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CAIRO—A bomb exploded outside a military intelligence building northeast of Egypt's capital Sunday, wounding four people and damaging the structure as protests and security scares roiled the country just weeks before a key vote.
The explosion in Anshas, a village in Sharqiya province, came as violent student protests at a Cairo university and its branches played on television channels across the country, only adding to the turmoil and sense of public worry in Egypt following a July 3 popularly backed military coup that toppled Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
The military-backed interim government, wanting to cement its legitimacy, hopes for a strong voter turnout for a constitutional referendum Jan. 14-15. The country's interim president suggested Sunday that the order of the parliamentary and presidential polls following it could be changed.
The bombing struck the military intelligence building in Anshas, a village 50 kilometres northeast of Cairo that is home to a number of military facilities, including an air base and Egypt's first experimental nuclear reactor. AP Television News footage showed debris littering the ground and a large gash in one of its walls.
Military spokesman Ahmed Mohammed Ali said on his official Facebook page that the explosion damaged the back wall of the military intelligence office and wounded four soldiers guarding it. He said an investigation had begun to determine what caused the blast.
Ali said the blast was part of a series "of cowardly terrorist operations carried out by the forces of darkness and sedition against the people of Egypt, military installations and vital targets."
Security officials said investigators were trying to determine whether the blast was caused by a hand grenade or a car bomb. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to journalists.
The blast struck as protests against Morsi's ouster continued Sunday. For the second day, protesters disrupted exams at the Islamic University of Al-Azhar. At the Cairo campus, some students tore up their examination papers, while others threw rocks as police fired tear gas. Police arrested 27 students over the protests, security officials said.
One student was killed in clashes Saturday and a main administration building was set on fire.
The violence stopped those wanting to take exams from reaching classrooms. Tawfiq Nour el-Din, deputy dean of the university, told state television that alternative rooms will be prepared to ensure exams continue. Later Sunday, Egypt state news agency MENA reported that university security officials defused two homemade bombs planted on campus.
Students say they are organizing an exam boycott campaign to protest the arrest and killing of their colleagues. They deny starting the violence.
"They are trying to frighten us . . . They do not like that a large number of students are against the coup," student leader Youssof Salhen said.
The tension extended to the university branch in the southern city of Assiut, where students closed the campus gates, preventing others from taking their tests. Security officials said students lobbed firebombs at one of the riot police vehicles deployed outside campus, setting it on fire. The students chased two soldiers out of the car before forces deployed to provide them with protection, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
Meanwhile, state television reported that passersby also found an undetonated homemade bomb outside the medical school of the Al-Azhar University branch in the Nile Delta city of Damietta.
A coalition led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which Morsi hails, has held near-daily protests over his ouster since the coup. Authorities responded with an intense crackdown on the group, including the government declaring it a terrorist organization in recent days and blaming it for the rise in militant attacks. The Brotherhood, which renounced violence in the late 1970s, repeatedly has denied being responsible for the attacks.
The government hopes coming elections will solidify its control and power. On Sunday, Interim President Adly Mansour said a presidential election can come before a planned parliamentary poll in the country without violating a military-backed transition plan put in place after the coup. The votes will be held within six months after the constitutional referendum, Mansour said.
Backers of the plan have pushed for electing a president first amid continued opposition from Morsi supporters. Many groups that have met with Mansour over the past days to discuss the plan have supported selecting a president first, worrying that a parliamentary vote would fragment the country. Some say an elected leader would quell the opposition's challenge to the interim authorities.
Authorities also fear Morsi supporters will try to derail the coming votes through protests or violence. However, the government has provided no evidence linking the Brotherhood to the ongoing attacks.


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Old Answers to the New Atheism: An Interview with Peter Hitchens
Many Christians are aware of the hostile atheism of Christopher Hitchens. However, few Christians are aware that his brother, Peter, was also for many years antagonistic toward Christianity and a self-avowed atheist like his brother. Unlike Christopher, however, Peter is …Read More
Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens, brother of prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens, is a British journalist, author, and broadcaster. He has authored five books, including his most recent The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith.

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This Day in Sports History: September 21
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on September 21:
1934 — Brothers Dizzy and Paul Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals each pitched shutouts in a doubleheader against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, with Paul throwing a no-hitter, 3-0. (More info.)
1955 — Rocky Marciano knocked out Archie Moore in the ninth round of their fight at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain the heavyweight boxing title in his final pro fight. Marciano finished with a career record of 49-0. (More info.)
1964 — The Philadelphia Phillies lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 1-0, when Chico Ruiz stole home at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The defeat was the first of 10 straight losses, as the Phillies lost a six-and-a-half-game lead — and the National League pennant — to the St. Louis Cardinals. (More info.)
1969 — Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets boomed a record 98-yard punt against the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium. (More info.)
1970 — The Cleveland Browns defeated the New York Jets, 31-21, at Municipal Stadium in the first Monday Night Football game. (More info.)
1986 — The New York Jets beat the Miami Dolphins, 51-45, in overtime, as Ken O'Brien of the Jets and Dan Marino of the Dolphins combined for a record 884 passing yards. (More info.)
2008 —The New York Yankees played their final home game at Yankee Stadium, beating the Baltimore Orioles, 7-3. (More info.)


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Explanation: Ever have one of those days when you have to eat lunch out of a vending machine? Anyone whose heard the Internet-fueled rumor about the guy who ruptured his stomach by downing Diet Coke and Mentos will probably avoid that sugary combination on such occasions. Yet, as with many cyber sensations, there's a lot of hot air behind the Diet Coke and Mentos rumor.
It's true that if you drop a pack of the chewy mints into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, the candy's properties react with the carbon dioxide in the soda to spew forth fizz. Physicist Tonya Coffey determined that this happens because Mentos' rough surface breaks up the attraction between water molecules in the Coke, clearing room for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. The gum arabic further fuels the fizz by making the candy fall through the liquid faster, which causes bubbles to form more rapidly.
However, when you open and drink a Diet Coke, it releases much of the pressurized carbon dioxide that forms the carbonation. As the soda warms while traveling to the stomach, the gas continues to vaporize. Any remaining might cause your stomach to expand, but it isn't enough to spark a dangerous gassy rebellion if you chase the soda with a pack of Mentos.
The nutritional value of a Diet Coke and Mentos snack is still questionable, but if that's your only vending machine vice, your stomach should make it through just fine.


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What are the engine gaskets and where are they located?
Gaskets are an essential part of sealing your engine; they keep the harmful elements out of the engine while keeping the necessary fluids in. Over time, these seals may break down due to temperature, chemicals, or the failure of other parts.
There are a number of gaskets around the engine that keep various liquids and gasses flowing on their intended path through the engine. There are gaskets that keep the air intake and exhaust manifolds sealed to the engine, a gasket for the oil pan, valve cover gaskets that seal the top of the engine and prevent oil leaks, and, of course, the engine head gaskets. Oil must flow through the engine block to lubricate it, and coolant must flow through the engine to keep it from overheating. The head gaskets seal off these systems and keep oil and coolant from leaking or from mixing with each other or with the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder. Failure of each of these gaskets can present as different problems, although heat is the most frequent cause of damage.
How do I know if my engine gaskets need to be replaced?
With combustion occurring inside the cylinders, it's no surprise that engines can get very hot. When metal gets hot, it tends to expand. The various engine gaskets, then, have to expand to accommodate the engine. If pushed too far, say when an engine overheats, they may break. The gaskets or the sealant that attaches them may also become worn down by various chemicals they can encounter.
Depending on what gaskets have failed, you may experience different problems. Some of the most common of these are fluid leaks, strange smelling or strangely colored exhaust, overheating, loss of engine power, or rough idling.
If the intake manifold gasket fails, excess air will enter the engine's cylinders. This can lead to detonation or engine knock which will eventually damage the cylinders. If the engine runs rough, it could be a sign of a problem with the intake manifold gasket. The intake manifold also has channels to carry coolant. If the intake manifold gasket is damaged, coolant leaks can occur. This can cause the engine to overheat. You may also notice green or yellow fluid leaking underneath the car. The coolant may also leak internally and mix with oil or the air-fuel mixture.
If coolant mixes with the oil, it can decrease the oil's ability to lubricate moving engine parts, leading to damage. To determine if coolant has seeped into your oil, check your oil dipstick. If the oil is bubbly, watery, or has a "chocolate milk" appearance, then there may be coolant mixed in. If coolant mixes into the air-fuel mixture, the exhaust may smell bad or take on a bluish-gray color. This is a result of the coolant being combusted. This can lead to clogs or deterioration in the catalytic converter.
The exhaust manifold gasket is more likely to fail than the intake manifold gasket. It faces much higher heat. It can also be exposed to chemicals if there are leaks elsewhere in the system. If the exhaust gasket leaks, exhaust gasses and heat may be released. The heat can cause melting in nearby plastic components, manifesting as bad smells in the engine compartment. A leaking exhaust manifold gasket can also lead to a loss of pressure in the engine, which leads to reduced engine performance and fuel efficiency.
Leaky oil pan or valve cover gaskets may be less alarming. They tend to lead to oil leaks. If the valve cover gasket is leaking, you may see oil on top of the engine. If the oil pan gasket is leaking, you may see oil on the ground underneath your car. If oil leaks land on hot engine components, there may be smoke inside your engine compartment.
Blown head gaskets may be the most troubling of all. They can cause oil and coolant to mix, or coolant to mix with the air-fuel mixture, leading to the types of damage described before. They can also lead to oil entering the air-fuel mix, which can lead to clogs and deterioration in the catalytic converter. Head gasket failure can also cause a loss of pressure, and therefore performance in the engine. It can also cause exhaust gasses to leak into the cooling system, which can make the engine overheat.
Astute readers may have noticed that overheating is both a cause and a result of engine gasket failures, as are chemical leaks. Failure in one gasket or set of gaskets may cause failures in other gaskets (as well as other engine parts). For this reason, if one gasket fails, it may be wise to replace them all as a set, preemptively.
Can I replace the engine gaskets myself?
The difficulty of replacing these gaskets varies from one part to another. Replacing the oil pan gasket or the manifold gaskets should prove to be relatively straightforward. The valve cover and head gaskets are located above the engine head, which is a precisely engineered and somewhat sensitive piece. Damaging the engine head can lead to permanent leaks, making you worse off than when you started. It is very important to be careful in installing these parts and to avoid using screwdrivers or other sharp tools to pry parts off.


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Market Scene: Seattle's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets
Pike Place Market is one of Seattle's must-visit landmarks, but the 102-year-old icon is not the best place to meet actual farmers. Most of the purveyors sell the same produce you can buy in the supermarket. (Except on Wednesdays and Sundays in the summers when local growers set up shop on the street outside the rambling tourist attraction.)
To find the true farm-to-table connection, savvy shoppers know to head to one of the dozens of neighborhood markets that sprout weekly around the city this time of year. It's possible to hit a different neighborhood each day of the week and truly get a flavor for this food-loving community.
On Wednesday afternoons, the action heats up in historic Columbia City, just south of Seattle. On Fridays, there's a market on Phinney Ridge and in Madrona. In just a couple of weeks, the market in my hood will open on top of Queen Anne Hill. On Sundays, there are markets in West Seattle, on Capitol Hill and in Ballard. The mother of all neighborhood markets is near the University of Washington. Each Saturday, this year-round market draws farmers, ranchers, fishermen, foragers and cheese makers from across the state.
One highlight you don't want to miss is the booth run by Seattle Youth Garden Works, which is like an evolved version of the Edible Schoolyard, where homeless and at-risk kids sell the veggies they grow.
On a recent Saturday, my shopping bag was stuffed with spuds from my favorite potato grower, Brent Olsen from Olsen Farms, who juggles some 22 varieties. He also sells grass-fed beef and lamb. So, it's possible to get your meat and potatoes in one stop.
At various vendors, I also picked up fiddlehead ferns, early morels, super sweet asparagus from Yakima in Eastern Washington, tender greens and a small geoduck (a very large saltwater clam) from Taylor Shellfish. Fortunately, the fishmonger gave me a quick tutorial on cleaning this phallic-looking giant clam. (I made a crudo and it was magnificent, if I do say so myself.)
The 60 sellers who show up are seasoned at dealing with the crowds at this popular spot. It's best to go early, but not too early. A bell rings to signal the opening at 9 a.m. and vendors will not sell before that time.
Last Saturday, movie star-turned-healthy-cookbook-author and Twitter junkie Mariel Hemingway (@Marielhemingway) hosted a cooking demo, which was a big draw. Still, the real celebrity at the University District Farmers Market belongs to the hard-working producers who bring their best efforts to sell to adoring fans of quality food.
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A widely used drug that has been mired in controversy for most of its decade-long life may now bring relief to postmenopausal women whose lives have been disrupted by unrelenting hot flashes. The relief may be especially welcome to women who have had breast cancer and cannot take estrogen.
The drug, best known by its trade name, Neurontin, but now prescribed generically as gabapentin, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994 to treat epileptic seizures. In 2002, it was approved to treat postherpetic neuralgia, horrific pain that sometimes follows shingles.
Aided by the Internet and, the government has said, an illegal marketing campaign by its parent company, Neurontin sales eventually exceeded $2 billion a year before its patent expired and the generic gabapentin entered the market in 2004.
The parent company, Warner-Lambert (since bought by Pfizer), was investigated after a whistle-blower said it had paid doctors to promote Neurontin to their colleagues for a host of additional symptoms not approved by the F.D.A. The whistle-blower also said the company had paid to have research articles prepared claiming benefits of a dubious nature.
Varied Applications
As a result, Neurontin has been used for problems like migraines, social phobia, attention-deficit disorder in children, gastric ulcers, restless leg syndrome, essential tremor, osteoarthritis, backache, insomnia, anxiety, bipolar disorder, panic attacks and withdrawal from cocaine and alcohol — all known as off-label uses.Continue reading the main story
Its most frequent off-label use is as an adjunct to drugs used to treat pain, especially pain thought to have nerve involvement.
Thus, gabapentin was part of the medication prescribed for my unrelenting pain after a double knee-replacement operation last year. It was prescribed again last fall when I developed debilitating back and leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in my back.
Between the two prescriptions, I made a discovery that changed my life for the better. While taking Neurontin three times a day for the knee pain, I had none of the hot flashes that had plagued me day and night after breast cancer in 1999 made me stop postmenopausal hormones. But when I weaned myself from gabapentin last May, the hot flashes returned, resulting in three sleepless nights in a row. I wondered whether it could be a factor and decided, with my doctor's approval, to try just one 300-milligram capsule before bedtime. Voilà! No hot flashes. No waking up damp and clammy and unable to go back to sleep.
I've stayed on the drug, and this winter I've been able to wear turtlenecks. I'm sleeping much better. On the dose that helps me — 300 milligrams after breakfast and 300 or 600 milligrams at bedtime — I've noticed no unusual effects beyond an ability to sleep comfortably for seven hours a night.
Last September, I found a report in The Lancet, the medical journal, by researchers from four medical centers who conducted a clinic trial using gabapentin to treat hot flashes in women with breast cancer. In the study, 420 women having two or more hot flashes a day were randomly assigned to take 300 or 900 milligrams of gabapentin or a look-alike placebo each day in three divided doses for eight weeks.
About one patient in five on the placebo reported a decline in hot flashes, while a third of those taking 300 milligrams of gabapentin did and nearly half of those on 900 milligrams reported a benefit.
The researchers, led by Dr. Kishan J. Pandya of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center, found that "only the higher dose of gabapentin was associated with significant decreases in hot flash frequency and severity." They recommended that the drug "be considered for treatment of hot flashes in women with breast cancer."
Dr. Pandya undertook this study after Dr. Thomas J. Guttuso Jr., a neurologist then at the university's medical center, published findings in February 2003 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Guttuso and his colleagues had randomly assigned 59 postmenopausal women who suffered from seven or more hot flashes a day to receive gabapentin or a placebo for 12 weeks.
Reducing the Heat
Those who took 300 milligrams of gabapentin three times a day reported a 54 percent reduction in overall hot flash activity (frequency and severity) compared with a 31 percent drop in the placebo group.
In an interview, Dr. Guttuso, now at the Jacobs Neurological Institute at the University at Buffalo, discussed a soon-to-be-published study by Dr. Sireesha Y. Reddy and colleagues that pitted 2,400 milligrams of gabapentin daily against 0.625 milligram of estrogen, the gold standard for controlling hot flashes.
Participants suffered from moderate to severe hot flashes, defined as seven or more per day, accompanied by sweating. Gabapentin relieved hot flashes as effectively as estrogen, Dr. Guttuso said. Although about 40 percent of the women taking 2,400 milligrams of gabapentin daily reported side effects (sleepiness, dizziness and swelling of the feet), they felt that the benefit of the drug outweighed them, Dr. Guttuso said.
Gabapentin has other benefits. "It does not interact with any other medications, which is very unique," Dr. Guttoso said, "so doctors don't have to worry about other drugs a patient might be taking. Also, gabapentin is not metabolized, so it has no effect on the liver. It's fully excreted in the urine." He said that it works through a receptor on the membranes of brain and peripheral nerve cells.
Estrogen normally acts as a brake on cells in the brain's temperature-regulating center through pathways called calcium channels. Gabapentin binds to a channel.
Gabapentin was developed to help avoid the addictive quality of drugs called GABA analogues (Valium, Ativan and Xanax) used for anxiety and seizure disorders. The modified drug proved nonaddictive.
Properly designed clinical trials are needed to show just how helpful gabapentin is against various conditions and whether prolonged use may have unexpected adverse effects. At high doses, side effects like drowsiness, dizziness and weight gain from retained water can limit its usefulness.
Now that the drug is without patent protection, future F.D.A. approvals will depend on studies by two companies. One, PharmaNova, has patented a sustained-release formulation of gabapentin and is studying its role in treating hot flashes. Meanwhile, Pfizer has introduced a chemical cousin of gabapentin, sold as Lyrica and approved for treating nerve pain caused by shingles and diabetes. It should control hot flashes, too.
Lyrica is being studied in patients with hot flashes under a licensing agreement with the University of Rochester, which has patented new uses of gabapentin and other drugs that use the same mechanism.Continue reading the main story


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Circulation: December 19, 2017; Volume 136, Number 25
About this course
- Released: 12/18/2017
- Expires: 12/19/2018
Article Title: Prevention of Stroke With the Addition of Ezetimibe to Statin Therapy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome in IMPROVE-IT (Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial)
Educational Objectives for This Article
After reviewing this article, the participant should be able to:
- Describe the risk reduction of stroke associated with the addition of ezetimibe to baseline simvastatin therapy in patients with a history of acute coronary syndrome.
- Identify risk factors for recurrent stroke.
Since 1900, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been the No. 1 killer in the United States every year but 1918. Nearly 2,150 Americans die of CVD each day, an average of 1 death every 40 seconds. CVD claims about as many lives each year as the next 2 leading causes of death combined, which are cancer and chronic lower respiratory tract diseases. On average, every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, and someone dies of one approximately every 4 minutes (2014 Heart and Stroke Update).
Physicians who treat patients with CVD and stroke have expressed a desire to stay current and for increased knowledge of all areas of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The AHA journals have been at the forefront of cardiovascular disease and stroke research for more than 75 years. The format and design of the AHA journals allow the journals to serve as an effective learning tool for physicians interested in refining their problem solving skills, learning about the cutting edge advances in the fields, and applying this knowledge to patient care.
Readers of the "AHA Journals CME" program should be able to reach the following educational objectives:
- Refine their problem-solving skills and learn about cutting-edge advances in the field.
- Apply knowledge gained by reading the selected article to patient care.
This educational activity is intended for physicians who treat patients with CVDs and stroke.
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Heart Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
As a provider that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the American Heart Association must ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually provided or jointly provided educational activities. Therefore, the CME editors participating in continuing medical education (CME) activities provided by the American Heart Association must disclose to the audience: (1) any significant financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of products from the commercial supporter(s) and/or the manufacturer(s) of products or devices discussed in the activity, and (2) unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in the activity. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a CME editor with a significant financial or other relationship from contributing, but rather to provide participants with information with which they can make their own judgments. It remains for the participants to determine whether the CME editor's interests or relationships may influence the content.
Susan Matulevicius, MD, CME Editor for Circulation, discloses the following:
Dr Matulevicius' husband has received modest* consultant fees from Cleveland Heart Lab, Vascular Strategies, and CSL Limited; and has received significant* research grant support from Merck.
Monika Sanghavi, MD, CME Editor for Circulation, discloses the following:
Dr Sanghavi has no financial interests to disclose.
Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSc, CME Editor for Circulation, discloses the following:
Dr Thibodeau is the Site Principal Investigator of a Novartis-sponsored study (Pioneer HF). She receives no monetary support.
Authors of articles selected for inclusion in the AHA Journals CME, an educational activity provided by the American Heart Association, have disclosed to journal readers (1) significant financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of products from the commercial supporter(s) and /or the manufacturer(s) of products or devices discussed in their article, and (2) unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their article. Such disclosures appear with each article in the section labeled "Disclosures". If the article authors have no relationships to disclose, "None" will be listed in this section.
*A relationship is considered to be "significant" if (a) the person receives $10,000 or more during any 12-month period, or 5% or more of the person's gross income; or (b) the person owns 5% or more of the voting stock or share of the entity, or owns $10,000 or more of the fair market value of the entity. A relationship is considered to be "modest" if it is less than "significant" under the preceding definition.


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The Stanley 10-and-under all-stars likely won�t mind waking up in the wee hours of the morning for this trip.
They�re boarding a chartered bus at 6 a.m. Thursday and heading to Laurel, Miss., for the Dixie Youth Baseball AAA World Series.
�The kids at least are packed and ready to go, so they�re excited and I�m excited for them,� Stanley head coach Jason Dunlap said Wednesday afternoon. �This is a great opportunity for us.�
Stanley, the North Carolina champion, opens the double-elimination tournament against host Laurel, Miss., 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The tournament field features 12 teams, including 11 state champions and the host team.
Stanleyqualified for the World Series by winning the state tournament two weeks ago at its own Harper Park, beating East Duplin two games to one in the championship series. Since then, the players have practiced every day but two � and they would have practiced once more had it not rained that day.
�I think only two teams from North Carolina have ever won it at this age,� Dunlap said. �We just want to take full advantage of the opportunity, and we�re one of 12 teams left in it. The kids want it.�
Practice hasn�t been the only thing keeping this team busy. The all-stars have held several fundraisers over the past two weeks, helping make the chartered bus and other things possible.
�We�ve had a lot of community support,� Dunlap said. �I�d like to thank everybody for supporting us.�
You may contact Phillip Gardner at 704-869-1843 or twitter.com/gazettephil.
Stanley all-stars
1 Bryson Walker
2 Will Farnsworth
3 Adam Rushing
6 Zach Clark
7 Riley Dunlap
8 Cody Chapman
10 Carson Preston
12 Savannah Baldwin
18 Tyson Ensley
34 Jake Thomas
53 Andrew Gall
77 Jack McCall
Coaches: Jason Dunlap, Jody Chapman, Bill Farnsworth
Do you have a local All-Star team still involved in tournament action, or one that has previously competed in All-Star play this summer? We want to hear from you. Email your scores, information and/or action/team photos to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 704-869-1841 by 10 p.m. to meet our nightly deadline.


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Greetings cachers!
I wanted to let you all know about an event I am involved with. It's called the Northeast Geocache Bash and it is held in the NH White Mountains over Memorial Day Weekend. It is open to all cachers in the Northeast (or from around the world for that matter). There are all kinds of activities planned for the weekend, including "Top Ten Itineraries", Clinics, Social Events, and the 2nd annual NE Geocach DASH,a race like no other.
The event cache (GC242R4) is listed at: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...d-fe0860770be8
You can also register for the DASH: http://www.lincolnwoodstock.com/events/geo-register.php
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...860368&index=1
Hope to see you all there!


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Caribbean by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising the Caribbean
Ocean Cruise Guides, 2004 - Travel - 352 pages
The inside track of the Caribbean cruise destination is revealed in this new edition with more color, ports, maps and more solid travel detail. Includes specifics on independent travel at ports of call as well as must-see attractions, best shore excursions and best beaches. Color photography and dozens of maps throughout. Includes giant pullout color map.
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NASA bets on asteroid mission as best path to Mars
Some scientists question whether redirect plan would get humans any closer to Red Planet
Somewhere above the clouds, way up into the deep space of the inner solar system, there's an asteroid tumbling near Earth with NASA's name on it.
Within the next decade or so, the space agency wants to snag the space rock and haul it to the moon. And they've hatched two fantastical plans to do it. One would snare an asteroid with a gigantic inflatable bag; the other might send a sticky-fingered robot out to grab a golf cart–sized boulder off an even bigger rock.
Both would help humans prepare for an eventual trip to Mars. At least that's what NASA says.
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Fire broke out around 4 a.m. at the Mountain Road Feed Store in Jackson Township. The fire was fully involved when crews arrived and the structure is a total loss.
Fire broke out around 4 a.m. at the Mountain Road Feed Store in Jackson Township. The fire was fully involved when crews arrived and the structure is a total loss.
"We're going to stay open somehow," said owner Jim Fallenstein, surveying the burnt-out rubble of the store on Mountain Road off Route 715 in Reeders. "This store has been here since 1986 and I've owned it since 2001. We're going to rebuild."
The fire was spotted at about 4 a.m.
"Someone knocked on the door of the caretaker who lives on the property and alerted him," Jackson Township Fire Chief Les Wolcott said.
Fallenstein said he was then contacted at home and raced to the scene. He could see the glow all the way from Route 715 at Warner Road in Pocono Township.
Jackson Township, Pocono Township, West End, Blue Ridge Hook & Ladder, Stroud Township and Pocono Mountain fire companies, along with Central Pocono Ambulance, responded to find the two-story brick building.
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"I have the insurance agent coming over to talk about the status of the coverage on the building," Fallenstein said.
A state police fire marshal also was contacted to investigate the fire's cause and point of origin. The feed store shares the property with Fallenstein's other businesses, which are Jim's Drywall Supplies, Diesel Express and Mountain Road Landscaping.


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February 23, 2009
Famous People With Diabetes: Past and Present
We as Diabetics struggle everyday with this deadly disease and so do many of the people we look up to. If you are a parent, show this list to your son or daughter to motivate them to accomplish their dreams no matter what the obstacle. Here is a list of famous people with Diabetes. If you know of any others, feel free to share them.
Halle Berry, Oscar-winning actress
Wilford Brimley, of television and films, "Cocoon" and "The Firm"
J. Anthony Brown, actor ("Drumline"), comedian
Delta Burke, of television's "Designing Women"
Nell Carter, of the television show "Gimme a Break"
Dick Clark, television emcee, producer
Stephen Furst, actor on the television shows "St. Elsewhere" and "Babylon 5"
Victor Garber, actor ("Alias," "Titanic," "Sleepless in Seattle")
Dorian Gregory, actor ("Charmed," "The Other half")
Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999
Zippora Karz, former New York City Ballet soloist, ballet teacher
Larry King, talk show host
Jerry Lewis, comedian, telethon host
Jerry Mathers, actor of "Leave It To Beaver" fame
Mary Tyler Moore, actress and star of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Park Overall, actress ("Empty Nest")
Della Reese, singer, actress ("Touched by an Angel")
Sir Harry Secombe, Welsh singer, former president of the British Diabetic Association
Jean Smart, actress on "Designing Women"
Elaine Stritch, comedian
Elizabeth Taylor, actress ("National Velvet," "Cleopatra," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")
Aida Tuturro, actress ("The Sopranos")
Hafez al-Assad, dictator of Syria
Menachem Begin, Israeli prime minister
Marion Barry, former mayor of Washington, D.C.
Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet premier
Mike Huckabee, governor of Arkansas
Janet Jagan, president of Guyana
Bill Janklow, former governor and congressman, South Dakota
Wei Jengsheng, Chinese dissident
James Lloyd, congressman, California
Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid leader
Buddy Roemer, governor, Louisiana
Damon Dash, entrepreneur
Ray Anderson, jazz trombonist
Carol Channing, Tony Award-winning singer/actress in "Hello Dolly"
Mark Collie, contemporary country star
David Crosby, member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Phife Dawg, rapper, ("A Tribe Called Quest")
Mick Fleetwood, singer in rock band Fleetwood Mac
Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul
Shirley Horn, Grammy-winning jazz singer
Marvin Isley, singer, The Isley Brothers
Waylon Jennings, country singer
Nick Jonas, lead singer, the Jonas Brothers
B.B. King, rhythm and blues star
Patti LaBelle, pop singer
Tommy Lee, of heavy metal band Motley Crue
Meat Loaf, singer
Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock group Poison
The Pump Girls
Jessica Stone, actress and singer
Elliott Yamin, singer
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway composer
Neil Young, rock singer and guitarist
Norman Whitfield, Grammy-winning R&B producer and songwriter
Cynthia Ice, developer of Lotus software
Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, scientist, endocrinologist, author of "Diabetic Women"
Wasim Akrim, Pakistani cricket bowler
Sarah Bina, champion clogger
Nick Boynton, hockey player
Ayden Byle, runner
Bobby Clarke, hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
Scott Coleman, first man with diabetes to swim the English Channel
Chris Dudley, New York Knicks basketball player
Rick Dudley, hockey
Scott Dunton, world-ranked competitive surfer
Mike Echols, NFL
Curt Frasier, hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks
"Smokin' Joe" Frazier, heavyweight boxing champ
Walt Frazier, NBA, New York Knicks
Kris Freeman, Olympic cross-country skier
Joe Gibbs, NFL coach
Bill Gullickson, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
Gary Hall, Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Jonathon Hayes, tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs
Chuck Henderich, skier
Chris Jarvis, champion Canadian rower
Jason Johnson, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
Billie Jean King, tennis player
Ed Kranepool, baseball player with the New York Mets
Kelli Kuehne, LPGA golfer who wears a pump on the golf course
Jay Leeuwenburg, offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
Michelle McGann, LPGA golfer
Calvin Muhammed, football player for the Washington Redskins
David Pembler, baseball player, Milwaukee Brewers
Sir Steven Redgrave, rower, winner of five consecutive Olympic gold medals
Ron Santo, third basemen for the Chicago Cubs
Art Shell, NFL player and coach
Kendall Simmons, NFL
Michael Sinclair, NFL defensive end
Hank Stram, NFL coach
Bradley Suttle, major League second baseman
Sherri Turner, LPGA golfer
Scott Verplank, PGA golfer
Jo Ann Washam, LPGA golfer
David "Boomer" Wells, major league pitcher
Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback
Richard Bartlett, film
June Bierman, author of books on diabetes
Fran Carpentier, editor of Parade magazine
Sylvia Chase, ABC News Reporter
Rodolfo Garcia, AP reporter
Linda Goodman, horoscope book author
Anne Rice, "Interview With a Vampire" author
Jack Benny, '50s television host
James Cagney, producer, director and actor
Alvin Childress, actor ("Amos & Andy)
James Doohan, actor (Scotty on "Star Trek")
Dale Evans, actress, singer and wife of Roy Rogers
Jackie Gleason, actor and comedian, star of "The Honeymooners"
Dana Hill, actress ("Shoot the Moon")
Gordon Jump, actor on "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Mabel King, actress who played Mama on "What's Happening"
Al Lewis, actor ("The Munsters")
Marcello Mastroianni, actor who appeared in 142 films
Richard Mulligan, actor on the television show "Empty Nest"
Carroll O'Connor, actor ("All in the Family," "In the Heat of the Night")
Minnie Pearl, entertainer, actress on the variety show "Hee Haw"
Esther Rolle, actress on the TV Show "Good Times"
George C. Scott, Academy Award-winning actor
Kate Smith, singer who sang classic "God Bless America" rendition
Spencer Tracy, famous leading man of Hollywood movies
Mae West, actress ("She Done Him Wrong," "My Little Chickadee")
Jane Wyman, actress on "Falcon Crest"
Yuri Andropov, former premier of the Soviet Union
Samuel Block, civil rights activist
Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Lucille B. Chapman, a five-time Menominee Indian tribal chairwoman
Paddy Devlin, co-founder of the Social Democrat and Labor Party in Northern Ireland
King Fahd, king of Saudi Arabia
James Farmer, civil rights pioneer
Anwar Sadat, Egyptian leader
James Conkling, founder of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Bill and John Davidson, founders of Harley Davidson motorcycles
Tom Foster, former head of Foster Poultry Farms
W.L. Gherra, of Payless Drugs
Howard Hughes, industrialist, eccentric billionaire
Ray Kroc, entrepreneur who bought and built McDonald's restaurants into the world's largest fast food chain
Nat Adderley, jazz trumpeter
Hoyt Axton, folksy baritone, songwriter and actor
Syd Barrett, of the rock group Pink Floyd
Danny Joe Brown, singer (Molly Hatchet)
James Brown, The Godfather of Soul
Johnny Cash, legendary country singer, known as "the man in black"
Johnny Darrell, country music singer
Miles Davis, legendary jazz great
Mama Cass Elliott, singer, Mamas and the Papas
Freddy Fender, actor and country singer
Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist
Jerry Garcia, lead singer of The Grateful Dead
Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter
Mahalia Jackson, singer
Rick James, singer ("Super Freak")
Herbert Kahury ("Tiny Tim"), singer (of sorts)
Peggy Lee, '50s songster
Curtis Mayfield, soul singer
Elvis Presley, The King
Luther Vandross, singer
Morris Braunstein, scientist
Thomas Edison, inventor
Albert Ellis, psychologist, rational emotive therapy
George Minot, first person with diabetes to receive Nobel Prize in medicine
Arthur Ashe, tennis legend
Walter Barnes, former Philadelphia Eagle turned actor
Ty Cobb, baseball player for the Detroit Tigers
Buster Douglas, boxer
Kenny Duckett, football player for the New Orleans Saints
Del Ennis, baseball player
Catfish Hunter, pitcher for the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees
Ham Richardson, tennis pro
Jackie Robinson, baseball star who broke the color barrier in the Major Leagues
Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer
Jersey Joe Walcott, boxer
David "Boomer" Wells, major league pitcher
Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback
Ernest Hemingway, 20th-century novelist
Ken Kesey, novelist ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Walt Kelly, animator and cartoonist ("Pogo")
Mario Puzo, author of "The Godfather"
Carl Rowan, syndicated editorial columnist
H.G. Wells, writer, "The Invisible Man"
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author
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In this article you will find explanations of circuits and how they correspond to the logical language we use to discuss mathematics. You will be challenged to summarise the workings of the circuits by filling in blanks in the corresponding truth tables.
This diagram gives a summary of the information you will need to build your own circuits.
There is another version of the article here with the answers to the challenges.
This is the first of a series of articles on mathematical logic which will show that truth tables, set theory, Boolean algebra and electronic circuits are essentially equivalent; that is, theorems that can be proved in one system have their counterparts in the other systems. In subsequent articles we shall see how Boolean algebra is used in designing electronic circuits. In this article we
begin to explore the links between electronic circuits and mathematical logic.
Although logic does not model language perfectly it does form a useful system that, in practice, is the basis of most of the communication of mathematical ideas between working mathematicians. Logical conventions are used to overcome the ambiguities and inadequacies of language. The philosophical aspects of the subject are rather more subtle and complicated and we shall not dwell on them.
A proposition is a statement that has exactly one of the truth values 'true' or 'false'. A ${\it propositional}$ ${\it function}$ is a sentence involving variables, for example "She is the Queen of England" and "$x$ is greater than 7". These functions become propositions when meanings are substituted for the variables ('she' and '$x$' in the above examples).
Before we go on to experiment with circuits we need a notation to record and summarize the combinations of propositions used in logical arguments and also the combinations of switches used in circuits.
We use small letters $p, q, r...$ to represent propositions. If the proposition $p$ is true it is said to have the truth value 1 (or sometimes T) and if false the truth value 0 (or F). Propositional logic is concerned with compound propositions formed from given propositions by means of the ${\it connectives}$ 'not', 'and', 'or', 'if ... then' and combinations of these connectives, for example 'if and only if'.
In circuit diagrams each switch is either 'on' (representing the number 1) or 'off' (representing the number 0). Combinations of switches called ${\it logical}$ ${\it gates}$ represent the logical ${\it connectives}$.
Logical arguments are a combination of propositions, and circuits are a combination of switches that control the flow of current. Modern computers not only store data in the form of '0's and '1's, on which they perform arithmetic, but perform many highly complex tasks that we have come to take for granted. Studying the relation between truth tables and circuits will help us to understand a little of the underlying principles behind the design and programming of computers.
${\bf Negation}$
Now it is time to use Circuit Maker to make some of your own circuits and find out how the logic gates work.
|First, connect a switch to a lamp as in Fig. 1 and click on the switch several times to change it from 1 to 0 and back to 1. Observe that the light goes on when the switch registers 1 and the light goes off when the switch registers 0.
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|Now put a NOT gate into the circuit between the switch and the lamp, as shown in Fig. 2, and observe what happens when you change the switch from 1 to 0.
|Make and test the circuit shown in Fig 3. and fill in the truth table replacing the question marks with 1's to record when the lamp lights up and 0's to record when the lamp goes off.
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|$$\begin{array}{ccc}p &q & p\wedge q \\ 1 &1 &?\\ 1 &0 &?\\ 0 &1 &?\\ 0 &0 &? \\ \end{array}$$
${\bf Disjunction}$
In everyday language we often use 'or' inclusively as in "If you want to buy cereals or soft drinks go to aisle 7 in the supermarket" when we expect people who want to buy both cereals and soft drinks to go to that aisle as well as people wanting to buy just one of them. On other occasions we use 'or' exclusively to offer two alternatives expecting the listener to choose just one of them as in "Do you want steak for dinner or chicken?". The meaning is usually clear from the context but to avoid any ambiguity in mathematics the logical connective 'or' is always used inclusively and never exclusively.
Given any two propositions $p$ and $q$ the ${\it disjunction}$ $p$ or $q$, (written $p \vee q$) is given in the following truth table.
|Make the circuit shown in Fig 4. and fill in the blanks in the truth table replacing the question marks with 1's and 0's..
|$$ \begin{array}{ccc}p &q & p\vee q \\ 1 &1 &?\\ 1 &0 &?\\ 0 &1 &?\\ 0 &0 &? \\ \end{array} $$
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|$$ \begin{array}{ccc} p &q & p\vee q & \neg (p\vee q) & \neg p & \neg q & \neg p \wedge \neg q \\ 1 &1 &1 &? &0 &0 &? \\ 1 &0 &1 &? &0 &1 &? \\ 0 &1 &1 &? &1 &0 &? \\ 0 &0 &0 &? &1 &1 &? \\ \end{array} $$
${\bf Implication}$
Thinking about what we mean by 'if p then q' we see that this rules out the possibility that p is true and q is false. If I make the promise " if I go to the shops then I'll buy you some ice-cream" but I go to the shop and do not buy the ice-cream then I have broken my promise. So, denoting 'if p then q' by $p \Rightarrow q$, the truth table for 'if p then q' must include the line:
$$ \begin{array}{ccc} p &q & p \Rightarrow q \\ 1 &0 &0 \\ \end{array} $$
As the following example shows true conclusions can be proved by valid arguments from false premises and so we should expect 'false $\Rightarrow$ true' to be true.
We shall prove the proposition '2=1 $\Rightarrow$ 2=2'. Of course 2=2 is true (by definition) but the following argument proves this as a consequence of a false hypothesis.
By the symmetry of equality if 2=1 then 1=2. By the transitivity of equality it follows that, having shown 2=1 and 1 = 2, then 2 = 2.
This establishes a second line in the truth table for implication.
$$ \begin{array}{ccc} p &q & p \Rightarrow q \\ 1 &0 &0 \\ 0 &1 &1 \\ \end{array} $$
There might still be some doubt in the reader's mind about why the definition of 'false' implies 'true' is 'true'. It could not be false because then we would have $p \Rightarrow q$ logically the same as $q\Rightarrow p$ which is not the case. Consider for example $x=1 \Rightarrow x> 0$ which is true whereas $x> 0 \Rightarrow x=1$ is false, so we have no choice but to make this definition for $p \Rightarrow q$.
Also 'if x then x' is true whether x is true or false so we must have the complete truth table as follows.
$$ \begin{array}{ccc} p &q & p \Rightarrow q \\ 1 &1 &1 \\ 1 &0 &0 \\ 0 &1 &1 \\ 0 &0 &1 \\ \end{array} $$
It is convenient to have a single connective which combines $p \Rightarrow q$ and $q \Rightarrow p$. This connective is the ${\it bi-conditional}$ 'p if and only if q' (written $p \Leftrightarrow q$)and defined by the truth table:
$$ \begin{array}{ccc} p &q & p\Leftrightarrow q \\ 1 &1 &1 \\ 1 &0 &0 \\ 0 &1 &0 \\ 0 &0 &1 \\ \end{array} $$
We observe that in the truth table for $p \Leftrightarrow q$ this compound proposition is true precisely in those circumstances in which p and q have the same truth values and this is given by the logic gate p XNOR q. Also observe that the logic gate p XOR q is equivalent to $\neg(p \Leftrightarrow q)$.
Note that p XOR q is 'the exclusive or', true when either p is true or when q is true but not when they are both true. In everyday language we often use the exclusive or, as in "do you want steak or chicken for dinner?", but to the mathematician who, by convention, uses only the inclusive or, the logical answer is " yes" if he wants meat for dinner and "no" if he does not want meat.
${\bf Tautologies}$
If the truth value of a compound proposition is always true for all possible combinations of truth values of the given propositions, then the compound proposition is called a tautology. The following truth table and circuit show that $p \vee \neg p$ is a tautology. This is called the Law of the Excluded Middle because either $p$ is true or $\neg p$ is true and there is no third alternative.
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|$$ \begin{array}{ccc} p & \neg p & p \vee \neg p \\ 1 &0 &1 \\ 0 &1 &1 \\ \end{array} $$


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Boston frames surveillance debate
Americans hate Big Brother — until moments like this.
Police state paranoia has long stoked angst and outrage, until an incident like the Boston Marathon bombings takes place and the nation heaves a sigh of relief that security cameras gazed unblinkingly upon Beantown's streets and sidewalks.
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Eyes in the sky — cameras that keep tabs on possible red-light runners, peer out at ATM users and stand sentry for commercial businesses — provided investigators key intelligence that led to identifying suspects in the attack. A department store camera held the much-viewed footage released by the FBI.
( PHOTOS: Boston celebrates suspect's capture)
The developments have once again pitted personal rights against public safety. Politicians at every level — from the sheriff in Tampa to members of Congress — are urging the deployment of more surveillance and law enforcement access to captured material. Civil libertarians and privacy advocates, just as predictably, are preaching restraint.
"There is going to be more of a push to have more cameras on the streets, and it will be difficult to resist that push," said Neil Richards, a privacy advocate and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He authored a Harvard Law Review paper last month titled "The Dangers of Surveillance," in which he wrote that the amount of observation these days "should give us pause."
"The difficult balance is to have them [cameras] there for extraordinary efforts such as what we've seen this week but not for us to live in an emergency situation all the time," he said.
( Also on POLITICO: After Boston, no bipartisan moment?)
Security cameras began popping up in American subways and on government buildings en masse soon after the Sept. 11 attacks and have remained a point of controversy since. But they've become background noise in places like London, which pioneered the installation of public cameras to fend off attacks by the Irish Republican Army. Israel has had systems in place for years.
Bombings on American soil in recent years — like the 2008 Times Square incident — have only spurred public support for more surveillance.
"If you are not safe in your home and if you are not safe in the street, then your privacy becomes kind of a hollow concern," said Jim Pasco, the executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, who noted a smaller outcry from civil liberty groups this time.
While some suggest that muted response reflects a growing comfort among Americans with the idea of being watched, privacy advocates worry that that complacency and the comfort of surveillance in trying times is eroding rights.
( WATCH: Peter King calls for more cameras after Boston bombings)
"I don't know any civil libertarian who is seriously arguing that cameras are not valuable in these high-risk events," said Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor. "But even police states can't deter all attacks. So that's the kind of dialogue we need but that won't occur."
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the former Homeland Security chairman, joined a parade of officials post-Boston calling for increased surveillance.
"I do favor more cameras," King told MSNBC on Tuesday. "They're a great law enforcement method and device. And again, it keeps us ahead of terrorists, who are constantly trying to kill us."
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was in England during the 2005 London subway attacks, marveled to Bloomberg News on Friday about the city's vast network of cameras and its subsequent ability to name suspects in hours. London has "a much more efficient system than even they have in New York today," he said.


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Art Modell announces Browns are moving to Baltimore
On November 6, 1995, the owner of the Cleveland Browns football team announces that he is moving the team to Baltimore. The team owner, Art Modell, had purchased the Browns in October 1960 for $4 million. He loved his team and the fans, he said, but Cleveland Stadium was a mess and the city, after building a new baseball stadium and a new basketball arena, didn't seem inclined to fix it. "They took me for granted," Modell said, "until I had to pull the trigger."
Cleveland fans were devoted to their team—average attendance at home games during the 1994 season was 70,000, and was even higher than that during the 1995 season—and they were furious at Modell when they heard the news. At Browns games, they held up homemade signs protesting the move. They heckled unprintably from the sidelines. They wrote angry letters to the newspaper. Cleveland's mayor vowed to "fight to keep the Browns so we don't lose our team in the middle of the night" (a reference to the now-Indianapolis Colts' disappearance from Baltimore in 1984). A county referendum would have provided nearly $50 million in revenue from a "sin tax" on alcohol and cigarettes, but for Modell, that wasn't enough. "It's just not the answer," he told reporters. "It doesn't do the job."
Baltimore, on the other hand, offered Modell a lulu of a deal: One year in the Colts' old Memorial Stadium and then a brand-new, $200 million stadium next to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The new stadium would have 70,000 seats, 108 luxury boxes and 7,500 pricey "club seats." Modell would get a hefty chunk of money from seat license fees, which fans had to pay to get season tickets, along with percentages of parking and concessions. Best of all, as far as Modell was concerned, the team wouldn't have to pay any rent. This, he argued, was good for everyone, because it meant he had more money to pay free agents, which in turn would bring better players.
Indeed, just five years after they started playing in Baltimore, Modell's team—now called the Ravens—made it to the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, a businessman named Alfred Lerner brought an NFL expansion team—that is, not a team relocated from another city—back to Cleveland in 1999. So the Browns are back, but resentment toward Modell and the league remains. As one fan put it: "To me, the Cleveland Browns are a symptom and the NFL is their disease… They'll take a sport like this and turn the fans into background for the cameras. And if they can do it to us, they can do it to anyone."


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How to pimp your supercomputer
The HPC Advisory Council is here to help
Today, The Register's resident HPC analyst Dan Olds discusses the HPC Advisory Council, for this exclusive webcast.
Just two years old, the HPC Advisory Council is already making big waves in the high-end computing community, with 200 members, split fairly evenly between vendors and users such as commercial outfits, research labs, and universities. Membership is open to individuals too.
We talk to Gilad Shainer, the HPC Advisory Council's chairman, about how the organisation is helping to "bridge the gap between HPC usage and its potential". Several best performance initiatives for applications are in hand to enable members to pinpoint bottlenecks and leverage HPC technologies for productivity gains, for instance.
The organisation also has its own HPC High Performance Center, a free of charge resource for users to do their own applications testing.
The Council runs lots of gigs throughout the year and in the webcast events director Brian Sparks discusses the live program.
Click HPC: Bridging the gap between potential and performance to access this webcast. The program is content-rich, sales-pitch free, about 25 mins long - and is available in audio/slide deck format.
We are making this available as a Reg account service, which means you need to sign up to listen. On the form there is an opt-in option to receive our very own HPC Community newsletter, published every two weeks. This in turn gives you access to our annual reader research into high-end server computing, forums, expert opinions, webcasts, whitepapers and such like. But no research center. We're not working on that one.
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Gest: 'Brown brought too many pals to Houston's funeral'
DAVID GEST has revealed WHITNEY HOUSTON's ex-husband BOBBY BROWN caused chaos at her funeral by turning up with a massive entourage.
The music promoter, who was a friend of the late star, attended her funeral in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday (18Feb12) and he was there when Brown left the church after just 20 minutes.
The New Edition star subsequently blamed his early exit on overzealous security guards, alleging he and his children were moved three times and denied access to his daughter with Houston, Bobbi Kristina.
Gest has now spoken about the incident, explaining space in the church was limited and Brown caused seating problems when he turned up with "eight or nine" people in tow.
He tells BBC Breakfast "I saw the whole thing. He came in but he was with more people. It was a limited funeral, only 300 people, it was a small church. No one could even get past the (security) guards... When you (arrived) you showed your pass and you were let into the church.
"He (Brown) brought about eight or nine other guests. They sat him down, then they moved him, and moved him again and you could see by the third time he was becoming really irate."


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We do have a read-only copy of the FingerWorks Forum, but we don't have a copy of the FingerWorks website itself. It would be helpful to have that, as it would include product descriptions and images -- and all downloadable files, too! Too bad I didn't do a full wget back in the day, but perhaps someone else did. Any partial help is just as valuable!
--> Do you have an archived copy of www.fingerworks.com (or any bits and pieces) that we may use? Please send me a message!


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Harry Belafonte…Proves once again entertainers should stick to what they know, in his case music…
Not politics, not blaming others, not pointing fingers.
Belafonte blasts 'white America' for black gun crimes
Where exactly would he be if still in 'Black" Africa?
Gun grab. Senate style!! Worse then Finkelstien's grab?
At its core, Section 3 would send a person to prison for 20 years if you ATTEMPTED or PLANNED ("conspired") to buy a firearm as a gift for another person or to conduct a raffle of a firearm, and negligently failed to note that the gift recipient or the winner of the raffle was, for instance, a veteran with PTSD who had been placed by the Department of Veteran Affairs onto the NICS list.
Note that you don't have to actually transfer the firearm to go to prison for 20 years, nor do you have to know that the proposed recipient is a prohibited person. It is enough that you acted negligently, that you planned to gift or raffle the firearm, and that you engaged in one "overt act" necessary for conspiracy to take effect (e.g., getting in your car to drive to the gun shop).
In fact, the veteran or "prohibited person" doesn't even have to be on the NICS list and doesn't have to know they are a prohibited person. A marijuana smoker is a "user of … [a] controlled substance." If you buy a gun with the intention of gifting or raffling to one of those, you can go to prison for 20 years, be subject to draconian forfeiture provisions (933(a)), be prosecuted and sued under RICO (933(c)), and be prosecuted for money laundering (933(d)). In other words, unless you're "feeling lucky," the bill would effectively outlaw gifting and raffling firearms.
Finally, buying a gun for any other person — even though it's perfectly legal for him to own a gun — is illegal under all circumstances except for a gift or a raffle. Hence, if a person buys an AR-15 in another state where he has a vacation home (under 18 U.S.C. 922(b)(3)) and leaves it with a friend in that state for safekeeping — 20 years.
Guam has some of the tightest gun control laws under United States control; far tighter than those accepted in the fifty states of the Union.
AK-47s, AR-15s, Police and You
Obama Can Use Only Emotional & Not Rational Arguments for Gun Control
From Chuck Baldwin..A Pastor!
Gun Confiscation For Us; Gun Protection For Them
"The fact that Senator Dianne Feinstein's gun control bill exempts government officials from the planned semi-auto assault weapons ban illustrates the astounding hypocrisy of gun control advocates who, while working feverishly to disarm the American people, own firearms and surround themselves with armed men.
"As the Washington Times reported last week, 'Mrs. Feinstein's measure would exempt more than 2,200 types of hunting and sporting rifles; guns manually operated by bolt, pump, lever or slide action; and WEAPONS USED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.'


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The 11th of November, and Remembrance Sunday were days my father held above most others. Some of my earliest memories involve standing to attention by the black & white television in the back room as Big Ben chimed, the guns went off to mark the end of the minutes silence and the Queen stepped forward to place her poppy wreath. I remember lots of sad, old faces; berets, medals and inevitably, wheelchairs.
I have very mixed feelings about war and the waste of young lives it inevitably involves. I admire our armed forces and still keep Remembrance Sunday as a mark of respect for my father and all it meant to him.
However, I feel that despite all the horrors of the wars of the 20th century politicians have learnt nothing. Young men and women are still sent into war zones about which we know very little for causes we hardly understand. My daughter's 17 year old friends are talking about the army as an alternative to university and unemployment, but seem to assume combat is an extension of a Playstation or X Box game. It is hard to listen to.
So today, I reserve a place on my blog for a poem that has always been one which has moved me more than any other as a 'commandment' to us to think long and hard before once more sending our troops into situations where they die with honour; heroic in defence of their comrades and their units. But for a wider good? Who is entitled to make that decision?
Inspired by a parable in the Book of Genesis , in this poem, Wilfred Owen acknowledges God's mercy in a way he rarely does in his work; but he leaves man to take the final decision. And it is the wrong one.
The Parable of the Old Man & the Young
So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and strops,
And builded parapets and trenches there,
And stretched forth the knife to slay his son.
When lo! an angel called him out of heaven,
Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him. Behold,
A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.
Wilfred Owen – written 1918
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From The Beacon: St. Helena branch finally on the way
Imagine stepping into history and strolling through the unique story that is St. Helena and the Sea Island communities of Beaufort County.
Imagine walking through the proud chapter of history that is the Penn Center campus and taking a journey of learning and opportunity, where we work together to protect our past and prepare for a positive future.
Imagine building a learning environment that can harness the power of knowledge and the tools of technology; a place to help transform new generations while maintaining a culture of strong family ties and a caring community spirit.
Imagine a place with open doors and opportunities for everyone. Imagine the voices of that renewed story, with new generations of seniors, families, children and teens arriving with hope and enthusiasm at a shared destination.
Well, you don't have to imagine any longer. On Thursday, the community will gather on St. Helena Island to break ground on this long-awaited and much anticipated county library project.
Through a generous commitment of land by Penn Center's board of directors and funding from USDA Rural Development, SC Department of Commerce, Beaufort County government and individuals representing all segments of the greater Beaufort County community, our new St. Helena library is due to be completed by November 2012. It will be an approximate 24,000-square-foot county facility, furnished and equipped with 21st century technology and materials.
As the site of one of the country's first schools for freed slaves, Penn Center is a National Historic District Landmark. The Penn Center Campus is a natural location for this new library branch. In 1906, the Laura M. Towne Library, as part of the Penn School, was providing public library services to black residents on St. Helena Island; built by the school's carpentry classes, the 10-by-10-foot, small-frame building began a tradition that we are proudly continuing today.
For those of you who are not one of the more than 91,000 library cardholders in Beaufort County, you might ask, "Why a library?" Did you know that libraries are communities unto themselves? They serve as a gathering place for children, teens, adults, seniors, students, home-schoolers, entrepreneurs and, of course, families.
The goals and ambitions of a library's customers are what ultimately define its character. Libraries connect our lives with the past and our dreams with the future. Our Beaufort County library branches are places where equal access means opportunity, where anyone can aspire and learn the skills necessary to walk on their chosen path. Libraries support literacy, education and lifelong learning. They bring technologies and resources to the community to improve the quality of life for all.
Yes, these are challenging times. Everybody's trying to do more with less. Thanks to Beaufort County Council and the dedication of our library system staff and fundraising volunteers, all of our branch libraries provide access to resources, materials and programs most of us could not afford.
Now, one more branch library will be built, and before you know it, the doors will open and lives will be changed for the better because of the opportunities that exist within the walls of a library.
Please join us at 11 a.m. Oct. 13 for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. Helena Branch Library. Local and state speakers, as well as school choirs from St. Helena Elementary and Beaufort High schools will gather to mark this important day in county history.
Sandra Saad is the director of development & marketing for the Beaufort County Library System and serves as the chief development officer for the Public Library Foundation of Beaufort County.


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The Volvo Ocean Race is one of the world's most grueling sailing competitions. Covering more than 40,000 nautical miles, it takes nine months to complete and features teams of nine crewmembers who sail for more than 20 days at a stretch to win the coveted trophy.
SCA, the hygiene and forest products company, created an all-female team to go head-to-head with the other all-male, crews. To help them, SCA employed Accenture's digital services to give the crew an edge—both online and offline.
Race Map
There's no doubt that technological innovation continues to improve performance in sports, and in all other aspects of life. But not all of those improvements happen onboard. Team SCA needed to improve their online game as well, ensuring that critical target audiences were engaged in the race and able to follow results, meeting one of the main objectives of increasing awareness of the SCA brand.
Eighty percent of SCA´s consumers worldwide are women. And in order to connect to its brands like TENA, Tork, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Tempo and Vinda, SCA wanted to boost the profile of their all-women crew for the Volvo Ocean Race. That meant translating the grueling on-board experience online to a global audience. To bring the excitement of the sea to land-based consumers. Based on a depth of experience in digital, Accenture was chosen to help raise visibility for the team in web and social media channels.
To help Team SCA connect to its global consumers, Accenture established a center that delivered digital monitoring and analysis of Team SCA's performance across relevant marketing channels.
Measuring success
Accenture supported Team SCA in establishing a custom made report with KPI's to measure the success of the digital project. On a real-time basis, Accenture monitored channels and responded to questions and engaged with followers.
Social sharing
To drive fans to different channels, onsite optimization such as video and photo suggestions, content translations and cross platform marketing activities and paid search were employed. Accenture also assisted in identifying digital influencers and bloggers for each stopover port. They were encouraged to tweet or blog about Team SCA.
Online metrics
Regular analytics reports were generated that compared Team SCA's performance in each online channel with rival teams and against specific KPI's. New goals were set according to target audience, geographical location, age and gender. And issues were spotted so that the campaign was constantly refined based on social media insights.
Team SCA achieved many of its goals in terms of increasing awareness of the company's brand family and SCA itself. Messages were spread through social media, the Team SCA website and through the app.
Social Media: Team SCA gained over 100,000 followers on Facebook, while digital influencer posts reached 42 million.
Website: Site garnered more than 494,391 visitors during the course of the Volvo Ocean Race generating more than 2 million page views.
App: Loyal fans followed Team SCA during all of the race legs via the app. The total number of sessions for both Apple and Android totaled 88,319.


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I have noticed occasionally that Liseth makes a squeaky sound a little like a mouse.It isn't high pitched though but the only thing that I can compare it to.
Sometimes she does it at bed time and other times during eating . So I'm not sure what she is telling me, any help please ? Is it common amongst BFA's ?


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