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CAMBRIDGE, UK – Feb, 9, 2004 – ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor technology, announced today that the Beijing Embedded System Key Lab at the Beijing University of Technology (BUT), has joined the ARM® University Program and licensed the industry-leading ARM7TDMI® core for system-on-chip (SoC) teaching and research.
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Aratana Therapeutics Expands Pain Franchise with Novel Regenerative Cell Therapy for Treating Osteoarthritis
Enters Exclusive License Agreement with Vet-Stem, Inc. for Allogeneic Stem Cell Technology
Conference Call June 13, 2014, at 8 a.m. Eastern Time
KANSAS CITY, Kan., June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETX), a pet therapeutics company focused on licensing, developing and commercializing innovative biopharmaceutical products for cats, dogs and other companion animals, today announced it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Vet-Stem, Inc., for its novel, allogeneic stem cell therapy technology. Under the agreement, Aratana obtains exclusive rights to commercialize Vet-Stem's allogeneic stem cells in the United States, which if approved, will be the first FDA-regulated, "off the shelf" regenerative cell therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis in dogs.
Vet-Stem pioneered the use of adipose tissue as a source for stem cells in veterinary regenerative medicine, but to date has offered only autologous stem cell therapy as a service (adipose tissue, also known as fat tissue, is harvested from the patient from which stem cells are isolated then reintroduced into the same patient). The positive experience using adipose-derived stem cells in this way is strong, with thousands of veterinarians utilizing the service since its introduction in 2004. Although excess doses can be frozen and banked, they can be used only as a future therapy for the original donor patient.
Vet-Stem has now developed a technology platform for producing allogeneic stem cell therapies, where a single donor sample can be used to generate a large bank of doses that can be stored and used to treat multiple patients. Aratana has licensed this allogeneic therapy, which will be tested for safety and efficacy in randomized, placebo-controlled dogs with osteoarthritis and submitted to the FDA for approval.
Steven St. Peter, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Aratana Therapeutics, stated, "As we continue to build our pipeline, we have made a clear strategic investment in the high-need area of pain management for our pets. We therefore are pleased to expand our pain franchise further by adding an allogeneic, regenerative cell therapy product, which in addition to its aim of reducing the pain of osteoarthritis, has the potential to impact the progression of the disease, and to promote tissue regeneration. We will examine this phenomenon in planned studies, which could result in product labeling that specifies disease-modifying properties."
Robert J. Harman, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vet-Stem, stated, "Aratana is the ideal commercial partner for our regenerative cell therapy for osteoarthritis, based upon their deep expertise in pain and the overall quality of their pet heath organization. We look forward to accelerating development of what we believe to be an effective and potentially disease-modifying therapy, and to offering a more streamlined therapeutic option for veterinarians and their patients."
Aratana and Vet-Stem expect to initiate a blinded, multi-center, placebo-controlled, dose confirmation study later this month. Aratana does not expect U.S. FDA approval before 2016.
Dr. St. Peter concluded, "The advantages of a product-based stem cell therapy versus the current service-based model include the potential for lower overall treatment costs for osteoarthritis, higher market penetration, the benefit of scheduled campaign manufacturing, and for patients and their owners, no need for surgery to harvest tissue."
Under the terms of the agreement, Aratana will have an exclusive license to develop and commercialize products in the U.S., based upon Vet-Stem Technology for the treatment of pain and inflammation of canine osteoarthritis. Vet-Stem will continue to be responsible for the ongoing development of its allogeneic stem cell technology. Aratana will pay $500,000 upon signing of the license as a reimbursement to Vet-Stem for a portion of its past development expenses and will be responsible for funding future budgeted development. Aratana will also pay up to $4.5 million in success-based development and regulatory milestones, as well as tiered royalties upon potential commercialization of the stem cell therapy, based on potential sales. Aratana will also have the exclusive right to negotiate expansion of the agreement to include the European Union countries during the calendar year of 2014.
Conference Call and Webcast
Date: Friday, June 13, 2014
Time: 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time
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A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available beginning approximately one hour after the completion of the call through July 15, 2014. Access numbers for this replay are 1-877-344-7529 (U.S./Canada) and 1-412-317-0088 (international); conference ID: 10048060.
About Aratana Therapeutics
Aratana Therapeutics is a pet therapeutics company focused on licensing, developing and commercializing innovative biopharmaceutical products for cats, dogs and other companion animals. Aratana believes that it can leverage the investment in the human biopharmaceutical industry to bring therapeutics to pets in a capital and time efficient manner. The company's pipeline includes more than fifteen therapeutic candidates targeting pain, inappetence, cancer, viral diseases, allergy and other serious medical conditions. Aratana believes the development and commercialization of these therapeutics will permit veterinarians and pet owners to manage pets' medical needs safely and effectively, resulting in longer and improved quality of life for pets. For more information, please visit www.aratana.com.
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These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: our limited operating history and expectations of losses for the foreseeable future; our lack of commercial sales; our failure to obtain any necessary additional financing; our substantial dependence on the success of certain of our lead product candidates, AT-001, AT-002, AT-003, AT-004, AT-005, AT-006 , AT-007, AT-008 and AT-014; our inability to identify, license, develop and commercialize additional product candidates; our inability to obtain regulatory approval for our existing or future product candidates; the lack of commercial success of our current or future product candidates; uncertainties regarding the outcomes of studies regarding our products; our inability to realize all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions of Vet Therapeutics and Okapi Sciences; effects of competition; our failure to attract and keep senior management and key scientific personnel; our complete reliance on third-party manufacturers and third parties to conduct all our target animal studies and certain other development efforts; our lack of a sales organization; our significant costs of operating as a public company; our lack of effective internal control over financial reporting; changes in distribution channels for pet therapeutics; consolidation of our customers; impacts of generic products; unanticipated safety or efficacy concerns; our limited patents and patent rights; our failure to comply with our intellectual property license obligations; our infringement of third party patents and challenges to our patents or rights; our failure to comply with regulatory requirements; our failure to report adverse medical events related to our products; legislative or regulatory changes; the volatility of our stock price; our status as an "emerging growth company," as defined in the JOBS Act; the potential for dilution if we sell shares of our common stock in future financings; the significant control over our business by our principal stockholders and management; the potential that a significant portion of our total outstanding shares could be sold into the market in the near future; effects of anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law; and our intention not to pay dividends. These and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 26, 2014, along with our other reports filed with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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Ben Dickey and Drew Mills formed Blood Feathers in 2005 to perpetuate America's most important export, Rock n' Roll music. Sailing the same tradewinds that brought rhythm to the New World and shipped gospel, blues, and jazz back as a thank you note, Dickey and Mills write songs that snug into the grooves of your grandmother's 78s as easily as they download into the mystery of your IPod.
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While some bands may have lamented their album falling through the cracks, Blood Feathers took the opportunity to further hone their craft. Dickey and Mills wrote songs by the bushel, culled them to a baker's dozen, and reformed the band with a stellar lineup that includes Mickey Walker (Lilys, Mazarin), Tracy Stanton (Bardo Pond, Matt Pond PA), Patrick Marsceill (A-Sides, Sun Airway), and Sam Murphy (Pink Skull, Mountain High). Preened and cleaned, this new version of Blood Feathers features horns, keys, four-part harmonies, swirling guitars, and a rhythm section that would make Bo Diddley proud.
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These guys crack me up. For instance, one jotted down the following:
"Since my last report, this employee has reached rock-bottom and has started to dig."
That's hilarious. I certainly am glad I have a good relationship with my bosses. Otherwise I might think this stuff was serious. They have not, in the past, demonstrated much in the line of whimsy and I am just thrilled to see them coming around. Life, after all, is too short for anyone to be as uptight as they used to be. It warms my heart to see them loosening up a bit.
One noted that I "work well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap," and may "have delusions of adequacy."
I take exception to that. I've had lots of delusions in my career but adequacy was never one of them.
And I bet they thought for hours to come up with this one: "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them." Personally, I don't recall setting any standards at all, but I will not quibble.
And I thought this one was particularly meaningful, considering the agrarian nature of my work: "If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week." That's pretty funny, I have to admit. But someone jotted down that I'm depriving some village of an idiot. That's old; surely they can be more creative than that.
This one is better: "This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts the better." That's pretty good for a bunch of bean counters. (I can give as good as I take.)
And whoever wrote, "got a full six-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold it all together," must have some insight into the lack of organization on my desk. Either that or he drinks a lot of beer.
The following were pretty good, too and probably put these management-type folks through several hours of intense thought.
"A gross ignoramus — 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus."
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I told you, these guys have developed a sense of humor. Or maybe they hired a specialist to develop funny little one-liners they knew would amuse me. There are other good ones such as:
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Harrison told delegates they can challenge Republicans in South Carolina, but they first must get their own house together. He promised a 46 county strategy to make sure party members all over the state get the training and resources to win elections.
Harrison is the first African American to run a major party in South Carolina.
Harrison replaces Dick Harpootlian, who did not run again. Harrison is a former executive director of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus and was first vice chairman of the state Democratic Party.
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BOSTON – Individuals who had their insurance coverage denied by the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) because their spouse was of the same sex will now be offered memberships following an agreement with the organization, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today.
In an assurance of discontinuance, filed in Suffolk Superior Court this week, USAA has agreed to provide equal insurance benefits and membership to any same-sex currently unmarried widow, widower, or divorced spouse of a USAA member whom it improperly denied membership in the past. USAA has also agreed to pay $50,000 to the Commonwealth.
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When: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This three-hour offering will provide you with an overview of the critical first steps associated with starting a business. It is designed specifically for those who are thinking about a new business venture. Participants will assess their strengths and weaknesses in terms of business ownership, learn about the importance of planning, discuss legal and regulatory requirements and identify sources of funding. Enroll in both this class and The Basics of Writing a Business Plan and receive a $10 discount.
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Real Estate At A Glance: Condominium sales
September 22, 2012
Stronger August sales have improved the condominium market a little. While still struggling to reach the average number per month, the average price for the past three months has been substantially higher than June, July and August of last year.
Cash sales are now the norm for condominiums as bankers, apparently miffed by low interest rates, continue to ignore the demand. Realtors will remember who the reliable lenders were when things loosen up again.
The number of properties for sale continues its seasonal decline, now standing at just around 2,000.
$307 … average resale condominium price per sq. foot to date 2012
$317 … average resale condominium price per sq. foot to date 2011
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Consumed by an arid and seemingly endless expanse of rolling sand dunes and yellow-grey desert, Uzbekistan is a land of sparse vegetation and arduous terrain. Nonetheless, it is far from ecologically sterile. Mountain ranges, low-lying hills, and a precious scattering of irrigated oases, lakes, and verdant river valleys support some of the world's rarest wildlife, including white-clawed bears, golden eagles, lynxes, and snow leopards. For centuries, trekking between yurt camps – invariably aided by faithful horses and camels – has been the best way to experience the solitude and grandeur of the great Uzbek wilderness, now with further options for rafting, skiing, mountaineering, and rock climbing.
The only Central Asian state to border all other Central Asian states, land-locked Uzbekistan borders Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. Throughout history, its location between ancient kingdoms and competing empires has made it a vital place of cultural and economic interchange. By the time the region was conquered by the Arabs in the 8th century, it had been an established trading post on the old Silk Road for centuries. The dawn of Islamic cultural fluorescence only enriched and empowered the region, and today, a string of ancient cities maintain a dazzling profusion of fine historical architecture. Uzbekistan's ornate palaces, impenetrable forts and citadels, elegant mosques, minarets, and madrasahs all express the philosophical and aesthetic values of a civilisation at its height.
Ethnically, Uzbekistan traces its roots to Turkic-speaking Uzbek nomads, who conquered the region in the early 16th century and went on to dominate Central Asia entirely. Today, their descendants mix with an eclectic range of minorities including Russians, Tajiks, Kazaks, Tatars, and Karakalpaks. Traditional Uzbek culture – including classical Uzbek music, famed for its interludes of powerful Sufi poetry – remains strong in the remote countryside, a land still isolated and somewhat entrenched after decades of Soviet rule in the twentieth century.
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Drop-out prevention
State Sen. Tommy Williams, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, stopped by Vincent Middle School in Beaumont on Tuesday, Oct. 30, for a first-hand look at the Communities In Schools (CIS) program in action. More specifically, Williams was there to observe the CIS drop-out prevention effort.
He met with a group of students, teachers and staff in the Vincent library. CIS coordinator Karen Moore described how the program helped students set goals and deal with stress brought on by life situations outside of the school.
Leonard Parfait, president of the Vincent PTA, said he is in the halls of the school every day before the bell rings to talk to the kids. "And if the girls don't want to talk to me, my wife is here," he said.
Both Moore and Parfait urged Williams to "save" the program's funding. "I believe it is a benefit for these students," said Parfait.
According to Williams, the Communities in Schools program and the Texas legislature are "partners in the future of our young people." But the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said, "There are a lot of pressures on state funding" and described difficult decisions to be made on many government programs.
Williams declined specific comment on how incoming Senate Education Committee chair Sen. Dan Patrick might impact CIS. Patrick has said he opposes new school funding and is a proponent of charter schools and a voucher program for students who want to attend private and religious schools.
"Sen. Patrick and I both support strong public schools," said Williams. "We just disagree on how you do that."
CIS now operates in three Middle Schools and one high school in Beaumont. One hundred percent of the schools in Port Arthur are participants in the CIS program.
"Our goal is for every school to participate in drop-out prevention," said Dr. Karen Newton, executive director of Communities in Schools Southeast Texas. "The future of our workforce and the well-being of our youth are inexorably tied to completing their education," she concluded.
The CIS program develops public/private partnerships for dropout prevention by connecting appropriate human services with at-risk youth and addresses such critical issues as school attendance, literacy, job preparedness, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, teen suicide, and school violence.
Evangeline "Van" George, a retired teacher and CIS board member, was present during the Williams visit. "Education has been my life and I want these children to be educated," said George. "This-drop out prevention program can help them regain the love of education."
The visit was the senator's first onsite observation of the program in Beaumont, and he commented very favorably on the deportment of the students and the general atmosphere of learning at Vincent Middle School.
"It was a privilege to see these fine young people receiving the encouragement and support they need to continue their education and earn their high school diplomas. Their teachers and mentors are doing excellent work and deserve our full support," said Williams.
James Shannon can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 249, or by e-mail at james [at] beaumontbusinessjournal [dot] com.


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With the acquisition of Ducati Motor Holding by Audi AG, the German car manufacturer was bound to do some shuffling in the Italian motorcycle company's executive ranks. Announcing that it has formed a new Board of Directors, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler has unsurprisingly been name President of the Board, while Horst Glaser and Axel Strotbek (best names ever) from Audi have also been given seats on the Ducati's Board.
Giving Audi AG a 3-to-2 controlling interest of over Ducati's Board of Directors, the new board is also comprised of Gabriele Del Torchio and Claudio Domenicali. In an interesting move, Del Torchio has been reconfirmed by the new Board of Directors as CEO of Ducati Motor Holding, with Audi also appointing the Italian to the Board of Directors at Automobili Lamborghini SpA.


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Hear the Ghost rallied to run down Flashback and Goldencents and win the San Felipe Stakes by a half-length at Santa Anita on Saturday.
ARCADIA, Calif. — Hear the Ghost rallied to run down Flashback and Goldencents in the stretch and win the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes by a half-length at Santa Anita on Saturday, inserting himself into the Kentucky Derby picture.
Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Hear the Ghost covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.34 and paid $13.80, $4.60 and $3.60 at 5-1 odds in the field of eight 3-year-olds.
Flashback, the even-money favorite trained by Bob Baffert, returned $2.60 and $2.40. Tiz a Minister was another half-length back in third and paid $4 to show. Goldencents, the 2-1 second choice trained by Doug O'Neill, was fourth after being on the lead.
Trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, Hear the Ghost came charging down the middle of the track to overtake the tiring duo of Flashback and Goldencents, who clocked fast fractions as they hooked up approaching the stretch turn.
Flashback and Goldencents came into the race as the top two Derby prospects on the West Coast. Flashback, a gray colt in just his third career race, won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes by 6� lengths last month.
Goldencents won the Sham Stakes in January, making 3 of 4. They engaged in the sizzling pace initially set by Salutos Amigos. The opening quarter was clocked at 22.97 seconds and the half-mile in 45.95.
Kentucky-bred gelding Hear the Ghost is lightly raced, with just three starts on his record. He won his career debut by 3� lengths going six furlongs on Betfair Hollywood Park's synthetic surface in December.
The son of 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper finished second over the same distance in the $75,000 San Pedro Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 21.
TAMPA BAY: Verrazano survived a small stumble out of the gate to easily beat the field at the Grade II $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday. The win helps solidify the 3-year-old as a legitimate Kentucky Derby favorite.
The 2-5 betting favorite passed Falling Sky before the half-mile mark and cruised to victory three lengths ahead of a late-charging Java's War. Falling Sky held on for third.
Verrazano, who remains undefeated on the year, covered the 1 1/16-mile distance in 1:43.96, returned $2.80, $2.60 and $2.10. Java's War, a 32-1 long shot, paid $14.60 and $8 while Falling Sky paid $4.60.
The exacta paid $43.20 and a 6-4-9 trifecta paid $282.20.
Despite being a heavy favorite, Verrazano was making his stakes debut on a difficult track he had never run.
"He definitely showed us that he can overcome an early stumble and deal with a little dirt in his face," trainer Todd Pletcher said. "We found out that he could travel well and handle two turns. All the things we were worried about he overcame them pretty well."
With previous victories of 7� lengths and 16� lengths at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Verrazano arrived at the track with high expectations.
After stumbling coming out of the gate on Saturday, Verrazano quickly went to the outside rail and battled with Falling Sky down the backstretch before taking a lead near the half-mile mark. From that point on, the colt easily fended off all challengers and extended the lead heading into the final stretch.
Winning jockey John Velazquez said the horse cut himself a bit on the stumble, but settled down quickly.
AQUEDUCT: At New York, Maleeh rallied for a 2�-length victory over long shot Tenango in the $100,000 Fred Capossela Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.
The colt trained by Kiaran McLaughlin improved to 2 for 2 with both wins coming at Aqueduct. Fifth in the early stages, Maleeh sailed past Clawback, the 3-5 favorite, in the final furlong and finished strongly under a vigorous hand ride by Eddie Castro.


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Only one of the three named who sticks out to me is Bagwell.
Bagwell's HR totals from age 23-29(his "peak" years)
43(age 29)
Bagwell's HR totals from age 30 on:
27(age 36)
To me, that's
high for someone in his 30s, who didn't have much power in his 20s. Tradionally, most power hitters have their peak from ages 26-30/31. Bagwell was just the opposite, having his peak years occur basically from age 29-35. That's not natural. Now, the first defense is "well, he had a short porch at Minute Maid Park at the end of his career, that had to help him." Well, if it did, it helped him for away games too, because his splits were almost identical home v away(with the exception of the 2004 season). To me, that's enough proof.
Piazza might have used(i doubt it), but his numbers were highest in his 20s(and consistently high), and started a gradual decline around age 31-32.
I doubt Biggio used, but it is odd that his career high for HRs happened when he was 39, and the only back to back to back 20+ Hr seasons occurred in his age 38/39/40 years. That being said, the guy NEVER hit for more than 26 Hrs, and his OPS had a pretty normal arch as far as his career went. Main point: If Biggio used, he should have gotten his money back.
That's conjecture, and other than playing with Caminiti who's a known roider, there's no evidence that Bagwell juiced.
Don't forget Bagwell played half his career in Houston when they had the Astrodome, which is where homers went to die. His 43 homers in the '97 season (not excessively high like other juicers - McGwire had 58 that year) is the lone aberration from a string of similar full-season homer numbers, and that could have been just a career year.
Naturally, Bagwell's power numbers went up after the Astros moved out of the Astrodome and into Minute Maid Park (won't use that original name, yecch) starting in 2000, with the short porch in left field.
IMO, Biggio should be a first ballot HOF inductee, and it would be very cool if Bagwell got in the same year. May have to wait till next year, though - given the usual BBWA bias towards players who played on the East coast.
While there may be some juicing conjecture put on Bagwell (he was a power hitter and he bulked up during his career), there's zero such conjecture on Biggio, and as an Astros fan of 35+ years, I'm a bit offended at even the mention of it.
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LAGRANGE, Ohio (AP) — A northern Ohio coroner says he was perplexed by a healthy high school student's death until testing of a white powdery substance found at his home came back as caffeine.
Logan Stiner was a senior at Keystone High School in LaGrange, southwest of Cleveland. He died suddenly at home on May 27, a week before his graduation.
Lorain County coroner Stephen Evans says the powder caused the 18-year-old Stiner to have a cardiac arrhythmia and a seizure, which killed him. Evans says an autopsy last week showed the teenager had a lethal amount of caffeine in his blood.
The coroner says Stiner had more than 70 micrograms of caffeine per milliliter of blood in his system. He says a typical coffee drinker would have 3 to 5 micrograms.


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Here is just a quick sneak peak at what's going on over at Rio Book. Honestly it is a rather amazing experience in all directions. This will never happen again. Anybody can see this is a one time event..Come on over and hang.
For those of you who have never been here before, what is happening over here www.theriobook.com is a $1.99 pay wall website where I am right now finishing up my work on a book, tentatively titled One Night In Rio. This follows a NatGeo assignment completed and also ready for publication.. Why the paywall? To test this model for others for one thing. Yes there is free content all over the web. Most of the content I produce is for free as well. However, some things are unique. We pay for uniqueness every day for everything. For a buck99 I think I am giving a one of a kind experience. Those who are there seem to think so as well. Is it as good as a one week shooting workshop? Probably not, but it is the very best explanation I could ever give for building rapport, working a situation and building out the essay concept. I could never really do this in class as I can here.
Anyway, check us out. We have almost two more weeks of live on the scene several updates per day.
Oh yes, the photo below is by Carla De Conti, a Harvard Univ photo student, who is shooting the behind the scenes pics as below. A lot going on. We hope to see you…
I take a late night shot of Candy trying to get the moon in the picture. Those are the kinds of things I try late night.


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The Wisdom of Alice
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I'm really happy with my understanding of the world based on what I understand Naturalism to be telling me. In the past I've found that I was coming up with theories, then when I came across a theory that made sense I was applying it, but it never went smoothly, something always came up that didn't fit in with my theory. So I jumped from theory to theory until finding Naturalism in July 2007. 18 months is probably the longest that I've had a theory that I've applied to my life where in 18 months I've not yet had a contradiction to the reality that I've experienced. I feel enlightened. I tell my friends this and they're not sure what to think. When things go wrong in my marriage and I 'attempt' to speak with my mother about it – she tells me 'well you've made your choices', so then I tell her, I don't have free will, she seems to think I'm trying to cop out of something and is very disapproving of me. In fact most people are disapproving of my belief in NFWism [no free will-ism: not having contra-causal free will]. I'm just really sorry they don't 'get it'. NFWism allows me complete acceptance of what is. It allows me to have compassion for all people. It allows me to make informed decisions and respond to everyone with the understanding that they 'couldn't have done otherwise'. This is an emancipating position. Yet still people look at me and think I'm some how being a smart-arsed shirker of responsibility, who hasn't quite understood how life works yet – a dreamer who really doesn't get it! Ironic that they have it so back to front – and yet my world view allows me to have total compassion for them and their attitude – whilst they look at me in judgment. It really throws the Christian door knockers - LOL!
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…So the better I understand Naturalism, the better I can enact those principles in my life and use the rationality of naturalism in my thoughts and actions, the more likely that is going to permeate all my relationships and influence those around me. My eldest is currently 7 years old, and I find overt examples of my Naturalistic world perspective come out in my discussions with him regarding interactions between himself and his younger brother. Kids are very good at detecting false realities, so I have to be careful what I say if I want to maintain any authority or respect. I find that if I stick to Naturalistic parameters, my argument is quite based in reality and therefore acceptable.
I can't see any problem with introducing all aspects of Naturalism including NFW [no contra-causal free will] to my children. Children integrate what they learn very easily and can also easily see when things don't add up or make sense. If they feel safe they will talk about what is not adding up for them and allow you the opportunity to clarify concepts. One example of this for me was when my son's friend told him that he would burn in hell because he didn't believe in God. As my son approached me with his concerns, I was able to give my perspective, which was satisfactory and caused much relief.
If you hold Naturalistic beliefs and are able to concurrently have good self-esteem then there is no reason why your child wouldn't follow you to do the same. If anything Naturalism has improved my self-esteem, as I'm more grounded in reality, feel more confident about my understanding of the world and have more compassion for everyone around me, which has lead to my feeling more valuable in society and therefore created higher self-esteem.
With my first child I had a go at punishment as a parenting technique. It caused us both lots of distress [and] it clearly didn't work – it wasn't effective in outcomes. Now I go for a more effective method – I change the circumstances so that I achieve the outcome I desire. The child may or may not understand what I'm doing, or why, but if I get the outcome I want and the child is not distressed it's win-win. I have no concerns that this will create problems later on, as I explain everything I'm doing and allow the child to learn how to see other perspectives at their own rate – developing compassion (the ability to see another's perspective) in the child is the key to socially functioning adults.
And Stephen writes:
…the other day I was talking to my daughter about what school she will be going to. She was worried in case she got "a rough one." I explained that she was an amazing biological machine able to adapt to the situation and do well if necessary, that this was the result of billions of years of natural selection going right back to the first self replicating molecule, that she couldn't take ultimate credit for the fact but still she has this amazing ability.Oh and I told her we'd get her Karate lessons too :-)
She is 10, didn't bat an eye lid but it gave her justified confidence (along with the offer of karate lessons), she stopped worrying and cheered up.
I think she's used to having one strange dude for a father :-)
[Relatedly, see this interview with Dale McGowan on raising kids without supernatural beliefs.]


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Despite his reputation, though, Wellman is a diverse writer. He has written more-or-less straightforward plays such as his adaptation of Dracula, down-and-dirty political satire such as 7 Blowjobs and Sincerity Forever, weird musical entertainments like FNU LNU, and more.
"The Sandalwood Box" is a one-act by Wellman that moves from an almost-coherent storyline to fugue-dream fantasies made of vomitted words. It's haunting and funny, perplexing and beautiful; at the moment I think it's one of the best short plays written by an American (no, there isn't stiff competition -- most American one-acts are atrociously awful crimes against art).
I've been thinking about the play recently because I had some students read it a few days ago as an exercise in a theatre activity. I'd read the play before, but not carefully, and so it hadn't stuck in my mind the way some of Wellman's other work has. Listening to students read it, though, as they struggled through some of the more complex locutions and vocabulary, I found myself entranced and amazed, and I went home and reread the play to see if I could figure out what made it work.
"The Sandalwood Box" was first published in Conjunctions 25: The New American Theater and reprinted in The Best American Short Plays 1995-1996 and then Wellman's collection Cellophane: Plays. The characters are described as follows:
MARSHA GATES: A student and prop-girl at Great Wind Repertory TheaterThe setting is "In the rain forest of South Brooklyn". In the script, Marsha Gates is separate from voiceovers of Marsha, as the first stage directions state "The actor speaking [Marsha's] voiceover appears in a pool of light down right; she bears a strong resemblance to Dr. Claudia Mitchell."
PROFESSOR CLAUDIA MITCHELL: A Professor of Cataclysm at Great Wind University
CHORUS OF VOICES: including Dr. Gladys Stone; Osvaldo (a sadistic monster); and others from the House of the Unseen
This is, perhaps, confusing. Until the first line, which is Marsha's voiceover: "My name is Marsha Gates. I lost my voice on the 9th of November, 1993, as a result of an act of the Unseen. If you think you cannot be so stricken, dream on." Then the Chorus takes over some of Marsha's voice, and she herself even speaks occasionally without the help of the voiceover. It's as if her voice was not lost so much as scattered and reappropriated. In the world of this play, people can talk about not being able to talk:
MARSHA GATES: I'm a student at City College. No declared major. I also work part-time in a theater. Great Wind Repertory. The plays are all shit. TV with dirty words.Soon after this bit of paradoxing, the language of the play becomes more and more unmoored:
PROFESSOR CLAUDIA MITCHELL: I see.
MARSHA GATES: I can't speak, either.
PROFESSOR CLAUDIA MITCHELL: So I understand.
MARSHA GATES: It's very aggravating.
PROFESSOR CLAUDIA MITCHELL: Perhaps, however, you mean an act of complete probabilistic caprice. A fly in the Unseen's ointment. An ontological whigmaleery. A whim of the die.Academic jargon feeds on itself, and then the bus arrives, bearing a bus driver who spews out a remarkable monologue that may not be "about" anything, or may be a foray toward the Unseen ("He would like to discover the truth about what can do no harm only if it is kept, safely under lock and key, in its cage, with no poop in its pizzle, aware of us but dimly, us lost in the crunching despair of our endless opening up before the doings of the Unseen, in all our sick, sad, pathetic innocence.") It's as if Lovecraft has been unleashed to run wild in the halls of academe. Neither Marsha nor the professor is welcome on this bus, though, because neither has a token to pay the fare.
And so the professor invites Marsha back to her "estate" to see her collection of "vitrified catastrophes. Enchanted in a case of glass. Encased in glass, that is." At the estate, the professor shows Marsha her sandalwood box, in which are housed her collection of catastrophes -- a collection she delineates in a long, incantatory monologue that roams from a hotel fire in Seoul in 1971 to Clontarf, Ireland in 1014 A.D. to Kosovo in 1389 and onward. A third of the way through the monologue, Marsha's voiceover interrupts, saying, "But I hardly heard the words she spoke because of a curious feeling that stole into my mind, and I began to wonder, out-loud--" and then Marsha Gates, the unspeaking, picks up where her voiceover left off, asking a long series of questions:
Why is the night better than the day? Why do the young become old, and not the other way around? Why is the world made mostly of clay? [...] Why is one person's disaster not catastrophe for all? And who knows why these things are called unaccounted. Unaccountable. Uncountable. And why, oh why, don't we know who does know the answers to these things? [Pause.] ...because isn't it so that if we possess, and are possessed by a question, the answer must, too, be hidden somewhere, somewhere in the heart of someone, someone real, and not a phantom of the Unseen?The aural effect of the recitation of disasters laid over the questions from Marsha is tremendous, because the audience can only focus on certain words, certain sounds, so that we end up as confused and discombobulated as the characters. The chorus tries to add some context, saying, "Dream on, they did. Dream on..."
But it's not enough -- unanswerable questions added to catastrophes lead to violence, and Marsha's voiceover says, "I stepped quietly behind her while she was focused on her precious set of vitrified catastrophes ... and picked up a large, blunt object to bludgeon her with, but..." The object is a chair, and Marsha freezes, realizing that the professor wants her to do it "out of a curious ... covetous ... vexatious ... perversity..." Those words become a mantra for the chorus, though it quickly gives way to various overlapping refusals, until the professor laughs and calls for Osvaldo, an act that causes the chorus, then, to become Osvaldo and beat her up, though all the while she and the voiceover (or are they the same?) sing a song in praise of darkness and the Id, a song sung "In the name of disaster./ In the name of catastrophe."
Marsha lies outside the house. Birds cry. "Her man," the voiceover says, "an ape named 'Osvaldo', beat me, and threw me out, but..." And Marsha reveals that she is holding a catastrophe, a catastrophe salvaged from the sandalwood box. The chorus, the professor, and Marsha all seem to merge into a single voice for the last lines -- lines full of horror and a strange, triumphant beauty:
CHORUS: As I lay, bloody and beaten, on the Forest floor amongst dead leaves and whatnot, nearly poisoned by lethal inhalation of spoors, and accidental ingestion of strange moss and fennell...And so the play ends, with catastrophes encapsulated into perfection, given (and giving) voice.
PROFESSOR CLAUDIA MITCHELL: Wicked id's fennel...
MARSHA (VO): I opened my hand, and my voice returned. I had stolen one small, nearly perfect catastrophe.
[A slow blackout begins.]
MARSHA GATES: April 4, 1933. The United States dirigible Akron goes down in heavy seas, in a remote spot in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a loss of 73 nearly perfect lives.
MARSHA (VO): It was the most perfect jewel of that Sandalwood box.
The play defies summary, despite my best attempts here, because it is not about what happens or even what is said -- it is a tapestry of actions and words, one that requires embodiment in multiple human voices. Reading it now, I can imagine the power that it contains, but it was the stumbling, halting, imperfect reading done by some high school students who'd never seen the script before that made me realize how much depth the play possessed.
In just a few pages, Mac Wellman conveys more than some writers do in three-act juggernauts of oh-so-serious boredom, and he does it through quick, deft movements of language and action. More and more, I find myself attracted to innovative writing that isn't afraid to leave great gaps within itself, that doesn't try to stick the world onto a postage stamp, but rather puts a postage stamp in the middle of the world's unfathomable complexities. There was Leena Krohn's short "sort-of novel" Tainaron, a book that I preferred to various massive novelistic tomes of erudition and insight that I have abandoned, a book that felt like it expanded within my mind rather than a book I had to squeeze into the cluttered space of my cranium. I feel the same way about "The Sandalwood Box" -- I would happily go to see a production of this play, while I tend to dread going to the theatre much anymore, because the time is so often fizzled away with banalities, stock language, clunky character arcs, and desperate attempts to use whizzbangs to take hostage the attentions of an ever-more-distracted audience of tourists seeking 3D movies, the simulacrum dreams of imaginations colonized by Hollywood.
In the world of fractal complication we inhabit, maybe what we most need are not grand gestures and multi-volume compendia, but sharp-edged shocks of concentration and reflection, little gems of language and action that don't try to sum up their own themes or explicate themselves, but rather give a rich glimpse of imagination and possibility, of gaps and fissures, of vitrified catastrophes with just a touch of ontological whigmaleery.


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Roses and Tulips in a Vase.
c.1882. Oil on canvas. Foundation E.G. Bührle collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Additional Works by Edouard Manet
The Absinthe Drinker.
Portrait of M. and Mme. Auguste Manet (the Parents of Edouard Manet).
Surprised Nymph (Nymphe surprise).
The Street Singer.
The Old Musician.
Mlle Victorine Meurent in the Costume of an Espada.
Portrait of Victorine Meurent.
Lola de Valence.
Guitar and Hat.
The Spanish Ballet.
Music in the Tuileries Gardens.
The Picnic on the Grass (also: Luncheon on the Grass, French: Le Déjeuner ...
The Angels at Christ's Tomb. (Les Anges au tombeau du Christ, Le Christ...
Still Life with Eel and Red Muller.
Peonies in a Vase.
Peony Stem and Shears.
Branch of White Peonies and Shears.
Still Life: Fruit on a Table.
The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama.
Women at the Races.
The Dead Toreador.
The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet).
Bull-Fighting Scene.
A King Charles Spaniel.
Still Life with Melon and Peaches.
Woman with a Parrot.
The Fifer.
The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian.
The Universal Exhibition. (L'Exposition universelle de 1867).
Portrait of Emile Zola.
Portrait of Théodore Duret.
The Balcony.
Mme. Manet at the Piano.
Luncheon in the Studio.
Beach at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne.
The Depature of the Folkestone Boat.
The Reading.
Repose (Berthe Morisot).
La Brioche.
The Harbour at Bordeaux.
The Barricade (Civil War).
Berthe Morisot with a Fan.
Berthe Morisot.
Racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne.
Marguerite de Conflans Wearing a Hood.
The Railway.
Woman with Fans (Nina de Callias).
At the Beach.
The Masked Ball at the Opera.
The Monet Family in the Garden.
Portrait of Mme. Manet on a Blue Sofa.
Claude Monet Painting on His Studio Boat.
The Grand Canal, Venice.
The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil.
Portrait of Gilbert-Marcellin Desboutin.
At the Races.
Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé.
Portrait of Antonin Proust.
Plum Brandy.
Bock Drinkers.
Man in a Round Hat (Alphonse Maureau).
Two Women Drinking Bocks.
At the Café.
The Road-Menders, Rue de Berne.
Blonde with Bare Breasts.
Singer at a Café-Concert.
In the Bar (Le Bouchon).
The Conservatory.
At Père Lathuille's.
Young Girl with Wing Collar (Jeune fille au col cassé, de face).
Portrait of Mlle Isabelle Lemonnier.
The Waitress.
Portrait of George Moore.
Self-Portrait with a Palette.
Georges Clémenceau.
The Waitress.
Portrait of a Lady.
Bundle of Asparagus.
Girl in the Garden at Bellevue.
Manet's Mother in the Garden at Bellevue.
The Viennese: Portrait of Irma Brunner in a Black Hat.
Interior of a Café.
The Ham.
The Asparagus.
The Lemon.
The Escape of Rochefort.
Portrait of Henri Rochefort.
Clematis in a Crystal Vase.
Autumn (Méry Laurent).
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.
Villa at Rueil.
Flowers in a Crystal Vase.
Madame Michel-Levy.
Lilac in a Glass.
House at Rueil.


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Next time you roll over in bed at deer camp and think about how cold or rainy it is, just remember that Katie Watson probably doesn't care about the weather.
The 97-year old from Richfield, N.C., has been hunting for 87 years! She still enjoys getting out in the woods with her camo and Browning shotgun, according to this cool story from WBTV.
According to the story, she's killed 44 deer in the last 17 years.
Think about that number and her age for a minute. Next time you're feeling creaky or cranky, Ms. Watson probably would tell you to get up and get out there!
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How to Properly Adjust An Office Chair With Basic Adjustments
This entry was posted on March 4, 2011.
The single most used piece of furniture in almost any business is an office chair with most of us clocking around 8 hours everyday sitting in one. If you will be spending the majority of your day sitting in an office chair, it is best to familiari
ze yourself with the functions and capabilities to ensure you are maximizing your chair's usage. Knowing how to properly adjust your chair can also save you from unnecessary work related pains that can occur from sitting in a chair that is not properly adjusted to your body. It can also provide you with insight as to why your current office chair may not be the best fit for your needs, especially if you are experiencing any pain during the day while sitting in it. While some features of a chair may seem relatively self-explanatory, it is best to get fully acquainted to understand the benefits of having your chair properly adjusted and what features your current chair may be lacking that you may need.
Seat Height Adjustment - Perhaps the most basic adjustment of all, the seat height should be adjustable on almost every office chair. This adjustment can typically be found on the right hand side of the chair, located just to the right underneath the seat. To ensure your chair's seat height is properly adjusted, make sure that your chair is lowered enough for you to place your feet flat and firmly against the floor. Your legs should form a 90° angle. You may need to adjust your chair's seat height periodically if you wear heels while you are working as this will add height and cause your legs to not form that necessary 90° angle.
Tilt Tension - Tilt tension is a great feature most office chairs possess that allows the user to control the rate and ease with which the chair reclines for different weights and strengths of users. This adjustment always comes in the form of a knob that is located directly underneath the seat. By twisting the knob one direction it will allow the user to lean back in the chair much easier and without much pressure. By twisting the knob the opposite direction, the user will have to exert more pressure into reclining back in their chair.
Back Height Adjustment - Back height adjustment allows positioning of lumbar support(if your chair has built-in lumbar support) within a fixed range to alleviate back stress. If your chair comes with an "S" shaped back or has built-in lumbar support you will want to adjust your chair's back to have the curved protruding portion align with the curve in your lower back. This allows you to feel the full advantages of having a back rest with lumbar support especially if you suffer from lower back pain. Back height adjustment is usually a knob located near the bottom of the back rest that can be loosened to move the back bar up or down, ad then tightened once the desired height is reached.
Tilt Lock - A tilt lock control locks out the tilt function when the chair is in the upright position. This feature is advantageous if you want the ability to recline in your chair for a few minutes but want to return it to lock in place in the upright position while tasking. Most office chairs that have tilt tension control will have tilt lock control as well. Tilt lock control is a lever on the chair that when pushed down allows you to recline in the chair, and when the lever is pulled up when your chair is in the upright position you are locked in place.
Adjustable Armrests - If an office chair comes with arms, most of the time they will be height adjustable armrests which is your standard up and down adjustment. More advanced arm adjustments include width adjustability, pivoting, and sliding forward and backward. Proper ergonomic thought deems your arms should not be resting when typing, as that slows the blood flow to an area that requires it because of the movement. However, having the ability to adjust arms up and down can help prevent this. Most armrests that are adjustable have a button on the side of the arms that allows you to either pull the arms up or push them down depending on your needs. While arms are not an essential feature to have on an office chair, they can come in handy when your arms need a break from continuous typing.
Having an office chair with basic adjustability is crucial as not every person can conform to a standard office chair. If your current office chair does not contain the above adjustments(excluding adjustable armrests) it may be time to start searching for a more ergonomically correct office chair. In the long run an adjustable chair can save you from back pain and other work related ailments that can occur from sitting for long periods of time in an awkward position. The aforementioned adjustments are the bare minimum that every office chair should contain, however, there are many more adjustments available for an even more ergonomic sitting experience.
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2 thoughts on "How to Properly Adjust An Office Chair With Basic Adjustments"
I think I need a new chair. My levers dont work on this one anymore.↓
I never had back problems my whole life until I started working on a computer sitting on my butt for 8 hrs a day.
All the back exercises in the world have not helped at all.
Some made it worse. lol↓
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USC commitment DB Al Harris, Jr. of Fort Lauderdale is 100 percent committed to the Gamecocks. Harris has yet to visit USC but plans to do so next month.
"I'm probably going to the Florida game there but if that doesn't work out, I'll go to the Clemson game," Harris said. He will make that trip his official visit.
Harris has no plans to visit any other school. "I'm done with recruiting," he said. "I'm going to South Carolina."
Harris will return to action this week after sitting out the last four games with a hamstring pull. He did play in the first two games of the season compiling six tackles and an interception.
Harris chose the Gamecocks over Florida State, Wisconsin, Arkansas and NC State.


text: Dissolved Organic Matter Export from the Greenland Ice Sheet: Quantity, Age and SourceElizabeth Kujawinski, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry SHARE THIS: Arctic Research Initiative 2010 Funded ProjectAbstractThe Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is the largest expanse of glacial ice in the Northern Hemisphere and is capable of contributing significant quantities of meltwater and associated material to the surrounding North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Surface derived meltwater drains to the bottom of the ice sheet and interacts with overridden soils, vegetation and bedrock. This meltwater fuels biogeochemical processes beneath the ice initiated by subglacial microbial communities prevalent in glacial systems with water at their base. Since microbial communities consume and produce unique fractions of dissolved organic matter, the composition of organic compounds in glacial runoff can be used to explore microbial processes under the ice. We have explored the link between microbial communities, overridden soils and surface derived meltwater with a novel suite of complementary tools, including ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry, bulk organic carbon concentrations and radiocarbon content. Our preliminary data suggests that these communities have a particularly significant impact on the composition of dissolved organic matter exported in the early melt season. This signature is diluted relative to plant derived organic matter later in the season as the flux of surface derived meltwater increases. Here, we propose to build on our promising early results by determining organic matter source, quantity and age in glacial runoff from a larger glacier over the 2010 melt season. These additional samples will allow us to explore the impact of catchment size on DOM export and reactivity in ice dominated regions and to assess the role of large ice masses in delivery of labile substrates to downstream ecosystems and nearby coastal oceans.


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UFC Fight Pass Adds Pancrase and Seven Other Promotions, Still Kind of Sucks As a Digital Service
("What was your question? Are we looking to buy the entire Internet? I mean, yeah, we'll see what happens."/ Photo via Getty)
UFC's digital subscription service, Fight Pass, has its fair share of pros and cons. The cost isn't all that damaging to the wallet, but it's not exactly the game-changer that promotion officials thought it would be.
The network allows you to watch free UFC cards, including FOX Sports 1 events, preliminary fights, and exclusive Fight Pass broadcasts that usually take place outside of North America. It also carries an extensive UFC library, containing an abundance of full main cards from UFC, as well as Pride, WEC, EliteXC, and those two Affliction MMA cards that were surprisingly fun, among others.
After reports surfaced that hackers stole login info and credit card numbers from tens of thousands of subscribers late last month (which confirms that early security concerns were never fully addressed), fight fans were met with a better announcement, as Zuffa announced hours before UFC 182 it has acquired eight fight libraries from well-known international and regional promotions, including legendary Japanese outfit Pancrase, as well as King of The Cage, HookNShoot, TKO, Cage Rage, Extreme Challenge, UCMMA, and XFO.
UFC Chief Content Officer Marshall Zelaznik announced the news in a press conference on Saturday, revealing that over 13,000 individual bouts are slated to be added to Fight Pass this upcoming spring. The content comes from the brain of UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, who apparently made his own list of what promotions he wanted to see on the digital service (according to MMA Fighting).Read More DIGG THIS


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I started working as a photographer for local authorities and then cooperated with French and foreign magazines for ten years or so. During this period, I travelled to India, the United States and Africa. In 2001, I was fortunate to join a small team of photojournalists from the magazine division of the Boomerang Agency led by Patrick Chauvel. We continued working together afterwards; I learned much from him, but I lost interest in the rhythm of the assignments for the press. Working only for a few weeks – or a few months at best – did not suit me anymore. I gradually developed a more personal way of writing, half way between documentaries and photographic essays.
Today, I continue my work as an author and also shoot multimedia movies for companies and foundations. I have taught at several photography workshops, including "Milk Photography Masterclass", which I created with my colleague, Sabrina Biancuzzi, and during the Arles Photography Festival (Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles). I have just finished working on a project which I started in 2006 – "Le Désert russe" will be published by Éditions Lamaindonne in September 2015. I'm now focusing my attention on the eastern region of the Balkans.
I'm fascinated by narrative photography, which I found much more interesting and relevant than just creating a beautiful image for itself. I enjoy editing my images to tell intimate stories with "classical" media such as books, but I also love exploring the narrative opportunities of screens, whether they are small, big or touch screens.
The X100T is perfect for the type of photography I do. It is a wonderful working tool. It is small, quick and incredibly discreet, and the quality of its RAW files is amazing for a sensor of that size. I only take photos with a 35mm lens and have a very high-capacity SD card in my camera – that is the only gear I take with me when I'm travelling. This camera makes me feel totally free.


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AAAI-10 Student Abstract and Poster Program
AAAI-10 invites submissions to the student abstract and poster program. The goal of this program is to provide a forum in which students can present and discuss their work during its early stages, meet some of their peers who have related interests, and introduce themselves to more senior members of the field. The program is open to all pre-Ph.D students. Nonstudent advisors or collaborators should be acknowledged appropriately, as coauthors or otherwise. However, students are requested to honor the spirit of the program by submitting only work for which they are primary investigators.
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Electronic submission in PDF format is required. Students should submit an abstract describing their research no later than January 27, 2010. Abstracts must be no longer than 2 pages including references, and formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style. Instructions about how to submit abstracts are available at the AAAI conference submission web site. Papers exceeding the specified length and formatting requirements are subject to rejection without review.
The abstract must include the following: title; the primary author's full name, affiliation, postal address, phone number, URL (if available), and e-mail address; all coauthors' full names and affiliations; text; and any figures, tables, or diagrams. The abstract should also contain a URL of a location where reviewers can access complementary material about the student's research. The URL is critical to reviewers because of the brevity of the submissions.
Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted abstracts will be mailed to the author by March 19, 2010.
Camera-ready copy of accepted abstracts will be due by April 7, 2010.
Submissions to AAAI-10 or Other Conferences
Students are free to submit abstracts for work reported in a regular paper submitted to the AAAI-10 or another conference, but not for work that has already been published. Abstracts will be accepted or rejected for the student session regardless of the outcomes of related paper submissions.
Accepted abstracts will be allocated two (2) pages in the conference proceedings. Students will be required to transfer copyright of the abstract to AAAI. A copy of the AAAI copyright form is available on the AAAI web site.
Poster Session
Accepted abstracts will be allocated presentation time and space in the student poster display area at the conference. Student authors of accepted abstracts must agree to prepare a poster representing the work described in their abstracts and to be available to discuss their work with visitors during their allocated time in the student poster display area.
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Registration and call clarification inquiries may be sent to:
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All other inquiries and suggestions should be directed to the Student Abstract and Poster Program Cochairs.
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TZI, Universität Bremen
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University of Maryland, College Park
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The Berry College Theatre Company recently presented "Letters to Sala" in the E.H. Young Theatre. The show, written by Arlene Hutton was a compelling story about one girl's courage, determination, and perseverance during one of the most troubling times in the history of mankind. Junior Hannah Ausband composed original music for the production.
"I believe that 'Letters to Sala' has had an emotional impact on most everyone who has seen it," Ausband said. "It has been an exhausting and emotionally draining experience, simply because of the nature of the story, but it has been more than worth it all. I am truly humbled to have been a part."
"Letters to Sala" is a new play based on a true story; it revolves around 352 letters that Sala Garncarz Kirschner collected during her time in Nazi work camps from 1940 to 1946. Following the tumultuous path of the letters, the audience journeys from their origins, to their rediscovery, in a small, non-descript apartment, to their current resting place at the New York Public Library.
Opening Thursday (Dec. 6) is Berry Theatre's second annual Christmas show "Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas." Based on the books by Robert Fulghum - this charming musical takes a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress, and chaos that crashes down every December. For more information, please call the Berry College Theatre box office at 706-236-2263 or email Richard Bristow at email@example.com.
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