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Ayn Rand continues to be one of the most misapplied philosophical minds in all free thinking society. Luckily, the Occupy Movement has stolen much of the Teabaggers thundering, rendering their need to channel this devoutly anti-Communist Russian émigré ad nauseum. The funny thing is, Rand is really only famous because of a pair of overinflated novels - The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In between, she worked as a screenwriter, scholar, and social activist. Somewhere along the line, her reality and her limited literary output became confused, considered one in the same thing. Granted, her narratives often reflected her viewpoints, but not without larding same with unnecessary melodrama, soap opera sex scenes, and enough ancillary asides to confuse a class of graduate students. While many have tried to bring her baffling tomes to the big screen, few have succeeded. Conservative producer (and businessman) John Aglialoro finally realized his decades-long ambition to translate Atlas into a bonafide blockbuster. He didn't quite succeed. Actually, he failed by miles.
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There's another analogy that illustrates the success - or lack thereof - of Atlas Shrugged, Part 1. Take your favorite film, strip it of its classicist elements, and insert made-for-TV talent and vision...and not the kind of boob tube creativity responsible for such post-modern masterworks as Mad Men. No, this experience sits somewhere above an ABC Movie of the Week circa 1974 and a sloppy, sweeping mini-series from the end of the '80s. Everything about Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 - the cast, the crew, the concepts being forwarded - feels antiquated and dated. While we are supposedly sitting in 2016, this is one future that's more schlock than shock. Even with all the preambles and set-ups, we seem stuck in a place where familiarity fails to breed contempt - it only gives birth to boredom. As characters drone on and one (this is a very talky film), we get snippets of substance and a bit of scope. But then the overall bottom feeder feel of the movie makes one realize we're watching an indie take on the title, not some full blown Hollywood hoopla.
For the most part, Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 underwhelms. It misses the majority of what Rand had to say while struggling to keep its politics in place. Granted, we are only working with the beginning, the foundational elements of a much bigger story, but there's a flaw in such an approach. When you take a single object and section it off willy-nilly, the results don't seem to have much of a purpose. We know more is to come, so everything feels anticlimactic. For something so obvious - the connection to the current issues with oil and alternative energy resources have a definite resonance - the motive to remain invested is remote. Rand was a much better speaker on her beliefs than she was a writer. Her books are overstuffed and pulpy, the product of too much time and too much misplaced praise. Unlike, say, Thomas Pynchon, who can find a way to make 1000 pages mesmerizing, Rand relies too heavily on convention and contrivance to maintain forward momentum. Perhaps if all three films were complete and available for viewing, we wouldn't mind the partitioning. As it stands, Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 is not good enough to warrant the final two installments.
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Looks Like George Lopez is the Pig!
Oh behalf of big girls everywhere Kirstie Alley has served George Lopez. After DWTS, he used Kirstie as a target comparing her to a pig on the dance floor. Needless to say, he got a lot of bad press for his tasteless remark, and, does the Hollywood thing by publicly apologizing. But, my girl Kirstie, did NOT accept. Because you know, Kirstie isn't the only curvy beauty he has angered lately, which Kristie so kindly pointed out via tweet:
"@georgelopez, I don't need or want ur apology…I want your kidney dude..on behalf of ur X and all the women uv insulted…give it back"
Yeah…See, his NOW ex wife of like 17 years, Ann, gave him her own kidney, which apparently wasn't in the prenup.
And you know, I don't know if you are into DWTS like I am, but her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, one of the hottest and most arrogant guys on the show, might I add (and my favorite along with Derek), DOESN'T like to lose. So, I can tell you now who is getting ALL of MY votes. ^5 to Kirstie, who is and always will be Drop Dead Gorgeous! (You should SO see her in that movie!)

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Interesting post from Jack Bechta over at the National Football Post regarding the NFL's annual Rookie Symposium. (For those unaware, Bechta represents several NFL players including Al Harris)
Money quote:
Overall, the symposium does a good job of using both scare tactics and education as tools to get through to the players. High profile retired players share their personal experiences with the rookies, which can have a powerful impact. Experts from all fields give practical advice on how to make good decisions, along with explaing the consequences that come with bad ones.
I will have four rookies in attendance, all of whom are excited about the chance to learn from both the vets and the experts. After the conclusion of the symposium, I will get a debriefing from my rookies and let them know I am always available to help them with any decisions. Continuing education for all NFL players is a never-ending process. Each NFL team employs a player development executive who is responsible for guiding vets and rookies alike through the challenges of everyday life as an NFL player.
Pro athletes have to grow up fast if they want to manage their business, social and family affairs successfully. Unfortunately, the job of a pro athlete can also extend adolescence if a player decides to let everyone handle everything for them. By Thursday of this week, 254 pro athletes will be better prepared to face the world.
Not surprisingly, I'm of two minds on the whole proceeding.
On the one hand, I think its great that the league has taken it upon themselves (albeit after receiving pressure from the NFLPA and the public) to try and start an education process early when it comes to their latest influx of talent. Anything that helps empower these young men to make good decisions is obviously a positive.
On the other hand, why is it the NFL's responsibility to dole out common sense? And how much good is it really doing? (Just this morning Cedric Benson was arrested and charged with assault stemming from an incident in Austin back on May 30th - maybe we need a 5th Year Player Symposium)
There's always going to be this type of idiotic element mixed in with the general NFL populace no matter how many meetings they are made to sit through.
I don't know. Maybe the positives outweigh the negatives here. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood.
I truly hope so.
UPDATE: Good perspective here from Len Pasquarelli.
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Foreign films good. Hollywood bad. It's a cliché you may cling to until you see something as contrived and messy as La Nostra Vita (Our Life).
The movie, about a construction worker named Claudio (Ello Germano) whose wife dies giving birth to their third son, has about a dozen directions it could go (the sentimental single-dad route being the most obvious). Instead, it doesn't commit to any of them, veering from maudlin to near-sociopathic to toe-deep sociopolitical commentary, without pausing to ever make sense.
Cleaving to Hollywood convention in its first act, we find Claudio and the pregnant Elena (Isabella Ragonese), madly in love and still coupling like bunnies. Such deep love does not go unpunished in the Hollywood handbook, and it's laid on so thick you can pretty much write the first act yourself.
In his grief, Claudio makes the decision that his sons will never want anything (except maybe, as it turns out, love and attention). He needs money. And when he discovers the body of a watchman, an illegal worker, at the bottom of a shaft, he more or less blackmails his boss to put him in charge of a potentially lucrative building project in return for silence.
Claudio takes risks in every direction, hiring illegals, going to his drug-dealer buddy (Luca Zingaretti) to score project start-up money from Gypsy gangsters, cutting corners on quality, etc.
As if we're not given enough reason to stop feeling sorry for Claudio, director-writer Daniele Luchetti has him enter into an affair with the wife (Aline Madalina Berzunteanu) of the Romanian whose death he covered up.
Amplifying the creepiness, he becomes a surrogate father to the guy's son Andrei (Marius Ignat). Despite the inappropriateness of all this, there is hardly a moment of guilt. Even when he comes clean about it, Claudio seems to believe money will fix everything.
But then there are emotional left turns so abrupt as to leave your neck sore. Otherwise unemotional through the entire movie, Claudio has a breakdown funeral moment in which he sings his dead wife's favourite song loudly, angrily and through tears.
In the end, loose ends are tied up implausibly, and Claudio learns an important lesson (you know he does, because he has the second of his two emotional scenes in the movie).
As for the importance of the movie itself, there's little to speak of, even though Our Life was selected to debut at Cannes. The subplot of illegal labour being seamlessly woven into the Italian economy keeps popping up with the subtlety of a hammer. But this isn't exactly stop-the-presses stuff.
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"The History Boys"
When: Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m.; through March 29
Where: Cygnet Theatre's Old Town Stage, 4040 Twiggs St.
Tickets: $28-$42
Phone: (619) 337-1525
Online: cygnettheatre.com
"The History Boys," as the title indicates, is about a bunch of young men in an English class.
Alan Bennett's play gets its kicks from that kind of contradiction and contrariness. The Tony-winning British import, which Cygnet Theatre is staging with lots of smarts and snap in its San Diego premiere, is a comic spree wrapped up in tragedy. It's an ode to dead poets that resurrects the bards of 1980s New Wave for its soundscape – from The Clash to Madness to A Flock of Seagulls. (Twice!)
It's a piece with self-consciously zany scene changes – the eight teen students at its center reshuffle the set to the "Benny Hill Show" theme at one point – that lead into fraught moments whose silences could be timed by an hourglass.
And it's a play about young people whose path into the future is soon to be defined by their interpretations of the past.
History does become a subject of "The History Boys," but the cradle of the play is their time spent with the idealistic lit teacher Hector (the winningly passionate Tom Stephenson). He's a word connoisseur who couldn't give a fig about the Oxbridge entrance exams his students will soon take, but gets the boys swept up in his own love for great writers.
The Cutlers' School, circa 1983, is one lusty campus: The headmaster (Eric Poppick) is chasing his young secretary, with whom the dashing schoolboy Dakin (Bryan Bertrone) is having his own affair. Dakin is also the obsession of fellow student Posner (Tom Zohar).
Most profoundly, beloved Hector has a thing for his students, whom he gropes on his motorbike while ferrying them home. They tolerate it with a smirky stoicism, though the behavior becomes a catalyst for sad repercussions.
The other destabilizing force is Irwin (fine and understated Brian Mackey), a young teacher hired to coach the boys in history. He brings a cynical "teaching to the test" sensibility that's at odds with Hector's very being.
Zohar, a rapidly developing actor who's been all over local stages lately, shows fresh depths as the tortured, melancholy Posner (he sings warmly and even plays piano), and Bertrone makes an ideal Dakin, all smolder and suavity.
Director Sean Murray, Cygnet's artistic director, fills out his cast with so many talented young unknowns (or lesser-knowns) that the temptation is to make like Butch Cassidy: "Who are those guys?"
At nearly three hours, the Cygnet staging can idle at times, although judging a play like this by stopwatch feels a little petty (or my name isn't Phil I. Stine). It's an involving and provocative play, and there's that vintage music to enjoy besides. Go for the history lessons. And, if it's your thing, rock with the Flock.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Yas Grandal entered his senior season with the tag of the nation's top prep catcher. Pennsylvania's Devin Mesoraco surpassed him with his breakout senior season, but Grandal remains a potential front-line catcher. He slipped based on signability, but as a switch-hitter with some pop and plus catch and throws skills, he's a player Boston would like to sign away from Miami.
The Angles drafted Patrick White out of Daphne (Ala.) High in 2004 in the fourth round, but watched him race off to West Virginia where he has developed into a Heisman trophy-caliber quarterback for the Mountaineers. So they took a flier on him in the 27th round this time around.


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BEEP! Greetings, Matisse. My name is Bob Jones. You can call me Mister Jones. I want to talk to you, so I give you permission to call my cell...
Mister Jones gives me permission to call? Right. I suspect that what I've got here is a man who fancies himself a dominant. It's unusual, but I sometimes get male dominants asking if I'll do a session where I bottom to them. I'm not so insecure that I fly into a rage at the very suggestion, but the answer is no.
However, while I don't mind being asked, the manner of asking sometimes makes me roll my eyes. Mister Jones is speaking in a very rolling, ceremonious voice, like an old-time radio announcer. It's common for tops to drop into a slightly different rhythm and tone of voice when they're playing—or trying to seduce someone into playing. I often do so myself. The "jazz voice," a friend of mine calls it, meaning richer and huskier, and more deliberate. It's not usually a conscious thing, but one can certainly turn it on. And like every tool of seduction, you must deploy it in the right proportion and at the proper psychological moment. Too much, too soon—like Mr. Jones here—and you seem foolish.
The adage "don't kid a kidder" also springs to mind. I've had dominants hit on me using stock techniques like the fixed, burning stare and the domly dom voice. My mental response is always something like, "Wow, 10 points for the Severus Snape lip curl, but you need to work on raising that one eyebrow, since it kinda looks like you've got a tic or something." I work all those shticks myself—I'm unlikely to swoon when they're tried on me.
BEEP! My name is Bob. I'm a firefighter. I'm calling for professional reasons. I'm looking for information about this kink event [name deleted] you listed in your column. We may need to inspect it for safety reasons. Not to shut it down or anything—I don't have any problem with it—just safety reasons, really. So please call me back here at the fire station, and please be sure to ask for Bob.
Uh, since when do firemen need my permission for anything? Not that I'm even connected to the event he mentions. I simply wrote a blurb for the calendar—which included its address. So if they want to do a fire inspection, I would think they'd just go do it.
Because of that, I don't think this message is on the level. Sex workers sometimes get prank calls where someone leaves another person's name and phone number—often a business phone number. The idea is that the unknowing person will be confused and embarrassed by the callback, especially if the prankster is present and can somehow make it clear to others who's calling. I strongly suspect that's what's happening here. Naughty boys. I'd call them and scold them, but they'd just enjoy that. Maybe I should tell Mister Jones to do it.
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Dance, play, socialize, and be sexual in a softer, swing-club atmosphere. This week, live music from the Pop Tarts. Wet Spot, 1602 15th Ave W, building E, 270-9746, email@example.com, 9 pm—1:30 am, $15, Wet Spot membership or membership in a local swing or sex-positive organization required.
Babeland sex educators hand you the naked truth about the G-spot and female ejaculation. Babeland, 707 E Pike St, 328-2914, 7:30 pm, $30.
A friendly discussion group for women of all orientations, the WWC meets monthly to answer questions and provide resources for women new to the Seattle BDSM/fetish community. Hot Dish, 2255 NE 65th St, www.wwcseattle.org, 7—9 pm, $3 suggested donation.
A casual social event for everyone who's interested in chatting about honest, open nonmonogamy in an accessible, family-friendly environment. Wayward Coffeehouse, 8570 Greenwood Ave N, polyamory.meetup.com/1, 7:30 pm, free.


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Cons: NONE NOTED
General Mills' Pillsbury® brand Funfetti® Cake Mix is one of the Funfetti seasonal products offered by Pillsbury. It is a simple matter to create an extra special cake, moist, delicious and festive ready when using a Pillsbury, pudding in the mix blend.
From simple layer cake, to cupcakes -24- average size or more if smaller, to a platter of fun cookies; Funfetti is a handy Cake Mix to have in the pantry.
Osage County First Grade enjoys a fancy sheet cake or plate of -decorated- cookies now and then.
General Mills, under the Pillsbury brand again puts forward a nice cake mix assortment. Pillsbury flavors of course include the 'big three; chocolate, yellow and white' as well as specialty flavors and the Funfetti products designed for specific holidays. All are very flavorsome too.
Depending upon the time of year; festive moments call for festive treats. Pillsbury varieties of seasonal Funfetti Frostings, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix and Cookie Mix facilitate the making of delicious easy do treats for every occasion.
Valentine's Funfetti features wee valentine candy bits while Stars & Stripes is filled with red, white and blue, Halloween provides orange and black bats and moons and cats, Holiday with green trees and red candy balls, and Spring's tulips and pastel blossoms in addition to the Basic Funfetti mix round out the Funfetti line.
Funfetti mixes can be difficult to locate at times, I like to keep one or two of the basic mixes or others of the line in the pantry for those special occasions when a plate of cheerful cookies or festive sheet cake is called for. Those who are deco impaired, as am I find that Funfetti in the mix and iced with Funfetti frosting simplifies Osage county First Grade party plate preparation.
I find Osage County First Grade enjoys Valentine cookies, created with Valentine Funfetti mix and Funfetti Icing in February, they eat as good in May, January or August six-year-olds aver. In fact, they enjoy cookies or sheet cake prepared with any of the mix blends at any time during the school term.
I find Funfetti products available on a seasonal basis at the local big box store as well as being offered via a variety of online sites.
I am particularly pleased that General Mills products are -Made in the U.S.A.- Happy to recommend General Mills' Pillsbury brand Pillsbury® Funfetti® Cake Mix. ... and to enter in the Made in the USA write off.
Major Ingredients : sugar, enriched bleached flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, candy bits, wheat starch, baking powder
Note: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid),
Note: candy bits (sugar, hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oil, cornstarch, modified corn starch, confectioner's glaze [shellac, corn protein, acetylated monoglycerides], colored with [red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 6], soy lecithin),
Note: baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate)
Allergen alert: contains wheat, soy, milk, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 6
Nutrition Information based on 12 servings per mix
Calories 180
Total Fat 3.5g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 300mg
Total Carbohydrate 36g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars 23g
Protein 1g
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Internet search including the General Mills site indicates: The history of General Mills commences in 1856 with Cadwallader C. Washburn, who structured the Minneapolis Milling Company to lease power rights to mill operators.
Forming the Washburn Crosby; Company John Crosby joined Cadwallader Washburn as a partner in the milling industry in 1877. It was the second step in the evolution of the business to eventually become General Mills.
In the meantime, Charles Pillsbury started his company in 1869. Situated just across the Mississippi River from Washburn's facility; New Hampshire resident Pillsbury, had no experience in flour milling, nevertheless he made a return the first year from the derelict Minneapolis Flour Mill he and his relatives acquired.
Pillsbury began to the road to success as did the Washburn Crosby Company.
James Stroud Bell, a forceful merchandiser, assumed leadership of the Washburn Crosby mills in 1888. Bell was influential in developing the national flour market and led the company to extraordinary development over the next three decades. His son, James Ford Bell, carried on the practice; rising to president of industry leader Washburn Crosby Company, Bell led Washburn Crosby merger with numerous regional millers in June 1928 to generate General Mills, Inc.
The consolidation melded several giants of the milling industry, including Kansas' Red Star Milling Company; the Sperry Milling Company from the West Coast; Michigan's Larrowe Milling Company; the Kell Group from the Southwest; and Montana's Kalispell Flour Mill, Rocky Mountain Elevator Company, and Royal Milling Company.
Today General Mills, with reputation boosted by the acquisition of one-time, hometown rival Pillsbury continues as one of the world's foremost consumer foods companies. The amalgamation of the companies created one of the largest food companies in North America.
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|21 Feb 2009
Iphone not being recognised in iTunes
Hello Everyone,
I have just upgraded to Windows 7 and have had minimal problems doing so. I am however having issues with my IPhone in iTunes. The upgrade has trasnferred everything perfectly but when I connect my IPhone via USB my computer recogines it (but as a Digital Camera) but iTunes doesn't.
Does anyone have any information on fixing this issue?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciatted.
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|21 Feb 2009
Windows 7 Build 7048 x64
Hi Raptor and welcome to the forum!
Please make sure that you have the latest iTunes from Apple website. That should sort out your issues.
|My System Specs
|22 Feb 2009
Hi Raptor and welcome,
Is it 64 bit Itunes? If so, have a look at this thread, where it says Apple Itunes.
Release Notes: Important Issues in This Beta Release of Windows 7
|My System Specs
|22 Feb 2009
Thanks for the quick replies however I do have the lastest version of iTunes and as my system is 32 bit I am unable to run the 64 bit iTunes installer.
I am thinking it is more of an issue with the device manager and how it has recognised my IPhone as a digital camera.
What are your thoughts???
Thanks again.
|My System Specs
|22 Feb 2009
Hmm, here's some info on it, you could try some of the suggestions, not sure it they would work though....
iPhone not recognized in iTunes for Windows
Apple - Support - Discussions - Windows recognizes iPhone as digital ...
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|22 Feb 2009
Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)
i had a problem with this on another computer and this helped...
Try manually installing the driver by doing the following:
*Right-click "My Computer" and select Manage
*Select Device Manager
*In the right-hand pane, expand Imaging Devices and select the iPhone (camera)
*Right-click the iPhone camera and select Properties
*Click the Driver tab
*Click "Update Driver..."
*When asked if you should connect to the internet, select No, not this time
*Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
*Check "Include this location in the search" and point it to:
|My System Specs
|17 Oct 2009
Windows 7 (Ultimate 64)
i had a similar problem.
running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. and itunes on my computer recognized my iphone as being plugged in. but windows 7 did not. it registered it as a mtp device under device manager. disabling me from from getting pictures off my iphone.
what helped me was i uninstalled the mtp usb portable device in my device manager, which win7 apparently believed was my iphone. then uninstalled all apple softwares installed including apple device manager, uninstalled quicktime and itunes, restarted my computer as requested by the itunes uninstaller and upon restart without any apple software on there. my windows 7 immediately recognized my iphone as being an apple iphone (finally!).
now i'm going to install itunes again to see if this stays that way.
|My System Specs
|12 Apr 2010
Windows 7
What seems to be the issue is any photos on your iphone's camera roll that were not taken by your iPhone. Transfer the photos off your iPhone, and delete the old MPT USB Device (failed install) from your device manager, then reconnect your iPhone. I think your issue will magically be fixed, and we all know magic is what you need these days, or atleast some good ganja.
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|03 Apr 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Try deleting itunes and reinstalling. Then restart the computer.
|My System Specs
|04 Apr 2011
win 7 pro x64
This worked for me
My symptoms were - Windows 7 64 and Win xp pro 32 would see my iphone as a a camera but itunes would not detect it.
Go to Start, Devices and Printers and delete iphone
Download itunes and save the installation file to a suitable location (note choose 'download' and not 'run')
Download and install 7-zip. It is free and if you don't have it, you should.
Use 7-zip to open the itunes'xx'setup you downloaded (where xx = 32 or 64 bit version).
Double click the msi called AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi
This gives you the option to repair or remove apple mobile device support, choose repair.
That's it - worked fine for me on both a 32 bit xp machine and a 64 bit win 7 pro machine!
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Baseball America's Dave Perkin attended yesterday's high school baseball game between Patriot High and Newport Harbor High in California to check in on Kyle Skipworth.
Defense is rarely the primary topic of praise when scouts discuss Kyle Skipworth.
Scouts have long been convinced of Skipworth's ability to hit. Proof was abundant in the showcase season, particularly when Skipworth hammered long home runs in both the Aflac All-Star Game in August and in the MLB Showcase at Compton in February.
Similar consensus has never existed on Skipworth's defensive ability. Some have whispered about a move to first or possibly the outfield. His previous catching flaws have included difficulty in receiving hard stuff to his left and a distinct weakness in turning his glove over and handling the pitch directly between the legs.
While few doubted the strength of his throwing arm, Skipworth was losing nanoseconds on his POP times with a slight pause in his glove to hand transfer and a small "cranking" motion on his deliveries.
No more.
Skipworth has obviously worked on his receiving and throwing skills in the offseason and the results are impressive. Skipworth's hands, as well as his shifting and blocking ability, have improved immensely, and his transfer and release are significantly quicker and smoother. Skipworth still needs to further refine his catching ability with practice and game experience, but Tuesday's display should quiet the speculation of a position switch.
The highlight of the game occurred when a Newport Harbor runner attempted to steal early in the game. In textbook fashion, Skipworth caught the pitch and in one continuous and quick motion whipped the ball down to second to catch the runner by five feet. BA caught the throw in 1.91 seconds; another scout was overheard to have recorded a time of 1.86.
Many more scouts are filming prospects this season. One scout sitting near me did not have his camera whirring when Kyle threw out the unfortunate runner.
"I wish I had that on video," the scout remarked ruefully.
Not to worry. Skipworth's bat, and catching skills, figure to provide video highlights in the big leagues for many years.


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EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE holds a conference on "Privacy Issues and Dilemmas for Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers."
AGENDA: This conference will address the evolving state of privacy laws as they relate to drug and medical device manufacturers, and suggest specific strategies for risk management in this area. The program goal is to present integrated solutions for addressing the most pressing issues that drug and device manufacturers confront today with respect to privacy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mark Barnes, Partner, Ropes & Gray
David Bloch, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Stanley W. Crosley, Director, Global Privacy, Eli Lilly & Company
Paul S. Curtin, Senior Counsel, Purdue Pharma L.P.
Karen Owen Dunlop, Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Conference Chairman
Ellen Finn, Attorney, Division of Financial Practices, Federal Trade Commission
Dean C. Forbes, Attorney, Division of Advertising Practices,
Federal Trade Commission
Bruce Merlin Fried, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Sarah Hamid, Corporate Counsel, Smith & Nephew Inc.
Susan Henrichsen, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General,
California Department of Justice
Lora A. Kutkat, Health Science Policy Analyst, NIH
John D.C. Newton, II, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights and Economic Crimes Division, Office of the Attorney General
Brenton Saunders, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
David Stampley, Assistant Attorney General, New York State Attorney General's Office
Peter P. Swire, Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
LOCATION: Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
WEB ADDRESS: fdli.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a conference On Importance Of Cash Flows V. Audited Earnings. Enacted by Congress last year in response to corporate scandals at Enron and elsewhere, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act establishes a new and costly regulatory structure simply to assure that financial statements are properly audited. But financial statements, no matter how well-audited, have inherent deficiencies well summarized by the aphorism "earnings are an opinion; cash is a fact."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Peter J. Wallison, AEI
Peter Fisher, Treasury Department
9:45 a.m. - Panel One: Cash Versus Reported Earnings
Richard Bassett, Risktoolz
Robert Eccles, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Alex Porter, Porter Felleman, Inc.
James K. Glassman, AEI
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
11:15 a.m. - Panel Two: Policy Implications
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
Pippa Malmgren, Canonbury Group
James K. Glassman, AEI
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS holds its 71st Winter Meeting. The meeting will focus on key issues related to both Economic Security and Homeland Security. The Conference of Mayors will bring forward an economic investment agenda, and continue to push for direct homeland security/first responder resources for cities.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: usmayors.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ACADEMYHEALTH AND JOURNAL HEALTH AFFAIRS provides an in-depth look at the nation's health policy agenda at the National Health Policy Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Congressional Health Policy Agenda
Senator Max Baucus, D-MT (confirmed)
Senior Congressional Health Staff
Debbie Curtis, Office of Rep. Stark D-CA (confirmed)
Elizabeth Fowler, Senate Finance Committee (confirmed)
Dean Rosen, Public Health Subcommittee; Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (confirmed)
John McManus, Health Subcommittee, House Ways & Means (confirmed)
Senator John Breaux, D-LA (confirmed)
12:30 p.m. - Political Commentary - The Impact of Mid-term Elections on the Policy Agenda
With the results of the 2002 mid-term elections decided, experts will comment on key health policy issues for the 108th Congress.
Thomas Mann, Brookings Institution (confirmed)
Norm Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute (confirmed)
2:30 p.m. - Research Agenda from the 2003 Policy Conference
This closing panel will review the policy issues discussed during the conference and explore how health services research can contribute with policy relevant research.
John Barry Flood, HSR and Dartmouth Medical School (confirmed)
Carolyn Clancy, AHRQ (confirmed)
Nicole Lurie, RAND (confirmed)
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kari Root, 202-292-6778
WEB ADDRESS: academyhealth.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE 2003 Winter Conference entitled "Israel's Policy Of Apartheid And Ethnic Cleansing."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Opening Remarks:
Hisham Sharabi, Chairman of the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine
9:15 a.m. - Panel I: Ethnic Cleansing in Zionist Ideology
Nur Masalha, Senior Lecturer And Director Of Holy Land Studies At St. Mary's College, United Kingdom
Ilan Pappe, Senior Lecturer Of Political Science At Haifa University
Diana Buttu, Legal Advisor To The Palestine Liberation Organization
Rebecca Stein, Assistant Professor Of Anthropology, University Of Minnesota
11 a.m. - Panel II: Zionism in Practice: Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing
Tanya Reinhart, Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Tel Aviv University (invited)
Nadim Rouhana, Professor of Sociology at Tel Aviv University (invited)
Geoffrey Aronson, Director of Research at the Foundation for Middle East Peace
Gabi Piterberg, Associate Professor of History at the University of California Los Angeles
2 p.m. - Panel III: Zionism in America
Stephen Zunes, Associate Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco
Jennifer Loewenstein, senior lecturer in Business Communications at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Justin Raimondo, Editorial Director of Anti-War.Com
4 p.m. - Wrap-Up: Whither the "Jewish State"?
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: palestinecenter.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FAMILIESUSA holds a conference themed Health Action 2003.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - The Imperative of Universal Coverage
- Prof. Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
11 a.m. - A Unique Perspective on Health Care
Former President Bill Clinton
12:30 p.m. - "Consumer Advocate of the Year" Awards
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: familiesusa.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a conference, "Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S.-R.O.K. Alliance: Strategic Realignment Around the Korean Peninsula and Tasks for New U.S. and South Korean Leadership."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 a.m. - Opening Remarks: SAIS Dean Jessica Einhorn
9:45 a.m. - Session 1: Is the Current U.S. Foreign Policy Sufficient to Respond to
Coming Events in Northeast Asia?
Luncheon Address: Jay-Kun Yoo noon
2 p.m. - Session 2: How Do Japan, China and Russia View Security Issues in
Northeast Asia and Korea?
4 pm. - Session 3: What Can We Anticipate From North Korea in the Future?
7 p.m. -- Dinner Address: Thomas Foley and Richard Solomon, (Georgetown Room, Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.)
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 7 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL Technology Transfer event panel discussion on major issues in Technology Transfer from the vantage point of all of the major stakeholders.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jack Biddle, Novak Biddle Ventures
Dr. Catherine Cotell, Naval Research Lab
Dr. Nariman Farvardin, Zagros Networks (and Dean of the University of Md. Engineering School)
Steve Kelber, Piper Rudnick
Mike Martin, Virginia Tech
Moderator: Mike Sheridan, Mohr Davidow
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton, 1700 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION will brief reporters on the Business Matchmaking Program, an SBA initiative that offers small businesses a unique opportunity to compete for billions of dollars in government and private company contracts.
AGENDA: In each region, small businesses will have pre-scheduled, individual appointments with buyers from federal, state and local government agencies, as well as private companies. Before an event, small business owners and buyers complete online profiles to create the best possible matches.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: AFRICA ACTION holds a news conference to discuss Malign Neglect: A Briefing on U.S. policy toward Africa under the Bush Administration.
WHO: The speakers are:
Salih Booker, Executive Director, Africa Action
Adotei Akwei, Africa Advocacy Director, Amnesty International USA
Marie Clarke, National Coordinator, Jubilee USA Network
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: africaaction.org
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Institute for Legal Reform will co-host a conference
to present newly completed research regarding the record, scope and growth of asbestos litigation and its impact upon the U.S. civil justice system and our nation's
AGENDA: Highlighted speakers:
Dr. Deborah Hensler and Dr. Stephen Carroll, Institute for Civil Justice, RAND
Dr. Jonathan Orszag, Sebago Associates
Dr. Jesse David, National Economic Research Associates
Professor Paul Rothstein, Georgetown Law School
Dean Trafelet (ret.), Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds program on "Protecting the American Homeland: A Second Look at How We're Meeting the Challenge."
WHO: The speakers are:
James B. Steinberg, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies
Peter R. Orszag, The Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Ivo H. Daalder, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA SERVICES holds a program on the concern journal Science; senior scientific experts have with the influence that the political process is exerting over federal scientific advisory panels
WHO: The speakers are:
Martin Apple, Ph.D., President, Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Chair of the Board of Visitors at University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Lynn Goldman, M.D., MPH, Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Goldman was Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticide and Toxic Substances between 1993-1998.
Kelly O'Brien, MPA, Associate Executive Director, Public Affairs, American Public Health Association
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: ems.org
TIME: 11:15 a.m.
EVENT: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS holds an informal briefing on the outlook for various labor and human resources policy issues in the 108th Congress.
WHO: The speakers are:
Pat Cleary, senior vice president, human resources policy & external affairs
Neil Trautwein, health care policy specialist
Sandy Boyd, assistant vice president for human resources policy
Chris Tampio, OSHA and workplace safety specialist
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW -- Suite 600, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Shawnree Baker, 202-637-3094
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service presents Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse who is director of the Center for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Frei Universität Berlin. Born in 1955, he received his PhD. from the University of Frankfurt in 1987 discussing "The Emergence of a European Public Sphere: Insights from an Empirical Project."
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY holds a news conference to discuss US-Cuba Policy.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Emily Cooney, 202-682-4118
WEB ADDRESS:cnponline.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on No Shame for the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women with Shahla Haeri, author and Director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston University. Dr. Haeri's new book will be available for purchase.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS holds a Book Release for "The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy." The next year marks the hundredth anniversary of Korean migration into the United States. That migration began in 1903 with the movement of Korean workers into sugar plantations in Hawaii. It is estimated that almost 2 million Koreans now live and work in the United States. A total of about 6 million Koreans, close to 10 percent of the current population of the Korean peninsula, now live outside the peninsula.
AGENDA: To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Korean immigration into the United States and to analyze the little-noticed Korean diaspora's past and potential future economic impact, the OKF and the Institute held a major conference in Seoul in October 2002 and are now releasing this volume.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: iie.com
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Larry Harris, Chief Economist, Securities and Exchange Commission, discussing "Current Issues in the Competition Among Stock Markets, ECNs and Dealers."
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H Street NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Dr. Alan Geyer, Canon Ethicist at the Washington National Cathedral, discussing the life and work of Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Under Secretary-General at the United Nations.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwoman.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: PFLAG holds a news conference to discuss the "Eseara Tuaolo Student-Athlete Scholarship," named in honor of the former NFL defensive tackle Esera Tuaolo, who courageously revealed in October 2002, that he is a proud gay man. It is the first-ever PFLAG National GLBT Scholarship Program for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, who frequently face highly charged and hostile environments in their schools.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Robert T. Matsui, Fifth District, Sacramento, CA
Robert F. Chase, President, National Education Association 1996-2002
Esera Tuaolo, former NFL Player, current GLBT Role Model
David Tseng, PFLAG Executive Director
Sam Thoron, PFLAG National President
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 467-8180 x224
WEB ADDRESS: flag.org
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Shizuka Kamei, member of the House of Representatives of Japan and former chairman of the Policy Research Council for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), will discuss Japan's foreign and domestic policy priorities.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Political Islam And Democracy In Indonesia.
WHO: the speakers are:
William Liddle, Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University Zulkieflimansyah, Head, Department of Economic Policy, Justice Party of Indonesia
Ihsan Ali-Fauzi, Writer and Expert on Indonesian Islam
Eric Bjornlund, Moderator and Former Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its Afternoon Newsmaker" news program on Israeli Elections.
WHO: The speakers are three representatives of the Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace:
Professor Lawrence Davidson of West Chester University
Professor Patrick Loy of Johns Hopkins University
Professor Bill Koupoulos of Columbia University
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on Priorities for Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Developing a Private Sector.
AGENDA: The private sector has yet to be included in a significant way in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, even though many believe its participation is needed in order for democracy and an open-market economy to succeed in the nation.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, AEI
Ishaq Shahryar, Afghan ambassador to the United States
Mahmood, Karzai, AACC
Walli Workman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Shaughn Dowd and con brio! the theatre ensemble offers a program of Academy Award winning and nominated music from the 1930s to the 1960s.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Afghanistan discussing "Afghanistan: Prospects for the Future" and receive the twenty-second annual Raymond "Jit" Trainor Award made possible through an endowment created to recognize a career of dedicated diplomatic service.
DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Jill Conner Browne discussing The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook And Financial Planner she weaves her tales of her life in Mississippi with all its humor, joy, and sadness. DATE: January 23, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
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It's not quite summer, nor is it even really spring, but boys and girls can dream of the sultry months to come -- and get prepared. We suggest you spend this meteorologically awkward period mastering some new cocktails created by Bay Area-based Numi Tea and tea sommelier James Labe.
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SAN FRANCISCO In hopes of improving indoor and outdoor navigation, CSR plc is rolling out the companys next-generation location-based architecture and two new platforms one designed for mobile devices and another for automotive/infotainment systems.
The company claims that its SiRFstarV architecture together with SiRFusion location platform offers a significantly improved user experience for a range of location applications on mobile devices.
SiRFprimaII platform, meanwhile, improves the auto navigation experience for mainstream consumers, the company said.
CSR is betting its survival on the companys new platform strategy.
Instead of relying solely on GPS to determine position, the SiRFstarV architecture gathers real-time information from GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Compass satellites, multiple radio systems, such as cellular and Wi-Fi, and multiple MEMS sensors, like accelerometers, gyros and compasses.
It combines this information with ephemeris data, mapping, cellular base station and Wi-Fi access point database information, and other cloud-based aiding information using the SiRFusion platform. By combining all this data, the SiRFstarV architecture is able to provide precise location and navigation indoors as well as outdoors, the company said.
CSR is demonstrating Tuesday (Nov. 1st) the SiRFusion platform on an early implementation of the SiRFstarV architecture at the Summit.
Meanwhile, the SiRFusion self-learning, end-to-end location platform fuses multiple radio signals and sensor inputs to constantly provide location information reliably and accurately.
Mobile products using SiRFstarV and SiRFusion will be able to transition between outdoor and indoor navigation for users on the move, using a variety of location-enabled services and applications.
The SiRFusion platform constantly updates its database automatically using crowd-sourcing techniques.
In similar fashion, the SiRFPrimaII platform brings the features of premium, location-aware in-vehicle infotainment systems to the mainstream market.
Combined with SiRFDRive dead reckoning software, the SiRFprimaII continues to navigate while the user drives in dense urban canyons, through tunnels or in multistory parking lots, according to the company.
The chip is integrated with new 3D graphics and video accelerators (from Imagination Technologies), ARM Cortex -A9 application processor and other key components.


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Should Governments Regulate What People Eat? – Survey of the Day
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In an effort to fight obesity and heart disease, Denmark has imposed a tax on foods high in saturated fats. Believed to be the first tax of its kind in the world, the tax applies to foods like butter, milk, cheese, pizza, oils and meat.
In 2004, the country made it illegal for any food to have more than two percent trans fats and last year it increased taxes on ice cream, chocolate and sweets by 25 percent, and also increased taxes on soft drinks.
About 10 percent of Denmark's population is considered obese, which is low compared to about one-third of adults in the U.S. So if they're making bod moves like this to get people to stay away from junk food, should we?
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What other names is Evodia known by?Evodia Extract, Evodia Lepta, Evodiae, Evodiae Fructus, Evodia Fruit, Evodiamine, Evodia officinalis, Evodia rutaecarpa, Extrait d'Evodia, E. rutaecarpa, E. officinalis, Gosyuyu, San Cha Ku, Wu-Chu-Yu, Wu-Zhu-Yu.
What is Evodia?Evodia is a tree that is native to China and Korea. Evodia fruit, which has a strong bitter taste, is commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The fruit and root bark are also used as medicine in other herbal practice.
Evodia is used for digestion problems including diarrhea, dysentery, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), stomach ulcers, and lack of appetite.
It is also used for obesity, headache, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure (CHF), infections caused by viruses, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and fluid retention.
Women use evodia to prevent pregnancy, start their periods, and treat bleeding after giving birth.
Evodia root bark is used for infections caused by parasites such as tapeworm and pinworm.
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- Stomach ulcers.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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- Alzheimer's disease.
- Dysentery.
- Cancer.
- Other conditions.
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A Theory of Alcohol and Drug Abuse A Genetic Approach
Genetically influenced biological factors explain only one part of the variance in the development of alcoholism and drug abuse.
Even for those persons genetically predisposed, the final clinical picture involves a combination of genetic factors (leading both toward and away from substance abuse) and environmental events (with similar positive and negative aspects).
Before proceeding with the theory on the importance of genetics in substance abuse, it is necessary to present briefly some of the data supporting the conclusion that genetics plays any role at all. The picture is not irrefutable, as it is difficult to carry out human studies while controlling enough factors to make definite conclusions. The most important aspect of this research is the manner in which the different methods carried out in different settings generate such consistent data (Robins 1978).
The most impressive amount of information is available on alcohol, with much less data on other substances. Thus, the two topics will be discussed separately. The first indication of a possible genetic influence comes from the studies of families of alcoholics, where it has been repeatedly shown that the chances of a child developing alcoholism as an adult increase with the number of alcoholic relatives, the severity of the alcohol problems in those relatives, and the degree of genetic closeness to the ill relative (Schuckit et al. 1972; Goodwin 1976).
The hypothesis is further strengthened by genetic marker studies demonstrating a possible link between the number of factors known to be genetically influenced (e.g., blood type) and alcoholism within certain populations or families, although these results are difficult to replicate.
Data from animal studies are consistent with the theory of the importance of genetics in that they show that it is possible to breed strains of animals with relatively higher and lower tendencies toward drinking alcohol, a factor which may shed light on the onset of drinking but not necessarily on alcoholism itself.
The most persuasive alcoholism-related genetic information in humans comes from twin studies and adoption investigations. In twin research the level of similarity for alcoholism (i.e., concordance) in fraternal twins, who share only 50 percent of their genes, is compared to the level of concordance in identical twins, who share 100 percent of their genes.
These studies have shown a level of heritability for drinking and drinking problems (Partanen et al. 1966). as well as a higher concordance rate for alcoholism in identical twins (around 60 percent) than in fraternal twins (around 30 percent) (Kaij 1960).
The adoption studies, comparing the outcome for alcoholism in children of alcoholics separated from their parents near birth to that of a suitable control population, have used diverse methodologies ranging from half-siblings to actual adoption records in three different countries and yet have shown similar results (Schuckit et al. 1972; Goodwin 1976; Bohman 1977).
The children of alcoholics demonstrate elevated risks for alcoholism even if separated from their parents near birth and raised without knowledge of their biological parents, while the children of nonalcoholics do not have elevated risks for alcoholism even if reared by alcoholic adoptive parents (Schuckit et al. 1972; Goodwin et al. 1974).
The data supporting the importance of genetic factors for abuse of drugs other than alcohol are much less complete. There are some limited family data showing a correlation between drug use in groups of young men and drug use and problem patterns in their parents (Tennant 1976; Smart and Fejer 1972; Annis 1974).
There is also information demonstrating the possibility of breeding high and low morphine-preferring strains of rats and mice (Nichols and Hsiao 1967; Eriksson and Kiianmaa 1971).
Unfortunately, there are no wellcontrolled studies of twins or investigations utilizing the separation model for studying drug abuse. A number of investigations have looked for possible ties between genetic factors which might underlie drug abuse and those which might be responsible for alcoholism.
The results are tentative, demonstrating, for instance, that alcohol and drug problems may run in the same families (Tennant 1976), but such studies rarely define what is meant by alcoholism or drug abuse and almost never control for related diagnoses such as the antisocial personality (Schuckit 1973).
This latter diagnosis might be responsible for the demonstration of secondary alcohol and drug problems within the same family group. Animal studies do demonstrate some degree of crossover between alcohol- and morphine-seeking behavior in strains of animals (Eriksson and Kiianmaa 1971; Sinclair et al. 1973; Nichols 1972).
In another approach, a number of theorists have attempted to establish a tie between alcohol and drug abuse and a vulnerability to stress factors such as overcrowding, but the data are inconclusive (Bihari 1976; Westermeyer 1971; Jonas and Jonas 1977).
Finally, we must consider the possibility that abuse of one drug (e.g., alcohol) might induce biochemical changes similar to those noted with other drugs (e.g., opiates) (Davis and Walsh 1970; Doust 1974).
However, in the absence of more conclusive data, I feel that while alcoholism may be a genetically influenced disorder involving a number of genes, and while it is possible that one or several of those genes might also influence abuse of other drugs, there are not sufficient data to indicate that the same constellation of genetic and/or biological factors underlie the abuse of alcohol and other substances.
In summary, there is good evidence from divergent methodologies in different countries which points to the probable importance of genetics as a contributory factor in alcoholism. Similar data on other drugs of abuse are not available, and the existing information is preliminary and open to interpretation either as being consistent with an environmental or social model, or as indicating an influence of genetics.
For a genetic model to have credence, the population being studied must be carefully defined so that one does not confuse transient alcoholrelated difficulties, which may be seen in the majority of people age 18 to 25 (Cahalan 1970), with persistent alcohol- and drug-related difficulties-- i.e., alcoholism or drug abuse (Schuckit 1973).
It is essential that those persons with major preexisting psychiatric disorders in which alcohol or drug abuse might be symptomatic (secondary alcoholics or drug abusers) be excluded from the generalizations about the genetics of alcoholism or drug abuse, as they may be carrying genetic loading for other problems.
It is also important to note at this juncture that even with carefully defined alcoholism or drug abuse there will probably be intense and unusual environmental situations which can copy the clinical picture.
In this case a good example might be the drug use and abuse patterns noted in soldiers sent to Vietnam, who might otherwise never have used drugs and who, according to some fine followup studies, cease their drug misuse once they return to their home communities (Robins et al. 1975).
With these caveats in mind, in the genetic hypothesis an individual would enter life with a certain level of a genetically influenced biological predisposition toward alcoholism or drug abuse.
It is probable that multiple genes are involved or that other factors affect the strength of the actions of a particular gene (i.e., incomplete penetrance of the gene).
If the disorder is polygenic (i.e., involving more than one gene) there is probably a combination of genes which might predispose an individual to alcoholism (e.g., the possibility of getting a different level of intoxication when drinking or an unusual effect of alcohol on anxiety, etc.) and some which might help to protect a person from demonstrating alcoholism (e.g., becoming very ill at even low alcohol doses).
The person, then, could go through a variety of life events and stresses, some of which would predispose him or her to alcoholism (e.g., working in a heavy-drinking environment, such as the armed services) and others which would protect the person from demonstrating the predisposition (e.g., being a woman in a society with heavy proscriptions against drinking for women).
The final alcoholic picture would depend upon the balance between the positive and negative genetic effects interacting with the positive and negative environmental factors.
In this model, a genetic predisposition toward alcoholism might have nothing to do with why people begin drinking in a heavy-drinking society such as ours. Genetic factors might make a modest contribution to the development of relatively minor and evanescent alcohol-related problems, such as those seen in late adolescence and early adulthood.
The greatest impact might be on factors which determine why some individuals continue to increase their alcohol intake during their third decade while others gradually but significantly decrease their drinking and, thus, decrease the risk of associated problems.
It is probable that no one genetic factor explains the entire predisposition toward alcoholism. There may be a variety of things involved, including those which might affect the metabolism of alcohol, differences in reactions to acute doses of alcohol, differential responses to more subacute exposure to the drug, differential vulnerabilities to adverse consequences from continued use, different personality types, etc. (Omenn 1975).
At the present time, there are some preliminary data to support the theory that the offspring of alcoholics metabolize alcohol differently, showing higher levels of the toxic substance acetaldehyde. At the same time they show a decreased sensitivity of the nervous system to the acute effects of alcohol (perhaps equivalent to innate tolerance) (Schuckit and Rayses 1979; Schuckit 1979c).
The degree of ??ogenetic loading??? could combine with the intensity of environmental events to determine the characteristics of the drug-related problems as well. For example, the level of genetic factors could determine which alcoholics begin to have problems in the third decade (heavier genetic load) and which do not demonstrate difficulties until reaching the mid-fifties.
Biological factors might also be involved in spontaneous remission from alcoholism through alterations in either the reaction to or metabolism of alcohol which may parallel aging and which might negate the original biological factors responsible for the predisposition.
Environmental events could have a large impact in determining age of onset and may help to explain some of the ??ospontaneous remission??? seen with all drugs of abuse, as the decision to continue misuse of the substance may represent a cost/benefit ratio, with the chances of continued abuse decreasing with increasing costs of life problems.
In summary, I feel that alcoholism is probably a multifactorial, polygenically influenced disorder. The relative balance between the degree of genetic loading toward alcoholism and the detrimental as well as protective environmental influences could determine the age of onset of alcohol abuse and the characteristic course for primary alcoholics.
Comparable data are not available on drug misuse, but for heuristic purposes, I would picture a similar situation.
At the present time, data are not strong enough to support a theory wherein the same genetic mechanisms would be responsible for a general propensity toward all types of drugs, and thus I favor a theory in which the biological mechanisms for alcoholism are different from those for other substances of abuse.
A short methodological note is needed. To optimize the chances of discovering any relevant genetic factor, it is important that the group of alcoholics studied be as homogeneous as possible. This requires using a definition stated in relatively objective terms (so that similar studies can be done in different settings) which has been applied to other populations which were followed up over time and shown to run a relatively homogeneous course (Schuckit 1973; Haglund and Schuckit 1977; Woodruff et al. 1974).
While there is a great deal of crossover in the populations outlined by definitions utilizing physical dependence, psychological dependence (which is quite difficult to define), a quantity frequency approach to alcoholism, and the life-problem definition, most of the studies on the genetics of alcoholism have utilized the life-problem definition.
Simply stated, persons would be considered alcoholics who demonstrate any one of a number of end-stage life problems related to alcohol (e.g., a marital separation or divorce because of alcohol or physical evidence that alcohol has harmed health or a job loss or layoff related to alcohol or multiple arrests related to drinking) (Schuckit 1979b).
Of course, alcohol or other drug problems can be primary or can develop in the midst of another (possibly genetically influenced) psychiatric disorder (i.e., secondary).
It would not make much sense, however, to include in studies of the genetics of alcoholism people who fulfill the research criteria for schizophrenia and who then go on to develop alcohol or other drug problems.
It would be equally selfdefeating to include in such studies those individuals with unipolar affective disorder, manic depressive disease, or the antisocial personality (Schuckit 1973; Woodruff et al. 1974; Schuckit 1979b).
While secondary alcoholics (i.e., individuals demonstrating alcoholism only after the onset of another major psychiatric problem) might be genetically predisposed toward both alcoholism and the primary disease, this would be very difficult to pick up by our present methods.
The pattern of use and abuse of a substance within any population subgroup is, of course, the result of a combination of social, psychological, and biological factors. In this section, I will discuss a number of possible genetically influenced biological factors and environmental events.
These will be applied to a variety of subgroups including Native Americans, other ethnic groups including the Irish and Jews, the elderly, women, and youth, and substance-related difficulties in health-care deliverers such as physicians.
Native American groups have exceptionally high rates of alcoholism. This might result in part from high levels of any of the proposed genetically influenced biological mechanisms, although data to date on differences between Native Americans and Caucasians in the metabolism of alcohol have been inconclusive (Bennion and Li 1976).
Because members of this group tend to marry other members, any genetically influenced factor raising the propensity toward alcoholism would be likely to be perpetuated.
No matter what the level of biological predisposition, the high rate of alcoholism is probably also a response to the heavy-drinking lifestyle on the reservation, the extreme level of social stress that comes from the disintegration of the Native American culture, historical differences in the meanings of alcohol use and intoxication between Native American cultures and Caucasian groups, etc.
The final prevalence of alcoholism in this group probably reflects an increased level of genetic predisposition within Native Americans and an environment which maximizes the chance that any such predisposition would become manifest.
The purported high rates of alcoholism in Ireland and among Americans of Irish descent (persisting even when one controls for the level of available income after bare necessities are met) compared with the low rate of alcoholism in Jews in both the United States and Israel is also of interest (Haalund and Schuckit 1977).
As is true for Native Americans, individuals in these groups tend to marry other people within the same subgroup, thus perpetuating any genetic propensity that exists, no matter which of the hypothesized mechanisms might be involved.
At the same time, environmental factors might alter the expression of any biological propensities. Thus any genetic predisposition toward alcoholism existing in Jews might be dampened by the heavy proscriptions against intoxication and the emphasis on learning how to drink in moderation seen within closely knit Jewish families.
Even low to modest rates of biological predisposition in the Irish might be clinically expressed through such factors as the tendency toward late marriage, the ethic of needing to ??olearn to drink like a man,??? the social life centering on the pub, etc. (Schuckit and Haglund 1977).
Three other subgroups present interesting questions regarding a genetic hypothesis in alcoholism. The actively drinking elderly alcoholic is likely to have begun alcohol abuse in his or her forties or fifties, after many years of ??onormal??? drinking (Schuckit 1977).
This is probably the result of a combination of a lowered level of genetic propensity and earlier life experiences of drinking in a relatively structured environment.
The problem may be more likely to become manifest when protective factors disappear as one??Ts children grow up and leave the home, romance leaves the marriage, one recognizes the probability of no further advancements at work, approaching retirement, etc.
The lowered risk for alcoholism in women (Haglund and Schuckit 1977) might reflect some modest differences in metabolism of alcohol or acute reactions to alcohol at various phases of the menstrual cycle (Greenblatt and Schuckit 1976).
The alcoholism rate is also consistent with a strong differential effect of environment on men and women, perhaps reflecting the (historically) heavier proscriptions against heavy alcohol intake for women (Cloninger et al. 1978).
The purported increase in alcohol problems in youths is mentioned here only in passing, as a reliable definition for primary alcoholism in adolescents has not yet been developed. Most young people demonstrating alcohol-related difficulties have been shown either to have a primary antisocial personality or to demonstrate polydrug misuse and rarely fit even tentative criteria for primary alcoholism (Greenblatt and Schuckit 1976).
While not many data are available, similar generalizations can probably be made for other drugs of abuse. One notable example is the reported high rate of substance abuse in physicians and nurses when compared to other individuals of the same socioeconomic class (Jones 1977).
In this instance, the increased level of problems might not reflect a heightened genetic loading but rather an increased chance that any biological propensity will be expressed.
This would reflect the ready availability of drugs and the long hours and life stresses inherent in the health-care professions.
However, it is possible that there is some connection between the type of individual likely to go into the healthcare professions and an altered acute reaction to drugs, metabolism of drugs, or personality traits predisposing one toward drug misuse.
From N.I.D.A. Monograph 30 - Theories on Drug Abuse: Selected Contemporary Perspectives. [Page for pdf download, which includes diagrams and reference list.]


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Hi all,
I've waited and purchase the XPS 14z as soon as it came out. To my disappointment I have struggled with wireless connectivity since. I found comments about a similar problem with the XPS 15z. but not much about the 14z (beside a couple of post in the Review section of the Dell website).
From the same location, my four+ year old XPS M1210 has consistently 3 bars of better signal than the 14z. The same happens at work beside my Vostro 1720.
Furthermore the 14z connection is unstable and drop off randomly, effectively making it impossible to use for internet unless I sit close to my router (which is not in by my home desk).
Dell sent out techinicians twice. The first time to replace the wifi card, the second time to replace the wifi (again a 6230) and the antenna (which involves taking the all system apart and replace the screen at the same time).
Now Dell is going to replace the system with a new one, but by the sound of things, it's going to be just the same.
Is there any official source where Dell aknowlodges that there is a problem with their choice of hardware/software configuration; and that they are going to do something about it?
Are there known solutions out there already?
Regards to all
I just received my XPS 14z a couple days ago and I am having the EXACT same problems with WiFi connectivity. I have tested other laptops in the house using wifi and they are running just fine, so it is not the internet connection, the modem or the wireless router. The problem must be traced back to the laptop. I spent a ton of money buying this laptop and I am extremely disappointed in the wireless issues i have already experienced. Not happy Dell.
I assume you raised the problem with Dell. If not, please do so to let them know something is going on. I am keeping an eye on the XPS 15z forum and it looks like that model is having a similar problem too. A bad BIOS release is looking like a possible cause. Still, it's unbelievable that Dell doesn't officially aknowledge the problem and is addressing the matter like if it was a random hardware fault. My replacement laptop is due to arrive in a couple of weeks. I hope it makes a difference...
Just want to mention that downloading the following solved the problem for me last night. Per the advice of Terry from Dell's technical team, he state "If you have not already done so please make sure that you have the most up to date driver."
Furthermore, I received my replacement system today but unfortunately i have the same problem. This product has obviously some design issues and it's incredible that Dell is still selling it without coming clean and give some official updates on what they are doing about it.
I also have XPS 14z and have exactly the same problem. Connection with Intel 6230 is extremely slow... My old laptop connects at 150Mbps, the 14z at 20Mbps or less. Dell Tech Support could not help because my laptop was too new, the Service Tag was not registered... They recommended to do a clean Windows 7 install, I did on both laptops, tried both Intel and Dell website drivers, no joy.... Please Dell help!!
Here is my post on the other thread
If you have not already done so please make sure that you have the most up to date driver.
Please make sure that both the WIFI and Bluetooth drivers are installed. .
If you continue to have problems with the new driver this may be an issue with PSP incompatibility with your router. I suggest contacting your router manufacturer and see if they have any new updates. Here is a link from Intel with more info regarding PSP mode.
The following symptoms may be seen if a Wi-Fi access point (AP) or broadband Wi-Fi router does not properly support the Power Save Polling (PSP) feature:
Intermittent loss of Wi-Fi connection
Inability to initiate a Wi-Fi connection
Poor Wi-Fi connection data performance
These symptoms may be more pronounced when on battery power.
PSP mode is a feature that provides extended battery life for notebook computers. It requires coordination between the AP or router and the Wi-Fi adapter. Intel has discovered that some APs or routers may not implement the feature correctly or completely.
Contact the AP or router vendor for updated software or firmware that corrects the problem, or for a working around put the adapter in C A M mode.
Put the wireless adapter into Continuously Aware Mode using the following steps.
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
Double-click Network Connections.
Right-click the wireless connection and click Properties.
Click Configure.
Click the Advanced tab.
Select the Power Management setting, uncheck Default / Auto and move the slider to Highest / Maximum Performance. Note: If the slider is already at Highest / Maximum Performance, move the slider to another setting and then back to Highest / Maximum Performance.
If this doesn't help out please feel free to shoot me a private message with the service tag of the notebook, and your contact information.
Specialize in Laptops, Mobile Devices#IWork4Dell
I really should do more than just cut and paste. Sorry about that.
Here is the link to the latest Intel Centrino 6230 wifi card. I do suggest that all of you that are still having problems give it a try.
Hi Terry, the link you gave works however when I click download it says 'File not found', both via the direct download link as via the Dell download manager.
Hi Terry, your link now works, I installed the drivers (Intel 220.127.116.11, 27-10-2011) but still the same problem. I am really disappointed working still on my old laptop now...
I just wanted to post that the latest drivers for the Intel Centrino 6230 has been released and may be found from the following links.
These drivers are version v184.108.40.206, A02 but are designed specifically for the XPS 14z
Those of you still having problems, please remember to download the driver and safe to the desktop, do not run it. Then go in programs and features and uninstall the current drivers, and restart the system. Decline any request from Windows to install a driver and then run the downloaded driver.
If connections speeds is not improved, try disabling bluetooth, and see if there is a difference between 5 gz networks and 2.4 gz networks and post back here.
The instructions you have given do not apply to win7 (which is what the XPS 14z uses) I think.
I copied it directly from Intel's link
You are right Tugela01 they was using Window XP.
For Windows 7
Control Panel
Networks and Sharing.
Click on the connection
Click properties
Click Configure
Click Advanced
Click on Transmit Power under Property
Set the value to the highest, usually five.
Click the Power Management tab
Make sure that "Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power.
Click Ok.
Also you can change the setting using Proset
From the Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Connection Utility:
Click Advanced > Adapter Settings > Advanced tab.
Select Power Management, uncheck Default / Auto, and move the slider to Highest / Maximum Performance.
Please let me know if this helps.
Installed the new drivers in a clean Windows 7 64bit install does not solve the issue. It's not a driver issue but a design flaw.
Hi there, same thing here. Not sure what to do. Seems they put a new driver out and call it an issue with the N-Card?
Fügen Sie dies zu Ihrer Downloadliste hinzu.
Dell Centrino Advanced-N 6230
Veröffentlichungstermin: 03.01.2012
Version: A02v188.8.131.52
Fehlerkorrekturen und Verbesserungen
Fix the N mode connection issue on
I had a technician out here too. Same as with you. Any new ideas?
Terry, you said " Make sure that "Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power. "
Is the boxed supposed to be checked or unchecked?


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The universe is not static, as 141 million TV households will be added between 2012 and 2018 to bring the total to nearly 1.6 billion. Of the additions, 95 million will come from the Asia Pacific region, of which 36 million homes will be in China and an extra 35 million in India.
There were still 652 million analog TV households at the end of 2012. However, this total will fall by 104 million in 2013, with only 127 million remaining by 2018. Analog penetration of TV households will drop from 45.3% at end of 2012 to only 8% by 2018. There will be 77 million analog terrestrial homes and 49 million analog cable homes by end of 2018.


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