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Faculty Publications 2011
Anderson, Kathryn B., Robert V. Gibbons, Stephen J. Thomas, Alan L. Rothman, Ananda Nisalak, Ruth L. Berkelman, Daniel H. Libraty and Timothy P. Endy. "Preexisting Japanese Encephalitis Virus Neutralizing Antibiodies and Increased Symptomatic Dengue Illness in a School-Based Cohort in Thailand." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5(10):e1311. October 2011.
Ardito, Matthew, Joanna Fueyo, Ryan Tassone, Frances Terry, Kristen DaSilva, Songhue Zhang, William Martin, Anne S. De Groot, Steven F. Moss and Leonard Moise. "An Integrated Genomic and Immunoinformatic Approach to H. pylori Vaccine Design." Immunome Research. 7(2):#1. 2011.
Artenstein, A. W. and S. M. Opal. "Proprotein Convertases in Health and Disease." New England Journal of Medicine. 365(26):2507-2518. December 29, 2011.
Balakrishnan, P., H. S. Iqbal, S. Shanmuzham, J. Mohanakrishnan, S. S. Solomon, K. H. Mayer, and S. Solomon. "Low-Cost Assays for Monitoring HIV Infected Individuals in Resource-Limited Settings." Indian Journal of Medical Research. 134(6):823-834. December 2011.
Blackard, Jason T., Jeffrey A. Welge, Lynn E. Taylor, Kenneth H. Mayer, Robert S. Klein, David D. Celentano, Denise J. Jamieson, Lytt Gardner and Kenneth E. Sherman. "HIV Mono-Infection Is Associated With FIB-4-A Noninvasive Index of Liver Fibrosis - in Women." Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(5):674-680. March 1, 2011..
Blashill, Aron J., Connall O'Cleirigh, Steven A. Safren and Kenneth H. Mayer. "The Moderating Role of BMI on the Relationship Between Depression and Transmission Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Infected Men (Abstract)." Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 41:Suppl.1):S94. 1 April 2011.
Chen, Judy Ying, Qiufei Ma, Francois Everhard, Irina Yermilov, Haijen Tian and Kenneth Hugh Mayer. "HIV Screening in Commercially Insured Patients Screened or Diagnosed With Sexually Transmitted Diseases or Blood-Borne Pathogens." Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 38(6):522-527. June 2011.
Christaki, E., P. Anyfanti and S. M. Opal. "Immunomodulatory Therapy for Sepsis: An Update." Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 9(11):1013-1033. November 2011.
Christaki, Eirini, Steven M. Opal, James C. Keith, Jr., Nubar Kessimian, John E. Palardy, Nicolas A. Parejo, Xiang Yang Tan, Nicole Pitcher-Nicholas, Lioudmila Tchisitakova, George P. Vlasuk, Kathleen Shields, Jeffrey L. Feldman, Edward R. Lavallie, Maya Arai, William Mounts and Debra D. Pittman. "A Monoclonal Antibody Against RAGE Altersgene Expression and Is Protective in Experimental Models of Sepsis and Pneumococcal Pneumonia." Shock. 35(5):492-498. May 2011.
Cohen, Myron S., Ying Q. Chen, Marybeth McCauley, Theresa Gamble, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, James H. Hakim, Johnstone Kumwenda, Beatriz Grinsztein, Jose H. S. Pilotto, Sheela V. Godbole, Sanjay Chariyalertsak, Breno R. Santos, Kenneth H. Mayer, Irving F. Hoffman, Susan H. Eshleman, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Lei Wang and Joseph Makhema. "Prevention of HIV-1 Infection With Early Anitviral Therapy." New England Journal of Medicine. 365(6):493-505. August 11, 2011.
Cohen, Paul S. SEE: Fabich, Andrew J.; Jones, Sheri A.
Cybulsaki, Kelly E. and Niall G. Howlett. "FANCP/SLX4: A Swiss Army Knife of DNA Interstrand Crosslink Repair." Cell Cycle. 10(11):1757-1763. June 1, 2011.
DeGroot, Anne S. SEE also: Ardito, Matthew; Elyaman, E.; Levitz, L.; Martin, William; Messitt, Timothy J.; Moise, Leonard; Moss, Steven F.; Sangara, K.; Schanen, Brian C.; Wierda, D.
DeGroot, Anne S., Editorial Board. Human Vaccines. Vol.7, 2011.
de Groot, Anne, Section Editor. Immunome Research. Vol.7, 2011.
De Groot, Anne S., Matthew Ardito, Leonard Moise, Eric A. Gustafson, Denise Spero, Gloria Tejada and William Martin. "Immunogegnic Concensus Sequence T Helper Epitopes for a Pan-Burkholderia Biodefense Vaccine." Immunome Research. 7(2):37. 2011.
De Groot, Annie. "Liberating Libya (Letter)." Providence Journal. August 25, 2011. p.B7.S
De Groot, Anne S. Thinking Out Loud. (Blog on Immunogenicity, Biotherapeutics and Vaccines). http://www.epuivax.com/blog
De Groot, Anne S., Matthew Ardito, Ryan Tassone, Paul Knopf, Leonard Moisse and William Martin. "Tools for Vaccine Design: Prediction and Validation of Highly Immunogenic and Conserved Class II Epitopes and Development of Epitope-Driven Vaccines." IN: Development of Vaccines: From Discovery to Clinical Testing. 2011. p.65-94.
De Groot, A. S., N. Najafian, D. J. Hu, F. Mingozzi, L. P. Cousens, L. Moise, S. J. Khoury, W. Elyaman, W. Martin and D. W. Scott. "Tregitopes and Tolerance: Harnessing Regulatory T Cells to Suppress Inflammation (Abstract)." Inflammation Research. 60(Suppl.1):35-36. June 2011.
Delsesto, D. and S. M. Opal. "Future Perspectives on Regulating Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Responses in Sepsis." Contributions to Microbiology. 17:137-156. 2011.
Detels, Roger, Annette M., Jeffrey D. Klausner, David Katzenstein, Charlotte Gaydos, H. Hunter Handsfeld, M. Willo Pequegnat, Kenneth Mayer, Tyler D. Hartwell and Thoomas C. Quinn. "The Incidence and Correlates of Symptomatic and Asympomatic Cliamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheae Infections in Selected Populations in Five Countries." Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 38(6):503-509. June 2011.
Dundas, Nicola E., Mandolin S. Ziadie, aula. A. Revell, Evangeline Brock, Midori Mitui, N. Kristine Leos and Beverly B. Rogers. "A Lean laboratory: Operational Simplicity and Cost Effectiveness of the Luminex xTAG (tm) Respiratory Viral Panel." Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 13(2):175-179. March 2011.
Elyaman, W., S. J. Khoury, D. W. Scott and A. S. De Groot. "Potential Application of Tregitopes as Immunomodulating Agents in Multiple Sclerosis." Neurological Research International. 2011.
Endy, Timothy P., Katherine B. Anderson, Ananda Nisalak, In-Kyu Yoon, Sharone Green, Alan L. Rothman, Stephen J. Thomas, Richard G. Jarman, Daniel H. Libraty and Robert V. Gibbons. "Determinants of Inapparent and Symptomatic Dengue Infection in a Prospective Study of Primary School Children in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5(3):e975. March 1, 2011.
Eshelman, Susan H., S.ara E. Hudelson, Andrew D. Redd, Lei Wang, Rachel Debes, Ying Q. Chen, Craig A. Martens, Stacey M. Ricklefs, Ethan J. Selig, Stephen F. Porcella, Supriya Munshaw, Stuart C. Ray, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Marybeth McCauley, Mina C. Hosseinpour, Johnston Kumwenda, Jane G. Hakim, Suwat Chariyalelrtsak, Guy de Bruyn, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Joseph Makhema, Kenneth H. Mayer, Jose Pilotto, Breno R. Santos, Thomas C. Quinn, Myron S. Cohen and James P. Hughes. "Analysis of Genetic Linkage of HIV From Couples Enrolled in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 Trial." Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204(12):1918-1926. December 2011.
Fabich, Andrew J., Mary P. Leatham, Joe E. Grissom, Graham Wiley, Hongshing Lai, Fares Najar, Bruce A. Roe, Paul S. Cohen and Tyrrell Conway. "Genotype and Phenotypes of an Intestine-Adapted Eschericha Coli K-12 Mutant Selected by Animal Passage for Superior Colonization." Infection and Immunity. 79(6):2430-2439. June 2011.
Friberg, Heather, Hema Bashyam, Tomoka Toyosaki-Maeda, James A. Potts, Thomas Greenough, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Robert V. Gibbons, Anandq Nisalak, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sharone Green, Henry A. F. Stephens, Alan R. Rothman, and Anuja Mathew. "Cross-Reactivity and Expansion of Dengue-Specific T Cells During Acute Primary and Secondary Infections in Humans." Scientific Reports. 1:#51. 2011. 9p.
Friberg, Heather. Lynne Burns, Marcia Woda, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Timothy P. Endy, Harry A.F. Stephens, Shane Green, Alan L. Rothman and Anuja Mathew. "Memory CD8+ T Cells From Naturally Acquired Primary Dengue Virus Infection Are Highly Cross-Reactive." Immunology and Cell Biology. 89(1):122-129. January 2011.
Goldhammer, Hilary and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Focusing on Sexual Health Promotion to Enhance Preventive Behaviors Among Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Report From a State-of-the-Art Conference." AIDS and Behavior. 15(S1):1-8. 2011.
Gomez-Chiarri, M. and David R. Nelson. Delivery of DNA Vaccines Into Fish by Immersion US Patent7871629. January 18, 2011.
Grant, Robert M., Kenneth H. Mayer and David V. Glidden. "Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention; Reply." New England Journal of Medicine. 364(14):1374-1375. April 7, 2011.
Hatch, Steven, Tim P. Endy, Stephen Thomas, Anuja Mathew, James Potts, Pamela Pazoles, Daniel H. Libraty, Robert Gibbons and Alan L. Rothman. "Intracellular Cytokine Production by Dengue Virus-Specific T Cells Correlates With Subclinical Secondary Infection." Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203(9):1282-1291. May 1, 2011.
Hatzenbuehler, M. L., C. O'Clerigh, K. H. Mayer, M. J. Mimiaga and S. A. Safren. "Prospective Associations Between HIV-Related Stigma, Transmission Risk Behaviors, and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex With Men." Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 42(2):227-234. October 2011.
Hemmige, Vagish, Hannah Snyder, Chuanhong Liao, Kenneth Mayer, Vemu Lakshmi, Sabitha R. Gandham, Ganesh Orunganti and John Schneider. "Sex Position, Marital Status, and HIV Risk AMong Indian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Clues to Optimizing Prevention Approaches." AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 25(12):725-734. December 2011.
Hendrickson, E. S., A. K. Krishnan, S. Vallabhaneni, S. Johnson, S. Raminani, N. Kumarasamy, S. Solomon, K. H. Mayer and S. S. Safren. "Primary Prevention Lessons Learned From Those With HIV in Chennai, India." Sex Health. 8(2):199-206. June 2011.
Hoots, Brooke E., Michaal G. Hudgens, Stephen R. Cole, Caroline C. King, Robert S. Klein, Kenneth H. Mayer, Anne M. Rompalo, Jack D. Sobol, Denise J. Jamieson and Jennifer S. Smith. "Lack of Association of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Seropositivity With the Progression of HIV Infection in the HERS Cohort." American Journal of Epidemiology. 173(7):837-844. 1 April 2011.
Hopley, Richard, Amy Sigman, Kenneth Carr, Jennifer Roberts and Beverly Rogers. "Managing QC and Compliance With POCT Management." MLO Medical Laboratory Observations. 43(7):26,28, July 2011.
Howlett, Niall G. SEE: Cybulski, Kelly E.; Rego, M. A.
Johnson, Carey V., Matthew J. Mimiaga, Sari L. Reisner, Rodney Vanderwarker and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Barriers and Facilitators to Routine HIV Testing: Perceptions From Massachusetts Community Health Center Personnel." AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 25(11):647-655. November 2011.
Jones, Shari A., Terri Gibson, Rosali C. Maltby, Fatemeh Z. Choudhury, Valley Stewart, Paul S. Cohen and Tyrrell Conway. "Anaerobic Respiration of Escherichia coli in the Mouse Intestine." Infection and Immunity. 79(1):4218-4226. October 2011.
Kalil, A. C., S. P. Larosa, M. Lynn, S. M. Opal and the Eritorn Sepsis Study Group. "Influence of Severity of Illness on the Effects of Eritaran Tetrasodium (E5564) and on Other Therapies for Severe Sepsis." Shock. 36(4):327-356. June 9, 2011.
Kaplan, Gary B. SEE also: Tidey, Jennifer.
Kaplan, Gary B., Kimberly A. Leite-Morris, Wen Ying Fan, Angela J. Young and Marsha D. Goy. "Opiate Sensitization Induces FosB/Delta FosB Expression in Prefrontal Cortical, Striated and Amygdala Brain Regions." PLoS One. 6(8):e23574. August 23, 2011.
Kaplan, Gary B., Stephen C. Heinrichs and Robert J. Carey. "Treatment of Addiction and Anxiety Using Extinction Approaches: Neural Mechanisms and Their Treatment Implications." Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior. 97(3):619-625. January 2011.
Kaplan, Gary B. and Katherine A. Moore. "The Use of Cognitive Enhancers in Animal Models of Fear Extinction." Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior. 99(2):217-228. August 2011.
Kausch, Albert and Nelson Vasilchik. The Book of Fighting. Watch Hill Press. 2011.
Kausch, Albert and Richard Rhodes. Genetic Improvement of Switchgrass, Biomass; Providing New Advanced Berreding Capabilities, Inmproved Energy Crop Varieties, Genomics and Transgenics for the Growing Biofuels Industry. 2011 DOE Feedstock Program. (DE-FG-36-08G)88070) 2011.
Kausch, Albert and Stephen Dellaporta. Male and Female Sterility Lines Used to Make Hybrids in Genetically Modified Plants. PCT Int.Appl. WO 2011090752 A1 20110728.
Kelly, Colleen F., Richard E. Haaland, Pragna Patel, Tammy Evans-Strickfaden, Carol Farshy, Debra Hanson, Kenneth Mayer, Jeffrey L. Lennox, John T. Brooks and Clyde E. Hart. "HIV-1 RNA Rectal Shedding Is Reduced in Men With Low Plasma HIV-1 RNA Viral Loads and Is Not Enhanced by Sexually Transmitted Bacterial Infections of the Rectum." Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204(5):761-767. September 1, 2011.
Kerby, Matthew B., Aartik A. Saron, Madhukar S. Patel, Andrew W. Artenstein, Steven M. Opal and Anubhau Tripathi. "Early In Vitro Transcription Termination in Human H5 Influenza Viral RNA Synthesis." Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 164(4):497-513. June 2011.
Khokhar, S. K., M. Mitui, N. K. Leos, B. B. Rogers and J. Y. Park. "Evaluation of Mazwell (R) 16 for Automated DNA Extraction From Whole Blood and Formalin-Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) Tissue." Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Medicine. 2011.
Koide, Keiko, Donna Kirby Slonim, K. L. Johnson, Umadevi Tantravahi, Janet M. Cowan and Diana W. Bianchi. "Transcriptonic Analysis of Cell-Free Fetal RNA Suggests a Specific Molecular Phenotype in Trisomx 18." Human Genetics. 129(3):295-305. 2011.
Krakower, D. and K. H. Mayer. "Promising Prevention Approaches: Tenofir Gel and Prophylactic Use of Antiretroviral Medications." Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 8(4):241-248. December 2011.
Kumarasamy, N., Kartik Venkatesh, Bella Devaleenal, S, Poongulali, Tokugha Yepthomi, Suniti Solomon, Timothy Flanigan and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Second-Line Generic Protease Inhibitor Containing HAART After First-Line Failure Among South Indian HIV-Infected Patients." Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. 10(2):71-75. 2011.
LaCroix, R., K. Tammined, D. E. Rydera, J. F. Sperry and L. M. Martin. "Bioassays of Analyses of Pleurocidin-Amide Indicated That Change at N-terminus Is Key to Improved Efficiency (Abstract)." Biopolymers. 96(4):#79. 2011.
LaRosa, Steven P. and Steven M. Opal. "Biomarkers: The Future." Critical Care Clinics. 27(2):407-419. April 2011.
Lazaryan, Aliksandr, Wei Song, Elena Lobashevsky, Jiamming Tang, Sadeep Shrestha, Kui Zhang, James M. McNicholl, Lytt I. Gardner, Craig M. Wilson, Robert S. Klein, Anne Rompalo, Kenneth Mayer, Jack Sobol, Richard A. Kaslow, for the HIV Epidemiology Research Study Group and Reaching for Excellence in Adolescent Care and Health Study Group. "The Influence of Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and Their Population Frequencies on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Control Among African Americans." Human Immunology. 72(4):312-318. April 2011.
Levitz, L., K. Sangare, K. Tourkara, F. Siby Diallo, S. Traore, Y. Kone, O. Koita, J. Rozehnal, Z. Koty, M. Rochas and A. De Groot. "Providing Care and Education Prior to Engaging in an HIV Vaccine Trial, Bamako Mali, West Africa (Abstract)." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(10):A56. 2011.
Li, Ling, Xiangyu Mou and David R. Nelson. "HlyU Is a Positive Regulator of Hemolysin Expression in Vibrio aguillarum." 193(18):4779-4789. September Journal of Bacteriology. 193(18):4779-4789. 2011.
Liao, Qing and Paul Vouros. "Olignucleotide Addicts as Biomarkers for DNA Damage Analysis by Mass Spectrometry Coupled to Separation Methods." Advances in Chromatography. 49:195-256. 2011.
Liu, Albert Y., Eric Vittinghoff, Deborah E. Sellmeyer, Risha Irvin, Kathleen Mulligan, Kenneth Mayer, Melanie Thompson, Robert Grant, Sonal Pathak, Brandon O'Hara, R. Gvetadze, Kata Chillag, Lisa Grohskopf and Susan P. Buchbinder. "Bone Mineral Density in HIV-Negative Men Participating in a Tenofir Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Randomized Clinical Trial in San Francisco." PLoS One. 6(8):e23688. August 29, 2011.
Lomme, Michele, Stefan Kostadinov and Cunxian Zhang. "Large Solitary Luteinized Follicle Cyst of Pregnancy and Puerperium: Report of Two Cases." Diagnostic Pathology. 6:#3. January 10, 2011. 4p.
Martin, Lenore M. SEE also: LaCroix, R.
Martin, Lenore M., Editorial Board. Journal of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research. 2012.
Martin, William, Matt Ardito, Ryan Tassoner, Joe Desrosiers, Paul Knopf, Leonard Moise and Anne S. De Groot. "Tools for Vaccine Design: Prediction and Validation of Highly Immuniogenic and Conserved Class II Epitopes and Development of Epitope-Driven Vaccines." IN: Development of Vaccines: From Discovery to Clinical Testing, Edited by Indrish Srivastava and Manmohan Singh. Wiley. 2011.
Massingham, Lauren J., Kirby Johnson, Diana W. Bianchi, Sherman Pei, Inga Peter, Janet M. Cowan, Umadevi Tantravahi and Tom P. Morrison. "Proof of Concept Study to Assess Fetal Gene Expression in Amniotic Fluid by Nano-Array PCR." Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 13(5):565-570. 2011.
Mathew, Anuja, Kim West, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Robert V. Gibbons, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sharone Green, Daniel Libraty, Samita Jaiswal and Alan L. Rothman. "B-Cell Responses During Primary and Secondary Dengue Virus Infections in Humans." Journal of Infectious Diseases. 204(10):1514-1522. 15 November 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. SEE also: Balakrishnan, P.; Blackard, Jason T.; Blashill, A. J.; Chen, Judy Ying; Cohen, Myron S.; Detels, Roger; Eshelman, Susan H.; Goldhammer, Hilary; Grant, Robert M.; Hatzenbuehler, M. L.; Hemmige, V.; Hendriksen, E. S..; Hoots, Brooke E.; Johnson, Carey V.; Kelley, Colleen F.; Krakower, D.; Kumarasamy, N.; Lazaryan, A.; Liu, A. Y.; Merchant, R. C; Mimiaga, Matthew J.; Myers, Gavin M.; Nunn, Amy; Rosenberger, Joshua G.; Safran, Steven A.; Saravanan, S.; Schoenfisch, A. L.; Sivasubramanian, Murugesan; Taylor, Lynn E.; Thomas, B.; Venkatesh, K. K.
Mayer, Kenneth H. "Antiretrovirals for HIV Prevention: Translating Promise Into Praxis." Lancet. 378(9787):206-208. July 16, 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. "Focusing on Sexual Health Promotion to Enhance Preventive Behaviors Among Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Report From a State-of-the-Art Conference." AIDS and Behavior. 12(Suppl.1):1-8. 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. and Kartik K. Venkatesh. "Interactions of HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Genital Tract Inflammation Facilitating Local Pathogen Transmission and Acquisition." American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 65(3):308-316. 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H., Jeffrey D. Klausner and Hunter Handsfield. "Intersecting Epidermics and Educable Moments: Sexually Transmitted Disease Assessment and Screening in Men Who Have Sex With Men." Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 28(8):464-467. August 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth Hugh. "Introduction: Linkage, Engagement, and Retention in HIV Care: Essential for Optimal Individual- and Community-Level Outcomes in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy." Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(Suppl.2):S205-S207. January 15, 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. "Past as Prologue: The Refractory and Evolving HIV Epidemic Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (Editorial Commentary)." Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(11):1371-1373. June 1, 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. "Preserving Human Rights in the Era of "Test and Treat" for HIV Prevention (Letter)." American Journal of Public Health. 101(2):199-200. 5 February 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H., M. J. Mimiaga, M. Gelman and C. Grasso. "Raltegravir, Tenofovir DF, and Entricitabine for Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent the Sexual Transmission of HIV: Safety, Tolerability, and Adherence." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 59(4):54-549. April 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. and Matthew J. Mimiaga. "Resurgent Syphilis in the United States: Urgent Need to Address and Evolving Epidemic (Editorial)." Annals of Internal Medicine. 155(3):192-W.64. August 2, 2011.
Mayer, Kenneth H. "Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Men Who Have Sex With Men." Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53(Suppl.3):S79-S83. 2011.
Merchant, Roland C., Melissa A. Clark, Thomas J. Langdan IV, Kenneth H. Mayer, George R. Seage III and Victor G. Degruttola. "Can Computer-Based Feedback Improve Emergency Department Patient Uptake of Rapid HIV Screening?" Annals of Emergency Medicine. 58(1 Suppl):S114-S119. July 2011.
Messitt, Timothy J., Frances Terry, Leonard Moise, William Martin and Anne S. De Groot. "Comparison of Two Methods for T Cell Epitope Mapping: 'Cell-Free' in Vitro Versus Immunoinformatics." Immunome Research. 7(2):6. 2011.
Mimiaga, M. J., B. Thomas, K. H. Mayer, S. L. Reisner, S. Menon, S. Swaminathan, M. Periyamsy, C. V. Johnson and S. A. Safren. "Alcohol Use and HIV Risk Among MSM in Chennai, India." International Journal of STD & AIDS. 22(3):121-125. March 2011.
Mimiaga, Matthew J., Carey V. Johnson, Sari L. Reisner, Rodney VanDerwarker and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Barriers to Routine HIV Testing Among Massachusetts Community Health Center Personnel." Public Health Report. 126(5):643-652. September/October 2011.
Mimiaga, Matthew J., Sari L. Reisner, Sean E. Bland, Maura D. Driscoll and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Sex Parties Among Urban MSM: An Emerging Culture and HIV Risk Environment." AIDS and Behavior. 15(2):305-318. 2011.
Moise, Leonard. SEE also: Ardito, Matthew; Martin, Milliam; Messitt, Timothy J.; Moss, Steven F.; Schanen, Brian C.; Zhang, S.
Moise, L., O. Koita, K. Sangare, L. Levitz, J. Rozehnal, Z. Koty, K. Younkara, M. Ardito, M. Roche, W. Martin and A. De Groot. "The GAIA Validation of Broadly Conserved Class 1 Epitopes in West Africa (Abstract)." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(10):A102. 2011.
Moise, Leonard, Leslie Cousens, Joann Fueyo and Anne S. DeGroot. "Harnessing the Power of Genomics and Immunoinformatics to Produce Improved Vaccines." Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 6(1):9-15. January 2011.
Moise, Leonard, Eric Gustafson, Matthew Ardito, Alan Rothman, William Martin and Anne S. De Groot. "Immunoinformatic Discovery of Potential Cross-Reactive T Cell Epitopes in the Measles Genome." IN: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine, BCB 2011. p.589-593.
Moise, Leonard, R. Mark Butler, Jill Schriewer, Jinhee Lee, Sharon E. Frey, David B. Weiner, William Martin and Anne S. DeGroot. "VennVax, a DNA-Prime, Peptide-Boost Multi-T-Cell Epitope Poxvirus Vaccine, Induces Protective Immunity Against Vaccine Infection by T. Cell Response Alone." Vaccine. 29(3):501-511. 10 January 2011.
Moss, Steven F., Leonard Moise, Dong Soo Lee, Woojin Kim, Songhua Zhang, Jimtree Lee, Arlin B. Rogers, William Martin and Anne S. DeGroot. "HelicoVax Epitope-Based Therapeutic Helicobactere pylori Vaccination in a Mouse Model." Vaccine. 29(11):2085-2091. 3 March 2011.
Myers, Gavin M. and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Oral Preexposure Anti-HIV Prophylaxis for High-Risk U. S. Populations: Current Considerations in Light of New Findings." AIDS Patient Care & STDs. 25(2):63-71. February 2011.
Nelson, David R. SEE: Gomez-Chiarri, Marta; Li, Ling.
Nolte, Frederick S., Beverly B. Rogers, Yi-Wei. Tang, M. Steven Oberste, Christine C. Robinson, Kenneth Sue. Kehl, Harley A. Rotbart, Jose R. Romero, Ann-Christin. Nyquist and David A. Persing. "Evaluation of a Rapipd and Completely Automated Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Enteroviral Meningitis." Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(2):528-533. February 2011.
Nunn, Amy, Nickolas Zaller, Alexandra Cornwall, Kenneth H. Mayer, Elya Moore, Samuel Dickman, Curt Beckwith and Helena Kwakwa. "Low Perceived Risk and High HIV Prevalence Among a Predominately African American Population Participating in Philadelphia's Rapid HIV Testing Program." AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 25(4):229-235. April 2011.
Nunn, A., S. Dickman, A. Cornwall, C. Rosengard, H. Kwakwa, D. Kim, G. James and K. H. Mayer. "Social, Structural and Behavioral Drivers of Concurrent Partnerships Among African American Men in Philadelphia." AIDS Care. 23(11):1392-1399. November 2011.
O'Bryan, Joel M., James A. Potts, Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Anuja Mathew, Alan L. Rothman, for the HALT-C Trial Group. " Extended Interferon-Alpha Therapy Accelerates Telomere Length Loss in Human Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes." PLoS One. 6(8):e20922. August 4, 2011.
Opal, Steven M. SEE also: Artenstein, A. W.; Christaki, E.; Delsesto, D.; Kerby, Matthew B.; LaRosa, Steven P.; Patrozou, Eleni; Tressel, S. L.; Wunderink, Richard G.
Opal, S. M. "Endotoxemia Before and After Surgical Repair for Congenital Heart Disease." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(11):1223-1224. December 1,2011.
Opal, S. M. "The Evolution of the Understanding of Sepsis, Infection, and the Host Response: A Brief History." Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 23(1):1-27. March 2011.
Opal, Steven. "Immunologic Alterations and the Pathogenesis of Organ Failure in the ICU." Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 32(5):569-580. October 2011.
Opal, Steven M., Yow-Pin Lim, Patricia Christofaro, Andrew W. Artenstein, Noubar Kessimian, David Del Sesto, Nicholas Parejo, John E. Palardy and Edward Sinyaporn. "Inter-A Inhibitor Proteins: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Experimental Anthrax Infection." Shock. 35(1):42-44. January 2011.
Patrozou, Eleni and Steven M. Opal. "What is Inflammation? What Is Sepsis? What Is MODS?" Evidence-Based Critical Care. 2011. p.151-156.
Quddus, M. Ruhul, C. James Sung, Cunxian Zhang, Richard G. Moore, Joyce J. Ou, Margaret M. Steinhoff and W. Dwayne Lawrence. "The Presence and Location of Epithelial Implants and Implants With Epithelial Proliferation May Predict a Higher Risk of Recurrence in Serous Borderline Ovarian Tumors: A Clinicipathologic Study of 188 cases." Human Pathology. 2011.
Rego, M. A., J. A. Harney, M. Markio, M. Shen and N. G. Howlett. "Regulation of the Activation of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway by the p21 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor." Oncogene. 2011.
Rhieu, Steve Y., Andrew J. Annalora, Rose M. Gathungu, Paul Vouros, Milan R. Uskokovic, Inge Schuster, G. Tayhas Palmore, G. Satyanarayana Reddy. "A New Insight Into the Role of Rat Cytochrome P450 24A1 in Metabolism of Selective Analogs of 1 Beta,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3." Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics. 509(1):33-43. May 2011.
Rogers, Beverly B. SEE: Dondas, Nicola E.; Hopley, Richard; Khokhar, S. K.; Nolte, F. S.
Rosenberger, Joshua G., Michael Reece, David S. Novak and Kenneth H. Mayer. "The Internet as a Valuable Tool for Promoting a New Framework for Sexual Health Among Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex With Men." AIDS and Behavior. 15(S1):88-90. 2011.
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Rothman, A. L. "Immunity to Denguse Virus: A Tale of Original Antigenic Sin and Tropical Cytokine Storms." Nature Reviews. Immunology. 11(8):532-543. July 15, 2011.
Safran, Steven A., Conall O'Cleriggh, Margie R. Skeer, Jeffrey Driskell, Brett M. Goshe, Charles Covatney and Kenneth H. Mayer. "Demonstration and Evaluation of a Peer-Delivered Individual-Tailored HIV Prevention Intervention for HIV-Infected MSM in Their Primary Care Setting." AIDS and Behavior. 15(5):949-958. July 2011.
Sangarek, K., O. Koita, K. Tourkara, C. M. Boyle, L. Levitz, J. Rozehnal, Y. Kone, Z. Koty, M. A. Ardito, W. D. Martin and A. De Groot. "The GAIA HIV Vaccine Progress Report: Further Validation of Broadly Conserved Class 1 Epitopes in West Africa (Abstract)." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(10):A102. October 2011.
Saravanan, S., V. Madhavan, K. G. Murugavel, P. Balakrishnan, S. S. Solomon, S. Umapathy, R. Kantor, N. Kumarasamy, T. Yepthomi, D. M. Smith, K. H. Mayer and S. Solomon. "The Association Between HIV-1 Subtype C Antiretroviral Resistance and HLA Prevalence in Southern India." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 57(1):e17-e19. May 1, 2011.
Saravanan, S., V. Madhavan, P. Balakrishnan, S. S. Solomon, N. Kumarasamy, K. H. Mayer, G. Waldrop, S. Solomon and D. M. Smith. "HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Nucleotide Substitutions in Subtype C-Infected Drug-Naive, and Treatment-Experienced Patients in South India." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 58(3):e94-e95. November 1, 2011.
Schanen, Brian C., Anne S. De Groot, L. Moise, Matt Ardito, Elizabeth McClaine, William Martin, Vaughn Wittman, William L. Warren and Donald R. Drake III. "Coupling Sensitive In Vitro and In Silico Techniques to Assess Cross-Reactive CD4+ T Cells Against the Swine-Origin H1Ni Influenza Virus." Vaccine. 29(17):3299-3309. April 2011.
Schoenfisch, Ashley L., Sheila C. Dollard, Minal Amin, Lytt I. Gardner, Kenneth Mayer, Anne Rompalo, Jack D. Sobel and ichael. J. Cannon. "Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Shedding Is Highly Correlated With Markers of Immunosuppression in CMV-Seropositive Women." Journal of Medical Microbiology. 60(6):768-774. June 2011.
Sharma, Vaneet K., Paul Vouros and James Glick. "Mass Spectrometric Based Analysis, Characterization and Applications of Circulating Cell Free DNA Isolated From Human Body Fluids." International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 304(2/3):172-183. July 2011.
Simon, Rochelle A., Shi-Linig Peng, Liu Fang, M. Ruhul Quddus, Cunxian Zhang, Margaret M. Steinhoff, W. Dwayne Lawrence and Cames J. Sung. "Tubal Metaplasia of the Endometrium With Cyctologic Atapia Analysis of p53, Ki-67, TERT, and Long-Term Follow-U." Modern Pathology. 24(9):1254-1261. 2011.
Singh, Kamalieet, Rochell A. Simon, Cunxian Zhang and M. Ruhul Quddus. "'Surface Epithelial Changes' in Uterine Endometoid Carcinoma Mimicking Micropapillary Serous Borderline Tumor of Ovary: Report of Two Causes and Review of Literature." Diagnostic Pathology. 6#3. January 2011.
Sivasubramanian, Murugesan, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Kenneth H. Mayer, Vivvek R. Anand, Carey V. Johnson, Priti Prabhugate and Steven A. Safren. "Suicidality, Clinical Depression, and Anxiety Disorders Are Highly Prevalent in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Mumbai, India: Findings From a Community-Recruited Sample." Psychology. Health & Medicine. 16(4):450-462. August 2011.
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Sperry, Jay F. SEE: LaCroix, R.
Srikiatkhachorn, Anon, Alan L. Rothman, Robert V. Gibbons, Nopporn Sittisombut, Prida Malasit, Francis A. Ennis, Suchitra Nimmannitya and Siripen Kalayanarooj. "Dengue -- How Best to Classify It." Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53(6):563-567. 15 September 2011.
Sung, C. James. SEE: Quddus, M. Ruhul.; Simon, Rochelle. A. Xiong, J.; Zhang, Cuixian.
Tantravahi, Umadevi. SEE: Koide, Keiko.; Massingham, Lauren J.
Taylor, L. E., A. K. DeLong, M. A. Maynard, S. Chapman, P. Gholam, J. T. Blackard, J. Rich and K. H. Mayer. "Acuter Hepatitis C. Virus in an HIV Clinic: A Screening Strategy, Risk Factors, and Perception of Risk." AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 25(10):571-577. October 25, 2011.
Taylor, Lynn E., Marisa Holubar, Kunling Wu, Ronald J. Bosch, David L. Wyles, John A. Davis, Kenneth H. Mayer, Kenneth E. Sherman and K. T. Tashima. "Incident Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among US HIV-Infected Men Enrolled in Clinical Trials." Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(6):812-818. March 15 2011.
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Also, look into state schools. Lower tuition, same level of quality.
And buying shoes has little to do with being well-dressed. My dress shoes were over a thousand dollars--and one pair will last my entire life.
Break it, and quick put a block of something else in its place, then break the block of something else.
I want my share of the profits.
I've expanded five squares in all directions, which should put me in the chamber the spawner is in.
Meanwhile, whenever I go up to harvest trees I've planted, my mine fills with zombies and skeletons.
I'm dumbfounded.

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How long since your last vacation? Too much? If you can't leave your desk today, this week's video is the closest thing to a vacation one can have. In the video, SNCF – France's national railway company – reminds us that Europe really is just next door. Would you like to see how they manage to do so? Well, just take a look at the video and let your imagination fly.
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Notable Canadian Tropical Cyclones
1775 – The Newfoundland Hurricane (also called the Independence Hurricane)
More than 4000 mariners lost, mostly off the coast of Newfoundland. It has been speculated that this storm was a turning point in the American Revolution because most lives lost were British sailors.
1869 – The Saxby Gale
A powerful post-tropical storm that coincided with a perigean spring tide (on a new moon) causing extensive flooding from storm surge in the Bay of Fundy. The isthmus between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick was almost completely under water. Hundreds of lives and farms were lost.
1873 – The Great Nova Scotia Hurricane
Some historical records indicate as many as 500 lives (mostly sailors), 1200 boats and 900 homes were lost in Nova Scotia. An additional 100 lives were lost in Newfoundland.
1900 – The Galveston Hurricane
Between 52 and 232 lives were lost from the remnants of the Great Galveston Hurricane after it crossed eastern Canada. The large discrepancy between confirmed and unconfirmed deaths is almost entirely in the numbers of missing people fromSt. Pierre, just south of Newfoundland.
1924, 1926, 1927 – The Great August Gales
Following the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the first (1927), third (1926) and sixth (1924) deadliest tropical cyclones for Canada were the "August Gales" of the 1920s. Together these three storms claimed 276 lives, mostly mariners.
1935 – Newfoundland Hurricane
This little-known hurricane was the first one off the Atlantic season of 1935 and killed 49 Newfoundlanders (15 unconfirmed or missing in the marine community).
1951 – Tropical Storm Audrey
This deadly tropical storm claimed 5 lives in Ontario and 10 in Quebec (Quebec's worst tropical cyclone encounter). Twelve of the deaths were the result of storm-induced automobile accidents.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel
Canada's most remembered hurricane claimed the lives of 81 people in southern Ontario (mostly Toronto) from the flooding rainfalls.
1959 – The Great Escuminac Disaster
An early-season storm hit the Gulf of St. Lawrence in June of 1959 and stalled, bringing high winds, high surge and heavy seas. This storm claimed the lives of 35 New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island fishermen.
1991 – The Halloween Storm (also called The Perfect Storm by Sebastien Junger)
Seven lives were claimed by one of strangest storms on record--one that formed from the combination of a remnant hurricane and a powerful mid-latitude storm. Phenomenal seas claimed all of the lives.
2003 – Hurricane Juan
Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a direct hit for this true "storm of the century." Agriculture specialists estimate that 50–100 million trees came down in Nova Scotia in two hours (one million in Halifax alone), including 90% of the mature growth of Halifax's Point Pleasant Park. Eight lives were lost in Canada with Juan: two in automobiles, two in a boat, three in a house fire (started by candles during the power outage), and one in the relief work weeks after the storm.
2010 - Hurricane Igor
Hurricane Igor was the worst storm of tropical origin to hit Newfoundland in 75 years. Excessive rainfall and hurricane force winds lead to the toppling of many trees, power outages, structural damage to buildings, widespread flooding from overflowing streams, and many roads being washed out.
Many communities on the Burin and Bonavista Peninsulas were isolated as their only access road was completely cut. One man died when his driveway washed away taking him with it. For the first time in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador, schools were closed for rain and wind a day in advance of the storm.
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Detroit City Council set to meet Tuesday after Monday meeting violated Open Meetings Act
DETROIT (WXYZ) - The Detroit City Council is set to meet Tuesday after a short meeting called by Mayor Bing was adjourned Monday.
The meeting was cut short because it violated the Open Meetings Act which calls for meeting notices to be publicly displayed. With the building closed for the holiday, the public was unable to see the posted notices inside.
Mayor Bing called the meeting last week after City Council voted down a contract with Miller Canfield. That vote could prevent the city from collection millions from the state - money that is needed to keep the city from going broke by the end of the year.
Additional frustration stemmed from the mayor's absence. Those close to Mayor Bing say he wasn't present because someone in his life is very ill.


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Can be found here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=psuvSx8haUvYyg1lNA0YoDw&hl=enNo weights as I don't really care; experienced folks can probably give a pretty good guess. A few notes:-I cook over a small fire, usually only for dinner.-The minimal shelter (no bivy) is used because I'm pretty sure I'll be able to camp in alcoves if necessary.-I like a bombproof pack for canyon hiking.-Drybags are idiotproof, especially if I fall in the river while crossing.I forgot to add the camera I'll bring, a cheapo digital.
Comments and questions welcome.
I looked at your gear list, and without any weights, there isn't much I can offer.QUESTIONS:What's the 7mm rope for?And the Zip ties?And 5 pounds of food for under 3 days? That's too much.When are you going? Will you need to carry 6 liters of water?
Rope is for potential hauling of the pack in a few scrambling sections. I will need to carry that much water.Zipties can be handy for fixing stuff.I'm really going to try to cut down on food, I always seem to bring too many snacks. I'll take a bit out at the last minute.
Edited by DaveC on 03/22/2009 18:25:53 MDT.
Edited to reflect the "fair weather" option if temps are nice and/or rain seems very unlikely. Did a rough estimate of weight, came to 25.6 lbs with 6 liters of water, which sounds about right.
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Supporters Join NYU Protesters
New York, NY —
City residents and college students came out to support the protesters who barricaded themselves in an NYU cafeteria Wednesday night and emerged today. Their demands ranged from public disclosure of university records and funding, to affordable student housing. NYU freshman David Seword joined the dozens of supporters this afternoon outside the university's student center. Like many protesters, he's concerned about how NYU is using his tuition fees.
SEWORD: I actually don't know where my money's going and I feel responsible to only give my dollars to places that I am inline with.
NYU released a statement claiming the barricaded students rejected their offer for dialogue and are suspended for trespassing.


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GED overhaul forces rush to finish before 2014 before computer only test rolls out
CINCINNATI – A complete overhaul of the GED has current students rushing to complete the tests — or risk having to start from scratch in January.
The deadline also has area educators working to get the word out to students already struggling to earn a second chance because the test is being revised for the first time since 2002. Changes include: reducing the number of sections to four, increasing the cost of the test, adding a computer literacy component, and, for the first time, eliminating paper exams.
"We have 30 tests scheduled between now and the end of the year. It's probably the highest number we've had testing at this time of year since I've been here," said Erica Ninneman, head GED instructor at Lower Price Hill Community School, which serves mostly low-income adults who dropped out of school long ago.
(Could you pass the GED? Take our quiz http://www.wcpo.com/news/education/ged-quiz )
The cost will triple to $120 beginning next year, although Ohio is working on plans to either reimburse students $80 or grant a waiver for the same amount, said John Charlton, spokesman for the Ohio Education Department. Kentucky has no such rebate in place.
The GED was last overhauled in 2002, consistent with the test's history of revisions every 10-15 years to keep up with evolving educational standards.
Everyone from the testing company, GED Testing Service, to state education boards and local GED tutors have been working to spread the word to GED candidates for nearly a year that the 2013 test must be completed in entirety this year. If all five tests are not completed by year's end, candidates will have to start over come January 1, 2014.
'I Want Them To Look Up to Their Dad'
Ciera Benton has high hopes and a steep road ahead.
"I was here a while back, but I stopped and came back for three months now," said Benton, 27, of Lower Price Hill. She still has to take all five sections of the test. "Math is the hardest for me. I've been on my math for a month now."
Benton dropped out of high school in the 10th grade after becoming pregnant. Her dream is to earn a culinary degree from Cincinnati State Technical & Community College and to own her own catering business.
"I'm all about cooking," she said.
Steven Lee, 36, has passed all but one section, missing a passing grade on math by one point last week, he said. He plans to retake it this week. Like many other GED candidates, his path has been rocky.
At 11, he said, his parents were out of his life, and he began selling drugs and living on the streets. At 17, he was arrested and dropped out of school. He has been working on and off for three years on his GED and has leaned on staff at Lower Price Hill for support.
"I'm trying to stay out of trouble. They help me out a lot. Even when I got other problems, they help me through." He's persevering in order to be a better role model.
"I've got little kids, and I want them to look up to their dad."
Lee wants to enroll at Cincinnati State, earn a business management degree and eventually manage apartments for ex-convicts and others like him who need a second chance.
Changes To The New Test
The first step of getting a GED would be delayed if they don't pass by the end of December, when the test overhaul will make this year's test incompatible with the new one.
In the 2013 version, each section – mathematics, reasoning through language arts (RLA), science, social studies and an essay – is graded independently of the others. In the new test, the essay section has been eliminated, but essays have been incorporated into all the remaining sections except math. It's for that reason that incomplete tests from 2013 are incompatible with the new test.
"We're actually measuring multiple concepts in different tests," said CT Turner, a spokesman for GED Testing Service, the Washington D.C. company that owns the test.
Randy Trask, GED Testing Service president, said the new test ensures adult learners are prepared for jobs in today's market, including digital skills that they'll learn in the course of preparing to take the test online.
"We need to give these adults and families a fighting chance," Trask said in a webcast. "We are fundamentally shifting our focus on adult learners."
Test Adds Honors Designation
The 2014 test comes with many other changes, including a detailed report instead of scores with no context. Test takers can simply pass or earn a GED with Honors, which is designed to signal to colleges that a student is prepared for undergraduate work. College and career sections of the new online portal help guide clients to their next steps as does a career assessment questionnaire.
"The test is not an endpoint. It's just a springboard to much more," said Cassandra Brown, GED Testing Services senior marketing manager,
speaking on a conference call with reporters.
The new test evaluates basic computer literacy skills and is the only high school equivalency test that meets U.S. Department of Education standards for college readiness, Brown said.
She said the conversion to all-electronic testing will lead to more success, if past results are any indicator. In the 2013 version, which can be taken on paper or on computer, 88 percent passed on computer versus 71 percent on paper. There was a 60 percent increase in the number of students who retook the test after failing among those who did it online.
"We've done something revolutionary here. This is the first test to focus on the test taker, not the test alone," Brown said.
Online Only May Be Deter Some
Some educators who are in the trenches greeted elimination of the paper option with less enthusiasm.
"The computer for a lot of people is another barrier. Not only are they worried about their skill level, now they're worried about another skill set," said Jen Walters, Lower Price Hill Community School executive director.
She said most of her students did not grow up with computers or have them in their homes. "It just adds to their anxiety," Walters said. "It's such a different mindset for us when we put people in front of a computer. These are skills that we want people to have, but to put it on as a precursor to a GED seems counterproductive."
Nevertheless, the school is working with students to familiarize them and to alleviate anxiety of the new.
Lower Price Hill pays the cost of taking the test for any student who passes the pre-tests and works with the school's tutors.
Robbie Thomas, manager of the ABLE GED program, a collaboration between Cincinnati Public Schools and several community organizations, estimates students will have to type 25-30 words per minute to complete essay portions of the test in the allotted time, a tall order for some.
ABLE will work with students to beef up their keyboard skills. "I think of it in terms of a life skill," Thomas said.
The GED program is free at ABLE, and the group even provides bus tokens for students to commute to study centers.
Reecie Stagnolia, vice president of Kentucky Adult Education, said revamping the test periodically is beneficial to ensure students have the skills of current high school graduates.
"If they pass the test, I think it will better prepare them. The test itself doesn't prepare them, but studying and passing it will better signify that they're ready," Stagnolia said.
The extra cost of the 2014 test may be daunting for some students, he said, and his organization is encouraging organizations to help offset the cost.
"We've long encouraged workers in their communities to identify philanthropic organizations, restaurants, banks, civic groups, chambers of commerce that are willing to sponsor students," Stagnolia said.
Student Becomes Tutor
Earning a GED is worth the effort, according to Terrance Wooten, 33, who completed his GED at Lower Price Hill Community School last year after studying for four months. He began returning to the community school voluntarily to tutor others until they hired him to do it regularly. "I was showing my appreciation for all they did for me, and I wanted to pay it back," he said.
Wooten grew up in Over the Rhine and said he was a very good student in elementary school, winning academic competitions in math, science and reading before dropping out in eighth grade. Now living in Lower Price Hill, he plans to enroll at Cincinnati State in technical architecture.
"My dream was always to be an architect, saying I built that building, my design."
He learned patience for his adult students through his children, now 11 and 9, and by volunteering at Oyler and Rolling Hills, he said. "People just need more self confidence. Just keep coming. Don't give up."
More information about earning a GED:
• ABLE GED program: Call 363-6100 or click on http://www.cps-k12.org/community/programs/able-ged
• Lower Price Hill Community School: At (513) 244.2214 or http://www.lphcs.org/index.php/programs/ged
• The test makers: http://www.gedtestingservice.com/ged-testing-service
• Ohio Department of Education: At 877-644-6338 or http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/GED/GED-Application-and-Forms
• Kentucky Adult Education: At 800/928-7323 or http://kyae.ky.gov


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Flood Appeal - closing date abd gift aid
30th July 2007
Closing Date
We have had enquiries about the closing date for the Bishop's Flood Appeal, asking if it's okay if donations arrive after the 10th August.
Yes, there's no problem. The date has been set at 10th August so that we can respond quickly to the needs of the Worcester Diocese. However, we often receive donations after the deadline and our Accounts Adminstrator Janice Sulman at the Diocesan Office is happy to accept any cheques that arrive after this date.
We plan to forward donations that arrive after the closing date in September.
Gift Aid
We have also been asked about the Gift Aid arrangements. A parish cannot Gift Aid their contribution, but individual donors can. Those wishing to do so may send their cheques direct to Janice enclosing a note with their name and address indicating that:
1. they wish to Gift Aid
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Mark's job is not fun. He hops on all of us, including, me. So when he gets to compliment somebody, it is a special treat:
This is the kind of useful information we can use! Peter is a storehouse of information —
and something we don't see around here or elsewhere in the white nationalist movement:
God bless you, Peter!
The rest of you — use these links to your advantage. Take the fight to the enemy and don't
become discouraged when you meet resistance. In a decade or two the white will be all but
extinct if census figures are accurate. The time is NOW and your effort is not just needed —
it's PARAMOUNT!
And Papillon is trying to keep the ball rolling with some more PRACTICAL info:
The Seventh Annual Weblog Awards http://2007.bloggies.com/ have just been released. In the
category of politics, the winner was http://www.wonkette.com/ with these blogs as "nominees"
(though I'm not sure what that means):
All of the above sites would have large readerships, but even more at the moment due to the
Comment by Peter — 3/13/2007 @ 2:30 am | Edit This
Another resource which I don't think has been posted here is Technocratic:
Use it to search weblogs by keyword and for links. It also has its own general news section
and blogs.
Dave wrote a piece recently WHICH I CANNOT FIND, in which he not only said the blog needs to get back to more elevated subjects, but he WROTE on a subject. That is 180 degrees from senile bitching from young or old.
Dave, I need your piece again.
Now, from Papillon (ladies first), Peter and Mark and Dave, we have a picture of what I need from YOU. We have to develop the ideas and we have to SELL the ideas. We have to do it all and we CAN do it all.
But on the action and intellectual sides in this case – though I'm sure their roles will reverse often – Mark and Dave show us what is needed. We need to stay in action ALL THE TIME (Mark) and we need to keep this site interesting and productive a la Dave.
BUT I AM NOT ASSIGNING ROLES HERE! I do not want any specialists here who are helpless in other roles. Mark provides intellectual food, but he went in when we were getting too theoretical and I expect Dave to know when he needs to do some ass-licking on his own.
Peter is the best generalist we have. The point is that nobody JUST bitches at Bob, which you need to do. But if I am writing what is needed, don't flutter around like a mother hen doing the broken-wing act: WRITE. If I am letting laxity set in, KICK ASS.
And above all, DO SOMETHING!
Every now and then, as just now, I let things slide a little while, and it irritates the crap out of me that comments STOP. That is when we NEED for you to come in like Dave did.
If we get in our ivory tower, don't just bitch at ME, do like Mark, take the onus on yourself, and KSA.
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there are tons of songs out there that sound similar...
it might be just me... but i feel like there won't be any good songs LEFT to be written in the future. i know there`s infinite ways to write songs... buuuuut i just don`t get how musicians do it in the first place... and i am one. haha.
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According to Florida law, defined in section 796.07 of the Florida State Statutes it is illegal to solicit (or ask) another person to engage in prostitution, or for that person to give their body for prostitution. It is also illegal to take a person's body for sexual purposes. In Florida law simply asking one person to give their body for sexual purposes comes under and against this law. In the eyes of Florida law, it is a serious crime.
An accusation of Prostitute solicitation can have some severe consequences which can potentially hurt one in many possible ways. Solicitation is such a law that it puts some of the innocent people at risk. Every year there are thousands of fabricated allegations that come out of hate, divorce, family situation, etc. It can be very severe if you are just accused of the crime being very innocent.
What is the definition of Solicitation of a prostitute?
Under the Florida law, the solicitation of a prostitute is defined as "the giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity for hire but excludes sexual activity between spouses". In simple words, having sexual relations in exchange for money is called solicitation of a prostitute.
What are the penalties of Solicitation of a prostitute?
The consequences of being involved in a solicitation can be quite severe though not as serious as lewd or lascivious molestation. If you are proven guilty the stakes are even higher, and someone may have to pay serious and lifelong penalties. Some of the penalties of solicitation are:
- The offender may get a first degree misdemeanour
- The offender may have to pay a fine of up to $1000.
- The offender may have to spend 12 months in jail
- Having a public announcement made of this crime via TV reporting and local newspapers.
- Automatic suspension of your Driver's licence if you involved in the solicitation within your own car.
These were some of the direct consequences of Solicitation. The indirect consequences can be worse. It is mandatory to register yourself as a sex offender once you are proven guilty. It will severely affect your reputation and credibility. It leads you to having restricted housing, and it also leads you to restricted job opportunities. Hence it could potentially destroy your family life, your career and your reputation.
Simply being accused of solicitation is enough to damage your reputation, and put emotional strains on both your personal and business relationships in your community and strain your business and personal relationships.
No matter what sex crime you are charged with, it is vital that you have a Florida solicitation of a prostitute defense attorney to represent you when you go to court. The very instant that you are suspected, arrested and subsequently charged, your Florida solicitation of a prostitute defense lawyer will work to build you a defense that best represent you in the court of law.
I have been charged for the Solicitation of a prostitute what should I do now?
Though this law is for sex offenders, but there are a lot of innocent people that can get caught up in solicitation of a prostitute because of false accusations with the intent to damage someone. So, the first and only thing you should do is call a reputed Florida solicitation of a prostitute lawyer or attorney and has a strong defense lined up.


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Investigators say a Dodge Ram crossed the center line about 5:45 a.m. Saturday and struck an oncoming Volkswagen Jetta. Driving the Jetta was 27-year-old Jennifer Clouse. She died at the scene along with her husband, 28-year-old Nathan Clouse, and their children, 8-year-old Bailey Clouse and 6-year-old Jordan Clouse. All four were wearing seat belts.
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This paper studies banker remuneration in a competitive market for banker talent. I model, and then calibrate, the default risk of the banks generated by investments and remuneration pressures. Competing banks prefer to pay their banking staff in bonuses and not in wages as risk sharing on the remuneration bill is valuable. But competition for bankers generates a negative externality driving up rival banks' default risk. Optimal financial regulation involves an appropriately structured limit on the proportion of the balance sheet used for bonuses. However stringent bonus caps are value destroying, default risk enhancing and cannot be optimal for regulators who control only a small number of banks. The paper allows an assessment of the intellectual arguments behind widespread calls to regulate the pay of bankers. The paper uses US data to calibrate the analysis and demonstrate the significant contribution of remuneration to default risk.
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There's a good reason Florida is known as the "Sunshine State" – the sun shines there almost all year long. In fact, some city newspapers give away free papers the day after any day where the sun doesn't shine at all.
But I digress. With all that sun and warmth, plenty of people like to get out in nature, and do so in – shall we say – a natural state. Southern Exposure, Edun Lake and Sunsations are but three nudist resorts in Naples that cater to people who love to go "au natural". In the case of Sunsations, they're actually headquartered out of Fort Myers (just north of Naples), and they don't have a local facility. Instead, they arrange trips to nudist resorts in the area, beaches that are nudist-friendly, and parties held in private homes.
On the other hand, Edun Lake is right off of County Road 862 (just west of US 41), nestled between Naples Park on the north and the main section of Naples to the south. It caters to both families and singles, and has some great amenities. You can swim in the pool, hang out near the lake, and go hiking in the woods. The clubhouse also holds pot luck suppers every month; so the place has a very cozy, family flavor to it. The place isn't very large, which some people like – you don't get the feeling that the resort is being overrun by a lot of people you don't know. On the other hand, being a small place means that it can get filled up rather quickly. So, during the holidays and vacation times, plan ahead and get there early.
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am not usually the sort of person who prefers canine company to that of her husband and children. But just now I felt instinctively that I needed Coco. She would have climbed onto the bed, peacefully settled down near me. My warm, cuddly teddy bear would have comforted me silently and in turn she would have been soothed by my presence.
Those changes will empower you. Those words will put you back in control of your life. There isn't a nameless "something" out there trying to keep you from being able to do something; it's right there inside yourself in that horrible little "C" word. Only you can make it disappear and put yourself back in the driver's seat.
Everyone sits down and says the relationship is in trouble and then tells me the many ways in which the other person is lacking. The conversations are always about what's missing between them or how thing have changed, and a litany of the other person's shortcomings, long before they might mention their own contributions.
I was chatting with a friend recently and mentioned that since I moved back to Calgary, I've started a monthly "Family Night." He said that sounded like a great idea and mentioned that his family only gets together at funerals now, and that they keep saying they should meet up in between but "it never happens. Maybe soon."


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The future is bleak
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:02 AM
I had no computer throughout high school, everything I had to write was either in pen or furiously typed up in the library when I managed to get in. Similarly, paying two hundred dollars or more for an e-reader would have been out of the question. Granted, I went to a public school and not a private academy, so I am guessing my experiences concerning being unable to afford such tech are the extreme opposite of the students who attend Cushing.
It is my experiences at that age and the love of books I now have that paints this in a negative light for me, but even so I have tried to look at this without bias. The best I can go is that they are jumping the gun given the relative newness of the technology concerning ebooks and e-readers. Wouldn' it be better to wait a couple of years to see where the tech heads? By then we might see cheaper prices from standard readers or maybe an e-reader that might be able to replace text books. From my point of view, given that the school is one of the first to do this, it seems that this is a lot like all those idiotic posts where someone screams, "FIRST!!!!".
As far as the title of the link, I don't feel this is crushing news. Private schools and the students who go there might be able to afford this, but something tells me that the majority of public schools aren't likely to follow anytime soon. Something did strike me as odd when I read the article:
School officials said when they checked library records one day last spring only 48 books had been checked out, and 30 of those were children's books.
This strikes me as an enormously low number. Even in my high school, located in a backwater redneck town, had a good amount of people in every morning reading and checking out books before school started. Forty-eight seems a very low number, even if it only spans a few months. I am also left to wonder what they consider to be childrens books.
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:15 AM
A power cut would sure suck though.
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:48 AM
Once paper is gone and everything is thoroughly DRMed, the publishers will make you pay for every single page view.
And no more fees for bringing books back late!
Posted 10 September 2009 - 11:08 AM
Cushing Academy is a pretty decent school however it is particularly well known for its sports. Hockey pucks aren't taking many books out of the library.
This strikes me as an enormously low number. Even in my high school, located in a backwater redneck town, had a good amount of people in every morning reading and checking out books before school started. Forty-eight seems a very low number, even if it only spans a few months. I am also left to wonder what they consider to be childrens books.
Even were that not the case, I wasn't terribly surprised at the low number of books taken out. Schools are more and more reliant on textbooks and novels provided by the school, so there is less of a need for other books. The cost of keeping a current (meaning, continually expanding the library's stock of books) is fairly significant, particularly when it is solely for highschool students who may not even partake. Finally, high school libraries are pretty redundant when most towns have far larger, nicer libraries with librarians that are, generally in my experience, much smarter and nicer. Massachusetts (I'm sure most other states do also) has a great trading system among town libraries where you can get a book from any library in the state rather quickly and easily.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 12:42 PM
It's a High School Library. My experience is that school libraries are essentially useless. No one takes books out of them.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 12:47 PM
Posted 10 September 2009 - 01:04 PM
Once paper is gone and everything is thoroughly DRMed, the publishers will make you pay for every single page view.
Setting aside the question of wherever or not that would still be worth the cost of the environmental damage caused in the production and distribution of all those books, I seriously doubt they would adopt such a volatile business model, but even if they did to the point where it was more prohibitively expensive people would simply file share their way around it, or utilise whatever other black market technology exists by that point. Students are unsurprisingly price sensitive about things like that.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 02:02 PM
Paying for every page view is an exaggeration, but there is definitely going to be a massive power grab here on part of the publishers if this catches on. A book (meaning, the kind made out of paper) is something that is extremely difficult to control once it has been sold -- there is practically nothing a publisher can do prevents it being shared, given away, resold, etc. A digital text is far easier to control: it is the natural purpose of DRM to prevent sharing, giving away and reselling it. I believe most readers already make use of this (though I suppose you can always lend someone the entire reader).
Setting aside the question of wherever or not that would still be worth the cost of the environmental damage caused in the production and distribution of all those books, I seriously doubt they would adopt such a volatile business model, but even if they did to the point where it was more prohibitively expensive people would simply file share their way around it, or utilise whatever other black market technology exists by that point.
As to black market technology... it will only be viable if the hardware and firmware supports it. It works well with computers because they were never designed to be restrictive. The various copyright holders have pushed hard to change this and to some extent succeeded (e.g. Windows Vista had a whole slew of DRM measures built into the OS itself), but so far they haven't gotten far enough for most people to notice. It works considerably less well with devices like the gaming consoles that were designed for the manufacturer to exercise complete control of what the consumer does with the device from the start -- you need to modify the hardware to do anything with them. It is still possible to do so with the current generation, but I suspect that soon enough such a modification will require industrial strength equipment (or not be possible at all).
The makers of the current readers are in the same situation as the consoles: they want to restrict the usage of books as much as possible and they have complete control over the hardware and firmware. Fortunately for us, they cannot be quite as draconian as with games (not immediately, anyway) because people will just stick to paper books. However, sooner or later they're going to try to milk DRM as much as it can be milked.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 02:24 PM
"No one" is an exaggeration. But they're certainly very much underutilized by student bodies. The most useful thing that tends to be done with them now is using them for mandatory research or introducing them to a sense of the kinds of categories of knowledge we've classified things into. Knowing that a biography of Elizabeth I goes under "History" and not "Celebrity Gossip" is something that some people will probably find useful.
Outside University, "No one" isn't really much of an exaggeration at all. Not in my experience anyway.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 03:41 PM
It also had a small but very good selection of fiction and since they didn't sort it after genre it really got me to read outside of the fantasy and sf fields. I found writers like Borges, Calvino, Wodehouse and Zelazny because of it.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 03:54 PM
I just have a very hard time thinking that readers of the future are going to be poorer* if this catches on. As you say, books (and second hand books, and pirated books) will be around for a long time, but the history of literature won't end with electronic reader: long before the last drop of ink fades from the last page of the last paperback they'll be superceded by some other gadget, and electronic readers will be the bargain-basement option.
Anyway, the point I wanted to make when I opened this thread was that there are loads of advantages that can come about from books going digital. It's not all doom and gloom.
*And this assumes we measure the cost solely as the price tag, rather than the convenience, durability, and lack of environmental damage that's gone into its production. But this is by the by.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 04:13 PM
Think about it--kids won't check books out for free and get their info, now they'll skim books online and print a few pages here and there.
The future isn't digital until they find something our eyes can handle. I can barely read posts on this page let alone whole books.
What this will end up doing is promoting NOT reading.
Edit: Is it a high school library? I thought it was a college. When a college does it read my above post.
Edited by Simon of Steele, 10 September 2009 - 04:15 PM.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 04:55 PM
Uh... yeah?
When you were in a hurry in college and needed one more source for that paper you were writing, what did you do? Check out a book?
Oh god I'm old.
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A library without books is a hideous innovation, and, as with so much else today, would be hilarious if it wasn't true. Aside from the simple fact that in the Emberverse, or even after a mere nuclear war, computers and the like won't work, reading text on a screen - or even printed out from a web page - is not the same as reading from a book.
I second that. My sister has the Sony Ebook reader, that is some nasty shit. I am NEVER going to read my books in front of a screen. That's just not right. She isn't using the thing, either.
But maybe I am wrong, maybe I am a conservative, old, asshole....but heck I am twenty and I am open-minded but I just can't imagine myself reading books in digital-version.
Edited by WhiteHaven, 10 September 2009 - 05:58 PM.
Posted 10 September 2009 - 05:39 PM
Uh... yeah?
Oh god I'm old.
Haha. Well, I usually checked out books too, but if I found something wasn't working and I was in a hurry I'd just peruse the online database.
I suppose this could be good news for guys like me--aspiring writers. I mean publishers would be more willing to take a chance if the cost of publishing drops substantially...right? Hell, I'd rather just have some books being sold in a bookstore some day. That seems better.
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Pulled from last week's town council agenda was the nomination of Richard Boy to the licensing authority. Boy had served on the zoning board for three decades and was not nominated for reappointment this year by either the appointments committee or from the council floor. His tenure exceeds the appointments committee's 12-year guideline.
Appointments committee chairman Roy Richardson said that Boy expressed an interest in the licensing authority and the appointments committee sought to accommodate him. Boy was contemplated as a replacement for authority member Paul Sullivan, whose term runs through June 2007.
Sullivan was recently appointed to the town's personnel advisory board. During his interview, appointments committee members asked whether he'd be able to fulfill both positions and came away with the understanding that Sullivan would be willing to step down from licensing if another candidate was found.
That turned out to be a misunderstanding, as Sullivan would like to continue his role on the licensing authority.
In August 2000, the town council approved up to three associate members for the licensing authority. That language was not immediately available to the town council. Boy's appointment is likely to return as an associate member to the board.
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Nurzhigit Kalmarzayev, akim of Kentau town, South Kazakhstan region, gets severe reprimand for the accident at the thermal power plant-5.
Some the local officials were dismissed. They are deputy akim of Kentau A. Aldamuratov, chief of housing and communal services department K. Tulepbergenov, director of the thermal power plant-5 N. Kuzhakhmetov.
The cause of the accident, which left about 35 thousand people without heating on Saturday night, will be determined by a special interdepartmental commission. A preliminary inspection showed that the accident occurred due to severe cold snap and disrepair of equipment. The thermal power plant was constructed in 1934.
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The Addison 4-Piece Storage Bench by Winsome Wood looks great in any room with a rich Dark Espresso finish. The bench comes with 3-section with 3 foldable black baskets for storage. Bench is made with a combination of solid and composite wood. Assembly is required.
(W = side to side) (D = front to back) (H = top to bottom)
Bench: 37.40'' W x 13.39'' D x 20.87'' H, Weight Lbs: 38
Fabric Baskets: 10.97" W x 10.06" D x 9" H
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Waiting on Jeff Goldblum and Criminal Intent
So far, not so good. Last night's episode, which tried to weave together the stories of a washed-up celebrity chef, a hip hop mogul, and a flighty socialite, still didn't provide the punch I was hoping for. It was better than most of his episodes so far - and a good deal better than his first episode. And there are some elements I like; Goldblum's Detective Zach Nichols can't seem to keep from correcting his co-workers, seemingly with no ill will, but irritating them in the process.
But the character's quirks haven't yet settled. It still seems jarring to see him take time out of an investigation to play piano at his alma mater. And in the climactic scene where the plot unravels, he seems to be a bit of a parody of himself, mumbling the facts of the case while the criminal is goaded into giving himself up.
Comparing them to most of the D'Onofrio episodes, it sometimes seems like an entirely different staff of writers work on the show depending on the lead. The D'Onofrio episodes tend to be better written so far, although this week they were about even, thanks to a convoluted cross-dressing subplot.
Maybe the relationship between Goldblum and the show just needs time to develop. D'Onofrio's neo-Columbo took a few episodes to settle, as well. I look forward to the episode where it finally starts to click.


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Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the '70's with hits like "Crazy on You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda," "Straight On," and so many more. Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs and played the instruments too, making them the first women in rock to do so. This concert performed at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on October 16, 1978 features all of their greatest hits from the 70's.
Disc 1
1) Cook With Fire
2) High Time
3) Heartless
4) Devil Deligh
5) Straight On
6) Magic Man
7) Love Alive
8) Magazine
9) Mistral Wind
10) Dog and Butterfly
Disc 2
1) Silver Wheels
2) Crazy On You
3) Kick It Out
4) Barracuda
5) White Lightning And Wine
6) Rock And Roll
7) Band Intros
8) Without You
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Millions of Milkshakes
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Granted, this outlet doesn't serve burgers or pizzas, but we had to squeeze it in somewhere. Besides, the thick, gloopy consistency of the milkshakes here could well pass as puréed food. However, you'll be disappointed to find only 30 or so milkshakes, as opposed to the advertised million. Offerings such as the 'Kim Kardashian' (strawberries and mango with a whipped cream and hundreds-and-thousands topping) and a hot chocolate fudge milkshake won't do the UAE's diabetes problems any favours, but we're guessing that without the omnipresence of celebrities (the selling point of the original back in LA) of Milkshakes Dubai will be forgotten as quickly as the aforementioned patron's nuptials.
Time Out Dubai,
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The development team working on MLB 13 The Show at Sony is offering a new reveal trailer for the game, which is designed to show fans exactly what the new title has to offer.
There are ten Easter Eggs included in the trailer, features and concepts that fans of the series will be able to discover from the footage.
Ramonde Ruseell talks about one of them, saying, "In season modes, when a player is traded or joins a new team in the offseason, if they have a real photo it will be replaced with the cap screen shot. So basically if you do a fantasy draft franchise every player on your team will be wearing the correct hats and jerseys."
MLB The Show 13 will be launched on both the PlayStation 3 home console and the Vita handheld on March 5, with included Cross Play.


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Our World: International pastime
Forget the florescent lighting, the smell of stale beer and shoe disinfectant spray — bowling no longer need be associated. Today, bowling just got a little greener, as in grassy green lawns, for lanes. It's lawn bowling.
What is that?
Lawn bowling is a sport, often played on a flat green field that is either inside or out. The objective is to roll biased balls so it stops close to a smaller ball, called a "jack" or "kitty." Played in Naples and around the world, lawn bowling has been quite popular for centuries and has been popular among many classes of people, from royalty down to middle and lower classes.
Many who occupy the playing field at the Naples Premier Croquet & Lawn Bowling Club in Naples are British.
"It's huge in England!" exclaims Jenny Simpkin.
Simpkin is there along with her husband Brian Simpkin playing with friends on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. It's a relaxed mood among the players and words of encouragement spread quickly between teams. The playing was lighthearted, and jokes were tossed around.
"You cheeky bastard!" Desmund Cohen said with a laugh after he and the players joke on the field.
It's an easy decision for these travelers to come to Naples and enjoy the sport they've long enjoyed in their home countries.
"With the weather here, we really like it," said Jenny Simpkin.
Many participants in today's games have known each other for years, and a few met just through bowling together. One of the few Americans playing at the club is Ken Valldejuli. Even though he's American, the retired police officer's tie to lawn bowling is someone who hails from England: his wife. And Brian Simpkin and Rick Gray have known each other for nearly 30 years. They grew up on the same street on South England and now they're playing together in Naples.
Even though this type of bowling differs a bit from the bowling we're used to, it is similar in the enjoyment anyone can experience from rolling a ball toward a target with a few friends and a few laughs. That's international.
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Parker's Pet Project: Northern Kentucky boy donates to Kenton County animal shelter
Parker's Pet Project was started by a big-hearted, little boy named Parker Willman. After a family trip to the Kenton County animal shelter, Parker decided he wanted to help the animals at the shelter. Parker is now a 7-year-old second-grader who lives in Independence.