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Her voice comes to him like a stream of music, particles of sound from a world outside his own. He has awakened from a sleep and from a dream he won't remember, and feels swaddled by sound -- not just the voice, which pleases him, but the decisive beating of his mother's heart, the grumble of her intestines, the murmur of her lungs as they balloon and then deflate. The light is dim inside the womb. Blood gurgles as it washes by. He feels the weight of his mother's hand pressing in, toward his knee, and he presses his knee out toward it, as if to say, Yes, I am here.
Thirty-eight weeks ago he was nothing but one cell. One cell that then divided into the stuff of tissues, organs, bones, and hormones, each cell finding its place in the growing cluster by heeding the instructions inscribed in its genes. Some cells sloughed off and others settled in for life -- folding and migrating until, for instance, a miniature tube became his pumping, robust heart. Now, transparent nails cap the tips of his fingers and his toes. Billions of neurons are bundled in his brain. There are creases on the bottoms of his feet, and on the sides of his head are the fleshy blooms of his ears.
Now that he has a mouth and hand, he sucks his thumb. He squints toward the placenta through the amniotic fluid in which he floats. Attached to the back wall of his mother's uterus, the placenta utterly encircles him, anchoring him in with the ropy umbilical cord. The placenta is the only organ he'll discard upon his birth. An ingenious collaboration, composed partly of his cells and partly of his mother's, it has served him these last many months as lungs, liver, kidney, endocrine glands, commissary, and telephone. How has he been getting his oxygen and blood? Through the placenta. Where has he been sending his waste? Back to the placenta. From where have his glucose, amino acids, water, fats, mineral ions, and vitamins come? The placenta. By what means has he already initiated the processes of his own birth? By sending a squirt of hormone to the placenta, of course.
For indeed the time has come. There's enough fat on his body now to help him make the transition to what will be a far cooler, drier environment. Enough neural pathways have been established between his sense organs and his brain. He has shed his lanugo (the fine hairs that have covered his body for many weeks) as well as his vernix caseosa (the waxy white coating that has protectively sheathed his skin during his long incubation), and then swallowed both; they'll ooze away from him after birth, with his first bowel movement. His bloodstream has been fortified with his mother's immunoglobin proteins. And he's ingesting the salty, growth factor-enriched amniotic fluid that he floats in -- thereby helping the maturation of his digestive system.
For weeks now, he has been practicing breathing -- exercising the muscle fibers of his diaphragm, strengthening the nerve connections between his respiratory center and his brain, ensuring that his lungs will have the stuff it takes to expand and ventilate when they finally meet air. And, just to ensure that all systems will indeed be go, he has lately given himself over to the stuff of sleep, napping as much as 95 percent of the time. He's been spending much of that naptime in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which has increased his heart rate, fluttered his eyes, quickened his pulse, sparked the release and receipt of electromagnetic pulses. This has been integral to the development of his brain -- pushing the mass of bundled nerves, cells, and connections to sort themselves out in time for life outside the womb.
Now the fetus hears a low-frequency sound -- the voice of his father. Soon thereafter, the voice of his mother wafts in. He feels his body swaying, and senses that his own oxygen level has started to decline, for his mother is pacing again, exerting herself and, therefore, him. His body responds as it always does at times like these -- channeling the oxygen-rich blood to his brain and other critical organs, protecting them above all else.
Upside down and snug in his mother's womb, the fetus is aware that his mother's abdomen is tightening around him. Small, painless contractions that are a mere precursor of what's soon to come. "The baby comes when the baby's ready" may be folk wisdom, but it is also a fact, and this fetus -- fully developed, with no more space to stretch and grow -- is definitely ready for life outside.
Life On the Outside
A few days ago, his brain's hypothalamus sent a message to his pituitary gland. His pituitary, in turn, sent a signal (a small dose of the chemical adrenocorticotropin, or ACTH) to his adrenal glands, which subsequently played their part by releasing a stress hormone, called cortisol, through the umbilical cord to the placenta. There, it has begun to promote the production of estrogen, suppressing the manufacture of progesterone and, at the same time, releasing enzymes that are capable of converting progesterone into estrogen. Thus, without raising the suspicions of his mother, the fetus -- as seemingly helpless as he is -- has triggered the processes of his birth.
All throughout her pregnancy, his mother's abdominal muscles have been held in stasis by the predominance of progesterone over estrogen. Enough progesterone has kept her body from rejecting the foreign object of her fetus; the right amount of estrogen, on the other hand, has made mild contractions possible, keeping the abdominal muscle toned.
Now that contractions are required to bring the pregnancy to a close, the hormonal ratio must begin to shift in favor of estrogen. The softening and dilation of the cervix is reliant on estrogen, as is the production of proteins that encourage contractions. The ability of the mother's blood to coagulate during the birthing process depends on estrogen; so does the production of prostaglandin and oxytocin receptors. Without these, vaginal childbirth would be impossible, for it's only after estrogen makes the mother's uterus more suspectible to oxytocin -- and oxytocin and prostaglandin then stimulate the contractions of smooth muscles in the uterine wall -- that the whole choreography of labor can genuinely begin.
To get the contractions moving at some meaningful tempo, what's needed is a dose of oxytocin, whose production is a collaborative effort: it's released by the pituitary glands of both the mother and the fetus. The release of the oxytocin promotes further hormonal releases from the adrenal and pituitary glands of the fetus. Mother and child have officially entered the first stage of labor.
Contractions will start coming every 15 to 20 minutes or so now, each lasting 30 to 60 seconds. For the mother, there's pressure and pain. For the fetus, there's the sensation of being squeezed. He hears voices outside himself, feels the rock and walk of his mother's pelvis. As labor progresses and the cervix starts dilating, contractions come more forcefully, more quickly, bring more pain to the mother. With his own head, the fetus helps the process along -- stretching his mother's cervix until it initiates a new cascade of nerve impulses that travel up the mother's spine to her pituitary gland, which answers with the release of more oxytocin. This further stimulates the contractions. Inside, the fetus feels the squeeze and release of the muscular chamber that's housed him these many months.
With every contraction, the uterus shortens and closes, inching the fetus farther down. With every contraction, the cervix widens. If things seemed tight before, they're nothing short of crowded now. The contractions are coming far more often, and the fetus is dimly aware of an array of new sounds outside the womb. He hears the groan of his mother, the soothing voice of his father. Now he is squeezed tightly; it's not pain he feels, but pressure. The uterine muscles clamp down on his head with such persuasion that he begins to release the thyroid hormones and adrenaline that his body instinctively knows it will need to adjust to the cooler temperatures in the outside world.
The pressure from the contractions, as well as the rising concentration of prostaglandins, also protect him from a serious danger: the temptation to breathe. Breathing before his head is completely free of the birth canal would mean taking in fluids and risking pneumonia, so the fetus obeys the blueprint in his genomes that instruct him to wait until the world can hear him cry. It might sound easy, but his oxygen supply is getting thin. His umbilical cord, with its many vessels supplying oxygen-rich blood, is stretching. His mother's blood vessels are squeezed. The placenta is starting to tear away from the anchor of her uterus. But he mustn't yet breathe.
All of a sudden something breaks. he feels the amniotic fluid trickle, then rush past him. Just below his head, the cervix is at last fully dilated. He feels his head push through a narrow channel, caught in the vice of a contraction. With the cervix fully dilated, he can now push through the birth canal, but it's not a journey even this world-ready fetus could make were it not for his own soft skull, which deforms in the narrow passage. Still, no pain for the fetus. Just pressure.
It seems to go on for an eternity. The umbilical cord is stretched thin. There's hardly any oxygen in his blood. The amniotic fluid is being squeezed from his lungs. His body fights fatigue.
Suddenly, there it is: A cold, bright, shouting light -- dry air! Sound turned up to a whole new level. Slippery hands upon his head. A clamp on his umbilical cord. He wails. Instinctively, he turns 90 degrees in the birth canal, and trusts the hands in this new world to pull his naked body free.
The fetus' holler is that very first breath he's practiced for. His lungs draw in the air and its air sacs open. The oxygen relaxes the walls of his lungs' blood vessels, causing them to dilate. Whereas in the womb the fetus' blood bypassed his own lungs and was shunted off to be oxygenated by his mother's, now the shunts close forever, and his blood begins to find its way into his lungs. There, it is oxygenated, and rushed into his arteries via his heart.
The world the baby has entered is strange and new. There's five times more oxygen available now than there was ever before, and the rush of its life-giving molecules stimulates his nerve cells. He still has a lot to master, for his umbilical cord has been cut and his placenta -- surrogate lung, kidney, protectorate -- is no longer a part of his life. Now his nutrients must come from milk. Now his kidneys must take charge of balancing his bodily fluids. But before he's given much of a chance to grasp the skills he'll need, he's given (and isn't this just like real life?) an exam -- an Apgar test -- which assesses his heart rate, respiratory effort, color, muscle tone, and reflexes. Then he's carried beneath the harsh lights, through the dry air, toward a new destination.
A sweet voice he recognizes speaks to him, and a second voice whispers in his ear -- his father. Who knows what the proud, encouraging sound waves mean, but they play like music to his ears. He nuzzles close in his mother's arms.
Beth Kephart's A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage was a 1998 National Book Award finalist.


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College Football: UNH overwhelms Lafayette in FCS first round
November 30. 2013 3:34PM
DURHAM -- Sean Goldrich threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns and Dalton Crossan had a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown as the University of New Hampshire blasted Lafayette, 45-7, on Saturday in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
The win sets up a rematch next week with arch-rival Maine. The Wildcats (8-4) beat the Black Bears, 24-3, last week to complete their late-season run into their 10th straight playoff berth.
Nico Steriti and Chris Setian also had rushing TDs for UNH, while RJ Harris caught the other TD pass from Goldrich.

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Some bar owners are still fuming over smoking ban
By Elizabeth OBrien
Some local bar owners blasted Mayor Mike Bloombergs announcement that his year-old smoking ban has not hurt business in the citys bars and restaurants.
On March 29, Bloomberg celebrated the anniversary of the ban by announcing that business tax receipts filed by bars and restaurants were up 8.7 from April 1, 2003, to January 31, 2004, compared with the same period the previous year.
But some nightspot proprietors called that comparison flawed, since the data does not show the smoking bans impact on bars alone. By combining the whole hospitality industry, the bar business appears to get a boost whenever a new Starbucks opens, said David Rabin, president of the New York Nightlife Association and an owner of Lotus, a nightclub on W. 14th St.
Another problem with the data, Rabin said, was that the 8.7 jump came as the restaurant and bar business began to bounce back from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack. Such an increase would only be expected after the dramatic dip in business post-9/11, he explained.
2002 is a horrendous year to compare this years results to last years is patently absurd, Rabin said.
But a spokesperson for the city Dept. of Finance said the nightlife industry should be pleased that the ban did not live up to bar owners predictions of 30 or 40 percent profit losses and widespread layoffs.
They were basically predicting gloom and doom and they were wrong, said Sam Miller, the spokesperson.
Miller said the city could not accurately measure the impact of the smoking ban on bars alone, since most bars serve food and some small bar owners identify themselves as restaurants on tax forms.
Rabin said the smoking ban has particularly hurt smaller bars and pubs. Dave McWater, the owner of four neighborhood bars on Avenue A, agreed. Although he declined to specify exactly how the ban had affected his bottom line, McWater said that until it began he had never experienced a month without growth.
McWater said the ban hurt his businesses more than he expected, but that he had enough resources to weather the dip in revenues.
Eric Petterson, a partner in the Coffee Shop at Union Square, said his beverage sales were actually up five percent since the smoking ban started, compared with the previous year. He explained that since his business was 55 percent food and 45 percent drink, the ban might not affect it as much as it would a pure bar.
Petterson said one negative consequence of the ban has been that his staff must devote more time and effort now to cleaning cigarette butts off the sidewalk.
But thats just the nature of the beast, Petterson said.
McWater and Rabin both voiced concern about the increase in noise complaints that have accompanied the smoking ban as patrons light up outside. This noise has stiffened community resistance to supporting liquor-licensed premises in their neighborhoods, and this will ultimately make it much harder for young entrepreneurs to open bars, they said.
I think its a very, very dangerous trend, and its directly related to the mayors ban, Rabin said.
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Army erased a seven-point deficit with 12:18 to play, utilizing a 20-7 run and hung on for the 56-55 Star Game and Patriot League victory against Navy Saturday in Annapolis, Md.
The Black Knights earned the Alumni Trophy for the second year in a row and third time in four seasons. It was Army's first Star Game win in Annapolis since 1992.
Ella Ellis scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half and Kyle Wilson also had 12 for Army (12-13, 5-5 PL), winners of three consecutive road games in league play for the first time, covering 23 seasons.
Worth Smith had 14 points and Tillman Dunbar had 12 for Navy (7-19, 1-9 PL). Dunbar's off-balanced running shot in the lane missed at the final buzzer.
Poise and spirited defensive play in the second half allowed Army to pull away from Navy in the Gold Star game in Annapolis, Md., and seize control of the Patriot League women's basketball race.
Army (19-6) pulled into a first-place tie with Navy (15-10) at 8-2. Army's sweep of the season series gives the Black Knights the top tie-breaker and an edge in their bid to win the regular-season title and hosting rights throughout the league tournament.
Kelsey Minato scored 19 points, Anna Simmers had 15 and Jen Hazlett had eight points and seven rebounds. Army shot 45 percent while holding Navy to 28 percent, far below its league-leading 41 percent mark. Jade Geif had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Navy, which had a six-game win streak snapped.
"Kelsey Minato just took over the game in the second (half),'' said Army coach Dave Magarity. "She had such poise, especially for a freshman in a Navy game. Our front line did a great job on Geif, and Hazlett made some great plays in the second half. It was a great team effort.''
This was Army's first sweep of Navy since 2007-08.
"We stuck with the same game plan,'' Minato said, referring to Army's 53-42 win Jan. 20 against Navy. "We protected the three-point line and made Geif work hard inside, especially with Aimee Oertner on her. We knew they were going to come out fired up, but we stuck together and played as a team and executed the game plan. We're back to work tomorrow and we can't sit on this win. We won't let up at all.''
Army plays Wednesday at Colgate, hosts American Saturday, plays Feb. 27 at Holy Cross and hosts Lehigh March 2 – the Black Knights lost to American and Holy Cross in the first round.
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Alex Starczewski and Mac Lalor scored second-period goals to pull host Army into an Atlantic Hockey draw.
Rob Tadazak made 23 stops for Army (7-15-6, 7-10-5 AHA).
Branden Komm had 54 saves for Bentley (12-15-2, 10-11-2).
Air Force (427.05) topped Army (410.6) and Navy (407.3) in the meet held in Atlanta.
Army's Jesse Glenn was third in vaulting (14.65) and high bar (14.15). Chris Short and Nick Fettinger (14.00) tied for second on parallel bars.
Garrett Thul posted career bests with seven goals and eight points to lead Army to the non-league win.
Alex Newsome had four goals and two assists and John Glesener had three helpers for Army (2-1). Sam Somers got the win in net with Bobby Sincero making seven stops in relief.
The seven goals rank third and eight points rank fourth in the Army record book. Russ Bolling had 12 points in a June 1972 match and Joe Austin had 10 goals in a May 1952 match.
Team key: Army (A).
Team standings (after day 2): 1. Navy 54.5; 2. Bucknell 44; 3. Lehigh 33; 4. Army 23; 5. American 14; 6. Colgate 10; 7. Holy Cross 4.5; 8. Lafayette 3.
5,000 meters: 11. Kendall Ward (A, O'Neill grad) 15:06.74.
3,200 relay: 1. Army (Andreas Kellas, Clyde Wilson, Kevin Russell, Nathan Fisher) 7:40.75; 3. Lehigh (Dan Paez, Warwick grad) 7:44.71
High jump: 4. Earnest Holland (A) 6-6.25.
Weight throw: 4. Nicholas Snoad (A) 59-0.25; 6. Scott Geary (A) 58-6.75.
Heptathlon: 4. Christopher Kittle (A) 4,680 points; 7. Nathan Weir (A) 4,461.
Team standings (after day 2): 1. Bucknell 50; 2. Lehigh 48.3; 3. Navy 42; 4. Army 21.3; 5. Holy Cross 14; 6. Lafayette 10.3.
5,000 meters: 1. Lisa junta (A) 16:52.02.
3,200 relay: 4. Army (Mary Prakel, Katrina Donarski, Allie Sutherland, Jennifer Comfort) 9:19.54.
High jump: 3. McKenzie Majchrzak (A) 5-3; 6. Morgan Rennekamp (A) 5-1.
Jamila Paul and Della Taylor each posted straight-set singles wins for host Army (5-1 spring) in the non-league match. Eva Sung won a pro set to win at No. 2.


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Sarah Jessica Parker: Tied-Up Tummy
Sarah Jessica Parker looks fierce with her button-down shirt tied up while filmingSex And The City 2 on location in Manhattan on Friday (September 9).
The 44-year-old actress, who wore purple studded Brian Atwood shoes, and New Yorker worked with fellow SATC star Cynthia Nixon for a scene. Keep an eye out for stylist Patricia Field pictured on set, too. The bright red hair – you can't miss it!
Sex and the City 2 will hit theaters May 28, 2010. Have your Louboutins ready!
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Evangelical Missiological Society to Meet at CIU
Columbia International University alumni and professors will be making presentations at the The Evangelical Missiological Society's 2014 Southeast Regional Conference being held on the CIU campus on March 29 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The conference is open to professors, students and mission practitioners. The theme will be "Missions and Diaspora." One of the plenary session speakers is CIU alumnus Leiton Chinn, an international student ministry organizer with the Lausanne Movement. He'll speak on "Reaching the International Student Diaspora in North America."
Other CIU alumni making presentations include Ken Katayama, the president of Crossover Communications International, and recent CIU seminary graduate Jessie Udall.
CIU professors making presentations include Dr. Jerry Rankin, the director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies at CIU, Zwemer Assistant Director Trevor Castor, Dr. Mike Naylor, Dr. David Cashin, and Dr. Ed Smither.
For registration and more information visit http://www.emsweb.org/regions/southeast.


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RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - One Spider soccer player will get a chance to train with the best athletes in the country.
Two-sport athlete Becca Wann has been invited to the Under-20 US Soccer National Team Camp in Carson, Calif.
The sophomore forward from Chesterfield, VA will train at the National Team Camp in preparation for the FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Japan from Aug. 19-Sep. 8.
"Because of her unique two sport career, Becca has not taken part in the normal selection process for the National Team," said head coach Peter Albright in a release from the University. "I give US Soccer and Head Coach Steve Swanson credit for looking at non-traditional paths to the National Team, and for giving Becca a chance to show her remarkable talent among the best players in the world. I'm very excited for Becca, and I'm confident that her special qualities will allow her to be very successful in this training environment."
Wann, one of the decorated Spiders in Richmond history, was tabbed an NSCAA First-Team All American last fall. In addition, Wann also received the A-10 Most Outstanding Player of the Year and led Richmond to its best season since 2002.
Wann is a two-time All Conference first team honoree and was the 2010 Rookie of the Year. Wann led Richmond 13th in the nation with 15 goals, 17th in the country in points (36) and fourth in game-winning tallies (7). Wann finished second in a single season in program history in points (36) and goals (15).
Wann will train at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA May 13-20.
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On the Cutting Edge
The minute Dena Eddleman got the email informing her she'd been selected as the first Flagship Scholar from Clark County, she danced around her apartment with her cat.
Then she called her mother. Eddleman, a senior hotel and restaurant management major at Mizzou, will receive $15,000 to cover tuition, books and other expenses for the 2008-09 school year.
To help make higher education attainable for more Missourians, the newly established Flagship Scholars program aims to provide at least one full-ride, four-year Mizzou scholarship to a student in every Missouri county as well as the city of St. Louis. The largely rural counties of Audrain, Caldwell and Marion have been selected for some of the first Flagship Scholarships, funded by gifts made to help launch the program for the coming school year. So far Clark County is the only county with a fully endowed scholarship.
Eddleman's scholarship was made possible by a Mizzou graduate close to home. On June 26, Chancellor Emeritus Richard Wallace announced that Clark County native and Mizzou alumnus Mark McAndrew and his wife, Stephanie McAndrew, would fully endow a Flagship Scholarship. The couple donated $1.4 million, a gift that, Wallace said, ensures a scholarship of up to $15,000 a year for as many as four students in perpetuity. McAndrew named the scholarship for his parents, Jack and Ladene McAndrew.
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Kristin Norton won a pair of matches to help Harvard beat Dartmouth to end the 2011-12 season (photo Gil Talbot).
HANOVER, N.H. – The Harvard women's tennis team won its season finale Saturday, a 4-3 victory over Ivy Leage foe Dartmouth. The Crimson won all three doubles matches and split the singles contests, 3-3.
Kristin Norton, Camille Jania and Kelly Whelan each won two matches for the Crimson, as the trio made up Harvard's three singles winners.
In tandem action, Harvard easily swept the host Big Green. Norton and Hideko Tachibana knocked off Akiki Okuda and Jeri Reichel, 8-6, and the other two doubles matches ended in 8-3 finals for the Crimson. Whelan paired with Natalie Blosser to breeze past Rachel Decker-Sadowski and Janet Liu in the second position, while Jania and Samantha Gridley beat Melissa Matsuoka and Theresa Smith.
In singles, Norton beat Janet Liu, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 2, while Jania won in the No. 3 position and Whelan fought back for a win at No. 6.
Jania beat Okuda, 7-6 (3), 6-3, in straight sets. The win was her team-leading 18th individual victory of the season.
With the match tied 3-3, Whelan provided Harvard with the tiebreaking victory in the No. 6 spot. After dropping her first set, 6-1, she stormed back for a pair of 7-5 wins in the second and third sets.
The win moved Harvard into a tie for third place in the final Ivy League standings with Columbia. The Crimson beat the Lions, 4-3, April 7.
Harvard 4, Dartmouth 3
Doubles (3-0 Harvard)
1. Tachibana/Norton (H) def. Okuda/Reichel (D) 8-6
2. Whelan/Blosser (H) def. Decker-Sadowski /Liu (D) 8-3
3. Gridley/Jania (H) def. Matsuoka/Smith (D) 8-3
Singles (3-3)
1. Sarah Lenard (D) def. Hideko Tachibana (H) 7-6 (4), 6-1
2. Kristin Norton (H) def. Janet Liu (D) 6-4, 6-4
3. Camille Jania (H) def. Akiko Okuda (D) 7-6 (3), 6-3
4. Theresa Smith (D) def. Natalie Blosser (H) 6-2, 6-2
5. Sabrina Stewart (D) def. Samantha Gridley (H) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (4)
6. Kelly Whelan (H) def. Rachel Decker-Sadowski (D) 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
Women's Tennis Concludes Season with 4-3 Win over Dartmouth
Kristin Norton won a pair of matches to help Harvard beat Dartmouth to end the 2011-12 season (photo Gil Talbot).


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It was hard not to be impressed with the video made public Thursday of the June 18 assault on a SEPTA bus as it stopped at Seventh Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue in North Philadelphia.
The Route 47 bus was equipped with seven cameras that provided video of the attack, in which the bus was shot 13 times by two men outside with semiautomatic guns.
The video proved crucial in enabling SEPTA and Philadelphia police to arrest seven people, four of whom were held for trial on attempted murder, assault and others charges.
Amazingly, no one was even wounded in the attack, which began when a young mother apparently took offense when a fellow passenger chastised her for spanking her toddler and then called friends to retaliate.
In one way, police lucked out. According to Assistant District Attorney Morgan Model Vedejs, not all SEPTA buses are so equipped. For the past few years, SEPTA has been gradually installing the camera systems on new and existing buses.
But the arrests of seven people was also a vindication of the concept of community policing.
The intended target of the assault, a 37-year-old passenger named Lefenus Pickett, was able to identify by sight in court the young woman he offended though he said he never met her before. But Pickett could not identify anyone else, including the two gunmen who tried to shoot him through the bus' rear door.
Those identifications came from city police Officer Joseph Goodwin, who testified that he has spent all 15 years of his career in North Philadelphia's 26th Police District.
As Vedejs replayed the video, stopping regularly as new faces appeared, Goodwin stood near the large screen and identified one person after another, in some cases even describing their relationships.
Goodwin said he had come to know all seven patrolling the 26th District. The young woman, Goodwin testified, was Penny Chapman, 20, who young son was fathered by Peter Lecourt, whose brother Angel, 18, is seen in the video holding open the bus' rear door while Chapman points to Pickett.
The two men holding guns outside the bus, Goodwin testified, were brothers Karon and Raheem Patterson, 19 and 21. And two other men, Goodwin testified, were Lawrence Rahyle, 18, and Keith Bellamy, 23, outside the bus near the Patterson brothers.
Based on his experience in the neighborhood, Goodwin told Municipal Court Judge James M. DeLeon, all knew and associated with each other.
Defense attorneys objected strenuously to Goodwin's testimony, arguing that the officer's past contacts with the seven people did not mean they were part of the conspiracy to kill Pickett.
DeLeon agreed with the defense in the cases of Rahyle and Bellamy. Despite their appearance on the scene as the mayhem erupted, DeLeon said there was no evidence to show they were more than spectators.
Vedejs immediately moved to refile the charges against the pair and a hearing has been set for Oct. 24 before Common Pleas Court Judge Frank Palumbo.


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An ethical examination of art exhibits featuring images of lynchings.
By Monte Lorenzet. Santa Clara University's sleep lab is one of just a handful of similar research facilities at undergraduate institutions. Students, alumni, faculty, and the research community are all benefiting from the fledgling lab.
By Kim Kooyers. Social entrepreneurs use technology to address some of the world's urgent needs. Last November, some of these innovators were honored at the Tech Museum Awards, an international awards program.
By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. In an intensive workshop featuring seasoned artists from Spain, SCU students explored virtues and sins through the art of cartoneria, a Spanish and Mexican folk art tradition.
By Margaret M. Russell, associate professor, SCU School of Law. Late last fall, the FBI concluded an 18-month investigation into the case of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy. What have we learned (and not learned) about civil rights in the 50 years since?


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For the most part, we have all been working on Rifts® Black Market. I have been so absorbed in the final writing and editing, and have been putting in such long hours, that I've lost track of the days. Yesterday, I was so engrossed in my work that I didn't even realize Mark Dudley and Chuck Walton had come to the ofice, even though they were just a little way down the hall. The final artwork has been coming in all week, the editing and writing nears completion, and Wayne should start typesetting and layout any time.
In between, we've been working on ads, Gen Con prep, getting more reprints back in stock, and writing and art for Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook and Rifts® Northern™ Gun One and NG Two, as well as the day-to-day business operations. All kinds of things are coming together and excitement is running so high it is almost exhausting all by itself. So I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to try to keep this Weekly Update short.
I spoke to the printer and The Rifter® #59 is scheduled to ship on Friday. It is an outstanding issue with source material for the Xiticix™ Hivelands with new monsters and danger, Splicers® Gorehounds and Packmasters, Techno-Wizard™ items galore, Palladium Fantasy RPG® adventure, Kezel abilities, and more. If you don't usually get The Rifter®, you will want The Rifter® #59.
This fan favorite is back in print and available to ship tomorrow. The full description is toward the end of this Update.
This book is truly jam-packed with a wide range of valuable source material. So much so, that I think it is destined to become a "classic must-have" title. The last of the artwork has been coming in all week from the talented Mike Mumah, Chuck Walton, Brian Manning, Allen Manning, Amy L. Ashbaugh, Ben Rodriguez and Nick Bradshaw. Wayne expects to start typesetting tomorrow and we'll be working all weekend on layout and finishing touches to get Rifts® Black Market to the printer by Monday! And remember, this is an expanded book – 192 pages.
The second I finish Rifts® Black Market I dive right into finishing the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook! I want this book at Gen Con® and on its way to those of you who placed pre-orders for it before we leave. This is another book that is going to make Rifts® players holler with delight, and may get expanded in size.
Chuck Walton continues to finish his artwork on both books and his designs are gorgeous.
Initial sales for the special items in the Rifts® Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® Insider offer jumped off to a better start than the Northern Gun™ One offer! In fact, the Ultimate Benefactor package was sold after what seemed like seconds after the offer posted. People were so excited that a few called before it was even in the store. We politely told them to watch for the offer later that evening and order online or call back. It's nice to see such excitement. Please keep those orders coming. This is going to be an impressive book, and remember, this is the last crowdfunding offer of the year.
The Rifts® Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® Insider offer is available now, but only for a limited time. The items offered are only available during this crowdfunding period. Offer ends July 30, 2012, so place your orders.
Insider exclusive products include your name listed in that book as one of the "Insiders" who made it possible, a very limited edition hardcover, a more limited edition collector's hardcover (foil edition), a PDF version of the book, and special combination packages that may include limited edition prints, original artwork and a call from me, Kevin Siembieda, for a friendly chat. More details are described elsewhere in this Update or click here.
Crowdfunding helps Palladium to fund new product releases, maintain high production values and grow the company. Such crowdfunding will be reserved for major releases like Northern Gun One and Two and new ventures into new markets and mediums. Money made above and beyond our projected goals for the specific project are applied to paying off debt, increased promotion and advertising, funding other new products, reprinting out of stock titles and growing Palladium Books.
We were down to the last few copies when I sent it in for a full reprint a couple weeks ago. It will be back in the warehouse on July 25, 2012. The full description can be found toward the end of this Update.
With the Rifts® Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® Insider offer, sales for it and other product have been strong. Keep the orders coming and don't overlook the Rifts® dice bag coming back into stock along with other good stuff like Rifts® baseball hats, bookmarks, Chi-Town Library pencils, T-shirts and mugs. Robotech®, Rifts® Lemuria and Endless Dead™, along with Rifts® titles, Heroes Unlimited™ and Palladium Fantasy® in general, are seeing a lot of interest.
We'll be at Gen Con Indy – August 15-19 – with original artwork, new art prints, new releases, the entire Palladium game line with select writers and artists in tow. The crew and I will be available to chit chat, sign books and share the latest news and developments, so come on over to join the fun.
This year's line-up of Palladium creators at the booth includes:
This is your place to get PDFs of older product and sneak previews of upcoming books. As soon as we can do one, we'll be making a FREE Sneak Preview of Rifts® Black Market available. That should be as soon as next week. Many back issues of The Rifter® are available on DriveThruRPG.com (issues #1-52), as are more than 90 out of print titles such as Rifts®, BTS™ and Palladium Fantasy® first edition rule books and sourcebooks. A sneak preview of Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook and should also be coming soon. We plan to add a few more items in the coming months that should please Palladium gamers. We are also planning to move forward with PDF only editions of The Rifter® #0.1 and The Rifter® #0.2 – both are big, juicy digital editions of new, fan created material for the Palladium Megaverse® of games.
Don't forget, DriveThruRPG.com also offers the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kits (both written by Carl Gleba and complete with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein; $5 each). Of course, there are FREE Sneak Previews of Endless Dead™, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™, and Thundercloud Galaxy™, as well as 90+ out of print titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
Wow, all of a sudden we've been selling Palladium collectibles, along with Spider-Man and Batman action figures, like crazy. Cool.
Palladium Collectibles. There are only 4-5 copies of the Rifts® Machinations of Doom Gold collector's editions left to ever be put up for sale in the store. Likewise, we are quickly running out of Rifts® RPG Silver Hardcovers, BTS Gold, Rifts® Ultimate Gold, and other items. We have less than a dozen of most, which is why we've been doling them out one at a time. I have been putting up copies of the two Rifts® Lemuria hardcovers as well. This way people who missed the crowdfunding have an opportunity to get one. But these are super-limited and the books in the store are part of the around 200 copies printed for each of these books. If you recall, Palladium prints 48 extra of the color cover edition and 24 of the foil collector's edition. Staff and friends got a few, and what's left we've been putting up in the store and other special offers. Once they are sold out, they are GONE! Other collectibles include first printings of books, signed books, proofreader copies of books, original artwork, and other collectible odds and ends.
There are also a large number of collectible toys and action figures in my online store. All are from my personal collection. More toys and collectibles are added on a weekly basis.
I must brag about my dear friend and long-time Palladium fan favorite artist, Ramon K. Perez. Last week, at the 24th annual Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, held at San Diego Comic-Con International, Ramon Perez received two prestigious Eisner Awards. One for best graphic album (new) and one for best penciller/inker. Eric Skillman also won for the book's design. The awards were for the graphic novel, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand. This is a gorgeous book and a study in visual storytelling worthy of Will Eisner himself. Any artist trying to understand comic book storytelling needs to study this book. I mean it. Very impressive work.
Congratulations to Ramon K. Perez from all his friends at Palladium Books. Nobody deserves these awards more. As many of you may know, Ramon Perez has done artwork for Palladium Books for more than a decade. I believe Palladium Books was Ramon's FIRST professional published work, and Rifts® Machinations of Doom was Ramon's first published graphic novel. Other notable Palladium titles with Ramon's work include: Rifts® Federation of Magic, Rifts® Lone Star, Rifts® New West, Rifts® Warlords of Russia, Rifts® Australia, Rifts® Game Master Guide, and of course, his tour de force, Rifts® Machinations of Doom – Graphic Novel and Sourcebook. As well as others.
Don't forget to order your copy of The Rifter® #59, pre-order your copy of Rifts® Black Market, get the items you desire from the Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® Insider Offer while you can, and have a wonderful weekend. As for us, we'll be slaving away over the weekend to get Rifts® Black Market to the printer! Game on!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Insider
Summary of Rifts® Northern Gun™ TWO Megaverse® Insider items: The Megaverse® Insider crowdfunding offer for Rifts® Northern Gun™ Two enables you to purchase special, collectible and fun items and opportunities not available to the general public and help fund Palladium projects at the same time. The items offered are only available during this crowdfunding period. This is the LAST crowdfunding offer of the year. Now through July 30, 2012.
● Cat. No. 12021 – Inside Help (your name listed in the book): $5.
● Cat. No. 12022 – In Memoriam (name of a departed loved one listed in the book as a tribute to their memory): $5.
● Cat. No. 12023 – A "Real" Character Tribute (your character's name listed in the book): $10.
● Cat. No. 12024 – Cyber-Insider PDF (a digital file of the book): $15.
● Cat. No. 12025 – Palladium Insider (Hardcover with color cover): $50.
● Cat. No. 12026 – Steel Insider 2 (Collectors' "Steel Blue" foil Hardcover): $75.
● Cat. No. 12027 – Steel-Plus Insider 2 (Collectors' Steel Blue Hardcover & PDF): $90.
● Cat. No. 12028 – Top Insider (PDF, Hardcover with color cover, Steel Blue Hardcover, & 17x11 print of the wraparound cover): $145.
● Cat. No. 12029 – Ultimate Insider (PDF, Hardcover with color cover, Steel Blue Collectors' Hardcover, small dragon sketch in book, 4 b/w prints [different from those in Lemuria & NG-1 offers], 17x11 color print of wraparound cover + brief telephone call from Kevin): $250.
● Cat. No. 12030 – Benefactor (PDF, Hardcover with color cover, Collectors' Steel Blue Foil Hardcover, black and white KS dragon sketch on a separate sheet of paper, signed [by Kevin Siembieda] and numbered color print of the wraparound cover, 8 prints [different from those in Lemuria & NG-1 offers], Chuck Walton "original art" from Northern Gun™ 2 or Northern Gun™ 1, and a long telephone call with Siembieda): $500.
● Cat. No. NG-UB-2 – Ultimate Benefactor – Limited to One. All the above plus the watercolor cover concept painting by John Zeleznik and other exclusive goodies: $1,200. SOLD!
NOTE: All special items and prints are new and different from the previous Rifts® Lemuria and Northern Gun™ One Insider offers. Each new offer contains its own unique set of collectibles and keepsakes. Get 'em while you can. Available NOW through Monday, July 30, 2012.
Click here for the complete descriptions and to place orders.
Palladium's Megaverse® Insider offers, in effect, sell you an array of special items that are NOT generally available to the public. Product available only to Megaverse® Insiders and only for the limited two week period of that specific Megaverse® Insider offer.
We try to make these Megaverse® Insider products and opportunities special and worthwhile. This is not a charity, it's the sale of unique items and opportunities that we hope have sentimental and financial value to you, as well as a means to help fund the production of the specific book/project. We hope that in a few years, those limited edition hardcovers, for example, are worth 2, 3 or 10 times what you paid for them. After all, they are printed to your exact orders plus a few dozen extra. (Both of the Rifts® Lemuria hardcovers were under 200 copies. That's a very limited press run!)
The value of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding gives Palladium Books a boost and the ability to release books with superior production value. It also helps us develop other new titles, do more reprints, advertise, pay down debt, and engage in other efforts to make Palladium strong.
Your participation is welcomed and appreciated, but please, do NOT overextend yourselves. Purchase only the Megaverse Insider items you want and what you can afford. NOTE: The special items like art prints that the higher levels of participation receive are NOT the same as those in the Lemuria Megaverse® Insider offer; they are completely new and different. How else would they be special? Each new offer will always be something new and special, unless stated otherwise.
This is the last crowdfunding project of the year. We had originally planned to do the Rifts® Northern Gun crowdfunding as one offer. However, after we made that announcement, many gamers asked us to split the one offer in two, a month apart. The reason was, many people could not afford to order "both" PDFs and hardcover books if they were offered together at the same time. And they did want both. A large number of gamers asked that we make two separate offers to enable them to save the money to get both. Otherwise, many would have to miss out on one or the other. We aim to please so two books, two separate crowdfunding offers a month apart. As a result, we will NOT be doing another crowdfunding offer until next year, 2013. As announced in the past, Palladium plans to do only 3-4 Megaverse® Insider crowdfunding offers a year, spread out 3-4 months apart. Northern Gun™ One and Two are a special case.
The Rifter® is an idea factory that helps players and Game Masters to generate new ideas and keep their games fresh. It provides useful, ready to go, source material gamers can just drop into their ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new monsters, villains, characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, adventure and ideas for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider. Every issue has material for Rifts® and at least two or three other Palladium game lines.
The Rifter® Number 59 examines the deadly, the weird and the magical. Much of the material is suitable for use in multiple settings or easy to adapt. Enjoy.
Rifts® Black Market™ is an epic, 192 page sourcebook that contains a wealth of information about the inner workings of the Black Market, the Five Factions, new Bandito Arms/Black Market weapons and gear, how to make any O.C.C. a Black Marketeer, special abilities of the Black Marketeer, criminal enterprises, Black Market loans, merc and crime jobs, and much more. This book has it all. AND best of all, a lot of it can be easily adapted to just about any world setting, not just Rifts Earth.
In final production right now. Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
Northern Gun™ is the largest independent manufacturer of high-tech weapons, robots and vehicles in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun's history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.
More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of Robot Gladiatorial combat.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
The following are in development:
Earth is home to thousands of alien species from beyond the Rifts. One of the strangest and most dangerous is the Xiticix. A danger nobody seemed to realize until the sprawling Hivelands began to encroach on the territories of other people. Armed with new breeds of aggressive warriors, new weapons and legions of insectoids willing to fight to the death, people are beginning to wonder if they are the next threat to humanity.
The war between the people of the New German Republic and the Gargoyle Empire rages on, but only the heroes of the NGR seem to be getting the upper hand. See where things stand in the year 109 P.A. and get a closer look at the NGR Army, government, society and people. This World Book also presents the latest weapons, combat vehicles, power armor and robots of the NGR as well as commercial vehicles, robot helpers, and more.
Archie 3 and Hagan Lonovich are two of the most beloved villains (anti-heroes?) in the Rifts Earth setting. This sourcebook highlights their strange relationship, plots and blunders. One of which is inadvertently unleashing The Mechanoids® into the world!
The Mechanoids have one driving goal: To destroy all humanoid life! This book has it all. Source material, the Mechanoids, new equipment, monsters, adventure and cryptic prophecies.
The Coalition's siege on Tolkeen has had a devastating impact on people across North America. None have been more affected than the Cyber-Knights. This sourcebook reveals not only the history and secrets of the Cyber-Knights, but the schism the war has created among the fabled warriors.
Endless Dead™ is a new 96 page sourcebook that will send your Dead Reign™ campaign in new directions or add depth (and zombies). What are you waiting for? Order your copy today. And if you haven't taken a look at the Dead Reign™ RPG yet, but love zombies, you need to give this dynamic game a try.
● New! Rifts® Pencil – Cat. No. 2561 – 50 cents per each pencil. People love this item and often buy them in sets of 10. Enjoy.
● New! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Coffee Mug – red on a black, 15.5 ounce mug – Cat. No. 2560 – $10.00.
● New! Dead Reign™: "Survive or Die Trying" T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2556 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Wilk's Laser Technologies™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2557 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Imagination Unleashed T-Shirt – black image on a red T-shirt – No. 2558 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Northern Gun™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2559 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● Property of the Coalition™ T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2528 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
- Old Ones™ for Palladium Fantasy® – Cat. No. 453
- Wolfen Empire for Palladium Fantasy® – Cat. No. 471
- Mutant Underground™ for Heroes Unlimited™ – Cat. No. 520
- Rifts® Mercenaries – Cat. No. 813
- Rifts® Splynn Dimensional Market™ – Cat. No. 836
- Rifts® Free Quebec™ – Cat. No. 837
- Rifts® Three Galaxies™ – Cat. No. 851
- Rifts® Black Vault™ – Cat. No. 855
- Rifts® Triax™ 2 – Cat. No. 881
- Rifts® Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids® – Cat. No. 805
- Rifts® Coalition Wars® 4: Cyber-Knights™ – Cat. No. 842
The following new Rifts® miniatures have never before been released by Palladium Books.
● MI8021 – Rifts® Shadow Beast – $12.00
● MI8022 – Rifts® Mystic Knight – $6.00
● MI8023 – Rifts® Lord Magus – $6.00
● MI8024 – Rifts® High Magus – $6.00
● MI8025 – Rifts® Coalition Psi-Stalker (new-style Dead Boy armor) – $6.00
● MI8026 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy in DPM-D1 Armor – $6.00
● MI8027 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #2 (with energy rifle) – $6.00
● MI8028 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #3 (with rifle and Vibro-Knife) – $6.00
● MI8029 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #4 (German Shepherd with rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
● MI8030 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #5 (Bulldog with energy rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
The following favorite Rifts® miniatures are back in stock. Some, like the Glitter Boy, have sold on the collector's market for as much as $50-$120. They are being re-released for the first time in a decade.
● MI8031 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Power Armor – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8032 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Pilot – $6.00
● MI8033 – Rifts® Kydian Overlord (Atlantis) – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8034 – Rifts® Dragonsaurus (Atlantis) – $10.00
● MI8035 – Rifts® Slaver and Slave (Atlantis); 2 figs, no plastic bases – $10.00
● MI8036 – Rifts® Crazy – $6.00
● MI8037 – Rifts® Juicer #1 (with laser pistol) – $6.00
● MI8038 – Rifts® Juicer #2 (with Vibro-Sword) – $6.00
● MI8039 – Rifts® Cyborg #1 (with Rail Gun) – $12.00
● MI8040 – Rifts® Cyborg #2 (with gun hands) – $12.00
● MI8041 – Rifts® Cyborg #3 – $6.00
● MI8042 – Rifts® Coalition Officer (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8043 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #1 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8044 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #2 (old armor) – $6.00
● MI8045 – Rifts® Coalition Grunt #3 (old armor) – $6.00
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Cattlemen can look forward to continued strong prices into 2006 for feeder and stocker cattle, according to Randy Blach, executive vice president of Cattle-Fax, but prices are expected to come off from the remarkable run seen in 2005.
Speaking to more than 500 cattle feeders attending the Annual Convention of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association recently in Grapevine, Blach said feeder cattle prices will average about $110 in 2005 and about $105 in 2006, and 550 pound steer calves, which will average $127 this year, will average about $120 next year.
Fed cattle prices, he predicted, will average about $84 in 2006, coming off an $86.50 average this year. Fed cattle margins will be thin in 2006, Blach said, in spite of corn prices that are expected to stay relatively low.
The drop in prices next year will be fueled by an expected increase in supplies as cattle herd expansion continues at a rapid pace. "The total cow herd will increase about one million," he said, "with beef cows up 750,000 on Jan.1, 2006." That will boost beef production about 700 to 800 million pounds next year, with most of the increase coming from mid-year on. By the same token, steer and heifer slaughter will increase 600,000 to 700,000 head next year, he said.
Net beef supplies, however, are expected to increase about 200 million pounds, he predicted. "The key assumption is that export markets will resume soon and the U.S. will recapture 40 percent to 50 percent of that lost market fairly quickly. This will have a significant impact on the outlook," he said. "Global competition is going to be strong and lost market share won't come back overnight."
Total meat supplies will be record high in 2006, with pork and poultry production showing a 2 percent to 3 percent increase. "However, beef demand remains strong and has held nearly all the 25 percent growth that has occurred since the late 1990s," he said. "While year-on-year growth has slowed, demand remains solid."
Blach predicted more product branding, more value differentiation and more new, consumer-friendly products in the next few years, all of which will benefit the industry. Consolidation will continue at all levels and producers may expect to see more coordinated production systems to develop that are based on relationships.
"The fed cattle market will stay challenging in 2006," he said. "But cattle feeders who watch the bottom line and are willing to take advantage of new opportunities will be successful."


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TAMPA — On paper, Monday night's matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins didn't look particularly appealing.
On air, it was a different story.
When lead producer Jay Rothman and his ESPN crew of 200 gathered in Tampa, they had an array of intriguing issues to pursue.
"It's unbelievable,'' Rothman said Monday morning after concluding a production meeting at the Renaissance Hotel near International Plaza, where Bucs players and coaches were also staying. "This might be a lesser game on the surface, but given the news out of Miami in the last 10 days and the news out of Tampa in the past two months, we've got plenty to talk about.
"Just look at what the Bucs have gone through. You've got the 0-8 record, the quarterback change, the MRSA, the coaching situation … there's a lot there.''
In his role as ESPN's analyst for "Monday Night Football,'' former Bucs coach Jon Gruden said he was more comfortable talking about the matchup rather than the alleged bullying episode in Miami involving suspended guard Richie Incognito and tackle Jonathan Martin.
In August, Gruden picked the Bucs to win the NFC South. Three months later, he said Tampa Bay's inability to close out games under head coach Greg Schiano is baffling.
"Yes, I'm stunned at the 0-8 record,'' said Gruden, in his fifth season in the broadcast booth with play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico. "I thought Josh Freeman would play well, I thought Carl Nicks would be the left guard and I thought Davin Joseph would be healthy. I felt good about the Buc offense. I know the players haven't quit, but some of these players have to step up in critical moments and close out the opponent. Make a first down, run the clock out.''
Rothman said he recognizes the look of struggling teams who have tuned out their head coach — and vice versa.
"We observed practice Saturday and we saw a lot of pep and energy," he said. "In no way based on our meetings with players did we have any indication they have given up on their season or their coaches. I've had experiences when the head coach himself has tuned out … and told us so.
"Believe me, we've seen the worst of the worst and I don't get that sense here in Tampa at all. Schiano seemed distraught they are where they are, but he also believes he has the players and staff to turn it around. I know one thing, that young quarterback (Mike Glennon) is a special kid.''
In the spring, Glennon worked with Rothman and Gruden at ESPN's quarterback camp for top college prospects. He was drafted by the Bucs out of North Carolina State in the third round and replaced Freeman as the starter in Week 4.
"I think Glennon's got a huge upside,'' said Gruden, who still lives in Tampa. "They need a franchise quarterback here. We've never had one. I thought it would be Josh, but I was wrong.''
Good impression
Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts, working Monday night's game for Westwood One Radio, was eager to see Mike Glennon play in person.
"I've been watching him on film and Glennon looks kind of cool,'' said Fouts, selected by the Chargers as a third-round draft pick out of Ore-gon in 1973. "He's shown me lots of poise. He doesn't get frustrated and he does a good job going through his progressions. You don't always see that with young passers because there aren't a lot of college offenses that feature progression-type passing games.''
Military salute on Veterans Day
Before Monday night's matchup, the Bucs paid tribute to the military on Veterans Day.
Almost 500 active duty troops and their guests were treated to tickets to the game, along with food and entertainment in parking lots before kickoff.
The Bucs also announced a team donation of $25,000 to support USO Tampa Bay.
General manager Mark Dominik was presented the Florida West Coast Leadership and Community Service Award by the West Point Society.
Two special guests served as honorary coin toss captains — Lt. General Robert Neller, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, and Brenda Schwarzkopf, widow of the late four-star General Norman Schwarzkopf.


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Deon Butler - WR - Seahawks
Seahawks re-signed WR Deon Butler.
Butler takes the place of Charly Martin, who was sent to injured reserve with a calf injury. Butler was at the team's facility for a workout on Friday. He was among Seattle's final cuts heading into the season. Butler had previously worked out for the Saints and Lions this year.
Source: Danny O'Neil on Twitter
Dec 15 - 4:32 PM
Didn't see this anywhere else other than the unconfirmed sighting thread.
Good news. I've always liked Butler.


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Daniel Cooper and Ryan Lugalia-Hollon are working to increase awareness of alternatives to incarceration in Chicago, Illinois, and they were recipients of a grant from the Public Policy Small Grants program. "We hand out harsh sentences for all types of offenses. We give these sentences, overwhelmingly, to Chicagoans who live in our segregated, low-income neighborhoods." "Justice Reinvestment is an approach that identifies key drivers of state incarceration rates, and develops practical solutions to reduce or altogether eliminate those drivers." Read more about their work at the website Chicago's Million Dollar Blocks project.
SCRA is pleased to announce the adoption of our first public policy statement, The Role of Recovery Residences in Promoting Long-term Addiction Recovery. Recovery Residences are lower cost, community-based residential environments that require abstinence from substance use and abuse. The Society of Community Research and Action has developed, with the executive, advocacy and research committees of the National Association of Recovery Residences (NARR), a policy statement on the value of recovery residences in the United States.
The video below features Leonard Jason discussing the collaboration between DePaul University and Oxford House, a non-profit organization that supports recovery houses.
Position statements are one means SCRA uses to communicate its perspective on pressing social issues and matters of public health and well-being. The goal of such statements is to provide clear, succinct summaries of scientific research and accumulated knowledge from practice accompanied by recommendations to policy makers and the general public.
Statement on Recovery Residences
The purpose of this process is to provide a mechanism for SCRA, as an organization, to evaluate and potentially adopt public stances or action plans on public policy issues of a time sensitive nature. Since policy issues are often of immediate concern, this procedure is written to ensure the opportunity for a quick response by the organization.
Resolution on Self-Help Support Groups
To encourage and support public policy work by its members and to benefit communities, SCRA has initiated a small grants program.
Resources on how to contact legislatures and be an effective advocate.
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Fellowships and internships, course syllabi, books, and much more.
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Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Policy
Purpose and Application
This policy is written to minimize all exposures to blood and other potentially infectious material.
This policy applies to employees who may reasonably anticipate occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
This policy ensures that training and the hepatitis B vaccination series are made available to those individuals who are exposed to bloodborne pathogens (BBP) in the course of their duties.
Definition and Scope
"Blood" means human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.
"Bloodborne pathogens" means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans including hepatitis B virus (HBV) hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
"Occupational exposure" means reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or potential contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties.
"Other potentially infectious materials" (OPIM) includes, but is not limited to, the following: human bodily fluids, semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures; any mix of body fluids where it is impossible to differentiate between fluids; any unfixed human tissue or organ.
Roles and Responsibilities
The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department assists in providing information and training on safe work practices, conducts routine inspections of work areas, investigates accidents, and recommends preventive/corrective actions. EHS monitors the college/university compliance with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard.
Supervisors are responsible for ensuring annual training for any of their staff that may reasonably anticipate exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the course of performing their duties.
The custodial services, assisted by security/life safety, ensure that routine blood or OPIM spills are properly cleaned up and the area sanitized.
Written Plan
Both campuses have written Exposure Control Plans, which describe the programs in detail. These plans are updated by EHS in cooperation with other departments and safety committees.
Exposure Control
A variety of controls are in place to effectively eliminate or minimize the risks of infection, including universal precautions, engineering controls and work practices, personal protective equipment, sanitary conditions, waste regulation, laundry procedures, and labels and signs. These controls are detailed in the written plans and summarized in employee training.
Training is provided for personnel that are affected by the BBP standard. EHS provides guidance and assists with arrangements for general annual refresher. Affected departments are responsible for the site-specific training and up to date employee records.
Hepatitis B Vaccination
The hepatitis B vaccination series is available to all employees identified in the exposure control plan to have occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogen. Vaccination procedures must be coordinated through either EHS or Health Center. Any employee who declines the vaccination must sign a declination statement that will be maintained in personnel medical file.
Bloodborne Pathogen Incidents
Minor accidents, or incidents involving release of blood or other potentially infectious materials are often cleaned up voluntarily by the source of release using supplied pathogen kits. For significant releases or if the source is unidentified, trained custodial staff will respond with back up assistance from security/life safety. Any exposure to employees or students must immediately be reported by completing the appropriate bloodborne pathogen incident report form. A copy of the form must be submitted to EHS for incident analysis. This will initiate the appropriate medical evaluation. The exposed employee will seek medical evaluation from Occupational Health Clinic of her or his choice.
Record Keeping
EHS maintains training records for three years from the date of the training. Departments may maintain site-specific training records. The training records will include the dates and contents of the training sessions. The human resources maintain medical records on employees with occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material.
Key References and Resources
The following references and resources may be obtained from EHS and in some cases are available on the EHS home page.


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GPSolo Magazine - December 2004
Section News
General Practice, Solo And Small Firm
Save the Date: ABA 2005 Midyear Meeting
February 10-13, 2005
Grand America Hotel
Salt Lake City, Utah
In addition to committee meetings, the following events are being planned for the 2005 Midyear Meeting:
Thursday, February 10
Salt Lake Mystery Train Excursion
Buses will depart Thursday evening from the Grand America Hotel
(ticketed event)
Friday, February 11
Taste of Salt Lake Dine-Around
A restaurant list will be available at the registration desk
(individuals must pay their own way)
Saturday, February 12
Visit to Park City Attractions
(ticketed event)
Dessert Reception in the Chair's suite
(no cost)
Nominations for 2005 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award
Please nominate a colleague or law firm for the 2005 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award. We encourage you to nominate lawyers of color and women. The deadline for nominations is March 24, 2005. The award will be presented during the ABA Annual Meeting on August 8, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois, at a special luncheon.
For information about past recipients, nomination guidelines, and a nomination form, please visit www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/pbp_current_recipients.html.
The Section Welcomes the 2004-2005 Diversity Fellows
The Diversity Fellows Program is designed to promote ethnic diversity within the Section, recruit members of color, and provide leadership development opportunities within the Section for members of color.
The Section's Diversity Committee and Membership Board identify and nominate four lawyers of color who will be appointed by the Chair-Elect to funded fellowship positions within the Section, effective during the following bar year. Upon completion of successful active participation in the first scholarship year, these participants will then be appointed to regularly funded positions within the Section the following bar year, giving consideration to the Section's existing needs and the participants' preferences based upon the first year's participation.
Most of the Section's former Diversity Fellows have remained very active in the Section. A few hold positions on Council, while others are Chairs of Committees. These former Fellows also serve as mentors to the new Fellows. Each new Fellow is assigned a mentor to help guide him or her through the Section and answer any questions.
The 2004-2005 Fellows are:
- Elizabeth (Lisa) Castilleja
- Kevin L. Brown
- Travis W. Trueblood
- Rodd C. Walton


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Men have discovered what the ladies have known all along. Now, more than ever, it's all about your shoes.
"And it's about high time. Women have had a blast with shoes for years," says Jim Moore, GQ's creative director.
"I think it's the most exciting category in menswear at the moment. It's a huge focus for us," says Terry Betts, buying manager for London-based online retailer Mr. Porter.
And the trade paper Footwear News reported recently, "Men's footwear is on fire at retail, thanks to style twists on old classics," citing updates like pops of color, vintage details and distressed finishes that are making traditional silhouettes look fresh.
The retail sales add up to some staggering numbers. Personal luxury goods have risen more than 10% for each of the last three years worldwide, and men's shoes are outperforming that figure, according to Bain & Co., a leading advisor to the luxury sector. With global designer footwear annual revenue pegged at more than $15 billion for 2012 and men's business growing to 40% of total luxury goods, it's no wonder retailers are so enthralled.
Fueling the fire
Fashion editors and retailers agree that several factors are driving the men's shoe trend. One is the "New Trad" revival of the suit and other classic menswear tropes, with the corresponding upswing of interest in heritage and artisanal shoe brands. Another is the impact of e-commerce, which gives today's aspiring man unprecedented access to styles from around the world.
Factor in fashion magazines and the blogosphere, which enthusiastically parse the virtues of handmade footwear and have turned formerly hidebound styles — like the vaunted "double monk" featuring a monk strap with two buckles — into must-haves for footwear aficionados.
Cool choices in sneakers and the entrance of women's shoe designers into the men's market are also getting men focused on their feet.
Artisans and heritage brands
Mr. Porter is bringing a new and appreciative audience to legendary British brands such as John Lobb as well as to newer purveyors of handmade styles in a more contemporary vein, such as Marsèll and O'Keeffe, both made in Italy.
"We're excited about going to artisanal brands like Marsèll and giving them a global platform. These are the kind of things that can get lost in a store," Betts says.
But at the luxury department stores on Wilshire Boulevard, they're just as bullish on similarly heretofore-obscure brands, often at nearly four-figure price tags.
"I'm obsessed with Bontoni," says Neiman Marcus Group's fashion director, Matthew Singer, by phone from New York. "They basically make their shoes out of a house in Italy, something like five pairs a day. They're a classic brand but with a modern sensibility."
GQ's Moore says his magazine's readers aren't afraid to spend $500 on a pair of shoes if they're aware of the craftsmanship involved in making shoes by hand, "whether they're bench-made in Britain, made in Italy or Maine-made."
Mention of Maine conjures up rubber-soled shoes for sailing and topstitched preppy loafers, but designer Alejandro Ingelmo has mined this heritage for one of the most talked-about collections for spring. He's given those classics a forward-fashion spin, seen in the brush-marked, blackened neon loafer set on an over-scale sole or the chukka with a white bumper finishing usually found on sneakers, all using domestic materials and manufactured in the state.
"There's just something about American shoes," Ingelmo says. "They just have guts. It's like nobody can make a pickup truck like Americans. They can try, but nobody else can do them. They don't have the same strength."
Luxury sneakers are also fueling men's shoe trend. About five years ago, designer Alber Elbaz of Lanvin kicked off his haltingly high-priced men's collection with equally extravagant kicks. Sneakers had entered the lexicon of high style.
Around the same time, Ingelmo says, he designed some sneakers for himself, and then buyers started asking for them. Now the category has exploded, with retailers citing big brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada as well as indies such as Pierre Hardy, Maison Martin Margiela and Raf Simons as linchpins.
High-style high-tops abound in flashy metallics, signature logo motifs and wild patterns that have grabbed a lot of the attention from male fashion hounds, providing an emphatic exclamation point to prevailing slim suits and skinny jeans.
Looking ahead, the recent European men's fall 2013 catwalks showed baggier trousers coming into play with a new emphasis on low-top sneaker variations, notably at Lanvin, Ami and Simons. The latter's collaboration with Adidas, a heavy-duty style with an off-road sportiness, was clocked by Mr. Porter's Betts as the hot designer sneaker to watch right now.
Low-tops also get the luxury upgrade in designer Ruthie Davis' debut men's collection, a nod to her previous stint at Reebok before founding her eponymous women's line in 2006. But her new styles — brightly hued, platform-soled jogging takeoffs or metallic copper retro "trainers" with spike-topped toes— will most likely be pounding club floors, not athletic tracks.
"I'm not into men's wingtips. I don't hang out with Wall Street guys," deadpans Davis. "You don't get the excitement you get when you get a new pair of Nikes when you buy a dress shoe, so I thought, 'Why can't those worlds come together?'"
Davis joins a burgeoning list of high-end women's shoe brands that have crossed over into the men's department, topped by powerhouses Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin. At its recently opened men's boutique in West Hollywood, Louboutin has launched a "Tattoo to Measure" option that takes a guy's favorite ink and translates it into a custom-embellished pair.
Retailers say men have no qualms about wearing the same labels that women do. Justin Timberlake, for one, has been spotted in red-soled Louboutins in his "Mirrors" video and on "Saturday Night Live," among other places. Louboutin recently told Forbes magazine that sales of men's styles now account for almost 25% of the company's business. "It's kind of like in the denim world," says Singer, "when women's players like 7 and Adriano Goldschmied and J. Brand came in, and people first thought, "'Are guys going to really wear that?'"
There's even the occasional opportunity for a little cross-marketing. Barneys.com recently sent an email blast to customers touting Prada — whose high-fashion offerings for both sexes have often shared design motifs — with side-by-side pictures of complementary studded styles: in silver on a black calfskin slipper for him and in jet jewels on a black silk platform for her.
Spikes and studs, in fact, are poking up all over this spring in men's shoes at the edgy side of the spectrum, while soft suede desert boots and loafers in a garden of dusty shades such as lavender, slate blue and spearmint beckon to traditionalists.
To accommodate the trends, retailers are expanding selling space and tweaking brand offerings at stores like Bloomingdale's, where it's a corporate priority, says Kevin Harter, vice president for men's fashion direction. The new Bloomingdale's opening this September in Glendale "will have a beautiful men's shoe floor." And the store plans to add upscale label Church's, previously not readily available in L.A., and Gucci, which is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its horse-bit loafer with a commemorative "1953" style, to the mix.
"Men used to have a pair of black shoes, a pair of brown shoes and a pair of sneakers," Harter says. "That's just not the way it is anymore."


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CastLAM Matt, CastLAM Gloss & LUV 3599 are especially designed for the protection of super soft, flexible printed media like JT5529 P/PM/MBF and JT 5629 PM for the decoration of flat, riveted or corrugated surfaces (cut around deep corrugations is always recommended).
CastLAM Matt & CastLAM Gloss are therefore designed for the protection of super soft printed media like WW100 for the decoration of uneven walls such as brick walls.
Being optically clear & conformale, LUV 3697 is recommended for the lamination of perforated vinyls for window graphics and one-way vision advertising on flat to slightly curved surfaces.
HORIZon is an extremely durable and conformable laminate which offers superior protection from UV light, acid rain and high heat to help extend the life of your vehicle graphics.


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"Woodstock" Bread - Whole Wheat with Lots and Lots of Seeds
I have a houseguest visiting from New Mexico. His theory is that "healthy" bread is bread with lots of seeds in it. We went over to the "Grateful Bread" store in Sacramento and he picked up a loaf of something they call "Woodstock" bread, a whole wheat loaf with lots of seeds in it. My friend thinks it's named after the little yellow bird in the Peanuts comic strip who would no doubt consider birdseed a gourmet addition to bread.
It was pretty good, so I had a hand at trying to duplicate it.
Initially I baked a 100% whole wheat loaf, 67% hydration, with a tablespoon each of sesame, poppy, and sunflower seeds and pine nuts. The dough was a bit dry so I added a bit of extra water. The resulting loaf didn't rise as much as I might have wanted, was a bit dense, and didn't really have as many seeds as the loaf from the "Grateful Bread" store. I'm not sure if the dryness and density of this first effort was due to absorption of water by the seeds or a peculiarity of whole wheat flour (which I usually don't use).
I tried a second loaf, throwing in three times as many of the same seeds plus an equal portion of flax seed. In that loaf I added the juice of an orange to the water on a whim and added 10% white bread flour, plus some brown sugar to give the yeast a bump. The result had about the right seeed content but the orange juice made it too tart for my taste.
I baked a third loaf using straight water with no orange juice. It came out pretty good, lots of seeds, nutty flavor, not too dense. I'm pretty happy with the formulation, and it comes pretty close to the loaf we bought at "Grateful Bread".
450g Whole Wheat Flour
50g Unbleached (white) Bread Flour
1 tablespoon instant yeast
1/2 Tablespoon salt
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
3 Tablespoons poppy seeds
3 Tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
3 Tablespoons sunflower seeds
3 Tablespoons flax seeds
3 Tablespoons pine nuts
400g water
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix with a stand mixer.
Bake at 450F for 25 minutes.
A nice loaf with lots and lots of seeds. The pine nuts seem to add a nutty sort of flavor.
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February 08, 2013 12:35 ET
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2013) - Audioboo, a leading social platform for recording, sharing and listening to audio, had exclusive access to two major events during December and January - The British Comedy Awards 2012 and Sundance Film Festival 2013 - allowing its in-house reporters to capture a wide range of exclusive interviews.
Audioboo was given full behind-the-scenes access to The British Comedy Awards, giving Audioboo reporters the chance to record audio interviews and instantly share them on its dedicated event channel. Some of the juiciest celebrity news and gossip regarding stars' future plans and thoughts on the awards were captured.
Among the celebrities to be interviewed was Jack Whitehall, crowned King of Comedy by the public on the evening, who disclosed he would be celebrating with his mum. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer were also on hand to talk about a new film they're planning, and Charlie Brooker, who won Best Comedy Entertainment Personality, revealed to Audioboo how he had to ration Twitter because it was driving him mad.
Sundance Film Festival, held in Utah between 17 and 27 January, delivered the very best in pioneering independent films, documentaries and music from the around the world, and several Audioboo reporters attended. Interview highlights on Audioboo include Twilight author Stephenie Meyer on producing her first film, Austenland, Ugly Betty's Michael Urie talking about his directorial debut and Nadia Szold discussing her New York Noir film, Joy de V, which explores the inner workings of an Italian-American conman.
Rob Proctor, Audioboo's CEO, said: "The British Comedy Awards and Sundance Film Festival were fantastic opportunities for Audioboo to provide exclusive content to listeners and media round the world. Our reporters captured some hilarious interviews and meaty comedy gossip in London in December and more serious insights on the silver screen just a couple of weeks ago, all of which can be shared, or published on websites, by anyone.
"We'll be live at other events in the future, but in the meantime, people can listen to a wide variety of boos, follow brands, media, charities and celebrities and record their own audio updates to share."
The interview boos can be listened to from a desktop, smartphone or tablet and all Audioboo content is embeddable, meaning bloggers and media outlets can use it within their own stories. As a podcasting platform for the next generation, Audioboo is being used by local, national and global media outlets such as CNBC, Absolute Radio, BBC and The Guardian as an audio capture tool with which to share content to international audiences.
To listen to, comment on, share or embed the boos on a website, visit www.audioboo.fm, search for The British Comedy Awards or Sundance Film Festival and navigate to the channel results.
Sign up to the platform and start booing today, via the website, Android app or iPhone app. Follow on @audioboo and like on facebook.com/audioboo.
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Audioboo is a mobile and web platform that the BBC calls 'Twitter for Audio' and 'iPlayer for Audio'. The service effortlessly allows you to record and upload audio for friends, broadcast, customers, colleagues or the rest of the world to hear.
Launched in June 2010, Audioboo allows users to easily record almost unlimited amounts of audio. They can add a photo, a title and tags and then upload it to Audioboo.com, complete with graphic, biographical and geographical information on where and when it was recorded. It can be used anytime, anywhere and can be integrated with Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest.
Audioboo was named as #1 smart phone app by the UK's PC Professional magazine in 2010 and featured in the SMARTA 100 new business awards for 2010, whilst its latest Windows application was voted app of the week by Microsoft in December 2012. Audioboo users include: The BBC, The Guardian, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Global Radio, Absolute radio, Sky News Radio, Al Jazeera, The FT, British Library, Royal Opera House, the British Army, and a host of famous voices including Stephen Fry, and Imogen Heap.
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Browsing School of Chemistry by Subject "Petroleum,"
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Time-resolved fluorescence microspectroscopy for characterizing crude oils in bulk and hydrocarbon bearing fluid inclusions. (Ingenta, 2004)Time-resolved fluorescence data was collected from a series of 23 bulk crude petroleum oils and six microscopic hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions (HCFI). The data was collected using a diode laser fluorescence lifetime ...


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MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A plea deal for a Connecticut man accused of a series of rapes along the East Coast has fallen through after the defendant told a judge he wasn't sure he knew what he was doing.
A plea hearing had been scheduled in Prince William County on Tuesday for Aaron Thomas, who is charged with abducting three teenage trick-or-treaters in 2009 in the county and raping two of them.
But the deal was called off when Thomas, of New Haven, Conn., revealed hesitation.
The assaults were the last of 17 that authorities attributed to Thomas, who was linked through DNA and other evidence to assaults and rapes on women as far back as 1997.
Thomas was arrested in March 2011. His lawyers had pursued an insanity defense before dropping those plans.


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Acorns are a critical winter food source for more than 90 forest wildlife species
Ohio's fall crop of acorns is variable this year, but will provide a vital food source
for more than 90 forest wildlife species. Overall, white oak acorn production is similar
to last year but varies by region, while red oak acorn production declined by 57 percent
over 2007 figures, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division
of Wildlife.
"Good white oak acorn production was observed on some wildlife areas in northern and
southern Ohio, but white oak acorns were much less abundant across central Ohio."
said Mike Reynolds, forest wildlife biologist with the division. "Red oak acorn
production declined statewide this year."
The Division of Wildlife is currently participating in a multi-state, on-going research
project to estimate regional acorn production throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
states. Wildlife biologists hope to use the acorn production information gathered
in the study to forecast wildlife harvest and reproductive success rates on both a
local and regional basis.
Acorn production is cyclical, with some trees producing acorns nearly every year,
while others rarely ever produce. This year, Division of Wildlife employees scanned
the canopies of selected oak trees on 38 wildlife areas in the state to determine
the percentage of trees that produced acorns and the relative size of the acorn crop.
Results varied regionally, but an average of 42 percent of white oak trees and 30
percent of red oak trees bore fruit this year. Wildlife prefer white oak acorns,
because red oak acorns contain a high amount of tannin and are bitter in taste.
Mast crop abundance can affect hunting plans as well. Hunters can expect to find deer,
wild turkeys and squirrels concentrated near areas with heavy crops of white and chestnut
oak acorns this fall. In areas with poor acorn production, wildlife are more
likely to be feeding around agricultural areas and forest edges.
Ohio Acorn Report
Acorns are a critical winter food source for more than 90 forest wildlife species


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UPDATE: Richman's show has been pulled by Travel Channel, reports The Washington Post.
TV host Adam Richman wants to give viewers the "keys to the culinary kingdom."
Well, the keys to his culinary kingdom, which are decidedly not royal.
No, Richman's culinary realm, built on comfort food, sloppy sandwiches and extreme overeating, is quite plebeian.
But that's just how he wants it.
"I don't come at (food) from a chef-y...