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Your neighbors have done it. Your friends have done it. Even your grandfather has done it -- they've killed their modems for a zippy, high-speed, always-on Internet connection. With his newfound bandwidth, Grandpa is suddenly a world-class netizen -- downloading MP3s, checking stock quotes in real time, bidding on Lionel trains on EBay Inc., and serving up his own Web site, all from his home iMac.
You, on the other hand, are enduring busy signals, dropped connections, missed phone calls, and slow-as-molasses Web response time. Life just isn't fair.
But it's getting fairer. The fastest analog modems, with peak download speeds of 56 Kbps (thousands of bits per second), can hardly be compared with the speeds of digital Internet connections, which have speeds ranging from 128 Kbps to 10 Mbps (that's M as in mega, or millions of bits per second). The fastest of the fast is as much as 200 times faster than an analog modem.
Today you'll find fast Internet links over DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), satellite, and TV cable widely available -- quite likely in your area. Each high-speed technology has pros and cons, however, and you probably won't find all services available where you live -- but new worlds of content and capability make these technologies worth looking into.
Understanding how cable, DSL, ISDN, and satellite services work will help you pick the technology that best suits your location, your needs, and your budget.
The Basics
When it comes to high-speed Internet access, there are two important things you'll need to ask yourself: what options are available to me, and how much speed do I need?
As with other trappings of civilization, city dwellers have a wider range of options than country folk. (But even the remotest areas typically have access to at least one high-speed Internet technology.) Being an urbanite won't solve all your problems, however. Though you might live in a high-tech mecca, your exact location may limit the availability of some services, even if they are offered in your city.
Knowing which technologies are available leads to another issue: speed. Your bandwidth requirements will vary depending on what you want out of your Internet connection. If you're going to be running a small Web server on your G4 or plan to download tons of large files, having higher speeds is essential.
Unlike traditional T1 dedicated-Internet connections that are used by businesses (and that cost upward of US$1,000 per month), most home technologies don't carry any speed guarantees. Currently, high-speed services are "overcommitted" -- many more users are signed up to use a given Internet pipe than do so simultaneously. Providers commonly run at an overcommitment ratio of 100:1, expecting that only a fraction of users will be active at any one time. But during peak traffic periods, your performance can drop from normal speeds of 300 to 500 Kbps to poke along as slowly as with that old factory-installed modem.
Before choosing a technology, you should consider how you want to distribute Internet access in your home or small office. Most high-speed technologies currently deliver access to Macs via 10 Mbps Ethernet, so each wired computer needs an Ethernet port. If you plan to share access among several computers, you must set up an Ethernet or wireless network.
Providers often charge more for multiple computers (usually the fee is listed as an "IP address" charge), and some providers don't support Macs very well.
And if you're worried about security -- an important issue with always-on Internet connections -- you may want to invest in a firewall product to protect your computer from hackers. Now read on to get the lowdown on each technology -- and to discover the best one for you.
Cable: Fast but Shared
Currently the most popular means of fast Internet connection, a cable modem is also likely to be the least expensive. Using your coaxial television cable and a special modem, you can reach speeds as fast as 10 Mbps for downloads and 2 to 3 Mbps for uploads -- cable is easily the fastest technology overall. But because you must share that 10 Mbps with hundreds of your neighbors, your performance can be dragged down to analog-modem speeds during peak usage periods -- usually late afternoon and early evening.
Cable service costs between $30 and $60 per month, in addition to your monthly cable-TV service. Installation in a home is often free, but because cable wiring is not usually installed in office buildings, expect some installation fees if you're in a commercial structure.
The FCC has so far declined to force cable operators to open their networks to competitors, so cable Internet service is usually available from only one provider per market -- the same company that delivers your cable TV. If you're dissatisfied with the service of your cable provider, you might have to find another technology to use.
DSL: Over Your Phone Line
DSL is the fastest-growing high-speed service, with dozens of new providers entering the market every month. Running over ordinary phone lines at speeds as fast as 6 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps for uploads, DSL promises speed without sharing. But potential speed depends on your home's distance from your local phone company's central office -- after about three miles (16,000 feet), the signal degrades too much to be usable. The most common flavor of DSL is Asymmetrical DSL (ADSL), which features fast download speeds but slow upload speeds. Slow uploads make ADSL impractical for high-volume Web or FTP serving, but DSL service runs over your existing analog phone line without interference -- meaning you can surf and talk on the phone at the same time -- obviating the need for a second phone line.
ADSL is a less-expensive DSL variant, costing $40 to $200 per month (you'll pay more for faster speeds). If you live close to your phone company, you have more speed choices -- and therefore more price options. If you work from home and frequently upload data to a remote server, consider paying more for Symmetrical DSL (SDSL), which has equal upload and download speeds. In some places, you'll pay two to three times the monthly cost of ADSL, but it's worth the money if you need fast uploads. Many providers, such as Pacific Bell Internet, also offer custom telecommuting and branch-office services that let customers use DSL to connect remote users with office LANs -- for an extra charge.
All DSL orders start with a qualification check, in which the DSL provider determines how far you are from the local phone company and tests your line to determine what speeds are available to you. Be advised, however, that nothing is guaranteed until the service is actually delivered; technical complications may require increased fees or prevent you from getting DSL at all. Like long-distance companies, many providers are trying to underbid one another to snag customers. And as with long distance providers, promised performance tends to exceed what is actually delivered. One Web site that can help you locate a cheap DSL provider is http://www.dslreports.com, which includes online qualification checks for several nationwide DSL providers and a wealth of general DSL information.
ISDN: The Dependable One
ISDN is the oldest high-speed connection technology -- it's been around since the late 1980s -- but it's also the slowest, with a top speed of 128 Kbps. ISDN requires the use of a special digital phone line from your local phone company, but the service is available almost everywhere.
Unlike other high-speed options, ISDN isn't always on, but connecting with ISDN doesn't take long -- less than a second, compared with almost a minute for analog modems. Unfortunately, the connection drops after a minute or two of inactivity, so you can't easily use it for Web and FTP serving.
The ISDN line itself typically costs about twice as much as an ordinary phone line: from $25 to $50 per month. Internet service is another $25 to $50, which brings the total to between $50 and $100 in monthly charges. These numbers don't include hidden one-time fees, such as $100 to $300 in installation charges, and one- or two-cent usage charges -- per channel, per minute -- whenever you're connected to your ISP. (ISDN provides two 64 Kbps paths that can be used for data, voice, or a combination of both.) Fortunately, because ISDN is a dial-up service, you have a great deal of choice among providers. You should shop around for the best deal.
Keep in mind that ISDN follows the rules of telephone dialing, which means that unless your Internet service provider is local or has a toll-free number, you'll pay a premium in long-distance charges.
Satellite: High Speed in the Boondocks
If you can't get cable, you're out of range for DSL, and you don't want ISDN charges, Internet by satellite may be the answer for you. Only one provider currently offers this service: DirecPC (also the maker of DirecTV satellite television service). Promising speeds as fast as 400 Kbps, DirecPC exploits a weird split-access technique that uses a small 2-foot-wide satellite dish to receive Internet data and pipe it to a computer via its USB port or a PCI card. But the satellite dish only receives data. To send requests to the Internet, you need a modem Internet connection with an ISP. Your requests go out to DirecPC via the modem connection, and responses come back via satellite. Upload speed is therefore limited to your modem's maximum capacity -- a 33 Kbps upload speed is the limit of a 56 Kbps modem.
DirecPC's single-user home service is $29.99 per month, which includes modem Internet service ($19.99 per month if you use your existing modem ISP). This buys you 25 usage hours per month, with additional hours costing $1.99 each ($0.99 with your own modem ISP). If you're a high-usage surfer, you can also get bulk packages for a lower per-hour cost. Of all the available high-speed options, this one is the most complex to install, so unless you're handy with tools, you'll want to have a professional installer do the job, at a cost of $200 to $300.
At press time, DirecPC's software did not support Macintosh USB or Windows emulation. To connect Macs to the Internet, you have to use a Windows 95 PC as an intermediary, running third-party proxy software to share the connection with your Macs via Ethernet.
The Last Word
If you're tired of slow Web surfing and don't mind a little added cost, now is a good time to jump into the speed-surfing arena. Cable is the most convenient choice, with the highest potential speed and lowest price. DSL is the second-fastest option, but it costs more, and speed depends heavily on your distance from your local phone company. Either of these options gets you a dedicated Internet connection at megabit-or-better speeds, and both options are much faster than ISDN, which is worth looking at only if you can't get cable or DSL. But beware of the usage charges.
If you're really out in the hinterlands, a satellite feed may be your only option for high-speed access, but for now you'll need a Windows-compatible PC to enable access for your Mac.
The service you choose will depend largely on what options are available to you and what features you need. Now that you've figured it all out with the help of this guide, get online with a fast connection, and show Grandpa a thing or two.
Contributing Editor MEL BECKMAN is a consulting network engineer who helps Internet service providers implement high-speed digital access.
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Choosing A Fast-Internet Provider
Choice is a wonderful thing, but when it comes to high-speed Internet providers, the number of choices can befuddle even knowledgeable searchers. How do you find your way through the array of promises, features, and special deals and pick the provider that's best for you? Here's a quick map to lead you through the maze.
The first step in choosing which service to buy -- cable, DSL, ISDN, or satellite -- is to consider your needs and the fundamental limitations of each technology. Cable Internet providers usually do not provide static IP addresses, which means your numeric location on the Internet changes periodically. This can be a problem if you must access services, such as your employer's internal servers, that secure remote access by IP address. Cable providers also often disallow Web and FTP serving, which may clash with your Internet lifestyle. If you're a casual surfer without these special requirements, cable's attractive pricing (often lower than any other fast Internet service) may outweigh these disadvantages.
Telecommuters will likely find DSL a better choice, as DSL providers often offer static public IP addresses, limited Web serving, and even minimum bandwidth guarantees. Satellite Internet service is expensive and more complex to install, so you shouldn't even consider it if you can get cable or DSL. However, satellite-delivery prices are often competitive with ISDN's for heavy users, as both services incur usage charges.
Choosing between competing providers for the same service is only an issue with DSL and ISDN (cable providers do not yet permit competition on their networks, and satellite service is a single-vendor service). DSL, however, is intensely competitive, and you may well find several vendors vying for your Internet dollar.
Compare features and price to decide on a DSL or ISDN provider. Certain features -- such as multiple IP addresses or a Web site on the provider's server -- may be essential to you, setting the bar for competing vendors. Make sure you can get the features you require before considering price.
Every high-speed Internet service has two price components: start-up fees and monthly charges. Here is where shopping around can pay off, as many providers offer periodic specials in exchange for term commitments or affiliated purchases. Cable providers, for example, often give their existing cable-TV subscribers discounts on installation or monthly service. Start-up fees include the cost of the modem, which can be as high as $800. Sign up for a one-year hitch, however, and the provider may discount part or all of this cost.
Follow these guidelines, and you'll get more than just a fast Internet connection -- you'll get one that you can use the way you want to use it.


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It is the advent of the storage players into eDiscovery that might finally ease the way for IT and the lawyers and compliance officers to understand each other. Because IT is comfortable with the storage vendors, multi-vendor sales teams can relate to all three stakeholders in a way that pure eDiscovery players rarely do.
The lawyers have always needed IT, if nothing else than to search backup tapes and possibly de-dupe the data sets for review. But with eDiscovery changing so quickly, Legal needs IT -- even if neither of them knows it yet.
At a minimum, the corporation needs to have eDiscovery-related software tools in place for a) automatically discovering potentially relevant documents across a wide variety of search terms and metadata and b) a way of holding relevant data where it cannot be deleted or modified until the hold is lifted. These procedures may be minimal, but they are foundational to legally defensible and cost-effective eDiscovery. These tools require both IT and Legal involvement: Legal is responsible for inputting the searches and establishing hold parameters, while IT is responsible for deploying the collection and hold applications across multiple networks and storage targets.
Beyond this minimum technology deployment, here is what I see as basic best practices for corporate eDiscovery:

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To the caller who commented on Supreme Court hearing arguments on DNA being taken when we're arrested, it doesn't surprise me one bit. The country is turning into a bunch of lambs with no guts.
To the caller who said politicians need a time-out, they don't need a time-out. They need a "you're out of here." If you're not going to serve the American public, then hit the road. There was a time in the U.S. when politicians were just simple farmers who went to Washington then came back and worked the land. Sadly that's not the case anymore.
Can someone please tell me is there a store or an outlet that sells all different types of cheeses? My goal is try every type of cheese there is.
Di Bruno Bros. in Philadelphia.
-- Editor
Why is it that so many roads have to have manhole covers right in the path of vehicles' right tires? Every major state and federal road in the county has them. I like my driving experiences to be free of feeling like I'm on an amusement park ride. I also prefer to not have to spend most of my salary on wheel alignments.
Do parents watch their kids going out the door in the morning with only shorts and a T-shirt on during winter? No long sleeves, no coats. Then I see them walk across the street without looking both ways, or better yet walk along right in the street. I hope they learn some consideration when it comes time to learning how to drive.
I'm an 81-year-old widow, and while eating dinner at a diner in Aston, a little boy came up and said his family wanted to pay for my bill. I discussed with him how God works in mysterious ways, since the day before I had bought groceries for a friend of mine who's ill. Now by chance he wants to do a kind act for me. Thank you and God bless.
Supposedly the Iranian government digitally modified the first lady's clothing during their broadcast of the Academy Awards to be more in line with their standards and practices regarding women's appearance. Maybe they should have blacked her out completely since political figures should not be appearing at entertainment awards shows. Keep Washington and Hollywood separate.
To the caller who said the stimulus bill didn't do much to help the economy, our unemployment was at 10 percent when the president pushed the bill through; it's now at 7.9 percent. Had the bill been bigger and we'd spent more money, more jobs would have been created. People can't seem to realize when you spend money the economy grows because you have money to spend. When you cut spending, the economy shrinks.
I've been hearing criticism from sportscasters about students storming the court at college basketball games following an upset or otherwise exciting win. Considering some of the real problems in the world of sports, and the amount that some of these kids pay in tuition, can't they have some fun and enjoy their team's success. Whatever happened to "rah-rah-rah?"
The other day I saw my nephew's homework from his fifth grade "health" class. It was really more like a very graphic sex education class. I know we didn't have sex ed until ninth grade when I was in school. It being nowhere near like this, and we all came out OK. Do 11-year-olds really need to be getting this material? And then they're handing out free contraceptives in high schools. Is there something I'm missing or is this just the sign of the times?
I'm sick of hearing that the sky is falling because of the "scare-quester." Guess what? All these things are not getting cut, it's only a reduction in the rate of growth. $44 billion only happens this year. Why's it so bad? Because the president and his allies haven't started cutting yet. They waited until the last minute. Whose fault is that? The president's. And whose idea was it in the first place? The president's.
The sponsorship deal between the US Postal Service and Lance Armstrong's cycling team is a good example of government spending that is difficult to wrap your head around. Was a $31.9 million endorsement deal really going to help get young people more excited about mailing letters and parcels? Somehow I think that money could have been used for something better.
To all the folks out there for aren't fans of President Obama, we on the other side of the aisle, the party of the people, made it through eight long years of the Bush administration. The sad part is that you can't seem to find any middle ground to compromise. Therefore, please get used to it. We made it through President Bush, maybe if you find some middle ground you can make it through President Obama.


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Únete a Couchsurfing para ver el perfil completo de Thuy. ¡Es gratis!
Sobre mí
Chapulling through Turkey :)
Still, in search.
... what I know till now, I am pretty keen to get to know new perspectives of life and living, moreover I am thirsty for knowledge and experiences, love changes and surprises of life, since I start travelling, I think I got travel-addicted, at the same time I love to spend a lot of time with people I love.
Der Weg ist das Ziel.
What we think, we become.
Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing
I was living in the greatest and most colorful flatshare in Berlin, consisting of the same ideals like CS - Hospitality, Sharing and Cultural Diversity.
Hosting was constant part of our allday life, like cooking, chatting, sleeping.
and of course spreading the whole cs idea and philosophy!
I love to share, it makes people around me and in turn, me happy, that's why I share everything I can :)
Each CS experience was unique and every time I was just overwhelmed by people's great heart and warmth.
Discovering the unknown and broaden the already known.
- cooking
- traveling
- mountains
Música, películas y libros
Music depends on the mood, so my music taste is as multifaceted as my feelings can be :) ... but mostly from Soul, Reggae, Alternative/ Oldschool Hip Hop, Dub -ish stuff to also some Indie Pop/ Rock sounds...but I actually don't like labels/ categorising at all, you should always keep your ears open for new and different things... (applies to all spheres of life for me...eyes, body, mind!)
I am actually a pretty nitwit when it comes to movies or series, when ppl talk about popular or classic movies, unfortunately I often have to slip into the role of an active listener, which is great, too! my film list keeps on extending, one day...I will catch them up... don't know, maybe I was playing too much outdoors in my child/teenage hood...
But hey, I love docos, best educators!
Books are treasures. They are a beautiful way of holding on, reflecting and sharing!
Algo increíble que he hecho
Sitting at the top of the mountains of Sapa and just listen to what they have to say.
Enseña, aprende, comparte
take as much as u can, cauz I am willing to give as much as I can :)
Países que he visitado
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Spain, United Kingdom
Países en los que he vivido
Australia, France, Germany, Turkey, Viet Nam


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Sangeetha Nruthya Awards on October 24
By Express News Service | Published: 12th October 2012 10:40 AM |
Last Updated: 12th October 2012 10:40 AM | A+A A- |
Karnataka Sangeetha Nruthya Academy has chosen four artistes for its honorary awards and 32 artistes for its annual awards for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Announcing this here on Thursday, Academy chairperson Vaijayanthi Kashi said, "All former chairpersons and members of Nruthya Academy were asked to suggest names for the award. The list of awardees was finalised only after discussion."
While Lalith J Rao, Bangalore and M L Channakeshava Shastry from Shimoga are selected for honorary awards for 2011-12; B V Narayana Ithal, Udupi and Kamala Rajiv Purandare, Hubli have been selected for honorary awards for the year 2012-13.
Those selected for annual awards 2011-12 are: G S Kamala and G S Rajalakshmi, Mysore (vocal); S Shanthalakshmi Nagendranath, Hassan (vocal); Dr Suma Sudhindra, Bangalore (veena);C Chaluvaraj, Mandya (mrudanga) under Carnatic music category.
H R Badiger, Bagalkot (vocal); Jayashree Ramesh Patnekar, Belgaum (vocal); Khasim Sab L Jamadar, Belgaum (tabla) under Hindustani music category have been selected.
Under dance category, Vinal Prabhu, Udupi; Sujatha Rajgopal, Hubli, Nayana S More, Dharwad, Kanakaraj, Bangalore are selected.
Dr Sulabha Datta Neeralagi, Dharwad, S L Venugopal, Shimoga have been selected for Sugama Sangeeta; G R Keshava Murthy, Chikmagalur for Kathakeertana; K B Hymavathamma, Tumkur for Gamaka and Kinkani under association category. Those selected for annual awards 2012-13 are: T S Sathyavathi, Bangalore (vocal); K U Raghavendra Rao, Dakshina Kannada (flute); H K Narasimha Murthy, Bangalore (violin) under Carnatic music category.
Shyama Aloor, Bijapur (vocal); Viroopakshaswamy Gorata, Bidar (vocal); Shivanna Desai Kallur (tabla); Dr Rachaiah Hiremath, Dharwad (tabla) under Hindustani music category. Under dance category- K Chandrashekar Navada, Dakshina Kannada; Ramakrishna Bhat, Davangere, Rashmi Hegde Gopi, Bangalore and Dr S Nataraj Murthy, Bangalore have won the award.
Kikeri Krishnamurthy, Mandya; M Thotadappa Uttangi, Chitradurga have been selected for Sugama Sangeeta; Siddeshwara Shastry Telluru, Gadag for Kathakeertana; Tumkuru Sunanda, Tumkur for Gamaka and Uma Nagabhushan, Mumbai under Horanada Kalavidaru category have been selected.
While the honorary award carries a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and citation annual award carries Rs 5,000 along with a citation.
The artistes will be presented the award at a function in Ravindra Kalakshetra on October 24. CM Jagadish Shettar is expected to give away the awards.


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hmmm, looks so good that it almost resembles a photograph..
@roelke99 that's because it was! This is actually a manipulation of a picture I took of my own coffee pot. This one and the design I have of the cat are both done on the manner, but both photos I took myself and worked on :)
I really like it and gave it a vote!
But maybe it should be called "Start the Day Right", don't you agree? ;)


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Neurosurgery elevated to department status at UAB
A Department of Neurosurgery, effective Oct. 1, 2013, will increase the profile of an internationally renowned program.
In this preliminary analysis, the study treatment neither built up in organs and nor destroyed the bone marrow's ability to make blood cells.
Conference on oncology nursing set for June 14
The conference will feature current trends in the field as they relate to fertility and cancer, radiation therapy, fatigue syndrome, survivorship and palliative care.
Jolie has people talking about genetics; testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 is not for everyone, but knowing family history is a good start.
UAB says exercise an important part of cancer care
UAB hosts a seminar to train exercise professionals in how to help cancer patients become physically active during treatment and recovery.
Supporting young cancer researchers and patient programs
Proceeds from the Fiesta Ball are used to fund a competitive grant award for a young cancer researcher at UAB.
Endowed award fund in cancer research created
Huh appointed to endowed chair in obstetrics and gynecology
Huh holds appointments in the Center for AIDS Research and the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.
In an engineering feat, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center installs a cyclotron unique to academic medical settings.
The ASPO is a multi-disciplinary society committed to serving as an advocate for cancer and control research.
Vote to support cancer programs
The UAB Supportive Care and Survivorship Clinical Program could win funding for art therapy programs.
Cancer researcher awarded equipment
The Taylor-Wharton Partners For Life Achievement Program was created to support varying medical research fields each year.
Atkins Diet vs. China Study — a debate
Learn about cancer and the Affordable Care Act
Powell will provide insight on the types of health care services that will be available under the new policy for cancer patients and survivors.
Endowed professorship in radiation oncology created
The Regional Oncology Active Research (ROAR) initiative of the Southeast Cancer Foundation supports radiation oncology research.


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Hill staffers confident about doc fix deal
Capitol Hill Republicans and Democrats said Tuesday that a deal to stave off drastic cuts to physician payments under the Sustainable Growth Rate formula would be reached by year's end.
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Congress has made the "doc fix" for the past 10 years and will do so again this year, Josh Trent, health policy adviser to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), said at POLITICO's Emerging Health Care Leaders event Tuesday morning.
Tony Clapsis, a Senate Finance Committee staffer, made a similar point, saying that the doc fix is one health care issue that both sides of the aisle agree must be dealt with.
Although there may be differences on how to pay for it, "we should be able to come to an agreement," said James Paluskiewicz, deputy chief of staff for Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas).
The Sustainable Growth Rate, which Congress passed in 1997, was designed to curtail Medicare spending by cutting physician payments if the program's costs exceeded a set amount.
But Congress has delayed the cuts since 2002. If legislators don't find another fix this year, physician payments would be cut by about 27 percent. It would cost about $316 billion over the next 10 years to fix the problem for the long term.
This story is from a POLITICO Pro event held on Oct. 16, 2012. For more on POLITICO events, go to politico.com/events.


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There isn't a team in Major League Soccer that the Sounders have seen more in league and playoff action than Real Salt Lake.
They've played to a virtual standoff in those 11 matches too, going 3-4-4 against the 2009 MLS Cup champions. However, it is the last five games that stand out most to fans of the two sides. In the three regular season matches they have contested this year, just one goal has been scored – by Fabian Espindola in the first meeting – and Salt Lake holds a 1-0-2 edge.
Last year, though, they met in the Western Conference semifinals, opening at Rio Tinto Stadium and finishing at CenturyLink Field. In the latter of the two matches, the Sounders dominated and posted a 2-0 victory in the match. However, it wasn't enough to overcome the three goals Salt Lake scored in the first leg at Rio Tinto and the Sounders were still in search of their first win in a playoff series in three tries.
Those teams meet again in the Western Conference Semifinals beginning Friday night at CenturyLink Field and while the sting of that loss still resonates in the fanbase, the Sounders are focused on winning MLS Cup regardless of who is in their path.
"It's not about payback," Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid said. "It's about advancing. All we want to do is advance and advancing will give us the payback."
This is a much different Sounders team than the one that fell 3-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium though. Fourteen players on their current roster were not on the team when they finished the season in 2011. That total includes goalkeeper Michael Gspurning, who led the league with a 0.73 goals against average. It also includes right back Adam Johansson and left back Marc Burch, who is likely to start with Leo Gonzalez ruled out of the match by Schmid on Thursday. In the midfield, Christian Tiffert has been a stalwart since coming to the Sounders in July and the Sounders are 7-3-4 since he was added to the roster.
Another addition to last year's team is forward Eddie Johnson, who led the Sounders with a franchise-record 14 goals. However, the resurgent US National Team striker left Sunday's regular season finale against the LA Galaxy and it is unclear if he will be available for the first leg of the aggregate goal series on Friday.
"We have to see for sure. Chances are, he might not be able to play tomorrow. We'll make the final determination tomorrow before the game," Schmid said on Thursday. "We think the second game's not going to be an issue, tomorrow, we'll have to see."
With or without Johnson, the Sounders will have a tall task ahead.
Helped by their unbeaten record against Seattle, RSL finished second in the West at 17-11-6. And while the familiarity has created a budding rivalry, the Sounders remain focused on how they can impact the game themselves.
"We know each other very well. We know the players they have and how they are going to play. They are a very good team," said midfielder Mauro Rosales, who missed the playoff series last year with a knee injury. "But we have to be ready for that game and respect that team and think about us and all the good things we did this year and try to use those things to put us in the next round."
Kickoff is set for 7 pm Pacific from CenturyLink Field in the first leg of the series on Friday. The second leg will be at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, on Thursday at 6 pm Pacific.


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A group of microRNAs known as miR-34 miRNAs prevent the reprogramming of cells by inhibiting pluripotency-associated genes, a new study published yesterday (October 23) in Nature Cell Biology has found. The findings suggest that blocking miR-34 miRNAs may lead to more efficient reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
MiR-34 production is regulated by the tumor suppressor protein p53—which is known to repress reprogramming, and thus iPSC generation, by modulating the expression of several pluripotency-associated genes. Researchers found that MiR-34 miRNAs repress somatic cell reprogramming by inhibiting some of the pluripotency-associated genes downstream of p53.


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The Los Angeles Unified School District along with the United Teachers of Los Angeles announced a tentative labor agreement which aims to give more authority to teachers, principals and parents to determine policies and set the direction of individual schools.
"Teachers and parents are uniquely qualified to have a relationship with their school,'' LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said. "Promising beginnings are a good thing.''
The agreement still needs to be ratified by the members of United Teachers Los Angeles. UTLA's labor contract with the district expired July 1, but teachers have continued working under the terms of the previous agreement.
Deasy called the agreement "an exciting, but incredibly daunting challenge."
Under its terms, individual schools would have the right to reject principals and teachers sent to them on a "must-place'' basis by the district and the right to waive aspects of the collective bargaining agreement and some district policies.
"The agreement we are bringing forward is about stabilization,'' said United Teachers Los Angeles President Warren Fletcher. "It's about creating space for schools, faculties, families and students to be able to have a safe zone to improve themselves with supports.''
UTLA teachers are expected to vote on the agreement Dec. 12.
"This tentative agreement with UTLA has the potential to transform this district by embracing local leadership autonomies and accountabilities in every school,'' LAUSD board President Monica Garcia said.
"We know that change is possible where teachers, parents and communities have been empowered to determine their school's educational programs and policies, as seen at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts at RFK, Academic Leadership Community at Contreras and UCLA Community School.''
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BIO These works are all originally composed by Frank Martinez. Frank studied music composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Netherlands. He also studied the guitar in a Segovia masterclass in 1973 and went on to receive his Masters degree from USC. He has performed extensively over the last thirty-five years. He has written works for guitar, exotic instruments, orchestra, and smaller ensembles. He has been interested in music from many cultures long before it became a trend and collects various "exotic" musical instruments. Frank's focus has also been in poetry, the visual arts, and education. He has created hundreds of sculptures and two-dimensional art, and has been represented in several galleries and collections. He has also published his own book of poems. Despite his eclectic approach to the arts his strongest influences are nature and children. He is dedicated to teaching music and the arts to young people and believes that art should be spontaneous, open, and affirm life. These are the primary ingredients which imbue children with their childlikeness. Concerning his sculpture in stone and wood he has written, "My sculptures are abstracted symbols of the inexplicable which exists in all things, tangible forms from invisible thoughts, where stones can float and deadwood walk." His music also attempts to express these deeper levels of thought and feeling concerning the "inexplicable." Frank was born in New Orleans and after living in upstate New York is settled back in Los Angeles. His daughter Kara and wife Kathleen, who are also involved in the creative arts, continue to encourage and inspire his work.
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Underwood Ammo 9x18 Mak 95gr XTP Ammo Review
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Underwood Ammo 9x18 Mak 95gr XTP Ammo Review
I got some 9x18 Mak ammo from Underwood Ammo recently and put it through a little T&E and it seems to be pretty good stuff. It's loaded with the 95gr Hornady XTP bullet and the advertised velocity is 1150fps.
Before I go on, let's address the pressure issue. There were several Russian 9x18 rounds developed over the years of various weights and pressures, most ranged between 20,000 and 24,000 PSI. The Czechs designed a 69gr load in the early 1980s that traveled at 1350fps out of their CZ 82s that had a chamber pressure of 24,650 PSI. The ammo being reviewed today has a chamber pressure of 24,500 so it's actually slightly under what the Czechs used as their service round for the last few years that the gun was in service. After firing this ammo, I didn't see any evidence of stressed cases (bulges, cracks, ect...). As to whether other 9x18 guns can run this ammo as effectively and safely, I can't say for certain but most probably can since Russian put out a couple loads around 24,000 PSI and they were used by seveal nations in their guns.
Moving on.... With 9x18 guns, people often debate whether one should use JHPs or FMJs for defensive purposes. With that in mind, the XTP bullet may be the ideal compromise. XTPs are known for relatively deep penetration due to relatively small expansion between 1.25-1.50x the original diameter once it meets soft tissue.
Here's a video with of me running some rounds through my CZ, a quick discussion of the rounds charachteristics, and a chronograph test comparing the Underwood load with the factory Hornady load:
Underwood 9x18 Mak HD Review Video Link
Chrono numbers:
Underwood 9x18 95gr XTP: 1198fps, 303 ft/lbs energy at the muzzle
Hornady 9x18 95gt XTP: 999fps, 210 ft/lbs energy at the muzzle
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Two Calls For Papers for The Mythopoeic Press
1. Women in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie Donovan
The place of women in Tolkien's world is a perennially troublesome topic. On the surface, Tolkien's major works seem to ignore women or place them on unattainable pedestals, and popular criticism of Tolkien often focuses on this issue. But a closer look can be quite revealing; the deeper one delves into the legendarium and other works, the more prevalent, complex, and powerful the female characters turn out to be. Additionally, male characters often exhibit and are valued for what might be seen as feminine characteristics, and characters who balance feminine and masculine traits are held up as ideals. This collection will bring together several classic essays on Tolkien's portrayal of women and the feminine with new takes on the topic.
Projected publication date: Spring 2014
Deadline for abstracts: May 30, 2013
Deadline for finished papers: September 1, 2013
2. Baptism of Fire: The Birth of Modern British Fantasy in World War I
edited by Janet Brennan Croft
In Great Britain, the post-World War I years saw a flowering of fantasy written by authors who had lived through its horrors. Tom Shippey observed in Tolkien: Author of the Century that the originators of what we would consider the "late twentieth-century fantastic mode" were in many cases "traumatized authors" who had survived combat and other experiences of the war. Janet Croft, in War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, notes psychiatrist W.H.R. Rivers's observations that his Great War patients processed their experiences through both dreams and writing. This essay collection will examine the fantasy fiction, poetry, and potentially art of authors affected in one way or another by the Great War and its lasting legacy.
Some authors we may consider are: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, E.R. Eddison, Kenneth Grahame, A.A. Milne, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Mervyn Peake, James Stephens, David Jones, G.K. Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling; see http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/index.htm for more possibilities.
Projected publication date: Fall 2014
Deadline for abstracts: September 1, 2013
Deadline for finished papers: April 1, 2014
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This sample is part of the "Basic impulse wave 1" sample pack. It is a
multisample to import into your favourite sampler. It is a basic
impulse waveform with some strange aliasing effects in the higher
frequencies. In the sample pack there are 16 samples evenly spread
across 5 octaves (C1 till C6). The note in the sample name (C, E or G#)
doesindicate the pitch of the sound. The sound was created with a
Theremin emulation ensemble from the user library of Reaktor. After that normalising and fades were applied within Cubase SX.
These samples remind me of an interview I heard where an expert was describing the shapes of waveforms created by one of the first generation synthesizers. He was characterizing the forms as triangular, sawtooth, rectangular... My mind can't conceive of models but these samples you've posted capture an old skool feel, I think.
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THE best compliment Kevin Sheedy can offer Israel Folau is the door to his office. It will, says Sheedy, always remain open.
``I haven't given up on him, I'll get him back one day,'' the GWS coach says.
You ask if Sheedy is serious and the ready stir in the veteran coach's voice irons out.
``For sure. What is he now? 23? 24? Mike Pyke won a premiership with the Swans when he was 30, so there's lots of time left,'' Sheedy continues.
``In a few years time we'll get him back on board, he was just hitting his straps. It'd be great.''
Sheedy may catch a cold waiting for Folau in his drafty office but given past history, a second coming of Israel to AFL can never be put-your-mortgage-on-it ruled out.
In the meantime, however, don't expect Sheedy to be among those death-riding Folau in his new rugby union adventure.
While a few out Parramatta way might like to see Folau struggle playing an impressive third professional code this year, further west Sheedy is already smiling at reports his former project player is killing it in trials for the Waratahs.
``Yeah, obviously I am really pleased for Izzy,'' Sheedy says.
``He is a terrific young bloke and I hope he goes on and plays for the Wallabies, and does really well; I am sure he will.''
Citing an absence of passsion for AFL, Folau left GWS after two years (and one season) amid criticism his high-profile switch was only ever about publicity, not performance. Sheedy believes Folau's second season would have silenced the doubters.
``He was just starting to get a real feel for the game. In fact, his best game was his last one against North Melbourne, he kicked a nice goal,'' Sheedy says.
``People might focus on what he didn't do, but if you step back, you have to say Israel made incredible progress in a short time, having started from scratch.''
Folau's professionalism and adaptability is now, undoubtedly rugby union's gain, believes Sheedy.
``I don't think there's any doubt he's a better athlete now after two years in our game,'' he said.
``You can't always see your enemies coming for you in AFL, and I mean on the field. It's a 360 degree game and you have to be aware of everything going on, even things you can't see. His awareness had come on extremely well, so you'd guess being being able to see everyone now will help.
``He's a good kick and I'd imagine that's an asset in rugby, to be able to use a directed kick rather than a hit and hope. He's fit, his hands are as big as the ball, he's strong in the air. He's a nice package to recruit.''
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Texas "House of Horrors" rapist, Jeffrey Allan Maxwell, who held his former neighbor captive for nearly two weeks, was convicted Tuesday. It took jurors, who are set to hear more evidence in the trial's punishment phase Wednesday, less than one hour to convict Maxwell.
If found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, and aggravated kidnapping Maxwell 59, could face a life in prison.
"What this defendant, Jeff Maxwell, did is monstrous. It is frankly unimaginable and it's inhuman, and it's time to hold him accountable," Parker County prosecutor Jeff Swain told jurors during closing arguments.
Maxwell is accused of kidnapping a 63-year-old woman at gunpoint, from her rural Texas home in Parker County on March 1, 2011. His victim testified that he held her captive for 12 days in his house, chaining her to a bed, hanging her up using a deer-skinning rack and sexually assaulting her.
She testified that the first days after he captured her, he kept her gagged and chained to a bed, and locked her in wooden box while he went out to run errands. After eight days after her kidnapping, she fell ill, and this is when she says he stopped the assaults and allowed her to be unrestrained while the two were together.
Maxwell told investigators he never planned to kill the woman and was intending to let her go as soon as her bruises healed. "I got myself into something I couldn't figure out how to get out of," he told the investigator.
Maxwell is also a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-wife Martha Martinez Maxwell, who in 1987, accused her then husband of duct-taping her, drugging, torturing and raping her before slicing her throat.
The grand jury declined to indict him on the charges. Five years later she went missing, and authorities say she has not been heard from since.


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$40 translucent iPhone kit launched by iPhone5mod
If, when the iPhone 5 was announced back in September, you thought that it didn't look '90s' enough, then iPhone5mod has come to your aid, with a translucent shell that replaces your standard iPhone 5 body. The mod completely changes the back and sides of your device, likening it to the iMac G3s of old with the translucent shell. As you may expect, the front of the device is not changed because of the more complex technology required to make the iPhone's touchscreen work.
The mod will certainly make you stand out from the rest of the iPhone crowd (whether that's a good thing or not, you decide), and for the first 48 hours of availability, iPhone5mod will throw in all 7 of the range of colors for the top and bottom windows for the user to mix and match, but without the offer, people wanting the mod will have to choose one color for these parts.
If you fancy this mod, you can pick it up from the maker's website at $39.90. Whats more, if you want every color that iPhone5mod has to offer, you can buy a kit for $169 that contains all flavors of the mod.
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Does the clear canvas RIS have the ability to generate a MWL (modality worklist) based the order that is entered/created?
Can you explain what this statement really means:
"Real-time support available to Clinical Edition and Team Edition customers"
If CC RIS does not have HL7 and does not include a MWL server then what type of support is available?
Hi Echinos,
Would you mind sharing your Mirth channel ? Think it will be very helpful to many people. I am currently working on a project for which I need the same functionality: polling CCRIS DB for scheduled work-orders to populate a dcm4chee DICOM MWL worklist.


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A bear cub wandered onto Interstate 270 near Father Hurley Drive Sunday morning and was hit by a car.
Montgomery County police located the cub in the nearby woods and had to put it down due to the severity of its injuries.
On Twitter, the police reported the bear was estimated to weigh about 150 pounds. It did not have any tags on it.
Police said there were no injured motorists.
Published at 10:42 AM EDT on Jul 7, 2013 | Updated at 1:42 PM EDT on Jul 7, 2013


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A high-tech photo shoot had the unintended consequence of sending thousands of New Yorkers running for their lives Monday morning -- and it turns out a similar stunt is planned for our area next week.
A presidential plane -- one of the Boeing 747s known as Air Force One when the president is on board -- flew low in the skies over lower Manhattan Monday morning, accompanied by an F-16 fighter jet. The goal: to get pictures of the presidential plane with Lady Liberty in the background. The side effect: the photo shoot created a scene with striking similarities to 9/11, as the jet swooped over Ground Zero, far too close to New York City buildings for workers who had no idea about the plan.
Thousands poured into the streets, unsure of what was happening.
"It was a mistake, as was stated," President Barack Obama said at FBI headquarters Tuesday morning. "It was something we found out about along with all of you and it will not happen again."
Washingtonians could be in for a similar site next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The White House planned to have one of the presidential planes fly over Washington on May 5 or 6, using the Capitol as a backdrop for the picture. Sources say that plan may be reconsidered, given Monday's reaction.
"Everybody panicked and we were devastated," Manhattan office worker Daisy Cooper said. "All I could do was scream. You know, tell everybody to get out. Everyone was running. We didn't know why we were running, we just knew there was a plane and there you go -- 9/11 again."
As it turns out, the flyover was kept secret on purpose. Local and state authorities in New York and New Jersey were informed of the plan last week, but for security reasons, were asked not to release the information to the public.
The plan was a surprise to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who said he was "furious," and that allowing the flyover showed "poor judgment."
Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office, has taken responsibility for the mass hysteria in Manhattan. In a statement, he apologized for the "confusion and disruption."


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You flaunt your fingers by applying nail polish but the look spoils if you have dark finger joints. Dark skin is due to the increased production of melanin, a skin pigment.
The melanin protects the skin from the ultraviolet rays and reduces the chances of tanning. To get rid of dark finger joints, here are few natural remedies. Take a look.
Home remedies to get rid of dark finger joints:
1. Scrub everyday while taking bath. This is one simple home remedy to get rid of dark finger joints. You can use a loofah to remove dead skin. Always apply a moisturizer after scrubbing to avoid dry skin.
2. Lemon is one effective ingredient to lighten dark finger joints. Rub slice on the fingers for 5-8 minutes everyday. This is a natural home remedy to reduce darken finger joints.
3. Mix lemon juice with sugar and scrub on the dark joints. Follow up with a moisturizer. Do this regularly to lighten dark finger joints.
4. Milk cream is another easy home remedy to get rid of dark finger joints. Massage with the cream and leave for 9-10 minutes. Rub a lemon slice and then rinse with cold water. Follow up with a moisturizer.
5. You can soak a bread slice in milk and apply on the dark skin. It is a natural scrub to lighten dark skin or joints.
6. Lemon and salt is a natural exfoliant to remove dead skin and lighten it. Lemon can dry the skin so add 2-3 drops of glycerin or apply moisturizer after washing the fingers.
7. Buttermilk is a natural bleach which lightens dark skin. Add few drops of lemon juice and apply on the joints. Leave for 10-15 minutes and rinse with warm water.
Follow these home remedies to get rid of dark finger joints.


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If you're a Mac user, you probably won't be giving up on Terminal just yet. I've helped out quite a bit, but have little reason to work on making it fit Mac OS better, because it was really Linux that needed a new terminal emulator.
One thing I did do, though, was stop the grow box covering the scroll bar arrows. (Unlike most X11 window managers, which let you resize a window by dragging the frame, Mac OS uses a square area called the "grow box" which lives inside the frame, over your content; it's your application's job to keep out of its way.) Although the solution seems obvious now, it wasn't immediately obvious to me how to do this, or even that it could be done so well.
The situation we had was a JScrollPane filling the entire window. The grow box covered one of the vertical scroll bar arrows. The solution involved making a JPanel that has the same dimensions as the grow box. What are they? Well, it's square, and it fits between the scroll bars, so it must have the same side length as the short side of either scroll bar:
final int size = (int) scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().
JPanel growBoxPanel = new JPanel();
Dimension growBoxSize = new Dimension(size, size);
We also pull the JScrollPane's scroll bar out (JScrollPane doesn't mind, as long as the scroll bar continues to exist somewhere). We put it in the CENTER of a new BorderLayout panel, with the grow box-sized spacer in SOUTH:
JPanel sidePanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
sidePanel.add(growBoxPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
Finally, we put that new panel in EAST of the same BorderLayout that the original JScrollPane is CENTER of:
add(sidePanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
Now the only thing that gets covered up is our fake grow box. Perfect!
You can see a screenshot if you follow the link above. Interestingly, if you compare that with an actual Terminal window, you'll see they're very slightly different. I wonder if Apple used magic numbers rather than measuring? Or is the Java scroll bar not exactly the same as the Cocoa one? (This wouldn't be surprising; if you look carefully, it seems that every component is slightly wrong in some way. Swing pop-up menus don't even feel like Cocoa pop-up menus, let alone look like them.)


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WOK has released Instaback, a free audio effect in VST plugin format which is used to reverse the playback of the incoming audio signal.
Plays back the incoming audio backwards. Well – not immediately, but with only a short delay. Of course there is a trick to it…
Instaback is available for free download via WOK's Facebook page (2.3 MB download size, ZIP archive, 32-bit VST plugin format for Windows, made with SynthEdit).
The plugin is currently only offered on Facebook, although it will probably also be posted on WOK's official website, too. There's no need to be logged in to Facebook, though. Simply visit the page linked above and hit the download link.
Instaback is a tool for instantly reversing incoming audio. Most DAWs have this feature built-in, however Instaback makes it possible to switch the playback direction of the audio material on the fly. It also features a Dry/Wet knob so that the original audio can be mixed with the reversed version.
This plugin is the second release in WOK's new series of simple audio effects in VST plugin format. You can get the previous plugin called REFO-D via this link. It is a neat and easy to use reverse delay effect.
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By: Olivia Gardner, IATG Contributor April 20, 2016
If you were to ask me a year ago if I loved myself, I would have probably come up with some quote or tried to sound as if I had it all together. When in all honesty, a year ago I was probably the least confident I've ever been, but I made others believe the opposite. A year ago, I was suffering from migraines that made me feel so negative about myself and knocked me down quite a bit. I remember vividly the pain I felt, the doctors' offices, the emergency rooms, and just wanting everything to be over.
A year ago, I was the farthest from knowing who I was. I thought after losing my Grandma that I had grown and learned about myself, but I hadn't. I just buried my emotions and spoke lies to myself. It took that week of migraines almost a year after her death to push me towards a better me. It took an appointment with the neurologist of listening to prescriptions I would have to be on and her urging me to try yoga. It took committing to yoga and fighting the battles in my head, I had ignored for so long. This last year has been an emotional, reflective, and, of course, inspiring one, and I don't regret any of it.
If you were to ask me now, if I loved myself, I would be honest and truthful. I do love myself. I love my mental, emotional, and physical strength. I love the confidence I have gained and how I carry myself and knowing that I don't need anyone's approval. I accept that there are days when my confidence is not the best, but that's life; not everyday will have a cherry on top.
I just have to recognize when I'm being my own worst critic and confront it, because I'm not getting anywhere with negativity.
I love that I've learned to notice and appreciate the little things that I used to so often forget. I love that I can sit by myself with just my thoughts and stare at the sunset or the mountains and find inspiration. I love how I've learned to listen to my body and what it needs (most of the time). I love that I sing as if no one is listening. I love that I'm happy with who I am. I love that I am a work in progress and will be forever. I love who I see when I look in the mirror at the end of the day.
Whoever is reading this, I want you to appreciate who you are. I want you to realize how much you are capable of. I want you to love all of you – the songs you scream out loud to or cry to or just dance to, the inspirations you have, the stories you're made of, the jokes you know, the food combinations you come up with on a whim, the laughter – because it makes you into this amazing individual. Don't for one second wish to be skinnier or thicker, more blonde, more tan, whatever it is; take the time to love yourself for everything you have, and know that loving yourself is a lifetime process.
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PopUp Exhibition: Alan Elbaum | Between Magic and Medicine: Karaite Manuscripts at The Magnes
When: Wed, Mar 01, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Alan Elbaum is a second-year medical student at the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. While at Berkeley, he is working toward a master's degree in the history of medicine, using manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah. More broadly, Elbaum is interested in the literature and culture of the Jews of Arab lands; historical perspectives on medicine and the social determinants of health; and how insights from the past can guide the way medicine is practiced today.
Drawn from Water: An American Poet, an Ethiopian Family, an Israeli Story
When: Thu, Mar 02, 2017 6:30pm to 8:00pm
What do we mean by home? In Drawn From Water, Jewish American writer, Dina Elenbogen explores her thirty-year friendship with Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel as theystruggle in a new country while dealing with her own desire to join them there. Thirty years ago, Operation Moses airlifted thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, where today they and their descendants form a community over 100,000 strong.
PopUp Exhibition: Rachel Deblinger on the Holocaust in the Age of Digital History
When: Wed, Mar 08, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pm
This week's PopUp Exhibition falls on March 8th, International Women's Day. In solidarity with a national protest making March 8th "A Day Without a Woman," Dr. Rachel Deblinger will turn her presentation into a teach-in about the role of museums and archives as places of resistance, focusing on Holocaust testimony, memory and oral history.
Book Lecture l Patrizia Guarnieri, The Racial Laws in Fascist Italy: Enzo Bonaventura From Florence to Jerusalem
When: Wed, Mar 08, 2017 6:00pm
Patrizia Guarnieri, Professor of Cultural and Social History in the S.A.G.A.S. Department at the University of Florence, Italy, will give a talk on her book Italian Psychology and Jewish Emigration under Fascism: From Florence to Jerusalem and New York (Palgrave Macmillan US 2016).
The 2017 Taubman Lectures l David Biale On Jewish Heresy
When: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 7:00pm, When: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 7:00pm, When: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 5:30pm
The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Chair in Jewish Studies and The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life invite you to the 2017 Taubman Lecture Series by Professor David Biale.
On Jewish Heresy I A Three Lecture Series
PopUp Exhibition: Adam Naftalin-Kelman on the History of Berkeley Hillel
When: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman is the Executive Director of Berkeley Hillel. Upon completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island, he initially worked in the financial sector as a business consultant. He later pursued a Rabbinic degree from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, and was ordained in 2005. Before serving as the Executive Director of Berkeley Hillel, Naftalin-Kelman was the Director of Hillel at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The 2017 Taubman Lectures l David Biale On Jewish Heresy
When: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 7:00pm, When: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 7:00pm, When: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 5:30pm
The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Chair in Jewish Studies and The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life invite you to the 2017 Taubman Lecture Series by Professor David Biale.
On Jewish Heresy I A Three Lecture Series
The 2017 Taubman Lectures l David Biale On Jewish Heresy
When: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 7:00pm, When: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 7:00pm, When: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 5:30pm
The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Chair in Jewish Studies and The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life invite you to the 2017 Taubman Lecture Series by Professor David Biale.
On Jewish Heresy I A Three Lecture Series
PopUp Exhibition: Ron Feldman on Keeping (Jewish) Time
When: Wed, Mar 22, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Ron Feldman is a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Theological Union, where he earned his PhD in History of Culture and Religion with an emphasis on Judaism. In addition, he earned his MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the JCC of the East Bay for the past eight years.
Reclaiming the Self in Jewish American Culture
When: Thu, Mar 23, 2017 6:30pm
More than any other generation, Post World War II Jewish American authors were continually engaged in challenging their own tradition and defied any attempt to characterize their texts as distinctly "Jewish." This talk will portray a new style of writing in literature that redefined a new sense of Jewish self in American culture.
PopUp Exhibition: Eric Drooker on the Art of Political Activism
When: Wed, Mar 29, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Eric Drooker's drawings and posters are a familiar sight in the global street art movement, while his paintings appear frequently on covers of The New Yorker. A Berkeley resident for many years, Drooker was born and raised in New York City, where he began to slap his images on the streets as a teenager. Over time, his reputation as a social critic led to countless editorial illustrations for The Nation, the New York Times, the Progressive, the Village Voice, etc. Drooker won the American Book Award for Flood!
The Jewish World | A Book Installation
On View: Aug 28, 2014 to May 5, 2017
The Jewish World: 100 Treasures of Art and Culture, which is being published by Skirà-Rizzoli in the Fall of 2014, is the first comprehensive catalog featuring the holdings of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.
The Power of Attention: Magic & Meditation in Hebrew "shiviti" Manuscript Art
On View: Jan 24, 2017 to Jun 23, 2017, On View: Aug 29, 2017 to Dec 15, 2017
Created from the early-modern period and into the present, shiviti manuscripts are found in Hebrew prayer books, ritual textiles, and on the walls of synagogues and homes throughout the Jewish diaspora. Wrestling with ways to externalize the presence of God in Jewish life, these documents center upon the graphic representation of God's ineffable four-letter Hebrew name, the Tetragrammaton, and associate it with words and imageries that evoke mystical powers, protective energy, and angels, as well as key places and characters in Biblical and Jewish history.
I-Tal-Yah: An Island of Divine Dew. Italian Crossroads in Jewish Culture
On View: Aug 30, 2016 to Dec 16, 2016, On View: Jan 24, 2017 to Jun 23, 2017
Never before the creation of the State of Israel did Jews of so many origins live together, and in such a stimulating environment, as they did in the land they soon started calling in Hebrew i-tal-yah, an "Island of Divine Dew".
From the Photographer's Archive: Roman Vishniac
On View: Jan 24, 2017 to Jun 23, 2017
The work of Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), a Russian-born photographer most notable for documenting eastern-European Jewish life in the years immediately preceding the Holocaust, has been celebrated in exhibitions and publications since the 1940s. Following the photographer's death, his daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, became the executor of Roman Vishniac's estate. In 2007, the Roman Vishniac Archive was established at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Its collections comprise over thirty thousand objects spanning more than six decades, and include more than nine thousand unprinted negatives, recently discovered vintage photographic prints, film footage, and personal correspondence.


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Nine celebrities who have been climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Comic Relief, reached the summit as dawn broke this morning - only to find has-been wannabe celebrity, David Van Day, waiting for them with champagne.
Nearly £1.4 million has been raised by the celebrities, including GMTV host Ben Shephard and DJ Chris Moyles, with some of the team enduring altitude sickness and exhaustion on their ascent to the top of the 19,300ft (5,900m) mountain.
Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole and presenter Fearne Cotton, who were among the first to reach the summit, were said to be 'fucking livid' when they saw Van Day posing for OK magazine and thanking the British public for their support.
An eye witness described how West End Star Denise Van Outen, who is to wed Lee Meade soon, reportedly screamed "What the fuck is that old tosser doing up here?" and tried to pull off his newly improved toupe and 'Strictly Come Dancing' Champion Alesha Dixon had to be restrained when she attempted to push him off the summit.
The final straw came when Van Day (72) began performing a song penned especially for the climb entitled "Kili Kili Kili We're Celebrities and we're Silly" and tried to persuade Boyzone's Ronan Keating and Take That's Gary Barlow to release it with him as a charity single.
Asked if he regretted spoiling the charity climb, Van Day told reporters "I had to join the expedition a little later than the rest of them, because Dollar had an important gig at South Shields Working Men's Club. I'm a celebrity just like them and I've almost got the same surname as Denise Van Outen. This is just sour grapes because I got here first."


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Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) block prostanoid biosynthesis by inhibiting prostaglandin H(2) synthase (EC 184.108.40.206). NSAIDs are either rapidly reversible competitive inhibitors or slow tight-binding inhibitors of this enzyme. These different modes of inhibition correlate with clinically important differences in isoform selectivity. Hypotheses have been advanced to explain the different inhibition kinetics, but no structural data have been available to test them. We present here crystal structures of prostaglandin H(2) synthase-1 in complex with the inhibitors ibuprofen, methyl flurbiprofen, flurbiprofen, and alclofenac at resolutions ranging from 2.6 to 2.75 A. These structures allow direct comparison of enzyme complexes with reversible competitive inhibitors (ibuprofen and methyl flurbiprofen) and slow tight-binding inhibitors (alclofenac and flurbiprofen). The four inhibitors bind to the same site and adopt similar conformations. In all four complexes, the enzyme structure is essentially unchanged, exhibiting only minimal differences in the inhibitor binding site. These results argue strongly against hypotheses that explain the difference between slow tight-binding and fast reversible competitive inhibition by invoking global conformational differences or different inhibitor binding sites. Instead, they suggest that the different apparent modes of NSAID binding may result from differences in the speed and efficiency with which inhibitors can perturb the hydrogen bonding network around Arg-120 and Tyr-355.
Structural analysis of NSAID binding by prostaglandin H2 synthase: time-dependent and time-independent inhibitors elicit identical enzyme conformations.,Selinsky BS, Gupta K, Sharkey CT, Loll PJ Biochemistry. 2001 May 1;40(17):5172-80. PMID:11318639[1]
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Fred Thomas has a bad feeling about Dorothy Clark. He may never know what really happened a year ago when Clark died unexpectedly at the age of 69. No one has laid to rest Thomas's suspicions that foul play was involved in her demise. But this is the Village of El Portal, a tiny town always awash in big intrigue, petty politics, and vicious infighting. And since both Clark and Thomas have at times played major roles on El Portal's perilous political stage, it's easy to see how even Clark's death could acquire, in the minds of those so inclined, a sinister aura.
Clark's decades of volunteer work and (often abrasive) activism in her small community also prompt a question: Why was her April 5, 2001, passing never mentioned by the local news media that had dutifully recorded her frequently colorful reactions to the doings and undoings of El Portal's power elite? Suddenly the stout, graying retiree stopped showing up at the village council's monthly meetings. She no longer paid regular visits to the public-corruption unit at the State Attorney's Office. But no one seemed to notice.
No one, that is, except Fred Thomas, El Portal's police chief from the summer of 1996 until the village council voted to fire him in the spring of 1997. During his short tenure Thomas was frequently under attack by Clark, a well-known gadfly and perennially unsuccessful council candidate. But in the past few years, as sometimes happens in politics, Thomas and Clark had become allies. Both were determined to expose what they saw as corruption and malfeasance at the top levels of El Portal government. They and other activists were unrelenting in their allegations of official misconduct that ranged from complicated property-acquisition schemes to abuse of police power. The watchdogs managed a few victories, such as reprimands of council members for Sunshine Law violations in 1994 and 1997. But the only serious scandal that ever emerged during the Nineties was the waste of money caused by political infighting: El Portal paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle lawsuits brought by numerous fired employees (including Thomas) and victims of police misconduct. The excessive number of settlements was the main reason the Florida League of Cities canceled its insurance coverage of El Portal almost two years ago, according to a league spokesman.
But none of that brought any benefit or recognition to Dorothy Clark. Not only did she suffer rejection by the town's voters but toward the end of her life she had a number of run-ins with El Portal police, who arrested her three times. Fred Thomas, 62 years old, has no doubt the village's police and politicians had it in for Clark, a Korean War veteran who later worked for many years as an administrator at Jackson Memorial Hospital. "The whole thing really disturbs me," declares Thomas, pacing the black-carpeted floor of the small recording studio in Carol City where he has produced gospel records for more than a decade. "Dorothy Clark was the one always yelling about wrongdoing [by village officials]. I'm convinced, though I can't prove it, that they tried to get rid of her because she was on their case so greatly."
Even if Thomas no longer hopes to prove a plot against Clark, he wants his concerns to be on the record. Just so they'll be there. One day, he's convinced, the truth will be plain for all to see.
Dorothy Clark lived alone at the Little Farm Mobile Court on Biscayne Boulevard, one of the county's last remaining large mobile-home subdivisions. Her only known surviving relative, daughter Ginger Wyche, moved to New York several years ago and didn't return phone calls for this story. Throughout the Eighties and Nineties Clark was praised in letters to the editor of the Miami Herald and cited in "Neighbors" stories for her selfless volunteer work. "Mrs. Dorothy Clark is the founder, director, and guiding force behind the South Florida Food Recovery Program," reads a letter to the editor in July 1998. "She obtains food and other household items on a monthly basis and, with the help of volunteers, distributes them in El Portal and the surrounding communities.... Mrs. Dorothy Clark and all the volunteers are to be commended."
When Clark wasn't handing out food or other household necessities to her neighbors, she was keeping an eye on village council meetings or campaigning for a seat on the five-member body. Philippe Derose, former El Portal mayor, current council member, and onetime Clark antagonist, now speaks almost fondly of the woman against whom he once unsuccessfully sought a restraining order (he claimed Clark was pestering him to rehire Thomas as police chief). Recalls Derose: "She used to take a position to fight for people's rights in the trailer park, people who couldn't voice their own concerns."
Clark ran for the council five times, most recently in December 1998. She always lost. "It would play psychologically on her," Derose believes. "She felt like she'd been an activist in the village, always participating in things, and then to be rejected she would feel like the people don't appreciate her. I know it played on her because when she lost last time it was devastating to her. She put her hand on her heart like it hurt."
The changing demographics of El Portal, which lies west of Biscayne Boulevard just south of Miami Shores, probably had a lot to do with Clark's lack of electoral success. Like most of the older, tree-shaded residential communities northeast of downtown Miami, El Portal was originally all-white, non-Hispanic -- like old-timer Dorothy Clark. But by the Nineties about 55 percent of the town's population of almost 4000 was either African American or Haitian. El Portal, in fact, was the first municipality in the United States to elect a Haitian majority to its city council. Still in a small town like El Portal, where even bitter political enemies must interact and do business with each other, allegiances depend less on ethnicity than expediency, and they can be switched on a moment's notice. (For example Thomas, who is African American, was fired mainly because of his conflicts with El Portal Mayor Daisy Black, also African American; currently two of Thomas's strongest allies are Haitian ex-council members.)
Clark used to be one of Thomas's worst enemies and accused him and his half-dozen full- and part-time officers of harassing her. In early 1997, when the village council was debating whether to fire Thomas, the Miami Times (South Florida's leading black-oriented newspaper, which heavily covered El Portal during the Nineties and which sometimes portrayed Clark as anti-black) wrote, "Dorothy Clark, who once boasted to the Times that she has so much political power she could destroy anyone, stated, We have the worst [police] chief we have ever had,' and strongly suggested that [Thomas] be replaced."
Even though Thomas was replaced, Clark's relations with the police didn't improve. By the time she died, Clark had a rap sheet that made her look like one violent old lady. She was arrested three times in 1998 and 1999 for assault, including felony aggravated assault. All charges stemmed from confrontations with neighborhood youngsters, whom Clark complained constantly tormented her with acts of vandalism and mischief. The felony charge and other misdemeanor charges were dropped; she was prosecuted in 1998 on two battery charges but acquitted.
Clark and Thomas, a former veteran Hialeah police officer, shared at least one belief: The police were used by El Portal politicians to intimidate annoying or critical residents. At the time of her death Clark was awaiting the outcome of internal-affairs investigations of the El Portal officers involved in her arrests, and had asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to look into the incidents. Clark had also requested help from the American Civil Liberties Union in bringing a lawsuit against the police department for false arrest and civil-rights violations. None of these complaints led to any action.
Throughout the Nineties and into 2000 Clark trudged time after time into the public-corruption unit of the State Attorney's Office with allegations against El Portal public officials. "She was a legend," remembers public-corruption chief Joe Centorino. "There was a time when her name was on the tip of everyone's tongue over here. She'd come over and be absolutely certain somebody was so corrupt, but she rarely had enough information for us to go anywhere with it."
Fred Thomas believes politics is the only reason Centorino and other law-enforcement officials haven't acted on his or Clark's allegations. Several years ago, in fact, this prompted Thomas to report Centorino to the Florida Bar Association (which then reprimanded Thomas for filing a frivolous complaint). And he figures El Portal politicians wanted to hush up the circumstances surrounding Dorothy Clark's death. She died at North Shore Medical Center about five hours after collapsing at her trailer in the presence of El Portal Police Ofcr. David Adlet. When Thomas heard that, he was immediately suspicious. Clark and Adlet were not on friendly terms, according to both Thomas and current police Chief Eugene Morales, though it would be difficult to find any police officer Clark actually got along with.
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Adlet, according to police reports, had stopped by Clark's trailer around 5:00 in the afternoon on Thursday, April 5, a few hours after Clark had been involved in a fender-bender a few blocks from her home. There was never any indication she had been injured in the accident. Adlet, who responded to the scene, reported he "sent [Clark] home to get her paperwork" and later showed up at her front door. A routine summary prepared by the Miami-Dade Police Department states, "The victim was sitting at the dining-room table with Officer Adlet when she started trembling ... then collapsed and fell forward, striking her nose on the edge of the table. Officer Adlet placed the victim onto the floor and summoned fire rescue.... The victim was pronounced dead that night at 10:30 p.m."
Thomas learned of Clark's passing the next morning. He called the hospital, he says, and was told Clark had died of a heart attack. But when he found out the death certificate had not yet been signed, Thomas began to question the cause of death. For two days Clark's body remained at North Shore, death certificate unsigned, while Thomas badgered reluctant Miami-Dade police detectives to investigate. He made so much noise that Clark's body was transported to the county medical examiner's office for an autopsy instead of to a funeral home. "I told the detective I'd have his license if he didn't get that body autopsied," Thomas recalls. Miami-Dade Det. Ray Hoadley ended up observing the autopsy. (Throughout the ordeal the whereabouts of Clark's daughter, who was supposedly making funeral arrangements, was unclear, and she never spoke with Thomas.)
Following the autopsy, Fred Thomas seemed to be the only person who still had doubts about the cause of Dorothy Clark's death, even after he spoke at length with the forensic pathologist on the case, Dr. Emma Lew. The autopsy report concluded Clark had died of a ruptured abdominal artery. The hardening of many of Clark's major arteries, Lew explains, had caused some to become weak and dilated "until at some point they can rupture." In Clark's case it was the largest artery in the body, the aorta, that burst in the abdominal area. The trigger? Almost certainly an elevation in blood pressure, which can be brought on by a stressful movement or event. "If the rupture is big enough," Lew adds, "you bleed out and the body goes into shock." That was apparently what happened to Clark.
Maybe the deeper cause of Clark's demise was the heartache and frustration that stemmed from her vigilance and activism within the ultimately unsympathetic world of El Portal. She just couldn't make others care as much as she did. "Dorothy was a very good lady, and whatever bad things you heard about her are not true," proclaims Vilma Dervali, wife of ex-councilman Frank Dervali. The couple worked for years with Clark in her food-distribution program, though Frank Dervali, as a local politician, didn't escape Clark's occasional attacks. The Dervalis don't care for Fred Thomas or his conspiracy theories, but they do agree Clark died unappreciated. "They didn't treat her right," Vilma adds, leaving they unidentified. "They caused her a lot of problems."


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