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Evaluating the Protective Effect of Pentoxifylline on Contrast Induced Nephropathy
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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Last Update Posted: November 10, 2011
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Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is of great concern when using contrast media in the new era of medicine. CIN is defined as 25-50% relative increase, 0.5-1 absolute increase in serum creatinin value or 25% fall in GFR. The incidence of CIN is found to be 0% to 10% in general population and up to 50% in high risk population. High risk patients include those with chronic kidney disease (GFR<60 ml/min/1.73 m²) Diabetes Mellitus, congestive heart failure, anemia and advanced age. Amount and kind of contrast medium and decreased circulating blood volume are other important predictors of CIN. 50% of cases of CIN happen within 24 hours of contrast injection. Maximum creatinin levels are reached between 48-72 hours. It usually returns to previous levels in 7-10 days. Suggested mechanisms are renal vasoconstriction and tubular injury. N-acetylcysteine and hydration are proved to be protective against CIN and theophylline may have a role. In this study, it is hypothesized that pentoxifylline, a dimethylxanthine, can also protect renal cells from CIN. It has been observed that pentoxifylline improves oxygen delivery to ischemic tissues, diminishes oxidative damage to renal tissue and may also scavenge free radicals. Percutaneous coronary intervention is assumed a high risk procedure for developing CIN as the amount of contrast used in PCI is remarkable. Therefore, the patients undergoing PCI were selected for the trial. A prospective randomized trial will be conducted on patients undergoing PCI.
|Drug: Pentoxifylline
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Evaluating the Protective Effect of Pentoxifylline on Contrast Induced Nephropathy
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MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney Diseases
Drug Information available for: PentoxifyllineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by jamshid roozbeh, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Serum Creatinine [ Time Frame: 48 hours after PCI ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Test group
This group receives pentoxifylline
Drug: Pentoxifylline
pentoxifylline 400 mg PO three times a day for 24 hours before and 24 hours after PCI
Other Name: Trental by Sanofi-Aventis
|No Intervention: Control group
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All eligible consecutive patients who are admitted to the angiography center of university hospitals for PCI since April 2011 will be enrolled to enter the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serum creatinine above 1.5 mg/dl
- Frank bleeding tendency
- Those previously on pentoxifylline
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01469624
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|Contact: Jamshid Roozbeh, Nephrologist
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|Contact: Vahideh Yavari, M.D.
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|Principal Investigator: Jamshid Roozbeh, Nephrologist
|Sub-Investigator: Vahideh Yavari, M.D.
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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|Jamshid Roozbeh, Nephrologist
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|First Submitted:
|October 25, 2011
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|November 10, 2011
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Keywords provided by jamshid roozbeh, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences:
Contrast Induced Nephropathy
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Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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September 26, 2008
Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.
The then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, used the occasion of Bush's trip to Israel for the 60th anniversary of the state's founding to raise the issue in a one-on-one meeting on May 14, the sources said. "He took it [the refusal of a US green light] as where they were at the moment, and that the US position was unlikely to change as long as Bush was in office", they added.
The sources work for a European head of government who met the Israeli leader some time after the Bush visit. Their talks were so sensitive that no note-takers attended, but the European leader subsequently divulged to his officials the highly sensitive contents of what Olmert had told him of Bush's position.
Bush's decision to refuse to offer any support for a strike on Iran appeared to be based on two factors, the sources said. One was US concern over Iran's likely retaliation, which would probably include a wave of attacks on US military and other personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as on shipping in the Persian Gulf.


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Nipsey Hussle ft. June Summers – "6 Inch Heels" [LISTEN]
It's our guess that Nipsey Hussle is aiming for another big year in 2014. That said, he debuts a new track called "6 Inch Heels," featuring June Summers.
"Bounced back off every lost like a real n***a/ Handled business like a man, I'll make a deal with ya," Nipsey rhymes over soothing synths by producers G. Ry and B. Carr. As usual, the Los Angeles native flexes lines that could only come from a person well versed in the streets.
The same language can be heard on Neighborhood Nipsey's Crenshaw mixtape, which he notoriously sold for $100 dollars to willing consumers. Hear "6 Inch Heels" below.
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'Invictus' trailer has been released starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar
A couple days ago an article was posted regarding Clint Eastwood's new movie 'Invictus' due to hit cinemas on 11th December.
The official trailer has now been released and its looking very promising with a huge buzz on the net at the moment.. Oscar material are two words that keep coming up. Check out the trailor for yourself now.


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Letter from Henry Hopley White to William Brockedon, dated 25 January 1832, agreeing to be drawn for the album of portraits which Brockedon is compiling for his son.
sympathies are also to impart a sentiment to Phillip's Book, perhaps, among all your friends who may be registered there, there will not be one with whose early aquaintance, more than mine, you can associate the occasion of some of the brightest years of your life. I shall not, therefore, deny myself the pleasure, on any early day you may name and at your own convenience, of giving you an opportunity of filling up a blank in your book, with a memento, from which association may lead you to retrace some of the fairest pages of your life's past history.
Forgive my adverting to such a theme, but it may account to dear Phil at some future period how it happened that among its superiors in genius is to be discovered the face of your sincere Friend
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The Guardian's most recent ICM poll showed the Conservatives on 41%, Labour on 25% and the Liberal Democrats on 19%. Do you notice anything unusual about those figures? No, they are not out of line with polls by other companies. But there is something unusual nevertheless. They add up to only 85%.
Thirteen years ago, with the 1997 general election still nine months away, the equivalent figure was very different. Back in August 1996, the three main parties accounted for fully 97% of the total in that month's ICM poll. Nine months before the 2001 general election the figure was also very high, at 95%. Even five years ago, at the same stage of the electoral cycle, the three parties still collected 91%.
Something is going on here – and that something is the rise of the small parties. In the space of just 13 years the parties that normally get lumped together in the "Others" column by the pollsters have gone from 3% to 14% (in case you are wondering, the latest ICM figure for these parties is 14%, not 15%, because of rounding up and down to eliminate decimal points). Overall, though, it is a big and significant change. In the European parliament elections in June "Others" even came top of the whole poll, with 42% of the total; the three main parties only managed 58% between them, a record low. The truth is that British electoral politics is no longer just a two- or even a three-party system (four in Scotland and Wales). It is increasingly a multi-party system everywhere. Get used to it.
As the general election nears, the small parties will face a familiar squeeze. When polling day comes, they will do well to match the current 14%. But there is no sign of them disappearing back into the margins, as the big three parties would like. This strength has its regrettable sides (as illustrated by yesterday's report that the odious BNP may be invited onto Question Time) but it is undeniable. The low reputation of established politics has hurt all the big parties, including the Lib Dems, who are no longer seen as outsiders. As a result, the small parties of the right, the left and the nations, and the single-issue parties, are all prospering as never before. This autumn party conference season, their conferences – Ukip and the Greens last week, Plaid Cymru this week – matter too.
This growth of support is unlikely to produce many more minor-party MPs, especially in England. But the minor parties may run the bigger ones close in several places. Strong performances by Ukip, the BNP, the Greens and the others will shape the results in hundreds of seats. All this is happening under a first-past-the-post system. Imagine what might happen under a fairer electoral system.


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Objective: SWBAT identify ways humans have made significant impact on Earth and research existing potential solutions.
I start off by showing Raining Forests in a Nutshell, a summary of a project from the Discovery program Project Earth. This video identifies a problem caused by humans and demonstrates a potential solution. I chose this one specifically because it is an unconventional engineered solution, something it is unlikely students would have come up with, that also shows they are expected to come up bigger ideas than "Make a poster telling people not to litter." Because the idea doesn't work, it is ideal for focusing on the "improve" phase of the engineering cycle as seen on the engineering process poster.
I remind students that deforestation is only one of many dramatic changes that humans have caused on Earth. I'll propose the guiding question, "What changes to the environment have humans caused, and what has been done about them?" and have them record this question in their science notebooks.
I create a three column chart in My Science Notebook, and have the class make their own. We complete the chart together based on the information from the video.
Human Caused Global Issue
Root Cause(s)
Potential Engineered Solutions
land needed for agriculture
wood needed for manufacturing
tree bombing
I review criteria for evaluating a trusted source online, but you might choose to provide students with specific links, books, or articles, depending on their media literacy and access to technology, and ask them to research and record at least three other ways humans have impacted the Earth negatively, the root causes, and potential engineered solutions.
I then review expectations we've come up with as a class for working in groups, including speaking and listening respectfully, inviting others, and everyone participating, and have them work in table groups to complete the chart. I will not require that all charts at a table remain the same, but rather that information is being shared.
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After researching, I will call groups to share what they found, and ask other groups to agree, disagree, or add on to each other's findings. This promotes active listening, and gives students practicing supporting their claims with evidence. I add this information to my notebook to help my students record the information.
I end this lesson by telling my class, "You found many problems that humans have caused, and found many ideas that people have thought of to try to help. This research is going to be really helpful for designing your own engineered solution tomorrow."


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Many factors contribute to a brand's message resonating with consumers, but the device used to receive the message has become perhaps the most relevant. It's all about reaching the right person, at the right time, in the right place, with the right message. As we learn more about user behavior through neuroscience, companies are beginning to plan their media based on where consumers are and what they're doing to maximize the effectiveness of their message and utilize the "human connection."
Neuroscience Measures
Companies such as YuMe have developed software that enables publishers to acquire audience insights, which help drive informed, data-driven content strategies. However, there are other "human" measures that are equally as informative in a focus group setting:
- Conscious Measures
- Attitude
- Awareness
- Non-Conscious Measures
- Affect/Emotion
- Attention
- Technology Measures
- Core Biometrics
- Eye Tracking
- Behavioral Coding
- Self-Report
- Biometric Monitoring System
- Heart Rate
- Skin Conductance
- Motion
- Respiration
Device Mindset
The main takeaway from consumer behavior insights is that every device is an opportunity to engage; however, different mindsets drive differences in advertising success. Similar styles and themes work best on similarly-sized devices. Mobile and tablet perform the best with short-form ads, whereas laptops have the most engagement variability of any platform. The time of day your message reaches the consumer is also a factor. Morning hours see an emotional spike; lunchtime has an online (laptop/desktop) spike; and evening hours trend back to device use. Knowing this information can help companies plan their media based on where consumers are and what they're doing at the time.
Best Practices to Engage
- Brand early and often to take advantage of emotional peaks — particularly important on mobile
- Utilize the "Human Connection"
- Context matters: QSR works better on mobile, entertainment works better on tablets and laptops
- Avoid use of small details and dark scenes on mobile
- Be mindful of creative length by device – short spots perform well for established brands, but not for new brands
- Having a tight story helps: 15-second ads perform well on most devices
Know Your Audience
As consumer behaviors shift with an increase in the number of devices used, companies need to continually monitor their messaging to ensure it continues to reach the right audience, at the time they'll be most receptive to it, and on the device that engages them most.
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The Maryville Board of Education will discuss the 2013-14 Preliminary Budget and the 2013-14 Salary Schedules and Compensation during tonight's meeting.
The Maryville Board will also hear a report on the Comprehensive Assessment and Evaluation Plans for Character Education, Communications Program and Health Services. Tonight's meeting gets underway at 6:30 in the Administration Building meeting room.


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Four L.A. kids in their mid-twenties, Dawes is precocious in sound if not in demeanor. Formed four years ago around the axis of brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith — the front man and drummer, respectively, are joined by Tay Strathairn on keys and bassist Wylie Gelber — Dawes made an auspicious debut on 2009's North Hills, but the band really comes into its own on Nothing Is Wrong (ATO), released in June. It's the kind of record Ryan Adams's (much) less snotty kid brothers might have made.
Between the two albums, Dawes filled up its address book with some of the biggest names in folk-tinged classic rock. Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, who met the band at an early jam session with the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson, sits in. So does Jackson Browne, who also took Dawes to Europe as his backing band this summer.
If that wasn't enough, Robbie Robertson did the same thing, recruiting Dawes for several shows and other promotional appearances for his first album in 13 years, How to Become Clairvoyant. Effectively, this puts the young Angelenos in the same position Robertson's band the Hawks (soon to become The Band) was in with Bob Dylan in 1966, but there seems to be little danger of Dawes getting a swelled head about it.
With Robert Ellis, 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 23, at Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak, 713-862-3838 or www.fitzlivemusic.com.
"We've laughed about that and joked about that," says Taylor Goldsmith as the Dawes van winds its way toward Winston-Salem, North Carolina, part of a prodigious touring schedule. The band hits Fitzgerald's for the third time in less than a year next week before heading out for a string of dates with fellow neo-Americanaists Blitzen Trapper.
"Obviously, what we want to do is continue working and have a nice, long, substantial career," Goldsmith adds. "If this experience with Robbie can help us the same way that his experience with Bob Dylan did, that would be amazing."
Houston Press: As far as bands with brothers go, are you guys closer to the Black Crowes or Oasis?
Taylor Goldsmith: In both cases, don't they not get along?
HP: I think the Crowes are a little friendlier than Oasis.
TG: Oh. We get along great.
HP: What kind of advice have you picked up from people like Benmont Tench, Robbie Robertson and Jackson Browne?
TG: Obviously we're not on the same level as any of those guys, but we can't be fans or else we'd lose those relationships. I've heard stories of old friends of my dad's playing with legends and being like, "Hey man, can I get an autograph for someone?" or whatever, and then they get fired.
I don't think that Robbie or Jackson or Benmont is that kind of person at all, but I do understand that that might not make them that comfortable. Mainly for us, the one thing that I'm constantly reminded of when I'm around them is what a lifelong commitment to your work and your art looks like. I feel like all those guys have put in so many hours and worked so hard. It's a profound thing to witness, being in a band that's only put out two records.
HP: At the same time, when you're playing with them, is it hard to concentrate on the music and not think, "I'm playing with fucking Jackson Browne?"
TG: That's definitely happened. I've always been a huge fan, so that's definitely the case at times. But at the same time, we want to do a good job, and he's one of the greatest players around, so we definitely can't screw up. We try to focus and do the best job we can.
HP: What is it about the band's music you think resonates with these older guys?
TG: I don't know. We're very honored. But I think a lot of it is what their priorities were, in terms of the way things are played and arranged, is where our priorities are. We don't really have a lot of understanding of Auto-Tune or synthesizers. I don't think there's a lot of bands that are trying to explore the traditional qualities of guitar solos or B-3 organ.
Like, rather than talk about how weird a drummer can get — which is awesome; I love hearing the approaches that bands like Bon Iver and Local Natives do — but at the same time, for Griffin, for Dawes, he tends to fall more in line with guys like Russ Kunkel and Levon Helm.
HP: It seems like you guys aren't having any problems picking up fans your own age, too.
TG: Yeah. Dawes has not at any point been some kind of overnight sensation that all the cool kids are rushing to go see. I feel like there are some bands out there that you say if you went to their show and you go to school or work the next day and you tell everybody, then you're cooler or whatever.
I don't think Dawes is that kind of band. And that's something we're cool with. We like this slow trajectory, because we feel like the longer it takes a fan to subscribe to you, that means the longer they're going to stick with you through thick and thin. The ones who decide to buy your ticket after only hearing your single on the radio, I feel like those are also the kind of fans who won't really notice that you're not in their lives anymore.
HP: It seems like people in their twenties who know The Last Waltz are pretty rare. How did you get turned on to it?
TG: Just through playing and different musicians. We're very curious guys and we want to hear it all. You can't really get into Bob Dylan and start getting into all the trivia and the fun facts without realizing that he played with The Band. It just ends up there eventually. I think all things lead back to The Band, especially for American rock and roll.
Especially among musicians. I think it's the most romantic concept of what American music could ever be, where you have the guy who writes the songs doesn't sing 'em, and there's three singers, and there's a personality with each musician.
HP: How much does L.A. itself figure into your music?
TG: I think as much as anybody else who's connected to the place they come from. I think it's the same way that you'll hear a lot of New Jersey with Bruce Springsteen, or you'll hear a lot of Texas with Willie Nelson. With us, we come from L.A. It's not like I'm really in love or obsessed with it, but it's the world that I know because that's where I've lived my whole life. So whenever I'm talking about geography, if that comes up in a song, that tends to be the place.
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HP: Some musicians have said that the city is almost like a character in their music. Would you say that's true for your band?
TG: Definitely. I think I have a relationship. I think anybody does eventually, but I definitely have a complicated relationship with L.A. There are things that I hate about it and things that I love about it, and also I like that it's kind of two things at once. It's fascinating to me.
HP: It sounds like you guys have pretty much been on the road since North Hills came out. What do you plan to do when you finally do get a substantial break?
TG: Make sure the next record's written. We don't mind working. We like staying busy, be it at home making an album or being on tour. In this day and age, where content is so accessible, the only bands that stand a chance are the bands that never really leave the scene


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To Do: Victorian history and UAFS Theatre 'Carnage'
History, theatre "carnage," a Broadway tutorial and an autism hero are part of the arts and events landscape in the Fort Smith region for the next few weeks.
Dr. Lyndsy Lawrence, a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, will share details of late 1800s popular culture in America at the Feb. 24 "Clayton Conversations" through a presentation on popular literature of the time.
The program, held at the Clayton House in Fort Smith, begins at 2 p.m.
A professor specializing in 19th century British literature, Lawrence will discuss the famous St. Nicholas illustrated magazine for young people, published from 1873 to 1940, that had a massive readership of ages 5 to 18 on both sides of the Atlantic.
Lawrence says interest in studying the Victorian era should come naturally to local history enthusiasts.
"This area was established in the mid- to late-Victorian period," she said of Fort Smith, "so the Victorian era is a part of our cultural history. Reading magazines and newspapers of the Victorian era can show us just how similar our popular cultures are. And having an actual Victorian house like the Clayton House is really a gift, because it allows us a visual and tactile entrance to the era."
Seating is limited, and reservations are made by calling 783-3000 or emailing email@example.com. A $5 donation is suggested.
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will host on March 5 the national touring show, Neil Berg's "102 Years of Broadway," which recreates portions of Broadway's most well-known and celebrated shows.
The show, which has been called "two and a half hours of fun that creates a well-balanced blend of sublime and lighthearted Broadway tunes," is included in Season of Entertainment 32 sponsored by the University. The curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m. at the Arkansas Best Performing Arts Center at the Fort Smith Convention Center, 55 S. 7th St.
"102 Years of Broadway," delivers actual performing stars from shows such as "The Phantom of the Opera," "Les Miserables," "South Pacific," "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Jekyll & Hyde."
Stacey Jones of Fort Smith, UAFS associate vice chancellor for campus and community events, said the public will enjoy the brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics as well as thrilling numbers from Broadway's newest hit shows.
"You can't beat the value of this popular show and top tier cast that brings the finest nationally-acclaimed leading cast to our Fort Smith venue," Jones said. "This is a great show for the whole family to see and hear."
Tickets are $30 and $27 and are available at this website or by calling the box office at 788-7300.
Theatre students at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will present "God of Carnage," a play by French playwright Yasmina Reza, on March 7, 8 and 9.
The show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Breedlove Auditorium and is rated for audiences age 16 and over, according to Bob Stevenson of Fort Smith, UAFS associate professor of theatre arts and director of theatre.
"This is a play about two pairs of parents," Stevenson said. "One couple's child has hurt the other couple's child at a public park. The two couples meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner, however, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening evolving into chaos. Some parts are very dark, and some parts are very funny."
The show's director is Stuart Campbell of Longview, Texas. He is a senior theatre major.
"This play is extremely challenging, not only to direct but to act as well," said Campbell. He explained that the play is filled with questions the actors present and the audience is compelled to consider.
The cast includes Megan King of Cabot, Hannah Lovins and Shawn Mann of Fort Smith and Cory Wray of Perry.
Tickets are $6 and are available at this website or by calling the box office at 788-7300.
The First Tee of Fort Smith will be host a "Sportsmanship Banquet" on March 7 to highlight the Nine Core Values.
Special guest speaker will be Keith Jackson. Jackson is a Little Rock native, a Razorback color analyst and and a Super Bowl XXXI Champion with the Green Bay Packers.
Along with Jackson's athletic achievements, he is also the president of P.A.R.K. (Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids), a Little Rock youth organization. He is a renowned motivational speaker and will be speaking on the importance of youth involvement in our community.
Tickets are $25 per person on advance, $250 for a Reserved Table of 8 or $30 the day of the event. The event is set to begin at 6 p.m. with a social hour, and will be held at the Fianna Hills Country Club.
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Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the nation's leading authorities on autism, will speak in Fort Smith at 5:30 p.m. March 11 at Stubblefield Center on the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus as part of the "Read This!" community read.
Fort Smith's community read is sponsored by the UAFS English Department and is intended to foster community literacy and provide a common topic of thought and conversation for people throughout the community.
Grandin, who is also an expert on humane handling of livestock, was diagnosed as autistic at an early age. Through relentless effort, she earned a doctorate in animal science. Grandin is a professor at Colorado State University and has been the subject of a popular movie. Her UAFS talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled, "An Evening with Dr. Temple Grandin."
Other activities surrounding Read This! include a March 4 community screening of the HBO movie "Temple Grandin," a biopic that shows how she overcame the challenges of autism to become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry. The screening will be held in the Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center.
Grandin will conduct a book signing following her presentation on March 11.
Grandin has written several books about autism, her most recent being "Different … Not Less." This work is a collection of commentaries by 14 contributors. Each of the contributors creates a collage of the childhood and adult experiences that have made them the individuals they are today.
Grandin carefully chose a cross section of men and women with Asperger's syndrome from fields of medicine, art, technology and sales, and from various western cultures including Australia and Scotland. Different life situations including rural, urban, religious and non-religious upbringings are also included. The book reveals the similar social, communication and sensory challenges that people with Asperger's confront, despite varied backgrounds.
Grandin concludes the book with her own chapter about how to find work opportunities. She reiterates that people with autism need alternatives to interviews (a weakness for people with communication challenges), mentors, early experiences that develop the work ethic and, by all means, they should take advantage of social media to show off their portfolios.
Although admission to "An Evening withTemple Grandin" is free and open to the public, tickets are required. Tickets are available only at the UAFS Box Office in the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center. Tickets for groups of 20 people or more must be obtained by March 4. No tickets will be available at Stubblefield, and tickets cannot be mailed.


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As thousands flocked to the Mall and other key vantage points around the region to watch the fireworks on Thursday, Metro saw an increase in ridership over last year.
The transit agency reports that about 540,000 rides were taken Thursday on the rail system. These preliminary numbers would be the highest Independence Day ridership since 2010, when the holiday fell on a Sunday.
With so many streets closed around the Mall, Metro remained the way many chose to get around on the holiday.
Because the holiday fell on a Thursday, plenty of travelers started their vacations on Wednesday. According to AAA Mid-Atlantic, more than 834,000 people were expected to drive out of the region for trips of at least 50 miles, with a third of these people leaving on Wednesday.
Metro reported more than 504,000 trips taken on Independence Day last year, when it fell on a Wednesday. That was a shade below the 515,000 trips taken in 2011, when the holiday was on a Monday. The highest July 4 numbers of the last decade still belong to the three preceding years, when the holiday was on a Sunday in 2010 (582,000 rides), a Saturday in 2009 (631,000 rides) and a Friday in 2008 (598,000 rides).
The rail system's ridership has declined in recent years, dropping to 212.1 million in 2012 from 217.3 million in 2010. Rail ridership also dipped over the second half of last year, declining overall as well as on weekends and during rush hours.


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The animals seized Tuesday at a home in East Gadsden are at the Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center and under the care of a veterinarian, Gadsden Police Lt. Paul Cody said.
The animals seized Tuesday at a home in East Gadsden are at the Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center and under the care of a veterinarian, Gadsden Police Lt. Paul Cody said.
Cody and Jolie Entrekin, assistant director at the Humane Society, held a news conference Friday to discuss the condition of the animals and identify two people charged with cruelty to animals.
Cody said the police department and the city's animal control officers received a complaint on Tuesday about the strong odor of animal feces.
He said it was evident there was a breeding operation at the house.
Cody said 125 birds were seized, along with 41 dead birds and 67 eggs. The birds include parakeets, parrots, cockatiels and quakers.
There were 20 dogs, five cats, a chicken and six dead chickens, he said.
All of the dogs have mange and a bacterial infection, Cody said.
When animal control and police officers arrived at the house, the smell of animal feces could be detected from the street. Eight almost hairless Schnauzers, apparently infected with mange, were huddled in the corner of a fenced, open carport-type area behind the house.
Large amounts of dog feces were piled on the concrete floor.
Another nearby cage had Dachshunds and an unknown dog breed, also covered with feces, and a water tub full of maggots.
Three fairly healthy-looking Chihuahuas were in the fenced front yard.
There were five cats and several dogs inside the house.
Cody said Anthony James Smith, 46, and Brian Ragsdale, 38, who both live at the home on North Eighth Street in East Gadsden, have been charged with cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor. Smith also was charged on an outstanding and unrelated warrant for second-degree sexual abuse, Cody said.
Cody said the decision was made to charge the men with a misdemeanor because it gives them a quicker means of appearing in court and facing possible fines and restitution. The men are scheduled to appear at 8 a.m. Thursday in Gadsden Municipal Court. It would take months if not years for a felony case to be placed on a circuit court docket.
Entrekin said the police department and the animal control units from all municipalities in the county assisted in loading and moving the animals on Tuesday.
Officials sought a court order to be able to treat the animals and began treatment as soon as it was approved.
Entrekin said the mange, also known as scabies, is highly contagious to humans and other animals. She said the Humane Society is not asking for help from volunteers at the shelter to care for the animals.
However, donations of money and supplies are needed. The cost to treat each dog is about $400.
"It's going to be costly, and it's beyond the Humane Society's means," Entrekin said.
She said the staff also needs large bird cages, cuddle toys, food, bedding and towels and "things that can be disposed of."
Donations can be dropped off at the Humane Society, 4200 Brooke Ave., Gadsden, or mailed to the address using the zip code 35904. For more information, call the Humane Society, 256-442-1347.


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Philadelphia 76ers Status Check:
Record: 10-6
Division: 3-2
Conference: 5-5
Road Record: 4-2
Last 10 Games: 6-4
Streak: Won 3
Last game: 104-98 win over Charlotte
PPG: 93.4 (26th)
Opponents PPG: 94.0 (7th)
Offensive Rating: 102.4 (22nd)
Defensive Rating: 103.1 (11th)
Pace: 90.6 (25th)
Effective Field Goal Percentage: .474 (21st)
Turnover Percentage: .121 (2nd)
Defensive Rebound Percentage: .731 (12th)
Offensive Rebound Percentage: .242 (24th)
Free Throws Per Field Goal Attempt: .176 (27th)
Opp. eFG%: .482 (13th)
Opp. TO%: .145 (10th)
Opp. FT/FGA: .198 (11th)
Leading scorer: Jrue Holiday (18.0)
Stats from Basketball-Reference
76ers Injury Report:
Andrew Bynum: out (knees)
So it turns out Chicago still has a bench this season. Who knew?
One game after Tom Thibodeau played only eight guys and barely rested the starters; he used seven guys off the bench to beat the Mavericks. And those reserves played a huge role in getting the win. Jimmy Butler, Nate Robinson and Marco Belinelli each scored in double figures and Robinson and Belinelli combined to go 4-5 from downtown. Taj Gibson didn't shoot well (3-7 for 8 points) but recorded a team best plus/minus at +35. The Bulls bench outscored Dallas' 50-34.
It wasn't just the bench though. Luol Deng scored a game-high 22 points and Joakim Noah continued his journey to fill as many categories in the box score as possible. He finished with 13 points, ten rebounds, five assists and three blocks.
After two good games in a row, Carlos Boozer and Rip Hamilton crashed back down to earth—hard. Rip, who was coming off a career high in points as a member of the Bulls, scored just four against the Mavericks. He had five turnovers. Thank gosh Marco Belinelli stepped up, just as we always assumed he would.
And Boozer, didn't add much more, by scoring just six points. Both Boozington and Rip played just 18 minutes in the game. The Bulls held Dallas to 34.6 percent shooting and grabbed 14 more rebounds.
After playing the Mavericks without Dirk Nowitzki, the Bulls luck out again. The Sixers don't have, and technically have never had, their new star. Andrew Bynum is out indefinitely with knee problems. That trade isn't working out great for Philly so far.
Philly got Jason Richardson in that deal as well, who is averaging 12.3 points on 42.7 percent shooting. Those numbers are down from career averages of 17.5 points and 44.0 percent shooting.
But the Sixers are 10-6, after beating the Bobcats last night. Evan Turner led the way with 25 points (on 10-15 shooting) and ten rebounds. Jrue Holiday was dropping dimes like he had a hole in his pocket. He finished with a career-high 15 assists to go with 13 points. Jason Richardson pitched in 22 points and the Sixers shot 51.2 percent as a team.
Philly has a very good record, but still sit at third in the newly improved Atlantic Division.
And even with a good start, the Sixers have been struggling a bit on offense. They are 22nd in offensive rating (102.4) and 21st in effective field goal percentage (.474). Philly has done better as of late, and have scored 100 points in five of their last six games. The Bulls' offense has been allergic to putting the ball in the basket at many times this season, but Chicago still ranks a tiny bit better in offensive rating (20th, 102.8). They are worse in effective field goal percentage (.463, 24th).
Both defenses (Bulls are 4th in defensive efficiency and Philly is 11th) will probably give the offenses lots of trouble.
A big part of Philly's success has been holding onto the ball. The Sixers have the second best turnover percentage in the league, turning it over on 12.1 percent of their possessions. One man's strength is another's weakness, as the Bulls turn it over 14.7 percent of the time, or 22nd worst in the league.
Sixers are 2-2 with no rest. They played in Charlotte last night before flying to Chicago. Philly is 4-2 on the road, while the Bulls are still just .500 (4-4) at home where they once seemed almost unbeatable.
This is the first time the teams have met since Philadelphia knocked the Bulls out of the playoffs. There should be some Bulls that want revenge for that first-round exit.


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Over the Air or Off the Air?
By Michael Getler
January 9, 2014
The powers that be at PBS were dancing in the aisles earlier this week (I didn't really see this but it was undoubtedly in the minimum-physical-contact, please; we're British style) when it was reported that the season four debut of Downton Abbey on Sunday evening was watched by a record audience of 10.2 million viewers.
Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a much smaller but vocal PBS audience was not at all pleased about something that wasn't watched. An hour-long program on the upheaval in the state's traditional political power structure — that gave Republicans sweeping control in a traditionally Democratic state — titled "State of Conflict: North Carolina" and presented by Bill Moyers was not shown on the state's major broadcast channel, UNC-TV, on Friday night, Jan. 3. It could only be seen on one of the station's digital sub-channels, UNC-MX.
UNC-TV is the largest PBS-member station in the state — actually a 12-station network with more than four million viewers — and what this meant is that viewers state-wide who don't have or can't afford cable and rely on the station for over-the-air broadcast of their favorite shows could not see what was a very hard-hitting — and mostly one-sided, in my view — program about what had unfolded in their own state.
The program was widely available nationally and online and was also broadcast over-the-air by a separate PBS-member station, WTVI in Charlotte, N.C., on Sunday morning. So many within that city's large viewing area could, indeed, watch it.
Here's how one viewer in Stokesdale, N.C., put it in an email to me:
"The public in North Carolina have been grossly mistreated by PBS. Many people have been trying to view the Bill Moyers documentary 'State of Conflict.' This program has been seen by people in California, Colorado, and other states whereas most of North Carolinians cannot see it. I think PBS has a political agenda that they are trying to push in NC. I also think the people will be outraged that PBS continues to request donations from those people who have been unable to view a program about NC, in their own state!"
A Big 'But' and a Smaller One
I have said many times in these columns that things involving PBS frequently are "complicated," and this one is no exception.
For one thing, Moyers retired from his last program series on PBS, "Bill Moyers Journal," on April 30, 2010. His new weekly series, "Moyers & Company," debuted two years ago. But — and this is a big "but" — it has been distributed from the start by another provider of material for public broadcasters, American Public Television (APT), not by PBS.
So in one sense, this is a controversy involving a program distributed by APT rather than PBS. But, for the following reasons, I think it's fair game for the PBS ombudsman.
Moyers is an iconic figure in broadcasting and his long career with PBS continues to identify him with this service. And, since all PBS-member stations are independent and can air whatever they choose, many stations continue to broadcast the new Moyers show over the air via APT. So, lots of people still watch him on their local PBS stations. Furthermore, although distributed by APT, the program is "presented," or introduced into the system, by WNET, the big PBS member-station in New York.
The identification with PBS was extended in another way as well. The program's content focuses intensively on Art Pope, a wealthy businessman and political mover in the state as "at the heart of this conservative onslaught" that has put the power into Republican hands. I'll get back to Pope, but in a rebuttal to the Moyers' presentation, the Pope Foundation posted a response to "Bill Moyers' Unfair Attack . . . Broadcast through the PBS network on Jan. 3."
And there is this final bit of connection: Although top PBS officials declined to distribute the then new Moyers & Company series for broadcast two years ago, it did reach an agreement with APT this spring to present the program through PBS's online video player and mobile apps.
More Complications
The situation in North Carolina is also complicated. It produced a fair amount of angry comments from viewers who do not have cable and were upset that they could not see a nationally-distributed program about their state on the largest channel in their state, and from others who did see it and found it "unabashedly political, one-sided programming," as a viewer in New York described it in an email to me.
I'll come back to the "one-sided" issue as well. But what initially I found most interesting about this situation was the fact that, for viewers of public television, it could not be seen on UNC-TV unless you had cable. After this was called to my attention and I watched the program, it also seemed to me that many people who could not watch this program might well have been those most affected by, and in agreement with, the subject matter as presented by Moyers.
One main reason why it is complicated is because Moyers & Company has always been shown only on the UNC-MX sub-channel since the series began in January 2012.
UNC-TV Responds
In a statement after the controversy erupted, UNC-TV's director of communications and marketing, Steve Volstad, made the following points:
"Contrary to some published reports, UNC-TV did not 'black out' or 'bury' the Moyers and Company episode . . . which was broadcast on UNC-TV's digital channel UNC-MX on Friday, January 3 at 10 p.m., and repeated on UNC-MX on Saturday, January 4 at 6 p.m. In fact, the series has been broadcast on UNC-MX since [its] inception in January 2012 — a fact which should be familiar to regular viewers of the program . . . This was also the case with the earlier Moyers series, 'Bill Moyers' Journal,' which was carried on UNC-MX from October 2009 until the series ended in April 2010, so there is a well-established history of programs produced by Bill Moyers being carried on UNC-MX."
Volstad goes on to explain that an on-demand streaming video file of the program is still available on the UNC-TV website and that UNC-MX is one of four channels provided by UNC-TV, and features several kinds of programming, including a number of public affairs programs like Moyers & Company. But it is toward the end of his statement that he explains: "Because of technological limitations, currently UNC-MX is only available to cable television subscribers, and not to over-the-air viewers." He adds that the station expects to overcome that and broadcast UNC-MX over the air sometime in the first half of the year.
Another Good, But . . .
This is all very helpful, but it also raises other questions. Why not make an exception and put this edition of Moyers & Company — which puts a sharp focus on the political situation in North Carolina that has attracted national attention in the press and is hosted by a major figure in broadcasting — on its main over-the-air channel? And why is Moyers only on the sub-channel list to begin with?
In a telephone interview, Volstad said that all the major, so-called common carriage programs that come from PBS are broadcast on the main channel, and that there has, of course, been lots of local coverage about what's happening in North Carolina. Also, I would point out that there was a lengthy PBS NewsHour segment on the battle over voting rights discrimination in the state back in August and another one in September, and one on gay rights in the state in May. Volstad said, in response to questions, that he was not aware of any specific discussions with programmers about moving this particular Moyers program to the broadcast format and pointed out that something else would have had to be taken off the schedule to make room for it. "Most people who are fans of Moyers have been able to find him and watch and I don't think it occurred to us to put it on. It was just in its normal place. If we wanted to censor it we wouldn't schedule it at all."
Aside from the APT/Moyers program, the only major PBS program delegated to UNC-MX is "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly," which also deals at times with touchy subjects.
My Thoughts
It is easy for me to say, since I don't have to figure out how to do these things, but it does seem to me that a real opportunity was missed here to more broadly serve public television viewers of a major station on a subject very close to home by finding a way, in advance, to have broadcast this program over the air and perhaps even to have sponsored a 30-minute discussion of it afterwards, as some stations do from time to time on controversial programs.
And this is a controversial program. But it strikes me as controversial in a couple of ways — one that is not so good but another that is worth thinking more about in today's political and media environment. These conflicting attitudes are why I concluded that this was a missed opportunity — assuming it could have been arranged — by UNC-TV to serve all its viewers better while also perhaps debating afterward how some approaches to what some describe these days as "journalism" or "documentaries" fit into the picture of informing people about what is going on. If you have not seen this program, you should do so by clicking here.
The Two Sides of One-Sided
Below are some of the messages, all critical, I received about this program.
And, as an inducement to keep reading through this long column, there are personal responses to these letters from Bill Moyers.
At the beginning of this column I also offered my view that this program was "mostly one-sided." Here's what I meant.
In the online introduction to the program, it is described as a "documentary." It points out that Republicans now hold the governor's mansion and both houses of the state legislature and "are steering North Carolina far to the right." At the heart of this, in Moyers' view, is Art Pope, a businessman "who is so wealthy and powerful that he is frequently described as the state's own 'Koch brother.'" This is a reference to the mega-billionaire Koch brothers who are also a powerful financial force in furthering conservative Republican causes. One of the main people interviewed by Moyers is New Yorker magazine writer Jane Mayer who is one of the few, and probably the leading, reporter in the country who has delved deeply and critically in print into both the Koch brothers and Pope. The Moyers program theme goes along similar lines to Mayer's piece on Pope.
But in my view, this is not your father's documentary. This is not Frontline. This is better described as advocacy journalism. My sense is that an independent, fair-minded viewer watching this would have no doubt that Moyers does not like what is going on in North Carolina, disagrees with all of it except the protests, and that the thrust of the program supports that view.
Some Broader Perspective
There is an interview with the head of a Pope-funded foundation but the saving bit of balance from what one would call an informed participant with no dog in the fight was provided by Adam Hochberg, who teaches journalism at the University of North Carolina. Moyers, in fact, leads into this, pointing out that the state's Democrats played right into Pope's hands in 2010 when "a Democratic governor had pled guilty to a felony campaign finance charge."
But then Hochberg weighs in: "We had a Democratic Speaker of the House go to prison on a bribery scheme. I mean there was a lot of, a lot of sleaze in the Democratic Party. We saw a backlash against President Obama and Obamacare, which is the same thing we saw nationally. We saw frustration over a lousy economy, which was the same thing we saw nationally."
I would add that while Obama, with a large minority, independent and youth turnout, narrowly won the state by just 14,000 or so votes in 2008, he lost by about 100,000 in 2012 with some of those folks staying home. What seemed missing from this program, aside from Hochberg's contribution, was any help at judging how big a role Art Pope, the unfettered money supply, the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision opening the floodgates to more money in politics, the redistricting (also done by Democrats when they can) actually played in North Carolina, as opposed to malfeasance or ineptness by some Democrats, dismay over national events, and Democrats not turning out. The Republican governor and legislature were, after all, elected by a majority of the voters. Whose fault is that? Did Pope engineer all that?
On the other hand, some kind of a well-balanced he said/she said documentary might not have had any impact beyond what people already know. All of the issues that Moyers targets — big money in the hands of a few controlling interests, new regulations on voting rights, corporate taxes, cuts in education and medical care — are very real, legitimate issues and need to be aired without pulling punches. Whatever one feels about Moyers, he is one of the only figures on television that goes after these issues head-on. These are tense times. Advocacy journalism needs a place at times within the mix of public discourse.
But I have always felt, as a consumer of news and as a journalist, that programs suffer rather than benefit when they are easily perceived, by people who come at this with an open-mind, as advocacy messages. Even when facts are there, and Moyers' program presents lots of them, most people can smell a tone a mile away.
You must have tough and hard-hitting reporting to expose the realities of today's extraordinary wealth, influence and politics. But you also need to lay out the complexities of these situations.
New York Viewer Calls Program 'Attack Piece,' Moyers Responds
Please explain how PBS can ask for public money and donations when it carries unabashedly political, one-sided programming like Moyers & Company? I stopped donating to PBS long ago because of the Moyers program and never watch it. Unfortunately, my TV was still on PBS after I had watched Downton Abbey. I couldn't believe how much worse Bill Moyers had become. His program was an attack on the North Carolina Republican Party and free programming for North Carolina progressives. The material was an attack piece filled with out and out bias. This is not journalism. It is partisan politics of the worst kind. I didn't know how far PBS integrity had fallen until tonight. PBS does not deserve public support in any way. I would suggest that no one send contributions to an entity that is just another branch of the progressive movement.
New York, NY
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In response, we can't speak on behalf of PBS or its fundraising policies. We can, though, note that we take no money from PBS or public television stations for the programs we produce and provide to those stations at no charge to them. We also respectfully disagree with your description of the documentary as an attack. That's simply not true; it was a fact-based report. Indeed, none of the facts presented in the report have been challenged as untrue. Unfortunately, first and second most powerful Republicans in North Carolina, Art Pope and Governor Pat McCrory, did not respond to our interview requests, and Mr. Pope has not responded even now to our invitation that he appear on an upcoming broadcast to discuss what we reported. Francis De Luca of the John William Pope Civitas Institute did appear and spoke well on behalf of the Republican agenda, did agree to speak with us. Furthermore, in noting the "sleaze" in the Democratic party (our film does not use that word with regard to Republicans), we in no way imply that one party is above criticism in North Carolina, and we welcome all efforts by North Carolina public media outlets to investigate Republicans and Democrats alike, and to help citizens there better understand how hidden money is spent on politics by Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and progressives, and anyone else hoping to influence the debate in your state.
Bill Moyers
Moyers Gets Last Words in Response to Missouri Viewer
My comment is about the one sided reporting that too often dominates PBS. Today my disbelief centers on the Moyers and Company programming on North Carolina. This program is not reporting but vilification of conservatism. You insult the voters of North Carolina, who by the way put these people in power, by insinuating that it only took money. And while much of this may be true, then to be fair, the same principles, or lack thereof, apply to both sides of political landscape. With a minimal amount of research, one could find equally grotesque abuses of power from the liberal agenda enacted by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. We could even take the idea of buying your way into power straight to the top if you examine the rise of President Obama. Finally, regarding the idea of requiring a picture ID for voting, who are we kidding? Identification is the very foundation of the United States. Why don't we just use the IRS for voting verification, it is good enough for the affordable care act. Thankfully, Adam Hochberg offered some non-partisan points of view. Perhaps I have missed the pro-conservative shows that showcase how states like Texas have prosperity through conservatism or the reporting of the good things that are happening for North Carolina because of the fiscal decisions that were made. The whole country is not liberal, please keep that in mind when you program for the Public Broadcast Station.
Ellisville, MO
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Thank you for the comment, and for conceding that "much of [what is in the program] may be true." In fact, it's all true. We would note that in the John William Pope Foundation's critical response to our program, no fact that we reported was challenged as incorrect.
Your assertion that both sides of the political aisle are guilty of "grotesque abuses of power" is not one we would take issue with; in fact, we heartily agree. We even called attention in the report to the corruption of the Democratic Party in North Carolina that "played right into" conservative hands. However, it was not our intention — nor could it possibly have been in the short time allotted to our program — to do a report that catalogues the many abuses of power of American political life. Rather, we chose to focus on something unique to North Carolina: the extraordinary story of a single individual having so much influence and power in one state.
We do take issue with another of your assertions, that "identification is the very foundation of the United States." Rather, we would argue that the Constitution is the foundation of the United States. And it is enfranchised voters and, yes, a free press, that help keep that foundation solid. Finally, we respect your right to say that we insulted the voters of North Carolina, but with equal respect we respond that in fact we have done what the job of the press has always been to do: we have informed the voters of North Carolina.
With best regards,
Bill Moyers


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Pop Culture Guru and Television Talk Show host, Wendy Williams got so emotional on her show today while talking about the recent and tragic death of Musical Icon, Whitney Houston. In the video Wendy also talks about her struggle with Drugs and how she hoped Whitney would someday become sober.
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August 15, 2012 - Dominican Republic - The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs), today announced Government of Canada support for the delivery of training courses in the Dominican Republic focused on tackling organized crime. The announcement came following a meeting with Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic.
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EVERGLADES PARK (CBS4) – Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue workers have been looking for a missing hiker in Everglades National Park since Saturday evening.
The search for the hiker is a team effort between Air Rescue units, dogs and ground personnel, according to Capt. Eric Baum, spokesman for MDFR who said the search is being conducted near State Road 9 and 336 Street.
Efforts were halted as darkness fell.
The missing man is described as a white male in his late 60s, weighing about 180 pounds who was last seen wearing a green sleeveless T-shirt and khaki shorts. The balding man was also wearing a black Hard Rock Café hat, according to MDFR spokespersons.
The unnamed man is an experienced hiker and may have simply lost his way.
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Created by Japanese designer Kei Harada, the sofa you see above is similar to the structure of marshmallows. Because of this structure, it allows a user to explore different sitting positions.
Although it is not exactly made for children, Harada says, "although this sofa was not built specifically for children, it was my impression that the children intuitively understood my intentions of inducing motion through the sofa"
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Big-box retailer Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT)[1] announced a new search engine for its website that's intended to make online shopping faster and easier.
The search engine was built from the retailer's research and technology arm, WalmartLabs. According to the company, "Walmart.com has already seen an approximate 10-15 % increase in shoppers completing a purchase after searching for a product," since the search engine — named Polaris — was introduced.
"With Polaris, we are giving users the ability to connect with the items they want but also surface items based on their interests and likely intent," Sri Subramaniam, vice president for @WalmartLabs and head of the Polaris initiative, said in a press release[2]. "This is the start of what we imagine search to be as we continue to deliver products to accelerate Walmart's global e-commerce efforts."
Polaris takes into account how a shopper is interacting with the site to find the best results for them. It delivers a new results page when browsing for topics, which helps shoppers find related items they may not have considered. For example, if a user types in the word "denim," it returns results on jeans, according to the company.
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In the coming week, the Senate will be voting on S.510, the so-called Food Safety Modernization Act, a bill that will provide sweeping new powers to the FDA to regulate farmers. In the wake of the recent egg recall, as well as previous problems with spinach, tomatoes, peppers and peanuts, it makes sense to put tighter controls in place. But while most of these outbreaks have originated at large scale farming operations, the FDA has in the past, shown a penchant for scrutinizing small farmers to the point of harassment, while leaving the big boys pretty much on their own.
I'll tell you one thing. I always get a little nervous when I see the word "modernization" in a bill before Congress. Not because I am a Luddite, I'm not. But rather because a number of bills carrying this description have been put forward by industry, as an attempt to get away from those "old-fashioned" regulations that have required a certain level of accountability rather than simply letting them run roughshod over an unsuspecting public.
This is part of a growing trend of corporate influence and money spilling over into the government agencies that are supposed to be overseeing them. In the past two years, we have seen this play out disastrously, first on Wall St. and then in the Gulf of Mexico.
The FDA has a similar history of cozy relationships with the very powerful food and drug industries. In the past, they have shown a pronounced bias in their enforcement procedures, going after small farmers aggressively for minor infractions while letting huge corporations off the hook for misconduct that have in some cases led to hundreds of deaths. One particularly egregious example of this was the L-tryptophan EMS tragedy in the late eighties, in which it was revealed that FDA insiders actively covered-up evidence linking the outbreak with genetically modified bacteria used in the production of this drug. They did this in order to protect the nascent biotech industry, to which several of these individuals had financial ties. This whole story is revealed in Jeffrey Smith's book Seeds of Deception, which I recommend. There is a familiar pattern here and one that is putting every American at risk.
That being said, people are nervous after the recent food scares on everything from eggs, to tomatoes and spinach, not to mention Mad Cow disease. It is an entirely appropriate role for the government to play in our society to oversee commercial interests to ensure the well-being of the people and the land. Still, looking at the facts, most of these food crises originated in large scale industrial operations. If the FDA intends to focus most of its efforts on small farmers, squeezing out the competition for their friends in agri-business and in the process, eliminating any alternative for those of us who are, frankly, afraid of what some of the large scale industrial farming operations are putting out there, then it really won't help at all. Between the unsafe, overcrowded conditions, the grotesque manipulations of animals, the excessive use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, the proliferation of dangerous, inadequately tested genetically modified foods, and the development of plant varieties optimized for shelf life and transportability rather than nutrition, there is a lot to be concerned about.
As Tom Philpott, of Grist, says, "Today, thousands of small farms and food purveyors are building out alternative food systems rooted in community development and ecological sustainability, not just profit. … they are economically fragile, as they (unlike the dominant food system) operate without government support or subsidy."
Putting a huge regulatory burden on them would more likely drive them out of business than anything else. (See video clip from Kristin Canty's upcoming documentary, Farmageddon).
That is exactly what Judith McGeary, founder and executive director of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance thinks will happen. "S. 510, as it is currently written, will almost certainly put many local farmers and food producers out of business. These small businesses do not have the resources to absorb the time and expense of extensive new federal regulations." Her group and 130 others support the Tester-Hagan amendment which provides exceptions for small farmers.
Jean Halloran of Consumers Union agrees that the exclusion should be made for farmers that are small (under $500,000 in sales) and local (selling half their wares with a 400 mile radius). As the law currently stands it gives the FDA the leeway to set those limits themselves. "The key question here is how do you insure that FDA will do its job while providing sufficient guidance in the law to insure that FDA is spending its resources in the most effective manner?"[Correction: Consumer groups have felt that the 400 mile radius was too large and have lobbied to reduce it. According to a comment (see below) from Jean Halloran, the latest version of the bill includes an exemption for farms selling half or more of their wares within a 275 mile radius.]
By the way, if you're wondering whether FDA has a history of being heavy-handed, consider this. Armed raids on small farms and local food clubs have become common. Most of them are in response to alleged code violations, not in response to outbreaks of food-borne illnesses.
This is a potentially dangerous bill, that might be rendered acceptable with the Tester amendment. But not everyone thinks so. Rady Ananda of Food Freedom says that the exceptions granted in the Tester Amendment are limited only to the need for a food safety plan. All the other provisions of the bill will still apply. He calls the amendment an attempt to put lipstick on a pig. He says the bill will lead to more industry consolidation without added safety. He cites Mike Adams, who catalogues the alarming number of deaths traceable to the FDA and who says, "This is the last agency the American public needs "protecting" its food supply."
I tend to agree.
Mark Kastel, co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute summarizes the argument concisely. "I can't imagine, in the constrained budgetary environment we're all going to be working in, that S. 510 will be adequately funded. That will make it more important to make sure that limited resources truly are targeted to achieve the best bang for the buck in terms of protecting the citizenry. We know where the greatest risks are both in terms of hazards and scale — indirect, through many middlemen and sundry brands, and national distribution. It makes no logical sense whatsoever to focus on owner-operated direct marketers."
Yet, given its track record, that is almost surely what the FDA will do.
As we sit in the aftermath of our Thanksgiving meal, this might be a good time to consider your feelings on this issue. Don't be afraid to call or email your senator and let him or her know how you'd like to see them vote on S. 510 (go to www.Senate.gov for their contact information, or call the Capitol switchboard, 202-224-312).
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text: Hello, Just a summary of the principles I plan to use for, at least, my own stuff and that can be of some use for others too. The following will focus on the Linux kernel, but since the installation can be independant from the OS installed, the use of a Linux kernel for other system installations is not forbidden ;) PCI remainder ------------- In short, the PCI norm defines a way to identify the devices attached to the slots. 256 bytes headers are placed in the configuration memory area, and one can scan the buses to see if there are devices here, and if this is the fact can retrieve informations about the devices. These informations can be retrieve, of course, with or without the correct devices drivers built in the kernel or in modules. If the proc filesystem is compiled in the kernel, all the informations (and in fact, all the 256 bytes headers) are available in /proc/bus/pci subdirectory (/proc/pci is obsolete, and there is more to do with /proc/bus/pci). So, the identification of the PCI devices (including on new hardware even IDE controlers which are built on top of PCI buses) is "obvious", and the information is easy to have via the proc fs. But in order to be of some use, there are supplementary action to take : to be able to use the identification to insert the correct driver in the kernel (compilation option if one uses a build daemon, or insertion of modules). The PCI IDs database -------------------- The identification of the devices, in the headers, is made via integers. In order to display a more user friendly information, one can map the integers to strings displaying an human readable information about the type of the device. In the Linux kernel, there is a compilation time option to include this database (built from drivers/pci/pci.ids) in the kernel. But the system by itself has nothing to care about this "sugar". Problems : Does this information really belong to the kernel space ? The answer is definitively: no. The kernel has nothing to do with this stuff; this enlarges the kernel by 80ko; this is only of some utility at installation time; the database is incomplete, changes and do somebody consider that it is normal to recompile a kernel for that ? etc... The fact is that the DB _must_ belong to user space. Does we need this for installation ? No. The PCI allows automatic detection of the devices, so there is strictly no need to output something to the user : this must and can be done silently and at a relativily low cost. Exemple of device identification using /proc -------------------------------------------- First an example. Here is an extract of my /proc/bus/pci/devices [this is probably not the correct informations to use, see below]. A record is display like that : 0050 10b79055 b 0000f401 fedffc00 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 All values here are hexa (the complete description can be found in <linux_sources>/drivers/pci/proc.c) and some are the result of the concatenation of several different entries of the header. 0050 bus/function 10b79055 vendor/device b irq <7 values> io and memory resources for example, the vendor value is 0x10b7. If you make a search via: http://www.yourvote.com/pci/ you will find that this is 3Com. 0x9055 refers to a 3C905B 100bTX, on IRQ 11 (b) etc... More information are available in /proc/bus/pci/xx/ where xx is the two digit number of the bus, and in fact the "files" here display the headers. Example (for the very same device) : $ od -h /proc/bus/pci/00/0a.0 0000000 10b7 9055 0117 0210 0030 0200 5008 0000 0000020 f401 0000 fc00 fedf 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000040 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 10b7 9055 0000060 0000 0000 00dc 0000 0000 0000 010b 0a0a 0000100 here we see additionnal values like the 0x0200 specifying that this device belongs to the class of the Ethernet controler, etc... In fact the entries in /proc/bus/pci/xx/ are the more complete (these are the headers) and the right place to look for information. Database in user space ---------------------- Bootstrapping the installation ------------------------------ For my own purpose, I will mainly use network installations. The process is the following but in fact can be applied for other devices (not only NIC ones) : [First we need to be able to reach _one_ supplementary source of data : Network in this case, but this can be local disks too] - GRUB as a bootloader option a : modifying GRUB so that the PCI scanning is done whether or not NIC drivers are compiled and sending an option to indicate to the DHCP server (ISC 3.0 has conditionals) what device is there in order to create/swith to the correct initrd with the minimal modules. option b : let the server identifying the hardware device calling and switch to the correct initrd. The trick is to be able to use small memory machines and not to send a big kernel with a big initrd [The kernel loaded is able to access the supplementary data] - Once the Linux kernel is loaded - Extract from /proc the correct informations about the devices - send this to a service (for CDROM installation, the service can be on the very same machine) which map the ID to the correct drivers - load all the drivers modules requested in order to have full access to the hardware - analyze the software situation : partitionning, existence of existing OS - send this info to a service that takes the "decision" about partitionning and packages to install -> this step can be thought in conjunction with FAI - client receives the order for the installation process Building the PCI database ------------------------- There are several sources for the mapping of the PCI Ids to strings displaying the information about vendor and devices. But this is not really what is needed. What is needed is the mapping between Ids and driver name. These informations are spread (in the Linux kernel sources) in the drivers sources. For example, in the drivers/net directory, we take 3c59x.c : /* EtherLinkXL.c: A 3Com EtherLink PCI III/XL ethernet driver for linux. */ /* Written 1996-1999 by Donald Becker. */ [snipped] #define DRV_NAME "3c59x" /* Here some enum to identify chips */ enum vortex_chips { CH_3C590 = 0, CH_3C592, CH_3C597, [snipped] CH_3CCFEM656_1, CH_3C450, }; /* note: this array directly indexed by above enums, and MUST * be kept in sync with both the enums above, and the PCI device * table below */ static struct vortex_chip_info { const char *name; int flags; int drv_flags; int io_size; } vortex_info_tbl[] __devinitdata = { #define EISA_TBL_OFFSET 0 /* Offset of this entry for vortex_eisa_init */ {"3c590 Vortex 10Mbps", PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_VORTEX, 32, }, {"3c592 EISA 10mbps Demon/Vortex", /* AKPM: from Don's 3c59x_cb.c 0.49H */ [snipped] PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_TORNADO|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, }, {0,}, /* 0 terminated list. */ }; /* And here what is of most interest for the data base */ static struct pci_device_id vortex_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = { { 0x10B7, 0x5900, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C590 }, { 0x10B7, 0x5920, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C592 }, { 0x10B7, 0x5970, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C597 }, [snipped] {0,} /* 0 terminated list. */ }; ---------------------------------------------------------------- So the process is : for every driver of a pci type of card : for every vendorId and DeviceID add vendorID:DeviceID\tDRV_NAME to the database An optimization will be to create database from classes of devices in order to allow the use of smallest databases. What would be great too is to have a central place (there is http://www.yourvote.com/pci/ for the IDs to name mapping; one can know other db) to add the informations about PCI devices and drivers (one Debian db accessible via network for example). RFC -- Thierry LARONDE, Centre de Ressources Informatiques, Archamps - France http://www.cri74.org/


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While $#*! My Dad Says may be gone, creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick remain teamed up and are moving on to work on not one but two other pilots for two separate networks. The duo, also known for creating Will & Grace, have secured two put pilot commitments, one of which is on CBS and the other for ABC.
Kohan and Mutchnick's close friendship has likely allowed them to have an easier time of working together. The two have teamed up for $#*! My Dad Says as well as Will & Grace. Now it appears that their relationship will not only be affecting their work, but it will also be inspiring it. According to Deadline, the writers are working on a comedy series based on their own relationship. The pilot, which has been a long time coming, with two previous attempts having been made, follows two best friends, one of which is straight and the other is gay. Both are in serious relationships, which explains the show's description about "4 people in 3 relationships."
Kohan and Mutchnick tried to build a pilot around the concept in 2007 for CBS, with Jay Mohr and Brian Austin Green as the leads. A second attempt was made for ABC in 2008 with Alan Tudyk, Josh Cooke and Ty Burrell as the leads. Both Burell and Tudyk can now be found on ABC in different shows (Modern Family and the upcoming Suburgagory). And Josh Cooke was among the stars of ABC's shortlived Better With You. Due to a variety of factors, Mutchnick and Kohan's previous attempts at a comedy about their friendship didn't work out. Third time's a charm though, as CBS has a pilot agreement set for the concept.
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I want to make this thing in the home slideshow : while a picture is displayed, I'd like to highlight the corresponding thumbnail.
For example, changing the border color of the thumbnail during all the time the picture is displayed.
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Thanks. But I find amazing nobody tried to do that, because it's a common functionality in slideshows. You've never been asked to do that before in one of your theme ?
It's a problem for me besause my customer wanted that. How can I manage that ?
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you need to modify following function in custom.js:
I must admit you're the first one who requests this feature :)
I'm coming back for this problem. My customer absolutely wants this functionnality. I must do that to avoid getting in trouble with him.
So my question is simple : How much should I pay you to modify this ?
Thanks for the answer
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