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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Harris English is becoming more comfortable on the PGA Tour every week, and feels right at home on TPC Southwind's Bermuda grass greens.
English shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a two-stroke lead in the St. Jude Classic. The 23-year-old former Georgia star had never even had a piece of a lead on the PGA Tour until Thursday when he found himself tied with five others, including Davis Love III, after 18 holes.
He used a hot putter to roll in five birdie putts, holed out from 181 yards for eagle on the par-4 fifth and had only one bogey to finish the second round at 10-under 130.
"It's awesome to be in this position,'' English said. "I've worked very hard the last couple weeks and couple months to get in this position, and I feel like I'm ready and I feel like I got a lot of good people around me to help me.''
Shawn Stefani was second after a 65. Paul Haley II and Scott Stallings each shot 68 to reach 5 under. Love was tied with four others at 4 under after a 70, and defending champion Dustin Johnson also had a 70 to finish at 3 under. Phil Mickelson was 2 under after a 67 in his final tuneup for the U.S. Open next week at Merion in Pennsylvania.
Only four players had rounds of 4 under or better on a near perfect day at TPC Southwind. Doug Labelle II and Scott Verplank were the only other players to go at least 4 under with a 66 apiece.
But English turned in the best round on a course playing very tough despite a temperature around 80 degrees – very rare at this time of year in Memphis. Any wind came out of the north instead of the south. Combined with the small and firm greens, hitting the greens required precise shots. Hitting the fairways also is a must to control shots to the greens.
"Obviously, if he has another two days like the first two, it will be tough to catch him,'' Johnson said about English. "But I would say I look forward to being bunched throughout on Sunday coming down the stretch.''
This is English's second year on tour after finishing up his college career at Georgia in 2011.
The 6-foot-3 English was still an amateur when he won on the Web.com Tour at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational in July 2011, and he moved to the PGA Tour in 2012 and finished 79th on the money list. This year, he already has three top 10s, including his best finish yet with a tie for sixth at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
Love has kept track of English for years. English lives in Sea Island, and Love isn't surprised by how well he is playing.
"His game has really improved, and he's playing well and he's not afraid to shoot low scores,'' Love said.
English opened with a 66 putting himself into the knot of players tied at 4 under atop the leaderboard after the first 18 holes. Teeing off Friday morning, English used his putter to start with three birdies in three holes, rolling in putts from 9, 10 and 17 feet.
Then English had possibly the shot of the day on the par-4 No. 5 playing at 482 yards. After a 3-wood off the tee, he hit an 8-iron 181 yards from the fairway and watched the ball roll at least 10 feet before falling into the cup for eagle.
"I haven't holed out in a while,'' English said. "To make it on 2, probably the hardest hole on the golf course, is kind of unbelievable.''
English dropped a 15-footer on the par-4 15th to become the first player here to reach double-digits under par, and he added a 10-footer on the par-5 16th after hitting his shot from the rough just in front of the green. That birdie put him 11 under.
"I grew up on greens like this down in south Georgia, fast Bermuda greens,'' English said. "I'm very comfortable on these type of greens. I know when it's going to be fast, and it's really fast. And when into the green, it's really slow. I have a good handle on the speed. That's really what helped me today. When you get the speed down on the greens, you can start making some putts.''
English also is very familiar with Tennessee. He played at The Baylor School in Chattanooga, helping win four state titles including an individual high school championship for himself. He even won one of those titles at a course approximately an hour away. He also has friends currently in medical school here in Memphis that he has been visiting with the past couple days.
"It does feel like home,'' English said.
The only hiccup in English's round came on No. 18. He hit driver only twice Friday and stuck with his 3-wood off the tee only to hit what he called his only bad shot of the day. The ball stopped near a drain. He wound up with a 30-footer and two-putted for his lone bogey.
"I'm still looking for my first win and still hungry to be the best and to try to get my first win,'' English said
Notes: Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old amateur from China who made the cut at the Masters, missed the cut. The cut came at 1-over 141, and he went 73-71-144. … Brandt Snedeker (143) and D.A. Points (148) also missed the cut. Paul Goydos did too, but he did play Friday and shot a 72-145 after fearing he had re-injured his left wrist in the opening round. … Ian Poulter took off his right sock and rolled his pant leg up to his knee with his ball resting just in the water fronting the par-4 12th green. He pitched the ball onto the green and then pointed at his white shirt, happy that none of the mud that went flying with his stroke hit him. He bogeyed the hole but was at 137.


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Jianni brauchte ein neues T-Shirt Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
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I've been a violin teacher for the past 10+ years and I've been playing the violin since I was 5 years old. I want to promote my passion and love for the violin by wearing my own tshirt and basically just spread the coolness in playing the violin back into people's lives. I'm also a school orchestra teacher, so I'm with children all day long and I just love what I do.
The tshirt I want could be for kids and adults of all ages. I think as long as they like the violin or is learning how to play the violin, they'd want to wear it.
I only want one side of my tshirt to be printed, and the tshirt should have the slogan below on it:
MUSIC best understood by Children...Keep Violinin'
keep the design simple and eye-catchy:)
I would like music and Keep Violinin' to stand out a bit. I want to print this on pre-washed tshirts, so the graphics should look a little worn and not brand new.
I attached a picture of me and my violin, but of course I don't want my face to be on the tshirt.

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Johnson City, Tenn. -- East Tennessee State used a five-run sixth inning to propel themselves to a 5-4 win against Western Carolina at ETSU's Cardinal Park. With the win, ETSU earned its first ever three-game series sweep of Western Carolina. The Bucs defeated the Catamounts 12-6 on April 14 and 3-2 on April 15.
Ryan McKinney went 2-4 -- two doubles -- with two RBIs and one run scored to lead the Buccaneer offense. Chuck Dewald went 1-2 with the game-winning single. Western was led by Charlie Wands who went 2-3 with two runs scored and Tracy Biggs who went 3-4.
Wands began the game with a double down the left field line. He later scored on a Morgan Frazier ground-out. Frazier recorded two more RBIs in the third with a double that plated Charles Thomas and Wands.
The game remained 3-0 until the home half of the sixth when Chad Boruff belted his seventh home run of the season. With Ed Sparks on first, Boruff ripped Jared Burton's 1-0 offering over the left-field wall. After a Nathan Copeland double and a Raymond McBride walk, Burton was relieved by Ryan Foster. McKinney greeted Foster with a two-run double into right field that gave the Bucs a 4-3 lead. McKinney later scored on Dewald's game-winning single.
ETSU starter Jarrod Hyder (6.0 innings, three runs, seven hits) was cruising into the seventh when a Tracy Biggs line drive hit him in the right leg. Hyder was replaced by Jackson Simerly. Western Carolina rallied for a run that closed the score to 5-4. After a Chris Torres pinch-hit double, Thomas plated Biggs on a ground out.
Simerly worked the final three innings, allowing three hits and no runs, to earn his third save of the season. Hyder improved to 1-1 with the win. WCU's Burton slipped to 1-3 on the season.
The Cats' Rod Goldston went 0-4 and snapped his 20-game hit streak.
"This was a huge weekend for us," head coach Tony Skole said. "It will give us some confidence and momentum to build on for the rest of the season."
The Bucs will return to action at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Arpil 18 when they play at Radford.


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Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Fanconi's Anemia Type C
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001399
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First Posted : November 4, 1999
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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Fanconi's Anemia is an inherited disorder that can produce bone marrow failure. In addition, some patients with Fanconi's anemia have physical defects usually involving the skeleton and kidneys. The major problem for most patients is aplastic anemia, the blood counts for red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are low because the bone marrow fails to produce these cells. Some patients with Fanconi's anemia can develop leukemia or cancers of other organs.
Many laboratory studies have suggested that Fanconi's anemia is caused by an inherited defect in the ability of cells to repair DNA. Recently, the gene for one of the four types of Fanconi's anemia, type C, has been identified. It is known that this gene is defective in patients with Fanconi's anemia type C.
Researchers have conducted laboratory studies that suggest Fanconi's anemia type C may be treatable with gene therapy. Gene therapy works by placing a normal gene into the cells of patients with abnormal genes responsible for Fanconi's anemia type C. After the normal gene is in place, new normal cells can develop and grow. Drugs can be given to these patients kill the remaining abnormal cells. The new cells containing normal genes and will not be harmed by these drugs.
The purpose of this study is to test whether researchers can safely place the normal Fanconi's anemia type C gene into cells of patients with the disease. The gene will be placed into special cells in the bone marrow called stem cells. These stem cells are responsible for producing new red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
|Condition or disease
|Fanconi's Anemia Pancytopenia
|Drug: Transduced CD34+ Cells
|Phase 1
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by progressive pancytopenia, congenital abnormalities, and predisposition to malignancy. Therapy is currently limited to allogeneic marrow transplantation; patients lacking a suitable donor usually die from aplasia or acute leukemia. Recently, mutation in a novel gene named FACC (Fanconi anemia C-complementing) has been identified as causing one type of FA. FACC mutations, which introduce splicing errors or stop codons, have been identified in 15% of FA patients. We have recently been successful in functional complementation of four FA cell lines using retroviral vectors to transfer a copy of the normal FACC gene. We also analyzed the ability of four viral vectors to functionally correct hematopoietic progenitor cells from a patient bearing a splice donor mutation. As for the lymphoid cell lines, these CD34 enriched cells were extremely sensitive to MMC. After injection of these progenitor cells with viral vectors bearing normal FACC, the progenitors gave rise to increased numbers of colonies both in the absence and presence of up to 5 nM MMC, whereas control cells were completely destroyed by 1 nM MMC. In summary, we have demonstrated that: (1) retroviral vectors can be engineered to transfer a normal FACC gene to FA(C) lymphoid cell lines and primary hematopoietic cells; (2) introduction of a normal FACC gene into CD34+ progenitors markedly enhances their growth in the absence and presence of MMC.
This study is designed to determine whether hematopoietic progenitors transduced with the normal FACC gene can be re-infused safely into FA(C) patients. CD34+ cells obtained from G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood will be transduced ex vivo over a 72 hour period in the presence of IL-3, IL-6, and stem cell factor with the FACC retroviral vector. These transduced cells will be re-infused into FA(C) patients. Patients will be monitored for toxicities as well as evidence of successful gene transfer and expression. The procedure will be repeated up to a total of 4 times with each treatment 2-4 months apart. Theoretically, these rescued stem cells should have a selective growth advantage within the hypoplastic FA marrow environment in vivo.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|9 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|Retroviral Mediated Gene Transfer of the Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Gene to Hematopoietic Progenitors of Group C Patients
|Study Start Date :
|December 3, 1993
|Study Completion Date :
|February 11, 2009
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
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|5 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
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Patients must meet the following criteria within 30 days prior to study entry (Day 0) unless otherwise noted.
Males or females, age greater than or equal to 5 years of age.
Diagnosis of Fanconi anemia, complementation group C, as confirmed by 1) Diepoxybutane or mitomycin C testing and 2) DNA analysis indicating FACC mutations.
Adequate baseline organ function as assessed by the following laboratory values within 30 days prior to study entry (day -30 to 0).
Adequate renal function with estimated creatinine clearance greater than 50 ml/min. (This will be determined by serum creatinine and 24-hour urine creatinine ordered concurrently).
Adequate liver function with SGOT, SGPT and alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 5 times the ULN (if transaminases greater than the upper limit of normal (ULN), patients should have a hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG) test prior to study entry. Patients may not enter the study if HBsAG is positive).
PT and PTT not more than 1.5 times the ULN.
Serum Amylase less than or equal to 1.5 times the ULN.
Bilirubin less than or equal to 3.0 mg/dL.
Triglyceride less than 400 mg/dl.
Ability to give informed consent.
Normal cardiac function by history and exam.
Resting transcutaneous oxygen saturation greater than 90 percent on room air.
Karnofsky Performance Status greater than or equal to 40.
Although there are no blood count criteria for inclusion in this study, preference will be given to patients with significant marrow failure as reflected by anemia, neutropenia, and/or thrombocytopenia. Furthermore, we intend to first enroll adults and older children, to the extent possible, before enrolling younger children.
Patients who meet any one of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:
Patients presenting with acute leukemia or bone marrow aspirate revealing greater than 10 percent blasts.
Pregnant or lactating females (all patients must practice adequate birth control and females of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum beta-HCG pregnancy test (within Day -7 to Day 0).
Acute infection: any acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection which requires specific therapy. Acute therapy must have been completed within 14 days prior to study treatment.
Hepatitis-B surface antigen positive patients.
HIV-infected patients.
Acute medical problems such as ischemic heart or lung disease that may be considered an unacceptable anesthetic or operative risk.
No patients with any underlying conditions which would contraindicate therapy with study treatment (or allergies to reagents used in this study).
Patients less than 25 kg in weight .
Patients who elect bone marrow transplantation.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00001399
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|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|July 2, 2017
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Bone Marrow Failure
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Fanconi Anemia
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Metabolic Diseases
Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors
Kidney Diseases
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If you're in charge of a team who's working on a project …delegate. Using the Assign Tasks feature in Outlook is a great way to assign jobs to others on your team. Here's how to use the Assign Tasks feature in Outlook 2010.
Note: This feature is available in previous versions of Outlook, too.
To assign a task, expand the To Do pane in Outlook. Then below the calendars, type in a task and press Enter. In this example I am having a member of my team research the Facebook IPO in detail.
Next, right click on the task and select Assign Task from the Context Menu.
The task screen comes up. Now, enter the email address of the contact(s) of the people of whom you want to assign a task. Enter the Start and Due date, Status, Priority and percentage that's complete. Then send it off to the recipients.
Now the other people on your team can add the task to their list, send status reports and manage the task in Outlook to work best for them.
You can use this feature over the web or on a local network in a business. It's yet another tool that allows people to stay in touch and collaborate on important projects.
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1 cup warm water
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/4 oz active dry yeast
2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon freshly coarsely ground black pepper
4 tablespoons olive oil
coarse-grain cornmeal for dusting
olive oil for greasing the bowl
mozzarella cheese and/or a combination of mozzarella, asiagio and Parmesan
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Pour warm water into a small bowl. Add sugar, and sprinkle in yeast. Stir the mixture until the yeast is dissolved. Let yeast stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. At the same time, soak the garlic in the olive oil. Microwave the oil (with the garlic) for 15 seconds after at least 10 minutes of soaking. Discard the garlic or use it in the sauce.
Place the flour the bowl of a stand mixer. Add salt, olive oil, black pepper and yeast. Using the dough hook and mix until the dough becomes a fairly smooth ball. At this point you can fold the dough onto itself a couple of times if you'd like. Coat the inside of a medium bowl with additional olive oil, and place the dough in the bowl, smooth side up. Cover tightly with plastic wrap, and place in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 40 minutes. Remove plastic wrap, and use your fist to push down on the center of the dough. Fold the dough in half four or five times. Turn dough over, folded-side down, cover with plastic wrap, and return to the warm spot to rise again. Wait until the dough has doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 500. Place 16-inch (or larger) pizza stone on lowest shelf position, for 30 minutes.
Punch down the dough and transfer to a clean surface. Divide the dough in half, and knead each half four or five times into a ball. Place one of the dough balls back in the oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap. Lightly flour a clean surface, place the dough ball on top, pat into a flattened circle, cover lightly with plastic wrap, and let rest 5 minutes*. Begin to flatten and push the dough evenly out from the center until it measures about 7 to 8 inches in diameter. Leave a 1/2 inch border of unflatted dough around the edges of the circle. Lift the dough off the surface, and center it on top of your fists. Rotate and stretch the dough, moving your fists until they are 6 to 8 inches apart and the dough is several inches larger. Then place your fists under the inside of the outer edge, and continue to stretch the dough until it reaches about 12 inches in diameter. The dough will drape down over your forearms. Start over if the dough tears or gets to thin. Do this carefully, preserving the raised edge. Sprinkle cornmeal all over the surface of a pizza peel or parchment paper.
Place the pizza dough into a circle on top of the cornmeal-dusted peel. Distribute pizza sauce on the dough, leaving the 1/2 inch of raised dough bare. Sprinkle with cheese and toppings. Slightly tilt the peel (or a parchment paper covered upside down baking sheet), and place the front tip of peel on the back side of the stone. Slide the pizza off the peel (or slide the pizza with the parchment paper off of the baking sheet), centering it on the stone as best you can. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling. Repeat with remaining dough.
I like to cool the pizza for a minute on a wire rack before serving. This helps the cheese set up a tiny bit so it doesn't pull off when you slice it. Using a thick sauce helps with that as well.
*Even thought it is tempting, especially if you are hungry, don't skip this step, it really helps the dough maintain elasticity so it doesn't tear when you stretch it.


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Sembcorp Industries announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) in the United Arab Emirates to develop and build a new seawater reverse osmosis facility with potable water production capacity of around 30 million imperial gallons per day (migd).
When developed, the new plant will enhance Sembcorp's total seawater desalination capacity from 100 migd to 130 migd.
The new facility is expected to be located on the same site as the Fujairah 1 Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP), the largest operating hybrid desalination plant in the world, owned by Emirates Sembcorp Water & Power Company. Emirates Sembcorp Water & Power Company is a joint venture between Sembcorp Gulf Holding Co and Union Power Holding Company, subsidiaries of Sembcorp Utilities and ADWEA respectively.
Expected to cost approximately US$200 million and to be operational before the end of 2013, the water output of the new reverse osmosis facility is expected to be sold to the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (ADWEC) under a 20-year water purchase agreement. This is in addition to the 22-year power and water purchase agreement for the current water and electricity output from the Fujairah 1 IWPP to ADWEC.
Besides the Fujairah 1 IWPP, Sembcorp has established a second beachhead in the Middle East with an investment to develop, build, own and operate a combined power and desalination plant in Salalah, Oman. The Salalah plant, with a gross power capacity of 490 megawatts and a seawater desalination capacity of 15 migd, is expected to begin full commercial operations in the first half of 2012.


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If you want the purest in classic car driving, look no further than Colin Chapman's immortal Se7en, kept alive by Caterham. But would you drive one through the depths of winter?
EVO Magazine's Henry Catchpole daily drove one for the winter of 2008, but he needed a £300 full-body sailing smock to survive. Not only is the driver painfully exposed even with the top up, but Se7ens are easy enough to slide on damp roads. When things get cold, they start driving like they're on ice.
Would you put studded tires on a Se7en and drive to work en plien air this coming February?
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Labor Archives of Washington plaque dedication October 5
University of Washington's Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies will unveil a new plaque in the lobby of the Suzzallo Library that honors members of the Labor Archives "Founder's Circle" -- over 100 donors. who have given $500 or more to the Labor Archives of Washington (LAW) since 2008.
The ceremony is October 5, 1:00 - 3:00p.m. and will be followed by a reception.
LAW, housed in Libraries Special Collections under the leadership of Conor Casey, includes more than 200 labor-related collections comprising more than 3,000 cubic feet of material. Digitized collections, including thousands of photographs are accessible online.
To RSVP for the event, or for more information, contact the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at 206-543-7946


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It's too early to tell how important an issue the debt-ceiling vote will be in the 2012 elections, but, certainly, politicians see it as a factor in this brave, new political world.
And, once again, Californians are charting a course separate from the national trend.
In November 2010, when the rest of the country seemed to be turning bright red and Democrats nationally lost 63 U.S. House seats, none of California's 53 seats (34 Democrats, 19 Republicans) switched parties.
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That was the last election held under Congressional district lines drawn after the 2000 census.
Next year, California Congressional elections will likely be held using new district lines—less partial to entrenched incumbents, more competitive, and governed by the new "top-two" primary law that, unlike the "closed" primary, does not necessarily reward hard partisanship.
Might that change the political behavior of incumbents forced to face each other on unsecured turf or to move into new, open districts in order to survive politically?
Are there any clues in the votes of the California delegation on the eleventh-hour compromise to raise the debt ceiling?
Hardly ever can political behavior be attributed to just one vote, but, for fun, let's take a look.
Potentially, the most brutal battle will occur in the West San Fernando Valley's CD 30, where Democratic registration is about 25 points higher than Republicans'.
Two incumbents, Democratic Representatives Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, will likely duke it out.
Both voted in favor of the debt-ceiling bill, along with 11 other Democratic incumbents (or 39% of the CA Democratic delegation). Nationally, Democratic Congressmembers split down the middle, 95-95).
In Merced County's new CD 16, an open seat, the Democratic registration edge is 15 points and a fight is shaping up between two more Democratic incumbents, Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa.
Costa voted "Yes" on the debt-limit bill; Cardoza voted "No," along with 19 (or 60.6%) of his California Democratic colleagues.
In CD44, a heavily African-American seat whose registration is nearly 2/3 Democratic, a fight is brewing between newly-elected Rep. Janice Hahn (D- San Pedro) and Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach).
Both voted "No" on the debt-ceiling bill
These three cases don't necessarily prove anything, but –not surprisingly--there appears to be some relationship between district demographics and the candidates' stance on the debt-limit.
The GOP roll call is even more interesting.
Nationally, 174 Congressional Republicans (72.5% of GOP members) voted "Yes" on the debt ceiling compromise and 66 (27.5%) voted "No."
For California's GOP delegation, the numbers are 16 (84%) "Yes" and 3 (16%) "No."
CD39 is an Orange County district in which Republicans out-number Democrats by 8% and "Decline to State" voters (who tended to favor a compromise) account for 1 of 5 voters.
Two conservative Republicans, Reps. Ed Royce and Gary Miller, are set to face off in a primary. Both voted in favor of the debt-limit compromise.
Ditto incumbents Dan Lungren (R-East Sac. Co.) in CD7, a classic swing district, Jerry Lewis (R-San Bernardino), who could face a Tea Party challenger in CD8--a new, safe Republican district, and David Dreier, who could run in CD31, another San Bernardino-based district, in which the Democrats have a slight 4% registration edge.
California Republican representatives don't seem to be all that worried about Tea Party backlash.
They appear to recognize that moving toward the center makes sense in the state's new districts and open primary system.
We don't yet know the long-term winners and losers in the debt ceiling debacle. It is just one of many thorny votes that will confront lawmakers as they slog through a legislative minefield into the 2012 elections.
That's particularly true in California, where competition has returned to the electoral arena.


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Starting on April 24, mecha franchise Gundam is getting an official cafe and bar in Tokyo's Akihabara. Drink up!
There are other "Gundam cafes" across Japan, and they typically feature bars decorated Gundam models or Gundam-themed drinks. This official sixty-seater Gundam cafe will even feature a Gundam coffee blend, among other tasty beverages.
The Gundam Cafe sign reads (in English), "Gundam style's official cafe and bar started since A.D. 2010. Continuing 'till U.C. 0079!" Right on.


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Welcome to neurological surgery residency training at OHSU
The OHSU residency program in neurological surgery is devoted to educating, training and mentoring the future leaders of our specialty.
Due to breathtaking advances in neuroscience and technology, neurosurgery has become perhaps the most complex and challenging field within medicine. Mastery of neurosurgery requires the education of lifelong learners and problem solvers. The OHSU faculty includes leaders of efforts to redesign neurosurgical education nationally. At OHSU, we have implemented formal education in basic research, clinical research methodology, grantsmanship, evidence based medicine and professionalism.
The OHSU residency program in neurological surgery has a long tradition of excellence in procedural training. Our faculty provide hands on experience in all areas of neurosurgical practice, including tumor, vascular and endovascular, complex spine, functional stereotaxis, skull base, pediatric, epilepsy, pain, peripheral nerve, and radiosurgery.
The program is located at the only medical school and only national Clinical Cancer Center in Oregon and is housed in three major facilities on one campus: OHSU Hospital, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, and the Portland VA Medical Center. OHSU boasts many neurosurgical programs unique in the state: functional and epilepsy surgery (adult and pediatric), comprehensive pediatric, endovascular and skull base surgery, and intra-operative MR imaging. Training is supported by a dissection curriculum and fully instrumented dissection laboratory.
The definition of leadership in medicine is evolving. We mentor trainees in the skills necessary to contribute original, creative and durable advances to our field. Leadership may include basic or translational science, clinical trials, education, advocacy, ethics and professionalism. We encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and with special interests and accomplishments suited to these challenges.
At OHSU, our goal is not simply to teach, learn and practice neurosurgery, but make neurosurgery better.
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Why study pre-physical therapy at a liberal arts college?
Studying pre-physical therapy at a liberal arts college not only helps to learn about the profession, but also helps to expand your horizons beyond just your major, thereby integrating cross-disciplinary ideas and applying them to physical therapy. The more I observe physical therapists, the more I value my courses in psychology because it plays a major role in patients' trust and interactions. Furthermore, I know my courses in nutrition, ethics and cultures will help me immensely in the future. I'm not sure that students at non-liberal arts colleges would take advantage of the opportunities that taking other courses provide.
What makes the pre-physical therapy program at CSB/SJU unique?
CSB/SJU has an excellent pre-physical therapy program. Every year students are accepted to top ranked physical therapy schools such as the University of Minnesota, Duke University and Mayo School of Health Sciences. I attribute a great deal of this to the outstanding faculty (see next section) and well-rounded pre-physical therapy students attending a liberal arts college and being involved in various campus organizations. We have a pre-physical therapy/athletic training club on campus that offers numerous resources for pre-physical therapy students to learn more about the field through panel discussions with current professionals and former students who are in graduate school for physical therapy. It also allows students to network with graduate schools admissions representatives, shadow physical therapists and volunteer. Furthermore, students have the opportunity to do research with faculty and/or with other students to learn real application of textbook concepts as well as make new discoveries that are often applied by our coaches and athletes in their training, practices and games. These opportunities make CSB/SJU students outstanding candidates for physical therapy programs nationwide.
What has your experience with the CSB/SJU pre-physical therapy program faculty been like?
The faculty in the CSB/SJU pre-physical therapy program is exceptional. They are extremely knowledgeable, helpful and approachable. They know students by name and genuinely care for each one. The faculty has high expectations, but are always more than willing to help students. Whether it is helping to understand a concept, holding a review session for an exam, or addressing student concerns about graduate school/professions, the professors go above and beyond to allow students to achieve their potential.
What has been one of the greatest challenges you've faced?
My greatest challenge was actually deciding if I wanted to go into physical therapy. My friends and family told me that I should consider physical therapy, so blindly I started taking the required courses while still keeping other options open. After shadowing a few physical therapists, it seemed like a suitable career, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to do it for the rest of my life. I continued to explore my options. Then I took kinesiology, one of the pre-physical therapy courses. While it was one of the most demanding courses that I have taken, I thoroughly enjoyed it and realized that I loved biomechanics. In our final project, we biomechanically analyzed a baseball pitcher in-depth from every muscle active in each motion to underlying physics principles to various positive and negative implications. My professor told us that this was a precursor to physical therapy, and everyday physical therapists use the concepts and skills we developed in class. At this point I started looking more seriously at physical therapy as a career. Then, I shadowed a physical therapist who had two students with her who were in their final year of PT school doing their clinical rotations. While I was observing, I saw that they had to work through the thought processes to determine treatment. Watching the physical therapy students made me realize how much critical thinking is required in diagnosing and treating patients. It was at that moment I realized that I wanted to be a physical therapist.
What advice do you have for students considering the pre-physical therapy program?
I strongly encourage any student who is considering the pre-physical therapy program to really look into the field. They will benefit greatly from joining the physical therapy/athletic training club, shadowing a physical therapist, taking some of the prerequisites and/or talking with students and Don Fischer (pre-physical therapy adviser). Doing these things and evaluating them with their goals and lifestyle will help them decide if physical therapy is the right program for them.
Did you study abroad? If so, how did that experience impact you?
I did an external study abroad in Cyprus. As a result of not knowing anybody upon departure and then traveling to 15 countries on three continents, I grew in ways I never imagined and learned an incredible amount about myself, other cultures and the world in general. Furthermore, I realized how I could apply my experiences to the physical therapy field. In the United States today, there are millions of cultural, religious and ethnically diverse people who need health care. Thus, being open and welcoming to people from all walks of life is an essential part of being a good physical therapist. I came to appreciate other cultures and customs. I love learning about and talking to people from different backgrounds and ethnicities. There is not a day that goes by when I don't think about my experiences abroad and cannot wait to travel again. I strongly encourage everybody to study abroad because it will change their life and positively impact their future.


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Anthony Rizzo took a 2-0 fastball and beat the living crap out of it, that's what you do with a 2-0 fastball. The Cubs have extended their lead to 7-1 against the Pirates as the game moves to the sixth inning.
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Rizzo's Award Winning Month (VIDEO)
Here is more on Anthony Rizzo winning the Rookie of the Month award for July.
Via Cubs.com
In 25 games last month, Rizzo led NL rookies in hits (32), home runs (seven), RBIs (17) and total bases (55) while ranking second in runs scored (14). He also finished third among NL rookies with a .330 batting average, .375 on-base percentage and .567 slugging percentage.
Rizzo's seven homers were the most by a Cubs rookie in a calendar month since Mel Hall hit nine in August 1983.
The 22-year-old Rizzo also proved to be calm in the clutch, driving in eight go-ahead runs in July and producing four game-winning RBIs, leading NL rookies in both categories. He registered his first walk-off home run on July 29 with a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th against the rival Cardinals.
That clutch production started from the get-go, as he became the first player in Cubs history to collect three game-winning RBIs in his first five games with the team.
Rizzo also had nine multi-hit games in July — including a career-high four-hit game on July 6 — and hit safely in 20 of his 25 games.
Not a bad first month as a Cub for Anthony Rizzo, wow. Congrats Anthony, and keep it going, it's going to be tough to stay at this pace but I've been impressed with his ability to struggle a bit then go back to raking. Here are some Rizzo highlights from July, enjoy!
July 1, 2012 – RBI single against the Astros
July 2, 2012 – HR against the Braves
July 4, 2012 – Solo HR against the Braves
July 6, 2012 – First Career Four Hit Game against Mets
July 15, 2012 – RBI Single against the D-Backs
July 25, 2012 – Solo HR against the Pirates
July 25, 2012 – RBI Single against the Pirates
July 27, 2012 – RBI single against the Cardinals
July 27, 2012 – Two-run HR against the Cardinals
July 29, 2012 – Walk-Off HR against the Cardinals
July 29, 2012 – Three hit game against the Cardinals
July 31, 2012 – Rizzo goes deep during nine run inning against Pirates
Awesome. Thanks for reading,
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Monday, November 19, 2012
New malware variant recognizes Windows 8, uses Google Docs as a proxy to phone home
Windows 8 may block most malware out of the box, but there is still malware out there that thwarts Microsoft's latest and greatest. A new Trojan variant, detected as Backdoor.Makadocs and spread via RTF and Microsoft Word document marked as Trojan.Dropper, has been discovered that not only adds a clause to target Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, but also uses Google Docs as a proxy server to phone home to its Command & Control (C&C) server.
Symantec believes the threat has been updated by the malware author to include the Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 references, but doesn't do anything specific for them (yet). This is no surprise: the two operating systems were released less than a month ago but of course they are already popular, and cybercriminals are acting fast.
Yet the more interesting part is the Google Docs addition. Backdoor.Makadocs gathers information from the compromised computer (such as host name and OS type) and then receives and executes commands from a C&C server to do further damage.
In order to do so, the malware authors have decided to leverage Google Docs to ensure crystal clear communications. As Google Docs becomes more and more popular, and as businesses continue to accept it and allow the service through their firewalls, this method is a clever move.
The reason this works is because Google Docs includes a "viewer" function that retrieves resources of another URL and displays it, allowing the user to view a variety of file types in the browser. In violation of Google's policies, Backdoor.Makadocs uses this function to access its C&C server, likely in the hopes of preventing the link to the C&C from being discovered since Google Docs encrypts its connection over HTTPS.
Symantec says "It is possible for Google to prevent this connection by using a firewall." Since the document does not leverage vulnerabilities to function (it relies on social engineering tactics instead) it's unlikely Google will be able to do much beyond participating in a game of cat and mouse with the malware authors.
Nevertheless, we have contacted Google and Microsoft about this issue. We will update this article if and when we hear back.
Update at 4:30PM EST: "Using any Google product to conduct this kind of activity is a violation of our product policies," a Google spokesperson said in a statement. "We investigate and take action when we become aware of abuse."
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Cloud computing is a technology which is very popular now .So which browser is the first to offer this technology? That is UC Browser .With its unique U3 kernel,it can compress your page data usage without reducing the original effect.Such a good browser,you should try it on!
UC Browser is the leading mobile internet browser with more than 400 million users across more than 150 countries and regions. This product is currently available on all major operating platforms in 7 different languages.
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications and information technology corporation headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland Its principal products are mobile telephones and portable IT devices. It also offers Internet services including applications, games, music, media and messaging through its Ovi platform, and free-of-charge digital map information and navigation services through its wholly owned subsidiary Navteq.
Nokia 1209 is an non-touchscreen phone. It supports Single SIM, GSM. Nokia 1209 gets a 98 x 98 pixels screen. Talktime Up to 7 Hours(2G) is long enough for common use. 79.9 grams weight, 102 x 44.10 x 17.50 mm make it easy to take.


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Becoming an entrepreneur doesn't require money, luck, or a background in business. All it takes is ambition. The best time to start was yesterday. The next best time is now.
"There's a line you have to find between being persistent and being annoying; however, I'd rather say that I tried my best than say, 'I wish I had.'"
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Linda Schuberth, a senior occupational therapist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute who helped children overcome swallowing and feeding issues, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, March 5 at her Homeland home. She was 56 years old.
Linda Miller was born in Hazelton, Pa. She earned a bachelor's degree from Temple University and a master's degree from New York University. She was the director of occupational therapy at White Haven Center in White Haven, Pa., and at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She later held a similar post at United Cerebral Palsy in New York City. For two years in the 1980s she was a lecturer at the School of Occupational Therapy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Mrs. Schuberth then became an assistant professor in the department of occupational therapy at Temple University in Philadelphia. She moved to Maryland in 1985 to work with the Anne Arundel County public school system.
"Her colleagues recognized her compassionate, caring, curious, and generous nature," said a Kennedy Krieger colleague, Kristin Brockmeyer-Stubbs. "She had the strength of her convictions, and she valued her commitment to family, friends, colleagues and her patients. She always had a smile on her face and sense of humor. We laughed hard and often."
From 1988 to July 2010 she had been Kennedy Krieger's senior occupational therapist. Medical colleagues said she was nationally certified and recognized as an expert in feeding and swallowing disorders in children. She also wrote numerous scientific articles.
"Linda was a master clinician, participated in research from early on in our department's history. She mentored students, staff and trainees from every discipline and provided training locally, statewide and nationally, said Ms. Brockmeyer-Stubbs. "She became an advocate for children and families who dealt with feeding and swallowing issues. She was the go-to person for our interdisciplinary team to help problem-solve tough issues. Even after her retirement, I and others sought her advice. I can't think of a time after retirement when Linda didn't say, 'I really miss OT.'"
Mrs. Schuberth told her co-workers "she was shaped by all the kids she saw for evaluations and treatment and by her relationships with staff." She said she liked working at Kennedy Krieger because there was "nowhere else where she could see children from neighborhoods in our community and then also see clients from all over the world."
She said she gained satisfaction by "being on the ground floor from when the feeding clinic started many years ago" and working alongside allied medical professionals.
"Linda celebrated life. She found the balance between home, work and leisure and lived this well," said Ms. Brockmeyer-Stubbs. "She inspired us to exercise, take care of our families and our pets."
Kennedy Krieger Institute established a lectureship in her honor.
Family members said Mrs. Schuberth enjoyed biking, yoga, skiing, scuba-diving and running. They said she always smiled as she ran. She competed in a triathlon and was an avid golfer. She had a fondness for extra-spicy sauce and grew her peppers to make it, they added. She also embraced rescued dogs. She had two shepherd mixes from Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue and supported that cause.
"She always rooted for the underdog," said her husband, Dr. Kenneth Schuberth, a pediatrician who specializes in allergies and asthma. "You could see it in everything she did, whether it was her kids with their difficulties or her rescue dogs. She loved watching a tape of Susan Boyle, the singer who stunned people by her performance. Susan was the underdog, and Linda saw that."
Her family said that Ms. Schuberth wanted to be an organ donor but that her diagnosis of ALS prevented this. She then directed that her nervous system tissue be donated for ALS research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Christ the King Church, 1102 Hart Road in Towson.
In addition to her husband of 21 years, survivors include two daughters, Dr. Jennifer Bess of Nashville, Tenn., and Molly Casey of Fairfax, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
Linda Schuberth, a senior occupational therapist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute who helped children overcome swallowing and feeding issues, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, March 5 at her Homeland home. She was 56 years old.


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For the airline industry, it seems, profits are in the bag(s).
Last week, the Department of Transportation reported that U.S. airlines collected $2.56 billion in baggage fees during the first nine months of the year, a 29 percent increase over the year before. The biggest hauls went to Delta, $733 million; United, $431 million; and US Airways, $388 million.
Perhaps that explains why US Airways President Scott Kirby recently told analysts that he expects fees for checked bags and other ancillary services to represent 100 percent of the airline's profitability this year.
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Think about that. For an industry that transports people from one place to another, solvency through surcharges represents "a structural change" (Kirby's words), not just for US Airways, but for the rest of the industry and travelers, as well.
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Last month, Glenn Tilton, chairman of the recently formed United Continental Holdings Inc., predicted that the U.S. airline industry would post a $4 billion profit this year. If his prediction holds, it represents a stunning turnaround from the $3.4 billion it lost last year.
Meanwhile, the industry took in $4.3 billion in fees for checked bags and reservation changes alone during the first nine months of the year. That figure doesn't include revenues for other ancillary services — everything from pet fees to priority boarding — which the government doesn't break out, let alone revenues from the last three months of the year.
"Airlines are going to make profits where they can," said consultant Robert Mann of R.W. Mann & Co., "and it's just been easier to do it with fees than with fares." Last week's industry-wide $10 fare hike, notwithstanding, it's safe to say US Airways won't be the only carrier that will attribute the bulk of its 2010 profits to ancillary revenues.
The latest addition to the à la carte menu is Continental's new FareLock service, which lets travelers hold a fare for 72 hours or seven days for fees starting at $5 to $9. The fee is in addition to the fare, is not refundable whether the fare is booked or not and will vary according to the itinerary, number of days until departure and other factors.
"We think it's rather consumer-friendly," said Bryan Saltzburg, general manager of TripAdvisor Flights. "They're offering a benefit that hadn't existed before. I wouldn't be at all surprised if other carriers emulate it with their own fare-insurance programs."
The return of rebundling
"Baggage fees, reservation change fees, peak travel fees — there's a reason these are cash cows for the industry," said Raphael Bejar, CEO of Paris-based Airsavings S.A. "They are essentially compulsory." The result? Artificially low fares that don't reflect the actual cost of travel and angry customers who feel they're getting fleeced.
The problem, suggests Mann, is one of perception: "If you give me a $100 fare and $45 worth of nickel-and-dime add-ons, I'm going to get really ticked off. But if you give me a fare with the attributes I want for $145, I'll probably say, hey, that's a good deal."
Obviously, this works better on the airlines' own Web sites than on third-party aggregating sites, where even a small difference in price can land a fare on page 17 of the results.
Such rebundling offers no overall savings, but it does allow customers to pay for the services and amenities they value. Both Air Canada and Frontier have been offering tiered fares — higher or lower with or without advance seat assignments, mileage-plan credits, etc. — for several years and others are rolling out packages that combine multiple services and amenities for a single fee. United's Premier Line service, for example, combines priority access for check-in, security and boarding. The service, which typically costs $19 and up, is being offered at up to 50 percent off through Jan. 4.
More rebundling efforts are likely in the works, says Saltzburg, along with more perks-for-pay options, although the latter, he adds, represent something of a double-edged sword: "The airlines are trying to balance more incremental revenue without alienating their existing frequent-flier base [who may see their elite status diluted]. They're walking that fine line as we speak."
Big bucks, pathetic margins
Meanwhile, and even with healthy profits this year, the industry is already bracing for less revenue in the coming months. According to the latest projections from the International Air Transport Association, the global airline industry will make $15.1 billion this year, but drop to $9.1 billion for 2011 due to slowing economic growth and rising oil prices, currently approaching $90 per barrel.
While $9 billion isn't chicken feed, it represents a profit margin of just 1.5 percent, a razor-thin cushion that IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani called "pathetic."
All of which suggests that the cash cows of ancillary fees will only become more important. The "herd" will be expanded; new "breeds" will be developed, and travelers will have little choice but to sift through the results as they try to determine the actual cost of their travel.
"Actually, a milk cow has it better than airline passengers do," said Mike Boyd of Boyd Group International Inc. "It's not an airport; it's a dairy barn.


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TruTV will air the first TV program to put forward admissions from those involved, and probe deep into the proofs of a conspiracy
UPDATE: Former Gov. Jesse Ventura will appear on the Alex Jones Show live today at 11 AM CENTRAL to discuss the JFK Assassination episode of Conspiracy Theory (PREMIERES FRI, NOV. 19 AT 10 PM / 9 CENTRAL).
Aaron Dykes
November 19, 2010
|Long-time prober of the JFK assassination, Jesse Ventura will have his first chance to prove on television that a conspiracy, not a lone gunman, killed Kennedy. The proof includes a shocking audio confession and much more; airs this Fri, Nov. 19 at 10 PM EST / 9 PM CST
In the next episode of the hard-hitting second season of Conspiracy Theory, former Governor Jesse Ventura will take on what he has long regarded as the most significant event of his generation and the 60s era– the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The program will air this Friday, Nov. 19 at 10 PM EST / 9 PM CST, just days before the 47th anniversary of the iconic president's death. But TruTV will air more than just memories and heated debate about the grassy knoll. For the first time ever on television, viewers will witness, at last, a confession in one of the most-controversial murders in all of history.
A "major figure" from recent U.S. history admits to involvement in the plot in an audio tape that will blow audiences away. The source names names, and Lee Harvey Oswald isn't on the list. According to the show's producers, Ventura's team has even established new evidence that suggests the individuals allegedly involved in the assassination have powerful ties that even go as high as former President and former CIA director George H. W. Bush. Is this the key at last to why the media has been so reluctant to admit that someone else was shooting at Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963?
|Ventura qualified as an expert shot while in naval special forces training, and qualified again as an expert during his term as Governor in Minnesota, yet he could not duplicate the time and accuracy of Oswald's fateful shots.
In the course of the episode, Jesse Ventura, a former Navy SEAL and Underwater Demolitions expert, attempts to recreate Oswald's alleged shooting that day. He tracked down the exact make and model, as well as ammunition stock that the Warren Commission claims Oswald used. But despite the fact that Ventura qualified as an expert shot while in naval special forces training, and qualified again as an expert during his term as Governor in Minnesota, he could not duplicate the time and accuracy of Oswald's fateful shots. Yet Lee Harvey Oswald only qualified as a "marksman," two grades lower than Ventura. (Witnesses who shot with Oswald have said for years that he had "Maggie's drawers"—that he frequently missed the target and generally did not meet the high standards of a serviceman.)
The House Select Committee on Assassinations matched Ventura's findings back in 1978. Their investigation found a 95% or higher probability that John F. Kennedy was killed by more than one assassin, concluding that indeed a conspiracy took place, and debunking the rushed conclusions of the 1964 Warren Commission that Oswald acted alone. However, nearly half a century later, the media has continued to promote the lone gunman theory, even in spite of a skeptical public. The motives behind this mass-misconception are deep and probing indeed, and Ventura has been questioning the official account for many years now.
|Images released by TruTV show that Ventura acts out the official account of Oswald's shooting; then talks to a number of experts at Dealey Plaza, the site of the JFK assassination, including Jim Marrs, prominent researcher and frequent guest on the Alex Jones Show.
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Two of Ventura's best-selling books, American Conspiracies and Don't Start the Revolution Without Me, have both delved deeply into what really happened in the assassination. Ventura's writing partner Dick Russell has also written extensively on the subject in his book On the Trail of the JFK Assassins. Tune in Fri, Nov. 19 to find out what Ventura and his Conspiracy Theory team have now uncovered.
From TruTV's "Conspiracy Theory":
"JFK Assassination" – NEW!
Premieres Fri, November 19 at 10P
Never-published declassified CIA documents appear to support a link between the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon. To find out for sure, Jesse Ventura goes to Dallas, where he meets Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, Marina, and investigates the "Two Oswalds" theory that a CIA-groomed double killed JFK. TV-PG-L
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Anyone who meets regularly, either offline at local or national events or online via skype conference calls or Google hangouts, will be able to tell you how inspiring and motivating these meet ups can be. The opportunity to chat with other online workers helps us to focus and fine tune our own perspective and direction.
When they were running I used to regularly attend Randy Smith's Northallerton Marketing Meetups. Sadly these are no longer available. Instead I now meet every Tuesday evening on a Google hangout with a small group of bloggers and internet marketers who are all part of Gavin Mountford's Networking Superstars. This group rotates every 4-6 weeks so we are constantly able to meet with different people with different ideas and perspectives. Many of us in the group are not network marketers and not part of an mlm scheme so being in one is not a prerequisite to joining. I have found the regular contact and opportunity to ask questions in a group of people striving to make an impact in the same arena (online marketing/blogging) is refreshing and motivating.
As Aristotle Onassis once said, 'it is in our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light'. Getting involved in regularly chatting with other bloggers can help you to come out of the dark and into the light. Click this link to see how Networking Superstars' regular hangouts can help you. There is an opportunity to join these hangouts for free, no purchase required!


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Both temporary and permanently affixed signs and banners must meet established standards before being placed. In all cases, no sign shall be placed in the City right-of-way (ROW) or on utility poles. These areas are reserved for traffic control devices only. Signs found in the City right-of-way may be removed and discarded by City staff or others from the public.
Temporary signs, including garage sale signs, real estate signs, and construction site signs are limited in size and number and must be located on property where the activity is taking place. The same rules apply to temporary business (or commercial) signs and banners and also require a temporary sign permit prior to placement.
The following general guidelines apply to temporary sign placement. For more information contact Public Works at 563.326.7923 during business hours or view Chapter 17.45.050 which applies to temporary signage and/or view Chapter 17.53 which applies to temporary signs for garage or personal residential property sales.
Signs that Do Not Require a Temporary Sign Permit.
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AlexTapping necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 15 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a self improvement company that uses a technique called EFT or Meridian Tapping. You can see our main site at http://www.TheTappingSolution.com.
I've been working with people on elance.com for years but have never tried 99designs.com so I'm looking forward to seeing what people have to offer on here! :)
People who are working on themselves. People who are on our email list.
I need a one page sales design based on our event. It should do the following:
1 - It should have a top site grapic that says "The Tapping Experience" It should also say "July 30th to August 1st, 2010" and "Stamford, CT" - It should also say "Brought to you by The Tapping Solution"
2 - It should not have not have any links or navigation bar or have 2 or three basic tap links at the top. I don't mind seeing either.
An example of a one page sales letter (this one is basic) is this page: http://www.longevitynowexperience.com/
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:33 pm GMT
Post subject: THE HOBBIT The Battle of the Five Armies "BOTFA"
In honor of this scenario being included as an official Dragon Dice⢠tournament event at the Los Angeles Strategicon GATEWAY 2016 Convention, we proudly present this REALLY fun game for your Labor Day enjoyment:
Designed by
Clifford Broadway @quickbeam2000
Nicole Roberts @rasputintx
"So began a battle that none had expected; and it was called the Battle of Five Armies, and it was very terrible." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
This scenario makes for a really juicy game of Dragon Diceâ¢; showcasing the game's best conceits that make fantasy battle storytelling come to life.
Here we use analogous Dragon Dice⢠races in a specific formulation to recreate the famous Battle of Five Armies found in the climactic final chapters of "THE HOBBIT" slanting our adaptation more towards Tolkien's original book with some fanciful additions. Remember: in the book Azog was long since dead, there were no trolls at the Battle, and Bilbo barely participated. Well, we had to include Legolas just as Peter Jackson did, because he's just so bad-ass.
This is a scenario of quick-attrition and is expected to run a maximum of 90 minutes playing time. It has been playtested thoroughly for more than a year.
Our scenario is played like a standard 24-point Dragon Dice⢠game but with the following key differences:
* Always requires 5 players
* No Magicians construction
* No Dragonkin
* No Minor Terrains
* Players use pre-built armies that include unique characters/ items from the story
Dice List
included at end)
* Bilbo Baggins is the only major character not present because while invisible with the Ring he was knocked unconscious and woke up after the BOTFA was over.
* Only ONE dragon is used -- that being a Red/Gold Hybrid Drake representing Smaug the Golden
To determine who plays which army, five players blindly choose one die out of a hat representing each race fighting in the BOTFA:
1. Dwarves: THORIN/DAIN & DWARVES OF THE IRON HILLS
2. Amazons: BARD & MEN OF LAKE-TOWN
3. Coral Elves/ Treefolk: THRANDUIL/LEGOLAS & ELVES & ENTS OF MIRKWOOD
4. Goblins/ Frostwings: BOLG & GOBLINS & WARGS
5. Feral/ Firewalker/ Dwarf: GREAT EAGLES & LEGENDARY AVIANS (angry birds)
** ~Special Winning Objectives~ **
Winning conditions for the BOTFA campaign are
(1) Winning player must have slain Smaug at least once.
(2) Winning player must also capture two terrains' 8th faces: a combination of Erebor/ the Frontier AND ANY OTHER Home terrain. Bottom line: capturing two or more Home terrains without also controlling Erebor's 8th face does not count for the win.
Players have assigned Home terrains as follows:
** DWARVES - Highland Tower (the Iron Hills)
** MEN - Coastland City (Lake-Town)
** ELVES - Swampland Temple (the marshy edges of Mirkwood)
** GOBLINS/WARGS - Feyland Standing Stones (the Ruins of Dale on the Running River)
** EAGLES - Flatland Standing Stones (the Withered Heath)
** SMAUG - Wasteland Frontier Dragon's Lair (Erebor, the Lonely Mountain)
** The Arkenstone and Smaug are initially placed at Erebor during Setup.
** Players divide their starting forces normally into 3 armies as they see fit, using standard 50% size-limit rules.
Roll all Horde armies normally to determine order of play.
Army Placement:
NO ARMY can be initially placed at Erebor. Players' Home Armies begin at their respective Home Terrains, as always, but their Campaign and Horde armies must go to other players' Homes.
SMAUG special rules:
* Smaug begins the game placed on Erebor, as if already summoned.
* Each player engaged with Smaug rolls the die on his/her own army, since no one brought the beast to the table.
* He will attack armies normally during the proper point of each player's future Dragon Attack Phase after they've arrived at Erebor.
* If Smaug rolls BREATH, the choice of Red or Gold Breath for Unit-based damage is made by the person to the Active Player's immediate left and Army-based effects apply normally.
* Once slain, Smaug is placed in a communal Summoning Pool which belongs to no individual player, but to all.
* Smaug will reappear immediately and commence an isolated Dragon Attack Phase on the Active Player at Erebor
every time that terrain is maneuvered from 7 up to its 8th face.
The "Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities" will not wait for the next turn of the next Active Player, but attacks immediately upon anyone possessing the 8th face.
* If Smaug rolls Wings, he inflicts 5 points of damage normally and flies to Lake-town (if he is not slain).
* If Smaug rolls Wings while at Lake-town or any other Home terrain he inflicts 5 points of damage and defaults to fly back to Erebor (if he is not slain).
* Erebor's 8th face Dragon's Lair ability affects Smaug normally.
* Using 7 points of Red or Gold magic will summon Smaug normally.
* Bard's Black Arrow (the Heart-seeker magic item) Impale SAI works normally but Bard does not have to be alive or present to achieve this effect.
FIVE ARMIES special rules:
There are none. All regular Dragon Dice⢠rules (Rule Set 3.0 at the time of this posting) apply in this scenario. Racial abilities, SAI's, Magic Items and Artifacts, 8th Face special abilities, Spells, Dragon Breaths, Eldarim Champion abilities, etc all apply normally. Exceptions are noted.
~ ~ *Bonus Characters & Items* ~ ~
(1) The ARKENSTONE (the King's Jewel):
The 1st player to arrive at Erebor receives the Arkenstone (represented by any shiny token or "jewel-like" gaming piece you have). Possessing it is like a never-ending Stoneskin spell: it adds +1 save to your army while they are present at Erebor. Leave that terrain (or perish with no units left alive) and the ARKENSTONE must be transferred to the next player who had arrived after the 1st. Players must keep track of who arrived in sequence at the Lonely Mountain after the 1st player.
GANDALF the Grey and shape-changing BEORN begin the game on the sideboard -- to be brought into play upon the following conditions:
(2) GANDALF, Mithrandir, the Grey wizard:
Gandalf is represented by the King's Die (a.k.a. the Royalty Die). He is added to the player's Reserves who *first* captures any 8th face. This die provides the standard recruiting/promoting benefits.
(3) BEORN, goliath man who can shapeshift into a fearsome bear:
Beorn is the only Unit in this campaign bearing a Magic icon. He is added to the weakest player's forces after the end of the 2nd complete round. Beorn is added to any army that player wishes.
The weakest player is defined as having the MOST combined health of Units dead and buried.
Completing a round occurs whe the *last* player (who initially placed armies last) ending his/her turn after all players have gone around the table. Use a marker to distinguish the 1st player and keep track of the end of the 2nd complete round of turns.
Free Beorn Advice: For the love of honey, do not Hug anything that can do 4 points of damage back on you. HUG SMART.....
The game is ideally intended to finish between 60-90 minutes of playtime.
The winning player gets a pipe-full of Longbottom Leaf, the finest pipeweed in the South Farthing; and gets to sit with Bilbo in his garden at twilight enjoying seed-cakes, cold ale (it comes in pints), and listening to stories about his many adventures.
Use these specific dice to KEEP PROPER BALANCE OF POWERS and to create the perfect narrative nuance. Play Howard Shore's film scores while engaged in this scenario for maximum flavor:
Dwarves: DWARVES OF THE IRON HILLS
1 Warlord (Thorin Oakenshield)
1 Mammoth Rider (Dain Ironfoot)
2 Patrollers
1 Lizard Rider
1 Marksman
1 Footman
3 Sentries
2 Crossbowmen
1 Red Mantlet artifact
TOTAL: 24 points
Amazons: MEN OF LAKE-TOWN
1 White Eldarim Dragoncrusader (Bard the Bowman)
1 Warchief
1 Harbinger
2 Warriors
2 Envoys
1 Soldier
1 Runner
2 Charioteers
1 Black Heartseeker (the Black Arrow)
TOTAL: 24 points
Coral Elves/Treefolk: WOODELVES & ENTS OF MIRKWOOD
1 Protector (Thranduil, the Elvenking)
1 Herald (Legolas Greenleaf, his son)
1 Trooper
1 Knight
1 Archer
1 Fighter
1 Guard
2 Horsemen
1 Bowman
1 Noble Willow
1 Redwood
TOTAL: 24 points
Goblins/Frostwings: GOBLINS & WARGS
1 Filcher (Bolg)
3 Cutthroats (the bodyguard of Bolg)
4 Thugs
3 Wardog Riders
2 Wolfpacks
TOTAL: 24 points
Feral/Firewalker/Dwarf: GREAT EAGLES & LEGENDARY AVIANS
2 Vulture-Folk
2 Hawk-Folk
5 Falcon-Folk
1 Phoenix
1 Roc
1 Blue Wooden Targe
TOTAL: 24 points
Sideboard Bonus Characters -- Eldarim/Feral: GANDALF & BEORN
1 Royalty Die (Gandalf the Grey)
1 Bear-Folk (Beorn the Skinchanger)
TOTAL: 8 points
Non-Dragon Dice⢠Additional Item: THE ARKENTSTONE
1 Shiny or Gem-like token of your choice
TOTAL: 1 point save effect
1 Highland Tower (the Iron Hills)
1 Coastland City (Esgaroth a.k.a. Lake-Town)
1 Swampland Temple (marshes of eastern Mirkwood)
1 Feyland Standing Stones (ruins of Dale on the Running River)
1 Flatland Standing Stones (Withered Heath)
1 Wasteland frontier Dragon's Lair (Erebor a.k.a. the Lonely Mountain)
1 Red/Gold Hybrid Drake (Smaug)
Observant players may note how important the functions of the City 8th face, Feralizing racial ability, Wild Growth SAI, Gandalf's addition, and Beorn's addition may influence the late-stage game. If Smaug rolls effectively against these Armies as they struggle towards their terrain objectives (all while decimating each other) -- the winning criteria seems further out of reach unless the above mechanisms help bring units back from the Dead Unit Area.
Feedback and player's thoughts on this game are very welcome. Nicole and I hope you enjoy this mischief as much as we do.
Let's Roll to Victory!
Much too hasty,
"Quickbeam" from TheOneRing.net
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Post subject: THE HOBBIT The Battle of the Five Armies "BOTFA"
I had the pleasure of playing this very creative themed DD game over the past weekend at Orc Con 2017! Apart from the specific army construction, the game is Dragon Diceâ¢! You just need 5 players. It played relatively fast due to the fact that there are no mages. Extremely fun and entertaining, please give it a try and tell me what you think.
Thanks again to Quickbeam and his cohort for developing this FANtastic scenario!
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I just read through this scenario and definitely would love to run it sometime.
I do have something to ask out of curiosity though. I do understand that the rules for Impale state jaws specifically, but wouldn't it be more flavorful for Smaug to die if he rolls the Belly icon instead (for this scenario at least)?
I ask since that is hoe Bard killed Smaug in the story. He was told of the missing scale on Smaug's belly and hit that spot with the Black Arrow.
And although this may seem like it would make slaying Smaug easier, it could be stated that the Belly icon with only one ridge spike means auto kill (there are two different Belly icons on the dragons). This is just a thought.
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Also, what happens if two players are tied for "weakest player" (in regards to Beorn)?
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This might sound like a wonky technical detail, but ultimately, it has big implications for people in general and music fans in particular.
Once web browsers can literally hear what you're listening to (and see you, assuming you've given them permission, of course), they'll be able to identify music playing in other programs or in the cafe where you're sitting; record karaoke or more advanced audio projects directly onto the web; let you hear what your favorite artists are recording; and other fun stuff developers have yet to dream up.
For now, we must surrender the fantasy of ranting, finally, with our own actual voices, into the comments sections of columns with which we disagree — if only due to the early stage of this technology. Mozilla released an early, Mac-only, FireFox 3.5-only version of the Add-On on Thursday, which it's calling Rainbow on Thursday, apparently so-named because it pairs so nicely with the term "cloud computing."
And the name is fitting. Music increasingly lives in the cloud (accessible on the web or in internet-connected mobile apps), so an easy recording/playback standard like this will create a new connection with that cloud that lets us record and play back audio in more places on the web. As with many early ideas, this one will likely spread, and Mozilla's simple <audio> tags could become a web standard. (For geeks: Mozilla Rainbow uses the open source audio codec Ogg Vorbis so developers don't have to pay MP3 royalties in order to use it.)
Developers can already record audio within a web browser, but doing so has typically required the use of Macromedia Flash. Not only does Flash not run on Apple's popular iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), but it requires that the developer run a special media server rather than a plain old web server. Not only that, but one Mozilla developer we spoke with at SXSW said Flash makes FireFox crash — apparently he agrees with Steve Jobs that Flash is just bad news because it was "created during the PC era for PCs and mice."
Regardless of where you stand on the Flash debate (or even if you don't stand anywhere at all), Rainbow's simple recording-and-playback technology is likely to lead to several pots of gold:
- Music identification: Music identifying services like the ones that already exist on cellphones would be able to work within web browsers. Nevermind about any sort of software integration between programs — a laptop's or smartphone's microphone works just fine for identifying whatever songs are playing. Apps such as Shazam have done this for years, but once recording moves to the browser, music identification can be integrated into a wider selection of other programs.
- Simpler online recording: Several online music studios including Indaba allow amateur and more experienced musicians to record music with each other using a Flash-based multitrack recorder. Indaba has been honing that system for years, but if Rainbow spreads,
- Compatibility with Apple (and other) devices: Flash doesn't run on iOS devices, meaning that millions of web browsers on Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch would be muted from online audio/video comments, recordings sessions, and so on. But Apple's not the only one that will be happy about non-Flash recording: the ability to record with so few lines of code could benefit developers that could release something in Flash, but now, can use something more widely compatible.
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Q: Can I observe a target fainter than I magnitude 9 by using a nearby bright star as the AO star?
A: No, the basic principle with the GPI AO system is that the science target IS the AO star, thus the science field is centered on the guide star.
Q: Can I observe close similar magnitude binaries?
A: No, the AO system is designed such that any close similar magnitude binary would have a strong adverse impact on the AO performance, and possibly not even allow the closing of the AO loop.
Q: What is the airmass limit of the instrument as the OCDD (pg 39) says there's a 50-deg zenith limit?
A: The contrast curves should be generally good to about 30 degrees off zenith - there are no separate models for the 50 degree case. To first order, contrast would scale up as airmass ^12/5, but the performance is NOT guaranteed for Zenith distances larger than 50 degrees. Any proposal applying for Zenith distances larger than 50 degrees should take contact with the instrument scientist previous to submitting the proposal. The ADC is specified to work up to ZD=50 and thus both OIWFS performance is not guaranteed AND the centering of the science object on the coronographic mask will be adversely affected for large Zenith angles.
Q: What is the AO Guide Star magnitude limit of the instrument?
Q: Can I observe targets that are Imag > 9.0 in better-than-median seeing?
A: Testing has shown that with slower camera rates it will work at decreased performance at I=9+. However, it is unlikely that the performance would improve in IQ20 conditions, because GPI isn't designed to run slowly to take advantage of slow seeing. Further, performance at I=9+ would be very sensitive to the read noise on the wavefront sensor, and is thus a complex undertaking. One should always refer to the "Instrument Performance pages" for the latest updates to the limiting magnitudes.
Q: Do I need PSF stars for Polarization observations?
A: In the polarization mode you don't need to observe PSF reference stars, because the two orthogonal polarizations essentially serve as each other's PSFs, though one can contemplate using some other form of PSF subtraction if you want to obtain a total intensity image as a followup characterization observation.
Q: Can I do dithering?
A: The only dithering possible is going off to take sky frames (for K1 and K2 bands) in open loop. There is NO capability to dither on the detector with closed OIWFS loops.
Q:Can GPI keep the sky fixed on the detector?
A:NO, the masks in the instrument are fixed orientation and optimized with respect to a fixed Cassegrain angle. With the Cassegrain angle always fixed (and not adjustable) it means that the sky will always rotate around the detector optical axis determined by the OIWFS axis.
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