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Right now, after record low Arctic ice last fall delayed when polar bears could find seals, female polar bears with young cubs are trying to make up for lost hunting time—and are frantically looking for food to gain the calories needed to nurse their cubs.
But now, we have momentum on our side to put strong limits on carbon pollution fueling the climate change that is causing polar bears to suffer.
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Cars will be booted from a stretch of Manhattan road on Saturday for the city's first Summer Streets of the season.
The city will close off traffic to seven miles of street on Lafayette Street and Park Avenue from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will be five rest stops along the route, each with their own activities, like a dog park and mini-golf course at 52nd Street and Park Avenue, and free bike repair and a zip line at Foley Square.
Summer Streets will be held again on consecutive Saturdays: August 9 and 16.

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Ben Owen
Birds and Water, 1
Those with a certain taste will be familiar with Ben Owen's subtle yet stunning design work with his Brooklyn-based Winds Measure Recordings imprint, which also releases his own carefully crafted music in both collaborative and solo form. These are two masterfully textured sidelong pieces exemplifying his attention to craft, process, and detail at the most painstaking levels, while still embracing the sonic imprecision of the cassette tape medium.
"These recordings were made on residency with The Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY during May 2010. This was my third and—unknown to me at the time—last residency, as the Center has now closed. While two of three residencies were in partial an audio/video collaboration with Justin Lincoln, the Birds and Water series is my main body of work created at ETC. The recordings are both sound and sound and image based pieces using David Jones' image processing system. ETC expanded operations in 1974 with the first Jones Colorizer, and in 1975 with a set of keyers, a multi-input syncable sequencer and a bank of oscillators, all designed and constructed by David Jones. The analog system modules coupled with several external op amp generators are heard in these sessions. Numerous patches and variations of each were recorded in extended durations. Side A was recorded direct to cassette tape. Both recordings are presented in their unedited duration.
Thanks to Hank Rudolph, Sherry and Ralph Hocking, Justin Lincoln, Giuseppe Ielasi and Evan Lindorff-Ellery."
– Ben Owen
– Professionally duplicated on Chrome tape stock
– Artwork by Evan Lindorff-Ellery, video stills by Ben Owen
– Silkscreen printed by Sonnenzimmer
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O's rally falls short against Rangers
Ninth-inning run forces extras, but visitors fall in 10
By Ken Daley / Special to MLB.com
Unfortunately for the Orioles, neither unusual occurrence did much to avert a frustrating 4-3 loss in 10 innings before 24,035 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
All-Star shortstop Michael Young singled to left on the first pitch he saw from Orioles reliever Paul Shuey in the bottom of the 10th. The one-out hit scored Travis Metcalf from second base, and Young's second walk-off winning hit of the season doomed the Orioles to their 16th loss in 24 games.
The loss seemed doubly painful inside a somber Baltimore clubhouse. Not only did the Orioles feel they had been robbed of a tying run in the seventh, they also knew they had squandered an improbable uprising against one of baseball's top closers. Brian Roberts' one-out double in the top of the ninth had scored Brandon Fahey from first base, saddling Gagne with his first blown save in 12 opportunities as a Ranger.
"I don't take any solace at that at all," Dave Trembley said sternly.
The Orioles' interim manager still was upset over a seventh-inning call by plate umpire Brian Knight that might well have cost Baltimore the game.
With the bases loaded and one out, Rangers reliever C.J. Wilson bounced a wild pitch off the foot of catcher Adam Melhuse. The ball ricocheted off the backstop back to Melhuse as the Orioles' Chris Gomez dashed home from third base. Television replays confirmed that Gomez slid his foot across the plate ahead of Melhuse's diving tag attempt. But Knight's view was partially blocked as Wilson tried to cover the plate, and the umpire called out a dumbfounded Gomez.
"I was pretty surprised," Gomez said. "I got a good break, I saw the whole plate in front of me, I thought I was safe. But he saw what he saw."
Trembley ran out to argue the call at length, but Knight neither consulted with other umpires nor reversed his call, preserving the Rangers' 3-0 lead. The decision loomed even larger when Nick Markakis followed with a double deep into the right-field corner, bringing the Orioles within 3-2 instead of tying the game.
"We thought our guy was safe," Trembley said. "That's baseball, but I don't feel real good about it. I asked [umpires crew chief] Tim Welke after the game if they could look at the video of it and then let me know.
"I think we were all stunned by that call. I don't think I could say it any clearer than that without getting in trouble."
Rangers manager Ron Washington said, "The umpire made the right call from my vantage point." But after watching replays after the game, the umpires confessed an injustice had been done, though they stopped short of an apology.
"I've seen the replay, and I see that I missed the call," Knight said. "I was fighting to get the best position I could get and I called what I saw at the moment. That's pretty much all I can say about it. I just saw the tag beating him."
Welke defended his colleague, saying, "You normally don't have plays like that. You'll have wild pitches that lead to plays at the plate, but not with the catcher diving back at the guy. ... I thought [Knight] was in great position, and then the pitcher came in front of him. That's just a bad break."
That did little to soothe the Orioles (37-48), who lost for the third time in four games, and fell to 4-5 in extra innings and who slipped to 8-8 since Trembley replaced fired manager Sam Perlozzo on June 18.
"It's pretty frustrating," said Gomez. "It's just unfortunate. That was a big run."
The Orioles managed to tie the game at 3 in the ninth with a run on three hits against Gagne, who had converted his first 11 save chances this year and who entered the game with a 1.07 ERA and a .140 opponents' batting average.
Fahey, who replaced injured starting shortstop Freddie Bynum in the third, started the ninth-inning rally with a one-out single to right. He scored from first when Roberts drove a double to the wall in right-center.
Roberts was picked off at second when Gagne fielded a sharp comebacker from Jay Payton, but Markakis singled to right to put runners on the corners with two out. Gagne recovered to strike out Kevin Millar to end the inning and the Orioles' final threat.
After Jamie Walker worked a scoreless ninth, Shuey put up little resistance in the 10th. Metcalf, the Rangers' rookie third baseman who came in batting .182, singled to center for his second hit of the game. Former Orioles utility man Jerry Hairston Jr. bunted Metcalf to second. After Shuey fell behind to Ramon Vazquez, he issued a walk that set up a double play, but also brought up the Rangers' best clutch hitter. Young smashed Shuey's next pitch into left field with a hard one-hopper that glanced over Gomez's outstretched glove.
"I thought I had a chance at it, but it kind of shot up higher than I thought," Gomez said.
Left fielder Jay Gibbons tried to throw Metcalf out at the plate, but the throw was wide and late and this time Knight's "safe" call was correct. Metcalf scored the winning run for a Rangers team that has won 11 of its last 16 games.
Texas starter Kameron Loe frustrated the Orioles for the first six innings, taking a four-hit shutout into the seventh. Loe (5-6) has a 1.60 ERA over his last 33 2/3 innings, but Gagne cost him what would have been his fifth consecutive winning start.
The Orioles' Jeremy Guthrie (4-2) was spared the loss, but saw his winless streak extended to three consecutive starts. The rookie right-hander allowed only one run in his first 5 2/3 innings, but issued a two-out walk to Marlon Byrd in the sixth, followed by a two-run homer by Brad Wilkerson. Wilkerson, playing in place of injured first baseman Mark Teixeira, has nine home runs and 23 RBIs in his last 25 games.
The Orioles lost starting shortstop Bynum in the third, when he strained his left hamstring trying to beat out a grounder to first base. Bynum was replaced by Fahey, a Dallas native, and will be re-evaluated Saturday before his status for the rest of the series is revealed.
Ken Daley is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The hardest form to put a handle on is a big belly. You have to spring the handle out over the big belly. I don't like handles that stick out too far. I once saw these lovely little English sauce boats with a cap over the front of the gallery. I wasn't sure if it was an aesthetic decision or to keep the lid from falling out. This gave me an idea to put the cap at the back of my gallery which would give me some purchase to spring the handle. I made 5 Texan size teapots and gave it a try.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Big Bellies
2 comments:
- Dennis Allen said...
I've been trying to get a handle on my big belly for years.Like you say, it's tough.
- January 30, 2013 at 2:24 PM
- imagine said...
Those teapots remind me so much of Mick Casson.
Not in design, but in their bold strength and vitality.
They look big and dynamic, as if they have been thought through and well designed.
Really nice pots.
- January 31, 2013 at 10:44 AM
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- NIRF constitutes a nodal point in the cell cycle network and is a candidate tumor suppressorTsutomu Mori
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Cell Cycle 10:3284-99. 2011..These observations suggest that NIRF occupies a prominent position within the cell cycle network, and is a strong candidate for a tumor suppressor whose aberration contributes to the pathogenesis of diverse malignancies...
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San Jose and Mountain View, Calif.--May 20, 1998--Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. (San Jose) and Award Software International, Inc. (Mountain View) announced that the Department of Justice has requested additional information and documentary material in connection with its review of the proposed merger between the two companies. The DOJ request will result in an extension of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
On April 16 Phoenix Technologies and Award Software announced the completion of a definitive merger agreement. The companies serve complementary segments of the global markets for system software and peripheral interconnect technologies for PCs, servers, mobile computers, information appliances, and embedded systems.
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Interferon — a critical protein that mediates the body's defense against a wide variety of infectious agents and tumors — may soon have greater therapeutic value as the result of a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
"Essentially, we found a way to grease the gears that drive the interferon signal," says Michael J. Holtzman, M.D., the Selma and Herman Seldin Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
The researchers modified the structure of a protein called Stat1, which relays signals from interferon at the cell surface to genes in the cell nucleus. The modification up shifted Stat1's response to interferon.
The study will appear in the October 7, 2005 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry and was selected as the journal's Paper of the Week, which recognizes the top one percent of the journal's papers in significance and overall importance.
The development of a mechanism to tweak Stat1's responsiveness may prove particularly useful for patients with such disorders as hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and many types of systemic cancer, who currently benefit from interferon treatment, but sometimes find it difficult to tolerate the side effects of the high doses required.
"We reasoned that if we could enhance the way interferon produces its beneficial defensive effects, the body could respond to its normal level of interferon and receive enhanced benefit without side effects," Holtzman says.
The group engineered a mutant Stat1 protein in which the identities of two amino acids were switched. Investigations conducted on cells growing in culture showed that the altered Stat1 proteins reacted more efficiently to the presence of both type I and type II interferons. Further tests revealed that the souped-up Stat1 recruited more of a specific protein it needs to pass on the interferon signal, essentially raising the speed limit on signal transmission.
"Ordinarily, the interferon signaling system's rate may be slowed because this helper protein interacts with Stat1 at less than the maximum amount," Holtzman says. "It's possible that the maximal setting would be harmful in the long term, because too much interferon could lead to inflammatory diseases. But we may find advantages to increasing Stat1 action in the short term using drug treatments."
Such therapies could allow physicians to turn up the effect of interferon temporarily to treat infections or other disorders and then to turn it back down to normal levels when the patient is cured.
"The potential for this 'rheo-Stat' strategy is exciting," Holtzman says. "As an example, one could improve Stat1 efficiency during the winter months in patients at risk of developing serious viral infections, including children with asthma, heart disease or compromised immune systems."
It may be possible, as well, to screen patients for levels of Stat1 responsiveness and use the same treatment strategy to correct low levels of response, according to Holtzman. The researchers are currently screening newborn infants for levels of Stat1 action and tracking their susceptibility to viral infection.
In addition, the group is studying transgenic mice engineered to carry the same Stat1 mutations that were examined in cells. In this way, the researchers can investigate the benefits of hyper-responsive Stat1 for infection control and cancer treatment in a living organism. These studies lay the foundation for the development of human treatments that use drugs that increase Stat1 responsiveness and consequently enhance the benefits of interferon produced naturally in the body or given as treatment.
Zhang Y, Takami K, Lo MS, Huang G, Yu Q, Roswit WT, Holtzman MJ. Modification of the Stat1 SH2 domain broadly improves interferon efficacy in proportion to p300/CREB-binding protein coactivator recruitment. Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 7, 2005.
Funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Martin Schaeffer Fund and the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Charitable trust supported this research.
Washington University School of Medicine's full-time and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals. The School of Medicine is one of the leading medical research, teaching and patient care institutions in the nation, currently ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.


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Have you or a family member been seriously injured in a car accident in North Carolina? Any type of vehicle accident (truck, motorcycle, SUV) may have serious consequences for a victim, including physical injuries, financial problems and emotional trauma. It's important to consider your potential right to monetary compensation, as this may significantly improve your ability to rebuild and move on with your life.
Thousands of innocent people are killed and countless more are seriously injured in auto accidents every year. If you have been injured in an auto accident in North Carolina, it's in your best interest to speak with an attorney about your legal right to possible compensation. A car accident injury lawyer at Lanier Law Group, P.A. can review the facts of your claim, speak with your insurance company, and help you get the claims process started.
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- 28 percent of these collisions were DWI related, involving at least one driver who had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater, which is above the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle in the state.
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The wild animals weren't only on the walls of the Mangelsen-Images of Nature Gallery on Dec. 2.
Wild Wonders/Zoofari brought Kima the kinkajou, Dolce the alligator, Snow Pea the porcupine and Holly Jolly, a hairy armadillo, for guests to get close to and get acquainted with.
Some guests made a beeline to the La Jolla gallery for the event, while others were caught up as they walked by on Girard Avenue. The evening brought in $600 for the care and feeding of the Zoofari animals.
Each donor of $35 at the gallery received 35 percent off an art purchase. For a $10 donation, you could have a picture taken with a Zoofari animal.
The animal ambassadors live at Zoofari in Bonsall. From there they travel to schools and other venues to foster a concern for wildlife. Their job is to educate the public on their species and the importance of protecting their still-wild relatives.
Zoofari houses unwanted, non-releasable or confiscated wildlife in a safe, healthy environment. None of its animals were taken from the wild.
One Zoofari resident is Olivia, an owl monkey confiscated in a cruelty raid at a hoarder's residence in New York. Her enclosure companion at Zoofari is another owl monkey rescued from a Florida laboratory.
Dolce, a 2-year-old alligator, was found in a sewer drain in Rancho Santa Fe in 2009 and was nursed back to health at Zoofari. She's 2 feet long now, but she will grow to be a 15-footer weighing 1,000 pounds, and donations will be needed to construct a pond where she can swim freely.
Besides funding the animals' care, Zoofari provides educational grants so less privileged children might participate in programs it offers, such as educational day camps during school breaks. And Zoofari has long provided programs for schools in low-income neighborhoods. Specific programs are also available for at-risk youth to involve them in animal conservation and preservation activities.
Some of the contributions to this nonprofit go to international wildlife conservation.
The Zoofari crew who brought the animals and introduced themwere Zoofari founder and director Jackie Navarro, Kimberly Wright, Tim Barlow and his wife, Linda ,and Erica Tibbetts . Intern Ashley Hyde-Smith and her conure, Skittles, were also on hand, aswas Donna Bartlett. Alex Mueller took the photosof the ambassadors with their visiting admirers.
Mangelsen gallery staffers Chris Laramie and Heather Bowler were there to explain the origin ofthe spectacular art work of nature photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen. He has donated a 30-inch-by-20-inch photographvalued at $995 that will be auctioned at the next fundraiser,"Wine, Sunset and Cheetah!" on Feb. 18 at Zoofari in Bonsall.
Some of the people who visited during the evening were Ana Sanchez, Ashley Williams, Brandy Child, Gianne Brintwood, Dylan Brintwood, Kathy Hatch, Kristin Bostick and Matthew Miller.
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Spinning the decks with George Eliot's Anker Radio
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Spinning the decks with Anker Radio
Louise Smith, Village Advisor at Bede Village is the new recruit at George Eliot Hospital's Anker Radio.
Working alongside Merv and John, she helps to present the Live Request Show on Thursday nights from 9-10pm. The show is repeated again on Friday mornings at 9am.
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You have bridges and bridges. You have architects and architects.
This is a bridge from THE architect of this moment (my humble opinion). Calatrava has made his architecture as a brandmark and like or not, you know right away if it his or not. Perhaps not the most spectacular ones but with the morning light darken the 2 office buildings looking like 2 towers of a citygate of a futuristic city.
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KORN frontman Jonathan Davis recently commented on the contributions to the group's latest CD, Untouchables, of the album's producer Michael Beinhorn, a renowned studio wizard who's previously produced groups ranging from the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS to OZZY OSBOURNE."What we did was like write heavy music in an orchestral style using different like movements, different things going on," Davis said. "And then our producer Beinhorn, he made… he took advantage of making this huge space, making a huge area and just… massive. Not a big wall of sound, but it was like three-dimensional, you could definitely hear different things going on. And everything was pretty thought out well… it's awesome."
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Christianity Thomas on 04 Jun 2011 12:41 am
Ricky Gervais on Noah's Ark
A different way to think about Noah's Ark:
How could anyone believe this story? Even if you assume that it's allegory, how could anyone worship a being this bizarre?
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on 21 Jun 2011 at 3:31 pm 1.simply vicki said …
sounds like some jerk who has been disappointed somewhere in childhood and now wants to blame God. Explain the origin of all those arachnids that you seem to enjoy laughing about and their role in germination and pollination and how they keep you from the arduous task of blowing on or picking apart the leaves on those lovely flowers you like to brag about around your home. How does your Garden(ia) really grow? I wonder on who's name you will call on your death bed. Will it be a member of your audience; who thinks you're really funny, but, only knows your name and not you and won't be there to save you. My aunt is living proof of what God can do through prayer since she was suppose to have died of cancer, according to her doctor, when I was 19 and I am now 53. What happened to you at age 8? Did you pray for a toy and didn't get it. That seems to be where your spiritual growth was stunted. It's amazing how you've made millions of dollars attempting to draw the attention of others away from God. I'm sure he is pleased by your adverse ability to draw others closer to Him by your negativity. One of the primary things we're are guilty of as humans is being nosey. You don't think they go home after the show and try to find proof of what you're saying. Where do you think they look first?! Thanks from the Christian community who do believe for making our job so much easier. Keep up the Good work! God bless you!
on 21 Jun 2011 at 3:59 pm 2.Lou said …
1.simply (simple?) vicki said …
"Thanks from the Christian community who do believe for making our job so much easier. Keep up the Good work!"
Thanks from the atheist community for demonstrating the irrational and illogical thought process of the mind of those "who do believe."
"God bless you!"
God obviously didn't bless you, unless you consider ignorance to be bliss.
on 22 Jun 2011 at 8:11 pm 3.nony mouse said …
Wow, Vicky, you're certainly one angry, hate-filled, individual. Aren't you?
What are you afraid of Vicky? Concerned, perhaps, that if you think for yourself that you'll find that belief in your god is utterly, ridiculously, and pathetically silly?
Why on earth would you think that anyone would be so out-of-touch with reality as to pray for a toy? Is that what your parents taught you? Not that good behavior, working hard, or simply having loving relationships with real people was important? In your world, you close your eyes and wish for things. That's the extent of your value system? That's sad, Vicky. Really sad.
Don't despair though, Vicky. Even though the world can be a scary place. Once you embrace reality, you can free yourself from that fear and self-loathing that comes with your religion.
on 07 Jul 2011 at 11:48 pm 4.Gopherskid said …
Ha… ha… ha… Its all science Vicky… If you would pick up a 6th grade Science book, it will have the answers for you. THEN you won't have to just sit there and gawk at the fact that you don't know how it all works… you can sit there and gawk at how beautiful it all is BECAUSE you know how it all works.
on 10 Jul 2011 at 12:37 am 5.truthseeker said …
Is all the hostility necessary? I wonder what's amiss when intelligent people can't have an intelligent conversation. This video is of a comedian talking about a book written for children. He's looking for a laugh, not intelligent thought. And I seriously hope none of you are honestly looking for answers to a question as life-defining as "Is there a God?" in a 6th grade science textbook. Try Intelligent Design theory or Theistic Evolution. That will give you some grown-up meat to chew on. But whatever you decide to do with the story of Noah's Ark, (no one alive can answer questions about why or how a God that is powerful enough to create everything that exists did what He did thousands of years ago) let's try to be kind and leave each other room to believe what we choose without ridicule.


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to jumping spiders or praying mantises, maximise their chances of a kill by
attacking at just the right moment.
Shigeo Yachi from the Center for Ecological Research at Kyoto University in
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the same animal may have to hunt different kinds of prey, in groups of varying
sizes, across ever-changing types of vegetation cover.
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step of the hunt—they simply weigh the merits of getting closer to the
prey against losing the element of surprise. When the risk of being noticed by
prey outweighs the advantage of proximity, the predator attacks. "Using this
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February 1, 2012) Staff at The Baby Place at Park Ridge are honoring the memory of Shelby Sprowls Wilkie through a gift program that will present every first-time mom at The Baby Place in 2012 with a free copy of the best-selling book Baby 411. Shelby, a 38-year-old Hendersonville resident, was killed in a domestic violence attack in early January – just three months after she delivered her baby, Sydney, at Park Ridge Health.
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Back in 1946, the Chino family's Japanese-born parents were released from internment camp. Today, 55 years later, the family sticks by that generation's principle of growing cultivated, rotational crops using the accumulated experience of that same ancient ancestry to produce "the best vegetables possible." It's amazing how much they grow on their 45 acres. They have over 100 different vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Corn and strawberries are what they're most famous for, but they have greens and sprouts in a dizzying variety (June, September, and October are the most abundant months, according to Tom Chino.) Wolfgang Puck's Food Network filmed a segment earlier this year, George's at the Cove buys here, famed Berkeley organic restaurateur Alice Waters is a fan, and PBS television also visited for their Flavors of America.


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"I've been a substitute teacher for 20 years, and when I look at you I can tell where you're going to be when you grow up just by the way you're acting."
I've been through my share of substitute teachers. Gum-smacking, senile, haughty, nasal-sounding, privacy-invading, egotistical people. The kind that drone on for the entire class period about how many teeth their grandchildren have, correct us on assignments they've never seen before, hover two inches from your face, and smack on bright pink bubble gum while they subtly question your intelligence. And I've had enough passive-aggressive smiles, mothball sweaters, and sugar-coated coaxing to last me a lifetime.
In all fairness, I have had some good substitutes, and even great ones, for that matter — vivacious and open people — but they're extremely extraordinary. Once in a blue moon would be a fitting metaphor. As a result, my tolerance has built up against all kinds of substitute teachers that I've been forced to encounter. However, I can never seem to shrug off those substitute teachers who believe they have some all-encompassing powers of a psychic or mystic that can foretell your future.
Being a teenager, I am surrounded by talk of my future. Future. Future. Future. Sometimes, it can be overwhelming how much we're forced to think beyond the actual moment.
But even as I look around the angst-filled, hormone-congested hallways, I realize that my classmates and I are not true representations of our future selves. There will be so many more twists and turns along the way that will inevitably change us, our style, what stimulates us intellectually, the type of food we enjoy, the people we'll encounter, and even the way we deal with relationships.
Do I really believe my peers will be sagging their pants 20 years from now? Is it possible that some of the most immature people I know may in fact grow up to become great parents? Could an AP student with distinguished honors become a drug addict? Yes, it can all happen.
Yet, it deeply aggravates me to know that from the second I walk into a classroom, a complete stranger would take it upon himself to define my future and those of my peers after one glance. Aside from how extremely pretentious this can be, it's also misleading and misguided.
I think the reason this makes me so furious is because the issue isn't about a few substitute teachers, but an even greater adult population.
Adults expected so much from my generation based on their own preconceived notions. But what they don't realize is that by telling us who you think we are going to become, you're really just disrupting our own self-discovery or halting it altogether.
Recently, many of my substitutes have been attempting to play with the powers of foresight. However intriguing this may be for them, I hope that more adults will really think about what they're suggesting and imprinting on the minds of students of my generation.
You can't label me and decide my future. It's mine. And my future is not there for the taking, no matter how old or wise you are.
And if you don't get that, perhaps you're still not as wise as you think you are.
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We hear all the time about how poor the Cowboys' offensive line has performed in pass protection. While I'd hardly consider them an elite unit, especially on the right side, they're not quite as poor as most make them out to be, for a few reasons. First, Tony Romo spends quite a lot of time in the pocket. That's usually a good thing because he's athletic enough to make plays, but it also makes it more difficult for the offensive linemen to block for him. Romo can dodge free rushers, but he also forces his linemen to pass protect longer. There's really not much the Cowboys can or should do about that; you take the good with the bad.
Second, and more important, opposing rushers can pin their ears back and come straight after Romo in most situations. That's what happens on third-and-long or when you're down late in the game. Some use that as a reason to run the football more often to keep defenders back, although I'm not sure that's the answer, primarily because the Cowboys' passing game is more efficient than the run even if defenders know what's coming.
However, there are different ways to keep defenders on their heels without running a dive play straight into the heart of the defense. The most useful play type that the Cowboys have almost never utilized under Jason Garrett is the screen pass. I track all plays each year, and the 'Boys ran only 24 screens in all of 2012—1.5 per game. On top of that, only eight of those screens were to running backs. Eight! That's one running back screen every two games. The rest were to wide receivers or Jason Witten.
So if the Cowboys want to keep rushers back or utilize their momentum against them, they should probably be running way more screen passes. All of their running backs are above-average receivers out of the backfield, and the passes could really work as an extension of the running game. There's a very low chance for an incompletion on a screen, but it has more upside and a longer average gain than a rushing play. It's really a rushing play with a higher ceiling.
With Bill Callahan calling the plays in 2013, it's likely you'll see the Cowboys' screen rate increase substantially. They've reportedly been working on them in practice and, if used appropriately, screen passes could really aid this offense. Don't be surprised to see the number of screen increase to 50 or even 75—two to three times what we saw in 2012.
Jonathan Bales is the founder of The DC Times. He writes for DallasCowboys.com and the New York Times. He's also the author of Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Dominate Your Draft.


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Premiership's Algerian stars survived missiles being thrown at their team bus by Egyptian thugs yesterday.
The Sun says Portsmouth duo Nadir Belhadj and Hassan Yebda, plus Hull striker Kamel Ghilas, are on international duty with Algeria for today's crunch World Cup qualifier in Cairo.
Their team bus was ambushed on Thursday by a 100-strong mob, who hurled paving stones and bricks in an organised attack that smashed all the coach's windows.
Blackpool's former Fulham winger Hameur Bouazza, Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra and former Manchester City midfielder Djamel Abdoun were also on board.
Three of their team-mates needed stitches to face and head wounds, while several others were also hit by missiles. Amazingly, the Egyptian press claimed the bus ambush had been made up.
Bougherra fumed: "There were very few policemen around the team bus. They just provided a small escort.
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With Hurricane Sandy's imminent landfall in the northeast, possibly New York, it evokes memories of last year's Hurricane Irene, from which several local communities are still recovering.
Steve Hood, of Delaware County Emergency Services, said that his team learned from Hurricane Irene and is more prepared to get to the stranded and help those who could potentially be put out by Hurricane Sandy.
"I think due to past events, I think we're pretty well prepared," he said. "Being able to get to people could be difficult, especially if there is high winds and a lot of rain."
He advised residents to heed the evacuation orders if they are issued. During Hurricane Irene, many area residents chose to stay in their home and became stranded when roads washed out and major flooding occurred.
Hood added that people should be watching Sandy closely and have in place a plan to evacuate if necessary.
Hurricane Sandy is predicted to come ashore anywhere from southern New Jersey to as far north as New York City early next week. Central New York will be affected by winds reaching 80 mph and heavy rain, depending on the storm's location Monday.
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I think alot of Diana's weaker performances earlier on were the weeks she was fighting off the cold/sore throat her, Jasmine, and George battled. My 2cents:
Diana - Powerful voice, yet as she shown tues, can tone it down and soften things up... great raw performing ability... yes, she is still 16.. but has good stage presence already. Works well with the crowd, and seems comfortable on stage. I see her as highly marketable in multiple markets, including tv/movies. Her cute bubbly personality will work well.
Fantasia - I personally don't care for the tone of her voice in most songs.. too nasally/maci gray-ish... but she is a good performer, and does add her own flavor to each song... which is a good thing. She is unique, which isn't a bad thing, BUT it can limit her marketability... I kind of see Fantasia in the same light that I saw Ruben.... and trust me, I saw him in concert in LA a few months ago..and he was TERRIBLE!! The first couple songs were good, but after that he sucked! Raspy, out of breath, and no versitility at all. All the songs sounded the same... My wife and I both agreed..it was the LAST we would ever pay to see him.
I would be comfortable with either of the girls winning... I'm leaning more towards Diana, but the bottom line is.... my vote will go to who earns it next week!


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Dec 27, 2012 - 9:21 pm
I have another post here - http://csn.cancer.org/node/251404 - which explains all these questions are on behalf of my father. This is a quick one - Has anyone here treated with Biological medicines along with Chemo?
My father's docs gave him three options:
1) Radio + Chemo 6 weeks but will be tougher for the patient
2) Chemo 6 weeks after 7 weeks radio (Will have normal side effects)
3) Chemo + Biological Medicines for 6 weeks. Then 7 weeks Radio (Lower side effect and recurrence)chance.
Any suggestion would be welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Dec 27, 2012 - 11:02 pm
the term "biological medicine" is not restrictive enough to respond to. If you would please elaborate on exactly what medicines you are referring to, that would be most helpful. Thanks, and welcome to the board.
Dec 27, 2012 - 11:35 pm
Hi Pat,
Thank you. The other people I contacted said the same thing. I have asked for more details. Will post as soon as I get it.
Dec 28, 2012 - 9:09 am
My comment is based on your 3 options.
Statistically the concurrent chemo (cisplatin) and radiation (IMRT 70 Gy over 35 sessions) therapy is the most effective, if the intent is to "cure". Besides that, the statistics is not clear if induction (chemo before Rx) or adjuvant (chemo post Rx) is more effective. Also, the targeted therapy (e.g. Erbitux) is somewhat in uncharted territories, and it is more or less experimental. Each medical center has different experience and they would proceed accordingly.
My personal opinion - I would go with #1 (if general health allows, because it has the most side effects, unfortunately). I had that too, plus 3 chemo sessions (carboplatin + 5FU) post concurrent chemo + Rx (but that depends on the stage (mine was T2N2)).
Dec 28, 2012 - 1:05 pm
because our cases vary widely, going "statistically" just isn't very useful.
cisplatin has certainly been in use a lot longer, but to call erbitux 'experimental' is more or less inaccurate...
I was given a choice between cisplatin and erbitux, and grilled my onc for his opinion about efficacy of both. he wouldn't say that one would be more effective than the other for my case. at any rate, in my case the heavy lifting was done by rads, enhanced by chemo.
btw, there has been at least one indirect comparison (research published in 2011) of the efficacy of erbitux and cisplatin in SCC of the head and neck.
"RESULTS: There was little evidence of superiority of either platinum-based radiotherapy or cetuximab-based radiotherapy. All estimated hazard ratios were near 1.0 (equivalence), all confidence intervals spanned the null value (1.0), and no consistent pattern was observed regarding the direction of the effect. The results remained robust in sensitivity analysis.
This is the first quantitative analysis allowing formal comparison between cetuximab and radiotherapy versus cisplatin and radiotherapy. Based on state-of-the-art methodology for indirect comparisons, it was not possible to identify either treatment regimen as superior in prolonging either locoregional control or overall survival. Until the publication of more studies, and particularly a head-to-head comparison, the two treatments may be considered equally efficacious when given alongside radiotherapy. The choice of treatment may focus on the toxicity profile of the medications."
your mileage may vary. so forget the statistics, and go with your doc's recommendation.
Dec 28, 2012 - 3:57 pm
In general I agree with what you've said, except for "forget statistics". I've got your point, but the medical opinion and decision is (regardless of what we want) strongly biased and based on the statistical results (from clinical trials). The treatment protocols are issued based on those results; the treatment then is tailored based on the specifics. The issue that I have here is that these protocols are not necessarily updated to take into account the most recent results.
Dec 29, 2012 - 12:16 am
you're right, my "forget stats" was a bit clumsy.
I've no issue with skilled medical pros using current stats to assist judgement for specific cases/circumstances.
but us laypersons digging up five-year-old survival rates off the internet...not so good.
in the end...we still have to trust our doctors. and even when given bad odds, we owe it to ourselves to believe that we are among the positive exceptions to the stats.
Dec 28, 2012 - 9:25 am
I was STGIII Tonsils and a Lymhnode...
Tx was nine weeks of Cisplatin, Taxotere and 5FU (three week cycles), then concurrent seven weekly doses of Carboplatin and 35 dailys rads...
It's rough, but very doable..
Dx in January 2009, Tx ended mid June 2009, all clear since..
It's always a hard call, I'd go with what your MD's recommend and they have had the mose success with.
Best ~ John
Dec 28, 2012 - 1:41 pm
A year after initial radiation (only), I had a totoal laryngectomy, removal of vocal cords. This was followed by more radiation given with both erbitux and cisplatin. 8 months later a PET and biopsy showed the cancer has metastasized to the lungs. So some cancers are impossible to beat. On the up side, I had little trouble with the second ratiation + erbitux + cisplatin. Maybe, if I had more trouble with the sideeffects, the treatment would be more effective.
I debated about posting such a negative experience. But on consideration, I think patients need all the information they can get. Rick.
Dec 28, 2012 - 2:12 pm
Unfortunately, and I know you are aware, so not directed toward you, as much as you feeling to explain why you considered a negative reply...
It wasn't, it was a truthful and applicable reply...
We are all different, we all respond differently, an unfortunately, sometimes, we get the crappy end of the stick.
That being said, I hope they can find something to shake the crap off of yours...
Best ~ John
Dec 28, 2012 - 10:59 pm
HI All,
My family is picking the 3rd option - Chemo ( Docetaxel, Cisplatin and 5-FU) + Biological Medicines for 6 weeks. Then 7 weeks Radio. Has anyone undergone BioMap along with chemo? More specific term would be kinase inhibitors.
Dec 29, 2012 - 12:38 am
yes, I believe that the above-mentioned erbitux (cetuximab) is considered a kinase inhibitor (inhibitor of EGFR-associated tyrosine kinase). erbitux is also known as a monoclonal antibody, or targeted therapy. but never heard it called biological medicine, and haven't heard of biomap.
a whole bunch of us have had erbitux, and there are loads of related threads. there are other kinds of targeted therapy drugs too.
best wishes!


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One more reason to hate the CS system
Anyway. I open a letter and it says my application was received. I need to provide proof of my income and federal tax returns for this year, which haven't even been accepted yet. THEN, it tells me I also need to provide SO's proof of income and HIS tax return info!
This is the real kicker. It says to list any outgoing payments made every month. So, we did. And at the bottom it asks if any children are in the household. They share custody, but BM gets to claim SS. Then it says CS cannot be listed as outgoing payment.
Then why the hell do people get to claim their children? Basically what they are saying is, You don't have a child and that CS is actually a part of your income and is in your household. But, the parent receiving CS doesn't have to claim CS and ALSO gets the right to say they pay for another mouth to feed BUT THEY DON'T GET HELP DOING SO, since CS is never included in their income.
I can't be put on SO's insurance but the state can say he is responsible for my hospital bills. Such bullshit.
I also know that the FAFSA application for adults asks about child support received and includes it as income.
That's weird. I'm in California and all paperwork I have ever dealt with says that the only time my court ordered child support does NOT count as part of my receiving income, is if I am NOT receiving it. Which, of course, I have to provide proof of that I am not receiving anything.
Anyone I've ever spoken to on a legal aspect has told me that receiving child support counts as part of my income or, if I were paying child support, it would count as a bill or outgoing payment or something.
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I am not sure where you are, but in Texas CS received is absolutely counted as income on assistance applications. It was a problem for years because they used to assume people got all the CS they were ordered to get, which often did not happen, but now there is a streamlined state reporting system for it.
I also know that the FAFSA application for adults asks about child support received and includes it as income.
How the hell is he responsible for your hospital bills? Sorry honey, but if youre not married, hes not responsible. You need to go in there and tell them that.
"He has no legal or financial obligation to me. I am single and responsible for my own health care. I can not afford said healthcare on the income for my household, which I am the head of and which consists only of ME."
CS is considered income on federal financial aid forms (FAFSA). Odd.
Missouri is the same way. When a state is like this just get used to be victimized cause in their eyes its your fault for being with as they call it a dead beat so this is your punishment.
Ya,idk what more to say then CS system tries and screws the good dads that do pay and can't ever touch the sucky dads that don't pay:/. I'm in Cali.
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CS is considered income on federal financial aid forms (FAFSA). Odd.


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A Check on Indonesia's Graft-Ridden Procurement Games
June 27, 2012
Tracing the complicated web of procurement scandals in the Indonesian media over the past few months, it has been hard to remain upbeat about the country's fight against corruption. But among the gloomy headlines, The Asia Foundation was glad to find a glimmer of hope in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
A contractor, a labor rights activist, a lawyer, a budget analyst and a handful of community organizers are tirelessly working to hold the municipal government accountable. Known as the Independent Monitoring Commission (LPI), this dedicated group of professionals is making a difference, one public procurement project at a time.
Pervasive corruption in government procurement has been long recognized, but recently a number of massive graft cases – meticulously detailed by Indonesia's boisterous media – have brought a greater urgency to the issue. Cases involving collusion between national government personnel, members of parliament, political party leaders and the private sector show how deep these problems run, with many special interests conspiring to keep government spending from being competitive and fair.
Many observers have praised the Indonesian government for the steps it has taken to combat corruption and improve public procurement practices, through reforms like electronic procurement. Our recent study found the adoption of these reforms is on the rise, with about three-quarters of the nation's 500-plus subnational governments adopting some form of e-procurement, about a quarter centralizing procurement through an integrated unit (ULP), and more than half possessing more than 100 staff accredited to serve on procurement committees (Asia Foundation, Bandung Advisory Trust (B-Trust) in collaboration with the World Bank). These are crucial steps toward improving transparency, expanding competition, increasing efficiency and providing checks and balances over public spending.
Yet public oversight remains critically underdeveloped. Procurement is not always a focus of the State Audit Agency's reports, which are a key source of public information about regional governments' performance. And even in regions where civil society organizations focus on combating corruption, NGOs have made limited efforts to monitor procurement.
It therefore came as some surprise to find a promising civil society initiative in Makassar. The capital of South Sulawesi – the "gateway to Eastern Indonesia" – has a checkered record of economic governance. Private sector respondents ranked corruption in the city in the bottom quintile of 50 districts surveyed in 2010, according to a Transparency International Indonesia (TII) poll. Makassar ranked 19 out of 24 districts recently surveyed by Regional Autonomy Watch (KPPOD) in terms of the quality of economic governance.
With this as a backdrop, in 2010 the city government established a quasi-governmental unit, the Independent Monitoring Commission (LPI). The LPI's five commissioners were identified through an open recruitment process led by the government, with oversight from civil society and support from TII. The commission utilizes a grassroots network of community organizers – sub-district monitoring committees – which enables it to monitor public projects across the municipality.
Last year, commissioners identified 13 procurement projects – involving roadways, drainage ditches and school furniture – to be monitored. Specifications obtained from the units responsible for these projects were the LPI's main reference, and were utilized to undertake regular monitoring visits. An array of problems was identified, starting with two government departments that resisted providing procurement documents to commissioners.
Even with limited information, commissioners were able to detect "sophisticated" practices implying collusion, such as subprojects with different types of work and locations bundled into a single package (seemingly to limit competition), bids with simple mistakes in their cost proposals (so the company would knowingly be disqualified, and the perception of more bidders would be inflated), and proposals that added items beyond the scope of work (and hid these unneeded additions by lack of detail in quantities and costs). Commissioners also found two bidders for a contract that had the same owner.
Through its field network, LPI was also able to identify problems in contracting, such as road segments not built to specifications, volumes of supplemental food not delivered, substandard school furniture, and contractors receiving their final payments before completing work. The mayor responded to these reports by calling together department directors and pressing them to follow up on the findings. Encouragingly, the Department of Public Works heeded the call – negotiating with contractors to finish faulty infrastructure projects.
Now that the LPI has shown its teeth, it is creatively thinking of ways to expand its monitoring activities and disseminate its findings widely. Its biggest challenge may be that its authority rests on a mayoral decree. With the current mayor running for governor in 2013, the LPI could be easily dismantled when a new executive takes the helm. This would be a great shame, as this promising initiative is one of the few active civil society checks on Indonesia's graft-ridden procurement games.
Erman Rahman is the Asia Foundation's Director for Local and Economic Governance in Indonesia. The views and opinions expressed here are those of the individual author and not those of The Asia Foundation.
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Rizal Malik on July 3, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Good job well done! I think the best practice like this should be shared and adapted to other 500+ municipalitiesand districts in Indonesia.
Leni Dharmawan on July 5, 2012 at 12:05 am
It is encouraging and it would be useful to have a closer look of this LPI and replicate it. But the more important question is how to deter future corruption. Indonesia has had its anti corruption commission for almost a decade and yet corruption does not cease. A strong punishment is lacking.
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Nas' next LP hits July 17th. Check out 30 second snippets of the whole thing right here.
@Dayz, that's disappointing to hear. Like I said, it sounded pretty good to me based on the snippets but I guess I'll have to check the whole thing for my self. I hope I disagree with you.
Like I said I only listened through one time and as anyone who really studies the art knows you gotta listen multiple times to really absorb what is going on. So I too hope I come back and disagree with my first stance… We'll see…
I hate on the Summer On Smash cause I can't stand Swizz Beats. Nas's lyrics about girls are dope, I love the concept of the song, but executed over the Swizz style sounds absolutely horrible to my ears. I am sure it'll be popular though.
Ok, I had to go and download the leak, and I'm feeling it! @Dayz, if the R&B vibe bothers you than I can see why you wouldn't be feeling this that much. I kinda dig that vibe on this record though, the Mary J. Blige track especially. The only track that I thought was a throw away was "Summer on Smash." I like how personal Nas got with the lyrics this go round. I have to listen to this a few more times to make sure I'm not getting overly excited about it, but for me this is definitely Nas's best since "Stillmatic."
@Model Citizen no doubt I will go back and listen to it again several times this weekend and I will get in the zone to properly give it a spin. Like I said I liked it I just wasn't wildin' out listening to it.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is giving Redbox a golden opportunity to gain some ground.
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"We are very cognizant of the value of the dollar,'' said Gary Cohen, Redbox's senior vice president of marketing and consumer experience. "Redbox is all about simplicity, convenience, and value.''
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