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December 15
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2003
- Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- selected by Kalki
- 2004
- There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute. ~ Freeman Dyson (born 15 December 1923)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2006
- To talk about the end of science is just as foolish as to talk about the end of religion. Science and religion are both still close to their beginnings, with no ends in sight. ~ Freeman Dyson (date of birth)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- It is not the right angle that attracts me,
Nor the hard, inflexible straight line, man-made.
What attracts me are free and sensual curves.
The curves in my country's mountains,
In the sinuous flow of its rivers,
In the beloved woman's body.
~ Oscar Niemeyer (his 100th Birthday — born 15 December 1907)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2008
- It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom. The universe as a whole is also weird, with laws of nature that make it hospitable to the growth of mind. I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension. ~ Freeman Dyson
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ~ Walt Disney (Date of death)
- proposed by UDScott
- 2010
- The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms. ~ Muriel Rukeyser
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad. ~ Freeman Dyson
- proposed by Zarbon
- 2012
|In time of crisis, we summon up our strength.
Then, if we are lucky, we are able to call every resource, every forgotten image that can leap to our quickening, every memory that can make us know our power. And this luck is more than it seems to be: it depends on the long preparation of the self to be used.
In time of the crises of the spirit, we are aware of all our need, our need for each other and our need for our selves. We call up, with all the strength of summoning we have, our fullness.
|~ Muriel Rukeyser ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
|Belief has its structures, and its symbols change. Its tradition changes. All the relationships within these forms are inter-dependent. We look at the symbols, we hope to read them, we hope for sharing and communication.
|~ Muriel Rukeyser ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2014
|We stand, in a manner of speaking, midway between the unpredictability of atoms and the unpredictability of God.
|~ Freeman Dyson ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2015
|The meanings of poetry take their growth through the interaction of the images and the music of the poem.
|~ Muriel Rukeyser ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2016
|In this moment when we face horizons and conflicts wider than ever before, we want our resources, the ways of strength. We look again to the human wish, its faiths, the means by which the imagination leads us to surpass ourselves.
If there is a feeling that something has been lost, it may be because much has not yet been used, much is still to be found and begun.
Everywhere we are told that our human resources are all to be used, that our civilization itself means the uses of everything it has — the inventions, the histories, every scrap of fact. But there is one kind of knowledge — infinitely precious, time-resistant more than monuments, here to be passed between the generations in any way it may be: never to be used. And that is poetry.
|~ Muriel Rukeyser ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2017
|The belonging you seek is not behind you, it is ahead. I am no Jedi, but I know the Force. It moves through and surrounds every living thing. Close your eyes … feel it. The light … it's always been there, it will guide you.
|~ Star Wars : The Force Awakens ~
- proposed by Kalki; a quote from the previous film in the series, in regard to the official opening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on this date.
- 2018
|The deepest pleasure in science comes from finding an instantiation, a home, for some deeply felt, deeply held image.
|~ Wolfgang Pauli ~
- proposed by UDScott for date of Pauli's death.
- 2019
|I keep thinking what happens when the power of love is twisted into the love of power.
|~ Maurice Davis ~
- proposed by Zarbon
Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:
- In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad. ~ Freeman Dyson
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Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don't want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad? ~ Oscar Niemeyer
- 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life's work. ~ Oscar Niemeyer
- 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise. ~ Oscar Niemeyer
- 3 Kalki 15:21, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
What an artist dies in me! ~ Nero (born December 15)
- 2 Zarbon 03:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE: Nero by Edward Champlin - History - 2003 - Page 51
- 2 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Hidden talent counts for nothing. ~ Nero (born December 15)
- 3 because talent is worth nothing if it isn't seen. The same can be said for decisions, ideas, and solutions. Hiding qualities will never allow others to comprehend and understand them. Zarbon 03:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- SOURCE: The Flames of Rome - Page 221 by Paul L. Maier - 1991
- 1 Kalki 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC) the ultimate measure of the effectiveness of both talent and genius is knowing when to show it, and when not to. Hidden talents can sometimes count a great deal.
I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics, which was so enormously fruitful in past centuries, has recently ended in divorce. ~ Freeman Dyson
I love the war because there is victory at its end. ~ Alp Arslan


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Yoga for the Management of HIV-Metabolic Syndromes
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00627380
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 3, 2008
Last Update Posted : July 26, 2010
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections HIV Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome HIV Lipodystrophy HIV Metabolic Syndromes Hypertension
|Behavioral: Yoga lifestyle intervention Other: Standard of care
|Phase 4
Very few safe, effective, and novel treatments for metabolic syndromes that develop in HIV-infected people exist. These metabolic syndromes may increase cardiovascular disease risk in HIV-infected people and may reduce their quantity and quality of life. Practicing a yoga lifestyle intervention may provide a safe, effective and novel therapy for HIV metabolic syndromes, but this alternative form of therapy has not been tested in HIV-infected people with metabolic syndromes. In men and women with HIV-related metabolic syndromes, we will determine:
- The safety of practicing a yoga lifestyle in HIV-infected people treated with HAART who are experiencing metabolic and anthropometric syndromes.
- To quantify the effects of practicing a yoga lifestyle on metabolic and anthropomorphic syndromes in HIV-infected people treated with HAART who are experiencing these syndromes.
- To quantify the effects of practicing a yoga lifestyle on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in HIV-infected people treated with HAART who are at increased CVD risk because of existing metabolic and anthropomorphic syndromes.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Yoga for the Management of HIV-Metabolic Syndromes
|Study Start Date :
|November 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2009
Placebo Comparator: STOC
Standard of care arm continues to receive standard of care treatment for HIV, but does not receive any new treatment/intervention or change in anti-HIV medications. Runs parallel to experimental group. At the end of this 16-wk control period, participants are invited to crossover into the experimental group
Other: Standard of care
Participants are observed/followed for 16 weeks during which lifestyle and medication changes are discouraged, unless medically necessary.
Other Name: Observation control group
Experimental: YOGA
Yoga lifestyle intervention administered by certified yoga instructor.
Behavioral: Yoga lifestyle intervention
Sixteen weeks of 2-3 yoga sessions per week, 1.5 hrs per session administered by a certified yoga instructor. Sessions include breathing exercises and yoga postures/positions.
Other Names:
- The primary efficacy outcome is a metabolic parameter: insulin integrated area under the curve (AUC) during the oral glucose tolerance test. [ Time Frame: Baseline and week 16 ]
- Fasting lipid/lipoprotein levels. [ Time Frame: Baseline and week 16 ]
- Body composition: visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue areas (VAT, SAT), trunk/limb adipose ratio. [ Time Frame: Baseline and week 16 ]
- Cardiovascular disease risk: Framingham 10-yr CVD risk calculation [ Time Frame: Baseline and week 16 ]
- Quality of life: SF36 MOS [ Time Frame: Baseline and week 16 ]
- Safety: CD4 count and plasma HIV RNA [ Time Frame: Baseline and week 16 ]
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.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected volunteers must have dyslipidemia (fasting serum LDL-cholesterol >100mg/dL, or
- triglycerides >200mg/dL, or
- HDL-cholesterol <40mg/dL (men) or <50mg/dL (women), or
- impaired glucose tolerance (fasting blood glucose 100-140mg/dL or
- fasting insulin 13-45µU/mL or 2hr glucose during the oGTT 140-200mg/dL),or
- central adiposity (waist circumference >102 cm (40inches in men) or >88cm (35inches in women)
- The purpose is to identify and enroll participants with a clear proatherogenic lipid profile
- increased CVD risk
- abdominal adiposity, and fasting glucose intolerance or insulin resistance
- but not type 2 diabetics who have normalized their blood sugars using glucose-lowering agents. If a type 2 diabetic uses a glucose-lowering medication, but they are still insulin resistant/glucose intolerant (by above criteria), they are eligible to participate, because we are testing the added benefits of yoga therapy on a defined dysmetabolic syndrome in participants who are stable on the standard-of-care for these metabolic syndromes, and this includes glucose- and lipid-lowering agents
- These criteria must be met, even in volunteers receiving glucose- or lipid-lowering agents, so that we enroll participants who have developed metabolic syndromes that are not normalized by traditional pharmacologic approaches
- Volunteers receiving glucose- or lipid-lowering agents who have normalized their lipid, glucose and insulin levels below these defined limits, are not eligible to enroll.
Additional Inclusion Criteria.
- 18-70 years old.
- Plasma HIV RNA <15,000 copies/ml for previous 3months.
- CD4 count >200 c/µL for previous 3 months.
- Stable HIV RNA level and stable CD4 count for at least the past 3 months. Some HIV-infected people can accomplish this while not receiving HAART (eg. long term non-progressors) and will be included. But, most of the participants will be on a HAART regimen that includes either 2 NRTIs + NNRTI, or 2NRTIs + PI, or NRTI+NNRTI+PI
"Normal" blood chemistries for at least 1 month prior to enrollment:
- platelet count >30,000/mm3
- absolute neutrophil count >750/mm3
- transaminases <5x the upper limit of normal
- creatinine <3x the upper limit of normal
- albumin >30g/L
Exclusion Criteria:
- Chronic hepatitis B infection (HB surface antigen positive). Active hepatitis C infection (detectable Hep C RNA). Those who have cleared hepatitis B or C infection are eligible.
- Diabetes [fasting glucose >140 mg/dL, or fasting insulin >45 µU/mL, or 2-hr glucose >200mg/dL].
- History of diabetes mellitus that pre-dates HIV-infection. Medications or agents that regulate glucose or lipid metabolism (e.g., insulin-sensitizers, insulin-secretagogues, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors ('statins'), fibrates, niacin) are permitted. A large percentage of ACTU subjects and ID Clinic patients receiving RTV-boosted regimens are also receiving lipid-lowering agents. Excluding them might significantly reduce the pool of potential enrollees. The glucose- or lipid-lowering agent and dose must be stable for at least 3 months prior to screening. Additionally, volunteers taking glucose-or lipid-lowering agents must still have dyslipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance criteria (above). If they are taking these agents and have 'normalized' their lipids/lipoproteins and hyperinsulinemia, then they are not eligible
- Gestational diabetes, pregnancy, or nursing mothers. Menstruating women must have a negative urine pregnancy test within 14 days prior to DEXA testing (minor radiation exposure from DEXA). To control for potential metabolic effects of alterations in female hormones during the menstrual cycle, all menstruating women will be tested during the follicular phase.
- Hypogonadism [total testosterone <200ng/dL (men) or <15ng/dL (women)]; thyroid disorder [TSH <0.2 or >12µIU/mL]; hypercortisolemia [morning cortisol >22µg/dL]. Replacement testosterone or thyroid hormones or human growth hormone to normalize abnormal levels is acceptable, as long as treatment has been stable, and blood testosterone, TSH or IGF-1 levels are within the normal range.
- Unwilling or unable to attend supervised yoga sessions 3days/wk provided by Brentwood Center for Health at the Connectcare Clinic. Any condition that might be contraindicated for yoga therapy (disabling neuromuscular or musculoskeletal injury/disorder)
- History of serious cardiovascular disease; MI, unstable angina, heart failure, congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, resting ST-segment depression >1mm, coronary artery bypass graft, stroke, sinus tachycardia, arrhythmias, premature atrial or ventricular contractions, claudication. Bundle branch block is exclusionary because it limits the interpretability of the resting/exercise ECG. Cardiovascular contraindications to maximal exercise testing
- Anticipated change in anti-HIV medications or other medications that affect metabolism, within the next 4months
- Well-trained athletes (defined as >3 exercise training exposures/week; >30min regimented exercise/exposure maintained for at least the prior 4 weeks)
- Active substance abuse (eg, alcoholism, cocaine, heroin, crack, methamphetamine, phencyclidine)
- Active secondary infection or a significant change in chronic suppressive therapy for an opportunistic infection during 1 month prior to enrollment
- New serious systemic infection during the 3 weeks prior to enrollment
- Recent episode of hyperlactatemia or lactic acidosis, esp. with rapid weight loss
- Chronic renal insufficiency/failure or other comorbid conditions (eg. cancer, COPD) that alter metabolism
- Pancreatitis, celiac disease, or cirrhosis
- Inadequate macronutrient or energy intake, or malabsorptive disorder as determined by the research dietician
- Dementia or any condition that would prevent voluntary informed consent or compliance
- Other compounds or blinded investigational new drugs that might affect metabolism or confound data interpretation (eg. RU486, interleukin therapy, or cytokine-receptor antagonist)
- Oral glucocorticoid or corticosteroid use within the previous 3 months
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): NCT00627380
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|Principal Investigator:
|Kevin E Yarasheski, PhD
|Washington University School of Medicine
Other Publications:
|Responsible Party:
|Kevin E. Yarasheski/Principal Investigator, Washington University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R21AT003083 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
R21AT003083 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|March 3, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 26, 2010
|Last Verified:
|July 2010
insulin resistance
visceral adiposity
subcutaneous adipose wasting
cardiovascular disease
endothelial function
quality of life
Complementary Therapies
Metabolic Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Insulin Resistance
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Skin Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders

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On his Tuesday radio broadcast, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh described a technical problem with his iPhone and Apple's Siri voice assistant, encountered on his drive to work that morning.
Since then, he's been abused, mocked, and disbelieved on many of Apple techsites and online forums for purportedly claiming to have been hacked, and blaming the hack on either the Obama administration or, to paraphrase former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Vast Leftwing Conspiracy. Many of the bloggers and commenters outright say he's simply a liar, having made up the story out of whole cloth.
Limbaugh posted on his website the next day a brief update about his follow-up experience Tuesday afternoon, which clearly put the event into the "unexplained glitch" category: "But I got in the car yesterday afternoon and headed to the airport....So I tried some dictation, and it was perfect. That stuff that happened yesterday morning has not happened since. It was flawless yesterday afternoon in the car, same setup, Verizon hot spot with my Bluetooth phone system in the car, perfect."
A typical response to Limbaugh's original account is that of MacGasm's Corey Tamas, a self-described "tech journalist," who gave his post the headline "Limbaugh As Clueless About Siri As He Is About Most Things."
The headline clearly implies that Limbaugh knows little or nothing about Siri and that, presumably, Tamas can fill in this yawning knowledge gap and account for the technical problem that Limbaugh says he encountered.
"In a story I feel like I've waited my entire professional life to cover, Rush Limbaugh has decided to take aim at Siri and continues to entrench his legendary posture of saying things which take a gigantic, steaming dump on simple logic," Tama writes.
Yet nowhere in his post does Tamas explain how Limbaugh is wrong, technically un-informed or illogical. And he actually concedes two points, apparently unaware that he's doing so, that would support the idea that Limbaugh could have been targeted. "[I]t's a tricky hack to mess with someone's phone in that way... but far from impossible," Tomas writes, without giving the slightest technical explanation of just how it could be done. And secondly, "With the Old-Testament-Level of ill-will Rush has created for himself among many minorities (and among women, who are not exactly what you'd call a "minority"), it's not hard to imagine someone might make it their little OCD project to mess with Rush's iPhone," Tamas writes.
"Despite how tempting it would be to enter into a long-winded diatribe about Rush's politics, we are still just a tech blog and that discussion falls outside the parameters of what we want to be known for," he concludes, still without ever engaging in any technical analysis of Limbaugh's account. "I'm not a political analyst, but I am a writer with a decade and a half of professional tenure behind me... and I can say that rants are both the easiest to write and are the most popular among readers, but are almost always the hallmark of a writer with poor analytical skills."
If politicians were tech companies
Apparently calling someone "clueless," and prone to "saying things which take a gigantic, steaming dump on logic," and the creator of an "Old-Testament-Level of ill-will" doesn't qualify as ranting or as an indicator of "poor analytical skills."
Tamas' final non-technical conclusion: "Perhaps the biggest criticism that can be leveled [sic] against Limbaugh for his epic iPhone story is one he rarely hears: It was pretty boring."
But even a cursory reading of the radio show's transcript, posted at RushLimbaugh.com reveals something much more like the befuddlement of a "consumer power user," as Limbaugh terms himself, over encountering a technical problem that he had not run into before.
In Limbaugh's account, he's on his way to work Tuesday morning trying to do voice dictation, something he's done in the past without problem, using his iPhone, Siri, and his in-car Wi-Fi and LTE connections. First, nothing happens and then he gets transcriptions that bear no resemblance to what he spoke aloud.
Following along in Limbaugh's account, his first conclusion is that something is wrong with Apple's Siri servers: the "system is down" he thought. Then, after seeing the strange Siri transcriptions of his spoken words, he thinks that possibly "someone hacked" Apple's Siri servers and that it must be affecting many other iPhone users. It's Limbaugh's listeners, in calls and emails, that later raise the issue of Limbaugh himself being personally targeted and personally hacked. But he finds all of these latter speculations "unsatisfactory."
Here's how he begins his description: "Now, if there is anybody in this audience listening that writes for an Apple or high-tech blog -- or if there is anybody listening to this program that works for or at Apple, Incorporated -- you have to hear what happened to me this morning."
There's no suggestion of being hacked or targeted, no hint of a conspiracy. It reads much more like an end user asking more experienced users for technical help. Overall, no one would mistake the blogosphere's response as that of the New Testament's Good Samaritan.
Limbaugh describes his mobile system in the car: he uses an iPhone 4S, with the car's built-in Bluetooth entertainment system, and a Wi-Fi connection to a "Verizon LTE hotspot," presumably the Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4620L (reviewed recently by PC Magazine) or something very like it.
He describes, accurately, how Apple's Siri dictation feature works (you can compare it with Smartplanet's more detailed account from November 2011): "[The way that] Apple iPhone dictation works is you hit the microphone button on your keyboard, and that immediately establishes an online connection with Apple servers somewhere. The dictation does not occur, the translation does not occur in the phone. What you say is transmitted at whatever connection speed you're using -- 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi -- to Apple servers wherever they are. The speech is then transcribed to text by a company called Nuance, which makes Dragon Dictation, and that's the voice-to-text aspect of Siri in the iPhone. So you say, "Testing one, two, three" and hit the microphone button. Apple's servers then transcribe it and send it back to you, and it displays on your screen."
When his iPhone is paired to the car's Bluetooth setup, "if I'm listening to the radio, for example -- the moment I hit the microphone [the Siri icon] on the iPhone, the radio is muted, because a phone call is being made, essentially. The phone system via Bluetooth is used to send my voice transcription out to Apple and back [based on his network description, this is probably not the case: via Bluetooth, the car's radio is being automatically muted, but the iPhone itself is presumably connecting via Wi-Fi to the LTE hotspot]. When it comes back [presumably meaning 'when the dictation text is displayed'] and the connection is finished, then the audio from the radio resumes."
He's used the entire arrangement, and Siri dictation, for some time and "Up until today, it worked flawlessly."
On Tuesday morning in the car, Limbaugh tries to reply to "some stuff" sent by Kathryn (presumably his wife). "I attempt dictation, and nothing happens. I hit the microphone button and I get the three beeps and no connection. It's not working. So I say, 'Ah, damn it, the system's down. Something's wrong with the servers,' but I keep trying," he tells his listeners.
On his third attempt, his spoken words are sent off, but what then appears on his iPhone screen - the "translation" of his speech into text - is "Obama's minions are taking over and there's nothing you can do about it," he recounts. "And I hadn't said anything like that!"
He notices that the "audio on the radio did not un-mute. The audio on the radio never came back." He switches the radio from satellite to standard AM and finds the radio is working fine. "I thought, 'Man, something's really not right,'" he says.
Using Siri, he repeats the reply to his wife. "What came back to me the second time was totally unrelated to anything I had said. It was talking about wind power and Obama and, 'You don't have a chance.'" It's at this point, that he suspects that Apple's backend system may have been hacked. "And I said to myself, 'You know, somebody's hacked Apple's servers. I'm gonna get in there [to the office].' I said, 'I can't wait to get to work and fire up some of these Apple blogs because I'll bet you this has been going on all morning and I'll betcha it's a big story that Apple's servers have been hacked.'"
He tries yet again to reply to his wife. "The third thing [transcription] which came back had nothing to do with politics," he says. But it also had nothing to do with his spoken reply.
He finally reaches the office, and connects his iPhone to the internal Wi-Fi network, and starts dictating: "it's flawless. It's perfect. It was only in my car that this happened."
He types up a brief account of what happened and emails it to "some computer people" asking for feedback. "I said, 'What could possibly explain this?' And the answers I got back ranged from, "You've been hacked," to, "Somebody got into your car," to, "Somebody's tampered with the Bluetooth module." Other suggestions, he says, were "Somebody's done something. They're sending you a message that they can do it," "Your Bluetooth module is so totally defective that you need a new one," and "There's something wrong with the LTE hotspot."
Limbaugh's response is interesting: "There was no answer that was satisfactory."
He didn't expand on why he found them unsatisfactory. But it's clear that the suggestion he'd been hacked was one of the suggestions he found unsatisfying to explain the events he encountered.
He notes again that Siri works by offloading the voice transcription to backend servers. Given that fact, he then wonders "Could it be that somebody at Apple can ID my phone, knows when I'm voice transcribing and can send something back? Could that possibly be? Who knows? I have no idea."
The issue of what information Apple collects and stores from iPhone and iPad users, including what Siri adds to that information, has been a persistent Internet meme.
"I don't have any other theories, but I sent this off to two people [the aforementioned 'computer people?'] who might, and none of them could believe it but they then started trying to explain it to me what various things could exist to explain this," Limbaugh says. "But it was the first two [text transcriptions] that came back that specifically mentioned Obama."
He says a bit later, "But the most common suggestion I got from the people I sent it to was, 'You've got a Bluetooth problem here. There's something wrong with Bluetooth.' That may be, but for ["]Obama and his minions["] to end up in a translated voice-to-text message when I didn't say Obama, I didn't say minions, I didn't say anything about any of that, the dictation's never been that far off."
But the blogosphere drew its own conclusions. "Rush Limbaugh: My iPhone 4S Was Hacked," was the headline at AppAdvice. "Rush Limbaugh Says Obama's Minions Hacked Siri," was the headline for Buster Heine's story at CultOfMac.
Heine declares that Limbaugh "thinks the main culprit is Obama's minions trying to give him the spooks. I wish we were creative enough to make this up, but it's a "true" story.... if by true, you mean that Rush Limbaugh actually said something this wacky." In fact, as the show's transcript makes clear, Limbaugh doesn't think that and didn't say it.
One user, mtalsma, started a thread at MacRumors about Limbaugh's experience, with a link to an account of it at TheBlaze. Somewhat naively, he said he was "not trying to start a thread on politics or the semantics of talk radio personalities."
"To me, it's pretty crazy," mtalsma posted. "I think someone somehow hacked into Apple's servers and decided to mess with him. Limbaugh stated he had no way to prove this happened (should've taken screenshots), however I don't think there'd be any reason to make it up."
"That's seriously the dumbest thing I've ever heard," posted ppleguy123, without clarifying whether he was referring to mtalsma's post or Limbaugh's account.
Any number of commenters simply branded Limbaugh a liar. A typical post was this one by entatlrg: "Rush loudmouth is a proven liar many times over, and a bumbling idiot, how could anyone believe he's telling the truth this time. And for all the millions it could happen to, it happens to him? Lol, No."
One poster, scaredpoet, condemned Limbaugh for not accepting the conflicting suggestions and analyses offered by "IT guys." "Right, so Rush Limbaugh, the guy who doesn't really have his head on straight politically, thinks he knows better about IT than the IT guys... and even though all this of this allegedly happened only in his car with his funky hotspot-bluetooth-jenga-puzzle of a weird setup, and NOT anywhere else, that clearly means to him that those hippies at Apple are to blame. Real smart," he sneered. "I call BS on the whole thing."
At TheBlaze, in the comments section, HuckleberryFriend announced "With all this talk about hacking, why doesn't anyone mention the obvious? Bad acoustics and/or background noise in the car. Hacking is hard and unlikely. Microphone problems are extremely common, especially in a car."
Unless one simply has faith that Limbaugh invented his Siri problem, it appears to have been nothing more than one of the countless technical and often unexplained techno-glitches that fill online forums and user sites.
John Cox covers wireless networking and mobile computing for Network World.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnwcoxnww
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Read more about anti-malware in Network World's Anti-malware section.


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Welcome to Animal House Veterinary Hospital
Your Veterinarian in St. Charles and North Aurora, IL
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The doctors and staff of Animal House Veterinary Hospital are dedicated professionals who strive to provide compassionate veterinary medicine to companion animals. Our commitment to education and technology, and service to our clients and community, represents our passion for excellence.
We pledge to provide our clients with the most up-to-date healthcare options and information available. Our team members will serve each client with the detailed personal attention they expect and deserve. Our healthcare philosophy focuses on what is in each pet's best interest, and to treat all pets the way we would our own.
Every member of our dedicated team of veterinarians, technical support staff, and client relations specialists is an active partner in your pet's personal lives and in depth health care.
We hope to make it easy and enjoyable for you to create and maintain a wellness program that will ensure your pet's continued quality of life for now and years to come.
Animal House is a proud member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) www.avma.org
We have a number of resources for you to learn about how to take better care of your pets. Browse around and look at our articles and pet videos. Ongoing nutrition and problem prevention are an integral part of your pet's health.
We also provide essential services to our clients such as spaying and neutering pets. We are up to date on the latest technology with cold laser equipment to treat a wide range of medical conditions and digital x-ray suite.
If you want to ask a question call (630) 443-1472 or email us and we'll promptly get back to you. Our St. Charles and North Aurora offices are easy to find, but you can also view directions on our Contact Us page. We are a convenient veterinarian for pet owners located in Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, Elburn, South Elgin, and Elgin. You can subscribe to our newsletter which is created especially for Fox Valley pet owners. In between your veterinary visits, your pet will benefit from you reading these free informative articles.
At Animal House Veterinary Hospital, we treat your pets like the valued family members they are.


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MARLBROUGH � Federal investigators caught the CFO of TelexFREE trying to leave with nearly $38 million while they raided the company�s Marlborough offices this past Tuesday, court records show.
Joseph Craft attempted to enter the office and grab a laptop bag, telling federal agents he was a consultant helping the company prepare for bankruptcy and that the bag was filled with personal items, according to a document filed in U.S. District Court in Boston by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
When Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the bag, they found $37,948,296 in cashier�s checks.
The SEC, which has charged Telexfree with being a�pyramid scheme,�currently has a freeze on all of the company�s assets; the commission had $39 million accounted for publicly as of Friday, the bulk of which was the seized cashier's checks.
The SEC also reported�in court filings it learned James Merrill, co-owner of the company, on Tuesday had submitted an order to Waddell & Reed Financial to sell $1.15 million of his mutual fund holdings with the firm and transfer the money to an account at Middlesex Savings Bank.
According to a source familiar with the SEC's case, the commission typically will serve notices to any banks suspected of holding money connected to the company under investigation in a process that can take several days to weeks. The SEC has estimated TelexFREE raised around $300 million over the past two years.
Paul G. Levenson, director of the SEC's Boston�regional office, said�Craft was not taken into custody on Tuesday. While the Boonville, Ind. resident, as well as Merrill,�were among eight company�executives and promoters charged by the commission�in connection�with its civil case against�TelexFREE, none of them had yet�been criminally charged as of Friday afternoon.
According to the company's bankruptcy filings, TelexFREE claims to have more than 100,000 people to whom it owes money. It targeted Brazilian immigrants in particular, many of whom invested tens of thousands of dollars in the scheme, said Natalicia Tracy, executive director of the Brazilian Immigrant Center in Allston.
"I think we haven't seen half the devastation this�TelexFREE scam has done to the community," she said, adding she has heard of people selling their cars or even their businesses to raise money to put into the company.
The SEC says the scam worked by getting people to pay to post ads and recruit more investors for the company, which ostensibly sold an Internet-based phone service. Some of those customers, whom TelexFREE called "promoters," saw as much as a 250 percent return on their investment, according to authorities.
Tracy said she is concerned about misinformation spreading online that reports the company has been cleared of wrongdoing and will get back into business soon. One Portuguese-language blog, for instance, on Thursday had posted a news article claiming a U.S. court had already denied the SEC's accusations against TelexFREE.
The Brazilian Immigrant Center is also trying to prevent defrauded investors from being duped again by scammers promising to get their money back, Tracy said. On Thursday, the center released a press release urging people to instead report their concerns to the Attorney General's Public Inquiry and Assistance Center.
Tracy said the TelexFREE case has demonstrated "we're going to have to be a lot more vigilant about informing the community" about suspected Ponzi schemes, and that the center will work more closely with the Attorney General's office in the future to keep track of any scams affecting the Brazilian community.
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MARLBROUGH � Federal investigators caught the CFO of TelexFREE trying to leave with nearly $38 million while they raided the company�s Marlborough offices this past Tuesday, court records show.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A closely followed index of Philadelphia area manufacturing conditions soured in January as local companies reported fewer new orders and hiring fewer employees.
The Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index went negative in January, slipping to -5.8 in January from +4.6 in December.
Economists polled by MarketWatch expected a positive 5.0 reading.
The Philadelphia Fed's gauge is a diffusion index, taken by subtracting the number of respondents who say conditions worsened from those who reported an improvement. A similar gauge of New York-area conditions also was negative in January. Read more on Empire State index
What it shows is the fiscal cliff agreement reached at the end of the year hasn't resulted in a wave of new activity — perhaps because looming questions over the debt ceiling and scheduled spending cuts still remain.
"This particular survey has often been volatile around periods of political uncertainty, and it is possible respondents are still wary of upcoming decisions over spending cuts and the debt ceiling," said Andrew Grantham of CIBC World Markets.
The Philly Fed data is at odds with the tone of other economics releases Thursday, which included a five-year low for jobless claims and a four-year peak for housing starts.
The new-orders index fell to -4.3 from 4.9 in December, and the employment index fell to -5.2 from -0.2 in December.
The prices received index decreased 14 points, from 12.4 to -1.1.
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In a special question — one that gets to the heart of the economics debate — the Philly Fed asked what are the three most important factors that are restraining hiring plans.
The most important, at 27.4%, was expected growth of sales is low; the second-most important, at 19.2%, was firm wants to keep operating costs low; and the third-most important at 15.1% was the cost of health insurance.
The answer gives ammunition to Democrats who want fiscal stimulus to bolster demand, as well as Republicans who want to repeal President Obama's signature health-care law.
The rancorous debate between the two parties also is hurting: 37% reported federal fiscal policy developments have decreased hiring plans, but only 4.1% say those developments have increased them.


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Macroscopic effects in complex materials arise from physical phenomena on multiple length (from nano- through micrometer) and time (from femto- through microsecond) scales and therefore properties of such materials can be predicted accurately based on the properties of the underlying building blocks. Advantages of multiscale models are thus often the simpler physical interpretation based on analysis of the sub-models and improved computational scaling, both making the simulation of very large systems feasible. However, the development of methods which efficiently couple multiple scales in materials science is still a challenge, since (i) proper coupling schemes have to be developed which respect the physical and chemical descriptions on the different scales; (ii) boundary conditions for e.g. mechanics, thermodynamics or hydrodynamics have to be respected and (iii) error control and numerical stability has to be guaranteed. In addition to these physical and numerical requirements, proper workflows and event based adaptive solution schemes have to be developed, in order to work on the appropriate resolution scheme. This is why integrative approaches and coordination actions have been initiated recently (see e.g. Max-Planck Initiative "Multiscale Materials Modelling of Condensed Matter", FP7 projects MAPPER and MMM@HPC, CECAM node MM1P "Multiscale Modelling from First Principles"), which bundle the expertise of different groups (quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics, coarse grain models and finite-element analysis) and move forward both the theoretical understanding as well as the practical implementation of a multiscale simulation environment.
This CECAM School is organized by Ivan Kondov (KIT) and Godehard Sutmann (JSC) and will take place at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich Supercomputing Centre.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A central Michigan man who shed about 130 pounds over the past year by riding a bike is gearing up for an 8,500-mile ride to visit U.S. cities that are battling obesity problems.
Jerry Smith told WILX-TV (http://bit.ly/PyPyHr ) that he plans to leave Sunday from Trinity Church in Lansing. He'll be joined by another rider and followed by a driver carrying supplies. They'll head to Detroit and Chicago first, then visit the fattest cities on the Men's Fitness magazine "Fittest and Fattest Cities in America" list.
"I kind of felt like a failure," Smith said. "Basically, I realized I was sitting at my computer, killing myself slowly. So I just decided to stop eating at my computer and start walking around, start eating healthy, start biking."
Smith said he weighed 400 pounds a year ago, and he decided he wanted to do something to raise awareness about problems of youth obesity. He said his goal is to inspire others to make healthy lifestyle changes by sharing his story, and he wanted to "pay it forward" and help others.
"My biggest hope would be to number one, finish," Smith said. "And number two, be able to look back and say along the way I was able to change a few lives."
Smith estimates that he'll be riding 114 days before ending in Los Angeles. To get ready he's been riding 20 to 40 miles a day at the gym or on the road.
A Facebook page titled "2012 Catch On Tour" has been set up to track information about the ride.


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Blessed Mabon everybody. Today I have been really busy so I didn't have a chance to celebrate like usual, but I did do something major! Look! I am so happy!
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Blessed Mabon everybody. Today I have been really busy so I didn't have a chance to celebrate like usual, but I did do something major! Look! I am so happy!
Thank you Stacy and Magaly!
The previous post was an experiment of sorts. You know I have been having some browser issues. It turns out I can read your posts with dolphin, but I can only upload pictures with chrome. But, hey now I can do both and show you the wonderful surprise I received recently.
The moment I went into the car I tore the package in pieces. First thing I saw was this little envelope with a pretty card that she had put for me little heart stickers on it. The letter brought tears in my eyes and the widest of smiles. Inside the package I also found those beautiful creations of hers.
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Greetings blogfriends!! I have been gone for quite some time. It's mainly because I had some browser problems. It has been hard to find a browser that allowed me to blog. Now I am using dolphin and I hope this never becomes an issue again because I am used to using my phone to read your blogs since at home we only have a large monitor that works as a TV and it is not convenient for blogging.
So, to sum the whole summer up it was quite productive. We went on a rather short vacation in Monemvasia where we spent four days living in an actual castle. Me and Nefeli called each other princess and Petros our knight.
I took up running and I can officially call myself a decent runner since I worked my way up to 40-50 kilometers per week and I also got a lot stronger. My back acts up from time to time but nothing major anymore. And my hormones are somewhat balanced. I have not mastered the art of sleeping yet but I have improved a lot. I also started writing a book more on that on a following post. I read a lot, listened to a lot of music and worked long hours. I also spent a lot of time with my family. At the Summer Solstice we celebrated Melina Nefeli's third birthday. She is a magic cusp baby.
As for my spiritual practice I had a lot of fun sharing my magical work with my little girl. She is unbelievable gifted with great instincts. She is starting to understand the concept of card readings.. We made wreaths, planted herbs, gathered them, burned them, cooked breads, gave them as offerings. Recently I started to talk to her about the different religious practices around the world.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 14, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with veterans, young, beginning and socially-disadvantaged producers today at a community center in San Antonio, Texas, about USDA's work to expand credit for their farming operations. USDA is hearing from excited producers all across the country about USDA's new microloan program, designed to help small and family operations secure loans under $35,000. Since 2009, said Vilsack, USDA has continued to expand the overall number of loans to beginning farmers and ranchers as well as its lending to socially-disadvantaged producers by significant margins.
"In his recent State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a vision for reigniting America's engine of growth and good-paying jobs—the American middle class," said Vilsack. "As a bright spot in our nation's economy, agriculture must continue to attract the smartest, hardest-working people in the nation so we can continue to feed our nation and the world. By further expanding access to credit to those just starting to put down roots in farming, USDA continues to help grow a new generation of farmers, while ensuring the strength of an American agriculture sector that drives our economy, creates jobs, and provides the most secure and affordable food supply in the world."
USDA announced the new microloan program in January to help small and family operations, beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers secure loans under $35,000. The new microloan program is aimed at bolstering the progress of producers through their start-up years by providing needed resources and helping to increase equity so that farmers may eventually graduate to commercial credit and expand their operations. The microloan program will also provide a less burdensome, more simplified application process in comparison to traditional farm loans. The interest rate for microloans changes monthly and is currently 1.25 percent.
While USDA continues to introduce new products that are more responsive to the credit needs of its diverse customer base, the Department continues to expand its traditional farms loans. In fact, since 2009 USDA has made a record amount of farm loans—more than 134,000 loans totaling nearly $18 billion. USDA has increased the number of loans to beginning farmers and ranchers from 11,000 loans in 2008 to 15,000 loans in 2011. More than 40 percent of USDA's farm loans now go to beginning farmers. In addition, USDA has increased its lending to socially-disadvantaged producers by nearly 50 percent since 2008.
Through USDA's Strike Force Initiative, the Department is also helping to relieve persistent poverty in high poverty counties by improving access to programs and services. Since Strike Force began, farm loans have helped hundreds of minority producers in high-poverty counties in states with large populations of minority farmers and ranchers, including Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada, and New Mexico.
For example, in fiscal year 2011, USDA made 959 loans totaling $79 million, with 76 percent going to beginning and socially-disadvantaged producers. In fiscal year 2012, USDA made 1,144 direct farm loans totaling nearly $91 million to producers in these high-poverty counties, with 79 percent of the loans going to beginning and socially-disadvantaged producers—a marked improvement.
These snapshots demonstrate how USDA continues to make year-over-year gains in expanding credit opportunities for minority, socially-disadvantaged and young and beginning farmers and ranchers across the United States.
Administered through USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) Operating Loan Program, the new microloan program offers credit options and solutions to a variety of producers. FSA has a long history of providing agricultural credit to the nation's farmers and ranchers through its Operating Loan Program. In assessing its programs, FSA evaluated the needs of smaller farm operations and any unintended barriers to obtaining financing. For beginning farmers and ranchers, for instance, the new microloan program offers a simplified loan application process. In addition, for those who want to grow niche crops to sell directly to ethnic markets and farmers markets, the microloan program offers a path to obtain financing. For past FSA Rural Youth Loan recipients, the microloan program provides a bridge to successfully transition to larger-scale operations.
Producers can apply for a maximum of $35,000 to pay for initial start-up expenses such as hoop houses to extend the growing season, essential tools, irrigation, delivery vehicles, and annual expenses such as seed, fertilizer, utilities, land rents, marketing, and distribution expenses. As their financing needs increase, applicants can apply for an operating loan up to the maximum amount of $300,000 or obtain financing from a commercial lender under FSA's Guaranteed Loan Program.
USDA farm loans can be used to purchase land, livestock, equipment, feed, seed, and supplies, or be to construct buildings or make farm improvements. Small farmers often rely on credit cards or personal loans, which carry high interest rates and have less flexible payment schedules, to finance their operations. Expanding access to credit, USDA's microloan will provide a simple and flexible loan process for small operations.
Producers interested in applying for a microloan may contact their local Farm Service Agency office.
The Obama Administration, with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's leadership, has worked tirelessly to strengthen rural America, maintain a strong farm safety net, and create opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers. U.S. agriculture is currently experiencing one of its most productive periods in American history thanks to the productivity, resiliency, and resourcefulness of our producers.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).
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How to Stay Healthy During a Super Bowl
5 Ways to Stay Healthy During a Super Bowl Party
Super Bowl parties, whether you're a football fan or not (if you're not, read our guide to the basics of football here!), are a great way to socialize with friends over food and drinks, but that doesn't mean you have to disregard any of your healthy eating goals this weekend. If you're going to a Super Bowl party Sunday, read on for five ways to keep it healthy during all the fun.
- Bring a healthy side: You can't control how many of your friends will be bringing a vat of their famous spinach dip, but you can save a few calories by bringing a healthier treat that you can't wait to eat. Bone up on ideas for healthy Super Bowl dips and snacks with this recipe guide, and bring something calorie-conscious yet still delicious to the table.
- Get up, stand up: Yes, for some, the Super Bowl is all about the commercials, but that doesn't mean you can't watch while moving. Sitting for all those hours just isn't healthy, so instead of staying still, once you've found a seat on the couch, take a few TV breaks by making your rounds at the party or excusing yourself for a stretching session (just make sure you aren't distracting die-hard TV watchers in the process!).
Read on for three more must dos to keep Super Bowl Sunday healthy.
- Alternate with water: There's nothing like a good beer to accompany a game of football, but all the celebrating can make you a little more than tipsy — not to mention bloated! Whether you're a cocktail, wine, or beer lover, limit the imbibing by alternating each drink with a tall glass of water. Drinking water regularly will help keep you mindful of just how many alcoholic beverages you're having and help you stay hydrated (no hangover here!). When it comes to your alcoholic beverage of choice, find out the calories and carbs in some favorite light beers here and what 100 calories of popular drinks look like here.
- Take a reality check: Much of the Super Bowl celebrations revolve around the tasty potluck spread, but just because it's there doesn't mean you have to park yourself at the food table. Choose wisely while you partake, and be sure to ask yourself these questions before plating up seconds.
- Be active for the rest of the day: If you know you just can't miss a second of the action, make time for a workout either before or after the game. Go to the gym, walk to the party, or pop in a DVD when you get home to ensure you're combating your couch time with something healthy and active.


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Thanks for helping out with the content man, very appreciated. --Thebruce 09:49, 31 July 2007 (MST)
Hey yo, you wouldn't still have the images from WSS at SDCC do you? The pages look sad all empty like that. :( And I wasn't as into the ARG as much as I am now, which is why I don't have them. :P -- Sugarfiend06 15:55, 20 December 2007 (PST)
- Actually I do, I downloaded the page htmls and swf assets to recreate the pages. I could send them to you if you'd like to do fill in those missing images --Thebruce 17:15, 20 December 2007 (MST)
- That would be sweet. :) I'm going through ARG withdrawal so I'm relegated to fixing broken links and images, and going over formatting here. :P It's rather sad. --Sugarfiend06 22:55, 20 December 2007 (PST)
Do either of you have the Wannabees/Surveillance pages saved? Those pages still need pictures. --AutoDecept 19:49, 23 December 2007 (MST)
WOOT! Just recieved envelope from WB/42 containing 5 copies of the new Gotham Times and some Harvey Dent stuff! --AutoDecept 12:07, 26 March 2008 (MST)
TOO...MANY...THINGS...UPDATING...AT...ONCE... --AutoDecept 13:15, 30 March 2008 (MST)
AGAIN...WITH...MASS...UPDATING...HELP!!! --AutoDecept 17:12, 9 April 2008 (MST)
Hey, should we dole the pages out? I need to do something for about 30 minutes, and I figure we shouldn't be fighting over updating the same pages. :P -- Sugarfiend06 14:44, 9 June 2008 (PDT)
- I was gonna do Dana Worthington and Trust Garcetti next. --AutoDecept 14:45, 9 June 2008 (MST)
- LOL I went, "Great, I can do Gotham Cable News!" and then I looked at the site and went, "ACK!" -- Sugarfiend06 14:58, 9 June 2008 (PDT)
- That page terrifies me. --AutoDecept 15:02, 9 June 2008 (MST)
- LOL we just brokeded it too. I'm getting either a runtime error or server unavailable error. Sugarfiend06 15:12, 9 June 2008 (PDT)
- I am too. Congratulations, we broked teh internetz! --AutoDecept 15:14, 9 June 2008 (MST)
- Hokay, I think I'm done with the Cable News site. Where to start with the emails? -_____- -- Sugarfiend06 15:52, 9 June 2008 (PDT)
Re: the transcript for GT, welcome to my world - I did the transcripts for both audio feeds, chump! :D --Sugarfiend06 14:20, 23 June 2008 (PDT)
Hi! Are you doing the transcript of GT2? ancsoca
- Yes, as a matter of fact, I am. However, you are welcome to work on 3 or 4 if you want to. --AutoDecept 09:17, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- Oh, wait, 3's already done. Uh...I'll have to get back to you about this. ;) --AutoDecept 09:22, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- You dont want me to work on it... My english is very bad. :D Is there any chance that it'll be ready... In the next 12-16 hours?:D ancsoca
- Possibly. For some reason, I keep getting an error message whenever I try to access to video. If that changes, then I'll finish it ASAP. --AutoDecept 09:49, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- I downloaded it, want me to send it?:D ancsoca
- No, it's fine. I'll just get the file off zShare. --AutoDecept 10:16, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- Alright. :) ancsoca
- ...and now that I have the file, I realize I have no way to open .flv files. Hey, what format do you have the video saved as? --AutoDecept 10:22, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- .avi ancsoca
- Oh, OK, I can work with that. By the way, why do you want this transcript right now? I was going to finish it eventually... --AutoDecept 10:26, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- .avi ancsoca
- ...and now that I have the file, I realize I have no way to open .flv files. Hey, what format do you have the video saved as? --AutoDecept 10:22, 28 June 2008 (MST)
- Alright. :) ancsoca
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- I'm going on a vacation with my brother's really annoying kids. And I thought I learn English, I'm going to have a language exam. And I need some "fun". :D (I'm a real addict. :D) How do you want me to send it? ancsoca
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Murphy's second homer powers Cubs to victory
Three-run shot in ninth breaks tie and snaps five-game losing skid
PHILADELPHIA -- As Chase Utley barreled toward home plate, the only thing that stood between the Phillies and taking the lead was catcher Dioner Navarro.
In a bang-bang play, Navarro received a throw, took a hard collision from Utley and held on to the ball to keep the game tied in the seventh inning. Navarro's right leg was caught under him on the play, and he had to exit the field on a cart.
But the Phillies never scored again in the inning, and thanks to a three-run homer from Donnie Murphy in the ninth -- his second of the game and third in two days -- the Cubs snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
"It was one heck of a play by Navarro to hold on to the ball and block the plate at the same time," manager Dale Sveum said. "A lot of catchers don't have the guts to do that sometimes."
Navarro stayed down on the ground for an extended period after the collision, as trainers tended to his right leg. However, x-rays on his right ankle came back negative, the injury was being treated as a contusion, and the team considered the 29-year-old day to day.
Even though Navarro was hurt, and Utley launched himself into the catcher, Sveum said the play was just part of the game.
"I don't think anything was wrong or anything," Sveum said. "He was blocking the plate, guys have the right to do that. That's what you want your guys to do, to do everything they can to get home plate."
Utley noted everything happened quickly on the play, and he felt like he did not have many options.
"Obviously, I wanted to try to knock the ball loose," Utley said. "I give him a lot of credit for hanging in there as long as he did, hanging onto the ball. That's probably a big reason why they won that game tonight."
In addition to Navarro's injury, Cubs left fielder Thomas Neal dislocated his shoulder on a throw earlier in the inning. Neal was placed on the disabled list after the game.
Even with the injuries, the Cubs were able to rally against the Phillies' bullpen for just their second win in 10 games.
Murphy was the star for the Cubs.
His second home run of the game came with two on and two outs in the ninth inning against Justin De Fratus. Murphy worked ahead in the count. He said facing De Fratus the night before also gave him an advantage.
"I was just thinking base hit right there," Murphy said of his ninth inning at-bat in a 2-2 tie. "But in a count 3-1, he didn't want to put another guy on. I faced him [Tuesday] night. Thankfully, I knew he had a little giddy-up on his fastball."
Third baseman Murphy went 3-for-3 with a double and another homer that just cleared the right-field fence in the third inning. He was recently called up from Triple-A, and has played just three games with the Cubs this season.
Sveum plugged Murphy in the lineup looking for some kind of production for a Cubs offense that had been dormant until coming to Philadelphia. Murphy's three homers and seven RBIs in two games are a lot more than what Sveum was expecting.
"That was great. He always had some pop in his bat," Sveum said.
Travis Wood went 6 1/3 innings, allowed two runs on seven hits and had seven strikeouts. It was a nice bounce back from his last start, when he gave up five runs to the Dodgers in 3 1/3 innings -- his shortest outing of the season.
Wood did allow a home run to Domonic Brown in the second inning, which was just the second homer Wood has allowed to a left-handed batter this season. He also ran into trouble in the seventh when John Mayberry Jr. led off the inning with a double, but Wood much more resembled his All-Star self than in his previous start.
"I thought I was pretty strong," Wood said. "I had the lead there, Mayberry ended up fisting one down the line. Then [catcher Erik] Kratz got him over and they ended up getting him in, that's baseball. They did what they were supposed to do. But I felt strong, I felt good."


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Located in the Polynesian South Sea Islands, with Fiji to the west, the Samoan islands to the east, and Tonga to the southeast, Wallis and Futuna stand resolutely apart.
Did you know that there could be genuine kingdoms within a Republic? Uvea, Alo and Sigave are three kingdoms ruled by three different kings.
On these islands, art is a woman's business, for only their expert hands know the secrets of traditional crafts. The most beautiful examples of this ancient artistic tradition are without a doubt the "tapas," sheets of bark decorated with plant-based paints, as well as shell sculptures and necklaces.
The local vegetation is an incredible mixture of pine trees, coconut palms, mango trees, papaya trees and more, all lining paths that will take you to enchanting natural landscapes, and astonishing historic sites. When you arrive, you will no doubt be surprised to see crater lakes, where you can bathe under refreshing waterfalls.
Don't miss:
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- Mount Puké
- The caves at Loka
- Lake Lalolalo
- Le Tamana
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By SHEILA MARTIN
Last week I dropped my car off in Gresham for its 50,000-mile service. I boarded the MAX train to ride to work in downtown Portland and watched the changing ebb and flow of people as they boarded and left the train. At Gateway, I watched the crowd of David Douglas High School students. Amid the adolescent cacophony, I observed the variety of faces and languages, recalling a conversation with one of the district's teachers who described the social transformation she's witnessed over the past decade.
As I examined the TriMet map, I realized that I could continue to ride the train to Beaverton to buy Asian groceries at Uwajimaya, then continue to Hillsboro to buy ingredients for an authentic Mexican dinner at Su Casa Imports.
Then it hit me: Our traditional assumptions about the makeup of cities and suburbs no longer hold.
The social transformation occurring in our metropolitan regions is documented in a recent report by the
titled "The State of Metropolitan America."
My takeaway from this report is that our metropolitan region -- cities and suburbs, public and private sectors, schools and nonprofits -- must form a shared sense of our goals and a collective commitment to measuring our progress and capturing our opportunities.
More on the Brookings report
"(A) powerful stereotype of divisiveness is fading -- the idea of cities as declining, poor, minority-packed places surrounded by young, white, wealthy suburbs ...," syndicated columnist Neal Pierce writes. "Many high-density suburbs now resemble inner cities in their growth trajectories and commuting patterns...
"But can individual metropolitan regions 'get their act together' to educate their growing immigrant populations and expanding ranks of the poor -- their work force of the future?" he asks.
Read the entire column
Read the Brookings report on the nation's top 100 metropolitan areas and see an interactive indicator map
Let's examine the social and economic trends that have led me to this conclusion. These trends hold important lessons for guiding us out of the recession and toward a broadly shared and sustainable economic prosperity.
Increasing diversity.
After eight years of rapid growth, almost one quarter of our region's population is nonwhite or Hispanic. Almost one quarter of the children in our region have at least one foreign-born parent. Surprisingly, the fastest growth in the nonwhite and foreign-born populations has occurred in the region's suburbs, with growth rates exceeding 50 percent in each category.
Aging population.
The baby boom generation is beginning to retire over the next decade, reducing the proportion of working to nonworking-aged people. Our ability to pay for schools and senior services will depend on expanding our work force to increase that ratio.
Uneven educational attainment.
The Portland region has a higher college attainment rate than the national average. Yet a college degree -- often considered the ticket out of poverty -- remains elusive for a significant and growing segment of our population. While more than one-third of the adult white population in our region has earned a college degree, only one in five African Americans and one in eight Hispanics has done so. Only six of every 10 Hispanic adults in our region have earned a high school diploma. And last week we learned that only half of African American and Hispanic students in Oregon earn a high school degree in four years.
Declining income and changes in the geographic distribution of poverty.
Nationwide, median household income has fallen over the past eight years, and Portland has experienced a similar trend. Household income has fallen more quickly in our region's suburbs than in Portland, and the child poverty rate in the suburbs has climbed to about 14 percent, approaching Portland's 18 percent.
Poverty is no longer a problem restricted to inner cities.
These trends imply that as a region and as a nation we are failing to invest in and benefit from our most important economic asset: human capital.
Commenting on these trends, syndicated columnist Neal Peirce observes that regional approaches -- cities and suburbs working together -- offer the greatest chance to navigate these social and economic transitions and create positive outcomes.
This has special significance in the Portland metro region. With the only elected regional government in the nation, you'd think that regional solutions to important economic issues would come naturally. After all, Metro coordinates regional planning and prioritizes regional infrastructure investments, and these decisions influence the location of private-sector investment, housing and jobs -- key factors in access to economic opportunity.
But the challenges we face go well beyond Metro's mission. Our economic success depends critically on integration of our fastest growing populations -- immigrants and ethnic minorities -- into the work force, and our colleges and universities. Closing income and education gaps means providing educational and related services to support students and families from preschool to higher education and beyond. This is impossible without aligning goals and coordinating efforts among dozens of educational and social service agencies that cross political and institutional boundaries.
Our ongoing economic challenges, reflected in last week's forecast of slumping state revenues, may tempt us to take a beggar-thy-neighbor attitude to solving these problems. Why should a suburban mayor care about economic conditions in Portland when his own citizens are demanding that he do more with less? Why should a Portland citizen work for economic opportunity for residents of Hillsboro?
We must resist negative pressures if we are to emerge from these transitions with a diverse and educated work force that is well prepared to contribute to our prosperity. These changes are affecting the city of Portland and its suburbs; they are transforming the workplaces of both public and private organizations. And the issues of increasing diversity, educational attainment, poverty and even health are closely connected. No single jurisdiction or institution commands the resources necessary to address these issues.
How can we best understand and use these interconnections without becoming overwhelmed by them?
Our collective efforts will be most productive if we create a common vision of a prosperous future, agree on how we will measure our progress and align our efforts toward improving our performance in critical areas. Efforts toward this end are emerging. Public- and private-sector leaders from across the region are collaborating on a "cradle to career" initiative that will establish criteria and develop strategies that begin with early learning experiences, continue throughout elementary and secondary school, and follow students into postsecondary education and graduation into a career.
A connected effort, led by Metro and Portland State University, will generate a more comprehensive set of measures. The Greater Portland-Vancouver Indicators project will engage a diverse group of leaders drawn from business, government, academic and civic sectors to identify broad measures of the status of our communities and to guide our collective policy efforts toward improvement.
Conducted thoughtfully, these efforts can help us effectively navigate our changing social conditions. Guided by the same star, we improve our chances of steering in the same direction and landing at a place of broad-based sustainable economic prosperity.
Sheila Martin is the director of the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies and the Population Research Center at Portland State University.


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Chanel College
Chanel College
Conducted by the Marist Fathers
50th Anniversary
1955 - 2005
Coolock Village
Malahide Road
Dublin 5
Telephone number: 01-8480655
Fax number: 01-8486330
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
website: www.chanelcollegeonline.com
Chanel College was founded in 1955. It is a Catholic Secondary School under the trusteeship of the Marist Fathers.
Our mission in Chanel College is to enable our students to reach their full potential so that they will make a positive difference in today's world. We strive to create a sense of community within the school and an informal but respectful atmosphere between students and staff members. In this pastoral environment, students are encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and for their learning.
St. Peter Chanel (1803 - 1841)
Chanel College is named after St. Peter Chanel who was born near Lyons, France on 12th July 1803. As a child, Peter Chanel found learning difficult and preferred to help his father on the farm. However, he eventually completed his education and decided to become a priest. He was ordained in 1827.
Two ideals dominated Fr. Chanel's life: a deep devotion to Mary, the mother of God and a desire to become a missionary. He worried about his capability, as he was rarely successful in any job he was given to do. When he worked as a teacher, for example, he found it difficult to keep order in class and he was often criticised for being too weak.
Fr. Peter Chanel volunteered to join the first group of eight Marist missionaries to the Pacific islands. The little group set sail from Le Havre, France on Christmas Eve 1836, knowing that they would probably never see their families and homeland again. Fr. Chanel's best friend since childhood, Fr. Claude Bret, died during the perilous sea journey and was buried at sea. Finally, after almost a year of travelling, Fr. Chanel and Brother Marie Nizier-Delorme arrived on the small Pacific island of Futuna. The local people, about nine hundred in all, were engaged in constant fighting. The missionaries found it very difficult to communicate with them as they did not speak their native language. Futuna's chief, Niuliki was friendly sometimes but more often he was hostile. He feared losing his hold over the people if they accepted the new religion.
Fr. Chanel worked hard, enduring poor living conditions, hunger and intense heat without protest. His patience and kindness impressed the people and they began to call him "the man with the good heart". His success as a missionary was limited, however. After four years, he had only managed to convert about forty people to Christianity. The climax came in 1841 when the chief's eldest son, Meitala turned to Fr. Chanel for advice. Rumours began to spread that Meitala had asked to become a Christian. The chief was outraged and gave permission for the missionaries to be put to death. On the morning of 28th April 1841, Fr. Chanel was alone in his hut when a fierce-looking group of men arrived, dressed as warriors. They clubbed and hacked him to death.
Peter Chanel's life and death as a Marist priest could be described as "the triumph of failure". Within months of his death, the people of Futuna begged for another priest to be sent to them. Two Marist priests replaced Fr.Chanel and with the help of Brother Nizier set about converting the island. Within three years, all the islanders had requested baptism.
On 12th June 1954 (the Marion Year), Fr. Peter Chanel, the first martyr of Oceania, was canonised by Pope Pius XII.
The goal of education is to get people to believe in their lives. Our mission in Chanel College is to enable students realise their potential in order to make a difference in today's world.
The Marist Order was founded in 1836. Chanel College began in 1955 and celebrates it's 50th anniversary in 2005. It is a Catholic boys school, under the trusteeship of the Marist Fathers. It strives to create a sense of community within school and respectful, informal atmosphere between pupils and teachers. In this pastoral environment pupils are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning and for their personal lives.
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Telephone 000353-01-8480888/01-8480290
St. Brendan's Drive,
Malahide Rd.,
Dublin 5
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website: http://www.mercycoolock.ie
Mercy College was established in 1963 by the Mercy order. Over the years Mercy has provided an excellent education for girls from many parts of North Dublin. The overall educational philosophy of Mercy College is the full human development of the student. We strive to develop confident, articulate and caring young women. We pride ourselves on the results and achievements of our students. In recent years pupils have gone on to study Medicine, Engineering, Nursing, Law, Primary and Secondary Teaching, Accounting Science, Arts and a range of other disciplines.
We have especially close links with Dublin City University through the North Dublin Access Program. However, we are equally proud of our strong pastoral care system and the sense of self-esteem developed in all the girls. Students and parents also get the benefit of our highly successful Home School Liaison scheme and parents can participate in a range of adult education classes. We foster a sense of care for others by involving students in community and charitable projects. Students of TY and LCVP get a taste of the working world and a chance to develop their entrepreneurial skills. In all, we strive to provide students with a happy and healthy experience in secondary school, one where each girl will fulfill her true potential.
Scoil Chaitriona
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Measc Ave.,
Dublin 5.
Tel: 8480142 Fax: 8674131
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Scoil Chaitriona Infants is under the patronage of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and is conducted in accordance with the religious and educational philosophy of the Sisters of Mercy. The school caters for girls and boys from Junior Infants to First Class. There is a Special Needs Class for children who are diagnosed with mild general learning disability.
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A meeting for the parents of new applicants is held each year in May and further details are available in the school's information booklet.
The Sisters of Mercy, founded by Catherine McAuley, came to teach in Coolock / Artane in 1955. The Mercy Order had acquired Coolock House, the former house of their foundress. They used the house as a school while Scoil Chatriona as we know it now, was being built. This was an historic moment for the sisters. They were in fact returning to their roots, the house where the dream of Mercy was born. Many fine sisters have come and gone over the years. they answered the need in the spirit of Catherine McAuley. When the Primary School had got under way and was well established in the new building the sisters saw the need to a Secondary School. Once again part of Coolock House, where the sisters were now living, was used to set up Mercy College or Virgo Clemens as it was then known. Finally the new building was completed and another dream became a reality!
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I am now going to buy a new kite and I will go for the F-One bandit 6. I have ridden the Slingshot Octane, size 13, for 3 years now and I really liked this kite. The problem now is what size I should go for when I change to F-One. The Bandit 6 doesnt come in size 13, so I have to go for 12 or 14.
But I really cant decide if I should go for the 12 or the 14. Is there anyone here that has been in the same situation and in that case, what size did you choose?
Can the power of the bandit 6 12m^2 be compared to the Octane 13m^2?
I really would like a 12 but the question is if it has the power I need. I am 89 Kg and today I have a octane 9 and 13, and a flysurfer 21.