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Lebanon, MO – Join Americans for Prosperity – Missouri for an activist meeting, meal and press conference to draw attention to the sweeping tax reform measures passed last year in other states around the nation.
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Friday, February 21st
3:00 pm
Dowd's Catfish & BBQ
1760 W. Elm Street Lebanon, MO 65536
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"Missouri's economy languishes under an outdated tax code that imposes one of the highest marginal rates in the Midwest," explained Patrick Werner, state director of Americans for Prosperity. "While our politicians tinker around the edges, forward-thinking legislators in the states of Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin are passing sweeping tax reform, slashing the burden on taxpayers, and making their states more competitive. It's time for our legislators to go bold and pass real reform."
In recent years Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin passed reforms that will give taxpayers significant refunds. In the first year of going into effect, Indiana taxpayers will receive $250 million in tax relief, Iowa Taxpayers will receive $440 million, North Carolina taxpayers will receive $500 million, Ohio taxpayers will receive $900 million, and Wisconsin taxpayers will receive $325 million, while Missouri taxpayers would receive only $70 million.
Americans for Prosperity will highlight the substantial amounts that those tax reforms delivered, compared to the minor refunds that would be offered under the proposed Missouri tax reforms, at the press conference.
"We can't expect to restart our economy by making small tweaks while the entire tax system needs an overhaul," Werner continued. "It's time for Missouri to follow the example of many surrounding states and tackle tax reform head-on."
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org


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Lladro Atelier, a new creative department within Lladró, under the creative guidance of designer Jaime Hayón, is responsible for the Metropolis Collection. With a central aesthetic stemming from dynamic buildings, the collection includes a number of vases, lamps, mirrors and boxes. Together, they come together to form a mini city.
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Lake Tulloch Waterfront Timberframe Home with Private
3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, Capacity: 12
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Bedrooms: 3. Bathrooms: 2.5
Rent this beautiful timberframe home on the water at Lake Tulloch. This home features a great room with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, three bedrooms, two and a half baths. Sleeps 11. This home has a large deck overlooking the big open lake. It comes completely furnished and supplies everything except food and clothes. It is in a gated community. This home has it own private dock that docks two large boats.
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- May-Sept. $10,000 per month
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3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, Capacity: 12
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Nearby Attractions: - Nearby there are numerous historic gold mining towns worth visiting. Also within an hours drive is Yosemite. There is great fishing on Lake tulloch or any of the many lakes and rivers in the area. There are two nice ski resorts less than an hour away. There are river rafting tours 20 minutes away. There are also cavern and caves nearby that have tours year round.
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The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to preoccupy the imaginations of editorial writers around the country.
Clarence Page in the Chicago Tribune thinks that "a lack of formal leaders, agenda and structure can work to a young movement's advantage," and notes that "one sign spotted in a New York protest put it, 'We're here, we're unclear, get used to it!'" The important thing about the movement is that, "The Occupiers don't have all the answers, but they can help the rest of us raise the right questions."
Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald is concerned. He "hopes the movement's organizers understand that Occupy Wall Street has created a moment, a fragment of time and potentiality in which it may be possible to make real, fundamental, systemic change." His advice: "The Occupy movement commands the attention of the entire world. When you have all eyes upon you, your next move should be obvious. Say something."
Politically speaking, Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times finds it "remarkable, though, is how anxious the Obama campaign appears to be to get on the protesters' good side." And he thinks it's just beginning, "as 2012 approaches, he's not likely to grab a sleeping bag and head for a park. But he's hoping to convince the occupiers - and the much larger number of Americans who share their anger - that a part of him would like to."
On the other hand, Michael Gerson of the Washington Post remembers the history of the Democratic party tying itself too closely to the 1960s antiwar counter-culture and warns that, "No presidential campaign would willingly choose the high-risk strategy of identifying with a controversial, half-formed, leftist protest. But unable to take credit for economic recovery, Obama may have no other choice. He needs an economic dragon to slay, even if he once fed and tended it."
E.J. Dionne Jr. of the Washington Post takes another slice of history in the example of Abraham Lincoln, who, despite being a political moderate, identified with the abolitionists. Occupy Wall Street is changing the conversation on economic inequality as the abolitionists did on slavery. While not directly comparing the two men or causes, Dionne concludes that, "Lincoln remained a moderate at heart, but he abandoned moderation on slavery when this proved to be morally and politically unsuited to the imperatives of his moment. By following Lincoln's example and acting against the injustices of our time, Obama could also come to occupy the high ground."
Finally, Lisa Miller, also of the Washington Post, takes a look at the Jesus of history. "Born with little means into a first-century world, the historical Jesus might feel right at home with the very aspects of the occupation that so many 21st-century observers consider gross: the tents, the damp sleeping bags, the communal kitchen." And while noting the grab-bag of people who comprise the Occupiers, she concludes, "The Jesus of history would love them all. What Jesus really said, and what he meant, are the subjects of culture's greatest controversies, but one thing is sure. Jesus gave preferential treatment to society's outcasts."
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AUSTIN (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) - A drone, no bigger than a toy airplane, hovered north of the Texas Capitol, floating over the heads of lawmakers momentarily distracted from their morning meetings. Several of them gathered beneath it, faces tilted skyward, marveling over a pair of goggles that allowed them to watch live video of the drone's panoramic bird's eye view.
But when the conversation turned to the reason for the demonstration, the tone shifted. State Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, said he is carrying legislation to prevent this futuristic technology — increasingly used by everyone from aviation hobbyists to law enforcement authorities — from capturing "indiscriminate surveillance." It is an effort, he said, to defend Texans' right to privacy: "Why should the government or anyone else be able to watch my every move?"
The Federal Aviation Administration currently prohibits commercial use of "unmanned aircraft," or drones — meaning it is against the law to capture video or images from the sky and use them for business purposes, said Ben Gielow, general counsel and government relations manager for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. But that may not be the case for long. The FAA is supposed to release rules governing the commercial use of drones by mid-2014.
The existing ban does not extend to hobbyists, people who fly drones for recreation.
Gooden's House Bill 912, which is being sponsored in the Senate by John Whitmire, D-Houston and chairman of the Criminal Justice Committee, would make it a Class C misdemeanor to use an "unmanned vehicle or aircraft" to capture video or photographs of private property without the consent of the property's owner or occupant. It would be an additional penalty to possess, display or distribute an image or video captured by an illegally operating drone.
The bill provides exceptions for law enforcement authorities, as long as they have a search or arrest warrant and are in immediate pursuit of a suspect. It also does not apply to property within 25 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, where drones are used to enhance border security.
"It will be a greater burden on the hobbyists, but I think that's okay," Gooden said. "If you're asking me to choose between my right to privacy and a hobbyist's right to take pictures from the sky, my privacy comes first."
Unmanned-aircraft experts say the bill is vague and would effectively nullify the benefits of drones for private use.
Todd Humphreys, director of the Radionavigation Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, which uses drones to study ways to protect navigation systems like GPS, said he, too, could conjure up a "dystopian view, where we're inundated with buzzing drones everywhere we go, that disrupt our sleep and our barbecues." But without that imminent threat, he said, such a measure seems like overkill.
"If I'm using it to continuously monitor somebody, I think we could make a law that would forbid such a thing," Humphreys said. "But if I'm up there doing some other benign research and happen to capture your picture inadvertently, I don't think ought to be outlawed."
Gooden said that increasingly, state legislatures around the country have begun considering drone privacy legislation to get ahead of the curve as improving technology and falling costs make unmanned aircraft more easily attainable. Last year, U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, introduced a bill similar to Gooden's in the U.S. House.
For those who suggest he is seeking a solution without a problem, Gooden counters that the future is fast approaching. "If 10 years ago, someone had said we should ban texting and driving, the response would've been, we're legislating for a problem that doesn't exist," he said.
Gooden said that the bigger question is one left unanswered by his bill: whether Texans should be able to shoot down drones hovering over their private property illegally. His answer? Absolutely.
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The judges must be talking about what kind of pizza to order, they can't possibly be discussing wasting the save on Didi.
The judges must be talking about what kind of pizza to order, they can't possibly be discussing wasting the save on Didi.
That was actually quite good..
I *HATE* *HATE* *HATE* Didi butchering Rhiannon, she has no right to sing a Stevie Nicks song, she cannot even come close to doing it justice.
Didi sings for her life "Rhiannon" and the judges say no dice.
So how many teens are going to get carpel tunnel saving Teflon Tim each week?
"How do you know the chosen ones? No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his friend. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame... for one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see." - Sebastion, Babylon 5
Didi is way too emotional for such a career in music. No consistency in her performances.
A very pretty girl-she should look into modeling.
Hmm. Two outta three ain't bad.
(Show's not on for another 40 minutes out here. Good to know I can just have it on in the background while working on lesson prep and end-of-month admin stuff.)
"There's no crying in baseball!"
-- Tom Hanks, A League of Their Own
So, the opening act for the tour will be Didi Benami.
I thought she did a really good job singing Rhiannon tonight. I don't think she deserved to leave yet.
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Don't blame him. Both last night and tonight Ryan has been slamming on Simon for his opinions. Someone needs to remind Ryan that without Simon he probably wouldn't have his cushy little job. Ryan seems to have gotten a little full of himself this season.
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CME: Thursday Futures Fade With Cash Cattle $12805 April 2013
US - Live cattle futures got off to a slightly firmer start, but this quickly gave way to profit-taking and bears had momentum on their side into the close.
Futures ended 50 to 85 cents lower, which was near session lows. Cash cattle trade is thought to be largely complete after Wednesday's trade at mostly $128 on the Southern Plains.
June Cattle closed sharply lower into the end of the pit trade at down 85 on the day to the worst close since March 26th.
The market was trading higher ahead of the pit opening but selling emerged to drive the market sharply lower and to the lowest level since March 27th early in the day.
Cash markets were strong this week but traders remain concerned that colder than normal weather will hold consumer demand weak.
Ideas that packers might reduce slaughter in order to boost packer margins was seen as a possible bearish force. In other words, traders believe that beef prices are not moving up fast enough to keep up with the cash rally and that packer margins will slip deeper into the red.
Weekly U.S. beef export sales for the week ending March 21st came in at 17,300 metric tonnes, compared with the prior 4-week average of 16,525.
Cumulative sales for 2013 have reached 269,100 metric tonnes, down -0.4 per cent from last year's pace.
Boxed-beef cut-out values at mid-session today came in at $191.58, up $.10 from Wednesday and up from $189.07 last week at this time.
Slaughter came in above trade expectations at 118,000 head.
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Last few days we have finally been enjoying some sunshine. This year it looks like the summer will never make an appearance, doesn't it? Let's hope that from now on we will have more sunny days than so far. I cannot wait to share some lovely reviews I came across last month. So as usual grab a cup of coffee/tea or maybe a cold drink, and enjoy the sunshine while reading my top picks for this month!
As you know, I usually share one of my reviews too, and this time I am going for my husband's guest review on LenovoIdeatab. We all love tablets and not everybody can afford the Apple iPad. Read Becky's review on it too, and find out if this is the right one for you!
If the weather stays as nice as for the past couple of days, you might enjoy reading about The World's 1st Wallace & Gromit Ride. It is always great to find out a new place for a fun family day out, and even if you don't live very close, it could be a nice weekend away.
If you have a child who loves drawing and painting, you need to check out the PlayColor paint sticksreview. They really look amazing. Our Isabelle loves drawing, so I will be looking out for these the next time I go shopping.
It's going to be the Father's Day soon, and reading about the VistaprintsPhotobooks has reminded me how lovely it is to get one of these as a gift. Have you got a present sorted yet? If not, this could be a great option for your loved ones.
Lately I come more and more often across children who blog. I would love my daughters to be blogging one day. Check out Moonpig Custom T-shirts review, and well done young bloggers on creating such a lovely blog!
Reviewing restaurants can be very enjoyable. As I live in London and love Indian cuisine, I really liked reading about Tayyabs restaurant. I haven't been there before, but I think we will have to check this place out as it looks amazing. Have you been? Any more thoughts on this place?
Grandpa-in-my-pocket is one of my daughter's most favourite shows. She owns quite a few episodes on DVDs, and plays them over and over again. I can imagine she would be delighted to see the show live. Unfortunately I don't think there is any theatre showing it close to us. The show is live till the end of September, so don't forget to check out and book a little treat for your children.
The last post that deserves to be mentioned here is about reviewing. Mari has answered a simple question many people want to ask: "What do I look for when I review?"
I hope you have enjoyed this Britmums Reviews Round-up, and if you would like me to read your review and maybe mention it in the next one, why don't you add your link below, email me firstname.lastname@example.com or tweet me at @Kahanka.
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Mirka is a multi - award nominated professional lifestyle blogger obsessed with travel, social media & fitness. She is also Swimathon, Venice Marathon & Kiqplan ambassador, known for encouraging other women to keep fit & healthy. Her blog Fitness 4 Mamas is loaded with realistic tips for real mamas not superwomen. Come and join Mirka on her fitness journey to healthy living!


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ghostring sights for 870?
December 18, 2000, 05:09 PM
Where is the cheapest place to buy ghostring sights for an 870?
Dave McC
December 18, 2000, 06:16 PM
Most gunshops have smithing facilties available that can do this, especially if you go for a Williams or Lyman peep instead of the milspec stuff. As to durability, I've seen no glitches in nearly two decades of use.
Call around and price check, but I'd settle for a good smith that I know.
December 22, 2000, 12:56 AM
Scattergun Tech division of Wilson Combat
Vang Comp Systems, top tactical shotgun gunsmithing
Have used a Scattergun Tech ramped tritium front sight with a plain MMC ghost-ring rear on both my tactical shotguns. Fast to acquire and robust. One set was installed on my Vang-built 870. The other was done by a local gunsmith; pretty straightforward job.
All three links here are reputable, with great products and workmanship.
Would also suggest you run a search (top-right of your screen) on this forum about this topic for more info.
December 22, 2000, 04:55 AM
I would second the MMC I have a set on my 870 and benelli and love those sights, very sturdy.
December 22, 2000, 11:20 AM
I was going to strongly recommend MMC's but then you specified "cheap." If you change your mind, go with the MMC's , they are great.
March 28, 2001, 03:00 PM
How much are MMC GR sights...couldn't tell from the website.
March 28, 2001, 11:27 PM
There is another very good ghost ring rear sight on the market. The Italian made LPA which is imported by Mec-Gar.
It is a little cheaper then MMC and is available from Brownell's
The expensive part of installing MMC sights is the front sight. It is silver soldered in place and the barrel needs to be refinished.
March 29, 2001, 12:10 PM
Thanks, DML! I'll seriously consider the Mec-gars. They are $109.00 at Brownells...I don't know how much the MMCs are, but the MMC front sight sounds like a pain in the neck. I assume the Mec-gars have a front sight that can be installed in a normal fashion.
March 29, 2001, 03:25 PM
I am looking at the Brownell's catalog right now and I see something rather odd. The MMC rear sight is $99.95 and the Mec-Gar is $109.00, but the dealers price on the Mec-Gar is
$14 less then MMC.
The retail price for the MMC band front sight without tritium is $39.95. Mec-Gar also imports a very nice band front sight, but I don't know the price or model number.
March 29, 2001, 05:22 PM
I'm confused...Where is the cheapest price for the Mec-gar.
March 29, 2001, 07:11 PM
Me too. Call Mec-Gar. 203-639-1120
March 30, 2001, 12:08 PM
Alright...I called Mec-gar and they sell the front for $109.00 and the rear for $109.00 ($218 total!). They told me to try PSI...they sell the rear for $99.00 and both for $170.00...much better. Because of installation of the rear sight (three holes to drill) PSI suggested I contact Van Comp (805) 964-7956 to get a package deal on sights/installation. Hanz Van Comp is gone 'till 4-15-01.
So...$170 plus installation.
My question: Why not just buy a Mossberg ghostring sight system (front AND rear)for $49.00 from Cheaperthandirt.com (catalog # 46436)? Am I missing something? Will the Mossberg system work on an 870? Don't see why not.
March 31, 2001, 02:33 PM
TCW, I guess the thing to do is to call the tech staff @ CTD and ask. If Brownells carry the Mossberg GR, I'm sure THEIR tech staff can answer that one - they can probably tell you even how to fit it to the 870...do they carry the item, by chance?
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Washington — The Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Road, will open a photographic exhibit by Suzanne Theodora White Thursday, May 8. Selected photographs from White's "Things That Will Go Away" and "Gravel Pits" series will be displayed through July 8 in the show she is dedicating to the memory of Liane Chapman.
White's work has been displayed in numerous private and public collections around in the United States and Europe. Several of her paintings have been used by Absolut Vodka in its advertising. She trained in painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Grants awarded to her by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, allowed her to travel extensively. Her travels included an 18-month tour from Montreal to South Korea.
White's family roots are firmly planted in Maine. Since 1991, she has made Appleton her home, where she farms, paints, photographs and trains dogs.
Gibbs Library is open Mondays from 4 to 7 p.m.; Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and 4 to 7 p.m.; Thursdays from 3 to 6 p.m.; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 845-2663.
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Snap-on introduces new Verus Pro
Lincolnshire, Ill.--The new Verus Pro from Snap-on is a diagnostic and information system that combines an exclusive suite of tools to give professional service technicians the ability to bring all of the answers to the bay wirelessly, in one tool, to manage the job from start to finish.
Verus Pro elevates capabilities way beyond the original Verus, and integrates everything that technicians need into one tool: scanner, scope, data manager, waveform library, schematics, TSBs, online technical forum, Fast-Track Troubleshooter, guided test procedures and verified repair tips. The optional ShopKey Repair Information System gives technicians quick access to complete repair guidance for virtually any light vehicle on the road.
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SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — A tsunami stemming from a devastating earthquake in Japan has swept at least five people watching the waves out to sea and ripped docks out of harbors in California, with one man still missing late Friday afternoon.
Coast Guard Lieutenant Todd Warrencamp tells KNX 1070 this kind of thing happens "fairly regularly" near the rugged Northern California coast.
Coast Guard helicopters searched for him near the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County, Calif., but called his chances of survival slim in the cold, rough ocean.
Authorities say the waves have cost millions of dollars of damage in harbors.
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Rautins is 23. He will be 24 years old by the time the 2010 NBA season is a month in.
Why the **** are we drafting a 24 year old? Are we high?
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How do photographers choose a specialism?
Which is more important – photography itself or the subject you specialise in?
Although photographers love photography, very few photographers are happy to photography anything.
Of course there are exceptions, but most photographers, once they are up and running with the basics, quickly choose a subject that they are going to specialise in – and they usually stick to it for decades to come.
For example, sports photographers are, usually, very much sports photographers – you don't find them shooting weddings as well. Landscape photographers love capturing beautiful scenery, but they may not want to photograph a beautiful model.
So, which is more important – photography itself or the subject you specialise in?
Logically, if you love photography, it would make sense to photograph as many different subjects as possible, but this is rarely the case. There are relatively few all-rounders in the world of photography.
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Gamasutra - On D&D and Video Games
Gamasutra's latest piece is titled Dungeons & Dragons: The Pen & Paper Video Game and forms a tribute to Gary Gygax while arguing D&D is the progenitor of most video games, regardless of genre:
Using Gygax' own miniatures wargame Chainmail as a foundation, D&D had rules for movement, for combat, for injuries and death, but also rules for interacting with characters and a system of morality.
As confusing and unintuitive as the rules sometimes were, the model of the world that emerged was pretty sophisticated; for instance in separating ability scores from skill proficiencies, the model distinguished things one is born with from things one learns. The dichotomy of free will and fate was even represented; players chose their own actions yet were always at the mercy of dice rolls.
In providing these rules and model of the world, D&D offered a powerful framework for running the first interactive simulations of reality, one in which both the everyday and the extraordinary were possible. For the first time in gaming, you could walk around a world, talk to people, explore towns and cities -- and, yes, dungeons.


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I don't know anything about Kernels but I always love trying new stuff. I was just wanting to see if anyone could comment on what the author of the perseus kernel said about using this kernel on one of the American variants of the Galaxy Note 2? He said,
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The "director's team" got the spotlight on March 27 in the DGA Boardroom as the AD/UPM/TC Mentor Committee presented the seminar, "Meet the ADs and UPMs of the 2003 DGA Award-winning & Nominated Projects." UPM Dwight Williams moderated a panel discussion that included UPMs Robert Del Valle (Six Feet Under), Jan Foster (Angels in America), Dylan Massin (The West Wing) and Tim Moore (Mystic River); 1st ADs Alan B. Curtiss (Master and Commander) and Julian Wall (Errol Morris commercials), and 2nd AD Basil Grillo (Seabiscuit).
UPM and Mentor Committee Chair Randy Turrow in opening remarks, explained that the Forum's primary goal was to elevate the level of awareness and recognition given the ADs and UPMs who make up the director's team. Moderator Dwight Willams further added, "We don't handle cameras, lights, equipment. We handle people. We design, we establish, we execute productions. We're the human infrastructure of productions, the connecting links, the communication channels, the motivators," which generated a lot of agreement among panel members on such topics as budgeting, hiring, management style, dealing with unethical or illegal issues and first priorities when they are hired on a project.
"I think you should look at how much time you have to put the project together and your economic and creative parameters: what is the scope of the show, what are the resources that you've been given to do it and what are the expectations?" Del Valle said. "With HBO on Six Feet, we're lucky enough to be given the resources to deliver the quality show they want. We knew going in that the show could not be done in seven or eight days. We're on a nine-day schedule. With a creative show coming from Alan Ball, you knew you were dealing with a high-quality show, so it's then our job not to mess it up, to try to deliver what they're trying to achieve.
"The odds of doing all [episodes] in nine days are pretty slim so we have an allowance of an additional half-day per episode built into our budget. We also allocate funds for what-ifs: heavy visual effects or, in our instance, heavy makeup effects. Going into the season we're prepared for a lot of contingencies."
Like Del Valle on Six Feet, Jan Foster found HBO to be supportive of the needs of the Angels in America production. "As a production manager you push questions through that people don't want to assign money to," she said. "You really want to give the director what he wants and you have to be a little bit fearless in approaching it that way. You ask questions to get enough money to realize his vision. You shouldn't minimize things, but don't over pad either."
Tim Moore, UPM on Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, agreed, and said, "One of the things that you have to learn as a UPM is that though we are in charge of the production, there are times when you can have a stronger hand and other times when you're going to have to sit back and be the motivator or cheerleader. Clint and his team are like a machine. I was the new kid on the block; a lot of the things I had done in the past I really didn't have to do on this project because they had already been set up. Usually, I will roll my sleeves up and get in there. You don't do that with Clint. His 1st AD is also his producer, Robert Lorenz, and Clint works in a manner like Peter Weir has with Alan [Curtiss]; they are very close. On this project, [I made] sure I knew the crew because everybody had been there for a long time. So it was learning the politics, dealing with the people and making sure it went smoothly.
"As far as the set, the toughest part of the job was making sure that we were a couple days ahead. We had a 43-day shooting schedule that we shot in 39 days. Out of the 39 days, eight days we wrapped at lunch. We worked two days over 10 hours. [Clint] is prepared and he knows what he wants and doesn't waste time. That's an ideal situation for a production manager. On other projects it's not quite like that."
"I really like to stay in close touch with the production manager," said Master and Commander 1st AD and executive producer Alan Curtiss. "Sharing knowledge is the way to go. Whatever I know in terms of what the director wants, I will always give the production manager that information. It is called the 'director's team' and I think there's a reason for that."
"Sound communication has to be the bedrock of what you do. It is important to have a strong relationship with the production manager, the producers, studio, the director," 1st AD Julian Wall said. "The moment there's a breakdown, where you've got the director and the producer who simply don't see to eye-to-eye, you do fall in the middle and it is very difficult. My job first and foremost is to help the director get what he wants. But I have obligations to the others, and that's where the conflict comes in. Where you might appear to side with the director, you have to at least maintain a sense that you understand the producer's predicament. What I've done is almost tie my 2nd AD to the producer. He's got the producer's ear, there is this communication and you're not seen to be jumping out of one camp and into another.
"Communication is just a simple word but it carries with it a bigger definition. It's not just about I told them this or I sent a memo here or we talked about it. People talk about things, but what was resolved in that discussion? Was there a decision made about how to progress forward? Communication is not about telling somebody something. It's about following up on it and also making sure that they have inferred what you have implied."
Basil Grillo says that a 2nd AD is generally the last to look at an issue. "I'm the one doing the call sheet trying to figure it out," he says. Grillo believes it's his job to press the 1st AD for answers, to solve the problem before it becomes a problem. "If I don't know what's going on, it's going to impact my ability to do my job. Hopefully I have a relationship with 1st ADs where I can do that and not have them be like, 'what is he talking about?' or 'is he overstepping his bounds?' "
In hiring 2nd ADs, Curtiss likes to work with "people that are calm under fire," he says. "I'm not a drill sergeant. I'm not a yeller and screamer. I like to maintain a certain calm on the set. I think the actors appreciate it. The directors I work with also like it. What has happened in the last 10 years with my 2nds has been an in-house growth situation where currently my key 2nd is somebody who I've done 10 films with but he started off as a set PA and then over the years moved up. Probably five of my former key 2nds are now out 1st AD-ing and production managing, so it's been a normal cycle of experience and knowledge; as they've gone up the ladder, other people have come to the fore. So much of what we do is word of mouth."
The West Wing's UPM Dylan Massin first looks for someone he's worked with before "that I know will work well with me," he says. "If none of my guys are available, I start asking around, 'who would you recommend?' "
Del Valle looks for "flexibility" in ADs, he says, while Foster seeks a certain sensibility. "I've really appreciated when ADs are involved, when they're able to talk freely to the director [about] their opinions on things," Foster said. "[Some ADs say] 'Who am I to throw my idea at them?' but it's very important that you do that. There's always an appropriate time."
There are also times on a project when an AD or UPM has to prevent or confront unethical or illegal actions. "I'd love to just say it's a black-and-white issue, there's right and there's wrong, but that's not the case," Wall said. "Some wrongs are bigger wrongs than others. We go through life trying to make decisions about right and wrong. In production, it often comes up in safety issues, when you're rushed to do this and that and you know there's something you can't do because it's a safety issue. But in making that decision you're actually going to stop a big shot from happening — and I think you have to.
"There will be times when you're called upon to make a decision and, by the way, that is why you're there. That's why you spend years gaining all that experience, because you're going to have to decide 'sorry, I don't think it's smart; I don't think it's wise.' If you turn and look around you, you'll probably find most people nodding and saying, 'he's right, we shouldn't try this now. We haven't taken proper precautions.' I think the director at the end of the day feels somewhat more comfortable, at least somebody's watching out for him, 'at least somebody's got my back.' "


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Entergy CEO asks PSB to reconvene
BRATTLEBORO -- During a quarterly earnings conference call Tuesday, Entergy Nuclear CEO J. Wayne Leonard said a motion had been filed with the Vermont Public Service Board asking for permission for the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
Members of Entergy's legal team filed the motion asking the PSB to issue a final decision and order by either amending the existing certificate of public good or issuing a new one.
To motion follows a Jan. 19 ruling made by Judge J. Garvan Murtha, which stated that Vermont Act 160 and a provision of Act 74 were preempted by the Federal Atomic Energy Act because they were passed with the intent to regulate radiological safety, the sole purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
"With the judge finding there's no nuclear safety or power contract issues that can be the basis for the denial, we believe there is nothing standing in the way of issuing the CPG," Leonard said during the call. "We believe the evidence is complete and supports the decision to allow continued operation."
He added that the law states the plant is allowed to continue to operate if a ruling on a new or revised CPG isn't completed before March 21.
According to the motion filed by Entergy's lawyers, the PSB "has a fully sufficient record, without taking any additional evidence" to make a decision on whether the plant can operate past its original closure date of March 21.
When asked about the PSB process and the possible outcomes, Leonard said that Entergy's officials have had many discussions.
"I'm not going to speculate about that," he said. "We expect that they will follow the law, we expect that they will follow the record ... I expect that there will be pressure to let the appeal -- get the appeal exhausted before they make that decision. But we're just going to have to wait and see first of all whether the state decides to appeal."
The state has until Feb. 21 to file an appeal with the Second Circuit Court of Murtha's decision, but according to court documents until burden of proof is overturned, the plant will be allowed to continue to operate because of Murtha's permanent injunction.
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and his staff have met with legislators as well as Gov. Peter Shumlin, but no decision on whether to appeal has been made at this time.
Raymond Shadis, technical adviser with the New England Coalition, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the board should consider several issues before issuing the certificate sought by Entergy.
"The parties, New England Coalition in particular, have no intention of allowing Entergy a free pass in this process," Shadis said. "All the information flowing into the case ended in early 2009. All the testimony is stale. There have been many so-called watershed events since then."
Among the unresolved issues, Shadis said, were misstatements Vermont Yankee employees allegedly made to the board during earlier stages of the case in which they said the plant did not have the sort of underground piping that carried radioactive materials. In early 2010, it was revealed that such pipes not only existed, but were leaking tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, into soil and groundwater surrounding the plant.
Shadis also pointed to the nuclear disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunami last March in the Japanese region of Fukushima, where three of six reactors melted down, there were multiple hydrogen explosions and widespread contamination of the surrounding region.
The Fukushima reactors were the same make and about the same age as Vermont Yankee. The NRC has been considering what physical changes U.S. boiling water reactors like Vermont Yankee might need to make following the experience in Japan.
"There are several physical, mechanical fixes that might be required," Shadis said. "We don't know the shape of them yet."
Leonard took time during the conference call to address the numerous complaints by anti-nuclear groups before and throughout the court proceedings.
"Over the last few years nearly constant Entergy bashing in Vermont and among other things, our company's integrity and our trustworthiness," Leonard said. "We have chosen not to engage those attacks in the media."
He added that Murtha's decision rejected the state's assertion that "Entergy comes to the court with unclean hands."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Viewing the Market Selloff from the Perspective of a Dividend Investor
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Dividends Talk: Bank of America -- Wow!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Dividends Talk: Wells Fargo, Good Very Good
Monday, July 23, 2007
Real Estate, the Banks, and the Ugly Brush
2. A 7%-9% hike would indicate that the real estate business is wounded, but the bottom is in sight.
3. A hike above 9% would mean that the bottom in real estate is not only in sight, but WFC is taking market share.
We will have an analysis of WFC's decision after their announcement. We will also run a number of banks through our Dividend Valuation Models over the next few weeks and share the results.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Boeing Is a Dream
The 787 Dreamliner is a show stopper. It is the world's first mostly composite commercial airplane. It will not only use 20 percent less fuel per passenger than similarly sized airplanes, but also produce fewer carbon emissions, and yet offer quieter takeoffs and landings.
The Dreamliner has been so successful in its advance orders that Airbus, its European rival, has suffered some order cancellations for some of its new products.
As Boeing's success with the Dreamliner has become more apparent, the stock has begun to rise. Indeed, it has tripled over the past 4 years. Recently, I have seen many analysts say that Boeing has come too far too fast. I do not agree. Our Dividend Valuation Model for BA shows why.
The Chart shows BA's actual annual prices (blue line) and our model's predicted values( green bars) over the last 20 years. You can see that over the last four years, BA's prices and predicted values have been almost a perfect fit. Therefore the current price of the stock is fully substantiated by the recent dividend growth of the company.
The striped bar to the right is the predicted value of BA based on my year-ahead dividend growth and interest rate predictions. That price is near $120 per share. That would be nearly a 20% increase from the current price of $102.40.
My guess is the Dreamliner will be an even bigger success than the market now believes, and thus, my year ahead prediction may be low. You know I can't see the future and the airline business is a treacherous business, so success is not assured. Having said that I want you to think about Boeing in a little different way.
There are only two major airplane manufacturers in the world, Boeing and Airbus. With the growing global economy, these two companies have what amounts to a toll road connecting every continent of the world. If you want to go to China, you will go on a plane made by Boeing or Airbus. The same for Europe, Japan, and South America. The only way a human being can reasonably travel long distances in on aircraft made by these two companies.
The airline business may continue to be a cutthroat business, but the aircraft manufacturing business is a duopoly. Unless these companies are run by fools they both have a very bright future, especially when the world is clamoring for more fuel efficient planes. Boeing is certainly not run by a fool. James McNerney has a proven track record of turning businesses around and maximizing profits.
There are all kinds of reasons why my optimism might not come to fruition, but I believe there are many more that say it will.
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Contrary Opinions
By Greg Donaldson and Mike Hull
As we write the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are hitting new all-time highs. These new highs are coming a little faster than we thought they would, but then our guess on timing is no better than the next guy's -- it's just a guess. However in our June 4th blog we said that, on balance, the primary forces driving the market were likely to push prices higher in the coming year.
We cited the drivers of higher stocks prices would be:
- Solid earnings and dividend growth
- The market was undervalued according to our Dividend Valuation Model.
- Sub-par economic growth
- Investor Sentiment was too bearish
But we suspect one of the main reasons stocks have pushed higher in the face of lots of worries about oil, terrorism, and the sub-prime mortgage mess, was the very bearish tone of investment advisors in late May. In our June 4th blog, we showed the following chart of Tickersense.com's sentiment poll.
Among investment bloggers, many of whom are professional investment advisors, nearly 47% were bearish at the end of May.
We have found, over the years, that such a high rate of bearishness has usually been a positive sign for the market.
High rates of bearishness are often associated with high rates of short sales. A short sale is accomplished by borrowing stock from a broker and then selling it. The hoped for result is that the stock will fall and then can be repurchased at the lower price, thus producing a profit.
But if the short seller is wrong and stocks go higher, to avoid big losses, he or she must buy back the stock to cover or close out the short. The problem is as these short sellers cover their shorts they are doing so in the face of rising stock prices and their purchases provide additional momentum to rising prices.
This will be a big week for the markets. Fed Chairman Bernanke will be giving his semi-annual economic and inflation report to Congress, many companies will be releasing second quarter earnings, and we will getting a fresh look at the Consumer Price Index.
Finally, we are also getting into the season where many important companies will be reporting dividend hikes. We will be detailing some of the surprises here.
The bottom line on all of the balls we have thrown up in the air here, is that we still believe the primary drivers of stock prices are pointing north.


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What Are the Monday & Wednesday Lottos?
The Monday and Wednesday Lottos are the smaller siblings of the popular Saturday Lotto. All three games are essentially identical, except that the Saturday Lotto provides a higher jackpot. Find articles about the Mon & Wed Lotto in our Magazine.
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The official Monday & Wednesday Lotto draws are held every Monday and Wednesday night at 8:30PM AEST / 9:30PM AEDT.
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Clicking on more than the regular six numbers will automatically activate a System Bet. This will allow you to use more numbers in multiple combinations increasing your odds of winning significantly, albeit for a higher price.
Once you're happy with your pick click on the Submit button. Beforehand you also have the option of setting your Duration and Place bet when settings (e.g. if you wish to bet on the Monday Lotto, the Wednesday Lotto, or both) along with the ability to bet via Subscription.
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NumberShield can be chosen for a particular game field or complete bet slip and will occur an additional cost added to the price. NumberShield and DoubleJackpot cannot be selected on the same bet slip. For more information see our article Never share a jackpot.
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This option allows you to only bet when the jackpot is a set amount or higher. So if you choose $7 million, you will only bet on the draw when the jackpot is at a minimum of $7 million.
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You can win anything up to an estimated jackpot of $1 million.
What Are the Prize Divisions for the Monday & Wednesday?
There are a total of six prize divisions in the Monday/Wednesday Lotto, the jackpot, worth an estimated $1 million, plus five additional divisions thereafter. Below you'll find a breakdown on each prize division, what's required to win and what percentage of the overall prize pool each prize receives.
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The Monday/Wednesday Lotto offers excellent odds particularly when compared with other major Australian lotteries. See the table below for a full breakdown on prize odds.
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Integrating Statistics and Visualization for Exploratory Power: From Long-Term Case Studies to Design Guidelines
Issue No. 03 - May/June (2009 vol. 29)
pp: 39-51
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2009.44
Adam Perer , IBM
Ben Shneiderman , University of Maryland
Evaluating visual-analytics systems is challenging because laboratory-based controlled experiments might not effectively represent analytical tasks. One such system, SocialAction, integrates statistics and visualization in an interactive exploratory tool for social network analysis. This article describes results from long-term case studies with domain experts and extends established design goals for information visualization.
information visualization, visual analytics, design guidelines, case studies, social networks, social network analysis, insights, visualization, statistics, exploration
Adam Perer, Ben Shneiderman, "Integrating Statistics and Visualization for Exploratory Power: From Long-Term Case Studies to Design Guidelines", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 29, no. , pp. 39-51, May/June 2009, doi:10.1109/MCG.2009.44


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BridgeGate committee co-chair to address Sussex Dems
NEWTON — Assemblyman John Wisniewski is the featured speaker at the July 15 meeting of the Sussex County Democratic Committee.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more common type of diabetes in China grew by 30 percent in just seven years, according to a new survey of thousands of Shanghai residents.
The curse of affluence appears to be affecting China as it has many other developing countries.
"There is a certainly a pattern that we're seeing over and over again," said Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, the vice president for global health at Emory University.


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Research Topics
Yanming Wang
Affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Development of a PET/SPECT agent for amyloid imaging in Alzheimer's diseaseYanming Wang
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Mol Neurosci 24:55-62. 2004..These results suggest that the new radioiodinated benzothiazole ligand might be useful as a surrogate marker for the in vivo quantitation of amyloid deposition in human brain for use with either PET or SPECT...
- Lipophilic analogs of thioflavin S as novel amyloid-imaging agentsChunying Wu
College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Curr Alzheimer Res 3:259-66. 2006..Potential applications of these amyloid binding agents include facilitating drug screening in animal models and use as in vivo markers of early and definitive diagnosis of AD...
- A novel fluorescent probe that is brain permeable and selectively binds to myelinChunying Wu
Department of Medical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, and Biologie des Interactions Neurones Glie, Hopital de la Salpetriere, Paris, France
J Histochem Cytochem 54:997-1004. 2006..These studies justified further investigation of BDB as a potential myelin-imaging probe to monitor myelin pathology in vivo...
- Amyloid imaging: from benchtop to bedsideChunying Wu
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Curr Top Dev Biol 70:171-213. 2005..Furthermore, the success in the development of amyloid-imaging agents helps with the development of imaging agents for in vivo studies of other AD pathologies in particular and of neurodegenerative disorders in general...
- Development of novel amyloid imaging agents based upon thioflavin SJingjun Wei
School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Curr Alzheimer Res 2:109-14. 2005..We hypothesized that neutral analogs, based upon the major component, could be developed as novel amyloid imaging agents, that exhibit complementary binding properties and pharmacokinetic profiles compatible with potential human studies...
- A lipophilic thioflavin-T derivative for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of amyloid in brainChester A Mathis
PET Facility, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 12:295-8. 2002..Amyloid deposits were imaged with multiphoton microscopy in the brains of living transgenic mice following the systemic injection of unlabeled 6. [(11)C]6 is a promising amyloid imaging agent for Alzheimer's disease...
- Imaging of CNS myelin by positron-emission tomographyBruno Stankoff
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U711, Hopital de la Salpetriere, F 75013 Paris, France
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:9304-9. 2006..Our results provide a perspective for developing a brain myelin imaging technique by positron-emission tomography...
- Dibenzothiazoles as novel amyloid-imaging agentsChunying Wu
Department of Chemistry and Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 15:2789-96. 2007....
- Imaging brain amyloid in Alzheimer's disease with Pittsburgh Compound-BWilliam E Klunk
Department of Psychiatry, PET Facility, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2582, USA
Ann Neurol 55:306-19. 2004..This relationship was most robust in the parietal cortex (r = -0.72; p = 0.0001). The results suggest that PET imaging with the novel tracer, PIB, can provide quantitative information on amyloid deposits in living subjects...
- Four-dimensional multiphoton imaging of brain entry, amyloid binding, and clearance of an amyloid-beta ligand in transgenic miceBrian J Bacskai
Department of Neurology Alzheimer s Disease Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, 114 16th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:12462-7. 2003..WT mice showed rapid brain entry and clearance of PIB without any binding. These results demonstrate that the compound PIB has the properties required for a good amyloid-imaging agent in humans with or at risk for AD...
- Effects of lipophilicity on the affinity and nonspecific binding of iodinated benzothiazole derivativesYanming Wang
P E T Facility, Department of Radiology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Mol Neurosci 20:255-60. 2003..These results provide important SAR information to guide the development of novel amyloid-binding agents and provide further insights into the molecular interaction between 2-aryl benzothiazole ligands and Abeta fibrils...
- Synthesis and evaluation of 11C-labeled 6-substituted 2-arylbenzothiazoles as amyloid imaging agentsChester A Mathis
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Med Chem 46:2740-54. 2003..The encouraging in vitro and in vivo properties of [(11)C]6-OH-BTA-1 support the choice of this derivative for further evaluation in human subject studies of brain Abeta deposition...
- The binding of 2-(4'-methylaminophenyl)benzothiazole to postmortem brain homogenates is dominated by the amyloid componentWilliam E Klunk
Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Neurosci 23:2086-92. 2003..Finally, BTA-1 did not appear to bind significantly to common neuroreceptors or transporter sites. These data suggest that the binding of BTA-1 to AD brain is dominated by a specific interaction with Abeta amyloid deposits...
- Imaging Abeta plaques in living transgenic mice with multiphoton microscopy and methoxy-X04, a systemically administered Congo red derivativeWilliam E Klunk
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 61:797-805. 2002....
- Synthesis and evaluation of 2-(3'-iodo-4'-aminophenyl)-6-hydroxybenzothiazole for in vivo quantitation of amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's diseaseYanming Wang
PET Facility, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Mol Neurosci 19:11-6. 2002..43+/-0.62%ID/g detected in the whole brain at 2 min post i.v. injection. At 30 min, the radioactivity concentration decreased to 0.40+/-0.05%ID/g, indicating good clearance in the absence of amyloid deposits in the brain...
- Imaging the pathology of Alzheimer's disease: amyloid-imaging with positron emission tomographyWilliam E Klunk
Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 705 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 13:781-9, ix. 2003..The capability to use positron emission tomography and selective markers for amyloid protein deposition promises to substantially alter the way we diagnosis and manage patients who have AD...


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Express your MARGA - A show into ourselves and back. An Artistic-Social-Scientific experience - Allowing you to discover another side in you. A video-clip from the Experiential & Empowering show on Soul-Body Connection - individual & collective. MARGA is a Sanskrit word from Buddhism, meaning: "The Truth on the Path to Liberation from Suffering. The Path to Enlightenment." The clip refers to fear in our lives. Music composed by Raz Olsher
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in an attempt to move itself into more lucrative chipset markets, nvidia has been developing a stable image platform that will help i.t. managers reduce the time and effort required to qualify new products. nvidia wants to make it as easy as possible for i.t. managers to choose its platforms, and is really working on and pushing its stable image initiative, hoping to claim some corporate chipset marketshare.
nvidia is well known for its nforce chipsets. with a history of relatively great performance, a track record of success in that area, and a noted move toward helping i.t. managers in whatever ways it can, nvidia is sure to claim some of the market it's after.
there's money to be had in these markets, and it will be very interesting to see what other companies are willing to throw that way to get that money. all i can say is this: competition is good. we need more nvidias and more amds and more vias and more alternatives to the mainstream power-producers like intel. when competition vies for your business, you win. they'll produce better products, more features, and the cost will be lower.
read more at anandtech.
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|off topic, a bit, but (10:44am est mon apr 03 2006)
in all the posts about how diversified intel is vs. amd, i haven't seen anyone talk about the major, though unspoken, partnership that nvidia and amd have had in the past few years with their nforce chipsets for amd chips. with out nvidia's nforce chipsets, i think amd would have had a much harder time, even with their great chips the last few years. – by seljo myeri
|re:seljo myeri (10:50am est mon apr 03 2006)
i wouldn't call it so much of a secret partnership between nvidia and amd as i would a 'meeting of minds'.
why would i use that term? well, amd and nvidia are both sponsoring companies for the hypertransport consortium. thus, when nvidia made a chipset, it utilized hypertransport as the defacto standard. as intel has chosen to remain steadfast with their fsb (ie. proprietary and inferior too), amd was a natural fit.
consider, the nforce chipset hit the ground with very few erratta. it utilized ht to the cpu, and between the various chipsets. when you have an open standard, you can deploy new products fast.
intel's nvidia solution took some time, because nvidia had to license, then build a fsb to hypertransport translator device. this is non-trivial.
going forward, amd will have a great platform to launch from, as the amd cpu's all utilize ht. find an ht chipset, and it should be a drop-and-go solution. – by hodar
|hodar (12:34pm est mon apr 03 2006)
nvidia and intel is just as easy. – by nul point
|re: hodar (2:16pm est mon apr 03 2006)
i never mean tto imply that it was "secret" just not exactly "marketed" either. i was inferring to all that you spoke of as a rebuttal to all those who use the argument that intel is better because they can do all the chipset in house, as well as the cpu. i think this is a falicious argument in this day and age. it does give intel some advantages, but i think they are greatly over estimated by most intel fanboys. – by seljo myeri
|when hardware is a commodity, software is the value added (3:14pm est mon apr 03 2006)
immagine that, people chosing hardware based on software making it easier to use.
i'm still waiting for management to get a clue, and hire hardware designers to guide the software development. hardware issues limit software performance (and thus system performance) so much of the time. many times the software guys ask for features that are not practical at all to implement (that's why you need a hardware guy doing the software).
instead, you have hacked software that can't be re-used, and a library of patches that needs to be maintained.
sorry about the rant. – by chipace


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Assad's 'Shabiha' Terrorize Syrians After Shelling
The Shabiha are Syrian paramilitary fighters largely from Bashar Assad's Alawite sect that have become an instrumental part of the Syrian regime's effort to crush that country's uprising. Eye-witness accounts detail the plainclothes fighters working in tandem with the Syrian military and brutally slaughtering men, women and children in rebel strongholds. Robert Siegel talks with Andrew Tabler, senior fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about who the Shabiha are and how they operate.
Accounts of massacres in Syria have described shelling by the army and house-to-house raids and killings by the Shabiha. The latter are variously described as militia units, gangs of thugs, members of President Bashar al-Assad's own minority Alawite sect. For more on who these fighters are, we're joined now by Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He's the author of "In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria." Welcome.
ANDREW TABLER: Thank you.
SIEGEL: First of all, the Shabiha, is it true that it means ghosts, or ghost?
TABLER: That's right. It means ghosts. It refers to the black Mercedes cars with tinted-out windows, which are oftentimes driven around the Syrian coast, and they were driven by outlaws, smugglers and other people who benefited from trade to Lebanon. Many of these, if not most, were Alawites and some Christian. And then with the coming of the uprising last year, they morphed into groups of thugs and a sort of paramilitary organization that backs the Alawite-dominated Assad regime.
SIEGEL: And are they numerous? Do you think they number in the hundreds or a few thousand? What would you say?
TABLER: Thousands. And now, the term generally now means supporters for President Assad, but the ones that we're seeing the effects of, those are primarily Alawites and Christians who go into areas after the regime shells those areas and then kills and terrorizes the civilian population.
SIEGEL: I've seen some pictures that purport to be of members of the Shabiha as, you know, a bodybuilder or two whom I've seen, you know, firing guns at things. It does have a certain, you know, criminal, thuggish look to it. Strikes you as typical?
TABLER: That's very typical, even before the uprising. I was recently in Wadi Khaled, in northern Lebanon, where you could look across the border and see the Shabiha patrolling the border alongside Syrian military forces. They had tight black shirts on, very muscular, shaved heads, camouflaged pants. They look very scary. And all of the people, the Syrian refuges in Lebanon, all they could talk about were Shabiha coming to their houses, ransacking their things and then many times killing and carting off many members of their families so they disappeared into the Syrian prison system.
SIEGEL: Big question about the Shabiha is this: The Syrian regime seems to use their role to be able to claim that the army has not committed massacres and it hasn't committed atrocities. How close to the army, how coordinated with the army do you figure the Shabiha are?
TABLER: The Shabiha report directly to the Assad family and other prominent Alawites. We know that they're paid sometimes hundreds of dollars a day, which is a lot of money inside of Syria, and they have been a part of the regime's approach from the beginning. Now, they're just playing a more prominent approach as the military and security forces can no longer deal with the situation in these areas which have fallen outside of government control.
SIEGEL: So when you hear an account in which people say first army artillery and tanks shelled our neighborhood and then the Shabiha came through, one shouldn't read this, from what I'm hearing you saying, as first was the fighting and then came the scavengers who did something else. That's the second wave. That's part of the attack.
TABLER: That's correct. It's all part of a coordinated attack, which has been going on actually for months. Now, what we're seeing is they're playing an increased role. The Assad regime's security forces and armed elite Alawite divisions try to go into areas to clear them, but they can't hold them militarily. So now, they're using shelling on these areas and the Shabiha activities as a way to try and maintain order or to reassert their control of those areas. The problem for them is it's not working, and the monitors are there to see it.
SIEGEL: To maintain order or to terrorize?
TABLER: They rule through fear, and so what they're trying to do is reassert that fear factor. They've been doing it for - since the beginning of the uprising, and this is the thing that we can't understand about President Assad. Many others thought that by now he would be able to change course, but he has instead quadrupled down on what they call in Syria the security solution, and that is use of armed forces, shelling, helicopter gunships and then the use of the Shabiha. The problem that Assad has is that the Syrian opposition is not going away, both the civilian opposition as well as the armed opposition.
SIEGEL: Andrew Tabler, thank you very much for talking with us.
TABLER: Thank you.
SIEGEL: Mr. Tabler is the author of "In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria." He's a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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Once King Janaka's palace caught fire. King Janaka was a man of the highest wisdom. He was a man of inner poise. King Janaka witnessed his palace being burnt down without any disturbance, while people around lamented desperately about it.
The other part of the story also talks about a group of sadhus or monks who lived near the palace. When the raging fire spread furiously, the monks in the neighbourhood, scooted with their bare minimums like their, water pots, sticks etc.
Thus equanimity with inner poise is the nature of the man of true wisdom. He stands firm without the slightest swerve in loss and gain. This is termed as Sthitha Pragna, in Vedanta, the goal to be reached.
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