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Why do users let security lapse? Maybe because it's too complex a job
The theme for this sixth annual awareness month is "Our Shared Responsibility," which DHS says is to "reinforce the message that all computer users, not just industry and government, have a responsibility to practice good 'cyber hygiene.' "
That's all well and good. Practicing good cyber hygiene makes sense, just like washing your hands and covering your mouth while coughing during a flu outbreak. But why is basic endpoint security still so difficult?
The first tip offered by DHS is to "make sure that you have antivirus software and firewalls installed, properly configured, and up-to-date." Good advice. I give it myself to family and friends who tend to let their subscriptions for security services lapse. But many people still ignore it, and I think the vendors bear a large share of the blame.
According to a survey conducted last year, fewer than half of computer users have the complete holy trinity of IT security: a personal firewall, antivirus and anti-spyware. A large majority of users, 95 percent, had antivirus tools installed. But keeping those tools up-to-date can be a troublesome process. I believe it is this complexity, rather than money, that leads so many users to let antivirus subscriptions lapse.
My wife and I recently renewed the subscription on our home antivirus, and it was an unpleasant experience. We were less than enthusiastic about our current vendor and would gladly have switched to another, but the process of uninstalling the old product was so arduous and iffy that we felt more or less compelled to renew it rather than replace it.
The first problem was that we could not simply renew the subscription. We had to install a completely new engine. The lengthy download process broke down somewhere near the end, and we finally asked the vendor to send us a disk. Installing the new engine from the disk is no doubt a simple and intuitive task for the engineer who created it, but enough key information was obscured or hidden that the process became a trial for a reasonably knowledgeable user.
Once installed, the challenges continued. The new version is a resource hog that does not like our mainstream e-mail client. We ironed out most of those wrinkles but quickly began receiving messages that our signature files were out-of-date. The automatic update was turned on, but it was not updating automatically. We downloaded the updated files manually and queried the company, but before we got any help it mysteriously began automatically updating itself. We still have no idea why.
Antivirus software is — or should be by now — a commodity. Vendors should be competing on ease of use rather than bells and whistles that change with every version. There is no excuse for users still to be frustrated by the vendor experience.
We recently got a new alert from our antivirus provider. There are only 315 days remaining on our one-year subscription, we were warned. Do we want to renew it now?
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Buddy cites a single article at About.com as evidence that Macs need anti virus software. You'll find similar theses proffered by vendors of such awful software. Yes, in theory this could be a problem, but we don't live in a theoretical world. For a reality check all one needs to do is count the number of viruses in the wild for each of these operating systems. The obvious conclusion is that in the real world Macs don't have such problems.
After many years of brand 'N' interspersed with a year of brand 'M' and several others, AntiVir is the top choice.A Free version (for home use) is available [url]http://www.free-av.de/en/trialpay_download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html[/url]I have the AntiVir Premium Suite on a 3 yr/3 system subscription, but the AntiVirus Protection is equal from the free, for your home systems.
For you Mac addicts who are under the false impression you can't get a virus/malware. Read up: You might learn something other than. I am a MAC! http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/tp/macvirusfaqs.htm
Echoing, Robert -- Get a Mac. Disgust with McAfee AVS pushed me over the edge to Mac. My system became nearly unusable it was so bogged down with McAfee updates that could not be controlled. What a difference.
In the short term, yes, antivirus software should be easier to install. In the slightly-longer term, we should be re-architecting our computing platforms to remove the elements of blind trust in their design. They will execute ANYTHING from ANYWHERE. WHY are computers still designed this way? WHY are disk drives designed to allow writing to the executables based on commands from ANYWHERE? WHY WHY WHY does the operating system not clearly separate executable code from data files, and allow the executables to be LOCKED??? There are dozens more questions like this. It's not 1990 any longer...there's no longer any excuse for this.
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Top-seeded Curie bests defending champ Simeon 62-59 in final.
This may not be news to some but a team from Chicago won the 83rd Pontiac Holiday Tournament.
What is news is that the team that prevailed 62-59 in the championship game Saturday night was Curie. The Condors got revenge on a three-time defending champ Simeon to take home their first title in the oldest holiday tournament in the country.
"It was a good showing for the people of Pontiac. I'm just so happy," Curie head coach Michael Oliver said. "It's one step toward our goal of winning a state championship. These types of games, we have to get by."
Cliff Alexander, a unanimous all-tournament selection and A.C. Williamson Award winner, was not really heard from in the scoring department. It was his teammates who were picking up the slack with big shots.
Joseph Stamps drove the lane for a tying basket with 3:30 to go in the third period. Devin Gage broke the 39-39 tie with a 3-pointer at 2:42 and the key run for the Condors was on.
Josh Stamps scored on a goaltending call and Joseph Stamps converted a three-point play before the third quarter ended, giving Curie a 47-39 lead heading into the final turn.
"We're not a one-man band," Oliver said about his team. "These guys stepped up and showed we have other players who deserve credit."
The Curie run continued even though Edward Morrow scored on a slam put-back for Simeon. Alexander scored twice and Josh Stamps added a basket as the margin grew to 53-41 with five minutes to go.
But the Wolverines have won this tournament 11 times for a reason. Even though this year's club is young and developing, they are still the Wolverines and to beat them takes effort.
Simeon rallied, finally cutting the difference to 60-59 with 1:32 remaining after a 3-pointer from Zachary Norvell.
But that was it. A monster slam-dunk from Alexander was the icing on the championship cake for the Condors.
Josh Stamps finished with 17 points to lead the Condors. Alexander finished with 16 points — 10 in the fourth quarter — and 16 rebounds. Gage and Joseph Stamps chipped in 12 point apiece.
Morrow garnered 16 points and 10 boards while Donte Ingram and D.J. Williams had 13 points apiece for the Wolverines. Norvell added 10 points.


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Diane Mull Named Interim Director of Alumni Ministries
A former assistant director of alumni relations at Messiah College in Pennsylvania has been named the interim director of Alumni Ministries at Columbia International University. Diane Mull replaces Dr. Roy King who is returning to full-time teaching at CIU.
Diane Mull is no stranger to CIU. She first came to Columbia 20 years ago when her husband, Andy enrolled as a seminary student and earned a Master of Divinity degree. Diane took advantage of the opportunity to also complete mission courses in the seminary, and serve as the president of the Wives Fellowship at CIU.
For 18 years, Diane and Andy have served internationals in South Carolina as well as Texas, where they joined with International Students Incorporated (ISI) to launch a new outreach at Southern Methodist University.
Diane earned a bachelor's degree in Communications and a minor in Business Administration from Messiah College. In addition to serving as assistant director of alumni relations at Messiah, she was also the director of the school's Annual Fund. Diane's work led to her being honored with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award in Alumni Relations.
Diane returned to CIU earlier this year to serve as CIU's 90th anniversary coordinator. Meanwhile, Andy is still connected to CIU as an adjunct faculty member. He also serves as a campus pastor at the University of South Carolina.
The change in leadership came about after King said he sought clarification from the Lord on his next assignment. King's time of prayer and reflection followed a serious allergic reaction to medication in November that resulted in King being on a hospital ventilator for over two weeks, followed by two months of intense therapy. He says since then, God made it clear that he is best equipped to be a teacher, coach and writer.
"I am someone God uses to either start or restart a task," King said. "I have never been the fellow to refine and manage. I tend to arrive with the heavy construction equipment, move a lot of dirt, and see if we can get something going. I am not the cabinet and trim carpenter though I admire their work."
CIU Alumni Association Leadership Council (AALC) President Shirley Moreland says she is not concerned about the transition in leadership because it is God who orders our steps.
"We can move forward confident that the Lord will provide a new Alumni Ministries director according to His timing," Moreland said.
CIU alumni will learn more about the search process for a permanent director after the AALC meets in September.


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Organizers of the Baja 1000 and KTM Racing have both released press releases concerning the death of American racer Kurt Caselli, who unfortunately died today during the Baja 1000 race.
While SCORE International's press release only mentions that Caselli died while leading the Baja 1000, KTM's press release adds information about Caselli's race bike, which appears has signs that the talented American rider encountered an animal on the race course, which likely caused his crash.
Meanwhile, FMF Racing's Donny Emler Jr. has posted to Instagram a message that refutes earlier reports that a spectator-made booby trap was involved in the incident, and describes how competitors Ricky Brabec and Ivan Ramirez came upon Caselli and sought help for the fallen rider. Both press releases are after the jump.


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With wolf hunts slated to launch in Wisconsin and Minnesota this fall, a third Great Lakes state could soon open a season on wolves as well.
Michigan House Bill 5834, introduced last week by Rep. Matt Huuki, proposes Michigan's first modern-day hunting season for gray wolves. The proposed hunt would occur in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, which is the only part of the state with a wolf population.
It is estimated that there are between 700 and 1,000 wolves in Michigan, according to a Lansing State Journal story written by Louise Knott Ahern. That is up from a low of six in 1973, when the species was put on the endangered species list. The wolves were removed from the endangered list about eight months ago.
If the bill passes, Michigan's Natural Resources Commission would set the rules for the hunt. Unlike in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the details of the hunt would be set by the state wildlife department. In the other states, many details, including some of the most debated and opposed provisions were mandated by the state legislatures.
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The multifaceted James Franco will soon add another credit to his résumé: The actor-director-artist-poet is heading to the Great White Way.
"We're going to do 'Of Mice and Men' on Broadway. I'm going to play George," the star of "Oz the Great and Powerful" revealed on "The Colbert Report."
This would be Franco's Broadway debut, though not for want of trying. The one-time Oscar host was slated to star opposite Nicole Kidman in a 2011 revival of "Sweet Bird of Youth," although the production never materialized.


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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Canadian joint venture and the government of the Dominican Republic announced an agreement Wednesday on new terms for the operation of a big gold mine, resolving an acrimonious dispute over whether the Caribbean country had gotten a fair royalty deal for its natural resources.
The new terms eliminate one of the most controversial provisions of the old contract, a requirement that the venture majority owned by Barrick Gold Corp. would not have to begin paying a net profit tax until it made a 10 percent return above the cost of its initial investment, according to the company and government officials.
The new agreement will increase the rate of payments to the Dominican Republic, helping the government address its budget deficit by providing an additional $1.5 billion over the life of the mine, Barrick spokesman Andy Lloyd said.
"We see ourselves as a long-term investor here and we see it as in our interest to support the economic stability of the country," Lloyd said.
Barrick, based in Toronto, and Goldcorp Inc. of Vancouver reopened the long-dormant Pueblo Viejo mine north of Santo Domingo last year. At nearly $4 billion, it is the largest single private investment in the country's history and the company had said it would provide about $7 billion in revenue to the government over the 25-year-life of the mine.
In recent months, the government sought to renegotiate the terms of the contract amid a budget shortfall and public anger over what many people felt was a deal that was overly generous to the joint venture. As negotiations bogged down, with the company insisting it had a legally binding contract, the government in March briefly detained a company shipment of gold and silver valued at nearly $12 million.
The proposed new contract must still be presented to the Dominican congress and receive approval from the board of directors of both Barrick and Goldcorp and lenders.


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Three of Augusta's fall sports teams will get to see some live action this week in scrimmages.
The volleyball team will play two scrimmage games. The freshman team will play at 6 p.m. Wednesday. After that, the varsity and junior varsity teams will play at 7. Coach Rich Bishop will make his official debut with the team Saturday at the Winfield tournament for the Orioles' season opener.
The football team will play a scrimmage game Friday for Black and Orange Night starting at 7 p.m. The Augusta Middle School teams' scrimmage will precede the Orioles' game at 6.
After the scrimmage, the AHS Booster Club will host its annual watermelon feed, which will be free for everyone.
The AHS football team is also beginning its Gold Card fundraiser with a Blitz Night tonight. The Orioles will be selling cards with discounts or deals to various businesses in town.
The Orioles begin their season Aug. 31 at home against Circle.
Augusta's soccer team plays its annual alumni game Saturday evening at Hillier Stadium. There also will be a team scrimmage.


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The Lie-Nielsen No. 51 in Use
A dedicated shooting plane is a luxury item, much like a European table saw with a beautiful sliding table or a full keg of beer by your bedside.
For many years, I've used my jointer plane to shoot edges and ends, and I've never wanted a fancy tool for the task. But after some arm-twisting by readers, I broke down and purchased a Lie-Nielsen No. 51 shoot board plane to give it a try.
It's a massive beast: 9 lbs. 4 oz. of iron, steel and bronze. It has some clever engineering: The plane offers a skewed cut, but it does this with a straight iron, so it's easier to grind and hone. And it is well made: The base of the plane is exactly 2-1/8" wide so it runs smoothly in a track in your shooting board.
All these factors add up to the nicest shooting experience I've ever had.
In essence, the No. 51 removes some of the skill required to shoot a board, particularly the difficult end grain. Learning to shoot is all about learning when and where to put pressure on the work and on the tool. You are pressing down, in and forward with both the tool and the work.
I wouldn't say that shooting is the hardest thing to learn (see also: finishing). But some people do struggle with it.
The weight of the No. 51 keeps it planted down. The track on the shooting board keeps it in the cut. And the skew cutter makes it easier to push. All in all, it's more like using a well-tuned miter box.
I prepared the following short video that shows the No. 51 in use and shows how I true my shooting boards using a shoulder plane.
— Christopher Schwarz
Other Shooting Resources
• Evenfall Woodworks makes a very nice adjustable shooting board, if you don't want to build your own.
• I also got a chance to try the new Super Chute from Tico Vogt during a woodworking show. Very nice!
• If you want to learn more about specialty handplanes such as the No. 51, check out the book "Handplane Essentials," available in our store with free domestic shipping.


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The study of political science prepares students for a range of careers in both the public and private sectors as well as for post-graduate study. A sample of these include: law, business, journalism, public and international affairs, federal, state and local government, research and university teaching, private and non-profit organizations, interest groups, and campaign management. Political science majors gain analytical skills, administrative competence and communication abilities that are valued in a wide spectrum of potential career areas. For a more complete listing of potential careers, see The American Political Science Association for political science majors. Our alumni serve in capacities such as U.S. Judge, C.I.A., Attorney, Professor, corporate manager, campaign director, and various other governmental positions.


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As the first feature of this exciting new world all about saving the planet and making a difference, I'd like to introduce you all to an absolutely amazing new company called Viridian ^____^
Viridian is a 3rd party energy supplier, something that is becoming a very big deal in the USA right now, thanks for deregulation of the energy market. This means that your energy provider (in my case, ComEd), will always bring your energy to you and provide services (such as turning power back on after a storm), BUT NOW YOU GET TO CHOSE WHO PROVIDES THE ENERGY YOU USE. If you don't make a choice, your supplier will decide for you on who they want to provide your electricity. While some of these companies are pretty good choices, and most are starting to offer a GREEN ALTERNATIVE alongside their main (brown) energy product, NONE OF THEM IS LIKE VIRIDIAN.
Viridian is a GREEN COMPANY, offering nothing but cleaner, greener, environmentally safe energy, while the competitors offer only an option. Viridian's Everyday Green is 20% green energy, but they also offer True Green, a 100% GREEN ENERGY OPTION. What's truly amazing about this? No one else offers pure green energy, and their prices are still lower than the competition 95% of the time, to boot!! Rather than being an energy company with a green alternative, like the competitors, Viridian is a GREEN COMPANY DEDICATED TO HELPING THE PLANET IN ANY WAY THEY CAN. That's why they are so determined to offer only green energy, and they are working on many environmental projects throughout the year.
In each market that they are in, the ask their independent associates (like myself) about what projects they can do to help clean up the neighborhood. The company founder, the CEO, all the top earners, and all the regular associates from that state get together and take on projects like cleaning up the beach fronts and other such things, greening up the landscape wherever they go! On top of all the smaller projects in each of their markets (in 8 states, currently), they have taken a much bigger initiative to impact the world: 7 CONTINENTS IN 7 YEARS.
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Thief of Bagdad
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The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 Alexander Korda movie.
- [While blind and reduced to begging]
Oh ye whom Allah gave the gift of sight,
To fill your eyes with beauty and delight,
Spare me a thought to whom your wondrous world is but a city of eternal night.
Alms for the love of Allah.
- Mortals are weak and frail. If their stomach speaks, they forget their brains. If their brain speaks, they forget their hearts. And if their hearts speak, hahahahaha, if their hearts speak, they forget everything!
- [King Ahmad goes among his people incognito and chances upon a story-teller.]
- Story-teller: It is told, though Allah is wiser or more merciful, there was in the past of the ages, a king among kings, a master of arms and of armies, of vassals and auxiliaries. And this master of time and people was an oppressor to both, and the earth was as pitch in the faces of his subjects and his slaves, and they groaned together in secret.
- Ahmad [to a listener]: What's he saying?
- Listener [suspicious]: Why...I don't know.
- Ahmad: Is it the king he's talking about?
- Listener: Don't ask questions. There are spies everywhere. You must be careful in Bagdad.
- ...
- Story-teller [continuing]: And they groaned together in secret and were slain in the marketplace. But a wise man among the sated of Bagdad comforted them with a prophecy, saying, in the fullness of years, a liberator shall come upon you. And this shall be the sign of him: He shall be the lowest of the low and you shall look for him in the clouds. And the people cry, we shall look for him in the clouds indeed, for if the great are powerless to save us from this tyrant, how can one of no account avail? And the reader of the Milky Way replied, have faith, trust in Allah, for there, one day in the blue, you shall see a boy, the lowest of the low, mounted upon a cloud. But the cloud shall be as strong as the hills beneath the snow and, from the ranges of the sky, he shall destroy this tyrant with the arrow of justice.
- Another listener: What is the name of the tyrant?
- Various others in the audience: Ahmad. Ahmad. Ahmad.
- Abu: Does the world have a roof?
- Genie: Of course! Supported by seven pillars, and the seven pillars are set on the shoulders of a genie whose strength is beyond thought, and the genie stands on an eagle, and the eagle on a bull, and the bull on a fish, and the fish swims in the sea of eternity.


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Public hearing on early migratory bird, duck zone, and furbeaer regulations
NORTON — The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting and hearing on Thursday, June 23, at the Norton Community High School Auditorium, 103 West Woodfield in Norton. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. and recess at 5 p.m., and the evening session will begin at 7 p.m.
The afternoon session will begin with time for public comments on non-agenda items, followed by a general discussion period on the following topics:
- Secretary's remarks;
- 2011 legislative update;
- agency and state fiscal status; and
- a general discussion on spring turkey seasons and public lands regulations.
The afternoon will also include a workshop session, in preparation for potential future regulatory action, covering preliminary recommendations on the following regulations:
- vehicles on the ice of department-managed waters;
- fishing regulations;
- park regulations;
- falconry regulations;
- cabin camping permit fees;
- late migratory bird seasons; and
- K.A.R. 115-16-3, nuisance bird control permit — application, provisions, and requirements.
The commission will recess at 5 p.m., then reconvene at 7 p.m. at the same location to continue workshop discussion on the following topics:
- potential changes in 2012 deer regulations; and
- aquatic nuisance species (ANS) and bait regulations.
This workshop session will be followed by a public hearing on the following regulations:
- early migratory bird seasons;
- duck zone regulations, 2011 through 2015;
- KAR 115-1-1, definitions — to clarify definition of furbearer water sets;
- KAR 115-5-1, furbearers and coyotes — legal equipment, taking methods, and general provisions;
- KAR 115-5-2, furbearers and coyotes — possession, disposal, and general provisions;
- KAR 115-25-11, furbearers — open seasons and bag limits; and
- KAR 115-25-9a, deer — open season, bag limit, permits, and additional considerations.
Time will be set aside in both the afternoon and evening sessions for public comment on topics that are not on the agenda. If necessary, the commission will recess on June 23 and reconvene at the same location at 9 a.m., June 24, to complete unfinished business.
Live video and audio streaming of this meeting will be broadcast through the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us.
If notified in advance, the department will have an interpreter available for the hearing impaired. To request an interpreter, call the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 1-800-432-0698. Any individual with a disability may request other accommodations by contacting the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission secretary at 620-672-5911.
The next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 592 NE K-156 Highway near Great Bend.


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When doctors run out of clues on how to treat a cancer patient, they sometimes order a scan of all the patient's genes. But such a test can turn up unexpected results, such as greater risk of another disease. When are doctors obligated to tell the patient what they know? And do patients have the right not to know?


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Franklin Pierce falls in Elite Eight matchupStaff report
March 28. 2013 7:08PM
Franklin Pierce University won the NCAA regional title and captured 24 wins, the second-most in program history, before the season came to end against Metro State, 78-65, in the 2013 NCAA Division II Elite Eight at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday afternoon.
The Ravens trailed throughout the second half and climbed back to take the lead on Ryen Vilmont's 3-pointer with 5:08 remaining, but Metro State, of Denver, began pulling away with consecutive layups from Nicholas Kay (19 points).
Franklin Pierce played the final few minutes of the first half without junior forward Ellis Cooper, who sat down with a knee injury, and senior guard Eric Jean-Guillaume (ankle). Following Cooper's injury, Franklin Pierce struggled to score until Ant Lessane hit a baseline jumper, trimming Metro State's lead to 31-30. The Roadrunners (31-2) took a 35-30 lead into halftime. Cooper and Jean-Guillaume returned in the second half and sparked a late-game surge by the Ravens (24-9).
Curtis Christian scored a career-high 16 points, knocking down four 3-pointers, to lead the FPU offense. Cooper scored 12 points with eight rebounds, while Vilmont added 11 points and nine boards. Metro State, champions of the South Central Region, finished the game on a 10-0 run.
"I was happy with how hard we played. I didn't feel like we finished as well as we normally do around the basket," FPU coach David Chadbourne said. "Overall, I'm very happy with my kids and proud of them, not just for tonight but for the whole season."
Two-time Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year Eric Jean-Guillaume, playing in his final college game, had nine points and five assists. Franklin Pierce will lose the services of a pair of seniors in Jean-Guillaume and Josh Jones of Salem High. Jean-Guillaume leaves the program ranked seventh all-time in scoring at 1,595 points and ranked third in steals at 241.


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During the weekend of Feb. 22-23, King Men's Volleyball will host a Cancer Awareness Weekend. During the weekend's matches, King Men's Volleyball will be collecting donations which will be given to the Niswonger Children's Hospital. The donations will be made in honor of Lina Ili, mother of current Men's Volleyball player, Pele Ili. Lina has been diagnosed with cancer; we would like to honor her during this weekend of awareness.
The first 30 people to make donations of $10 or more will receive a pink King Men's Volleyball T-shirt.
Schedule of Events:
Friday, Feb. 22 King VS Emmanuel 7PM SCC
Saturday, Feb. 23 King VS Erskine 12PM Kline
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Though you probably already know, let's review why you should come to Tuesday's (free!) RedEye Rock 'n' Vote show 7:30 p.m. at House of Blues (17+):
--You chose these four local artists (UIC/Little Italy pop-rockers The Addies; South Shore rapper DVS Jackson, Esq.; Bucktown folk/country singer Michele McGuire; North Center funk/hip-hop ensemble whysowhite) from our Rock 'n' Vote Top 10, which we narrowed down from more than 150 submissions. So this show is happening this way because of you!
--Your text votes at the show help determine the champ, who wins at slot July 14 at Taste of Chicago.
--Chicago favorites and Lollapalooza alums Maps & Atlases headline the event
--Worth repeating: It's free!
RSVP for the show (required for attendance) and read on to get to know this year's acts better. See you there!
What makes your performances special? What has been your most memorable experience on stage and why?
The Addies: Our fans make our shows what they are. The more energy they have, the more we have and vice versa. Our guitarist jumped off stage during a solo, the crowd loved it, but none of us knew it was coming.
Michele McGuire: We try to have as much fun as we can with the crowd. (I often auction off members of the band for a date with the highest bidder. ) Last year in Dubuque the cops broke into the venue during our set and carried the owner out in handcuffs for being too drunk. This is a true story.
What should people absolutely not do at your concert?
DVS Jackson, Esq.: If I'm on stage performing, you shouldn't bring your girlfriend with you. Women love the clowns (so I've heard).
whysowhite: Resist.
How will you celebrate if you win Rock 'n' Vote?
DVS Jackson, Esq.: Well, I generally like to save my bathing opportunities for special occasions. I think this would qualify.
Michele McGuire: Start a conga line out of the House of Blues and lead everyone to Burke's Webb Pub for celebratory drinks.
Describe your sound in the form of a haiku.
The Addies: Rowdy we may be/Listen with a glass, whiskey/Tap toes to the beat.
DVS Jackson, Esq.: Witness the Fat man/Who gets his pay in Cheetos/Alas, no one claps...
Michele McGuire: We encourage drinks/We play our little hearts out/But we stay tasteful.
whysowhite: We like to get down/And we trust that you do too/chicago.funk.love.
How do you think you represent Chicago music?
The Addies: We try our best to portray the Chicago scene through our sound. We're dirty, bluesy, loud, and that's exactly what we set out to be.
DVS Jackson, Esq.: Rather poorly, actually... but I've been told I score well in the 38-50 former D&D; role player demographic.
Michele McGuire: We have fun and don't take ourselves too seriously. Also, Steve really likes to HOT DOG it on the drums.
whysowhite: Chicago has such a positive, self-sufficient music scene--everyone is cooperative and supportive of each other in the name of Art. We feel like it's important to share that energy with the rest of the Universe and our music is a manifestation of that message.
To what do you attribute the band's success so far?
The Addies: The sex appeal of our dapper drummer Kaleb Hite. Oh, and of course the fans.
DVS Jackson, Esq.: Cheese. I think many of us underestimate the importance of cheese in the success of many ventures, musical and otherwise.
What does your band do before every show? What's something you never do?
Michele McGuire: Find out if we have a band tab at the bar. Then we head to the green room where we attempt, and often fail, to be best friends with the other bands. Annoy the sound guy. We try to make things nice and easy.
whysowhite: We make sure to align ourselves on a positive frequency so that we can bring positivity with every note we play. We never start a show from a negative place, no matter what is going on in the outside world.
If you could open for anyone, who would it be and why? Who would you refuse to perform with, and why?
The Addies: The Black Keys. They're awesome. Nickelback, because they're too busy getting "to the bottom of every bottle."
DVS Jackson, Esq.: My dream gig would be opening for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Who would I refuse to open for? Maps and Atlases... wait ...who's headlining this thing again?
Michele McGuire: Wilco- so we can keep it local and have a kick ass Chicago show. Phish-Out of fear that their fans would think our opening set was way too short. (But we sure would party with those guys.)
whysowhite: The Roots--they are the best live band in the world and are capable of taking any party to the next level--and that's the key. We will play any gig, ya heard me?
"Star Trek Into Darkness" opens May 15. What would most excite and scare you while traveling through space?
The Addies: Well, our guitarist doesn't think we've ever been to the moon (crazy right?), but I think we'd be most excited for the space food (dehydrated ice cream!). Definitely most scared of the jet-lag from visiting Neptune (orbits the sun every 163 years...)
Michele McGuire: It would be exciting to see interesting things…it would be scary to crash into said things.
If you were a summer movie hero tasked with saving the planet, what would you do to defeat the villain?
The Addies: Challenge him to a battle of puns for the fate of the world. The Addies are very ADDIEment about quick wit.
DVS Jackson, Esq.: I would force the villain to listen to mainstream radio for a weekend. By the end, he'd be so slack-jawed and malleable he'd be harmless.
Michele McGuire: It being summer, I'd probably just want to relax. Let the villain do his thang.
whysowhite: Have some tea and hug it out. Hopefully he opens up and we could reconcile our differences.
Watch Matt on "You & Me This Morning," Friday at 6:55 a.m. on WCIU, the U
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Type inference
From HaskellWiki
Type inference is a feature of the type system which means that concrete types are deduced by the type system whereever it is obvious.If you add an integer variable
to a numeric literal
, then the type system concludes that
, which in principle can represent 2 for every number type, must also be an integer, since
supports only addition of numbers of the same type.
(This restriction is a good thing, as we explain for the idea of a Generic number type.)
Another example: There are the following standard functions:
For the expression
map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] Char.ord :: (Char -> Int)
the type checker finds out that the type variable
map ord
must be bound to the type
must be bound to
and thus it concludes
map ord :: [Char] -> [Int]
You can play with the type inference mechanism in Hugs and GHCi. See Determining the type of an expression.
See also
The type inference mechanism is very similar to unification in PROLOG.
- Haskell-Cafe: Learn Prolog ...


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PACT – RMOA and hazard assessment activities
PACT – RMOA and hazard assessment activities
The Public Activities Coordination Tool (PACT) lists the substances for which a risk management option analysis (RMOA) or an informal hazard assessment for PBT/vPvB (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic/very persistent and very bioaccumulative) properties or endocrine disruptor properties is either under development or has been completed since the implementation of the SVHC Roadmap commenced in February 2013.
Please read the information on status and purpose of PACT to learn more concerning this matter.
- The PACT will be updated monthly to show the new substances being selected by authorities for RMOA or hazard assessment and to inform about the outcome of these preparatory steps and on the suggested follow-up.
- Only substances undergoing PBT/vPvB or endocrine disruptor assessment in the REACH context are listed in the PACT. PBT/vPvB or endocrine disruptor assessments carried out under other legislations are not included in the PACT. If a substance is undergoing hazard assessment under the substance evaluation process and discussed in the PBT or endocrine disruptor expert groups,, this is shown in the 'Follow up' column of the PACT table with the text 'Substance evaluation under development'.
- Documents available under the details button: the RMOA conclusion document or the hazard assessment outcome document (once finalised). In addition, the full RMOA document is available if the authority wishes to make this document public. A glossary with further explanation on the technical details of the PACT table, the column headings and the terms used is also provided.
Disclaimer: The information and views set out in the PACT table and in the RMOA and hazard assessment outcome documents are those of the evaluating authority and do not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the other Member States or ECHA. Neither ECHA nor the evaluating authority nor any person acting on either of their behalves may be held liable for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. Statements made or information contained in the documents are without prejudice to any formal regulatory activities that ECHA or the Member States may initiate at a later stage. RMOAs, hazard assessments and their outcomes are compiled on the basis of information available by the date of the publication of the document.
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by Jacob Edson
An intensive study in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan titled "Role of predators, winter weather and habitat on white-tailed deer fawn survival" has revealed that for the third straight year, coyotes killed more adult deer and more fawns than wolves, bobcats or bears.
Conducted just north of the Wisconsin-Michigan border and lead by the Carnivore Ecology Laboratory at Mississippi State University, the study uses radio collars on fawns and adult deer to log their movements, choice of habitats and causes of mortality.
GPS collars are also used to track the area's top predators, including coyotes, bobcats, bears and wolves in the study area.
For the third straight year, coyotes killed more adult deer and more fawns than wolves, bobcats or bears. Three years of records show coyotes have preyed on seven adult deer in the study, wolves on three and bear and bobcat one each. Coyotes have also killed 22 fawns. Bobcats took 12 fawns. Bears and wolves each killed four. (Researchers also documented one fawn killed by a bald eagle.)
The study isn't complete, but the trend is increasing awareness that coyotes might be a more significant predator than any other species besides us.


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Strategic Framework
The Ringling is the State Art Museum of Florida and is administered by Florida State University. It features an historic mansion, art museum, circus museum, historic theater, and reference library, situated on 66 acres of bay front property in Sarasota.
The Ringling serves as the legacy of John and Mable Ringling - a place of art, architecture, and circus in an environment that inspires, educates, entertains.
As one of the most extraordinary museums in the world with its unique combination of diverse culture, and fine and performing arts, The Ringling will be a leading museum/university complex with an international reach.
Values we believe in:
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Relevance
Values that define us:
- Accountability
- Inclusivity
- Integrity
Strategic Goals
- Be a center of excellence in collections, research, and education.
- Ensure operational excellence while maintaining fiscal integrity and generating capacity.
- Leverage technology to accomplish present and future goals.
- Be a forum for creative ideas and a center for practice and presentation of art and culture.
- Be a visitor-centered museum that provides outstanding experiences for our guests.
- Build The Ringling's reputation locally, nationally and internationally in concert with FSU


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Mumford & Sons Is Going on Hiatus
The guys are tired.
The bearded Grammy winners need some time off to sit out on the porch, loosen their suspenders, and drink a little moonshine out of a mason jar (or whatever these guys actually like to do). "There won't be any Mumford & Sons activities for the foreseeable future," keyboardist Ben Lovett told Rolling Stone. Fans and haters want to know: How long is this foreseeable future? "We have no idea. We just know we're going to take a considerable amount of time off and just go back to hanging out and having no commitments or pressure or anything like that," said Lovett. "We're just going to rest up." We hope they'll use the break to reach even greater heights of self-awareness.


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Q Does dexamethasone reduce the incidence of children with mild croup who return for medical care more than placebo?
randomised placebo controlled trial.
unclear allocation concealment.
blinded (patients and data analysts).
Follow up period:
7 days after treatment.
4 paediatric emergency departments (EDs) in Canada.
720 children (mean age 35 mo, 61% boys) with mild croup (onset of a seal like, barking cough in the previous 72 h and ⩽2 out of 17 points on a validated croup scoring system). Exclusion criteria included other respiratory disorders, severe systemic disease, immune dysfunction, corticosteroids within the previous 2 weeks, epinephrine for respiratory distress, and previous ED visit for this croup episode.
single oral dose of dexamethasone suspension (12.5 ml DM phosphate injection plus 50 ml of cherry flavoured syrup, 0.6 mg/kg of body weight (maximum 20 mg) (n = 359) or placebo (10 ml of distilled water plus 50 ml of cherry flavoured syrup) (n = 361).
return to a healthcare provider for croup within 7 days after treatment (parent interview; and review of chart and database, if possible); ongoing croup symptoms (parent interviews using the validated telephone outpatient score [TOS]), hours of sleep lost by the child on days 1, 2, and 3; and costs.
Patient follow up:
98% (intention to treat analysis).
Fewer children who received dexamethasone returned for medical care than did those who received placebo (table⇓). On day 1, a smaller proportion of children in the dexamethasone group had severe croup (ie, higher TOS) (adjusted odds ratio 3.4, 95% CI 1.6 to 7.4), but by day 3, the groups did not differ, and symptoms had resolved in >75% of children. Children who received dexamethasone lost less sleep than those who received placebo (2.9 v 4.2 h, p<0.001). The cost of dexamethasone was lower than placebo for the payer (provincial government; CN$18 v $25, p<0.001), non-payer (family; CN$54 v $68, p<0.001), and society (CN$72 v $93 per case of croup; average savings/case CN$21, p = 0.01).
Dexamethasone reduced the incidence of returning to medical care and sleep loss in children with mild croup. Fewer children in the dexamethasone group than the placebo group reported more severe symptoms on day 1, but this difference disappeared by day 3. Patients in the dexamethasone group had lower payer, family, and societal costs than those in the placebo group.
Croup is a common cause of upper respiratory obstruction in children, and although it is self limiting, it places a large burden on the healthcare system.1 Since the late 1980s, clear benefit of intramuscular dexamethasone for children admitted to hospital with croup has been established.2 The study by Bjornson et al adds to the current body of research on oral dexamethasone for children with mild croup, who are treated on an outpatient basis.3 This study has many strengths including use of a multicentre randomised trial design; a reliable and valid croup symptom scale; a wide range of outcomes (including social factors and a cost analysis); monitoring for adverse events; an appropriate sample size to achieve 80% power; intention to treat analysis; and almost complete follow up. Data about whether the parent informants were the primary caregivers would have provided readers with information about possible informant effects on such outcomes as the number of hours of lost sleep and stress on the parent as the main caregiver.
The major study finding of reduced return visits for medical care, while modest in effect, is important from both parental and healthcare perspectives. In addition, reduced return visits likely led to decreased stress for children with croup. The findings are consistent with a recent systematic review by the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group.3 Given the improved patient and parental outcomes, low complication rate, reduced costs, and consistency of the findings with a recent systematic review, the findings support a change in practice. Nurses and nurse practitioners should work collaboratively with physicians to develop best practice primary care guidelines for children with mild croup and teach parents about the importance of dexamethasone as a single dose treatment for mild croup.
For correspondence: Dr D W Johnson, Child Health Research Group, Alberta's Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. david.johnsoncalgaryhealthregion.ca
Sources of funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation.
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Each sponsor is highlighted on our site and provided with a Community Partner Page on County 10 as a place for anyone to learn more about them. Please join us in showing your support for the organizations that help make County 10 possible.
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County 10 reaches more than 10,000 people each day using numerous devices and mediums from mobile phones and desktop computers to email and Facebook. County 10 receives no public grant funding or subscription revenue. Providing real-time news requires real resources. These resources include the dollars needed to employ local reporting and software development talent and invest in technology that provides County 10 with this innovative platform.


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Student Funding Opportunities
The Department of Geology and Geophysics recognizes that it is becoming more difficult to obtain full financial support for graduate students. However, there are a number of competitive funding opportunities available within UAF and from other agencies that can help offset the costs. We encourage students to apply for additional sources of funding through scholarships, fellowships, and grants. While some opportunities can be extremely competitive, others may actually be undersubscribed with applicants and have a relatively high success rate. It is your responsibility to know the deadlines, apply for these competitive grants, and to seek and apply to other grant opportunities that are not as well advertised. Ask your advisor or other committee members for advice and assistance with applications as needed.
Some of the opportunities below offer small amounts of support for research or field work. Others offer 1 semester or more of stipend, tuition, and fee payment. The most competitive, such as the NSF Graduate Fellowship, can offer 3 or more years of full support including a small amount of funds for travel and research. Talk to your advisor and/or committee members and seek out examples of successful applications.Please see the listing below, grouped approximately by the level of support offered.
UAF Scholarships and Fellowships
A selection of smaller scholarships and grants
UAF Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research Student Grant Competition
UA Foundation Scholarship Information
Fellowships offering substantial support
UAF CASE Program GK-12 Fellowships
UAF Graduate School Thesis Completion Fellowship
Travel grants
Geophysical Institute Student Funding
Funding Opportunities | Graduate School
External Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships
Fellowships offering substantial support
National Physical Science Consortium
NASA NSPIRES Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
NSF - Multiple Opportunities and Announcements
American Geoscience Institiute -- Harriet Wallace Scholarship
A selection of smaller scholarships and grants
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
ASPRS Imaging and Geospatial Information Society Student Grants
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grants
School Soup Scholarship Database
Udahll Foundation Scholarship (specifically for Native Alaskans)
Otto William Geist Fund
The Otto William Geist Fund was established by Otto Geist in 1963 to support scholarships or fellowship grants for undergraduate and graduate students in paleontology and archaeology or other fields if strongly tied into these disciplines. Submission deadlines are typically during the spring semester and award amounts range from $1,000 to $4,000.
Contact Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller, Geist Fund Chair (firstname.lastname@example.com) or visit the link below for full details:
Otto William Geist Fund Scholarship Information
Internship Opportunities
ADGGS - UAF Internships: Contact Department Chair for more information
SERC Carleton College list of internship opportunities
September 2013
Alaska Association for Environmental Professionals Flyer and Application November 1 deadline
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program Flyer January 5, 2014 deadline
October 2013
National Association for Abandoned Mine Programs Flyer May 30 deadline
December 2013
National Research Council Flyer February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 deadlines
Alaska Geological Society Flyer February 1 deadline
Richter Scholarship (AGS) Flyer February 1 deadline
January 2014
National Science Foundation website Research Experience for Undergrads
Geophysical Society of Alaska Scholarships, January 31 deadline
IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program (seimology & geophysics) website, deadline February 1
Research Experiences in Solid Earth Science for Students (RESESS) Internship
Program website, deadline February 1
Research Internship in Climate and Weather summer internship website, deadline February 1
AGI Workforce Program, NASA-funded summer program, February 3 deadline
American Institute of Professional Geologists Scholarship Program, February 15 deadline
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) summer research website, deadline February 24
Society of Exploration Geophysicists Scholarships, March 1 deadline
Alaska Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship website, deadline April 1
Alaska Space Grant Summer Internship website, deadline February through March
March 2014
British Petroleum scholarship flyer deadline April 1
April 2014
Mikami Scholarship for undergrads flyer deadline May 9


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500 Tables: Inspiring Interpretations of Function and Style
Here's a great gift idea for woodworkers who design their own work.
These 500 tables are more than just practical places to set a coffee cup or notepad; they're inspired works of art. Esteemed juror Andrew Glasgow has selected a wide array of styles and forms, from pieces that showcase masterful woodwork to ones that feature alternative materials and aesthetic sensibilities.
The striking examples include Gord Peterans end table fashioned from swirling red electrical wire, Boris Ballys small square transit table made of recycled aluminum traffic signs, and Stephen Whittlesey's "Eddy," which uses driftwood, salvaged oak, and chestnut.
More than 300 artists are featured, and every work offers readers stunning craftsmanship, constant surprise, and beauty.


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Select retailers today have confirmed that not one, but three adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 colorways are set to drop next week on November 23.
All are priced at $220 and will appear in Black/Copper, Black/Green and Black/Red colorways.
Shops like DTLR have already confirmed the adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 release next week, and showing all three pairs will be available for purchase. The amount of pairs has not been detailed, but you can anticipate the numbers to be limited. However, though, considering there are three colorways, this will likely be the best chance most have ever had at copping a pair. Stay tuned for more details and retailers carrying the trio.
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Imaginary warriors, starry skies, tattooed faces, surreal creatures, dense spaces full of details inspired by Africa: a black and white dream journey through the pages of a notebook, dedicated to Bob Marley and Love.
Fedefeelinirie is the first selected in the myDetour 5x5 stop in Rome, the last one in this creative relay. Her notebook, together with all the others selected by the jury in the 5 stops, will be on display at Dak'ART, the Biennale for African Art.
All participating notebooks are donated to the non profit Foundation lettera27, supporting the right to literacy and the access to knowledge in developing countries.
Selected notebooks from Rome can be flicked through on the online myDetour gallery (Content in Italian language).


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I read: Plates, spoons and knifes that have been in contact with pork must be washed 7 times with water and 1 time with sand. Is that right or not?Witch hadith this rule is based on? Is it not sufficient to wash the plates one time with soup?
Praise be to Allaah.
Pork is haraam and it is not permissible to eat it, whether it is the meat, fat or any other part, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maitah (the dead animals — cattle — beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine[al-Maa'idah 5:3]
The Muslims are agreed that all parts of the pig are haraam. Allaah has forbidden it because of the harmful things it contains and because it is impure, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say (O Muhammad): 'I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maitah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork); for that surely, is impure…"[al-An'aam 6:145]
Its meat is a disease, and the more people advance in knowledge, the more new diseases they discover, because of pork consumption.
Muslims should keep away from places where this filthy meat is eaten so that they will not eat anything of it without realizing.
With regard to washing plates, it is sufficient to wash them well with whatever will get rid of the filth of this meat.
Because the correct view is that the impurity caused
by pork is like any other impurity; there is no need to wash it seven
times, one of which should be with earth.
See al-Sharh al-Mumti' by Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 1/356. And Allaah knows best.


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I like this part: "If you are not a good photographer with a good camera, you will not be a good photographer with a smartphone, Park said. If you are not a good photographer with a smartphone, you will not be a good photographer with an expensive camera."Open discussion on what constitutes a 'good photographer'!Mike.
Open discussion on what constitutes a 'good photographer'!
Time magazine has been at the forefront of new media.
Of course, the reason Time decided to join the "new media" was that it found itself at the rearback of the old media and was about to go under.
I can imagine, for example, that soon a wedding photographer's shooting will be the core images with the photographer then serving as an image editor, culling shots from guests' cell phones and incorporating all into digital streams and products. I'm sure some wedding photographers are doing something on this track now.
We're seeing just the first wave of the cell phone revolution.
Did you mean the posed pro results were awful, or that the "creative" shots by guests were awful? I've seen some pretty wretched "candid" results from pros also.
Pro results were awful. She posed the wedding party in this almost barren landscape, broke it up into smallish groups placed here and there in the frame had had them give some attitude. Yuck, at least she didn't HDR the results. Take your aesthetic cues from social media and you're in a race to the bottom, if you ask me.
The only images that are kept over the years are those of the bride and groom in traditional poses.
"Amateurs speak in terms of art. Artists speak in terms of money."attrib. Oscar Wilde
I'll predict that in a hundred years (at 83 that doesn't sound like all that many) a majority of the painters and photographers who, at the moment, are drawing down millions for their atrocities and ho-hums will essentially be unknown. The art that survives will be art that people can look at and understand without a course in art history.Oh, I fear that the dreck you speak of will most definitely be entrenched well into the future. Al least the one's that fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars and upwards. Art is very Much an investment Biz. Art today is all about the anointing and keeping the anointed at value. The general public has no clue about todays art scene. Good, bad or indifferent.Peter
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Pro-lifers, 'Exorcist' author blast Obamacare for abortion agenda's 'total devaluation of human life'
A top executive for America's leading pro-life organization, the American Life League, says the Obama administration is "doing the work of Satan" through its abortion and abortifacient mandates.
The conclusion comes from Jim Sedlak, vice president of the pro-life group that faithfully follows Catholic teaching and opposes not only abortion but other death-related agendas such as euthanasia.
Sedlak's comments came only a day after the Washington Post quoted "Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty calling a graphic abortion procedure "demonic."
At virtually the same time, Obama's Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was waffling in testimony before Congress on whether health care insurance policies would be available under Obamacare that allow religious believers to opt out of funding abortion.
"We have always described the work of Planned Parenthood as Satanic," Sedlak told WND on the issue of abortion and Blatty's reference.
"If you look around the country, if Satan were to establish an organization today, what organization would be most like that one," he said. "The answer is Planned Parenthood, which does the work of Satan with its attacks on our young people … with sexual sin."
It also promotes the "total devaluation of human life," he said.
"We frequently refer to those that are radical pro-abortion as doing the work of Satan," he said.
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"In this regard, certainly the [Obama] administration is doing the work of Satan."
Blatty's comment came during a conversation about his petition to the pope to instruct Georgetown University to follow the teachings of its founder, the Roman Catholic church, or lose it's Catholic identity.
According to the Washington Post, Blatty said the last straw for him regarding Georgetown was its invitation to Sebelius, who was radically pro-abortion even when she was the governor of Kansas, to speak at commencement.
"Sebelius has a record of supporting abortion rights, and abortion is the issue that really sets Blatty's nerves on fire," the newspaper said. "He describes, his voice trembling, a particular abortion procedure in graphic detail. He pauses. His voice is nearly a whisper. 'That's demonic.'"
A counsel to Blatty explained to WND that the graphic abortion procedure was partial birth abortion, often done by Sebelius' friends in the abortion industry. In the process, the live baby's body is delivered, but before the head emerges, the skull is crushed and the brains vacuumed out.
Sebelius, in testimony before Congress on the catastrophic failure of the Healthcare.gov website, responded to questions about the mandate that consumers pay for abortions as part of their health care.
There also is a requirement for abortifacients, a topic that already has been the subject of dozens of lawsuits against the Obama administration. In large numbers of cases, judges have ruled that requirements by the Obama administration that company owners violate their religious faith and pay for abortifacients cannot be enforced before a final judicial determination on the constitutionality of the demand.
Sebelius was asked during the congressional hearing Wednesday whether offers for insurance to consumers would be "clearly identified and so people can understand if they're going to buy a policy that has abortion coverage or not because right now you cannot make that determination."
Sebelius said, "I will check and make sure that that is clearly identifiable."
But Sedlak said the Obamacare system was set up so that people must sign up and agree to purchase insurance before they are told whether abortion funding is included in the premiums they pay.
He pointed out there is no question about abortion funding. He said in a court case in Pennsylvania, Department of Justice attorneys said if Catholic Charities objected to paying for contraceptives or sterilizations, the insurance company would have to provide those services and seek reimbursement from the government.
That, he said, puts taxpayers on the hook for abortion funding.
"We get phone calls in the office increasingly from people asking how do I know if my insurance policy funds abortions. I don't want to sign up for any police like that," he said.
"Right now there's no way to tell," Sedlak said.
He said, however, it aligns with Obama's long-term, radical dedication to abortion.
"He voted against, while he was a state senator, bills to help babies born alive," Sedlak noted. "He's radically pro-abortion."
Another pro-life organization, Operation Rescue, also raised concerns about Sebelius' claims not to know about abortion payments.
"We know Sebelius to be a radical abortion activist who, as Kansas governor, invested the better part of her two terms covering up criminal abortions and blocking legislation that would have supplied oversight to abortionists who were running amok over the health and safety of women," wrote Operation Rescue's Cheryl Sullenger.
"As governor, Sebelius covered up for filthy and unsafe abortion clinic conditions when she vetoed common sense clinic safety laws in 2003 and 2005. In her 2003 veto statement, Sebelius proudly declared that Kansas abortion clinics met the 'highest standards for medical care in the country.' Meanwhile, abortion clinics in Kansas City and Wichita were operating in blood-smeared facilities infested with roaches and other vermin while George Tiller's late-term abortion clinic in Wichita was sending one woman after another to the emergency room – and one to the morgue."
Operation Rescue has documented Sebelius holding a "secret soiree" for late-term abortionist Tiller in the governor's mansion while Tiller was under criminal investigation by the attorney general's office.
Later, she "appeared at a birthday party thrown in her honor by Planned Parenthood where jubilant abortion supporters danced the conga line in celebration of Sebelius' policies that aided their cause," Operation Rescue reported.
"We know the truth, even if Sebelius won't admit to it. Obamacare has carefully obscured numerous ways to fund abortion through premiums in some cases and through a surcharge in others. That surreptitious funding represents billions of dollars of taxpayer funded bailout money to an abortion industry that has been imploding in recent years. Just this year alone 46 abortion clinics have closed and abortion numbers continue to fall."
Lila Rose of the activist Live Action organization also spoke to WND on the issue.
Live Action is known for its undercover video stings of abortion facilities, which have been caught violating laws regarding covering up and facilitating the sexual exploitation of minors, providing medical misinformation, using manipulative coercion and facilitating race- and sex-based abortion.
Rose told WND that Obamacare was written for the benefit of the abortion industry.
"The architects of Obamacare have a clear, extreme pro-abortion goal, including abortion coverage in many different ways. Some are public … Others, I fear, we will discover as the massive government takeover of health care continues," she said.
Already required are payments for abortifacients, she said. Another funding mechanism for abortionists will be the relationships with the "community health partners," a position for which Planned Parenthood already is lined up, she said.
Obama's plans "represent the greatest expansion of the abortion industry since Roe v. Wade," she said. "There's a whole world out there of other avenues where people can people can receive money."
She commended Blatty's comment.
"If you believe that evil exists in the world … what could be more evil than the dismemberment of an unborn child, a child when they're the most vulnerable and defenseless," she told WND.
She said for American culture to be "free from this evil," the nation needs to confront it.
"Voices like Blatty's are refreshing, calling out evil for what it is."


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Can Graves Ophthalmopathy be treated with radiation?
I have Graves' disease with bulging eyes. I have been taking steroids with some success initially but my eye problem appears to be worse. I am also suffering from the side effects of steroids. I heard that this type of eye problem could be treated with radiation. Can you provide me more information?
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Thank you for your interest and question.
Bulging eyes associated with Graves' disease (Graves' ophthalmopathy) is characterized by swelling (edema) and inflammation of the eye (extraocular muscles) and an increase in orbital connective tissue and fat. The edema is secondary to the increased water pressure due to protein secreted by fibroblasts. The inflammation is due to infiltration of the extraocular muscles and orbital connective tissue by lymphocytes and macrophages. The increase in the volume of tissue behind the eyes (retrobulbar) is responsible for most of the clinical manifestations of ophthalmopathy. Clinically evident ophthalmopathy occurs in about 50% of patients. Of them, 75% of eye signs appear within a year before or after the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism (Arch Intern Med 1988 Apr; 148(4): 788-94). Mild-to-moderate ophthalmopathy often improves spontaneously, and only simple measures are needed. For patients with severe ophthalmopathy, in particular impaired vision, high doses of steroids have been used with improvement seen in about two thirds of patients (Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997 Oct; 11(3): 521-36).
The value of orbital irradiation has been established in clinical studies (Thyroid 1995 Jun; 5(3): 231-4), but it is still not widely accepted as the initial treatment of choice for patients with severe ophthalmopathy. Radiation helps ophthalmopathy by killing T lymphocytes to reduce inflammation behind the eyes. It is most often used in patients in whom steroids are contraindicated, poorly tolerated, or cannot be discontinued because of exacerbation of ophthalmopathy. Whether combined radiation and steroid therapy is more effective than either alone is controversial (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1983 Jun; 56(6): 1139-44).
Orbital irradiation is most effective in reducing the inflammatory manifestations of ophthalmopathy, with little or no change in bulging eyes and muscle function. The usual dose is 20 Gy, administered in 10 doses of 2 Gy over two weeks. Orbital irradiation is contraindicated in diabetic patients, because of the risk of added retinal damage.
You should discuss your problems with your endocrinologist and perhaps get a consultation from a radiation oncologist.


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Obama finally has a strategy for dealing with ISIS. When I compare this strategy to that pursued by Bush, I see several concerning issues:
The left, the establishment right, and the mainstream media all claim that the Tea Party wants to force a default on the debt. The actual facts show a very different story - one that puts the blame squarely upon the establishment right.
Yesterday, the house voted on an amendment proposed by Justin Amash to uphold the 4th Amendment by stopping the NSA's unfettered spying on American citizens.
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A federal judge has now ruled that anyone can buy the morning after pill regardless of age (well technically, he said any woman, but I find it hard to believe that men would be denied the right to buy what he has now deemed over-the-counter medication). This truly defies all logic.
Benghazi at least received some reporting. Cypress is nearly as an important of an event and so far it is receiving hardly any press (Kudos to the Blaze and Drudge for having it as a high priority story, and amazingly the NYT and CBS for having it as a minor story; it is not even on the front pages of Fox, NBC, or ABC)
As an update on my previous post, on Monday (3/11) Jay Carney had the following exchange during his press briefing:
Q When does the President plan to propose his own budget? And how does he see that fitting in with the budgets that are being proposed by the Senate and the House?
To watch the news, you'd think the economy is running on all cylinders. Dow at an all-time high, unemployment rate is down, tax revenues are up, housing has been recovering, etc.
But when you put these figures in the overall context, the picture changes substantially. The Fed is still pumping in $85 B per month into the economy. The government is still running a $1 T deficit each year. Official unemployment is still quite high at 7.7% and it is only that low due to the fact that tens of millions have left the labor force.
As we all know, the Senate has failed to pass a budget in roughly four years. But this year, it seems to be getting worse. The President is also failing to offer his plan. He is required by law to submit a budget by the first Monday in February. It is now a month late.
I just received a notice today from my health insurance provider that starting May 1, my premiums will go up, yet again... In December, I paid $445.70 a month for family coverage. This increased to $556.37 in January and will go up to $623.78 in May - a total of a 40% increase in less than 6 months.
Letters assured me that both increases were due to market conditions and no changes to personal health situations. I have compared my plan to others offered online and the rates are comparable to what the marketplace seems to be offering.


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I'm very proud of our president for taking the steps to permanently change the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of the military. I thought he was bold during the campaign to say that he would and have believed all along that he was going to do it. Many in the LGBT community have been impatient with his lack of movement on it…until recently. I figured he was trying not to have a repeat of President Clinton's first year, where the gays in the military issue completely distracted everyone, the media, the public and the legislators. Those type of social issues get people riled up and with our dysfunctional, sensational media, I'm sure it would have been even worse this time around. Our media likes to obsess about these type of social issues, it sells magazines and increases ratings, so I think it was a tactical move to focus on the economy and health care. It's terrible that some have had to suffer over the last year because of the delay, but when you look at the long term prospects, he is doing it right. Admiral Mullen's testimony a couple of weeks ago sent a very strong message to the world that it will change. From a TPM story….
"The fact that the military's senior leadership (both in and out of uniform) sees no significant threat to unit cohesion and combat effectiveness from permitting openly gay men and women to serve will make it all but impossible for Congress to articulate a rational basis for excluding them," they wrote.
Mullen's testimony, alongside that of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, was unequivocal.
"No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens," Mullen said. "For me, personally, it comes down to integrity, theirs as individuals and ours as an institution."
Things are moving pretty quickly since Admiral Mullen and Secretary Gates spoke out.
On the Senate Armed Forces Committee, for example, Sens. Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham and George LeMieux have all said they are open to repealing DADT if the military study concludes they should.
Sen. John McCain, the ranking member of the committee, also says he will define his stance by the results of the review. It's a bit of a backtrack from previous statements, in which he said he'd only support a repeal if military leadership does too. McCain contends that because Mullen spoke on his own personal behalf, it's not enough for McCain to rescind his support of DADT.
But it seems unlikely that Mullen and Gates would have put themselves on the line for a repeal if they expected the review to show that DADT should remain.
Now I hope those bloggers who have attacked the president so relentlessly over the last year about this issue, will come back to reality and give this administration some credit for delivering the change he promised. I don't necessarily think that will happen, but I'm hopeful.


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Big 12 Morning Five: 10.12.11 EditionPosted by dnspewak on October 12th, 2011
- The news of retired Valparaiso coach Homer Drew's cancer diagnosis spread across the Internet thanks to a tweet by former Valpo player and current Michigan State guard Brandon Wood yesterday evening. And yes, you did read that right — both Drew and his wife have cancer, which CBS Sports later confirmed. The Big 12 twist here, of course, is that Homer is the father of Baylor coach Scott Drew, as well as current Valpo coach Bryce Drew, who took over for his father this spring. It's unclear how serious the diagnosis is for either Homer Drew or his wife, but that word "cancer" is always a shocker. From the entire college basketball community to the Drews: get well soon.
- Now, on to realignment again: Chip Brown of Orangebloods.com says that BYU is not a candidate for the Big 12 anymore. Those rumblings had softened over the past few weeks, but it's at least interesting to hear an insider dig up this sort of information. The WCC is no doubt counting its lucky stars that the Cougars no longer have that option on the table. BYU fans, however, may not be feeling quite the same way.
- The league also welcomed TCU yesterday, and athletic director Chris Del Conte apparently got a little emotional during the announcement. Who can blame him, though? It's a big move for the Horned Frogs, and a few league coaches had some kind words for their new member. In a little more than a year, TCU has gone from the Mountain West to the Big East to the Big 12. Where will it end up if the conference dissolves in coming years?
- Want a laugh for the day? Look at this chart, which pretty much puts Missouri's potential move to the SEC in perspective. Funny how a simple graph like that can make you rethink the conference realignment situation. Of course, $12M may not be a huge amount for the overall university budget, but it's still more than $11M or $10M or whatever other number below it the school is currently receiving.
- You'll need to use your scrolling skills to find it, but SI's Luke Winn ranked both Missouri and Kansas in the top-15 of his backcourt rankings. He placed them back-to-back, of course, almost as if he's intentionally fueling the bitter rivalry. No other Big 12 teams appear on the list, but at this point, we're just happy to read about basketball in October.


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This weekend, at Mission Bicycle's new flagship store at 766 Valencia St, we will open our doors to the public. Over the past few months I have been working with a resourceful and inspired group of friends planning, designing, building, spackling, painting our new home. I am beyond excited to unveil our work. I am reasonably sure we have built the best bike store in the world.
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Rockingham County attorney to review probe into death of teenager in DanvilleBY JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
March 27. 2013 8:55PM
BRENTWOOD - The Rockingham County Attorney's Office plans to review a state police probe into the death of a teenager inside the home of Danville Police Chief Wade Parsons.
"As soon as the reports are finished, we will review them on an expedited basis and make appropriate charging decisions," County Attorney Jim Reams said. "It is my hope that this can all be accomplished within a week of the receipt of the reports."
State police have released few details into the death of the 15-year-old boy. Authorities responded to the chief's Danville home on the night of March 11 after a shooting was reported.
State police Lt. Chris Vetter has said Parsons wasn't home at the time and that it's believed the boy was alone. Police have said only that they're investigating an "untimely death."
The medical examiner's office has declined to release the cause and manner of death, citing privacy concerns for the family.
On Tuesday, Vetter said the state police investigation into the incident was nearly complete and that the case will be forwarded to the Rockingham County Attorney's Office as soon as it's finished.
"I can say that the state police are looking into all pertinent facts regarding what occurred and how it occurred that evening. As for now, there really isn't anything additional to release," Vetter said.
Reams said no preliminary conclusions have been reached by state police.
He expects to have the case file by the end of the week and make a determination a week later.
"We will take a look at the evidence and see if any statutes have been violated," Reams said.
If his office determines that any laws were broken, "we will file charges," Reams said.
Reams said the records in the investigation will become public if no criminal case is brought forward as a result of the probe.
Union Leader Correspondent James Kimble contributed to this report.