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Topic: Other treatment alternatives
My wife has non-resectable bile duct cancer and is not a candidate for a liver transplant. She can no longer take radioembolization with Y-90 or chemotherapy.
I was thinking about checking with MD Anderson and Mayo in Jacksonville to see if they had any other therapies that she might tolerate.
I know MD Anderson has a Proton therapy. However I don't know if it works on Bile Duct Cancer.
Has anyone been to either of these hospitals and received anything other than chemo or radiation?

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WASHINGTON -- Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was asked to play in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, but turned it down because he wanted to get back into the swing of things during Spring Training.
"It's the first Spring Training I can really be with the big league club," Harper said. "Hopefully, in four years, I will do the WBC then."
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Broncos' defense has changed, but is it for the better?
You may have heard that Peyton Manning has replaced Tim Tebow as the Broncos' starting quarterback this season.
But that's not the change for Denver that likely will determine the outcome of Sunday's game at Gillette Stadium.
It's on the other side of the ball.
In two meetings against the Broncos last season (regular season and postseason), Patriots quarterback Tom Brady completed 49 of 68 passes (72.1 percent) for 683 yards, 8 touchdowns, and 1 interception for a passer rating of 149.8.
Brady was unstoppable in the 45-10 playoff victory, completing 76.5 percent of his passes for 363 yards, and tied an NFL playoff record with six touchdown passes. The Patriots set a franchise playoff record for points and total net yards (509).
The Broncos couldn't cover the Patriots, and they couldn't get to Brady. In the two meetings combined, Brady was pressured 13 times. That's about average for one game. In the playoff game, the Broncos pressured Brady just five times despite blitzing on 37.5 percent of the snaps.
Since then, former Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio has replaced Dennis Allen (Raiders coach) as defensive coordinator.
The Broncos also brought in two new secondary players. Right cornerback Tracy Porter replaced Andre Goodman, who is no longer in the league after getting torched by Deion Branch on a 61-yard touchdown pass. And Mike Adams replaced veteran Brian Dawkins (retirement) and Quinton Carter (knee surgery).
Have the changes worked? Not yet, judging by the 31-25 loss in Week 3 to the Texans, when Matt Schaub threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns, including plays of 60 and 52 yards on terribly blown coverages by Porter and Adams.
The Broncos held Carson Palmer to 202 yards and zero touchdowns in a 37-6 victory last Sunday, but that's the Raiders.
A closer look at the Broncos:
The Broncos are still coordinated by the impressive Mike McCoy, who is deft at changing his scheme to fit his personnel (think Tebow). McCoy has adopted much of what Manning was comfortable with in Indianapolis, but has kept an element of the run game with Willis McGahee, who has battled rib injuries and constantly goes in and out of the game.
Lance Ball is the usual backup, but third-round pick Ronnie Hillman has received more playing time. He has some moves in space, but doesn't play as fast as his timed speed (4.45 seconds in the 40-yard dash).
Manning has completed 64.7 percent of his passes with eight touchdowns. He looks like his old self when he gathers before throwing. But get him off-balance and he really floats the ball now.
The Broncos love their "11'' personnel with McGahee, tight end Joel Dreessen/Jacob Tamme, and receivers Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, and Brandon Stokley/Andre Caldwell.
Denver has used a flanker bubble screen to the gazelle-like Thomas for big plays this season. Tamme is a tweener as a tight end/receiver.
The offensive line was dealt a big blow when center J.D. Walton was lost for the season last week. Former Patriot Dan Koppen takes over, and against the Texans he performed about the same as in his final camp with the Patriots: He had trouble sustaining blocks one-on-one, and didn't move well to the second level. But Koppen is smart, tough, and can make up for his limitations with his mind.
Left tackle Ryan Clady is back to playing at an All-Pro level after being inconsistent in 2011. Left guard Zane Beadles is solid. Both right guard Manny Ramirez and right tackle Orlando Franklin struggle at times.
Del Rio blitzes more than Allen (60 percent of the snaps against the Raiders), and likes to bring athletic weak-side linebacker Wesley Woodyard and nickel back Chris Harris from the slot.
Del Rio also has his front doing a lot of walking around before the snap, which has caused issues for Brady.
Right end Elvis Dumervil and strong-side linebacker Von Miller were not healthy at the end of last season, but they are now, with a combined 5½ sacks. They dominated against the Raiders. Second-round pick Derek Wolfe becomes an inside rusher on passing downs.
Tackles Justin Bannan, Kevin Vickerson, and Mitch Unrein are weak spots in the middle. Newcomers Porter and Adams are big weaknesses in the secondary, and free safety Rahim Moore also has problems in coverage.
Left cornerback Champ Bailey is still stellar. Middle linebacker Joe Mays returns from a one-game suspension.
The Broncos don't threaten on returns with Omar Bolden (kickoffs) and former Jets safety Jim Leonhard (punts). Expect the Patriots punt team to be alert. Broncos coordinator Jeff Rodgers takes chances with some unorthodox calls, and they blocked a punt against the Raiders.
Kicker Matt Prater has a huge leg, and Rodgers is not afraid to call fakes (pass against Raiders was incomplete).
Punter Britton Colquitt (48.0 average/44.0 net) is one of the AFC's best.


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|Saturday December 01, 2012 @01:39PM
|Half of GitHub Code Unsafe To Use (If You Want Open Source)
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|Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:35PM
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|Friday July 13, 2012 @08:58PM
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|Saturday July 07, 2012 @04:36PM
|Ex-Nokia Staff To Build MeeGo-based Smartphones
|Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:59AM
|Locked-Down Tablets Endanger FLOSS For End Users
|Thursday June 07, 2012 @01:14PM
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|Tuesday May 01, 2012 @08:15AM
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|Saturday March 03, 2012 @07:42AM
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|Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:31PM
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|Saturday July 23, 2011 @05:28PM
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I would like to share a bit of good news in the fight against cholangiocarcinoma.
In May 2012 my 58 yr. old husband was diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma/Klatskin Tumor.
One of his doctors at our local hospital tried twice to place stents into his bile ducts, both times were unsuccessful. We were referred to Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy who at the time was at Tampa General Hospital but is now at Florida Hospital in Tampa.
Once at Tampa General Hospital my husband went through many tests and had stents with two external drains to help the liver drain. On our first meeting with Dr Rosemurgy he swiftly described my husband's Bile Duct cancer as terminal and surgery was not an option. He estimated survival time to be 9 to 18 months and guessed that he may have had this cancer for as long as 5 to 10 years or more. As he went to leave my husband's hospital room he stated that he wanted to take home my husband's scans and file and look at one possible option and discuss the next day.
The next day Dr. Rosemurgy explained that there is a procedure that basically blocks off one side of the liver therefore allowing the other side to hopefully grow and hopefully allowing surgery to be an option.
In my husband's case they would block off the right side of the liver (embolization) with hopes his left would grow. We knew there was nothing to think about, it was the only option. The very next day his embolization was done along with cardiac testing to ensure his heart was in good health for such a detailed surgery.
After six weeks we were told the left side of the liver had grown, just not quite enough to where Dr. Rosemurgy felt that surgery would be an option. So we were sent home for another six week period at which time the c-scan showed no further growth. With surgery not an option still Dr. Rosemurgy didn't give up he scheduled the very next morning a re-embolization of my husband's right side of his liver. He had noticed the right side showed signs of trying to regenerate so that is the reason for repeating the embolization. After another 6 week period sadly the s-scan showed very little growth but Dr. Rosemurgy who never gave up on my husband left the decision to proceed with surgery to us.
So on Tuesday Oct. 16th 2012 my husband had 5 hours of surgery and when Dr. Rosemurgy came out to meet with me his exact words were "I could not have asked for any part of his surgery to go better", "all margins are clear". He explained that he himself could not even sleep the night before because he had never done this surgery with leaving a patient with so little liver left. My husband's liver prior to surgery was estimated to be 2400 cc's and after surgery to be 400 cc's….It would just be a matter of finding out if the liver is able to perform over the next few days or week after surgery. They did not have to do a complete Whipple procedure; they removed the right side of the liver, most of the bile ducts and some of the left side of his liver. He basically rebuilt his bile ducts to make a new path for the liver to flow.
Well after 5 days in ICU and about 6 days on a regular ward we were told that even the testing on microscopic margins were clear, the cancer never moved from his bile ducts and he was given a complete clear on all margins and lymph nodes.
Today being a little over 6 weeks since surgery my husband improves more each day......He will have chemo just before or after Christmas to ensure nothing was missed…..So please make sure to get the second or third opinion and make sure it is with a specialist in the field for Cholangiocarcinoma. I can tell you we owe everything to Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy who never gave up…….


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Swindon Mayor Nick Martin has officially resigned from the post this morning in the wake of a scandal over remarks he made about disabled people.
The Shaw ward councillor said he was considering his position last week after an inquiry by the standards committee found he had made a derogatory comment in a meeting last October.
Coun Martin has come under immense pressure to resign from the post of mayor after being asked to apologise for using derogatory language towards disabled people.
In the meeting, overheard by several other councillors, he said: "Are we still letting those Mongols have sex with each other?"
A standards committee investigation found the mayor to be in breach of the Members' Code of Conduct because of what he said and ordered him to apologise.
In a letter to Swindon Council's Borough Solicitor Stephen Taylor, Coun Martin said:
"Dear Stephen,
"It is with regret that I submit my resignation as Mayor of the Borough of Swindon with immediate effect.
"Following the accusations against me, I have cooperated with the independent Standards investigation, I have accepted the findings, I have made new apologies and am abiding by the other recommendations from the Standards Assessment Panel.
"However, it is clear that this will not stop the attacks on the Office and person of Mayor. Therefore, I deem it best for the people of Swindon to resign.
"Yours sincerely, Coun Nick Martin".
Deputy Mayor Teresa Page will carry out mayoral duties until formally taking the position in June.
Leader of the Council David Renard and the Conservative Group said in a statement: "As we said at the Special Council in December, the Conservative Group wanted the Standards Committee to complete its independent investigation.
"It has now done this, and Councillor Martin has accepted its findings and is meeting the three requirements it made of him.
"The Group believes that it was the correct decision by Councillor Martin to stand down, following representations to him by Group Members.
"The Conservative Group stands by the Standards process. If Members are found in breach of the Code, we expect them to meet any conditions set out; where Members are exonerated, we consider the matter resolved. Anything further on the issue of the Mayoralty is a matter for the individual concerned."
Coun Mark Dempsey (Lab, Walcot & Park North) also released a statement reacting to the news. It read: "People across Swindon have recoiled in horror when they have read or heard the deeply offensive comments made by Nick Martin.
"The CEO of Scope, the national disability charity said that these comments show a 'deep-seated ignorance towards disabled people'.
"In my view these comments were deeply disrespectful and offensive towards people with learning disabilities.
"That's is why I called for Nick Martin to stand down as Mayor. In my view he should have apologised and resigned a long time ago.
"I am disappointed that the Conservatives supported Nick Martin and did not act to remove him. I think they have shown that they are out of touch and it has been extremely damaging to the town's reputation."
Richard Hawkes, chief executive of the disability charity Scope, said:
"This wasn't just about political correctness and using the wrong words.
"The mayor insinuated that there is something wrong with disabled people having sex with each other.
"Disturbingly, his outdated comments showed a lack of acceptance that disabled people have sex lives, which can be just as fulfilling - or unfulfilling - as anyone else's.
"The outcry following the mayor's comments show that the general public don't condone this kind of deep-seated ignorance towards disabled people."


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Give yourself a gold star for your achievements with these fun Star Labels. Each package contains shiny foil stars in five cool colors, including blue, gold, green, red and silver. Hand them out as rewards, use them to accent homework and charts or incorporate them into crafts and projects. Permanent adhesive keeps your stars where you choose to place them. With these fun labels at your command, everyone will know you're a star.
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I have used these with my scouts to make decorations for celebrations, with my children as points earned by reading books over the summer (which were then redeemed for a special treat every other week), and with my students to keep track on our class chart of who has completed which assignment - just to name a few of the uses for these very versatile little stars!
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I use these for rewarding my kids when they completed their homework/chores on time.


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Topic: Update on my Dad
I haven't posted here in a long time, although I visit almost every day. I have thought about posting again many times, but just couldn't bring myself to write the words. It is just all so painful.
Since being diagnosed in August, my Dad has steadily declined. We visited on Labor Day weekend for his 70th birthday. At that time, he was still going to the gym, driving, and living a relatively normal life, although he was very tired. I brought my juicer with me, and we made a batch of carrot juice. He drank a little, but I had a feeling he wasn't open to the idea. He didn't finish what I made, and they haven't used the juicer again since we left. He will not take any of the supplements mentioned on this site.
At that time, since the doctor at Mayo told us 6 to 12 months, we were hoping for 6 good months to get us through another Christmas at least. I now have little hope that will happen. He has lost more weight, and mom says we will notice a definitely difference when we visit again next week. He has ascites buildup in his abdomen, which is causing shortness of breath. He has swelling in his ankles and hands some days. He is extremely fatigued, and I think he sleeps a great deal during the day. His prostate is enlarged, so he has to get up a lot at night, which doesn't help his fatigue, I'm sure. The hospice team prescribed diuretics for the ascites. I'm not sure how well that is working. They suggested oxygen for his shortness of breath, but he doesn't want it yet. He thinks it would just get in the way at this point.
Last week, he fell several times. Once, on the front porch because his hands were full of mail, and he couldn't catch himself. And another time, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, and just fell over onto the floor. The hospice nurse brought him a 4-prong cane, which he does use. Fortunately, he is not in any pain. He asked the nurse if she thought the cancer was progressing faster, and she said yes. When I talk to him on the phone, he often sounds groggy and very depressed (understandably so, of course). He doesn't drive any more, and didn't leave the house at all this week. He had been going out to breakfast with my mom on Saturdays, and to the grocery store. He didn't feel well enough to do that this weekend.
Since he is not doing any chemo, or other treatments, all we can do is wait, and be with him as much as possible. I am taking next week off work so I can visit with him. My mom has to work, and I hate it that he is alone all day, as I'm sure that adds to the depression. My husband and kids will drive up later in the week. Seeing the kids will brighten him up a bit, at least.
I wish I knew for sure what will happen next, how long, etc.. I feel sad and in a fog all the time. There is nothing to be done, and that is so hard. I am grateful that he is not in pain, and is not vomiting. Doesn't that seem like so little to be grateful for? But I wonder, is that what comes next?


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March 28, 2003
Public Input Sought on Solid Waste Management Plan
The Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program is in the process of developing a Solid Waste Management Plan. The goal of the plan is to determine the future of solid waste management, which includes rubbish and recyclables, for the next 20 years in Fairfax County. Through this planning process, the county hopes to evaluate waste disposal capacity; increase the efficiency in the waste management system; develop long-term projections and improve the environment.
The initial phase of the planning process will be a series of public
meetings held from April through November 2003 at locations throughout
Fairfax County. The first public meeting will be held in conjunction with
Supervisor Gerry Connolly's Fourth Annual Providence District
Environmental Workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at
Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church.
Citizens are encouraged to attend the public meetings because their input is essential to make the planning process a success. General information about the Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program and the community meetings is available on the county's Web site at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes. Periodically, surveys related to solid waste management will also be posted on the Web site to gather citizens' feedback about strategic planning questions.
The schedule for the Solid Waste Management Plan process is:
Public outreach meetings throughout Fairfax
County: March - November 2003
Strategic Planning and Gap Analysis: June -
November 2003
Public outreach at Celebrate Fairfax: June
Draft SWMP for internal review: November -
December 2003
Distribute draft SWMP for review by
stakeholders: January 2004
Meetings with stakeholders: January - March
SWMP revisions: January - March 2004
Public Hearing and Board of Supervisors
approval: March or May 2004
SWMP submission to Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality: June 2004
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DGdave: I had forgotten about OLP, although it seems lately, they aren't the well-kept secret they used to be and go used for almost as much as they were brand new.
jelyman: it depends on the yamaha, and i think they are fine for acoustics, but their low end electrics usually have crappy tuners that won't stay in tune.
it's one of these things where i'm searching for a used $150 guitar that plays like a $400 guitar, either that or it has to be something decent build quality for $120 or less in the new/used market. before christmas i was able to find someone a korean squire master series Les Paul style double cutaway guitar that was pretty solid for $130 (very high build quality and above average hardware)... and at the time I could have picked up a set neck mahogany body w/ flamed maple top korean made Dean les paul copy from the mid 90's that I could have gotten for $100 out the door and was on par with stuff that's going for $400-600 now. i have also picked up a handful of japanese made kramers from the 80's for people for $150 or less.
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The Department of Prints & Drawings keeps up an active program of thematic exhibitions, but it is also Mia's hidden treasure chest. At any given time, only a fraction of the museum's collection of nearly 40,000 prints and 3,000 drawings is on view in the galleries. Nearly all, however, are available to the public in the comfort of the Herschel V. Jones Print Study Room. To prepare for your visit, please make an appointment by phone (612) 870-3105 or by e-mail (email@example.com).
Many of the greatest European and American artists from the Renaissance to the present are represented, often in considerable depth and quality. Among the highlights are old master prints by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn; Jacopo de'Barbari's amazing bird's-eye view of Venice; a rare presentation copy of Francisco de Goya's Los Caprichos; a fabulous monotype by William Blake; extensive holdings in nineteenth-century French and British prints and drawings, featuring artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas, and Félix Buhot; and outstanding twentieth-century drawings by Lovis Corinth, Egon Schiele, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Piet Mondrian, Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha, Nicola Hicks, and many more. The department is building its collection of twenty-first-century prints and drawings, which is reaching ever further beyond America and Europe to other parts of the world. P&D has secured works by William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, Mequitta Ahuja, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Chuck Close, Luis Jimenez, Cynthia Lin, Carlos Amorales, Diane Victor, and more.
There are also fascinating collections within the collection. The department has a large number of books designed and illustrated by artists, which is especially rich in works from France. Students of modern printmaking will want to explore the Vermillion Editions Limited Archival Collection, which contains examples of all the prints published by that Twin Cities press as well as preparatory drawings, proofs, and maquettes that led to the finished work. Botanical, zoological, fashion, and ornamental illustrations from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries all figure in the mix, as does a wide array of works by Minnesota and regional artists.
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White Sox Trade Gordon Beckham to Angels
CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox have traded second baseman Gordon Beckham to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
Beckham, 27, is batting .221 (86-390) with 24 doubles, seven home runs and 36 RBI in 101 games in 2014. He agreed to terms on a one-year contract on January 17. Beckham is a career .244 (637-2,607) hitter with 61 homers and 276 RBI in 739 games with the White Sox (2009-14).
Beckham owns the second (.9899 in 2012) and third (.9889 in 2011) highest fielding percentages by a second baseman in White Sox history, trailing only Nellie Fox's .9901 mark in 1962. He owns a .981 fielding percentage this season.
Chicago will make a corresponding roster move prior to tomorrow night's series opener against New York at Yankee Stadium.


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The Golden State of California offers lots of diverse travel opportunities — from San Diego to San Francisco and from Lake Tahoe to Los Angeles. That's why Amtrak offers the California Rail Pass that gives our passengers the freedom to travel and the ability to experience it all. Take the train to the California desert or explore more of the state to experience the distinct characteristics and the many faces of California. The California Rail Pass allows for up to 7 days of travel in California over a 21-day period for $159 for adults and $79.50 for children 2 - 12.
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CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, IRVING, NY - Erie County Sheriffs say a baby is dead following an accident that occured on aportion of Route 20in the Town of Farnham.
Photo Gallery: Baby Killed in Route 20 Crash
Investigators say 24-year-old Danielle Kellogg, from the Town of Brant, was traveling westbound in a 2003 Ford Explorer, on Southwestern Boulevard, on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, where she crossed over the center line and struck a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am, driven by 31-year-old Denise Hine, of Hamburg. In the vehicle with Hine was aseven month old female passenger.
Hine was heading home at after dropping her 4-year-old child off at school. The crash caused her Grand Am to split in half.
Theseven month old female passenger, Baylee M. Dion,was taken by Cattaraugus Indian Reservation Fire Company ambulance to Lakeshore Health Care Center, where she was pronounced dead. Hine was transported to Erie County Medical Center by Mercy Flight, where she is listed in serious condition. Kellogg was taken to Erie County Medical Center, where she was treated and released.
Hine and Baylee's father, Scott Dion, released a statement which reads:"She was the best baby on the face of the earth. She was perfect in every way. We are devastated and we can't imagine what life will be like without our Baylee."
Kellogg is charged with DWI and Vehicular Manslaughter in the second degree. Police sources confirm to 2 On Your Side that Kellogg was arrested and charged with D.W.I. back in 2009 in Chautauqua County.
"These are the kind of incidents...which leave an impact," said Erie County Sheriff's Captain Ron Kenyon.
As he surveyed the carnage Kenyon, a 32-year law enforcement veteran, told WGRZ-TV, "It leaves an impact on not just us but to the families and our hearts go out to them. They also go out to the fire fighters emergency personnel, they're just volunteers...they do the best they can do and these are just tragic calls for them."
Kenyon says it appeared Hine took evasive action in an attempt to avoid the collision.
"When the Explorer came over it appears she (Hine) attempted to avoid the collision by going left ,which made good sense ...but the Explorer just caught the car right in the passenger side...the mom did the best she could do to avoid it and almost did," Kenyon said.
The owner of Signals Smoke Shop, in front of which the tragedy unfolded, says his employees who were pumping gas rushed to try and be of assistance, and were crestfallen and heart broken by what they'd seen.
Declining an on camera interview, he described his employees' efforts as heroic nonetheless.
"The first arriving good Samaritans took the baby out (of the car) and were attempting to provide care to the baby," Kenyon confirmed. He added that the baby remained secured in the car seat despite the violent impact.
The child, according to Kenyon, was transported to thehospital still in the car seat, where she was pronounced dead.
Kellogg was arraigned Tuesday night in court. She was remanded to the Erie County Holding Center pendingeither $20,000 bail or $200,000 bond. She will return to the Town of Brant Court on Friday, at 4 p.m.
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Hi all,
I've contributed a handful of posts, now here is a brief introduction!
I became interested in Buddhism around 8 years ago. Initially it was Tibetan buddhism (new kadampa tradition), however that didn't really suit me, and in the past year or so I have taken a stronger interest in Theravada. I still have some strong influences from Tibetan buddhism, but one by one I am finding the Theravadan equivalent, and modifying my mind and my practice. Thus concepts such as the jhanas, metta, etc are all relatively new to me, as are the suttas from the Pali Canon. Previously all my reading and practice was heavily influenced by NKT.
I live with my girlfriend and work full time. I don't have any practicing buddhist friends, but this doesn't really seem to cause me any problems. In fact, I lived in a NKT buddhist centre for around a year, several years ago, and living with other practitioners didn't necessarily help.
My main interests at present are:
- How can I apply a suitable level of structure to my practice?
- How might my meditation schedule look? What should I be meditating on?
- How can I make good progress whilst working full time?
- How might physical exercise and yoga be incorporated into my practice?
In addition I would like to get to know some fellow buddhists a little better. I'm a little bored of mundane conversation topics!
I have just started the Daily Dhammapada reading practice (4 days ago), and it has suited me so far.
I would be more than glad to answer any questions anyone may have regarding NKT or anything else of interest.
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Confession time: I used to worship the sun. I mean, I was serious. It wasn't sunscreen, it was suntan lotion. The darker, the oilier, the better, and I meant business. I can remember distinctly one April vacation in New Hampshire laying out on the TOP of our solarium with Crisco slathered all over me- with a few friends- just to get my base tan started. Yes, Crisco. If that's not bad enough- there were dozens of times I made a batch of baby oil with iodine to maximize my bronze-ness. Oh yea. No hats, no sleeves, no SPF. SPF was my ENEMY. I LOVED THE SUN.
Except suddenly, I started getting older. And seeing the effects of the sun on my mom, and my gram. Suddenly, the tan thing didn't seem AS fabulous. Sunscreen didn't look like so much of an enemy, although I refused to use above an SPF 15.
Now, of course, I use SPF 30 or higher- on me, the kids, and my husband uses it too. I wonder if the past 5 years of using sunscreen will help at all to undo the damage I did when I was younger? I guess it's too soon to tell. But better late than never, I supposed. I do try to stay covered up and not be in the sun during prime hours- where before I used to be SURE to be out from 10-2 daily!
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October 13, 2012
In it's inaugural year, the season pass product for Woodward at Copper is available for $249 for a limited time, but is likely to sell out, according to officials.
Though in it's fourth year in operation, the indoor training facility debuted the first-ever Woodward Season Pass for $199. The striking popularity of the pass product has required the ski area to limit the amount that can be sold.
"We had a set amount of Woodward season passes that we planned to offer for the first year and were amazed with the popularity and decided to extend the offer," said Austyn Williams, public relations director for Copper Mountain.
Currently, skiers, riders or those who merely want to utilize the plethora of trampolines , can buy the Woodward pass for $249.
The Woodward at Copper facility, otherwise known as "The Barn" opened February 2009. Woodward Camps looked into a few different mountains before settling on Copper, according to Williams.
Woodward at Copper is a year round indoor and outdoor snowboard and ski program that offers winter day sessions and weeklong camps in the summer.
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Limiting the number of season passes is backed up by the need of ample space for training athletes.
"Our main reason for capping the sale is space," Williams said. "We can fit about 75 people in the barn during a session to keep things safe. So you can imagine that we could get in to a bind if everyone with a season pass shows up at the same time. We don't want to have to turn people away at the door because the session is full."
Woodward's various trampolines, foam pits and SnowFlex runs allow a wide range of athletes to take advantage of the facility.
"All abilities train at Woodward at Copper, novice snowboarders and skiers just trying their hand at the freestyle side of winter sports to the most elite athletes training for competitions," Williams said. "Participants are interested in learning everything from their first board slide to their first 360 or backflip to their first double cork."
Whether it's a first session or not, Woodward coaches are always at hand to offer progression training.
"Woodward helps by having experienced and well trained coaches who can break skills down and teach each step of the progression," Williams said. "We also teach people how to fall safely and provide a soft and forgiving environment so the consequences are lower when falls do happen."
The features of the Woodward venue include six Olympic-grade flybed trampolines, two foam pits, a trampoline harness system, an 18-foot tumble track into foam, a spring floor, different foam mats for safety and training and 6,200 square feet of SnowFlex, SnowFlex cliff and a 10-foot quarter pipe.
Snowboarders beware, SnowFlex, though it offers a simulation of snow, isn't nearly as forgiving as the real stuff.
It's not unusual for skier to adapt more easily to the artificial runs, similar to Astroturf, but snowboarders are prone to fall more often because staying straight is important – carving and edging out result in a fall.
"You have to make sure your posture over the board is correct and instead of carving, snowboarders have to focus weight on their front foot and pivot their back foot to turn," said Greg Reister, a coach for introduction sessions.
The 35-foot tall SnowFlex run the "Big Air drop-in" has three different size jumps into a foam pit landing.
The steep incline offered by the run is the most vertical slope in the entire ski area, according to Reister.
The learning curve for snowboarders keeps some 90 percent of first timers away from the big slope, Reister said.
"I would never want to teach anyone how to snowboard for the first time on SnowFlex, even intermediate snowboarders have a hard time adapting to the surface," he said. "I would estimate that only 10 percent of snowboarders make it to the big jump on their first session, skiers though usually get there – it's just much more of an adaptation for snowboarders."


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RICHMOND HILL, ON and LAS VEGAS - Lexmark Canada has launched the latest addition to its award-winning lineup of Web-connected, all-in-one (AIO) inkjet printers – Lexmark Genesis.
The Lexmark Genesis targets professionals, small business and home office customers who are looking for an AIO printer that has innovative technology, is highly productive and is also bold and stylish, the company stated in a press release.
"The Lexmark Genesis not only looks, but acts like no other AIO printer on the market today," said Marty Canning, Lexmark EVP and president, imaging solutions and services. "Busy professionals will immediately experience time-savings with unmatched speed when scanning content to the cloud, instant preview to eliminate waste, and one touch applications that users have come to expect with their technology today. These innovative features, packaged in a sleek new design, make Genesis a must have."
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text: Once again the state of Indiana debated whether or not to join the 21st century when it comes to Sunday carryout liquor sales. A few years ago, the state made the bold move to daylight saving time, and with it came predictions of dire consequences, all of which failed to materialize. Now, according to a recent letter from Gary Gardner of Belmont Beverage, allowing Sunday sales of alcohol will bring with it similar disasters. He claims liquor stores will close and employees will lose jobs. He says this effort is backed by large stores, but Indiana doesn't currently allow Sunday liquor sales because of his powerful liquor store lobby, not a few citizens with signs and a petition.The other 49 states didn't collapse when allowing Sunday sales, so why are we always so afraid of change? Gardner says he's just looking out for us, when I think it's apparent he is only looking out for his wallet.Thomas J. Ackmann


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GUI Builder is a drag and drop interface for creating WebElement User Interface (WUI) templates that can be used as the foundation of a responsive Wep app. It simplifies the process of designing applications, and encourages separation of the logic and view. It is part of the WebBot Web development framework, which makes it possible to build Web apps in a similar fashion to Qt/KDE apps.
HGL is a compiler/interpreter suite for developing images. It features its own simple but powerful language, Lua integration, output in various formats as well as runtime input handled by plugins, and easy integration into various environments like Web servers or graphical applications. The input is taken from a source file, which has to be compiled for quick and frequent access by the interpreter. An interpreter then runs the compiled files, takes input from custom plugins (if neccessary), and outputs its result via custom plugins.
WebElements is a collection of Python objects that enable developers to generate and interact with Web apps on the server side. It encourages object oriented Web site development, and code reuse by separating each DOM element into its own object, and then allowing inheritance and child elements to come together to form new elements not defined in the standard DOM.
Dynamic Form is a Python request abstraction library that lets you write one request handler that will run on multiple Python Web frameworks (such as Django and Google's AppEngine). This allows you to create pages and apps once and use them on multiple projects without concern about which framework is being used. Additionally, it makes AJAX easy. Simply adding nested request classes allows you to define AJAX handlers that can easily be refreshed both sever-side and client-side.
dantalian is a transparent file-tagging system using hard links. Tags (which are directories) can be accessed on the file system level (with or without fuse), allowing maximum interoperability with other applications. Tagging operations are performed with scripts, and can also be hooked into other applications. dantalian is file-agnostic and can be used with any and all types of files. Tags can be organized hierarchically and can also be tagged. With (optional) fuse support, dantalian can also create virtual tags (currently limited to tag intersections (AND), but will be expanded later), which can be accessed transparently on the filesystem level.
Libporty provides a higher level API for some commonly used library functions such as sockets, date/time, file system access, background processes, and asynchronous DNS resolving. Libporty is configured using scconfig and the API is guaranteed to work the same way on all supported systems. An application that exclusively uses the libporty API will not require autotools/scconfig for porting. Libporty has been tested on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, multiple BSD variants, Minix, OpenSolaris, and some ancient Unix systems.
libqt4report is a library for Qt 4 that creates database report from an XML description. It is able to validate the XML file from an XSD schema, print the report directly, or generate SVG files. Calculations are performed by QScriptEngine. It can group data according to the result field value, calculate totals, and display images.


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Raytheon's "RIOT" Software Tracks Trillions of Pieces of Your Data on Facebook
Jason Mick
February 11, 2013 3:55 PM
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Software was pitched to the U.S. government, but not yet sold
Raytheon Comp. (
) has created a social networking tracking program called Rapid Information Overlay Technology -- or "RIOT", for short -- which is building a database of trillions of pieces of data on
millions of users' social networking
profiles. The software digs into the usual suspects -- Facebook, Inc.'s (
) ubiquitous social network, popular microblogging site Twitter, and FourSquare, whose location-aware apps boast 25 million users.
I. RIOT is Watching You
The idea of RIOT is to allow government agents to in a click or two examine both your behavior history, and more interestingly (or alarmingly) predict your potential future actions.
Today, mobile client use has finally overtaken desktop use for Facebook, the world's largest network. But hidden in most mobile posts by Facebook's over 1 billion users is an information is
an "exif" information tag
, a special string that identifies the latitude and longitude the user posted from. By mining exif data publicly available posts (or alternatively creating Facebook softbots to friend users and lure them into RIOT's circle of friendship), RIOT is capable of tracking citizens' daily movements.
In a video, Brian Urch, principle investigator on the RIOT project at Raytheon describes, "We're going to track one of our own employees."
By mining the publicly available information, the demo shows how the client determined that "Nick" commonly frequents Washington Nationals Park. It even shows off a photo of a blonde whom Nick posed with at the park.
But RIOT's most powerful capability is trying to analyze the future. Its spidery webs of information spread out, assessing the trends in Nick's behaviors. It makes a discovery -- Nick goes to the gym each day at 6 a.m.
Mr Urch comments, "... So if you ever did want to try to get hold of Nick, or maybe get hold of his laptop, you might want to visit the gym at 6am on a Monday."
He encourages users with questions to shoot him an email at
II. Raytheon Fights to Keep Video Demo Secret
The video was never meant to be seen by the eyes of the public. Raytheon asked
, the top UK newspaper who obtained the video, not to post it.
Raytheon's spokesperson:
Riot is a big data analytics system design we are working on with industry, national labs and commercial partners to help turn massive amounts of data into useable information to help meet our nation's rapidly changing security needs.
Its innovative privacy features are the most robust that we're aware of, enabling the sharing and analysis of data without personally identifiable information [such as social security numbers, bank or other financial account information] being disclosed.
But Raytheon's argument that the product was "proof of concept" was not enough to convince
not to post the video. But even before the video, clues about RIOT were leaking out. A
patent application
filed by Raytheon in December -- -- contained details relating to the data mining technology in the software.
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In an interview with
, Ginger McCall, an attorney at the Washington, D.C.-based
Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC), complains, "Social networking sites are often not transparent about what information is shared and how it is shared. Users may be posting information that they believe will be viewed only by their friends, but instead, it is being viewed by government officials or pulled in by data collection services like the Riot search."
III. RIOT is Even Better at Playing Big Brother Than Perfect Citizen
Raytheon, whose sales accounted for $25B USD in revenue last year, has reportedly not sold the software to any nation state clients -- yet. It reportedly demoed the software to the U.S. government at a trade show in April.
President Obama has
committed $200M USD to "big data" spending
-- including efforts to track citizens online. The Obama Administration has stated multiple times publicly that it seeks to protect citizen rights/expectations of privacy, but internally it's often
fought to step up intrusive monitoring
, arguing that such procedures are necessary to fight the shadowy ambiguous "terrorist" threat.
Raytheon is also authorized to export the software to foreign nations/corporations interested in using the "stalking software" on their targets, acccording to the "
" designation in trade documents obtained by
. EAR99 indicates that the software can "be shipped without a [government] licence to most destinations under most circumstances."
The company already has one lucrative $100M USD counterterrorism contract from the
U.S. National Security Agency
(NSA). Dubbed "
Perfect Citizen
", the NSA software aims to deploy digital "sensors" (scripts) to detect impending cyberattacks on U.S. networks. Some privacy experts have complained that Perfect Citizen was a guise for "Big Brother" style tracking.
President Barack Obama has pushed for $200M USD in "big data" spending.
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The NSA claims "Perfect Citizen" is a research and development project, and not fully deployed. But EPIC
obtained documents
that "suggest the program is operational and confirmed, and that Raytheon was contracted to develop and deploy certain components."
By contrast RIOT takes a narrower aim at popular civilian internet activities. That means it will likely serve little use in combatting terrorists (who are unlikely to post, tweet, or "check-in" during their evil escapades). However, it does make the perfect tool for companies -- or governments -- to stalk citizens, and Raytheon is eager to turn that interest into sweet cash.
"So far we have not seen a single Android device that does not infringe on our patents." -- Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith
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Mostly clear skies and warm weather are expected to continue through the first part of the week in Southern California, followed by a cooling trend that will push high temperatures down into the upper-60s by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
High temperatures in the mid-70s and lower 80s were predicted Sunday through Tuesday throughout Los Angeles County, according to NWS forecasts. Highs will be just a few degrees cooler in the Inland Empire.
Winds of 15 to 25 mph are expected to blow throughout the region Monday.
"By later in the week, things do change," NWS Meteorologist David Sweet said. "It's still pretty mild, but not as warm as it is right now."
Wednesday through Friday, Los Angeles County high temperatures will fall into the lower- to mid-70s, with partly cloudy skies, Sweet said.
Mostly cloudy conditions are predicted by Friday night and into Saturday, when high temperatures are not expected to climb out of the 60s in most areas.
And though it was too early for accurate predictions Sunday, Sweet said forecasters are keeping an eye on a system that has the potential to drop rain on the Southland as temperatures dip.
"We're watching the situation," he said. "There is a little system off the coast that might influence us later in the week."
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Behind AnandTech - 2001 Server Upgradeby Anand Lal Shimpi on April 17, 2001 12:00 PM EST
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Software Clustering
If you'll remember back to our first upgrade article, you'll know that we went with a software clustering solution to balance the load between our (at the time) five AnandTech Web Servers. The software clustering software we used was Allaire's ClusterCATS that is bundled with Cold Fusion Enterprise Edition (Cold Fusion is our Web front end software).
The way ClusterCATS worked with our server setup was simple; we used something known as Round-Robin DNS that meant whenever you typed in www.anandtech.com the domain would resolve (point to) one of the five IP addresses of our five AnandTech Web Servers. The first person to type in www.anandtech.com would get pointed at the first AT Web Server, the second person would get the second AT Web Server and so on…
After getting to one of these servers, ClusterCATS would look at the server and find out whether it was loaded too heavily or not (we set variables in software to define what "too heavy" of a load was). If the server was loaded too heavily, then you would be seamlessly transported to one of the other web servers, more specifically, the one with the least amount of load on it.
As you can probably guess, this creates a decent amount of overhead because you are being bounced around once you're already on one server. Another side effect was that the software wasn't exactly the best-made package we had used, often times it would do odd things such as cause certain images not to load properly and we even had problems with servers being randomly thrown out of the cluster. It was clear that this wasn't a good long-term solution, and other software packages would still have the same overhead problems as ClusterCATS; we needed a dedicated piece of hardware that would handle the task of load balancing.
Cisco happened to make such a device that they called the Local Director. Just recently Cisco's acquisition of ArrowPoint Communications allowed them to replace the Local Director with ArrowPoint's line of hardware load balancing devices. These devices are relatively simple, they consist of a RISC processor, a decent amount of memory (usually around 128MB), and a few network interface ports for connectivity.
With a hardware based solution such as Cisco's units, instead of using a Round-Robin DNS setup, www.anandtech.com would resolve to the IP address of the load balancer and this device would direct you at the server with the least amount of load on it. The premise is simple, and the hardware is really nothing more than a dedicated computer, however Cisco charges around $25,000 for their mid-range ArrowPoint solutions. There had to be a better way.


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New statues from SOTA and art book from UDON...
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For a great selection of video game t-shirts and apparel, check out TShirtGurus.com and 80sTees.com.
THQ Inc. today unveiled the first products from THQ's new Licensing and Merchandising division, established to help bring THQ's top franchises to life through a variety of lifestyle and consumer product categories. THQ is partnering with Udon Entertainment to release official Darksiders art books and SOTA Toys on limited-edition statues. These initial items are part of an expansive merchandise line for the video game, Darksiders.
The Art of Darksiders from Udon Entertainment will be the first art book released under the partnership and will feature a comprehensive collection of concept art from the game, including original artwork from creative director and comic book legend, Joe Madureira. Udon will debut the book at the San Diego Comic-Con where "Joe Mad" will be making a special appearance for an exclusive signing.
Also at Comic-Con, SOTA Toys will be featuring a 14" statue of WAR, the lead character of the game and the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, atop his fiery mount, Ruin. This is the first in a line of limited edition premium statues from SOTA inspired by the art of the Darksiders game. SOTA will begin taking pre-orders starting July 22 on their website, and the statues will be available to own later this year.
Joe Madureira, Creative Director at Vigil Games commented: "I am happy to see Darksiders brought to life with such a wide range of high-quality collectibles, and look forward to meeting the game's fans in person at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego."
Germaine Gioia, Senior Vice President of Licensing and Merchandising commented: "We have a broad portfolio of original game properties at THQ that resonate with their target audiences.Over the next few years THQ will offermany new ways to engage with our brands and enhance the interactive experience."
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The terror lingers through the generations.
An Armenian boy endures a 40-day siege by Turkish troops before being evacuated by a passing French ship. A woman and two children march at gunpoint from Turkey into Syria after men of her village are killed by Ottoman Turks. A future priest joins refugees bearing crosses of his burned church. And a boy carries his cousin into the forest, the only survivors of an extended family of 32.
Events commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
An estimated 500,000 Armenian descendants across the Southland on Wednesday will commemorate what they claim to be the first genocide of the 20th century -- up to 1.5 million Armenians killed nearly a century ago by the Ottoman Turks. Ethnic Turks across the U.S., meanwhile, deny there was genocide, or that the violence was one-sided. They allege similar atrocities -- even genocide -- were committed by Armenians against Muslims.
"Ninety eight years later, where are we now?" asked Harut Sassounian, 62, of Glendale, publisher and columnist of the California Courier, an Armenian newspaper, who wrote a history of the Armenian Genocide, which took every member of his family. "There's only one issue on the table: there was a tremendous injustice done to a great number of people -- they were wiped off the face of the Earth.
"We need justice: There's no closure to this crime. It's like a festering wound. We want an apology (by the Republic of Turkey). And making amends for the losses. "
They will gather for Armenian requiem services. They will flock to Armenian genocide tributes. And they may even don official "recognition and reparations" T-shirts during a scheduled protest before the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles.
Across the region, home of the largest diaspora of Armenians outside Armenia, residents will mark the controversial calamity that scattered their countrymen throughout the world.
Few survived the bloodbath and mass deportation of Armenians that officially began on April 24, 1915, when 200 intellectuals were rounded up in Istanbul. But the long-ago slaughter by a long-ago empire echoes through each generation as if the blood were still fresh from yesterday.
They tell of systematic cleansing of Christians. Of men rounded up, then murdered. Of women and children terrorized as they were marched from their homes in present-day Turkey into the sands of the Middle East. Rape. And thousands of churches destroyed, their priests beheaded.
"I was born in Lebanon, my daughter was born here, and I ask why? I'm asking why?" said Hratch Sepetjian, 44, of Granada Hills, whose grandparents endured the siege of Musa Dagh, in which Armenian defenders held off Turkish regulars for 40 days until they were evacuated by a French ship. "Because of the genocide. "
The Turkish government maintains the deaths occurred during World War I as a consequence of Armenian betrayal and revolt in what then was a tottering Ottoman Empire. The alleged genocide has since become politicized, with the U.S., the United Nations and Turkey refusing to officially call it such.
Many of the 500,000 ethnic Turks across the U.S. recognize massacres took place within a civil war within a world war surrounding a collapsing empire where Armenians joined 45 ethnic groups in vying for independence. They say they feel for those who suffered, but have their own tales of Armenian destruction.
The Ottoman Empire blamed a major World War I battle loss on Armenian volunteers serving the Russians, historians say. The Turks say what followed was a wartime tragedy, not a genocide, when they say some 300,000 to 600,000 Armenians died, others relocated within the empire.
"We characterize it as a tragedy," said Gunay Evinch, a board member of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations, a Rhodes Scholar who studied wartime atrocities in Anatolia. "We Turkish-Americans and even the Turkish government in Turkey do not deny massacres occurred.
"We are seriously interested in whether the massacres connotate genocide. This is a historical debate. The great majority say it's not genocide. "
While legislators in Sacramento and Washington have joined some 20 nations in recognizing the bloodbath as genocide, critics say the U.S. has refrained so it won't hurt relations with Turkey, a NATO ally.
Now supporters of both Armenians and Turks hope to enlist President Barack Obama's ear on whether to declare competing narratives of genocide, or systematic killing of ethnic groups, on Wednesday
"I urge you to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide in your statement this year, to call genocide, genocide, and to stand with the ever-dwindling number of survivors, as well as the descendants of those who were lost, and who must otherwise continue to suffer the indignity, injury and pain of denial," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, whose district encompasses thousands of ethnic Armenians.
At the same time, the Assembly of Turkish American Associations posted a petition on its website urging Obama to recognize "Soykirim -- the Muslim Genocide," in which they say Armenian nationalists exterminated 518,000 Turks, Azerbaijanis and Kurds between 1914-22.
Turkish native Ergun Kirlikovali said when his dad was a year old, Bulgarians, Greeks and Armenian marauders wiped out 10,000 people in his village. He survived with a note pinned to him that had his birthday and father's first name. The sole survivor was later named after his respective village.
"This is ignored in the West," said Kirlikovali, 62, now president of the ATAA, as well as an aerospace scientist in Irvine. "If you ignore one side's pain and suffering, the other side looks like genocide. "
At St. Peter Armenian Apostolic Church in Van Nuys, many images of the martyrs of April 24 hang on a wall of its Saturday school classroom. This is where Fr. Shnork Demirjian and a half dozen parishioners recall the suffering of their parents and grandparents. Of Demirjian's grandfather, whose village was rounded up by Turkish soldiers, then locked inside the parish church. Before it was torched, however, a local imam was able to set them free.
His grandpa, then 13 and a would-be priest, disguised himself as a girl and accompanied surviving church crosses to Syria. "The Turkish soldiers used to check your Adam's apple," said Demirjian, keeper of the silver crosses and a bloody prayer book. "If it was hard, like a man, they cut your throat. "
Margeret Keishian Lulejian's father's brothers were each conscripted into the Turkish army, then murdered one week later. Her grandmother and two parents, forced on the long march into Syria, could only whisper of the atrocities. "I'm very sad," said Lulejian, 72, of Northridge, verging on tears. "Angry about man's inhumanity to other men. "
Mary Derderian Zoryan's father and younger cousin were the only survivors within a family of 32. Her father, then 11, saw his sister killed. "To this day, I will go to the grave regretting not knowing the full details of what happened," said Zoryan, 71, of Tarzana.
"I feel a very deep resentment towards the Turks. I'll admit that to my dying day. "


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The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World
On August 1, 1999, Polly Letofsky left her home in Vail, Colorado, and headed west. She traveled across 4 continents, 22 countries, and over 14,000 miles—by foot—to become the first American woman to walk around the world.
As an awareness campaign for breast cancer, survivors and well-wishers around the world came out to walk with her. Every day strangers welcomed her into their homes and shared meals. Across four continents she had dinner conversations with poets, politicians, country singers, olive growers, pig farmers and the female bomb maker in Australia. The world had embraced her.
But in the middle of Polly's five-year journey, the world suddenly shifted on its axis when September 11 flung us all into a crossroads in world history.
Polly's GlobalWalk has been featured in over 2,000 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations around the world including Good Housekeeping, CNN International, The CBS Early Show, NBC's Your Total Health, and Fine Living Channel's Radical Sabbatical. A documentary "Polly's GlobalWalk" has recently been released by Newcastle Productions.
To rapt audiences, she richly details her journey with humor and honest reflection, the good times and the hardships. She tells of how she took on the challenge of a life-long dream and learned quickly how to adapt to a swiftly changing world and to always live on the edge of her comfort zone.
Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, always inspirational, Polly's program personifies the spirit of commitment and perseverance that will compel you to conquer life's challenges—one step at a time.
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CAREY BASEBALL CAMP Prepares Young Players
Hattiesburg, Miss., June 14, 2013 - The 2013 Bobby Halford Baseball Day Camp was held this week, June 10-14, at William Carey University's Kennedy Sports Complex, allowing young players, ages 7-12, to improve their skills and learn new techniques. The camp was being instructed by WCU Head Baseball Coach Bobby Halford along with Ben Smith, assistant coach, and Matt Carter, graduate assistant.
Halford said that the camp covered a wide variety of topics, including infield and outfield play as well as batting technique. He and the other coaches taught these young boys the proper way to hit, run, catch and throw, while giving individual pointers for personal improvement.
WCU will hold another baseball day camp for the same age group, June 24-28. The camp will be from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday-Thursday, and 9 a.m. - noon on Friday. The registration fee is $140, which includes camp insurance, a t-shirt, and lunch. Those interested can fill out an application at www.careyathletics.com.
For more information, contact Coach Halford at 601-318-6110 or email@example.com.