data that is stored in a custom format.
We start our Hive script by loading a jar containing our Serde.
add jar ${SAMPLE}/libs/jsonserde.jar ;
This serde is designed for processing files consisting of one json object per line. Two things to note about this statement. First we're using the variable ${SAMPLE} which we'll pass in when we run this script as a job flow step. Second the path for the jar is not a quoted string.
Adding a jar is local to a Hive session and so you must add the jar at the beginning of all scripts which use tables that use the serde.
Next we declare the impressions table:
create external table impressions ( requestBeginTime string, requestEndTime string, hostname string ) partitioned by ( dt string ) row format serde 'com.amazon.elasticmapreduce.JsonSerde' with serdeproperties ( 'paths'='requestBeginTime, requestEndTime, hostname' ) location '${SAMPLE}/tables/impressions' ;
This declaration makes use of the JsonSerde to extract fields from the Json input. The JsonSerde has a property called "paths" which is a list of path expressions that are used to provide values for the columns declared in the table. There is one path expression for each column in the table.
Next we recover the partitions from the directories which exist in the table directory in Amazon S3.
alter table impressions recover partitions ;
Since we are going to use a single partition in this task we could also have just declared that one partition:
alter table impressions add partition (dt='${DATE}') ;
Data Transformation
Next we declare a local table on the job flow to store intermediate data.
create table local_metrics (requestTime double, hostname string) ;
And we insert into this table the requestTime rows for each host:
from impressions insert overwrite table local_metrics select ((cast(requestEndTime as bigint)) - (cast(requestBeginTime as bigint)) / 1000.0 ) as requestTime, hostname where dt = '${DATE}' ;
Next we aggregate the data from this table to extract maximum, minimum, and average response times per host and insert the result into SimpleDB using a reducer script.
from local_metrics select transform ( '${DATE}', max(requestTime), min(requestTime), avg(requestTime), hostname ) using '${SAMPLE}/libs/upload-to-simple-db hostmetrics metrics date,hostname date tmax tmin tavg hostname' as (output string) group by hostname ;
This query calculates aggregates of the request time per host for the the time interval stored in local_metrics. It passes these aggregates to a reducer script called upload-to-simple-db. The reducer script uploads the aggregates into a Amazon SimpleDB domain called hostmetrics.
The arguments passed to upload-to-simple-db are of the form:
domain name_prefix name_fields field_name_1 ... field_name_n
Each row passed to the script will be uploaded to Amazon SimpleDB as an object whose name is formed from the name_prefix and the values of the name fields. The attributes of the Amazon SimpleDB object are taken from the field_name arguments which label the columns in the rows passed to the script via STDIN.
The reducer script will create objects in Simple DB of the form:
{ 'ItemName': 'metrics:2009-03-01:ec-23-23-23-23-101.amazon.com', 'Attributes': { 'date': '2009-03-01', 'hostname': 'ec-23-23-23-23-101.amazon.com', 'tmax': '302', 'tmin': '101', 'tavg': '212' } }
Once these metrics have been uploaded to Amazon SimpleDB they can be retrieved by monitoring tools that plot charts and trigger alarms in response to various conditions.
Our final statement will compute the same metrics but aggregate across all hosts.
from local_metrics select transform ( '${DATE}', max(requestTime), min(requestTime), avg(requestTime), 'ALL' ) using '${SAMPLE}/libs/upload-to-simple-db hostmetrics metrics date,hostname date tmax tmin tavg hostname' as (output string) ;
Running the Script
We put these statements together in a script and upload it to S3 at the location:
We can create a job flow to execute this script using the Amazon Elastic MapReduce Command Line Client
$ SAMPLE=s3://elasticmapreduce/samples/hive-ads $ LIB=$SAMPLE/lib $ elastic-mapreduce --create \ --name "Calculate Monitoring Summary" \ --instance-type m1.large --num-instances 5 \ --hive-script \ --arg $SAMPLE/libs/response-time-stats.q \ --args -d,SAMPLE=$SAMPLE \ --args -d,DATE=2009-03-01-22-10-05
This will use a job flow to calculate aggregates for a single 5 minute period. Instead we would like to run a job flow that will calculate all 5 minute periods in an hour.
To do this we create a job flow and then add steps to it:
$ SAMPLE=s3://elasticmapreduce/samples/hive-ads $ LIB=$SAMPLE/lib $ JOBFLOW_ID=$( elastic-mapreduce --create \ --name "Calculate Monitoring Summary" \ --instance-type m1.large --num-instances 5 | \ sed -e 's|.*\(j-[^ ]*\).*|\1|' ) $ for i in {0..11} ; do sleep 20 elastic-mapreduce --jobflow $JOBFLOW_ID \ --jar s3://elasticmapreduce/libs/script-runner/script-runner.jar \ --arg $SAMPLE/libs/wait-for.sh \ --arg 2009-03-01-22-10-$((($i+1) * 5)) \
sleep 20 elastic-mapreduce --jobflow $JOBFLOW_ID \ --hive-script --arg $LIB/response-time-stats.q \ --args -d,LIB=$SAMPLE/libs,-d,INPUT=$SAMPLE/tables/impressions \ --args -d,DATE=2009-03-01-22-10-$(($i * 5)) done
Before each Hive script step we add a step that will wait for the time period to be over before performing its calculation.
The example so far has run job flows and added steps to them from the command line. It is likely however that in practice you'll want to run job flows and add steps from within a workflow engine. To do this you'll want to make calls directly to the Amazon Elastic MapReduce web service. For this purpose there are several libraries available. The command line client includes a Ruby library and is available from http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2264 Libraries for other languages such as Java and Perl are available at http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2305
Operating in a Multi-User Environment
By having Hive tables stored in S3 it is possible to have many batch processes interacting. In this article we've seen an example process that calculates performance metrics across the fleet. One can imagine many more processes calculating a diverse range of results from statistical models supporting contextual advertising, to billing and payment summaries.
By operating several accounts within AWS and setting bucket permissions appropriately it is possible to make some table read-only to some accounts. For example one account could be responsible for creating some tables and another account given read access to the bucket containing these tables. This way dependent processes are not able to modify important data sources.
Additional Hive Resources
Additional Hive and Amazon Elastic MapReduce resources are listed at http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2857


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Michael Jackson
From the Moonwalk and single sequined glove of "Billie Jean" to the zombie dance of "Thriller" to the Anti-Gravity Lean of "Smooth Criminal." Often imitated, but never duplicated, Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and he'll be cherished as one of the most irreplaceable pop culture figures of all-time. A singer, dancer, songwriter, humanitarian, and full-time celebrity curiosity, Michael Jackson might never have been truly understood as a person, but when his vocal hiccups and stellar dance routines did the talking, his millions of unwavering fans supported him for all time.
Michael Jackson's later years were somewhat overshadowed by bizarre behavior and allegations of criminal activity in his private life, but the part of his legacy that will speak the loudest is his music, both from him and the many artists (including Madonna, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake) who idolized him. The worldwide outpouring of grief after his death was a reaction not seen since the deaths of John Lennon and Elvis Presley, and global anticipation by fans eager to catch a glimpse of his final concert rehearsal footage in Michael Jackson's This Is It was further proof that his following remained as strong as ever.
Michael Jackson's later years were somewhat overshadowed by bizarre behavior and allegations of criminal activity in his private life, but the part of his legacy that will speak the loudest is his music, both from him and the many artists (including Madonna, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake) who idolized him. The worldwide outpouring of grief after his death was a reaction not seen since the deaths of John Lennon and Elvis Presley, and global anticipation by fans eager to catch a glimpse of his final concert rehearsal footage in Michael Jackson's This Is It was further proof that his following remained as strong as ever.
AppealMichael Jackson's catchy rhythms and slick dance moves made him a female fan favorite. He only upped his appeal to the ladies by crooning soulful ballads like "She's Out of My Life" and "You Are Not Alone." His appeal could be seen firsthand by the swooning expressions of female audience members who were lucky enough to slow dance with him onstage at his concerts -- before being dramatically pulled away by security. If you thought that some of those women looked a little bit crazy, you would be right. Legend has it that Michael Jackson's classic song, "Billie Jean," was inspired by an obsessive fan he'd never met who told him via creepy fan mail that he had fathered just one of her twins. Yes, her instability can be measured just from doing the math.
Along with all the fame, fortune and musical wizardry that Michael Jackson could offer to a woman, there was also some undeniable baggage too. A giant amusement park, botched cosmetic surgery, a beloved pet monkey named Bubbles, and a love of wearing surgical masks surely were not on every woman's wish list. Neither was the prospect of giving up almost all of one's privacy to be involved with one of the world's most sought-after celebrities. The women who did get to know "the real Michael Jackson" were very influential in his life. His first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, accepted his marriage proposal over the phone after months of intimate conversations. She would later help him (at least temporarily) put a stop to an addiction to painkillers. Their marriage didn't have longevity in the cards, but Lisa Marie Presley remains steadfast in her claim that it wasn't a fake. After Elvis's daughter was out of the picture, Debbie Rowe, a nurse and longtime friend of Michael Jackson, took his please for a family to heart by marrying him and having two of his three children.
SuccessElvis Presley didn't write "Love Me Tender." Paul McCartney never did The Moonwalk. Michael Jackson single-handedly wrote "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "Smooth Criminal," "The Way You Make Me Feel," and "Black or White." He also made The Moonwalk more popular than the Moon itself. With all due respect to The King and The Beatles, Michael Jackson will be remembered by many as the most talented and successful musical performer who ever lived. On a pure musical level, he was the full package who could write songs, sing and dance with the very best of them. There was nothing he couldn't do.
Michael Jackson lived and breathed timeless music as the lead singer of The Jackson 5 before going solo. It was there that he used "Billie Jean" to give MTV its popularity, created the biggest-selling album ever made (Thriller) and transformed music videos into short films that included collaborators from Eddie Murphy and Wesley Snipes to Marlon Brando and Martin Scorsese. A two-time entrant into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Michael Jackson's legacy includes 17 No. 1 songs, 13 Grammy Awards, numerous Guinness World Records, and a fan base that knows no borders. While his personal reputation was stained by strange behavior and sexual molestation charges, Michael Jackson's success as an entertainer is indisputable. With his surviving concert film, Michael Jackson's This Is It, standing as one of the most anticipated film events of 2009, Michael Jackson's success looms just as large in death as it did in life.
Michael Jackson BiographyMichael Jackson was born into what later became one of the most well-known and flat-out successful musical families ever created. Having displayed a keen appreciation for music before his 5th birthday, Michael Jackson took his greatest inspiration from the song and dance moves of James Brown and enjoyed sharing his musical gifts with others. In school, he performed for his classmates before joining his brothers Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson, and Jackie Jackson to form a musical group that became The Jackson Five. As the youngest member of the group, Michael Jackson started as a backup performer, but much greater things were in store. By 1966, he became the face of the group and its lead singer.
In the wake of taking the top prize at a musical talent contest, Michael Jackson and his brothers worked with Indiana-based music label Steeltown, before hitting it big with a recording contract in 1968 from the legendary Motown Records. A year later, the group released its debut song "I Want You Back," the first of four consecutive singles (the others being "ABC," "The Love You Save," "I'll Be There) that topped the Billboard Hot 100 and become favorites for future generations. Barely older than 10, Michael Jackson had already earned the nickname of "genius" by Rolling Stone and appeared as a musical guest on the highly rated Ed Sullivan Show. His giddy performance style made him an audience favorite, but off the stage, life wasn't nearly as happy. Although his father, Joseph Jackson, was the architect of the group, he inflicted physical and emotional abuse on Michael Jackson. The group's runaway success and busy recording schedule also prevented Michael Jackson from having a normal childhood. Even with these obstacles, he did find a friend in musical legend Diana Ross, who lived with him temporarily and offered him further musical inspiration that came through in much of his later material.
michael jackson releases off the wall and thrillerDuring his time with Motown, Michael Jackson began branching out as a solo artist, with his first No. 1 single as a solo musician being 1972's "Ben." While filming a role as The Scarecrow in 1978's The Wiz (which starred Diana Ross), Michael Jackson met musical producer Quincy Jones, and the two soon began an album collaboration for Epic Records. The finished product was 1979's Grammy-winning Off the Wall, which sold more than 20 million units around the world and spawned hits like "Rock With You," "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" and "She's Out of My Life." Even though the album was the first one in U.S. history to have four Top 10 singles, Michael Jackson -- always the perfectionist -- believed that he was capable of something even better.
In 1982, that "something even better" arrived in the form of Thriller. With the album, Michael Jackson raised the musical bar to a success level that no one else has ever reached and also revolutionized the ways that people saw and heared music. The album became the biggest seller in music history and boasted seven singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. One of them was "Beat It," a rock anthem featuring a guitar solo from the one-and-only Eddie Van Halen, while another one was "Billie Jean," a song that first brought Michael Jackson (and black artists) to the attention of MTV. A now legendary live performance of "Billie Jean" was done by Michael Jackson at the 25th anniversary of Motown in 1983, complete with a dance move now universally known as The Moonwalk. The success of the song was especially ironic given that producer Quincy Jones had initially wanted it removed from the album. The title track from Thriller took on a zombie theme for its memorable video -- a short film that became one of MTV's most popular videos ever and spawned dance moves copied around the world by fans and even prisoners.
michael jackson releases bad and dangerousIn the midst of the success of Thriller, Michael Jackson signed an advertising contract with Pepsi, but during the filming of a commercial in 1984, the singer suffered burns to his scalp. His overall appearance began to change, most noticeably his nose and skin color. Where music and popularity were concerned, he stayed in the celebrity driver's seat by cowriting the 1985 all-star charity single, "We Are the World," and starring in his own movie (Moonwalker) and 3-D film Captain Eo (from director Francis Ford Coppola). 1987 saw the release of his next album, Bad. While it didn't sell to Thriller-like numbers, the album did provide more instant classics like "Dirty Diana," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "The Man in the Mirror," and "Smooth Criminal." The latter song featured a patented dance move known as The Anti-Gravity Lean, while the album's title anthem was made into a memorable gang-themed video that was directed by Martin Scorsese.
The release of Bad was followed by a concert tour that played to 4.4 million guests and brought in $125 million, a Guinness World Record. Even so, the years between Bad and the release of Michael Jackson's 1991 album, Dangerous, featured more questions about his appearance and increasingly bizarre rumors. While he lived on the grounds of his privately funded amusement park, Neverland, Michael Jackson was alleged to have bought the bones of John Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) and thought to be regularly sleeping in an oxygen chamber. Both of these rumors were false, but Michael Jackson did disclose that his pale skin was the result of a skin disease called vitiligo.
Dangerous went on to be the singer's second biggest album after Thriller with "Black or White" (a music video featuring Macaulay Culkin), "Remember the Time" (which starred Eddie Murphy and Magic Johnson), and "Will You Be There?" (the anchor to the Free Willy soundtrack) being among the most memorable songs. While the singer's immensely popular 1993 Super Bowl halftime performance showed that he was still a global entertainment force, allegations of child molestation later that year and a substantial multi-million dollar payment from Michael Jackson to his accuser forever tainted his legacy.
michael jackson releases history and prepares this is itAfter marrying Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Jackson sought to rehabilitate his career with the release of HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I in 1995. The album, which featured the hits "Scream" (the most expensive music video ever made) and "You Are Not Alone" had more longevity than the marriage. By the time Michael Jackson's year-long concert tour for HIStory had ended, he was married to Debbie Rowe and a soon-to-be father. Save for two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a 30th anniversary reunion with his brothers at Madison Square Gardens in 2001 and his marginally successful 2001 album, Invincible, Michael Jackson slowly began to fade into eccentric obscurity by wearing surgical masks in public and displaying the effects of cosmetic surgery gone terribly wrong. His career and personal life came to a grinding halt when he was brought to trial in 2005 on counts relating to another accusation of child molestation, but Michael Jackson was ultimately vindicated with a verdict of not guilty.
Four years removed from a Santa Monica courthouse, Michael Jackson offered up a number of shocking surprises in 2009. A full 12 years after his last concert tour, he announced a series of 10 concerts in London that were titled This Is It. Intended as a thank you to his fans and a chance for his own children to see him perform, the concerts were meticulously planned with a number of larger-than-life elements, like 3-D technology, eye-popping sets, aerial dancing, and short film clips. Any questions about Michael Jackson's level of popularity were answered when the enormous degree of public interest expanded the concert series to 50 shows, making them into "must-see" musical events. Michael Jackson described the concerts as "the final curtain call" and he was eerily correct.
On June 25th, 2009, the world stopped when he died suddenly of cardiac arrest from a lethal drug combination. An unprecedented musical memorial service -- watched by over 30 million Americans and featuring the likes of John Mayer, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, and Stevie Wonder -- came next, as did a spike in album sales and digital downloads that reintroduced the music of Michael Jackson to the world all over again. While the concert series never came to be, This Is It still served as Michael Jackson's curtain call for live performing. The surviving rehearsal footage was edited into a concert film. London audiences never got to see him perform in person, but Michael Jackson's colossal legion of fans got to see him on stage and in action one final time when the musical documentary was released worldwide.
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text: House panel moves school reforms forward By Eric Eyre March 19, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- House of Delegates members questioned state school officials Tuesday about a section in Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's education reform bill that removes the state superintendent's $175,000 salary cap and strips down the post's minimum qualifications.Those questions, though, didn't derail the legislation. The House Education Committee unanimously advanced Tomblin's bill (SB359) Tuesday. The committee made no changes.The full House is expected to take a final vote Friday.Tomblin's bill would allow state school board members to pay the superintendent whatever they deem appropriate. State law now limits the superintendent's salary to $175,000.State law also requires that the superintendent have a master's degree in education administration. Tomblin's bill -- at the request of the state school board -- would require a master's degree in any subject.House members said it doesn't make sense for the state to lower the superintendent's qualifications in a bill designed to increase student achievement."I feel educators in this state would expect certain education qualifications," said Delegate Ron Fragale, D-Harrison.State school board President Wade Linger said board members want to widen the pool of people who can apply for the superintendent post."We're not trying to lower the bar," he said. "We just want to widen the number of people eligible for the job."Linger said the master's in education administration requirement was "restrictive." The requirement shut outs potential superintendent applicants such as former West Virginia Govs. Gaston Caperton and Bob Wise, and state school board member Lloyd Jackson, a former state senator who helped write Tomblin's bill."It's a very specific degree, and it's specific to West Virginia," Linger said. "Across the nation, it's a pretty rare degree."Nearly 200 colleges offer a master's in education administration, according to Princeton Review.Several lawmakers also asked about Tomblin's proposal to remove the salary cap.Linger said state school board members would work with the Governor's Office and the Legislature to ensure the next superintendent's salary isn't excessive. Linger noted that current Superintendent Jim Phares is paid $10,000 less than state law permits. "We know you guys control the budget," Phares said. "We don't want to damage that relationship."Linger also took time to praise Tomblin's reform bill, saying it incorporates many recommendations from a statewide education efficiency audit released last year. The state paid an out-of-state consultant $750,000 for the report.Tomblin's bill revamps teacher hiring practices, bolsters pre-kindergarten programs and expands the yearly school calendar. Teachers unions initially opposed the bill, but now support it after lawmakers approved last-minute changes earlier this week."Almost everything in this bill can be found in the recommendations in the audit," Linger said. "There was an awful lot in this thing. There is still more to be done."Reach Eric Eyre at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4869. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Man charged after motorcycle pursuit early Sunday 2 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 3 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 4 Preston County delegate Tony Lewis dies 5 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world Senate committee: Allow electronics in landfills Previous Story Kanawha-Charleston Health Department gets national award for school vaccine clinics Next Story


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The first Filipino American International Book Festival (FilBookFest) is coming to San Francisco's Civic Center on Oct. 1 & 2, 2011. The book festival is the first-ever of its size and focuses on literature, music, art and performances by and from Filipinos and Filipino Americans. Everyone is invited to take part in this free public event to enjoy Philippine literature, culture and food.
The book festival will take place in three adjacent locations in Civic Center: the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., and on Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin streets. Lectures, author readings and panel discussions will take place through the Library; the Asian Art Museum will host culinary demonstrations and tastings; and booksellers, vendors and food booths will be located on Fulton Street.
Among the featured guests at the festival will be Benedicto "Bencab" Cabrera, who is considered the most celebrated Filipino artist of his generation; he will be signing copies of his new book, BenCab: Nude Drawings; also appearing at the festival will be Ambeth Ocampo, who has written Meaning and History, the definitive book about Philippine National Hero José Rizal.
FilBookFest has something for everyone:
- Enjoy fun and informative demonstrations and panel discussions on such topics as how to get published, how to market your book, how to create ebooks, translating ethnic literature, and more.
- Attend lectures on Filipino heroes and Philippine cinema.
- Meet the largest gathering of authors of Filipino heritage outside the Philippines.
- Witness a balagtasan (traditional debate in poetry) by acclaimed balagtasan performers.
- Visit the Main Library's Filipino American Center, one of the few public library institutions dedicated to highlighting the Filipino American experience.
- Bring your children to the Library's Fisher Children's Center for readings of children's books by well-known personalities, videos of Batibot (a popular children's TV program), talks for parents and teachers on various aspects of Filipino culture, and a digital storytelling program where teens can create their own digital stories.
- Be inspired by poetry readings, Spoken Word performances and theatrical renditions of popular novels.
- Enjoy music, comedy and performances by local theater groups.
- Partake of free tastings, food booths and culinary lectures including artist, chef and food columnist Claude Tayag, the author of Kulinarya and Food Tour, and Felice Santa Maria, author of The Governor-General's Kitchen.
FilBookFest is presented by the Literacy Initiatives International Foundation (LIIF), a nonprofit organization; the Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library, the Philippine Consulate, the Asian Art Museum and the Philippine Department of Tourism, in cooperation with TFC/ABS-CBN Foundation International. Among its sponsors are Friends of the San Francisco Public Library; Asia Foundation, the University of San Francisco's Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program, Ramar Foods International, Philippine Airlines, Target and Chevron.
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We will show you before and after photos of the hundreds of previous patients that have undergone procedures similar to those you and Dr. Cherup are contemplating. By showing you patients who are very physically similar to you, you will be able to visualize the kind of surgical result Dr. Cherup will be able to deliver for you.
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Our smartphones are the Swiss Army knives of the digital age. But in place of nail files and can openers, they've leveraged microprocessors, touchscreens, and the omnipresent wireless architecture of the Internet to tackle any problem—from balancing friendships to balancing checkbooks, from navigating the night sky to navigating rush hour traffic. (Remember when telephones, point-and-shoot cameras, portable media players, maps, PDAs, and calculators were all separate items?)
Despite their power and versatility, however, our smartphones can't do everything. We still need discrete devices in everything from survival to entertainment, and we can't unify all of our gadget needs into one device—yet.
Angry Birds is the bestselling game of all time. But when hardcore gamers have an itch to scratch, smartphones don't hold a candle to full-blown gaming consoles.
Interestingly enough, the lack of deep, immersive games on phones is not necessarily a problem with cellphone processors and GPUs: While Xboxes and PlayStations only see hardware upgrades every eight or so years, iOS and Android devices get massive technological improvements every year. The problem may in fact be twofold. The first is obvious in Angry Birds itself, which achieved its phenomenal success largely because of its simplicity. Disposable, casual titles have proven so successful for pocket experiences and are so much cheaper to produce than Hollywood-scale console games, that they have come to dominate mobile gaming while leaving the blockbuster AAA games to consoles. Second is the fact that touchscreens still lack the incredibly accurate controls we get on gamepads (and that gamers like to play Call of Duty on the big screen).
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TRCD board member retires after 10 years of service
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David C. Antonucci has retired from teh Tahoe Resource Conservation District board after 10 years of service.
Antonucci has been a resident of Lake Tahoe for many decades and has a long history in the community as a civil and environmental engineer, as well as a professional writer and historian. He is also known as an avid volunteer and community advocate; he has served with the Kiwanis, as well as on the boards of Squaw Valley Ski Museum and the TRCD.
Antonucci's vast knowledge of water quality and erosion control has served the district well, he was a natural fit for an organization whose mission is to protect Lake Tahoe, according to a press release from TRCD.


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KERA closes out National Gay Pride Month with a program both unusual and intriguing: A glimpse at gay American Indianrican life.
In American Indian culture, there are not two sexes, but four: Men, women, feminine men and masculine women. Persons who embrace the "other" in themselves are seen as having Two Spirits, which is the name of this documentary from Independent Lens. Traditionally, such people have been respected in their tribal cultures (marriages between nadleehi were common), though in modern society there is still some resistance on the reservation.
It wasn't all that bad for Fred Martinez, who early on started dressing in his mother's clothes — sometimes going to school as a boy, sometimes as a girl. "He had a high degree of self-acceptance about who he was," notes one friend.
But somehow these stories never end happily. Fred was eventually gay-bashed in a brutal murder that the local authorities refused to categorize as a hate crime.
What sets Two Spirits apart from the usual gay-crime procedural — introduce the victim, explain and humanize him, lay out the crime, walk through the hunt for the killer and the trial — is that the latter part doesn't really happen. The murderer is caught quickly and pleads guilty. That frees up a lot of the hour-long doc to concentrate not on the perpetrator —nor even the victim himself — but on the culture and its approach to queer issues. It's a perspective not often seen in reference to gay life, and completely compelling.
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MIAMI - LeBron James scored 24 points and the Miami Heat had an edge in rebounding for a change Sunday to beat the woeful Washington Wizards 99-71.
The Heat, beaten on the boards by a total of 38 rebounds over the previous three games, this time enjoyed a 50-39 advantage. Udonis Haslem led them with 12 rebounds.
Miami scored the game's final 21 points and held Washington scoreless over the last 7:07.
James extended his streaks of scoring at least 20 points to 32 consecutive games this season, and 53 in a row including last year's playoff run.
The Wizards, last in the NBA in points and shooting, hit 36 percent. They lost their fifth game in a row and fell to 0-13 on the road against Eastern Conference teams.PHOTOS: Heat vs. Wizards
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I developed a strange headakes over the 5 years time. Some upseting news in the past caused a lot of tensions in the head area, and gradually grown into chronical headakes. I often wake up w/heaviness in the rear part of my head. Location changes from back to front or middle part of head during the day. It is sometimes acompanied by slight nausea. It doesn`t alow my head to turn fast, and slowing me down a lot(speach, memory, concentration). At time of these headakes I feel like I am 75, even so I just turned 51. My doctor said, that I should try taking Vioxx, and then he will continue experiments. What could be possible reason? Should I eliminate these trial and errow research, and go to see the neurologist instead? Wouldn`t it be a better way to diagnose the problem rather sooner, and start treating it?
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Minutes after after an 80-year-old man in a wheelchair was struck and killed crossing Edgewood Avenue on Wednesday evening, a driver was arrested for leaving the scene, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Roberts was transported to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, where he died.
Investigators were told by witnesses that the driver, Steven Bradstreet, pulled over and got out to check his vehicle for damage. The eyewitnesses said the driver then jumped back in the vehicle and squealed his tires as he sped away.
Bradstreet, 23, was pulled over a short distance away by a patrol officer who heard the impact of the crash and saw witnesses chasing the suspect vehicle. Bradstreet (pictured right) was charged with fleeing the scene of an accident involving a death.
Police said Roberts was not in a crosswalk and that section of South Edgewood avenue is poorly lit.
"We all think it's a tragedy," Roberts' neighbor, John Merritt, said of his death. "You hate to hear that happen to anyone you know."
Merritt said he knows it's hard for many of the elderly people who live at the complex to safely cross the road.
"I mean, if you're not watching what you're doing, especially at night, and you know, cars speed along here, too," Merritt said.
The concern for some residents is that the crosswalk is too quick. Channel 4's Elizabeth Cate said it took her about 25 seconds to get across walking at a brisk pace. In a wheelchair, it may be more difficult to do so in a timely manner.
"I think if they had a sign just before or just after this place or something like that, that you have a facility here that people don't always move fast," said Frank Safford, a friend of Roberts.
Aside from making the intersection less dangerous, Channel 4 safety expert Ken Jefferson believes it's important for people riding in powered scooters to take extra precaution, especially at night.
"What they need to do is make sure that the driver sees them, wave at them, make some noise, do something, get the attention of the driver so they can proceed across the street," Jefferson said.
Bradstreet has three previous driving citations, two for careless driving and one for speeding.
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CHICAGO — Clear Lam Packaging Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., has introduced PrimaPak, a flexible and stackable line of containers.
The company, which recently expanded its Elk Grove forming films division with a $2 million upgrade, showcased the new packaging from Oct. 28-31 at Pack Expo 2012.
"The key is that it stacks," said group president and chief marketing officer Roman Forowycz, adding that it offers "massive weight savings" because the flexible rollstock weighs less and takes up less truck space than preformed container material.
"It is produced from a single roll of film and incorporates a recloseable Peel and ReSeal Lidding Film for added consumer convenience," Forowycz said.
The new Peel and ReSeal Lidding Film, geared to eliminate preformed, rigid lids, features an easy-to-open design improving assembly line efficiency and was also showcased at the Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit 2012 from Oct. 26-28 in Anaheim, Calif., where it was a finalist in the Impact Packaging Awards.
Suppliers can put more on pallets and consumers will throw away less plastic with Peel and ReSeal Lidding Film, Forowycz said.
Clear Lam worked with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to develop the new film, which saves up to 20% on plastic.
Shelf life is improved because the lid is sealed on the package, and it allows for respiration laser perforations, Forowycz said.
Also, without the formed plastic lid, more units can be stacked on a pallet, he said.
The containers are ideal for nuts, fresh-cut and diced produce and snacks such as carrots, apple slices and grapes, Forowycz said.
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Children enjoyed getting messy during a creative craft session involving cats, ponies and even extra-terrestrials.
Youngsters aged five to 12 made masks featuring aliens and cats, as well as 'peg ponies', using pegs for legs and feet, at the session at Otley Courthouse.
Volunteer Glenis Burgess said: "It was great. The kids were really wonderful. They were so focused on what they were doing."
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Editor's note: As part of our partnership with Nightly Business Report, TheStreet's Debra Borchardt will join NBR Monday (check local listings) to discuss the market fascination with Facebook.NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Internet initial public offerings can be compared to rising Hollywood stars: they start off with great promise and fanfare while some dwindle away to obscurity and others take home the Oscar. Facebook ( FB) had the biggest star hype, but was also characterized as having the sloppiest launch. As a result of the botched IPO the company has been subject to hyper criticism. That's why the announcement of a mysterious press event on January 15th has drawn so much attention. It's a true red carpet moment. Most new companies take it personal when the market turns on them after going public. The bankers have fawned all over them during the IPO process and behaved like a Hollywood entourage - Wall Street style. So, it's more than a little disconcerting for them to vanish once the stock is public and the critics knives come out. Didn't you just love me yesterday? Facebook suffered that A-list, D-list turnabout, and is now reaching for its comeback. The biggest criticism against Facebook from Wall Street critics was its ability to actually make money. So expect that this meeting will have some revenue aspect attached to it. Why else make all this hoopla? The speculation has run the gamut from a Facebook-related phone device to advertising to revenue attempts through paid messaging. Whichever it is - rest assured this announcement will feature some box of money that Facebook has found the key to open. More graphs of the amount of increasing active users on mobile just won't cut it. CEO Mark Zuckerberg knows he's got to bring it and it looks like he will. He is not going down without a fight. The stock is heading back to its original IPO price of $38 and this announcement could pull people back into the stock. If anything, it shows that Facebook is not content to collect its offering money and then sit back. So for the investors that were ridiculed for buying it back at $21, enjoy your profits - you may see them go even higher. Facebook's star is shining again. Zynga ( ZNGA)hasn't shown the same kind of fight that Facebook has shown. The criticism for this stock when it went public was that it was a one hit wonder and too dependent upon Facebook for its reach to its users. Zynga tried to diversify its game through acquisitions, but none of those games were nearly as successful as its Farmville franchise. Then it attempted to saturate the market with Farmville-like games. It turned out the market really wasn't interested in desperate attempts to copy Farmville. Designers fled the company and it was widely reported to be a toxic working environment.
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Reporter: "What did you learn from watching the New England film?"
Luck: "You can't give good teams two pick-sixes."
Great sound bite. But Luck didn't stop there.
"You can't score on the first two drives and then sort of peter out," he said. "We did some good things as well, but realize you can't make mistakes because elite teams like the New England Patriots will beat you with them."
Luck and the Colts weren't devastated by the 35-point loss at New England, and that's the good thing about the young offensive leader and his young team. It helps that perspective is always a thought away with the "CP" stickers on their locker and the "ChuckStrong" poster on the wall. Their coach, Chuck Pagano, continues to fight leukemia, and that puts fleeting Sunday beatings in their place.
The Colts "flushed" the New England performance and start today in earnest preparing for a home game with the Buffalo Bills this Sunday.
What I like about Luck, as a longtime observer of his predecessor (Peyton Manning, not Dan Orlovsky), is how much he already understands the business of being an NFL quarterback.
He tolerates the media and tries to be thoughtful on the occasional thoughtful question. He understands that game-day plays, good or bad, are moments for growth and not to be lingered on.
On the field and off, he seems like one tough son of a quarterback.
"Once you sit down and watch the film, hear the critiquing, the criticism…you sort of flush it and on to the next one," Luck said. "If this was the last game of the year and you're done, it would sting a lot more. But it's not. We've got a lot to play for."
Luck isn't much for reviewing and basking in the good moments, such as his two touchdown passes to T.Y. Hilton. But interim coach Bruce Arians has shown a perfect touch in developing the rookie, drawing from Arians' past success with Manning and Ben Roethlisberger.
Arians proffered the thought that all was not bad in the New England loss.
"Our first two drives were outstanding," Arians said. "We ran the football at a 5.0 (per carry) clip and we had four negative plays because of mental errors, so it could have been even better."
Run defense was another positive, Arians said, as was third-down percentage and red-zone success.
The No.1 negative, Arians said, was protecting the football. Luck threw two picks and fumbled the ball on a sack.
Luck's reaction to each of those was similar. He was mad at himself. He said as much afterward.
"Each time he comes off the field, good, bad or indifferent, we have a moment and talk about what happened," Arians said. "Then I send him over to Clyde (Christensen, quarterbacks coach) and they go through the pictures."
Then, Arians sends Luck back out.
Even trailing by 28 points late in the New England game, Luck remained at quarterback. Arians had no thought of putting backup Drew Stanton in.
"I told (Luck) in the fourth quarter you're no different than the guy you replaced and his first trip up here, it's almost deja vu," Arians said. "Just keep battling, keep slinging it out there and see what you can learn the rest of the way in this game."
Manning used to play every minute of every game, regardless of the score, win (as he so did for a decade) or lose (as he did in the early days).
"There's no reason to put anybody else in the ballgame when you're the guy," Arians said. "Go out there and learn something from the next coverage, the next throw, something more about your guys in the huddle. It speaks volumes about how tough he is both mentally and physically and the way he plays."
Luck went back out and soaked in more knowledge. The next day, he was at his locker again, circled by reporters.
"We'll take the lessons," Luck said, "and move on."
The more I see Luck, the more he sounds like the guy who used to be in the circle. Luck's good times versus New England will arrive someday, too.


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No I haven't reached the hater stage.
Seriously though, yesterday's game was one of the few times where Peyton was absolutley being selfish looking for a record. One of those times he was so sure the Colts had a mortal lock to win that he (or was it Moore?) did not think of the team first. It's only one game and hopefully a reminder that the Colts and Peyton need to layoff reading the newspaper clippings for awhile.
And on the same token..... Bob Sanders you're one of the biggest hitters in football. So what, when a guy bounces off without you trying to make a tackle you didn't do your job.
Just on a little rant here guys. Methodical will win us a championship, inflated egos and we're watching at home again.


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|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Feasibility of an Exercise Intervention In HIV+ Older Adults
- Change in Feasibility [ Time Frame: At day zero of the study and after 12 weeks of intervension. ]To develop and establish the feasibility of home-exercise(HOME-EX)in HIV positive subjects as evaluated by measuring exercise adherence and acceptability, exercise intensity and adverse events. We hypothesize that HOME-EX is a feasible and safe intervention for HOA.
- Change in Efficacy [ Time Frame: At day zero of the study and after 12 weeks of intervension. ]To determine the potential efficacy of HOME-EX in HIV positive adults in improving physical function as evaluated by the physical performance test (PPT). We hypothesize that physical function will improve in the HOME-EX group compared to the CONTROL group.
- Change in Autonomy [ Time Frame: At day zero of the study and after 12 weeks of intervension. ]To determine the potential efficacy of HOME-EX in HIV positive on exercise-related psychological mediators as evaluated by the SDT-based questionnaires. We hypothesize that the HOME-EX group will report greater perceived autonomy support, more autonomous self-regulation, higher intrinsic motivation and perceived competence compared to the CONTROL group.
|Study Start Date:
|December 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Motivational Counseling: Six patient-centered motivational counseling sessions based on the self-determination theory (SDT) of behavior change will be conducted with the patients in the HOME-EX group over 12 weeks.
Exercise Intervention: an individually tailored home-based exercise program performed 5-7 days a week that consists of walking prescription, and individualized strength training exercise designed to provide moderately intense progressive resistance exercise. Subjects will be given a set of 3 color-coded therapeutic resistance bands representing varying levels of resistance and they will start with a number of sets which is customized for each individual and they will be encouraged to progressively increase from their individual baseline sets.
Other: HOME-EX
Motivational Counseling: The first session will be an hour face-to-face interview to establish a rapport with subjects, assess motives and competence. The rest will be 30 min. phone calls to assess week's performance and agree on an action plan for next 2 weeks.
Exercise Intervention: Using the average number of steps for each subject from their baseline assessment, the targeted number of steps the subject needs to walk every day will be calculated. The individualized strength training exercise will target the upper and lower body. If possible, they will be encouraged to progressively increase from their individual baseline sets and repetitions to a maximum of 4 sets of 15 repetitions for each exercise
No Intervention: Control
Subjects are instructed to maintain their usual activities during the study period. This group did not receive any PA counseling or recommendations.
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive, both genders, all races, English speaking individuals, age 45 years or older, on HAART before enrollment. .
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject will be excluded if he/she has history or currently has severe cardiopulmonary illness, severe orthopedic or neuromuscular impairments, significant cognitive or sensory impairments, history of active malignancy, untreated depression, manic or psychotic disorder, and normal PPT score.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01984060
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester/ Strong Memorial Hospital
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|Principal Investigator:
|Krupa Shah, M.D., M.P.H.
|University of Rochester
|Responsible Party:
|Krupa Shah, M.D. Assistant professor, University of Rochester
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01984060 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1K23AG043319-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|October 24, 2013
|Last Updated:
|May 10, 2016
Keywords provided by Krupa Shah, University of Rochester:
Physical Activity
Physical Function
Autonomous Motivation
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Dec 22, 2011
My Christmas Home Tour, the nostalgic version...
22 comments:
- My Shabby Streamside Studio said...
Ooooh, another set of pics from your house during the holidays, I'm putting this on Facebook!
God Jul,
- December 22, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- WhyCuzICan said...
What a charming white Christmas deco you have done this year-- lovely!
Visiting from French Country Cottage's Feathered Nest Friday linky party today,
~Suzanne in NW Illinois
Merry Christmas!
- December 22, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- NanaDiana said...
I am just loving all the nostalgic pictures here. You did a beautiful job, Bella! Merry Christmas to you my friend. xo Diana
- December 22, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Heather Jacob said...
two words...." absolutely magical ".... big hugz for xmas xoxo
- December 22, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Cottage and Broome said...
Love the skates and pretty to see a black and white post. Have a wonderful holiday, Laura
- December 22, 2011 at 8:10 PM
- The Cranky Queen said...
Love all of your decor and photography is fab! I really am in love with the cage converted to a light! Tiff...visit my blog palace anytime!
- December 22, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- frenchbeautymark said...
Oooh. Your Christmas decor is so inviting. It makes me want to sip hot cocoa in front of your fireplace. I just discovered your blog and your amazing photos. Scrumptious!
- December 23, 2011 at 12:10 AM
- It's me said...
Beautiful darling !!...xxx...Merry Christmas ...xxx..
- December 23, 2011 at 12:52 AM
- Kerryanne @ Shabby Art Boutique said...
Both your photos and your house are gorgeous Bella.
I'd love it if you'd consider linking this post to my Simply Christmas Inspiration party ~ http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/2011/12/inspiration-friday_23.html
Merry Christmas
- December 23, 2011 at 1:03 AM
- Shirley said...
Your home is beautiful and I wish you a very Merry Christmas..
- December 23, 2011 at 5:56 AM
- Larry said...
Merry Christmas to you Bella... sincerely, Larry
- December 23, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- Jacqueline~Cabin and Cottage said...
Don't you love it all together? Just beautiful! You got some dreamy shots! Merry Beautiful Christmas! Ho ho ho! xx
- December 23, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- chateau de fleurs said...
Can I come to your house for Christmas? It all looks so beautiful and I can see your loving hand in all the preparations! XO Christie
- December 23, 2011 at 7:20 AM
- Honey at 2805 said...
What charming and peaceful you have created for your beautiful home. It's breathtaking, my friend!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful post at Potpourri Friday! Have a very Merry Christmas and wonderful Holiday Season!
- December 23, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- Olga said...
Very beautiful! Merry Christmas!!!
- December 23, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- Gayle said...
Oh I am the one swooning Bella, your house is simply a little slice of heaven! I adore the stairway and the painted banister although it would have taken great courage for me to paint over the wood. But it was so worth it! Wishing you a blessed Christmas,
- December 23, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- maría cecilia said...
Dear Bella, wishing you and family a beautiful and very happy christmas time!!!
lots of hugs dear
- December 23, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Heather Jacob said...
what a magnificent post ... this was an amazing adventure gliding through a sea of divine white on white with sparkles of silver .... beautiful... big hugz and wishing you and your family a magical xmas xoxo
- December 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- saltbox treasures said...
All is gorgeous, Bella! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
~ Julie
- December 27, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Passionate for White said...
In a word....stunning!
- December 27, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- micky said...
Your blog is so lovely. The decorations are very nice.
- December 27, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- Sherry said...
Beautiful! Thank you for joining me at Home Sweet Home!
- December 28, 2011 at 8:07 PM


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Google (GOOG) has become a tech company focused on a number of things: social, Android, ads, YouTube, Chrome, and research. The company will have some megahits in the years ahead and shares are worth more than $900 each, revealing substantial upside from current levels.
Giving away one's mobile operating system certainly isn't as profitable as selling one (at least in the short term), but Google is betting that stealing market share will inevitably lead to dominance, which it will be able to exploit later. That strategy has made the Android OS the most used mobile operating system in the world, with Apple (AAPL) second and Blackberry a distant third. But the open source code of the Android OS may lead to lower retention rates.
Lower retention rates for its system may not be totally Google's fault. The problem may actually lie with the hardware manufacturers. HTC, Samsung, LG and Motorola all use the Android OS, but the experience differs across producers. Further, the actual quality of the hardware is inconsistent and users don't have the option of going to an "Android store" for repairs and refunds. We've seen a shift in the Android market to consumers primarily purchasing the luxury phones like the Galaxy SIII and the Note.
In earlier research, we noted that we expect retention rates for Android to be lower than iOS (Apple's operating system). We think iOS will likely become the leader in market share in the U.S. But since most carriers do not subsidize phones like carriers in the U.S., it looks like Android will dominate global market share due to lower average selling prices on smartphones. Rumors have surfaced that Apple may try to build a cheap phone to compete, but we think they'd rather lose market share than put downward pressure on margins.
Furthermore, Android has yet to penetrate the tablet market. While Research in Motion (RIMM) and Microsoft (MSFT) have yet to pose a competitive threat, we don't see Android tablets gaining the market share or stickiness of the iPad.
With more than 100 million members, one would think Google+ is a thriving social network. But that doesn't seem to be the case. The April 9 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek revealed that users spend an average of 2.5 minutes per month on Google+ vs. 7.5 hours per month on Facebook (FB).
Admittedly, Google+ has several cool features unavailable on other social networks like hangouts, where you can Web chat with a group of friends, and circles, which allow you to decide who you share your posts with. But features don't create a social network, networks do.
Unlike Facebook or Twitter, where one must consciously go through the sign-up process, Google+ takes two minutes for users with Gmail accounts. So, we think the actual new user base is significantly smaller.
Although we aren't particularly bullish on Android or Google+, let's not forget about Google's search/ad business. Though Bing seems to be gaining market share, which Forbes estimates was at 15.1% at the end of 2011, Google still dominates, with 66% of the search market. Adsense still generates the vast majority of Google's high-margin revenue.
Much like social, we think Facebook and Twitter are bigger threats to search than Bing or Yahoo! Facebook and Twitter are getting so good at dominating users' time spent on the Web that companies now post their Twitter handles or Facebook pages on commercials and in stores, rather than their own websites.
The big risk for Google is that Internet users bypass Google and go directly to Facebook and Twitter to search for what they want. Search functionality might be mediocre on Facebook, but remember that Microsoft owns nearly 2% of Facebook and could lend some of its search technologies to improve the user experience.
It also appears that mobile ads are stealing market share from desktop ads, but mobile ads seem to lack the same ROI and aren't nearly as effective as desktop ads. Facebook reported fantastic increases in mobile ad sales and we see Instagram as another potential mobile revenue driver. Google will have to focus on innovating in the mobile market in order to stay relevant to advertisers looking to reach consumers via smartphones and tablets.
But it's important to remember that Google does -- and will likely continue to -- dominate the rest of the Web. Adsense is still among the top advertisement products in terms of ROI and its share is dominant. This will continue to fuel Google's profitability.
Research and Development
If there's one area that could propel Google far above our fair value estimate, we think it lies in research and development. With an army of engineers and brilliant computer scientists, some amazingly innovative products could come out of research and development at Google.
Project Glass was released in early April, and while it may not be for everyone, it's certainly exciting. Glasses that allow you to control social networks, search and take pictures all-in-one seems more like a sci-fi fantasy rather than a possible reality. But Google is working on it.
In Google's home state of California, the company recently won government approval for testing cars that drive themselves. Google Fiber is another project that could be a game-changer in the Internet realm. The test city is Kansas City, where the company rolled out its Internet fiber optics network.


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Image: Whiskered Pipefish, Halicampus macrorhynchus, Solomon Islands, 1998
One of the strange-looking fishes collected at Lakao Island was the Whiskered Pipefish, Halicampus macrorhynchus.
The species is very difficult to see underwater because of the blotched colouration and dermal (skin) flaps. These flaps along the dorsal surface (back) of the fish and under the snout give the fish an irregular outline.
This fish was previously called the Ornate Pipefish.
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The one thing you guys on the "easier schedule" argument will never answer me is how then did we beat the Hawks & the Bucks? You do realize that when O'Brien was our coach we had lost several games in a row to both teams and in fact would lose to the Hawks quit frequently by double digits. Yet since Vogel has taken over we have winning records vs. both of them.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
No I'm sorry but we were the weaker schedule prior to O'Brien being fired. In other words when teams looked at the calendar saw our names on it and marked it off as an easy game.
When O'Brien was fired he was 10 games below .500 in fact his tenure in Indiana was below .500% Vogel was not the beneficiary of any type of magic trick or schedule fluke, he changed the entire structure of the team.
From day one he said Danny Granger was going to take better shots, he said we were going to play a smash mouth style of game. In other words were going to take everything that Jim O'Brien did as a coach and throw it out the window and guess what, it worked.
Instead of Roy Hibbert playing 20 min a game in the high post he started running a double low post offense. Instead of James Posey getting the most min. of any of our power forwards he deactivated him & played him one time the rest of the year. Instead of a passing motion offense he put the ball back in our point guards hands & Darren Collison started to play much better.
Why did the players give up on Jim O'Brien? Many coach's are hated by their players as you have said, but they don't as a group collectively give up very often so why now? The answer is simple and not complex at all. You can get by with being a disciplinarian and even somewhat of miserable person if you are a winner, but when your system doesn't win & you can't or won't adapt to any other system then the players you have are going to lose faith in you.
I'll accept a lot of stuff about O'Brien's time here but I won't EVER accept people saying the team only played better because of an easier schedule and even though you also threw in the caveat that the team had given up on O'Brien I won't accept that either because it implies that the team would have had a winning record the rest of the season under Jim & that was just never going to happen.


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Editor's Note: This article was originally publishedat 6:51 a.m. ET on Real Money on May 16. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money.NEW YORK ( Real Money) --Here's a visionary memo I am writing now for people in the press one year from now: "As of today, we will no longer do 'wall-to-wall' coverage of 13F filings, because it doesn't help our viewers or our readers." The visionary memo continues: "This cottage industry of looking at filings, most of which are extremely dated, causes people who aren't sophisticated enough in the process to make wrong moves." But, because the writer of the memo doesn't want to push back 100%, he adds, "There will be exceptions. We will continue to cover what Warren Buffett buys and sells, because his fund is not a hedge fund darting in and out of stocks. We will also, if we believe it to be the case, cover funds that seem to be struggling, like John Paulson's gold fund. But, beyond this, we are simply going to de-emphasize the breathless reporting on these matters, because at a certain point we have to conclude that it is our equivalent of prurience and nothing more than that." I know, harsh memo. I am a harsh guy. Honestly, though, the obsession with this stuff is nonsense. I remember having an assistant fill out these forms and thinking, "Oh yeah, I remember firing that guy and having to dump his portfolio," or, "Gee, I got rid of that position right after this filing was due, but I have to include it." Plus, let's face it, these filings are really late -- so who knows? I am sure there are plenty of people who are back in who had left a position at the time of the filing. What do I think makes a story here, then? I think if you can call a manager who bought or sold a significant position and that manager articulates to you why he purchased it or dumped it, then you actually have a story. Of course, this is provided that the person hasn't changed his mind in the interim, thus making the next filing different. Barring that, even covering the stuff is totally misleading. Did Julian Robertson sell his Apple ( AAPL) stake because Apple's bad? Did he sell it because he doesn't like tech? Did he sell it because he wanted Apple TV? Did he sell it because he wanted no exposure to the market? Perhaps because it was down to tag ends? Maybe he wanted a bigger dividend? I mean, honestly, what the heck do we know?
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Coconut-Macadamia Nut Cookies
Makes 30
Note: This cookie recipe does not include eggs.
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup regular oats
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup golden raisins
1/3 cup flaked sweetened coconut
1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons honey
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine flour, oats, sugar, raisins, coconut and macadamia nuts; stir well with a whisk.
2. Combine butter, water and honey; stir well. Add butter to flour mixture, stirring until well-blended.
3. Drop by level tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto greased baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until almost set. Cool on pan 2 to 3 minutes, until cookies are firm. Remove from pan, then finish cooling on wire racks.
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The charred frames of trailers and the twisted metal of cars are a somber reminder of the tragedy on I-75. One year ago, on a stretch of interstate near Gainesville, 11 people died after fog and smoke from a nearby wildfire made it nearly impossible for drivers to see.
The Florida Highway Patrol closed the road, but by 3:30 in the morning conditions improved. The interstate was reopened over the objections of at least one trooper.
An investigated concluded poor communications among troopers contributed to the crash. FHP responded saying nothing they could have done would have changed the outcome.
And FHP is remaining quiet on the terrible anniversary. A spokesperson for the patrol tells me they're not commenting oncamera because of possible future lawsuits. But actions speak louder than words and FHP has already taken significant steps.
Each troop now has a watch supervisor in charge of monitoring conditions and will conduct annual reviews of its road closing procedures.
These billboards are part of FHP's low visibility campaign, but maybe the biggest awareness weapon of them all is the tragedy itself.
At a rest stop near the state capital we met Ray Watkins, a retired race car driver from England, where fog is a constant problem.
"I was surprised they didn't have all the signs out, very surprised. You won't let that happen anymore, will ya?" said Watkins.
Tuesday Ray loaded up his car with friends and family at his vacation home near Gainesville. They headed toward north, avoiding I-75. There are even more changes in the works. The Florida Department of Transportation has money to put digital warning signs in dangerous areas. There are also talks or putting closed circuit TV cameras on roadways to monitor conditions.


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Would You Vote For Me?Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Who could have said this?
Those whose party starts with an "R"
Hope that my senate career doesn't go far,
While those whose party starts with a "D"
Might be pleased to vote for me.
Two kids ran up the first part of my name, namely Jack and Jill,
And my husband is kind of famous, his name being Bill.
You may know who I am by now, and if this was easy please forgive;
But for you others, one last clue: In a famous house for eight years we did live.
AnswerHillary Clinton
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