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Bethel's only health care clinic is shutting down Saturday and moving to Greenville.
The East Carolina University run Bethel Family Practice Center in Pitt County has been in Bethel many years, but ECU officials say they've lost too much money. The town hopes to buy the building from ECU and find a new doctor to move in, but that could take up to 6 months to be approved. Until then, the town could lease the building, the decision on that will go to the ECU board at the end of September.
We asked residents what their plans are in the meantime.
"We are going to have to find a new one, maybe in Greenville somewhere," said patient Omar Cherry
Mayor Mike Whitehurst says there's a doctor interested in moving into the building, but there is no official contract at this time.

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Ads by BlockAndSurf keeps appearing on the web page you surf? Seek for complete removal instruction on the BlockAndSurf adware or ads by BlockAndSurf pop-up? Thus, please read more.
What is BlockAndSurf?
BlockAndSurf is a browser plug-in which claims to enhance user's Internet browsing experience by allowing opening various media files. But this plug-in is detected as adware program or potentially unwanted program by many antivirus programs. It is not acted as promised. Actually, the main purpose of BlockAndSurf is to distribute pop-up ads.
BlockAndSurf is compatible with most common web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome. Web browser with BlockAndSurf installed will display pop-up ads by BlockAndSurf. Besides that, it also bring pop-up ads such as "ads not by this site", browser new-window pop-up ads and other unwanted advertisement when browser online. When those ads keep popping up, you will definitely experience problem such as, computer performance slowing down, browser crashing unexpected, etc. Below is a screenshot of the "ads by BlockAndSurf", see for your reference:
It must be a very unpleasant experience to have tons of ads produced by BlockAndSurf; you may feel a dreadful that, with BlockAndSurf installed on your computer, you will have other kinds of new window pop-up and redirect, such as rvzr-a.akamaihd.net, PCFixhelp.com, Static.tanzuki.net and more which may bring you further malware or adware infection. Below is a screenshot of the browser hijacker pop-up ads:
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I use the javadoc @version tag in my classes, however I am not sure how to get the version in the class itself. Let's look at an example...
* @version 1.0a
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San Juan Fire update: Eastern Arizona wildfire grows to 10 square miles
SHOW LOW, AZ - A wildfire in eastern Arizona's White Mountains continues to grow in size as firefighters conduct burnout operations within the fire perimeter.
Fire officials say the San Juan Fire located 18 miles southeast of Show Low had grown to 10 square miles by Monday night, up from 9 square miles earlier in the day.
Firefighters are continuing burnout operations on the fire's western flank to deprive the fire of fuel and to keep it from spreading outside the planned containment lines. They're also mopping up hot spots elsewhere.
Containment remained at 5 percent as of Monday night.
Nearly 700 personnel are assigned to the fire, which is burning on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.


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If only this were true =(
Unfortunately the learning curve of HTML5 Windows 8 apps is too great, I don't think it will find the adoption Microsoft wanted. And we have first hand experience with this, building an internal Windows 8 app for Microsoft, done in HTML5/WinJS....NOT a fun experience. Our next Windows 8 app is going to be built in Xaml/WinRT, so hopefully a much better experience =)


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Will they manage?
With Kevin Towers sent packing, the Padres are facing some big challenges, decisions during a crucial offseason
To save the budget, the Padres might have to consider trading Bell or Kouzmanoff, or both. Were Bell to be traded, Adams would become the leading candidate at closer, although health would be a concern.
With Correia wanting to remain in his hometown, might the Padres gamble on nontendering him and trying to re-sign the right-hander as a free agent rather than face arbitration?
Truth is, contract talks need to start with these four and the Padres are without a general manager.
Who's on third
Which brings us to another pressing problem.
The Padres have two natural third basemen in Kouzmanoff and Headley, both of whom have strengths and flaws. Headley has been playing in left, but if Gonzalez remains a Padre, Blanks — a first baseman converted into an outfielder — will likely be in left. He has more punch and looks to be on par with Headley in the outfield.
Defensively, Kouzmanoff has played far beyond the Padres' original expectations at third. And he's averaged 20 homers and 82 RBI in his three seasons with the Padres. But his .302 on-base percentage is among the lowest in the major leagues.
Two years ago, or pre-Blanks and pre-Venable, Headley was the poster child of the Padres' minor league system. He reaches base more often than Kouzmanoff, but his run-production numbers are not as good and he's unproven at third.
Kouzmanoff probably has more market value in a trade and will certainly be making more next year.
Complementing Gwynn
The Padres like Gwynn as a center fielder, to a point.
When you are a singles hitter, you better have a lot of singles and a high on-base percentage. Gwynn hit .270 with a .350 on-base percentage.
The Padres love him as a fourth outfielder, spot starter, defensive sub and left-handed pinch-hitter. But not so much as an every-day regular, unless he hits over .300.
Interesting name surfaced last week — ex-Padres Mike Cameron, now a free agent after spending the past two seasons in Milwaukee.
Catching on
Hundley made great strides this season at catcher, but has a long way to go. Veteran backup Henry Blanco believes Hundley is the club's catcher of the future.
But the Padres would also try to trade for a quality catcher to work with their young pitching staff if they could find the right upgrade. Truth is, they probably have neither the match nor the money for such a trade.
If Hundley is again No. 1, then Blanco should return as No. 2.
Middle infield help
One reason rookie Everth Cabrera made the final 97 starts at shortstop is that the Padres lacked a backup. Luis Rodriguez, who is also eligible for arbitration, will likely be nontendered as the Padres look for a middle infielder to back up Cabrera and second baseman David Eckstein.
Either Oscar Salazar or Edgar Gonzalez might be retained as a right-handed hitting infielder-corner outfielder — but not both. Basically, they are the same player with defensive limitations.


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Soz couldnt resist it.
But how can they have done so much work, and changed so much yet still have the same problems? They knew what they were trying to fix... Didnt they test the changes over winter?


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New contract means Dalton Police Chief can't cash in on overtime
Dalton's top cop will see a slight increase in his base salary this year but will no longer reap overtime benefits.
Under a new three-year contract, borough Police Chief Christopher Tolson will make $48,500 in salary in 2014. It's a 3.5 percent raise from his 2012 annual salary of $46,831.62, the most recent data officials provided. The Times-Tribune filed a Right-To-Know request on Wednesday for the chief's 2013 salary.
The contract, obtained on Wednesday via a Right-To-Know request, classifies Chief Tolson as a salaried employee exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime mandate.
His last contract compensated him as an hourly employee, so he received time-and-a-half for any hours he worked in excess of his 40-hour work week.
"Now even if he worked 50 or 60 hours, that's still his salary," said borough solicitor Frank Bolock, who acknowledged the move helps slash overtime costs.
The police chief job qualifies as an exemption because it's a managerial position, he said.
Chief Tolson declined to comment on the contract, saying he doesn't want the subject to be brought up again.
Officials informed Chief Tolson in November they would not automatically renew his contract when it expired on Dec. 31. After advertising the position, borough council approved a new contract with Chief Tolson at a Dec. 28 special meeting.
The contract clarifies the chief's job duties and puts a greater emphasis on recruiting and developing policies for part-time officers and applying for grants, officials said.
"We're glad we agreed on a contract and don't have to worry about it for another three years," Council President Gus Vlassis said.
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$40,000 in 2 theaters; PSA: $20,000
Playing to a hometown crowd in two prime theaters, Zeitgeist already had things positioned well for this documentary about New York's outspoken ex-Mayor, who made himself available to enliven the film with an up-to-date feel to go along with extensive historical footage. Then with a timing that paralleled his attention-getting methods throughout his life, Koch died just hours before this opened.
Koch was the quintessential New Yorker in many ways, and how this plays outside of his base remains to be seen. But he was something of a national figure, regularly in the news years after his political career was over, so it is premature to assume these numbers are totally a one-off event.
What comes next: Los Angeles was already set, but these numbers should guarantee this more extensive theatrical playoff than what might have been initially imagined.
"Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary" (First Run Features) - Metacritic score: 40; Festivals include: Mill Valley 12
$10,500 in 1 theater; PSA: $10,500
Relatively unheralded and not receiving positive reviews, this documentary about Abu-Jamal Mumia, imprisoned for 30 years in Pennsylvania for killing a policeman and later becoming a prolific writer as he fought to have his death sentence overturned, had a solid performance, particularly for its theater (the Cinema Village). Mumia has received much attention over the years, and this gross shows a core interest in him that goes beyond the normal path toward (at least initial) documentary success. This is First Run's second decent opening of the year so far after the solid start to "56 Up."
What comes next: Although this likely sees a lot of non-theatrical playoff at festivals, colleges and elsewhere ahead, this gross should be enough to raise its art-house profile.
"2013 Oscar Nominated Shorts" (Magnolia)
$390,000 in 105 theaters; PSA: $3,714
This collection of nominees has been a staple for the last few years, with this year's result ahead of past ones (this is eighth year for the program) as audiences try to not only discover off-beat films but gain an advantage in their Oscar pools for what often are the tie-breaking categories,
What comes next: Plenty of time yet for this to add to these totals before the Oscars.
"Quartet" (Weinstein) - Week 4
$1,184,000 in 202 theaters (+39); PSA: $5,861; Cumulative: $3,474,000
Impressively, the quite decent PSA fell off only about 15% despite adding more theaters and with Super Bowl competition hurting today, showing once again that this Maggie Smith-led cast of older actors continues to appeal to its core audience with good word of mouth and a further expansion justified.
This continues to show more strength than "Amour," the other expanding limited film in the market. With over twice the theater count, it continues to have a higher PSA. Although the latter film has Oscar heft behind it (and much better reviews), "Quartet" remains the easier sell and a film more able to crossover beyond art houses.
What comes next: As the Oscar films mostly run out of steam, and little else significant yet opening in the specialized world, this has a clear path to keep playing and going wider for weeks to come.
"Amour" (Sony Pictures Classics) - Week 7
$497,000 in 94 theaters (+30); PSA: $5,287; Cumulative: $2,488,000
"Amour" keeps adding runs and maintaining its performance as a strong subtitled film. Once again, playing at slightly more theaters, it continues to outgross what last year's "A Separation" made in a similar number of theaters. It has achieved a total gross in its seventh weekend about as much as the Iranian film did in its ninth (which had the boost of being Oscar weekend). It is also performing better than "Intouchables" did last year (that film never had a PSA above $5,000 after its first three weeks, even though it played in under 100 theaters for six more). With those films ending up with respectively over $7 and $13 million totals, and with three more weekends before the Oscars, further expansion plus one or more wins could still propel this film into a final gross somewhere between those two at a minimum.
What comes next: More expansion, with the ultimate course likely remaining to be seen after we see what it wins.
"The Impossible" (Lionsgate) - Week 7
$1,280,000 in 765 theaters (-17); PSA: $1,673; Cumulative: $15,189,000
Falling about a third with minor theater count losses, this Naomi Watts-starrer is still adding to gross totals even if the PSA is minor. The theater count is helping boost this results, but Lionsgate seems to be able to both hold its dates and move into additional theaters to keep this in the public eye as interest in Watts' Best Actress nomination continues to draw audiences.
What comes next: Lionsgate should be able to push this over the $20 million mark even without a win for Watts.
Other grosses ( + total)
"Hyde Park on Hudson" (Focus - Week 9) $176,000/$5,575,000
"A Royal Affair" (Magnolia - Week 13) $103,000/$1,007,000
"Rust and Bone" (Sony Pictures Classics - Week 11) $78,800/$1,842,000
"Anna Karenina" (Focus - Week 12) $64,800/$12,539,000


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WholeFoods Magazine SourceBook: The Natural Products Directory
Las Vegas, NV—Three raw materials suppliers were named the winners of the SupplySide West 2011 Scientific Excellence Awards. The tradeshow was held October 10–14, here. The recipients were selected based on their ingredients' "science/research methods, scientific breakthrough, innovation and appeal for the manufacturing community."
New York, NY—A bioavailable form of vitamin B5 (Pantesin, a form of pantethine, developed by Kyowa Hakko USA) may help reduce cholesterol levels within the body and help prevent cardiovascular diseases according to research. Published in Nutrition Research Journal, the experiment yielded positive results for those who included pantethine in their diets.
Bioscience company Chr. Hansen completed new research on a branded probiotic strain (L. casei 431, Lactobacillus paracase) and whether it benefits immunity against influenza following vaccination.
News and notes from industry suppliers.
Santa Fe, MN–New data published in Phytotherapy Research indicates that an herbal combination ingredient benefits women in all phases of menopause.
A 23-person clinical trial conducted at Laval University in Quebec, Canada, has confirmed that brown seaweed (InSea2, innoVactiv, Inc., based in Quebec, Canada) positively affects glucose and insulin levels after eating.
A branded cranberry extract (PACran from Decas Botanical Synergies) was showed in a clinical trial to help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women. Results from the study were presented at the most recent PhytoPharm conference in Nuremberg.
Rockville, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has developed a new tool where adverse events from dietary supplements can be reported.
Contract manufacturer Paragon Laboratories is celebrating a milestone this year: its 40th anniversary.
News from industry food companies.
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Raymond Nagle, MD, PhD, involves himself within molecular pathology studies in prostate carcinogenesis. His research program has focused for the past several years on understanding the biological basis for the variability in the clinical evolution and spread of prostate cancer. In collaboration with Drs Anne Cress, Timothy Bowden, Ronald Heimark and many others, his group has worked to define molecular events during the progression of the disease that allow the cancer to migrate out of the site of origin in the prostate and thus metastasize to the bone and other sites. Such knowledge may provide the basis for predicting the probable outcome of an individual's tumor as well as suggest approaches to block the evolution and dissemination of prostate cancer. Dr. Nagle received combined training in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Washington. Subsequently, he received an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in experimental pathology which led to a Ph.D. degree. He was an associate pathologist in the Department of Experimental Pathology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research where he was involved in studies of pathogenesis of African Trypanosomiasis as well as acute renal failure. Following military service, he served on the faculty at the University of Maryland where his research primarily dealt with mechanisms of acute renal failure as well as models of experimental glomerulonephritis. In 1968 he joined the faculty at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. His work as a surgical pathologist led to a research program focusing on the role and identification of cytokeratins in the diagnosis of human neoplasms. Dr. Nagle has over 28 funded research grants, and has authored over 180 papers and abstracts in the area of solid tumor pathology and prostate cancer progression.
Phase Ii Study Of Erlotinib In Patients With Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Papillary Histology Renal Cell Cancer: Swog S0317. Source: Journal Of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology
November 2nd, 2009 PMID: 19884559 Raymond Nagle
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Patients with advanced papillary renal cell cancer (pRCC) have poor survival after systemic therapy; the reported median survival time is 7 to 17 months. In this trial, we evaluated the efficacy of erlotinib, an oral epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor in patients with advanced pRCC, a tumor type associated with wild-type von Hippel Lindau gene.

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Patients with histologically confirmed, advanced, or metastatic pRCC were treated with erlotinib 150 mg orally once daily. A RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) response rate (RR) of > or = 20% was considered a promising outcome. Secondary end points included overall survival and 6-month probability of treatment failure.

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Of 52 patients registered, 45 were evaluable. The overall RR was 11% (five of 45 patients; 95% CI, 3% to 24%), and the disease control rate was 64% (ie five partial response and 24 stable disease). The median overall survival time was 27 months (95% CI, 13 to 36 months). Probability of freedom from treatment failure at 6 months was 29% (95% CI, 17% to 42%). There was one grade 5 adverse event (AE) of pneumonitis, one grade 4 thrombosis, and nine other grade 3 AEs.

CONCLUSION:
Although the RECIST RR of 11% did not exceed prespecified estimates for additional study, single-agent erlotinib yielded disease control and survival outcomes of interest with an expected toxicity profile. The design of future trials of the EGFR axis in pRCC should be based on preclinical or molecular data that define appropriate patient subgroups, new drug combinations, or potentially more active alternative schedules.


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Do you stress over your website's content? You aren't alone; a lot of the information on the Internet needs help. Every day we are discovering new ways to make government website content more useful, functional, and maintenance-free.
Users visit your website to find information, but sometimes it's hard for them to find. CivicPlus utilizes a four-step approach to make our clients' government website content more user-friendly to citizens and users as they scan a page looking for information.
Use modules
Use subheads
Use lists and tables
Follow best practices
The example to the right hasmany of the most common errors we see. There's too much clutter, bolding, capitalization, "clicking here," and mundane material. If you visited this page, would you want to read through the information to find what you need? Or, would you just pick up the phone and call someone or try to email someone?
By utilizing the concept of modules, adding headings, breaking content into tables and lists, and using best-practice formatting, we can turn this tedious block of data into an extremely useful page.
Step 1: Modules
At CivicPlus, we utilize modules for standardizing presentation of specific information into an easy-to-find and consistent location. Modules can help you organize photos, staff member directories, parks and facilities listings, documents and many other important items on your site.
Modules can be one of the most powerful tools on a website because they help organize information, increase functionality, and make information more usable for citizens. They are also the easiest way to update content.
Create a standardized area for placement of contact information, quick links, FAQs, news, and more on your pages for consistency so that both you and your citizens know where to look on any page for the respective information.
Notice how the FAQ, quick links, and contactinformation moved into their own area to the right? This column will allow information for all departments to be consistent throughout the website, maximizing usability for citizens.
This column area serves as a consistent location for this modular type of information. If users can't find what they need in the regular content area, they can always look to the module - or feature - column for other important information.
Step 2: Subheads
On CivicPlus websites, we use subheads to break up page content into more usable chunks. In general, subheads make scanning text easier, allowing users to determine if the information they need is on the page within seconds of arriving there.
Now that we've separated out our module information into the feature column, we can begin cleaning up the actual content for the page.
If every page on your website made it easy foryour users to find information, don't you think they'd come back to your site the next time they needed something?
Use subheads on your pages and notice the cleaner, more streamlined content this produces. Between the use of subheads, modules, and the feature column, isn't the page already looking better?
Step 3: Lists and Tables
When you have a lot of short segments of information, it can look strange to have them spaced out on a page. Paragraphs with lists of information often look intimidating and hard to read. We have a solution for you: lists and tables. By utilizing ordered and unordered lists, as well as tables, cluttered information turns into a helpful section on a page.
Ordered lists (aka numbered lists) are utilized for step-by-step processes, such as troubleshooting an issue or giving directions to a location. Unordered lists (aka bulleted lists) help organize things: items on a checklist, people, tips, responsibilities of a given position, dates, and any similar information. In the example below, the multiple dates related to real estate taxes are bulleted out to draw attention to them.
When the items on a list directly correspond to other information, tables come into play. A table allows corresponding information to be laid out at least as beautifully as a list. When creating your content, keep an eye out for information that is repeated over and over with small variations - often this kind of info is best suited for a table.
Following along with our example content, wesee that there are several different types of penalties and interest depending on when you pay your assessment. The penalties are the items to list out, and the dates correspond to the different penalties.
Bulky and cluttered content can be distracting, unhelpful, monotonous and annoying. In fact, this type of information scares people away. Lists and tables organize the clunkiest content and makes scanning more pleasant.
Step 4: Best Practices
Have you ever searched on a page for a phone number, thinking it must be there somewhere, yet not quite sure where? Or, how about a link? Do all-caps sentences annoy you? All of these questions have to do with best practices.
All of the steps so far (modules, subheads, and lists and tables) are CivicPlus Best Practices. These standardize aspects of a website so they're consistent throughout the site. This step gets into specifics of formatting and word usage.
Preventing Content Stress
Wouldn't it be helpful to know exactly how your content should be formatted when inserting it onto a page? It all comes down to one word: consistency. Consistency is your preventative tool in fighting against confusing and unprofessional government web content.
Be consistent with information types (e.g., using a module for FAQs) and formatting. On any given CivicPlus site, all phone numbers, operating hours, contact information formats, street identifiers, numbers, job titles, pictures and punctuation — along with much more — is all formatted consistently site-wide. With this done, citizens know what they're getting and know they can trust the information to be helpful and usable.
Remember that first page we saw? Rememberhow boring and hard to decipher it was? Who could blame someone for turning away from that?
Now, take a look below at the page we standardized. In four easy steps, we turned content that took a lot of energy to sort through and made it easy for your website user to locate what they need.
The Difference Matters
Technological improvements occur every day and the Internet is growing exponentially. For these and many other reasons, it is important for your website to be able to compete with the hundreds of other ways to obtain information.
The reason information started being displayed on the web was for convenience. There is no need to depend on operating hours or to take the extra time out of a busy schedule to go somewhere. Cluttered pages like our first example will be turned away from and replaced with Google or a phone call.
Yet, there is no need to feel pressure when developing content for the web. Content development doesn't need to be stressful. By following our four simple steps, helpful and highly usable content is easily within reach. Your process will not only be quicker and more efficient internally, but readers will thank you, too.
Just remember, like our content example:
By using modules that link to our feature column area, we were able to organize the contact information, FAQ, and external resources.
Subheads categorized the page information, making it easy to access different subjects in the page's topic. Lower level subheads direct the eye further down the hierarchy of information.
The list and table organized what cluttered information was left, since it was more appropriate on a page than in a module.
Best practices for all formatting keep the site consistent and make it easy to add more content in the future.


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Steering Column Buyers Guide - There are several options to consider if you are thinking about replacing your stock steering column. Flaming River builds some steering columns as direct fit replacements. They are specifically made for a particular vehicle, eliminating custom installation challenges. Direct replacement columns are available for most popular GM, Ford and Mopar vehicles as well as some Jeep applications. Direct fit columns can usually be purchased in several configurations. Depending on your car and transmission type, you may want the shifter on the column or the floor. You can also choose to have the ignition built into the column. Some will want a dash mounted set-up eliminating the need for a column switch.
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Roger Highfield warns in the Telegraph, of a new genetic test to screen unborn babies for thousands of genetic disorders: "What is considered acceptable will vary a great deal from person to person, let alone between cultures" ('Unborn babies can be screened for 3,500 disorders', Telegraph, June 7). In China and India, 'culture' dictates millions of times over that having a baby girl is unacceptable. Notwithstanding our own 'freedom to choose', our health services operate a 'search and destroy' approach to disability, which they admit is for economic reasons, and parents who 'allow' the birth of a disabled baby have been accused of negligence or selfishness. There is growing support for the view that the disabled should be 'helped to die', the implication being that we are better off dead, and that anyone who objects is guilty of 'inflicting suffering' on others.
The scientists involved in this new development say it is an improvement on invasive tests that "pose a risk to the health of the foetus and the mother", but until we can accept that all life is precious, it will simply result in more pressure on parents, more abortions and more misery – all of which, apparently, is seen as acceptable in the insane quest to eliminate the unacceptable.
As it happens, sex-selective abortions are not confined to China and India – they have been happening here, too. And in Arizona, though illegal, abortion clinic workers have been filmed getting round the law against sex-selective abortion by instructing 'clients' (expectant mothers) not to mention their desire to end a pregnancy based on the fact that the gender of the expected child will not fit in with their 'family planning'. Sometimes this is because for cultural reasons they prefer boys – or, under the prevailing cultural influence of consumerism, because they planned to have only two children, and want one of each. Also in GB, David Cameron has welcomed 'three parent families', i.e. genetically modified children with genetic material from a female donor. Who'll be mother?


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Oracle's lawsuit accusing rival SAP of stealing proprietary information is a serious escalation in the battle between the software giants that may create fear and uncertainty among customers, some analysts say.
"Clearly it's a very fierce rivalry that just keeps getting ratcheted up," says James Kobielus, principal analyst for data management at Current Analysis. "It's not surprising they'll continue to duke it out with each other through all available channels. … Oracle has made no bones about the fact that it covets SAP's primary standing in the business application market. SAP clearly feels the threat from Oracle on that front."
Read Paul McNamara's blog on the lawsuit and add your comments.
Oracle today accused SAP and its TomorrowNow subsidiary of engaging in "systematic, illegal access" to Oracle's computerized customer support systems. TomorrowNow provides third-party maintenance and support in large part for Oracle applications drawn from its PeopleSoft, Siebel and JD Edwards product families.
Oracle's lawsuit defends against TomorrowNow "looking to undercut a major revenue stream by offering half-rate support," writes Martin Schneider, an analyst at 451 Group. But Oracle has done the same in the past, he writes in analysis issued in response to the lawsuit.
"It is interesting that Oracle has been guilty of the same kind of activity with its recent underselling of RedHat Linux support," Schneider writes. "But since the JDE and PeopleSoft products are under proprietary licenses, Oracle has much more legal recourse than RedHat. But we wonder how much (Oracle) IP SAP did gather that is really hard to come by, since most of the later PeopleSoft bug fixes and patches were built using the open source Eclipse toolkit."
Oracle's lawsuit claims that SAP illegally accessed and downloaded more than 10,000 pieces of Oracle IP off its customer portal, Schneider notes.
Kobielus called the lawsuit a "distressing new development" in the rivalry between the top two players in the applications market.
"It introduces fear, uncertainty and doubt on all sides of the equation, both among Oracle's customers and SAP's customers," he says. "Whether it substantially makes any change in either of the vendors' value propositions or competitiveness in the market, no it doesn't. Vendors sue each other all the time… over various matters."
The impact on customers of the two companies "will vary," says Rich Ptak, a founder and principal analyst with Ptak, Noel & Associates. "I don't think it will be great for either of them."
The charges against SAP, if true, could be "pretty devastating," Ptak writes in an e-mail. "It is rare that you get the accusation. It is even more rare that you would see actual criminal activity."
The lawsuit illustrates the importance of third-party maintenance as a revenue stream, notes Ray Wang, principal analyst with Forrester Research.
"SAP through TomorrowNow [a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAP] has been offering Oracle customers third-party maintenance support," Wang says. "One key thing here is that third-party maintenance is becoming a sensitive topic. As software companies become heavily dependent on recurring services revenue, any success by third-party maintenance providers will give one vendor an advantage over another by cutting off that funding."
A customer that pays $1 million for software licenses could pay more than $200,000 for third-party maintenance, he says.
Wang says he does not think the lawsuit represents a new level of bitterness in the ongoing rivalry between Oracle and SAP. One surprising aspect of the lawsuit is that SAP could ultimately be better off if it loses, he says, because third-party maintenance is not in the interests of either company. Wang says employees at TomorrowNow have probably looked at Oracle code on behalf of customers for whom they provide third-party maintenance.
"Oddly enough it is in both their interests for third-party maintenance to fail, because then they could get that revenue stream from their customers," Wang says. "Third-party maintenance would threaten both Oracle and SAP revenue streams. It's a weird lawsuit that could benefit SAP to lose … Maintenance represents one-third or more revenue for the vendor. Oracle may want to stop this third-party maintenance before others begin to offer it as well."
The lawsuit "casts a pall" over SAP's TomorrowNow business, John Rymer, vice president at Forrester Research, writes in an e-mail. "It also is a warning to Oracle customers against willingly or unwillingly using their access to Oracle support systems to help TomorrowNow. The popular term for the dour mood actions like Oracle's complaint create is 'FUD' (fear, uncertainty, doubt)."
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* Buzzblog: Oracle calls SAP a bunch of crooks
* Maintenance contracts at heart of Oracle, SAP dispute
* Oracle lawsuit escalates battle with SAP* Oracle sues SAP for corporate 'theft'


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Everybody loves a good long summer vacation, but we all know that they have to eventually end sometime, as is the all-ages hit Phineas and Ferb, which will come to an end next month after four seasons.
Disneys animated program, Phineas and Ferb, has a knack for being culturally relevant, as well as extremely witty. The program pleases both kids and their parents and should continue to do so, thanks to a couple of crossover episodes Disney has in the works. Next month, the network will air Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel and on Friday Disney announced that it has a second crossover episode in the works, this time featuring lightsabers and other weapons and characters from the Star Wars realm.
Phineas and Ferb has endeared children and parents alike since it popped up on the Disney Channel in 2007. Since its inception, the show has also garnered generally favorable reviews from critics and is known for its special episodes as well as its use of original songs from time to time. Since Phineas and Ferb is a fan of trying new things on television and Disney now owns Marvel, someone had the brilliant idea to do a Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel crossover special and on Sunday, fans got a first look at upcoming TV event.
December is here! While we still have a few weeks before Christmas, those of you who are looking to map out your TV schedule for the month of December might consider dedicating thirty minutes of December 23rd to watching Phineas and Ferbs Christmas Vacation when it airs on ABC.
Phineas and Ferb is anything but boring, but it is a rarity on the cable network. So, its no surprise Disney Television Animation has locked down creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff Swampy Marsh, for a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract. As part of the deal the two creators will be involved with the Phineas and Ferb feature film currently in developed. The two are planning a spinoff series, as well as a brand new pilot. Theyll be making a bit of money, but it looks like there will be a lot of work involved.
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Calvin Trillin has done it all. And he's still going. The 71-year-old author has tackled nearly every mode of written communication imaginable, moving from journalist to novelist to critic to columnist with equal skill and humor.
Trillin has written for myriad publications since graduating from Yale in the late 1950s, including stints at Time, The Nation and The New Yorker, where he wrote his popular "U.S. Journal" column that largely focused on everyday Midwestern people like those found in his native Kansas City, Mo.
While best known for his incisive, lighthearted books about eating, Trillin's most recent works have focused more on his family. About Alice, an affecting, graceful look at his late wife, was published late last year. Oh, and don't forget A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Ryhme, also published last year, a satirical collection that finds Trillin's sharp but rarely spiteful wit firmly intact.
The man they call "Bud" recently spoke to CityBeat from his summer home in Nova Scotia.
CityBeat: How has your Midwestern roots influenced your writing over the years?
Calvin Trillin: I grew up in Kansas City, and I don't think I would have done that New Yorker series every three weeks if I had been from a boarding-school family. I was always interested in writing about the United States, and I was always grateful that I grew up in the Midwest. I grew up with the people I write about. I don't feel they're very different from me.
CB: Is that where you picked up this idea of constantly deflating people of self-importance?
CT: I think there's a long tradition of Midwestern American humor that concentrates on people who, according to mothers in the supermarket, have gotten "too big for their britches." That's a natural. One of the obvious values of the Midwest is that people are equal and they want to be treated equally. And there's no way to write about politics, particularly if you're trying to make jokes, without deflating people who are in power.
CB: How did you become interested in writing about food?
CT: I have a limited interest actually. One of the things that I could write about the country and still write in a lighter way had to do with eating. I had always been interested in the fact that the writing about eating, at that time in America, was always sort of ... I don't know what you'd call it, fine dining? It wasn't about the places people actually liked. I always noticed when Kansas City people got together they talked about ribs and fried chicken. They didn't talk about the fancy French restaurant. Plus, I was in a strange city every three weeks, so I had to find someplace to eat. I can't cook, and I don't know what the proper Beef Wellington is supposed to taste like. I have no idea. I choose wine by the labels. So it's really just another way of writing about the country.
CB: In reading About Alice, I was struck by the balancing of tone. It's affecting without being sentimental. Did you have to work at that, or is it something that comes naturally?
CT: It's not something I'm aware of. I think at some point writers sort of acquire or end up with a voice and that's the way they write. And so even though I write a lot of things that are fairly different, like that book compared to a New Yorker piece or just silly stories about eating in Singapore, I think once you end up with that voice -- and I've never known how exactly how that happens; I'm not sure anybody ever knows -- that's the way you write. It isn't that I would start to write something and think, "No, that's a little too sentimental." I wouldn't write the thing to start with. I don't think it's something that I'm consciously aware of. And I don't know how other people write; the main thing about writing is that everybody does it a different way.
CB: Where is journalism going in the age of the Internet?
CT: I think newspapers are in some peril, and I think publishing is in some peril. What will happen? I have no idea. When talking about governmental or corporate stuff, I'm not sure there's any exact substitute for a guy who carries the imprimatur of an established newspaper or magazine or television station going to the guy and demanding an answer, even though they don't demand an answer as often as they should. So it worries me, for instance, when you read that such and such paper used to have 12 guys covering City Hall (and) now has one.
CB: Today is Karl Rove's final day at the White House. Any thoughts?
CT: (laughing) I'm glad to see the back of him.
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A. Publications available for download in .pdf format (Please see attachments)
1- International Merchandise Trade Statistics Compilers Manual -
Series F No. 87 (Buy online) (Download)
Year 2004
The Manual is published by UNSD at the request of the United Nations Statistical Commission to assist United Nations Member States in the implementation of the methodological guidelines laid out in International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions (published in 1998). The Manual has been prepared in cooperation with other international organizations and country experts. It is directed to all institutions which play a role in the collection, compilation and dissemination of trade statistics, and it may also serve as a guide to users who wish to understand better the nature of trade data. The Manual discusses in detail the conceptual and institutional framework of data collection, the sources of data, methods of data compilation, and data dissemination, reconciliation and exchange.
2- International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions revision 2 -
Series M No. 52 rev. 2 (Out of print) (Download)
Year 1998
This publication contains updated recommendations on methodology for compiling international merchandise trade statistics adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 1997. These recommendations are an essential references for trade statistics analysis and understanding. They take into account new developments in international trade, national practices of data compilation, new international agreements regarding customs procedures, and previously adopted revisions of methodology of national accounting and balance of payments statistics. They address basic issues such as coverage of statistics and time of recording, trade system, commodity classifications, valuation, quantity measurement, partner country, and reporting and dissemination. The publication also contains detailed lists of goods to be included and excluded from imports and exports; two tables which make it possible to determine, at a glance, how various categories of goods are treated in both the general and the special trade systems; and linkages between statistical concepts and international conventions regarding trade matters.
3- Strategies for Price and Quantity Measurement in External Trade - A Technical Report
Series M No. 69 (Out of print) (Download)
Year 1981
This publication is part of a continuing effort by the Statistics Division to develop comprehensive recommendations for national work on price and quantity statistics. It stems from the discussion of price and quantity comparisons in System of National Accounts and Guidelines on Principles of a System of Price and Quantity Statistics. It examines alternative strategies for the measurement of price and quantity in external trade and considers sources of data; approaches to measurement; major problems of pricing; the problem of aggregation; some tentative solutions; and strategies for compiling index numbers. An annex on coverage and structure of index numbers in external trade is included, as is a list of references.
4- Price and Quantity Measurement in External Trade: Two studies of national practice
Series M No. 76 (Out of print) (Download)
Year 1983
This publication has been designed as a supplement to Strategies for Price and guantity Measurement in External Trade, A technical report prepared by the Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat and published in 1981. Through the presentation of two case studies of national practice and experience, the present report aims to provide detailed practical guidance on the development and implementation of the two main approaches to price and quantity measurement in external trade. The relative merits of the two approaches and also of an approach combining the best features of each have been extensively discussed in the earlier report. Both publications should be of direct assistance to countries initiating work in this important area , as well as to those planning to improve existing work.
5- Statistical Territories of the World for Use in International Merchandise Trade Statistics
Series M 30 rev 3 (Buy online) (Download)
Year 2000
This publication defines each country's customs territory and economic territory and the definition used for international merchandise trade statistics practices. It also gives the basis upon which individual countries compile their trade statistics. For many countries the statistical territory coincides with the customs territory, indicating that many countries use customs records as their main source of statistical data. The results also show that for some countries the statistical territory coincides with the economic territory and the geographic territory. This analysis provides users with a better understanding of a country's merchandise trade statistics, and greatly facilitates international comparisons of external trade data.
6-National Practices in Compilation and Dissemination of External Trade Index Numbers
Series F 86 (Buy online) (Download)
Year 2005
This publication summarizes the collection of technical information on the index numbers of international trade statistics. The United Nations Statistics Division sent out a questionnaire to a number of countries at the beginning of 1999. By 2002, the Division had received responses on compilation practices from a total of 76 countries and one customs union.
The present report describes the compilation practices of each respondent according to the following characteristics:(a) Index number series produced; (b) Source of information; (c) Index calculation methods; (d) Limitations of indices, problems encountered and other methodological observations specific to the country; (e) Release dates; (f) Revision policy; (g) Dissemination; (h) Compiling agency and contact information. The results of the survey summarized in this publication include national compilation and dissemination of index numbers of external trade and descriptions of national practices.
7-Standard International Trade Classification Revision 3
Series M 34 rev. 3 (Out of print) (Download)
Year 1986
This basic classification, known as SITC, Rev. 3, groups all commodities into headings suitable for economic analysis. SITC is recommended by the United Nations for use in all countries for their external trade data and thus promotes international comparability of trade statistics. This publication describes the history of SITC and usage and two annexes show the correspondence between the basic headings of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) of the Customs Co-operation Council and SITC, Rev. 3, and between Revision 2 and Revision 3 of SITC.
8-Guidelines on Principles of a System of Price and Quantity Statistics
Series M 59 (Out of print) (Download)
Year 1977
B. Publications (available by subscription from UN Publications www.unp.org)
1- International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2004/Annuaire Statistique du Commerce International 2004 Vols. I & II
Series G 52 (Buy online)
Year 2004
Volume I. Trade by Country 1 274 pages Volume I provides historical information on the external trade performance of individual countries in terms of current values. Information showing important commodities traded by an individual country (latest 4 years) and the country's trade with its major trading partners and regions (latest 5 years) are also shown. Summary tables for each country show imports by broad economic categories, exports by industrial origin and the percentage share of the country's trading partners and regions in relation to its total trade. This volume contains data for 182 countries or reporting customs areas. Volume II. Trade by Commodity 660 pages Volume II contains selected commodity tables showing total world trade of those commodities analyzed by regions and countries, as well as various specialized tables.
2- Commodity Indexes for the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3
Series M 38 Rev.2 (Out of print)
Year 1994
Sales number: 94.XVII.10
The Commodity Indexes for the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 show the classification according to commodities that enter into international trade. Volume I is an item index and gives a full description of each heading, with additional notes and/or exclusions where necessary, and with a representative list of commodities. Volume II is an Alphabetic Index and lists in alphabetical order, all of the commodities appearing in the Item Index along with the code number of the heading under which they fall. It is thus possible for someone seeking trade data about a specific five-digit commodity to quickly find the code number under which this data will be found in other United Nations publications such as the International Trade Statistics Yearbook.
3-Classification by Broad Economic Categories
Series M 53 rev. 4 (Buy online)
Year 2003
The original Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) was produced in 1961 to provide a means for international trade statistics to be analyzed by broad economic categories such as food, industrial supplies, capital equipment, consumer durables and consumer non-durables. The original BEC was linked to the Standard International Trade Classification. Two revisions of BEC were produced to coincide with revisions of SITC, and a third revision made technical corrections. The current publication provides links between BEC and the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (2002 edition) as well as to the basic classes of goods in the System of National Accounts (consumption goods, intermediate goods, capital goods). Each of the 3,121 SITC headings is correlated to one of the nineteen BEC basic headings, as are 5,222 of the 5,224 HS02 subheadings (two HS02 subheadings fall outside the scope of SITC, Rev.3 and are therefore not correlated to BEC).


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Overall survival (OS) in patients (pts) with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring common (Del19/L858R) epidermal growth factor receptor mutations (EGFR mut): Pooled analysis of two large open-label phase III studies (LUX-Lung 3 [LL3] and LUX-Lung 6 [LL6]) comparing afatinib with chemotherapy (CT).
Abstracts that were granted an exception in accordance with ASCO's Conflict of Interest Policy are designated with a caret symbol (^).
Background: Afatinib (A) is an oral, irreversible ErbB family blocker of EGFR, HER2, ErbB3 and ErbB4 signalling. LL3 compared A with cisplatin/pemetrexed in 345 pts recruited globally and LL6 compared A with gemcitabine/cisplatin in 364 Asian pts. The primary analysis (2012) showed improved progression-free survival (PFS) with A versus CT in the overall EGFR mut positive population (HR=0.58 [LL3], HR=0.28 [LL6]) and pts with common (Del19/L858R) EGFR mut (HR=0.47 [LL3], HR=0.25 [LL6]). The FDA has approved A for the first-line treatment of pts with advanced NSCLC harboring common EGFR mut. Here we present a pooled analysis of mature OS data among such pts. Methods: Treatment-naïve pts with EGFR mut stage IIIB/IV NSCLC were randomized 2:1 to 40 mg A or up to 6 cycles of standard CT and stratified by EGFR mut and race (LL3). The primary endpoint was PFS, with OS as a key secondary endpoint. Adverse events were also recorded. Results: The pooled analysis included 631/709 pts randomized into LL3 and LL6 with common EGFR mut (Del19=355, L858R=276); 419 pts received A and 212 received CT. At the time of analysis (January 2014), 404 (64%) pts had died. Median follow-up for OS was 36.5 months. Following progression, 78% of pts received subsequent systemic therapies (median of 3 regimens); 68% in the CT group received EGFR TKIs and 70% in the A group received CT. OS was significantly improved with A versus CT (median 27.3 vs 24.3 months, HR=0.81 [CI 0.66, 0.99; p=0.037]). Individual HRs for OS in LL3 and LL6 were consistent with the pooled analysis. Among Del19 pts the HR=0.59 (CI 0.45, 0.77; p<0.001) and in L858R pts the HR=1.25 (CI 0.92, 1.71; p=0.160). Updated PFS and safety findings were consistent with earlier primary reports. Conclusions: This pooled analysis reveals that first-line A significantly improves OS in pts with advanced NSCLC harboring common EGFR mut (Del19/L858R) compared with CT. This is the first analysis to show that genotype-directed therapy for EGFR mut pts can improve survival. Clinical trial information: NCT00949650.
Abstracts by James Chih-Hsin Yang:
A randomized Phase 3 study comparing first-line pemetrexed plus cisplatin followed by gefitinib maintenance (PC/G) with gefitinib monotherapy (G) in East Asian patients (pts) with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (nSqNSCLC): Final survival results.Meeting: 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting | Abstract No: 8041
AZD3759, an EGFR inhibitor with blood brain barrier (BBB) penetration for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastasis (BM): Preclinical evidence and clinical cases.Meeting: 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting | Abstract No: 8016
AZD9291, a mutant-selective EGFR inhibitor, as first-line treatment for EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Results from a phase 1 expansion cohort.Meeting: 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting | Abstract No: 8000
Presentations by James Chih-Hsin Yang:
LUX-lung 3: A randomized, open-label, phase III study of afatinib versus pemetrexed and cisplatin as first-line treatment for patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung harboring EGFR-activating mutations.Meeting: 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: LBA7500Session: Lung Cancer - Non-small Cell Metastatic (Oral Abstract Session)


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Beneath One Sky is a non-profit group from Vancouver devoted to conquering poverty in our neighbourhood and around the world.
"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty." – Mother Teresa
We pass by a lot of lonely and uncared for people everyday to tend to our own needs and wants. More than two thirds of the world live on less than $10 a day, with little or no opportunity to live better lives. Change can only start with us.


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (CTS)—Check out the upcoming events offered by Concordia Theological Seminary, 6600 N. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Ind. For additional information concerning all events, please go to www.ctsfw.edu, or phone 260-452-2100.
Deaconess Placements were announced Thursday, May 16, during morning service in Kramer Chapel. The Rev. John Flamme, Concordia Lutheran Church, Greenwood, Ind., served as the guest preacher. The archived video of the service can be found at www.ctsfw.edu in the Watch Live box on the right. There is also a link for a listing of the placements.
Continuing Education: Pastors, deaconesses and all church workers serve their congregations year-round and Concordia Theological Seminary offers continuing education opportunities to support them as they serve. The list of Continuing Education sites can be found at www.ctsfw.edu/CE. Be sure to check the site often as specific information for each site will be posted as it becomes available. You may also email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone Kara Mertz at 260-452-2103 for additional information.
Registration for Christ Academy—High School 2013 is open. For two weeks each summer, high school-aged men of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod are offered the opportunity to delve deeper into their faith, enjoy the seminary experience and make friendships that will last a lifetime while attending Christ Academy—High School. This year's event takes place June 16–29 on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. Space is limited, so be sure to get your registration in early. Information concerning the registration process may be found at www.ctsfw.edu/ChristAcademy. If you know of a young man who may be interested in this opportunity please contact Christ Academy Student Director, Chad Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com or 260-452-3140.
Phoebe Academy—High School (PA–HS), takes place on the CTS campus August 2–4, 2013. This is an opportunity for young women to learn more about the work of deaconesses in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Participants will learn how deaconesses serve the church and how they are trained to serve their neighbor. For more information, go to www.ctsfw.edu/PAHS, email email@example.com or phone 800-481-2155.
Primer Level for Organists and Service Playing for Pianists June 24–28, 2013 Organist instructor: Kantor Kevin Hildebrand Theology instructor: Kantor Richard Resch This dual-track workshop is intended for novice organists as well as musicians who play pianos or electronic keyboards for worship services. Organists who have had little or no formal training, who have been drafted into playing the organ, who do not play pedals or use only one foot are ideal candidates. Pianists who play for worship will learn more about how to lead congregational singing of hymns and liturgy from the piano. All students will have group classes in theology and hymnody with Kantor Resch. Pianists and organists will meet separately with Kantor Hildebrand and Dr. Grime to learn more about service playing on their respective instruments. For more information go to www.ctsfw.edu/OrganWorkshops, email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 260-452-2224.
Opportunities from CTS Tours: Highlights of Italy Tour, November 16–26, 2013, hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Charles Gieschen. Dr. Gieschen serves as academic dean and professor of Exegetical Theology at CTS. The 10-day tour leaves from Chicago and includes stops in Venice, Florence, Sorrento and Rome. The Holy Land, March 3–13, 2014, hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rast Jr. Dr. Rast serves as president of CTS. The tour includes the destinations of Haifa, Tiberias, Nazareth, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. For additional information on both tours go to www.ctsfw.edu/CTSTours, email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 877-287-4338.
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Movie review: 'One Direction: This Is Us'
A version of this review appears in Friday's Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. 3 of 4 stars, but this movie is for fans only. Seriously, if you're not a 1D fan, why are you even still reading this?
Movie review: 'One Direction: This Is Us'
The wildly successful British boy band gives voracious fans another reason to squeal excitedly with the slick concert documentary "One Direction: This Is Us."
Powered by the intense devotion only packs of prepubescent girls can achieve, new boy band and teen idol phenomena whirl across the globe every generation. If you're part of tribe of fandom, the thrills are potent and undeniable; if you're not, well, all you can do is ride it out or get out of the way until it blows over.
In recent years, your basic pop-star precautions include rushing to, or avoiding, movie theaters for a couple of late-summer weekends while the inevitable concert documentary rumbles through.
Like the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry before them, wildly successful British boy band One Direction gives voracious fans another reason to squeal excitedly with the slick concert documentary "One Direction: This Is Us."
Unlike "Katy Perry: Part of Me," last year's relentlessly boring installment in this firmly established trend, "This Is Us" is packed with nonstop energy and cheeky good fun, courtesy its likeable young leads: Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
"Super Size Me" documentarian Morgan Spurlock directs the proceedings with stylish flair, but he's not interested in stirring up controversy with his "docbuster." "This Is Us" features the expected concert clips, backstage antics and behind-the-scenes interviews, but unlike Perry's filmmaking team, Spurlock skips the "Behind the Music"-style delving into back stories and personal dramas already hashed out in the tabloids (which means any mention of Harry's famous ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift has been carefully excised, to my great personal relief).
"This Is Us" isn't designed as an expose — the 1D guys are all between the tender of ages of 19 and 21, so there's not much back story to be had here — it's meant to give the fans what they want (the tween and teenage girls at a recent Oklahoma City screening screamed the entire 92 minutes like they were at a concert) and build on the mighty One Direction brand (Spurlock is a master cinematic salesman, although he doesn't actually appear onscreen this time).
Spurlock does explore what makes "The X Factor" contenders so darn popular, and he comes to the conclusion that the 1D guys are just ordinary, affable blokes who sing well but dance horribly, maintain their blue-collar work ethic and spike their clean-cut image with just enough shirtless-and-tattooed rebel edge to make them extra appealing to their adolescent fan base.
Naturally, the film traces the band's reality TV origins: After they failed to advance as solo artists on the 2010 installment of Britain's "The X Factor," canny talent scout Simon Cowell decided to put them together as a boy band and let them continue as a group. Although they finished third, they immediately emerged as superstars both in their homeland and around the world, with their fans' unrelenting passion and social media savvy paving the way.
With their goofy charisma and surprising levelheadedness, the 1D band members easily carry the film as it follows them around the world, wrapping with an enormous Mexico City stadium gig that just happened in June and the announcement that they will embark on another global trek in 2014. They come across as the regular guys they claim to be, five fellows who like to mess about, are grateful for their family and fans and can't quite believe that they get to be famous and travel the world.
Since they can't really go outside like normal lads — the boys try sightseeing in Amsterdam, and thanks to Twitter, a mob of hundreds gathers with stunning speed, trapping them in a shoe shop — they mostly hang out with each other and play pranks. They occasionally get to go home, and the interviews with their parents —one comments that the boys left two years ago to audition of "The X Factor" and basically never returned — are surprisingly touching.
Naturally, the group sings its hits like "What Makes You Beautiful," "Little Things" and "Best Song Ever," and Spurlock occasionally adds some extra visual zip to their usual concert spectacle, transforming the singers into superheroes or augmenting the "Space Invaders"-inspired graphics. effectively boosting the 3-D appeal.
Obviously, those who hate group's music should avoid "This Is Us" at all costs, but for all the ill-advised comparisons to the Beatles, the 1D lads come across as refreshingly self-aware. When Louis hopes their fans will one day remember the group fondly to their daughters as normal guys who had fun but were terrible dancers, I couldn't help but like One Direction, even if I changed the channel the next time "Best Song Ever" came on my car radio.


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Instill priorities for precious tax dollars
They're off and running, Congress and the state legislature that is. Each bright, shiny and eager face will have an agenda to deliver to his or her constituents back in their home districts. And that means money.
In years past, when the nation and the state had resources to blow, no one paid attention as constituents clamored to have lawmakers fund new programs. Now the awful truth has come home to roost — there is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone has to pay for the services provided by the federal government.
By allowing tax rates to rise on the wealthy top 4 or 5 percent of Americans to avert the "fiscal cliff," Congress and the administration merely "kicked the can down the road." Around the end of next month, the same cast of characters will lock horns over the issue of whether or not to raise the debt ceiling to cut spending even further. Some argue that if the debt ceiling is not raised, we won't be able to pay our troops, those with student loans will go into default, and beneficiaries of Social Security and Medicare will not see their benefit checks arrive in the mail or credited to their checking accounts, and the economy will slip into a financial abyss. However, no mention is made about what could happen if the nation continues to accumulate more debt because it continues to spend.
Fortunately, the state of Hawaii cannot adopt a deficit budget and spend money it does not have. That doesn't mean that state lawmakers have control over the pace of spending. Hawaii is already faced with a huge tab for the unfunded liabilities of state pension and health care systems. This yoke around the neck of lawmakers has not been addressed in recent years but is estimated at more than $22 billion. It continues to grow by the day as more and more public employees retire.
These obligations are unfunded, in large part, because past generations of lawmakers have taken the monies that should have been paid toward this obligation and used those funds to initiate new programs and services — services and programs that perhaps were not as critical to the health and safety of the community as others such as education, child welfare, sanitation inspection and vector control. A vocal group of constituents demanded that lawmakers provide these services and they acquiesced.
The problem is that just as much as these lawmakers believe they must respond to their constituents' demands, they must also recognize that they have a duty to ensure that tax dollars are spent wisely and efficiently, yielding the best services possible. Elected officials at all levels of government must set priorities for what few dollars are available.
Setting priorities not only means deciding which services are most critical to the health and safety of the community, but also that when the funds run out, elected officials have the courage to say no to unnecessary programs. This may be difficult, but the alternative is saying yes to more taxes and fees. Teachers are already calling for another "penny on the sales tax." After all, it is only a penny. Similarly, the advocates of early childhood care and education are calling for another "penny." And while it only sounds like a paltry "penny," it means millions and millions of dollars ripped out of the state economy that could otherwise be put toward its expansion and growth, creating jobs and activities that would generate the necessary tax revenues.
Instead of falling into their usual habit of spending more of your tax dollars and then trying to figure out how to raise more money, lawmakers should be required to recommend a reduction or elimination of a current program or service on a dollar-for-dollar basis before adopting a new program or service. After all, Hawaii taxpayers already bear one of the heaviest burdens in the nation. It is time for overburdened taxpayers to demand elected officials also represent them and do their part to rein in the spending or else Hawaii will also reach a "fiscal cliff."
Lowell L. Kalapa is the president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.


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Jan. 12, 2008
Moscow, Idaho - The Fresno State women's basketball team used a strong second half effort to beat the University of Idaho 68-59 on Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho. It is the sixth straight win for the Bulldogs as they upped their record to 8-8 overall and 3-0 in WAC play. Idaho fell to 1-14 and 0-3 in conference play.
Tierre Wilson led Fresno State in scoring with 22 points, 17 coming in the second half. Wilson was nine of 16 from the field and she had a game-high eight rebounds.
"To see her come out with confidence and really put the team on her back and knock down a couple of shots and share the ball offensively was nice," Fresno State coach Adrian Wiggins said. "It gave us a lot of confidence."
LaShaunte Stephens had 12 points and four rebounds while Jaleesa Ross had 10 points and six rebounds.
Fresno State shot 44 percent from the field and out rebounded the Vandals 44-24 for the game.
The Dogs trailed 31-28 at halftime thanks to 3-pointers by Wilson and Ross right before the break.
After trailing the entire first half it didn't take long for the Bulldogs to capture the lead as Wilson connected on back-to-back jumpers to put the Dogs on top at 34-33 with 18:12 to play in the game. Ross later connected on a three-point play that upped the Fresno State lead to 39-33 with 15:18 left in the game.
"We shared the ball and rebounded hard on offense," Wiggins said. "I thought that made the difference. We knocked down a few 3-point shots. That thankfully was the difference in the game."
The Bulldogs never trailed the rest of the game and would lead 62-49 following a Bailey Amundsen 3-pointer with 4:57 to play. Fresno State's biggest lead was 15 points at 68-53 with two minutes left in the game.
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Last week, DX reported that Los Angeles art collective SceneFour was turning its collaborations with the likes of the RZA and Chuck D into a gallery exhibit. Now, it looks like the Beastie Boys are the latest Hip Hop group to get the gallery treatment with photographer Sunny Bak's retrospective collection "Boys and Dogs."
According to a recent press release, Bak's "Boys and Dogs" will be a retrospective collection of the Beastie Boys' 1986 Licensed to Ill tour, as well as her collection of photographs of dogs dressed up as celebrities that had been featured in her best-selling parody book of People magazine Pupple. Brian Lee of the Hold Up gallery, where Bak's exhibit will be featured, spoke on the celebrated photographer's collection of images featuring the Def Jam trio.
"Sunny Bak's photos follow the Beastie's during their late '80s Licensed to Ill tour, offering a very intimate perspective on such a ground-breaking time," said Lee. "Whether it is our distance in time or the closeness Sunny shared with the Beastie Boys, Bak's photos bring you closer to understanding who these three guys really were, aside from their music videos. The photos reveal the personal side of them, and a universal story of youth, potential, and the American Dream."
Bak also tooke photos featured on the Beasties' debut album cover, and has since contributed images to the Bing ad campaign for Jay-Z's Decoded. The exhibition runs through October 8 to November 1 at the Hold Up Art gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
In other news, another late '80s Hip Hop star Heavy D is making his return to the Hip Hop scene. The Mount Vernon-based rapper released his ninth album Love Opus earlier today via iTunes, with supporting features from the likes of crooners Anthony Hamilton and Carl Thomas.
Love Opus marks Heavy D's first commercial release in three years since his 2008 return to music Vibes. A complete tracklist of the eight-song Love Opus can be seen below.
- Love In A Bottle
- Valentine 2/14
- Still Missing You (feat. Carl Thomas)
- I Can't (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
- Put It All On Me
- Love Your Soul
- Dance For You
- Hello
Finally, indie Baltimore rapper Wordsmith has built up a sizable presence on the Internet with his numerous song and mixtape releases. Now, the performance royalties group the American Society of Composers, Authors and Producers (ASCAP) recently awarded the DMV emcee and producer with its 2011-2012 ASCAPLUS Award.
The award celebrates burgeoning artists who have proved prolific in the early stages of their careers and established writers who have built up an extensive of collection of work in broadcast media during the tenure of their careers. Wordsmith earned this honor after his music received placement on a number of television programs, including CBS's "The Defender," VH1's "The 40 Most Shocking Breakups" and more.
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India on Thursday rejected as "totally baseless" Pakistan's claim that its troops have also been beheaded by the Indian Army in the past.
Defence Minister A K Antony said though tension along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir have "reduced" after the talks between the Directors General of Military Operations of the two countries, there was a need to remain vigilant and his Ministry has advised the government against being hasty on the issue of normalising ties with Pakistan.
"Totally baseless," he told reporters here when asked about Pakistan Army's claim in complaints to the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) that several of its troops have been beheaded by the Indian Army in last 15 years.
Reports had said yesterday that Pakistan Army had filed complaints with UNMOGIP on the issue following which the Indian Army questioned the relevance of the UN body after the signing of the 1972 Simla agreement.
"Since the 1972 Simla Agreement, the relevance of UNMOGIP itself remains questionable," Army spokesperson Colonel J Dahiya had said.
Tension along the Line of Control (LoC) had increased between the two countries after the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops on January 8 in J-K's Mendhar sector. One of them Lance Naik Hemraj was beheaded.
On reports that China was building three dams on the Brahmaputra river, Antony said, "We have not yet received the factual position. So, my reaction at the time would be premature. We will wait for the details and then the government will take a considered view."
He said "Even though after the second round of DGMO-level talks the tension around LoC has reduced, we cannot lower our guard and we have to be vigilant 24x7.
"We have to take all precautions to face any eventuality and we are advising everybody that do not be hasty about normalisation. You wait and watch and then only move forward. That is our approach," he said.
On the abandoning of an injured CRPF trooper by IAF's Garud security guards in Chhattisgarh after their helicopter came under fire by Naxals on January 18, Antony said, "We have not received the final result (of the report)."
The Defence Minister had sought a detailed report from IAF and other departments in connection with the incident.
IAF security guards had allegedly abandoned the Mi-17 chopper, their weapons and an injured constable after they were forced to land in thick forests of Bastar district.
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Alexis Bellino didn't appreciate Gretchen Rossi's behavior on this week's episode of Real Housewives of Orange County.
"It was interesting that Gretchen was so concerned with me attending Tamra's dress shopping excursion," Alexis writes in her Bravo blog.
"Gretchen said I have been talking smack on Tamra for the past nine months, but let's clarify: I was simply DEFENDING myself for the past nine months to B.S. that Tamra had said about me and my husband," she says.
Alexis wishes Gretchen hadn't been concerned with whether Alexis would go wedding dress shopping with Tamra.
"For Gretchen to try to sway Tamra to dis-invite me, I felt she was being jealous and territorial," Alexis says. "The sad part is this day is suppose to be a happy day where Tamra is the focus, but it seems Gretchen always has the uncanny gift of making it about herself, even on Tamra's wedding dress day."
She says Slade Smiley should have handled things differently after Lydia McLaughlin was hurt by his comment about her needing a cheeseburger.
"After watching the scene, I do think Slade was joking and not intentionally trying to hurt Lydia's feelings," Alexis writes. "However, once he discovered her feelings were hurt, he didn't apologize or have compassion, which is why I think the situation escalated instead of fizzling out.
Alexis also says that her sit-down with Heather Dubrow didn't go as well as she had hoped.
"I honestly just wanted a sincere apology for my feelings being so hurt on several occasions," Alexis points out. "Regardless, I am very happy to say that we have both put the past behind us, and Heather and I are in a better place now."
Let's hope she and Heather can keep it up.
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ATI Stream: AMD releases SDK for OpenCL
AMD has released an ATI Stream Software Development Kit, a developer tool that enables applications to be written in the Open Computing Language (OpenCL).
OpenCL provides a platform that enables powerful graphic processors to accelerate applications, which considering the high performance of modern 3D graphics is an attractive option. OpenCL also works with CPUs. According to AMD, the Stream SDK has been certified by Khronos, the consortium responsible for the maintainance of OpenCL standards.
Supported operating systems include Windows XP and above and on the Linux front, openSUSE 11.0 and Ubuntu 9.04, both in the 32 and 64 bit versions. On the hardware side of things, in-house graphic chips are mentioned, such as those used in diverse Radeon and Firestorm models. Information and downloads can be found on AMD's Stream SDK website.
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Stifler Dynasty Baseball
Posted 06 January 2009 - 05:06 PM
1. sya
2. redsoxdude5
3. whiskeyriver - has volunteered to help me with commish duties.
4. Specter
5. mrkrab
6. fitz22415
7. K.Heart
8. Spike11
10. fieldofbens
aim is 14/16 teams. once we get enough teams, we can begin the draft here.
Settings (can be discussed so subject to minor changes)
1. 14/16 teams
2. H2H, Daily Line-up Changes
3. 6x6 - avg, total bases, hits, runs, rbis, hr. wins, era, whip, holds, saves, K's (subject to change per request)
4. C, 1b, 2b, 3b, ss, of, of, of, util. sp, sp, sp, rp, rp, rp, p, p, p. with 10 bench spots, and 8 players in the farm system. 3 DL spots.
5. Yahoo
6. Players that are only eligible to be drafted for MILB/Farm System 150 AB's, 50 IP's.
If interested, please PM me back, and once we get a good # of teams I'll create the league thread in RW Your League Thread Section.
One team has proposed changing AVG to OPS. We will go with what the majority decides.
- Luzhniki_lub likes this
Posted 06 January 2009 - 05:25 PM
BTW, draft order will be determined with a draft randomizer. The results of which you can be received thru your email. So if you want to get the draft result first hand, you can send me your email.
Edited by sya, 06 January 2009 - 05:27 PM.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 08:23 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 08:51 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 08:59 PM
There are several other teams who have expressed interest, just reading my PM's now I'll update the list in a few minutes, I think we'll get to 16 already. IF yes, we'll have the draft order ready and the draft ready as well. Unless there are any other concerns about the settings?
I'll voice my OPS instead of AVG swap. Not gonna piss and moan, I just think OPS is a higher quality stat, and alot less empty. Not a fan of holds, but it is what it is. and I'd like a few more MiLB spots, but it's not gonna make or break my involvement.
I'm in waayyy too many leagues to list em here....
To bring back a classic: "I hope Ian Snell punches you in the a** till you die"
Er'body in da club Jay BayBay
Posted 06 January 2009 - 08:59 PM
1. sya
2. redsoxdude5
3. whiskeyriver - has volunteered to help me with commish duties.
4. Specter
5. mrkrab
6. fitz22415
7. K.Heart
8. Spike11
10. fieldofbens
11. LetgoVen
12. The Titan
13. Tdavis20
14. KingSciarrillo
15. sportsguy21792
16. TheDude4bides
17. Seven
18. xxkennexx
Wow 18 teams. didn't expect that it will get filled this fast. thanks for the great response. I said that it would be a 14 or 16 team league, but I got more requests and it's hard to pass up on someone.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 09:07 PM
I'm actually in favor of AVG instead of OPS. So anyone else want to voice their opinion about this? We''ll go with the majority. Hoepfully it can be resolved soon so we can kick of the draft.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 09:40 PM
Hi guys, we're all set for the draft. As you already know, draft will be held in RW forum under your league thread. You can find our thread there. To speed up the draft process, please log in as often as you can. Also if you see that your turn is coming soon and you're about to leave, please PM someone your picks so if you leave and your turn comes, someone can make the selection for you. The ideal guy to PM will be the guy picking after you, or someone who you see is online alot. Also, once you're done picking please PM the guy picking after you that he's on the clock.
Once a pick is posted, you cannot edit it. So make sure that once you post it, it's final. SNAKE DRAFT
Here's the draft order (courtesy of net-commish.com) Specter, Spike11 should've received the draft order result thru email because I have their emails:
1. Spike11
2. LetsgoVen
3. mrkrab
4. Tdavis20
5. sya
6. The Titan
7. TheDude4bides
8. sportsguy21792
10. King Sciarrillo
11. K.Heart
12. whiskeyriver
13. redsoxdude5
14. Seven
15. Specter
16. fieldofbens
17. fitz22415
18. xxkennexx
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:02 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:06 PM
any- 1
If that's the only issue, Spike11 can make his pick if he's ready. We'll determine the avg/ops debate soon.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:08 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:15 PM
So, any other guys want to vote on the AVG/OPS? so far 1-1 so we can finalize settings already
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:18 PM
The draft can begin already. Spike 11 is OTC. But if he wishes to wait for the AVG/OPS he can choose to do so.
So, any other guys want to vote on the AVG/OPS? so far 1-1 so we can finalize settings already
I will cast a vote for OPS.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:29 PM
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"...unless you're facing Chuck Norris. In that case, you'll get a roundhouse kick to the face.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:34 PM
avg- sya, sportsguy
ops- redsoxdude, ktownracer
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:35 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:37 PM
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:40 PM
YIM mrkrab2003
AIM thezello
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:42 PM
avg- sya, sportsguy, king
ops- redsoxdude, ktownracer, mrkrab
hm.. this is very close. what if i just include OPS and AVG, and add QS in the pitching stats to make it 7x7.
so it will be: ops, avg, total bases, runs, hr, rbi, sb. W, QS, Holds, Saves, ERA, WHIP, K.
Posted 06 January 2009 - 10:42 PM
my AIM is minipuma17
I vote AVG
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