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Topic: Update on my husband Jack
We met with Georgetown last week after we found out the trial didn't work and his cancer had gotten worse. The big tumor is pushing his liver over on his stomach, compressing it to half its normal size. They want to do radio embolization, then enter him in another trial. Chemo embolization wouldn't work because the 6-inch tumor is not vascular, and he has a clot in the portal vein. I just posted on the insurance thread on here, because it was preapproved last week, then we heard today that they want to review it further. This will hold back the procedure and trial longer. I am so upset about it right now.

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education: A Nation Advancing?
NSF-funded report by National Research Council shifts focus from high-stakes assessments to measuring continuing progress
Today the National Research Council (NRC) released a report, "Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education." The report builds on previous work in this area, and establishes key indicators for measuring improvements to the K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education system.
The report recognizes the important foundation laid in elementary school and sets out three goals for U.S. K-12 STEM education:
The report emphasizes that making informed decisions about improvements to education in STEM requires research and data about the content and quality of the curriculum, teachers' content knowledge, and the use of instructional practices that have been shown to improve outcomes. However, large-scale data are not available in a readily accessible form, largely because state and federal data systems provide information about schools (personnel, organization and enrollment) rather than schooling (key elements of the learning process).
A major emphasis of this report is to determine what relevant data already exist and identify additional research and data needs. For example, tallying minutes per week spent on science in elementary schools would provide an important picture about the extent to which students are being engaged in science content and practices prior to their arrival at middle school. In addition, gathering data about schools that call themselves "STEM Schools" would give educators and parents more information about student learning and progress in those environments.
The authors note that this moment is ripe for addressing some of the challenges associated with STEM teaching and learning, particularly for groups that are underrepresented in the STEM fields. The authors point out that the Common Core State Standards in mathematics have been adopted by 45 states and three U.S. Territories. At the same point in time, A Framework for K-12 Science Education, which the NRC published earlier this year, lays the foundation for new science standards that emphasize conceptual understanding of key ideas in each discipline, greater coherence across grade levels and the practices of science and mathematics. Along with educational reforms around the country, these changes have the potential, per the report, to engage students in ways that better prepare them for postsecondary study and STEM careers, and eventually, to address current and future societal challenges and participate in an increasingly global and technologically driven society.
"This report is a tremendous resource for advancing STEM education in K-12 schools," said Joan Ferrini-Mundy, NSF's assistant director for Education and Human Resources. "We look forward to working with our colleagues within and beyond NSF towards the goals laid out in the report."
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The election of Partners In Health co-founder Dr. Jim Yong Kim as the next president of the World Bank comes as welcome news to PIH.
"I can think of no one better able than Jim to help families, communities, and entire nations break out of poverty, which is the mandate of the World Bank," said fellow PIH co-founder and Harvard University Professor Dr. Paul Farmer.
As a physician and medical anthropologist, Dr. Kim's mission to serve the poor has led him from Haiti to Peru to Lesotho and beyond for nearly three decades. He and Paul Farmer met as medical students at Harvard and joined with Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, and Todd McCormack in 1987 to found Partners In Health.
Since then, Dr. Kim has carried that mission with him as his career has taken him to leadership positions at the World Health Organization, Harvard University, and Dartmouth College. And now he'll take it with him to the World Bank.
"Having had the good fortune to train with Jim at Harvard, and to see him work in settings from inner-city Boston to the slums of Peru, from Haiti to Rwanda to the prisons of Siberia, I know that for three decades Jim has committed himself to breaking the cycle of poverty and disease," said Farmer.
President Barack Obama, who nominated and strongly backed Dr. Kim for the position, issued a statement praising his unique combination of passionate vision, hard-earned experience, and commitment to finding new and effective solutions. "I am confident that Dr. Kim will be an inclusive leader who will bring to the Bank a passion for and deep knowledge of development, a commitment to sustained economic growth, and the ability to respond to complex challenges and seize new opportunities."
Dr. Kim has served as president of Dartmouth College since 2009. Prior to that he headed the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. From 2004 to 2006, he headed the HIV/AIDS Department at the World Health Organization.
"As the President of the World Bank, Jim will play a powerful and influential role in giving the world's poorest communities access to quality health care—work to which we committed ourselves when we founded Partners In Health" said PIH co-founder and Executive Director Ophelia Dahl.
"At PIH, we believe that health is a human right," Dahl continued. "We've fought for years to deliver high-quality health care to the poor and vulnerable across the globe. Jim's election as president of the World Bank is a victory for those we seek to serve and all who would do this work."


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The Walking Dead Gets a Sense of Humor, Will Do Robot Chicken Special
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The Walking Dead, one of television's most (self-)serious dramas, wants us to know it has sense of humor about itself. The AMC series is set to do a half-hour Robot Chicken special, Adult Swim announced Thursday. Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and… Read more


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When I'm not busy making my kids' lives miserable at dinner time dreaming up new ways to torture them with greens and vegetables, I come through for them with a little comfort food.
While I would love it very much if people would pay attention to their food and start eating lower on the food chain, I never, ever want to become a member of the Food Cop club. Not because I don't care about you – I do! It's just that I would lose all my friends and my own family would probably drop me off at some Home Depot parking lot, change the locks on the front door, and never come back to get me.
This meatloaf recipe is the classic one in my house, and it never fails to make everyone happy. I use freshly ground dark turkey rather than the shrink wrapped mystery meat found in most grocery stores – who knows how long that stuff has been sitting around and what's actually in there?
It's always worth asking your butcher if they will grind a turkey thigh or two just for you; however it's best to call ahead. Some stores don't have separate grinders and can't mix poultry with other meats they process without advance notice.
- 2 pounds ground dark turkey
- 1 small onion, peeled
- 1 cup sun dried tomatoes, rehydrated in hot water (oil-packed is ok - drain well); chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs or panko
- 1 teaspoon crushed red chile flakes
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 eggs
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- Heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Put the turkey in a large mixing bowl; grate the onion on the side of a box grater into the bowl. Add the tomatoes, basil, garlic, bread crumbs, chile, salt, pepper and eggs to the bowl. Use a large fork or your hands to combine well.
- Form the mixture into a football-shaped loaf on a large baking sheet. Bake 25 minutes.
- Brush ketchup over the top of the meatloaf Bake for an additional 10 minutes, then allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.


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"On this very night, 10 years ago, along this same stretch of road, in a dense fog just like this, I saw the worst accident I ever seen."
If you saw Pee-wee's Big Adventure, you'll remember the line spoken by "Large Marge," the spectral truck driver played by Alice Nunn in the 1985 film by Tim Burton.
If you could pass for Large Marge, there's a movie role in it for you, according to Declan O'Brien, director of the road thriller Joy Ride 3.
The movie, which is scheduled to commence its 20-day shoot in Winnipeg on Aug. 30, is about a group of young people on their way to a road rally race who earn the chagrin of the homicidal trucker "Rusty Nail" first seen in John Dahl's 2001 film Joy Ride.
In one scene in the film, they stop at a truck stop and are served coffee by a rude waitress.
"When she walks away, one guy says to the others: 'I swear to God, she's the spitting image of Large Marge,'" says writer-director O'Brien, who helmed the horror movie Wrong Turn 4 in Brandon in 2011.
The role is a speaking part (two lines) for "a woman in her sixties with a good sense of humour who could be a relative photo match," says O'Brien. "She has to be really dour looking. Very mean."
Candidates are invited to contact the production by emailing their picture to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Some people will do anything to save a dollar, but one woman went to extremes at a Walmart in Florida.
Mary Alday, 61, is accused of pulling a gun on Walmart employees in Crawfordville after they told her she couldn't use an Internet coupon, Tallahassee TV station WTXL reported.
According to a Walkulla County sheriff's report, Alday initially swore at the manager and intentionally hit her with her shopping cart.
She was escorted out of the store, but then went to her car, grabbed a loaded gun and walked back into the store waving it around at the manager and three other employees, police said.
Alday was later arrested during a traffic stop in which police had to use a stun gun to get her out of the vehicle, WTXL reported.
She was charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of battery, one count of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence.


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ATLAS Week Home > Previous Atlas Weeks > 2011 Sam and Marilyn Fox ATLAS Week
The 11th Annual Sam and Marilyn Fox ATLAS Week Program was held the week of April 4, 2011. The theme was "Global Justice: Meeting Basic Human Needs." More than 100 events were scheduled during the week. To find out more about the events held around campus, please visit our 2011 calendar.
The keynote address by Irene Khan was held Thursday, April 7th, in the Busch Student Center, Wool Grand Ballroom at 5:30 p.m. She discussed "From Basic needs to Human Rights: A New Paradigm for Social Justice." Ms. Khan was the 7th Secretary General of Amnesty International--the first woman, the first Asian and the first Muslim to guide the world's largest human rights organization.
The Atlas Program is designed to recognize the international dimension of Saint Louis University's academic programs and to celebrate SLU's role in international education and service in light of our Jesuit tradition. Over the course of its evolution, this one-week program has expanded its mission and has become an important program for promoting global civic engagement at SLU. One of the main goals of the Atlas Program is to increase awareness of the global issues that confront us today in an effort not only to promote discussion, but to inspire and inform action. It focuses on what we as global citizens can do to contribute to a better life for all people now and in the future. The Atlas Program is unique in that,for one week of the year, it brings together members of the University community to focus on the global challenges that confront us in the 21st century. The events held during the week are designed to achieve five main goals:
The Billiken World Festival was held on Friday, April 8th. The Parade of Nations kicked off the Festival which also featured live cultural music and dance, academic and student information booths, and international cuisine.


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For Winnipeggers, going to the movies in the year 2013 is a more diversified prospect than in 2012.
With the opening of the Cineplex Odeon McGillivray and VIP cinemas this fall, there are more first-run theatres. And thanks to those three VIP cinemas in the 11-cinema complex, there are unprecedented wine-and-dine options, as well.
Silver City Polo Park has its own IMAX cinema and Silver City St. Vital has an Ultra-AVX cinema, capable of screening The Hobbit's 48 frames per second. And now, every first-run multiplex in town can screen movies in 3D. Even the Globe.
But while you may be able to eat a posh nosh at the VIP cinemas, the movies themselves will run the gamut in 2013 between nutritious fare and the usual junk food.
Here are some reasons to venture out.
1. Catching Up
Some likely Oscar contenders released in the bigger cities in December make their way to smaller burgs such as ours in January, including Kathryn Bigelow's much anticipated Osama bin Laden manhunt movie Zero Dark Thirty (Jan. 11). Bill Murray plays a sexually freewheeling Franklin Roosevelt in Hyde Park on Hudson (January). Director David Chase demonstrates there's life after The Sopranos with his first feature Not Fade Away (January), the story of a '60s-era garage rock band's bid for fame.
2. Not Going Gentle into that Good Night
The hit Expendables movies demonstrated that audiences apparently still have a taste for '80s action stars, even if many of them are now in their 60s. Thus, for fans of geriatric derring-do, Sylvester Stallone teams with director Walter (The Warriors) Hill for Bullet to the Head (Feb. 1) and Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a small-town sheriff out to stop a border-bound baddie in The Last Stand (Jan. 18). Schwarzenegger and Stallone team up to break out of an unbreakable prison in The Tomb (Sept. 27). Bruce Willis reverts to his most enduring franchise in A Good Day to Die Hard (Feb. 14).
Rounding out the cast of Expendables alumni, young pup Jason Statham portrays the ultimate pulp fiction badass in Parker (Jan. 25) opposite -- huzzah! -- a sexy, non-cloying Jennifer Lopez.
3. Love Beyond Vampirism
As Twilight finally wrapped up in 2012, studios are eager to fill the vacuum with other movies combining teen romance and the supernatural, hopefully with some additional infusion of -- ahem -- quality. That's one explanation for Warm Bodies (Feb. 1) starring Nicholas Hoult as a lovelorn zombie. Beautiful Creatures (Feb. 13) is about a witch (Alice Englert) forced to choose between good and evil (embodied by fellow sorcerers Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson, respectively), even as she falls in love for the first time. And Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is herself behind the extraterrestrial possession movie The Host (March 29), starring the otherworldly Saoirse Ronan.
4. Reinvention
Last year saw two different Snow White movies hit the marketplace and this year will see even more reinventions of storybook classics, including Bryan (X-Men) Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer (March 1). Hansel and Gretel, Witch Hunters (Jan. 25) stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as grown-up, armed-and-vengeful siblings. James Franco supplies the back story for the title character of The Wizard of Oz in Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful (March 8), co-starring Michelle Williams as Glinda the Good Witch.
5. Super-types
It may seem anti-climactic after The Avengers, but Robert Downey is suiting up again for Iron Man 3 (May 3). The last attempt to reboot DC's enduring action hero, Superman Returns, was slavishly beholden to Richard Donner's movies of the '70s, so Watchmen director Zack Snyder attempts to invest a little more Dark Knight grit into his take, Man of Steel (June 14), starring Henry Cavill. Non-super teen superheroes Kick-Ass and Hit Girl return for maximum mayhem in Kick-Ass 2 (June 28). Hugh Jackman stops singing and starts swinging (adamantium blades, that is) in the Japan-set X-Men offshoot The Wolverine (July 26). And Chris Hemsworth gets down once again with his Asgardian self in Thor: The Dark World (Nov. 8).
6. Intriguing Sequels
It worked the first time, so we're pumped for Star Trek Into Darkness (May 17), in which the crew of the starship Enterprise faces off against a mysterious superhuman (Benedict Cumberbatch). Retirement-age spies (including Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich) step into a European escapade in Red 2 (Aug. 2). Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller explore comic-book noir once again in Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For (Oct. 4).
Fans of a certain Amazonian warrior woman can anticipate a little more moral complexity in the future-primitive realm of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Nov. 22). Thirteen dwarves and a Hobbit face off against a big dragon in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Dec. 13). And a gang of doofus TV newsmen (including Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd) reunite for some Ron Burgundy-style hijinks in Anchorman: The Legend Continues (Dec. 20)
7. Intriguing Remakes/Reboots
Director Kimberly (Boys Don't Cry) Peirce's Carrie (March 15) is the second remake of the Stephen King story since Brian De Palma's 1976 version, but the presence of Chloe Moretz as the titular telekinetic and Julianne Moore as her nutzoid religious-fanatic mom has our interest. A bloody remake of Sam Raimi's landmark horror movie Evil Dead (April 12) is likewise morbidly compelling.
On the more highbrow front, The Great Gatsby (May 10) offers up an opulent art deco version of the F. Scott Fitzgerald tale from director Baz Luhrmann, with Leonardo DiCaprio as the mysterious millionaire and Carey Mulligan as the faithless Daisy Buchanan. (This, by the way, is the fifth film version of the story.)
Johnny Depp gets top billing as Tonto opposite Armie Hammer as the title character of Gore Verbinski's revamped The Lone Ranger (July 3).
Jack Ryan, the hero of Tom Clancy's multiple novels, has been played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck, so it's just as well Chris Pine (Star Trek's new and improved Kirk) gets in on the act in Jack Ryan (Dec. 25).
8. Intriguing Originals
Local filmmaker Sean Garrity and former local actor Jonas Chernick offer a pair of original films in the new year. Blood Pressure (Feb. 22) is a thriller about a pharmacist (Michelle Giroux) drawn into a strange plot by an anonymous admirer. The Chernick-scripted My Awkward Sexual Adventure (spring) is a raunchy sex comedy about a boring guy (Chernick) who gets lessons in hot sexuality from a stripper friend (Emily Hampshire).
Stoker (March) from director Park Chan-wook, centres on a young woman (Mia Wasikowska), who, after losing her dad, becomes fascinated with a mysterious uncle (Matthew Goode) who has come to console her and her mom (Nicole Kidman). Park directed Oldboy so... we're in.
Danny Boyle returns to the realm of the Shallow Grave-esque crime thriller with Trance (March), starring James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson.
The baseball biopic 42 is the story of how Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) became the first black major league baseball player, with Harrison Ford as game-changing Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey.
Admission (March 8) stars post-30 Rock Tina Fey as a college admissions officer who thinks one young prospect may be the son she gave up for adoption decades earlier. Monuments Men (Dec. 20), directed by and starring George Clooney, is a fact-based curiosity about the race to save great art works from Nazi destruction at the close of the Second World War.
Saving Mr. Banks (Dec. 20) is about Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) and his efforts to acquire the screen rights to Mary Poppins from a steadfastly resistant English writer (Emma Thompson).
9. Apocalypse Soon
Giant robots are constructed to combat giant monsters in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim (July 12).
Brad Pitt tries to save the world from a zombie apocalypse in World War Z (June 21). In a lighter vein, Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds are zombie cops trying to keep a lid on the undead in the horror comedy R.I.P.D. (July 19)
The wealthy one per cent lives in luxurious orbit above a decaying earth in Neill Blomkamp's it-could-happen sci-fi movie Elysium (Aug. 9), starring Matt Damon.
Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruchel and a few friends play themselves facing the end times in This Is the End (June 14). Coincidentally, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost face exactly the same crisis while on a pub crawl in The World's End (Oct. 25), a film that reunites the blokes with Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright.
Ender's Game (Nov. 1) is a sci-fi thriller about a young lad in training to battle a race of aliens intent on wiping out humanity, with the help of a seasoned alien fighter, played appropriately by Harrison Ford.
10. Name that 'Toon
Animated films will continue to represent in 2013 starting with the Neanderthal comedy-adventure The Croods (March 22). Pixar's offering for the year is the Monsters Inc. prequel Monsters University (June 21). Steve Carell voices a could-be-worse bad guy in Despicable Me 2 (July 3). And Disney finally realizes a decades-long effort to make a movie from Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, a plan that comes to fruition with Frozen (Nov. 27).


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The announcement comes as South Africa—the epicenter of the rhino poaching crisis—is on track to lose an estimated 1,027 rhinos by the end of the year, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.
Hong Kong's Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium Ltd. announced that it is no longer selling ivory products, according to a memo obtained by WildAid.
Rhino subspecies receives U.S. protection in light of Africa's poaching epidemic
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) applauds the move by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today to list the southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. While this rhino subspecies is not in danger of extinction, USFWS noted that its similarity to other subspecies required further protective measures, particularly in light of the rising illegal rhino horn trade.
Death of elephant could be a sign that poachers and wildlife traffickers are turning their attention to Africa's southern herds
Series of burns by Hong Kong authorities to destroy 29.6 metric tons of seized ivory


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SANTA ANA – Richard Gustav Forsberg killed his wife by hitting her several times on the head with a small statue then lied to friends, neighbors and family members for about six months when they asked about his wife's whereabouts, authorities said.
On Tuesday afternoon, after deputies spent hours searching for the remains of Forsberg's 61-year-old wife in the ashes of a fire pit in Lake Piru, the Orange County District Attorney's Office filed charges against the Rancho Santa Margarita man, charging him with one count of special circumstances murder. If convicted, he could face a sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole.
The charges filed by authorities brought forward an explanation to friends, relatives and neighbors who had not seen a trace of Marcia Ann Forsberg since February. Richard Forsberg allegedly put off friends' inquiries for months by stating his wife was staying with friends, was out of town or that the two had separated briefly. He assured them by telling several of them he expected her to return by September for their 40th wedding anniversary.
But according to prosecutors, the couple of 39 years had an argument in their two-story home Feb. 9. Forsberg then took a small statue and hit her several times in the head, killing her.
"When she turned her back, he hit her several times with the statue," said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
He allegedly kept the body at the home for several days, until he rented a recreational vehicle and took the body to the Lake Piru campground in Ventura County.
On Tuesday afternoon, investigators sifted through the ashes of a fire pit, looking for signs of the remains of Marcia Forsberg. Officials would not say whether Forsberg disposed of his wife's body by burning it but said it was the only area in the campground they were searching.
Investigators did not find Marcia's body, but did locate several unidentified items of interest in the fire pit, which will be sent to the department's crime lab for analysis, Amormino said.
"We are just going to have to wait for the results from the forensic laboratory," Amormino said.
Though friends continued to grow concerned for the woman, her disappearance remained out of the eye of authorities until Aug. 24, when friends reported her missing to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. One friend grew so concerned of her whereabouts that she wrote a letter to a neighbor, asking her if she had seen signs of her friend.
Investigators questioned Richard Forsberg that day. Forsberg told authorities his wife had left on her own after the two had marital problems. Deputies returned to the home the following day to find that Richard Forsberg was gone, as was his wife's Volkswagen Beetle.
Forsberg was found at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs on Monday evening after investigators received a tip, Amormino said. Forsberg was taken there after trying to commit suicide, officials said.
Amormino said Forsberg talked to investigators Monday afternoon and made several incriminating statements about what happened to his wife.
But Amormino said the mention of a separation between the couple had not occurred until Marcia Forsberg had already been killed.
Forsberg is expected to be arraigned in court Wednesday morning.
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Quote:ok its good to understand this. in the universe there are all sorts of energies we cant feel and see that are in other dimensions, as you see we need to be able to "reach" those higher dimensions and the only way we can do that is to meditate deeply into our bodies and hopefully we trigger an energy machnesium by a single thought and making that thought wave an energy by breathing and out and releasing all that energy and giving off more and more power and strength and remember with inner strength there is more power in punches and throws its not about punching a peice of wood and breaking it using lots and lots of phisical momentum , it comes from inside of you and only within you, in where in will work appropriatly.
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text: "Fundamentalist" is a term that is frequently bandied about in the news media these days. Casually invoked to describe anyone who seems to hold some sort of vaguely-perceived traditional religious belief—be they a Bible Baptist TV preacher, a Hasidic rabbi, a Mormon housewife, or a soldier of the Islamic Jihad—the word has become so overused as to be nearly useless. When used within the North American historical context, however, there are precedents for the use of this term which restores a sense of descriptive cohesion. Fundamentalism was a movement that arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries within American Protestantism reacting against "modernist" theology and biblical criticism as well as changes in the nation's cultural and social scene. Taking its name from The Fundamentals (1910-1915), a twelve-volume set of essays designed to combat Liberal theology, the movement grew by leaps and bounds after World War I. During the 1920s, fundamentalists waged a war against modernism in three ways: by (unsuccessfully) attempting to regain control of Protestant denominations, mission boards, and seminaries; by supporting (with mixed success) Prohibition, Sunday "blue laws," and other measures defending traditional Protestant morality and sensibilities; and (fairly successfully) by attempting to stop the teaching of evolution in the public schools, a doctrine which they saw as inextricably linked to the development of "German" higher criticism and the source of the Great War. This last strategy resulted in the infamous Scopes Trial fiasco of 1925 (later fictionalized in the highly inaccurate play and film Inherit the Wind), in which a substitute biology teacher in Dayton, TN was charged with illegally teaching evolution to his class. The circus atmosphere of the resultant trial–pitting Presbyterian layman, former Secretary of State, and three-time Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution against the famed Chicago criminal defense lawyer Clarence Darrow–discredited the movement in the eyes of America's intellectual and media elites, resulting in fundamentalism's subsequent disappearance from the nation's cultural stage. Since the 1940s, the term fundamentalist has come to denote a particularly aggressive style related to the conviction that the separation from cultural decadence and apostate (read liberal) churches are telling marks of faithfulness to Christ. Most self-described fundamentalist churches today are conservative, separatist Baptist (though often calling themselves "Bible Baptist" or simply "Bible" churches) congregations such as the churches of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC), or the Independent Fundamental Churches of America (IFCA). Institutions associated with this movement would include Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC) and Tennessee Temple (Chattanooga, TN); representative publications would be The Sword of the Lord and The Biblical Evangelist. Concerns over doctrinal purity and issues of "first-degree separation" (the refusal to associate with groups who endorse questionable doctrinal beliefs or moral practices) and "second-degree separation" (refraining from association or identification with groups or individuals who do not practice first-degree separation) have meant that self-identified fundamentalism has been prone to constant disputes and splits. Pentecostalism > ©Larry Eskridge, 1996. Revised 2001, 2005, 2011, 2012


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For the purpose of promoting themselves or attaining a superior position, some people employ such wicked methods as ridiculing and humiliating others, or insulting them with derogatory nicknames.
Allah forbids such behavior that stems from the morality of ignorance:
You who believe! People should not ridicule others who may be better than themselves; nor should any women ridicule other women who may be better than themselves. And do not find fault with one another or insult each other with derogatory nicknames. How evil it is to have a name for evil conduct after coming to faith! Those people who do not turn from it are wrongdoers. (Surat al-Hujurat; 11)
In compliance with this command, believers respect one another as persons endowed with the teachings of Allah. Allah reflects many of His sublime attributes in a sincere believer, and he is someone whom Allah praises in the Qur'an and to whom He grants blessings in the Hereafter. Believers should be aware of the attributes Allah mentions in the Qur'an, and thus treat one another properly.
Allah disparages name-calling, saying, "How evil it is to have a name for evil conduct after coming to faith"!(Surat al-Hujurat: 11) Unless one repents of this sin and corrects his behavior, he remains a wrongdoer. Ridicule may consist of insulting someone with humiliating names or mimicking him through body language. The fearsome end awaiting those who scorn and mock others makes clear that it should be avoided by everyone:
The evil actions they did assailed them. They were engulfed by what they mocked. (Surat an-Nahl; 34)
This verse goes on to say that the end of such a person shows more clearly that derision is something that believers should avoid by all means:
No indeed! He will be flung into the Shatterer. And what will convey to you what the Shatterer is? The kindled Fire of Allah reaching right into the heart. It is sealed in above them in towering columns. (Surat an-Humaza; 4-9)
A believer must also be careful not to belittle another believer while pointing out to him a mistake he has made. When he sees an error in someone else, it is utterly wrong to assume himself to be wiser or superior. It may well be that, in the Sight of Allah, the other person is the superior one, while the person who belittles him in fact reveals his own imprudence in violating a clear commandment of Allah. By disobeying the command in the Qur'an, it is clear that a derisive person is not acting wisely; on the contrary, his conscience is closed. If such a person does not give up his attitude and continues being disdainful, he will turn into an insatiable individual as Allah says in another verse of the Qur'an.


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Disable any Internet Security software that is running. Firewall software, or any other program that attempts to access/block the Internet, may cause problems between computer and gateway. Right click on the Firewall software in the System tray and select Disable, or Stop.
Confirm the computers are getting a valid IP address (192.168.0.100-199).
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Perform a Network Reset
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ARTEFACTS shown to the public at Ridgeway Farm Archaeology Day on Saturday have revealed the farm was the home of a small, poor family more than 2,000 years ago.
As Wessex Archaeology began to wind down its operation at the site, Taylor Wimpey invited residents to see what had been found during pre-construction surveys.
Excavations have revealed a self-contained farmstead dating from the Iron Age, which ran from 700BC to 100BC.
The remains of at least five roundhouses have been found.
It is likely only one or two of the houses stood at any one time and the settlement was home to a single family group.
The finds have been described as a dot on the map by Wessex Archaeology's project manager Andy Manning, who said the find is insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but possibly a lead for future excavations in the area.
"It would appear it was a poor, little family who lived here. They weren't rich and it wasn't a fancy building," he said.
"Their main activity would appear to have been farming and weaving, which, bearing in mind this was back before the Roman invasion, was slightly unusual.
"It's important we have been given the time by Taylor Wimpey to get the full extent of this site out of the ground.
"Not much is known about the immediate area around here and Purton, but this will help us fill in the gaps. We need to get the dating of this settlement sorted still. We don't know whether it was early, middle or late Iron Age."
The roundhouses were surrounded by numerous storage pits, which contained domestic waste such as pottery and animal bone fragments.
In addition items used for weaving and spinning were found, as well as quernstones for grinding grain into flour.
A small number of shallow Romano-British pits, dating from 43AD – 410AD were also found in the northern part of the site. These contained a large quantity of local and imported pottery, and personal objects, including a copper brooch. However, no evidence of buildings from this period has yet been found.
Common Platt resident Lynda Wright, said: "I totally disagreed with the decision to build on here, but it's good they have excavated the site. It's been fascinating to see how people might have lived on this land so long ago."
Ben Stirling, a 33-year-old teacher at Ann Edwards Primary School, in South Cerney, who lives in Taw Hill, said: "It's interesting to see how much history is on your doorstep. It would have been nice to have been able to bring the schoolchildren down here to see what's around them."
Mary Beck, Taylor Wimpey's project manager at Ridgeway Farm, said: "Taylor Wimpey tries to be a developer that works with the communities it develops within. We wanted to bring in those people who had opposition to our development to see what we had found and show them we have saved what was here before building."


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Trowbridge Town Team is looking to encourage young entrepreneurs in the area with the launch of a Teenage Market and a programme of business workshops from now until the end of the year. The aim of the market is for young people aged between 13 and 19 to run a stall where they can sell their own products, giving them the sort of entrepreneurial skills they can use in the future. Trowbridge Town Team is also offering young adults up to the age of 30 the opportunity to take part. The first opportunity to run a market stall will be on May 28, followed by a Teenage Market in early November. To coincide with the new market, chair of the Trow-bridge Town Team David Baker is offering a series of business workshops to give the participants a taste of The World of Work.
Mr Baker said: "The key is to give young people an opportunity to learn more about business and to give them the tools they will need to go on and get jobs or set up their own businesses.
"This is a great opportunity for young people to develop leadership, teamwork and retail skills, and to take part in masterclasses to improve their interviewing skills."
Support for the market and the workshops has come from Trowbridge Area Board, Hitachi, St James Church, Active Trowbridge and The Youth Development Department.
The enterprise is being run as a free, first come, first served project, which it is hoped will become a sustainable part of Trowbridge Market Life in the future.
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A PENSIONER from York who groomed, assaulted and raped a vulnerable child over a 12-month period has been jailed for more than 11 years.
James McLean, 76, made his scared victim feel sick and caused her psychological harm, and he would not listen when she pleaded for him to stop abusing her, York Crown Court was told.
Judge Tom Bayliss QC said McLean, of Marjorie Waite Court, Evelyn Crescent, Clifton, raped her about 12 to 15 times over 12 months, at a time when she was particularly vulnerable because she was nine and ten years old.
The other, sustained assaults happened over the same period. He said McLean had groomed the child, adding: "He offered her money. He offered her cannabis. He offered her cigarettes. He offered her alcohol and he gave her treats."
The court was told that McLean took his victim on outings to places such as The Deep at Hull.
Laura Addy, prosecuting, said McLean's victim had said that on some occasions, she had woken up to find McLean assaulting her. "She said it felt horrible and told him to get off. She tried to get him off but he never listened," she said.
In mitigation, McLean's barrister Emma Bennett referred to McLean's guilty pleas and age but said she did not dispute the facts of the case and accepted a substantial custodial sentence would be imposed.
The judge said McLean had had no relevant previous convictions until he was in his 70s but, three years ago, he had been given a community order for sexual assaults on two other children aged under 13.
However, at that time the sentencing judge had not known about the matters for which he was now in court, which happened at the same time as or pre-dated the other offences.
Jailing McLean for a total of eleven-and-a-half years, he said he took account in his sentencing of the defendant's age, and of the fact he had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two specimen charges of raping a child under 13, four of sexually assaulting her and one of causing or inciting her to engage in sexual activity.
• The Press reported in 2011 how McLean had lured his other two victims to his flat with the promise of cigarettes in exchange for sexual favours, and one of the girls had later become severely depressed. After he was arrested, he wrote to the girls and their parents asking to be forgiven for his "lapse of ethics."


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Celebrity ChallengeRebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
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Not to be a party pooper, but this is very old news.
One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't... (it's at the bottom of the page)
edit: The whole article is actually quite funny, so give it a read.
Oh SNAP!!
Is is too late to opt out of this???
Gosh dangit, what if I already built it? It's an iphone bomb stand back and watch me blow it up
Can't say I'm surprised, you agree to the same when you purchase Seagate hard drives


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Nine out of ten people in Yorkshire who make a new year's resolution break it – but St John Ambulance has come up with one it hopes will beat the trend and save lives.
The first aid charity is urging people to make the resolution to watch a short film at sja.org.uk/4ps on how to spot and treat heart attack symptoms.
When a heart attack is treated promptly, it need not lead to a potentially fatal cardiac arrest – when the patient stops breathing and needs resuscitation.
Research from St John Ambulance shows nearly two thirds (65 per cent) of people in the region do not know the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest. A third of the 92,000 British people who suffer from heart attacks each year tragically die.
The symptoms of a heart attack (known as the 'Four Ps') are: pain (in the chest); pulse (weak or rapid); pale (ashen skin) and perspiration (or profuse sweating).
If a heart attack is suspected, patients should be sat down with knees bent, head and back supported, 999 called and one 300mg aspirin given to chew slowly – as long as the patient is not allergic or under 16.
Simon Dunn, regional director for St John Ambulance, said: "We want to give people the chance to make an achievable and potentially life-saving new year's resolution.
"We're asking people to help us reduce heart attack deaths by watching our simple steps on how to spot a heart attack, and share it with friends. It's quick, easy and free. We hope not, but this could be the year they need to use their knowledge."


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Australia's place in the Asia-Europe relationship
SYDNEY, June 25, 2009 – King Juan Carlos I of Spain addressed business leaders at a private dinner hosted by Asia Society AustralAsia Centre and Asialink at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. In his address, he highlighted Europe's increasing interest in Asia and its implications for the Australian business community.
The king's address stressed the valuable and outstanding similarities between Australia and Spain, particularly their similar pursuit in an increasingly knowledge-based economy supported by a high quality workforce, competitive markets, and vibrant innovative activities. He also expressed interest in strengthening relations between Spain and the Asia Pacific region, especially to facilitate business innovation and investment in training and education, which are believed to be key elements driving future economic growth.
The private dinner for their Majesties King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia of Spain was sponsored by Navantia, Global Intertrade, EPI Communications, Murdoch University and Charter Keck Cramer.


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Autologous Stem Cells in Newborns With Oxygen Deprivation
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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|Apgar; 0-3 at 1 Minute Metabolic Acidosis Hypoxia, Brain Multiple Organ Failure
|Procedure: Application of Stem Cells Procedure: Observation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Effects of the Infusion of Autologous Non-cryopreserved CD34+ Cells in Newborns With Asphyxia
- Effects of Stem Cell Infusion at 1 week after discharge [ Time Frame: 1 week ]Clinical assessment, including the Amiel-Tison Neurological Assessment
- Effects of Stem Cell Infusion at 1 year after discharge [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Clinical assessment, including the Amiel-Tison Neurological Assessment
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Patients not infused with stem cells
Historic Controls
Procedure: Observation
Control group of patients that meet the inclusion criteria but that do not wish to have the intervention.
Other Name: Comparison group
|Experimental: Patients infused with stem cells
Procedure: Application of Stem Cells
IV infusion of autologous stem cells within the first 48 hours after birth.
Other Name: IV infusion of autologous cord and placental cord blood
Detailed Description:
When there is oxygen deprivation, more frequently in premature newborns, the brain and other organs suffer severe consequences. There is evidence that hematopoietic stem cells can help in this scenario by promoting the release of growth-enhancing factors that can help control the damage due to their "homing" capacity, which attracts them to injured sites.
Cord and placental blood have a high concentration of these stem cells, and because its obtention is relatively easy, it seems like a feasible treatment in perinatal hypoxia.
There are current clinical trials that use cryopreserved cord blood for these patients but, to do that, the stem cells have to be frozen and then thawed to be infused, losing a considerable amount of stem cells (almost half of them). We want to evaluate the same condition but infusing non-cryopreserved autologous cord and placental blood because we believe it can be more beneficial due to the greater amount of cells infused, the avoidance of the cryoprotection agent´s toxicity and the lower costs.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|37 Weeks to 42 Weeks (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Apgar < 5 at 5 minutes
- Mixed or metabolic acidosis with a pH <7.0 from umbilical cord blood sample
- Neurological manifestations compatible with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Any degree of organic/systemic affectation (cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hematologic and/or respiratory)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Neurodegenerative, autoimmune or genetic disease
- Active infection at birth
- Informed Consent not signed
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01506258
|Contact: Consuelo Mancias-Guerra, MD
|+52 81 83 48 61 36 ext 413
|Contact: Alma R Marroquin-Escamilla, MD
|+52 81 83 48 61 36
|Neonatology Department of the Pediatrics Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
|Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 64460
|Contact: Consuelo Mancias-Guerra, MD +52 01 86 75 67 18 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Sub-Investigator: Alma R Marroquin-Escamilla, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Ana Cecilia Sosa-Cortez, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Sagrario L Valdes-Burnes, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Barbara G Cardenas-del Castillo, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Adriana Nieto-Sanjuanero, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Oscar Gonzalez-Llano, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Laura Villarreal-Martinez, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Laura M Nuño-Vazquez, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Josue E Rios-Solis, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Consuelo Mancias-Guerra, MD
|Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
|Study Director:
|Alma R Marroquin-Escamilla, MD
|Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
|Study Chair:
|David Gómez-Almaguer, MD
|Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
|Responsible Party:
|Consuelo Mancias Guerra, Pediatric Hematology Professor, Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01506258 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 5, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 18, 2012
Keywords provided by Consuelo Mancias Guerra, Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez:
perinatal hypoxia
autologous hematopoietic stem cells
cord and placental blood
cerebral palsy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Organ Failure
Hypoxia, Brain
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Signs and Symptoms
Acid-Base Imbalance
Metabolic Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich planned to take his new school-funding plan on the road Friday to continue pushing a package of reforms he said will help poor students compete, encourage innovation and address the unconstitutional wealth inequities of the current funding formula.
Kasich planned a Cincinnati appearance the day after unveiling his "Achievement Everywhere" plan.
The $15.1 billion, two-year plan boosts K-12 spending by $1.2 billion over the biennium, thanks to state revenue growth partly from expanded gambling. It also establishes a $300 million "Straight A" fund to pay for competitive innovation and efficiency grants, and expands vouchers for parents to move children from low-performing schools to private ones.
Friday's panel discussion at Taft Information Technology High School continues Thursday's daylong push to explain the long-awaited plan. During an evening town hall broadcast online, Kasich said he hopes it will bring warring education factions together for the sake of schoolchildren.
"There is no politics in this plan," he said. "We are attempting in this plan to make sure that every student in Ohio, regardless of the kind of a district they come from based on wealth, has an opportunity to compete with a child in a district that has greater wealth. We think that's really important."
Some education reform leaders and other Ohioans said they were encouraged by what they had seen of the school funding overhaul, while some Democrats said Kasich flunked at offsetting earlier school cuts and seeking bipartisan input.
The plan proposes K-12 funding increases over both years of the upcoming biennium, with a nearly 6 percent in fiscal year 2014, and a 3.2 percent the following year.
Kasich's proposal would bring all schools up to the tax base level of a district with $250,000 in property value per student -- the 96th percentile of districts statewide -- to ease wide disparities in millage revenues from local levies. It then directs extra money to districts for special-needs and disabled students, English language learners, gifted and talented students, and high schoolers earning college credit.
Funding help is also proposed for districts with high levels of poverty where students don't have access to preschool programs. Other aid would help them reach Ohio's new third grade reading proficiency target.
The plan also calls for increased access to school efficiency and performance information and it encourages districts to learn from the successes of comparable districts.
Kasich told school administrators Thursday that the state's financial stewardship allowed the administration to avoid the cuts many had worried about -- describing their reaction to the plan as bordering on excitement. He said he wants to see the money benefit students directly, something that would be achieved by lifting some state regulations on how dollars are spent.
"We want to get those dollars into the classroom," Kasich said.
The introduction of Kasich's plan is expected to kick off months of debate over Ohio's educational direction. He planned an evening online town hall Thursday and a Cincinnati appearance Friday to continue to tout it.
School funding decisions for Ohio's 613 school districts and 353 charter schools are likely to affect many tax bills, home values and the quality of the education children receive.
Democrats and teacher union officials criticized Kasich for not involving them in the plan's development.
"I have a fundamental problem with the governor's approach; that is, the lack of bipartisanship," said Ohio Senate Democratic Leader Eric Kearney, of Cincinnati. He said he was "a little bit amazed" that Kasich hadn't reached out to Democrats for their thoughts.
A key legislator in the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate said she was encouraged by the governor's sweeping plan.
"I think the devil is in the details, and we haven't seen all the details yet," said Senate Education Chairwoman Peggy Lehner, a Kettering Republican. "From the broad concepts I've seen, I think it's very innovative and dynamic."
Dayton-area 7th grade teacher Ella Jordan Isaac said, "Unfortunately, the governor is working on education policy and school funding with only a select few. He must include all of us -- especially those of us with deep classroom experience -- as we move through this process."
Kasich education advisers said during Thursday's town hall that they spent months gathering input from teachers, superintendents and others around the state.
Sewell reported from Cincinnati; Associated Press reporter Kantele Franko contributed from Columbus.


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Coco wants you to see things through her eyes
And by things I mean breasts. She wants you to see her breasts.
NOTE: Included some more of Coco's recent Twitter pics so someone in the scientific community can explain to me how this is happening and why we're not using those gamma rays to create a super-army of Incredible Hulks.
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(Reuters) - Top seeds John Isner and Tommy Haas were dumped out of the Delray Beach International semi-finals by two players ranked outside the world's top 100, as Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Ernests Gulbis advanced to Sunday's final.
Gulbis, ranked 109th in the world, beat second seed Haas 6-3 4-6 7-6(2) in two hours and 14 minutes on Saturday before Frenchman Roger-Vasselin, ranked 105th, knocked off big-serving American Isner 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Roger-Vasselin played solid tennis throughout to advance to his first ATP singles final, overcoming 21 aces from world No. 15 Isner to prevail in two hours and eight minutes.
Gulbis, who won here in 2010 but had to come through qualifying this year, fought off eight of 10 break points, while Haas, ranked 19th in the world, lost all three he faced.
"Because it's the first tournament outdoors after an indoor season ... qualifiers have one small advantage," he told reporters. "They've played already three matches before the main draw guys play one match.
"That's why I think it's a lot of upsets. The good players, usually they're not used to the conditions."
Latvian will Gulbis will be playing in his third ATP final on Sunday. He won his first two.
Reporting by Ben Everill in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford


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Cystectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of the bladder. Cystectomy is most often used to treat bladder cancer.
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Left to right: Danny Kaye, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and others protest at the HUAC Hearings.
I have a new video out today in the Frame by Frame series, directed and edited by Curt Bright, which I wrote and appear in, on the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s. About the Blacklist, the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of its most celebrated personages, had this to say in 1970, when the Blacklist had begun to wane: "The blacklist was a time of evil, and no one on either side who survived it came through untouched by evil. Caught in a situation that had passed beyond the control of mere individuals, each person reacted as his nature, his needs, his convictions, and his particular circumstances compelled him to. There was bad faith and good, honesty and dishonesty, courage and cowardice, selflessness and opportunism, wisdom and stupidity, good and bad on both sides. When you who are in your 40s or younger look back with curiosity on that dark time, as I think occasionally you should, it will do no good to search for villains or heroes or saints or devils because there were none; there were only victims. Some suffered less than others, some grew and some diminished, but in the final tally we were all victims because almost without exception each of us felt compelled to say things he did not want to say, to do things that he did not want to do, to deliver and receive wounds he truly did not want to exchange. That is why none of us – right, left, or center – emerged from that long nightmare without sin."
You can see the entire 10 minute video by clicking here, or on the image above.
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LONGWOOD, Fla. - A Longwood father says his 11-year-old twin sons have been threatened by fellow students at their middle school and he believes the school isn't doing enough to stop it.
Scott Dixon tells Local 6 he's concerned about his 11 year old boys' safety after he says they received threats from other students at Rock Lake Middle School because his sons reported possible drug possession.
"I'm sorry, (but) if somebody is threatening another student's life, it would be my No. 1 priority," Dixon said.
Dixon said his sons reported that other students were in possession of marijuana and, according to the police report, the school resource officer investigated but found no drugs.
Dixon said threats started appearing on Facebook, including comments such as, "We're feeding them to the hogs and grinding up their teeth," and, "I'm shoving bamboo down the fingernails and stabbing them slowly while they scream."
"These are sadistic comments," said Dixon. "These are comments that not a normal 11-year-old that has a disagreement is going to make."
Since the posts, school officials said they implemented a no-contact contract for all of the students and say they have no evidence the contract has been violated. The school says if there is a violation of the contract, "disciplinary action will be taken, including suspensions."
Dixon said that's not enough.
"What if these threats were made against the principal, or the superintendent, would they still be handling it in the same respect that they're handling it now?" he said. "I don't think so because then it would be deemed credible."
The school says the boys' absences have been excused so far, but if they continue they will be unexcused.
The district said the director of safety has an appointment to meet with the parents next week.
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If you aim to save when you shop, then there's a good chance that you buy in bulk. Well are you really pinching pennies when you buy a larger amount? When it comes to certain items the answer is yes!
According to www.mainstreet.com, there are five things you should always buy in bulk. The site also said that warehouse clubs and stores that require annual membership fees are the best places to find the deals.
Number one on the list, toilet paper. It doesn't go bad, you're always going to need it and you use it all the time. Just make sure you have room for it in your house.
Number two, bottled water. It's not always the greenest choice, but rather than buy individual bottles at Wal-Mart for $1.50 each, you could score a 12-pack of Propel flavored water for $6.
Mainstreet.com also said that diapers are on the list of things you should always buy in bulk. Just make sure you have room to store them in your home.
Next is laundry detergent. An example of how buying this in bulk will help you save; if you buy Arm & Hammer powder in bulk, you can often find it for 40% to 50% less than at the grocery store.
Finally, paper cups and plates. These are always great to have around and if you don't use them this year, store them until you need them again.
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AFTER extracting 160 names from a list 1,200 strong, the final selection of a 'best eleven' was no easy task.
For Town's last line of defence I had three candidates in Sam Burton, Peter Downsborough and Fraser Digby. Local boy Burton played right through the 1950's on his way to more than 500 appearances, while Downsborough performed heroics at Wembley in 1969. But Digby, coming to Swindon as an untried youngster, matured into a first class keeper as the club progressed to the top flight.
In the centre of defence George Hudson and Stan Harland were strong contenders. But Colin Calderwood took on the mantle of captain at just 20, leading the side from the bottom tier to the top.
Alongside him for part of that journey was Shaun Taylor - brave to the extreme and more of an aerial threat than Harland going forward.
On the right at the back Rod Thomas would get the nod in many 'best' XIs and Wally Dickenson from the 1920's came to mind. But Billy Tout could operate anywhere down the right and had a great scoring record from distance or set pieces.
On the left, internationals Jock Walker and Paul Bodin came close but there was really only one choice for me. John Trollope played almost 900 games for the club, where he spent more than half of his 71 years as player, manager and coach.
In the middle a combination of steel and creativity could perhaps include Ray McHale and Alan McLoughlin. But I have Joe Butler and Ernie Hunt, whose paths crossed briefly at Town in 1965.
Butler was a tireless worker and strong tackler, while Hunt provided the guile.
Sitting just behind my front three and given a free role would be Harold Fleming, his prominent aquiline nose picking up the scent of any viable route to goal.
Up front, I think few would argue with the inclusion of Harry Morris and Don Rogers. However, there were many options on the table for a third striker - Maurice Owen, Duncan Shearer and Sam Parkin to name just three.
My vote eventually went to Steve White who, like Owen, cost the club just a signing on fee and gave the club many years' service - but 'Chalkie' scored goals at a higher level.
Alongside him, the muscular Morris bulldozed his way to a goal almost every game for an incredible seven years. And Rogers was simply the most talented and exciting player I have witnessed in the red of Town during my 50 years of watching them.
PAUL PLOWMAN'S GREATEST TEAM SWINDON TOWN XI: Fraser Digby; Billy Tout, Colin Calderwood, Shaun Taylor, John Trollope; Joe Butler, Ernie Hunt, Harold Fleming; Harry Morris, Steve White, Don Rogers.


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Channel 4 have the tale tonight that Sir Gus O'Donnell wanted to quit in May but the coalition persuaded him to stay to ease the transfer. It's a telling insight into the high reputation of the cabinet secretary (known as "GOD" for his initials) within Whitehall.
Sir Gus could now stay on for another year or two, by when he will be 60. In Channel 4′s phrase, "he does not intend to see out the next Parliament". Read more


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – In a summertime already filled with the usual nationwide coaching shifts, title changes and new additions one thing has become very evident – coaching experience at Saint Leo is opening doors for other opportunities around the NCAA.
In addition to the departure of golf coach Erika Brennan to the University of Tennessee and the elevation of JR Blount as associate head coach of the Lions' men's basketball team, two other Saint Leo assistant coaches have earned head coaching positions within the NCAA ranks.
Recently, assistant tennis coach Beth Daub and assistant swim coach Devin Murphy have been named head coaches, Daub at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Ca. and Murphy with Malone University in Canton, Ohio.
Daub, an assistant under head coach James Bryce from 2011-13, contributed to what were two outstanding seasons for both the men's and women's tennis teams. Serving at the institution from which she obtained her Master's Degree in Business, Daub guided the Lions to the No. 8 national rankings on both sides after the programs' second consecutive season of a combined 34 wins with each reaching NCAA Regionals. She was also co-SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) Advisor. She also helped guide the Lions to NCAA Tournament appearances each year at Saint Leo.
"My time spent at Saint Leo was one I will cherish," Daub said. "It is the place that started it all for me (and) it was an honor to work with the athletes and see them grow not only as tennis players but also as adults. Coach Bryce was such a great mentor to me and guided me along the way. I am very thankful to him and Director of Athletics Fran Reidy for giving me that opportunity."
"I am extremely happy for Beth and this opportunity for her," Bryce said while reflecting on his former assistant. "She has proven to be an excellent coach and it has been a pleasure to work with her the past two years. I wish her the best of luck and know she will be an asset to Academy of Arts."
On the other side, Murphy, who served under head coach Paul Mangen for the past two years, saw the Lions set a total of 26 NCAA Division II "B" standards as 30 new school records were registered by Lion swimmers during his tenure on the Saint Leo coaching staff. The Lions also experienced plenty of success at the NCAA Division II Swimming Championships during the last two seasons, earning All-America honors in the 200 Freestyle Relay, the 400 Individual Medley and the 100 Backstroke while clocking Honorable Mention All-American performances in 10 other events.
"I'll always be thankful for my time spent at Saint Leo," Murphy said while settling into his new spot in Ohio. "To have the opportunity to learn from and work with such a talented group of athletes, coaches and administrators has been an invaluable experience as I take over as the next head coach of swimming and diving at Malone University. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity that Coach Mangen and Mr. Reidy gave me to be an assistant coach at Saint Leo and for their leadership and encouragement over the past two years."
"Devin asked for an opportunity to get into collegiate coaching and he was motivated and used the resources afforded to him here at Saint Leo University; that sets a great example for our athletes and others aspiring to become collegiate coaches," Coach Mangen said of Murphy's desire to advance through the coaching ranks. "I feel great about being able to once again offer that opportunity as well as get the chance to work alongside Devin (and) I very much look forward to continuing our relationship."
Both Daub and Murphy have already transitioned into their new roles and will lead their respective squads into the upcoming seasons.


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>General Running>Marathon Recovery
Runners run.
The Logic of Long Distance
When you burned out later that summer, how were you feeling physically? If you re-think it, is it possible that your mental burn-out was in part due to physical fatigue from not allowing the necessary recovery time after Boston?
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I have a simple question that I'd like to hear folks' thoughts on. When we think about marathon recovery, is the recovery thought in terms of the effects of the marathon itself or is it better to think in terms of recovery from the whole season of training that leads up to the marathon?
Obviously, the race can't be separated out entirely from the season, but it seems to me that the difficulties I've had in recovering can't be traced specifically back to the race event.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Neitzsche "Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." "Dedication and commitment are what transfer dreams into reality."
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
I think it's really important to pay attention to the mental recovery as much as the physical. Those of you who's goal marathons were befriggered by hot weather might actually find the physical recovery really quick relative to other marathons--while the mental recovery will take some time.
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Great thread, Mishka. I'm soaking all this marathon prep, race, and recovery info in as I'm planning on and preparing for the Glass City Marathon in April, which will be my first. I appreciate all the info y'all have to offer.


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"The foursome of [Zack] Wheeler, the pitching prospect acquired in the Carlos Beltran trade, [Jeurys] Familia, [Matt] Harvey, and Jenrry Mejia, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, form a nice future nucleus. Throw in Dillon Gee and Jon Niese, perhaps even Mike Pelfrey, and the Mets should have the type of pitching around which to build a contender."
This is not to criticize Harper for this piece, which illustrates nicely the extent to which the Mets are now collecting high-upside pitching prospects. But I think it reflects the way Jon Niese has simply been overlooked. And I'm not sure exactly why that is.
Niese doesn't have a signature plus-plus pitch, I guess, though an arsenal with several pitches he can throw for strikes is more important. His win totals, not that it should matter, haven't been impressive the way Dillon Gee's have been in 2011. But of the entire list Harper mentioned, Niese is easily the best bet to be a frontline starting pitcher for the Mets in 2013.
Consider that Niese has followed up his 3.80 xFIP over 173 2/3 innings in 2010 with a 3.21 xFIP so far in 2011. That 2011 mark is 18th in all of baseball among starting pitchers with at least 100 innings pitched this season. It also rankes Niese ahead of pitchers like Dan Haren, Tim Hudson, Jon Lester, Ian Kennedy, Michael Pineda, and virtually everyone else.
Of the 17 pitchers ahead of Niese, only two are younger: Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner. Niese is just .01 behind Felix Hernandez, who is older than Niese. So is David Price.
Incidentally, so is Dillon Gee.
This is not to suggest that Zack Wheeler or Matt Harvey aren't strong pitching prospects. But Harvey's xFIP has only been a bit better than Niese's in 2011. Familia's and Wheeler's have been about the same. And that's been at high-A primarily for those three, while Niese has been doing it against major league hitters.
In 2013, Niese will be entering his age-26 season. It is possible that there will be pitchers with a brighter future than Niese at that point, or that Niese could get injured between now and then.
But that list is likely to be a small one, and there isn't a better bet to be an excellent pitcher anywhere in the Met organization. He certainly deserves more than getting listed as an afterthought.