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Roselle, a yellow Labrador retriever with gentle brown eyes, slept peacefully beneath the desk of her owner on the 78th floor of World Trade Center Tower One.
Terrified of thunderstorms, Roselle didn't even flinch as American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the façade of the building, some 15 stories above, at precisely 8:46 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
Michael Hingson, a California native, experienced a sensation familiar to anyone who has lived along the San Andreas Fault. Moments earlier, the office manager for a computer company was preparing for a meeting with field representatives and clients. Suddenly, he was bracing himself in a doorway as the 110-story building shuddered and slowly lurched to one side. The top of the tower reacted like a giant spring, unleashing its newly-absorbed energy before returning to a vertical position.
Born blind, Hingson didn't know at that moment what had hit the building or why. He didn't know about the terrorist hijackings or that another airplane was 17 minutes away from slamming into Tower Two.
All he knew is that he and his co-workers and clients had to evacuate the building in an orderly fashion.
The fact that Hingson was able to recount his tale during the second Alabama Assistive Technology Expo and Conference (ALATEC) is due in no small part to Roselle, the sleepy yellow Labrador who emerged from beneath his desk with her tail wagging.
A formidable team
Hingson spoke at Auburn University in May about the unique partnership between a blind individual and his or her guide dog. Hosted by Auburn University's Center for Disability Research and Service, the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling within the College of Education, the university's Office of Professional and Continuing Education and the Alabama State Department of Rehabilitation Services, ALATEC brings consumers and professionals together to learn about assistive technology available for individuals with disabilities.
"The federal government defines [assistive technology] as any piece of equipment or device that can improve the quality of life for an individual with a disability to allow them to be more independent,'' said Scott Renner, coordinator of assistive technology and innovation for the Center for Disability Research and Service. "It can be used in employment, education, recreation. When you look at assistive technology, sometimes people think of high-dollar assistive technology.''
In fact, it can take many forms, from motorized wheelchairs to Apple iPads to voice-activated computer software. In Hingson's case, assistive technology came in four-legged form. Roselle had been specially trained to respond, remaining calm and focused, to respond to Hingson's commands while also helping him avoid obstacles. If the handler serves as the navigator in the partnership, then the dog acts as the pilot.
"We are a team,'' Hingson said. "A guide dog and a person are a team. We each have a job to do and we respect each other's jobs.''
While assistive technology allows individuals with disabilities to lead more independent lives, Hingson said the tools can't be effective unless the users let go of their uncertainty.
"I use technology when I can to mitigate some of the challenges I face, but none of it means a thing if I'm not confident enough in my own abilities to find ways to make technology work effectively,'' he said. "Turn your liability into an asset.''
Clear vision
For most of his life, Hingson has met individuals who have misunderstood his blindness. What they assumed to be a liability, Hingson transformed into an asset long ago. He earned that management job in New York City because he was able to demonstrate that he could sell a product and provide service differently than an individual with sight.
"Throughout my entire life, I've had to sell just to be able to live and function,'' Hingson wrote in a job search cover letter. "I've had to sell to convince people to let me buy a house or rent a house or apply for jobs when they discover I'm blind …''
"I like to use the expression, 'Don't let your eyesight get in the way of your vision,''' Hingson said.
Hingson enlisted Roselle's help to ensure that a lack of eyesight wouldn't preclude clear vision. After taking the job in New York City, he walked every corridor of the World Trade Center with Roselle at his side and participated in fire drills. He created a detailed mental map of the building, partly to ensure he could be a good host to any clients who visited his office.
Step by step
Moments after American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north tower, somewhere between the 93rd and 99th floors, Hingson's co-worker, David Frank, looked out their 78th floor window and saw what looked like fiery confetti, thousands of pieces of 8 ˝ x 11 paper scattered into a sky blackened by plumes of smoke.
Hingson picked up Roselle's leash and told her to heel. Hingson and Frank cleared the office, directing several people to the stairwell, and powered down their equipment before exiting.
It was 8:55 a.m. and the smell of burning jet fuel assaulted their senses as they began their 78-floor journey down the stairwell.
Frank went first, staying several steps in front to scout out any potential hazards, while Hingson followed with Roselle at his side.
Their descent settled into an orderly rhythm.
Down 10 steps and then a 180-degree turn.
Down nine more steps to the next landing.
Seventy-fifth floor, 74th, 73rd.
They reached a new landing every 20 seconds. They could still smell the fumes from above, but there was another noxious substance in that stairwell.
"The fear was palpable on the stairs,'' Hingson said. "The taste of fear was there. I knew it was important for me to sound calm and convinced that we were OK. I had to assure Roselle that she was OK and that I was OK.''
Down 10 steps and another turn. Nine more steps.
Soon, they heard voices from above. "Burn victim coming through.'' They cleared a path for the first of what would be several.
Hingson tried to keep his focus on the next step, the next turn, the next floor.
48th, 47th, 46th, 45th.
They encountered a knot of people who were suffering from the fumes and beginning to panic. Hingson attempted to lift their spirits with some humor. He was concerned that, if the power went out in the stairwell, he would be trapped behind a knot of sight-dependent people.
"I don't want anyone to worry. I'm blind. Roselle is my guide dog. We're going to offer a half-price special, today only, to get you out of here if the lights go out,'' Hingson told them.
They passed a group of firemen heading upstairs somewhere in the 30s. Hingson had to convince one that he could make it down the stairs unassisted.
More steps, more turns, more landings.
When they reached the bottom, after 1,463 steps, they waded through a torrent created by the sprinkler system and entered the first-floor shopping complex between the towers. They ran past the bank, the Radio Shack, the Hallmark store and the Godiva chocolate shop. They ascended an escalator and exited into sunlight.
Frank described the horror above, the inferno consuming both towers.
They kept moving, north on Broadway, on to Fulton Street and Ann Street. Frank stopped to take photos and Hingson tried to call his wife, Karen, who was home in New Jersey, but the circuits were busy.
Just as Hingson closed his phone, a policeman yelled, "Get out, it's coming down!''
Hingson heard a "deafening crescendo,'' a "freight train waterfall sound.'' The blind man and his dog started running south, chased by the rumble and the cloud of ash.
"We were engulfed in dust,'' he said. "You could feel it going down your throat and in every breath.''
Hingson sought refuge in the Fulton Street subway station and waited for several minutes with a small cluster of people. When they emerged, Tower 2 was gone.
Hingson was heading west on Fulton Street when, at 10:28 a.m., he heard that awful freight train waterfall sound again. After burning for 102 minutes, Tower One, the place where Hingson had worked for 13 months, succumbed to the heat generated by thousands of gallons of burning jet fuel.
He turned away from the building, covered his face and waited for the noise and the blast of wind to subside. The clouds of ash drifted for nearly three miles.
Hingson managed to reach his wife, make it to Midtown Manhattan and get on a train that would take him home to New Jersey. When he got there, he hugged his wife harder than he ever had before.
Sharing a story of hope
Hingson lost friends among the 2,752 people who died during the terrorist attacks on the towers, but the grief was eventually replaced by an unbreakable resolve.
"We're still here and we can't allow ourselves to be paralyzed by it,'' he said.
In 2002, Hingson joined Guide Dogs for the Blind team as its national public affairs director and shared his story on behalf of the school. Roselle earned the American Kennel Club's 2002 ACE Award as Service Dog of the Year, was praised for her heroism in the Congressional Record and accompanied Hingson during a Sept. 11, 2002 interview on "Larry King Live.'' Sprawled across the table on the set, Roselle yawned and lolled her tongue as Larry King interviewed Hingson.
Hingson will share their story in the book "Thunder Dog: A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero,'' which will be released in August. Since forming The Michael Hingson Group in 2008, the author has toured the country as a public speaker and corporate consultant who emphasizes inclusivity, diversity and assistive technology training.
Through it all, Hingson has proven that individuals with disabilities can negotiate the most daunting challenges if they adhere to the strategy he and Roselle used to escape the World Trade Center – one step at a time.
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World premiere of "La Providence" during spring concert at The Woods
April 9th, 2012 | SMWC
When Michael Boswell, assistant professor of music at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), sang his first piece by Sydney Guillaume, a dynamic rising composer, in 2009, he thought, "This person feels music the way that I do." At that exact moment, Providence put him on a path to share that feeling with the world.
Now, about three years after that first encounter, SMWC is proud to host the world premiere of "La Providence," composed by Guillaume, on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 4 p.m., in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The piece, generously underwritten by Marijane Jemsek of Matoon, Ill., in memory of her daughter, 1976 Woods alumna Regina Jemsek, is a musical celebration of the comfort and strength of Providence.
"Everyone can appreciate this piece," Boswell said. "It's about not worrying when things are out of our control, because perhaps they are part of a plan that we may not understand at the time."
The College's elite student choral ensemble, the Madrigals, will perform "La Providence," which was inspired by the words and wisdom of SMWC's foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. "Think about it," Boswell said, excitement illuminating his face, "we'll perform this piece for the first time, with Sydney sitting right there, next to Saint Mother Theodore's shrine. It will all come together in this one special moment."
"La Providence" is the crown jewel on a day of free, public activities, including a session with Guillaume, a historic tour, a presentation on music therapy and a spring concert with the College's Chorale and Madrigals.
"This song kindles the awe of what can be made possible by placing ourselves into the hands of Providence," said Madrigal member Sherry Bube, a sophomore studying music therapy from Nashville, Ind. "Being able to perform the piece with such dedicated and enthused Pomeroys makes it that much more special."
Originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Guillaume blends his cultural roots with his American upbringing to create a sound unlike anything heard before. The Miami Herald praised his work for its "impressive maturity and striking melodic distinction." Guillaume, a University of Miami graduate, commissions works for many nationally recognized ensembles including Seraphic Fire, Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Chorus and The Young New Yorkers Chorus. The Grammy award-winning group Chanticleer recently performed his moving piece, "Kalinda." Using the poetry of his father, Gabriel T. Guillaume, and the journals of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, he composed "La Providence" specifically for women's voices.
"I think 'La Providence' is going to be very popular with women's choirs around the world," Boswell said. "It's very exciting to have it start here at The Woods."
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Nintendo have released a whole load of information on the Wii U recently, but one thing people seem to be wondering about is if the Wii U will have some kind of achievements/accomplishment system.
It looks like the Wii U will not have an accomplishment system, is this really a bad thing?
I do personally believe that this is a letdown, but hopefully can be patched in sometime very soon.
Over the last 7 years I have grown accustom to the achievement system made popular by the Xbox 360. I had hoped that Nintendo would offer a similar system as standard from day one to avoid having to patch it in on some titles while leaving out others. I have learned within this current generation that tacked on options or accessories is usually not the proper way to do things. It causes alienation and unorganized style.
Though I will continue to support Nintendo and will take advantage of the Nintendo Wii U entertainment system online structure. I will also continue to support Xbox live, which is what I believe to set the standard of how an online gaming experience is done properly. Especially with the achievement system. Hopefully Nintendo follows down the yellow brick path set by Microsoft online sooner rather than later.
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I'm glad Nintendo isn't jumping on the bandwagon with this one. If you can't play games without them being there what does that really say about the concept?
Don't care if they do, don't care if they don't.
Trophies/Achievements are not a must and definitely doesn't replace free in-game unlocks even though companies nowadays use it as such. So if Wii U games have more content to fight for as opposed to the "here's a cookie" system then I will lean more onto Nintendo's side.
It's definitely a bummer. I enjoy earning achievements throughout games (though I don't usually go out of my way to get them all). However, I prefer the feature being used at the developers' discretion. Forcing something which is, at its core, needless onto developers is something I don't agree with.


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Rock art showcased in the National Culural History Museum reflects the accessing of spiritual power by the San people through their trance dance.
The National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria is housed in the Old Mint, a building of historical importance in South Africa's capital city.
Coins may no longer be produced here but what this building contains is just as valuable, including wide-ranging cultural and natural displays, and prized South African artworks.
So diverse are the collections here that any visitor is guaranteed to find an exhibit or two to offer hours of absorbing viewing.
One exhibit, titled 'Schroda' after a site in the ancient kingdom of Mapungubwe, displays early Iron Age clay figurines excavated from this World Heritage Site in the province of Limpopo. Over 1 000 years old, the sculptures relate to cultural practices such as initiation and lobola (the payment of cattle as a bride price).
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The National Museum of Cultural History is a member of the Ditsong Museums, a group of eight Gauteng-based museums, seven of which are in Pretoria. With some five million objects stored behind the scenes, it also showcases some of its collections in an ongoing programme of themed displays.
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Welcome to The Marree Man - the official page of our George W. Bush writer team.
"The Marree Men" was established in late July, 2006, to encourage our Australian users to contribute more regularly to Uncyclopedia. Despite we had already had a considerable amount of Australian contributors registered as users here, they were never active in contributing, and despite there were about 200 articles in Category:Australia, no one was ever interested in improving them, or, at least, arranging them in a more organised manner. Meanwhile, as Uncyclopedia became more and more popular in the US, UK and Canada, our content also began to be seen as, accordingly, more UK/American-centric, and some users were concerned that our Australian visitors would become apathetic to this wiki as a whole. Thus, as a prevention of a vicious cycle of apathy, The Marree Men team was established.
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Our team page is loosely modelled after Wikipedia's Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight page. We nominate articles here for improvement, but we are too lazy to decide on what to get done and what not. So, as long as you are a team member, and if you want to link an article here to get it worked on or as a VFH/VFD notification, you are welcomed to do so. Plus, by being a member you will also become a candidate for our Grand Steve Irwin Award (blame Hindleyite for the name, if you happen to hate The Crocodile Hunter and its host). Not bad, huh?
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- If I get round to it, I might write something up to represent the Eastern suburbs and show the difference between me and rest of you westies. I never go to the beach but I'm more than happy to whinge about all those wannabes that come to Bronte and Bondi for a daytrip. Just goes to show how true blue I am! --KrunK 05:15, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
- YOu can't laugh at yourselves?
- how do i join? just type something here? i have ideas, call me, call me now... --fredzfrog2 9:35pm 1 January 2007
- Yeah, finally a club for my hometown of Australia. No seriously I'm in. I want that steve irwin award. Plus I'm Australian, Central Coast, NSW.Hardeehar 16:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Consider me in, maaaaate. I've been working on the AFL page a bit, making it less about how Collingwood fans like to shit on about fuck all and more about teh funny. --Rilstix 00:24, 18 October
- Owzitgaarn. I've added a Fremantle article, added some to the Perth article, and I have to say I was shocked to see that there wasn't a Holden page on uncyc, so I added one... Also is this talk page upside down or what? Shouldn't the latest be at the top? --Bh (talk) 06:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- G'day cobber, I'm as 'Strayan as Chiko Rolls, cracking a tinnie and taking a leak in a creek. Happy to help any way I can. Someone's gotta fly the flag, eh? And where can I get one of them little flags for me signature? --Armando 14:10, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- yeh me too go blacktown -- Gotohell 08:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'll have another go. I can't guarantee a massive amount of editing because I'm piled under with work, but my procrastination will guarantee something. --Bk 12:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- Living in Cronulla, I think I would be more than apt to make fun of everything wrong with Australia. Count me in. --Joachim22 05:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'll have a go here and there. Be warned, I'm Tasmanian, so anything I do will be slow, economically unstable, and often featured on travel programs. --Lowee 16:06, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Yeeeehaaaaw!! Doors open boys! Whooo-eee! We'll show those Fatcats on Capital Hill a thing or seven. Csm.grfD 23:39, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
- There are two kinds of people the world can't afford to have - one is stupid school kids with no common sense, and the other is outright drongos with no brains. -- The Colonel (talk) 15:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- How do I contribute? I'd like to throw things like this in the mix: "In the 70's the town of Darwin was attacked by what was once thought of as a mythical creature the Cyclops. The Cyclops named Tracey destroyed the town. Darwin's other claim to fame was that Charles Darwin, best known for his Evolution thesis and the founder of the Darwin Awards, was named after town of Darwin.". --Reprobate 05:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Just a rule of thumb: the truth is usually funnier than nonsense. The funniest pages are those closest to the truth. For more information on how to be funny and not just stupid, read UN:DUMB. Also, read some of our good articles here, like this one. -- The Colonel (talk) 10:02, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- Personally I think Reprobate's example was quite funny - the word play changing "cyclone" to "cyclops" especially. It certainly isn't just "nonsense" as you say... --Bh (talk) 06:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- Check the timestamp - when I gave my answer to his question, the first and the only contribution of his was the signature he had got here... Well, are you saying I was calling his sig "nonsense"? ;) -- The Colonel (talk) 14:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- Count me in. I've written a few Northern territory related articles as well as few on Aussie food.-- Heyrizzle 12:00, 28 October 2006 (ACT)
- I've written an article on Gympie...hopefully it's better than the town itself. I'm planning on writing a lot more on and about the Sunshine Coast and it's inhabitants...we all know how intelligible they are.--Escape 12:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
- I didn't know this existed. I'd love to be part of this. --Uncyclon - Do we still link to BENSON? 09:31, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- Uncyclopoedia may be one big waste of time but I try to cull material that's merely a person's (negative) opinion (I always imagine embittered high school kids writing the deragotary material here). - Grand Mal 12:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- I love making fun of Australia, because no matter who much we bag it out, it's still WAAAAY better than anywhere else i've ever been!!! --10rd Ben 11:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- Australia - The luckiest country on Earth. We'd have to be to survive with a population this stupid. Filanator 09:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
- God Bless Australia and Steve Irwin, count me in! Mccann 05:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not just Pinoy, I'm an Australian, and I have Austraslian citizenship. Joe9320 11:27, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- What up my Diggers? What needs doing? (User: Sirnoobalot1337)
- G'day mates! User:Shadow-Stalk3r
- War against Wauchope! I mean Drongos! Deadly Bagel 04:37, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
- By Crikey Strike-Alike dingo's got my Baby
- Imma joining this... ...club? Tourist on the barbie? Anyone? --Tomasauk 13:05, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
edit Non-Aussie "Marree Men" and those who think they are
- YOU ARE A BUNCH OF WANKERS LET US EDIT YOUR AUSTRALIAN PAGE!@ --Anonymous
- I don't think so, anonymous n00b! Enjoy a banning, cause one is surely coming your way soon! --10rd Ben 02:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- The Colonel (talk) 19:43, 25 July 2006 (UTC) (although I won't be here for long)
- -- 12:35, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- For the sake of Steve Irwin, God Bless his soul ~ Hindleyite 15:55, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
- -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 23:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
- I got a bit Marree Mannish once I heard of the word "boong" to refer to an Abo. Rickyrab 05:32, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- Never mind that I am not, in fact, a racist or anything of that sort. Rickyrab 05:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
edit What you have to be aware of
Of course, there are things that we don't consider "funny" here and if your edits are crappy enough, one of these meanies will come and tell you off and/or have you banned from editing. In fact, many, many people have been banned from this wiki for:
- spamming/making useless, fake quotes,
- spamming/making useless templates,
- blanking pages,
- abusing other users,
- complaining about how trashy a page is by adding comments right there,
- violating our vanity policy,
- writing pointless drivels, and
- engaging in revert wars.
So, make sure you don't do any of these things or you will find yourself under fire very, very quickly. In addition, there are things that won't get you into immediate trouble but nonetheless make you look stupid. These include:
- overusing surreal humour[1],
- making unexplained/pointless lists,
- expanding/modifying lists/tables with pointless/unrelated entries, and
- adding your own stuff to an article without taking note of what others have done there.
Remember, like many, many of the admins have angrily pointed out, Uncyclopedia is not your playground, and you must not take your privilege of editing for granted. Act wisely and be one happy Marree Man for years to come.
edit Trophy you can earn
By joining The Marree Man you will also have the chance to win a shiny award. Hey! It is not worth any money, but at least it looks good on a user page. Of course, in order to receive this honour you will have to do something for our clan in return. Well, we have already set up an exhaustive series of rules and procedures on how this is granted to a user, and if there happens to be any dispute on this trophy thing, we will just follow what has been written and make a judgment. So, for those who want to satisfy their inner Bert Newtons and Naomi Robsons, the following is definitely a must-read.
edit The "Grand Steve Irwin Medal"
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This award is to be offered on a monthly basis by a Marree Man elder to a member, or members, of The Marree Men who have displayed excellence in Australia-related contributions, which include, but not limited to, full-length articles, major article rewrites, minor article edits and original images. Modelled after the AFL "Charles Brownlow Trophy", the "Grand Steve Irwin Medal" is considered an honour for the "fairest and best" members of the Marree Men and is not to be granted to those who are found to have been blocked for one or more bannable offenses, such as vandalism and flame warring, within the month in question.
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edit Past winners
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edit Australian Labor Party
The king of Daleks says, "Ex-pand it."
- I got this one, anyone else is welcome to add to it. -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 00:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- That's great! Although you have indicated yourself as a non-Australian, your recent edits certainly show that you have quite a fair bit of knowledge in the subject matter. Thanks for your help, mate, and keep on the good work! -- The Colonel (talk) 18:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Done, but it's short and on Pee Review here. -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 04:50, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- (Comment - see Pee Review) -- The Colonel (talk) 14:29, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- I added a whole bunch, and edited a bit. Kind of added a bit more of a story around the leadership. Let me know what you think! --10rd Ben 13:55, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
edit Naomi Robson
- If you hate Logie-winning cannibals, here's your chance to make your day. -- The Colonel (talk) 18:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
edit Oz
- For obvious reasons. I'm thinking of Australianizing and Wizard-of-Ozing it, as I did some of under an anon account. Rickyrab 05:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
edit Other comments/debates
Plese use the discussion page provided or simply use your own talk page. Thank you!
edit Notice
It has been brought to my attention that our founder Col. Swordsman is to be departing Uncyc for greater things. Fear not, for I will oversee the page in his absence, until further notice at least. Look, I'm not an Australian native, but I do like Australian humour. And, um that's about it. Any questions on this, ask on my or The Colonel's talkpage, or indeed here. And God Bless Steve Irwin. -- Hindleyite 12:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
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>Racing>Happy Dopple Bock Day!
I just came back from 17, and I'm beat. Y'all are amazing.
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
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I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
Fast is better than long
2017 Goals: Give up goals; they're stoopid
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.
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wow you all are beyond impressive. I just puttered through a 6ish mile long run. geez.......
"It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."Wisdom of Confucius
Great running from db, don wg and buzzy. Seeing the end of these runs is so cool.
I was there for the finish of the 12 hour, but missed the 24 finish.
Remarkable athletes!!!
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
BadDawg, I thought of you out there, and I made sure to get at least 5 x 13.1.
Sweet! I am just floored by the demonstrations of endurance. So much awesomeness.
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You are all just awesome for sure!
Just run.
Well???? It's over now, right?
Well???? It's over now, right?
The results (which are still subject to change).
Did Bruce Leasure run in the wrong direction to get a -25 miles credit?
Did Bruce Leasure run in the wrong direction to get a -25 miles credit?
I think he was the guy taking pictures. There were two guys that just walked the loop and took pics for all 12 hours that I was out there. They were there again in the morning when I did a loop with DB. It was a bike path around a lake. I don't know how different all these pics are going to be, or why they need 50 of each person.
that wasn't the day he wanted. knowing he was not feeling the best the week leading into it I'm sure it was a tough day for him. sorry to hear about that.
that level of endurance running sure looks like a hell of a brutal sport. I can harldy relate to that kind of training and effort and can only hope he can recover well.
Go DB.
In an infinite universe, the one thing sentient life cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion
Great running everybody. Cant imagine throwing down nearly 130 miles under any conditions let alone coughing the whole time. Great job with the 2nd place, WG! And Buzzie, any miles that soon after NC24 is amazing. I hit a training wall two weeks after NC24 where my legs were completely dead.


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Longoria, Johnson power Rays to extra-inning win
Three-run 10th keyed by RBI single and two-run homer
DENVER -- The Rays faced a tough task on Friday, having to come from behind before toppling the first-place Rockies in extra innings. The two teams had dominated the other at their respective parks, but the Rays took the game to the wire in the series opener.
Colorado had been great in extras at home, but the Rays turned the tables in the 10th, breaking a four-inning stalemate with Evan Longoria's go-ahead single and a two-run shot from Kelly Johnson, snatching a 7-4 victory to open the series.
"Those are two things we have not been doing very well, winning on the road and winning late," manager Joe Maddon said. "Those are two things we have to get better at. That's part of our DNA. We win late and we win on the road. The vibe just hasn't been there yet. We're just not in sync yet, but we will be. But that's the kind of game I expect our team to win -- late, tight, on the road."
Ben Zobrist sparked the 10th-inning rally with a double to left through a hole at third left empty by a shifted Rockies defense, and Longoria followed with his game-winning single to center.
"It was a good win to hopefully start a new trend," Johnson said. "Evan got a huge hit. That's why he's there. He's our guy. A good guy to have up at that time."
Johnson proved to be a good man to have in the lineup as well, coming to the plate after Matt Joyce flied out and with Longoria on first before drilling a ball over the right-center-field fence for a pair of insurance runs. When he came into the dugout, he kissed the lineup card.
"Right before I was going on deck, I said to [bench coach Dave Martinez], 'Hey, do I need to bunt here if Joyce walks?'" Johnson said. "He goes, 'Yeah, for a hit.' He popped out, and he goes, 'Now hit a homer.' I gave him a huge hug, and I was still fired up."
He then planted a kiss on the prophetic lineup card.
Maddon had scribbled a mantra across the card before the game to help loosen up his club.
"'Swing for homers, the singles will come,'" Johnson read. "One time I was struggling bad and got that piece of advice from someone. I was joking around about it early in the season when we were scuffling. It's easy to press sometimes. It's kind of a joke."
The levity helped the Rays battle back from an early deficit in an unpredictable park after the Rockies jumped out to a lead in the first inning. Dexter Fowler extended his hitting streak to 11 with a leadoff single to left. Michael Cuddyer came to the plate with two outs and drove a 1-0 pitch from Matt Moore over the center-field fence to give Colorado a 2-0 advantage.
Colorado kept the pressure on Moore in the second after Josh Rutledge hit a leadoff shot into the Rockies' right-field bullpen.
"Overall command of all my pitches [was the issue]," Moore said. "I figured something out there with the breaking ball, but it didn't turn into a weapon for me until I was ahead in the count."
Rockies starter Jeff Francis stifled the Rays in the early innings, keeping the first 10 batters from hitting the ball out of the infield. Jose Lobaton led off the third with a single to the third baseman, and with two outs, Ryan Roberts doubled to center to put the Rays on the scoreboard. Zobrist made it back-to-back run-scoring doubles on a liner laced down the left-field line.
The game took a big turn in the bottom of the fourth when Moore walked the first two batters he faced, including the pitcher on four pitches. Fowler, who entered the game hitting .303 with a team-high eight home runs, put down a bunt to the pitcher to advance the runners.
"That was my call," Fowler said. "[Manager Walt Weiss] didn't have anything to do with that. You have two runners in scoring position, you're facing one of the best pitchers in the game. We get those two runs in and it's a different ballgame. Sometimes you have to take one for the team."
Moore followed by striking out Jordan Pacheco, who was hitting .339 entering the game, and All-Star Carlos Gonzalez to escape the inning unscathed, which is more than Fowler could say. Fowler left the game after knocking into Sean Rodriguez at first when hustling to beat out his bunt.
"I put myself in a situation where I really had to grind and battle to get out of there when I never should have -- I can't walk the pitcher when he's trying to give me an out," Moore said. "We had some ideas [for] CarGo. I was fortunate enough to be able to make a couple pitches up in the zone that he chased."
The Rays seized on the Rockies' missed opportunity, adding a pair of runs in the fifth frame when Desmond Jennings launched a two-run homer into the seats in center as Eric Young Jr. climbed the wall in a fruitless pursuit. Colorado tied it up in the bottom of the inning as Moore issued another leadoff walk, this one to Cuddyer. Rookie Nolan Arenado then drove an RBI double to center.
The Rays 'pen shut down the Rockies the rest of the way, navigating a crucial series in the bottom of the eighth when Troy Tulowitzki entered as a pinch-hitter with runners on first and third and one out. Maddon walked Tulowitzki intentionally, and Jake McGee then struck out Young. Maddon then brought out Brandon Gomes for the bases-loaded strikeout of Pacheco.
"After Gomes struck out the guy with the bases loaded, it was a huge lift for our team," McGee said. "It felt like we had a chance to win the game, even though we were on the road. That was big."
Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Jan. 2, 2012 - Pooling semen - all boars are not created equal - Amanda Minton, PIC
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May 1, 2013 - Vitamin D for sows - Merlin Lindeman, University of Kentucky
June 5, 2013 - A review on vaccinations - Butch Baker, Iowa State University
July 3, 2013 – Litter size and piglet birth weights - Mark Knauer, North Carolina State University
Aug. 7, 2013 - Single service insemination technology - Rob Knox, University of Illinois
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Here's one of my favorite "Round 2" dinners that I use with leftover chicken. I still have a ton of pulled chicken that I either need to use up or freeze by the end of the week.
The smoked chicken was from Monday when I smoked up all those leg quarters. The Quesadillas were topped with a mix of Cheddar and Pepperjack Cheeses, the Smoked Chicken, Corn, Black Beans and more Cheese!
Also whipped up a double batch of Steven Raichlen's Pico de Gallo...we can't get enough of this stuff. It's simple, but it packs some serious flavor.
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The Next Version of Android - Some of What's Comingby Brian Klug on 5/19/2013 9:53 AM EST
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TurnerK - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - linkThe graphics session was definitely the most interesting and tale-telling not to mention that Romain Guy and Chet Hasse cracking jokes were hilarious. On a serious note, I'm definitely interested in running the profile GPU rendering tool on the apps I use regularly to examine their performance like I do with the show overdraw tool. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - linkWill hardware acceleration of non-recangle parts imprve battery life ? Reply
Friendly0Fire - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - linkTechnically, hardware accelerated *anything* means you're using the most efficient device to compute what it is you're doing, which means it should be faster, which means it should go back to a lower power state faster/more often. So yes, it could.
Obviously, the amount of non-rectangular paths used in Android is so low that I doubt the improvements would be more than a few minutes of battery life at best. The reordered and merged rendering pipeline will probably do a lot more for it. Reply
hackbod - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkI think it is a pretty safe assumption that any battery life improvement would be negligible. Also, equating drawing on GPU with lower power consumption is overly simplistic. For example if my UI draws at 30fps all in software, and then I implement a hardware path and now have it drawing at 60fps, power use may in fact be increased -- the CPU still needs to run some, and it could well not be able to lower in frequency enough to offset the increased power use of the GPU. Reply
tipoo - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkYeah, I don't think hardware accelerated necessitates lower power draw. I'm fairly certain hardware accelerated browsers *lowered* my laptop battery life, same with more hardware accelerated operating systems. I get the theory, but in practice the power saved by the CPU getting to stay in lower power states longer maybe be completely offset by the GPU being powered on where it normally would be at minimum clocks. Reply
chrone - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - linkthis is what i've been waiting for. get rid of all the micro stuttering on transition animation, and choppy scrolling. yay! :D Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - linkHasn't every Android revision promised that? :P Reply
chrone - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkyeah, you are right, each time it's broken on next update or so. lol Reply
mooninite - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkThe bluetooth stack change was *not* for the "addition to enabling the Android team to rapidly add more features and profiles" but rather at the behest of Broadcom. The Bluez library is utilized by every major Linux distribution and desktop environments to provide features that the Broadcom stack *does not* provide. The switch is a *downgrade*.
Android is still more closed than it should be. In a real, open-source world, Android changes would be communicated ... get ready ... openly. Reply
Cinnabuns - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkI can only hope the focus for more bluetooth improvements come along with bluetooth bug fixes as well. My wife and I both have a Nexus 4 and it's quite obvious that the bluetooth functionality was a downgrade over previous Android versions. It's a major disappointment on a phone that is otherwise quite good.
Aside from the initial audio streaming issues that were fixed in 4.2.2, there are still a number of bluetooth issues plaguing Android 4.2.2:
- lack of MAP profile support. It was supported until 4.2. (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id...
- bluetooth randomly won't turn on (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id... https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id...
- wifi drops connection when bluetooth is in use (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id...
I've personally run into all of these problems. When people ask me if I'd recommend the Nexus 4 to them, I tell them that it's fine as long as they don't ever have to use bluetooth. Reply
djpavcy - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - linkI have a Nexus 4 and I agree with you 100%. It's not that bluetooth is completely unusable but the random not-turning on and the wifi/bluetooth issues make for a very frustrating experience Reply
DustoMan - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkI'm kinda annoyed at the state of Bluetooth on my Galaxy Nexus. I can't pair with my stock Subaru car head unit. And pairing with my Clarion head unit is a nightmare. Lots of flipping BT off and then on again and rebooting. It's just so hit or miss. 4.2.2 has crippled my device. Reply
anactoraaron - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - linkI've heard that AOSP/CM builds have this issue in various vehicles. I had issues with my Cruze only with CM, but PA and Slim hasn't had any issue. If I had a guess, perhaps there's something in the kernel or maybe (puts tinfoil hat on) there's something car manufacturers & car stereo manufacturers did intentionally in collusion with major device makers to try to hinder people from flashing custom software (since the two most common non-manufacturer non-carrier approved software are AOSP and CM...). Reply
chophshiy - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - link1) I am confused by "...with lower duty cycles that enable deployment in lower energy devices..." followed immediately by the statement that BLE doesn't mean that power consumption will be reduced. Can the author or someone clarify?
2) How F**KING hard is it to implement a filter for "Love my job"?! Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - linkIndeed, or implement a system where a users first 15 posts or something must pass a captcha. Reply
lilmoe - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - linkBluetooth LE is different from Bluetooth "classic". I'm not 100% sure but I think it's intended for non-"traditional" use cases of bluetooth connections (like voice streaming), but intended towards lower bandwidth connections like heath monitors and smart watches. So, even if you have BLE enabled, you'll still use the same amount of energy for "classic" use cases like streaming audio. Reply
Mugur - Friday, May 31, 2013 - link2) Or iMac...? :-) :-) :-) Reply


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Parking Ramp
Another convenient parking option for patients and visitors is the John C. Gallagher, Sr. Parking Ramp located directly across from the hospital on Hodge Street or on Elmwood Avenue next to Bank of America. A sidewalk from the parking ramp leads directly to the 118 Hodge Street hospital entrance. The daily rate to park in the garage is $5.
The parking ramp does offer the "easy pass" in two week increments of $25/week. This option for parents who will be longer term residents of Women & Children's Hospital provides greater flexibility and results in drastic savings in parking costs. Parents may report to the attendants booth located at the Elmwood end of the ramp or contact the attendant at (716) 885-0675, to secure an application for parking. Passes are usually available within 24 hours.
Security Escorts
Women & Children's Hospital also offers security escorts for visitors regardless of where they park. Visitors can request a security escort by calling (716) 878-7081 or stopping at the information desk in the main lobby.
Additional Parking
Additional Women & Children's Hospital parking options are available through the NFTA-METRO Park and Ride Station located at the LaSalle Station at 3030 Main Street, Buffalo.
The LaSalle Park and Ride Station offers over 700 available parking spaces and parking is FREE! Visitors to the Hospital would then take the LRRT from LaSalle Station and transfer to one of these bus options:
- Route 12- Utica
- Route 20- Elmwood
- Route 25- Delaware
Metro trains run about every 10-12 minutes and bus routes run approximately every 15 minutes during the day. Specific trips from LaSalle Station to Women & Children's Hospital could be as short as 17 minutes depending on the bus route chosen.
Customers can purchase cash fares at $1.75 a ride or a Metro Pass available in system wide day pass for $4 or monthly pass for $64. Reduced fares are offered for children five to eleven years old, seniors at 65 or older, and disabled at $.75 cash fare, $2 for day pass, and $32 for a monthly pass. Children 4 years and under ride free with an adult.
Trip planners can be accessed to view transfer options as well as walking distance from stop to the Hospital. The Trip Planners can be calculated by minimizing time, transfers, walking distance, or fares at specific dates and times.
For more information on schedules, Trip Planners, maps, and reduced fares please visit the NFTA website.
Street Parking
Street parking is available on the streets surrounding the hospital; please be aware of the parking regulations and times posted on each side of the street, there is alternate side parking in Buffalo and vehicles are ticketed if they are not on the correct side for that day.
For more information or to request valet services from Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo, please call (716) 878-1500 or click here to view a list of places to stay.


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The Strategy & Environment area in the Jones School takes a unique approach in integrating the market and nonmarket environments of an organization to facilitate the formulation and implementation of its strategy. Strategy is primarily directed towards improving and sustaining the performance of a firm, and it involves the establishment of an organization's goals and objectives, formulation of its competitive and growth strategies, development and allocation of strategic resources, organization of internal and external governance arrangements, and measurement of organizational performance.The study of strategy examines issues that are of interest to general managers - those who are responsible for the overall performance of multi-functional business units or multi-business firms. Major topics include: the external environment and structure of the industry in which firms compete, the pursuit of competitive advantage through positioning; competitive dynamics; the creation and leverage of firm resources and capabilities; entry into new product or geographic markets; technological or organizational innovation; governance of a firm; alliances and acquisitions; diversification, and portfolio management;. We define both environment and organization broadly. Environment includes market and nonmarket dimensions that impact strategic management. Organizations may be in the business, governmental, or nonprofit / social enterprise sectors of the economy. The Strategy & Environment area includes specialists in traditional areas like competitive strategy, international management, management of alliances or acquisitions, technology and innovation, corporate governance as well as business ethics / corporate social responsibility, business-government relations, public / nonprofit management, and social enterprise. There is increasing emphasis on and interest in ecological sustainability. The MBA core curricula include courses in the fundamentals of business or corporate strategy, business ethics / corporate social responsibility, and business-government relations. Apart from core courses we offer a range of electives in some of the specific areas highlighted earlier.


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The California Health Exchange at www.coveredca.com opened Oct. 1, allowing millions of Californians the opportunity to shop for affordable health care under the Affordable Care Act.
Despite rumors of high premiums, on Sept. 25, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report and press release announcing "lower than expected premiums available in the new Health Insurance Marketplace."
The report promises about a choice of two or more health insurance issuers for 95 percent of consumers.
California was the first state to implement the ACA in 2010 and establish its health insurance exchange. But with 2.1 million uninsured and eligible for coverage, it will be a challenge to make the coveredca.com site easy to understand and navigate for the millions that will use it, even given that the site provides information in 13 languages.
One of the biggest misconceptions about ACA is that it creates a government-run health plan; it does not. Another persistent misconception is that undocumented immigrants will be allowed to enroll, which they will not.
To further clarify the key reforms of the ACA, on Sept. 25, the White House released a statement that includes stronger consumer rights and protections to effectively put an end to coverage denial based on pre-existing condition(s), an end to lifetime caps on the amount of care received based on a maximum dollar limitation and coverage cannot be canceled due to illness.
Coverage is also more affordable in that it requires insurance companies to adhere to the 80/20 rule, meaning that if insurance companies do not spend at least 80 percent of the premium on medical care and health care improvements, they will be required to give the insured a rebate.
Further, insurance companies in every state are required to publicly justify any rate increases of 10 percent or higher. Small businesses will also benefit by receiving a tax credit. And under the ACA, the level of care received is improved because insurers are now required to pay for several recommended preventive services without an increase in costs via copays or deductibles. Parents can breathe a sigh of relief because under the new law children can remain on the family insurance plan until age 26.
To understand the process and identify the participating insurance companies and health plan options, visit coveredca.com.
Plans are divided into four "metal" categories — bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The bronze and silver plans offer a lower premium but higher out-of-pocket costs; the gold and platinum plans require a higher premium, but lower out-of-pocket costs.
At the website, select "Resources," from the menu, then "Shop and Compare." Click on "Get Started" and begin filling in the information requested, such as number in household, household income, zip code, age(s) and number of dependents. At this stage, it is not necessary to provide any personal information. A variety of scenarios may be explored based on each person's unique set of circumstances. After entering the information requested, click on "See My Options" for a list of plans/insurers offering coverage. Under each plan offered select "View Details" for a cost breakdown, detailed plan benefits and information about the insurer.
For example, a family of three with two adults aged 55 and 45 and a son or daughter age 20, based on an annual income of $30,000, may consider Enhanced Silver 87 and the Bronze 60.
Here are the plans/insurers under Enhanced Silver 87:
Monthly Premium Monthly
Insurer Premium Assistance Payment
Health Net $838 $779 $59
Molina Health care $883 $779 $104
Blue Shield of CA $899 $779 $120
Anthem Blue Cross $902 $779 $123
For a complete list of coverage offered under each plan, click "View Plan Benefits." For information about the company, click "About [name of insurer]."
It is important to note that "Premium Assistance" is available from the government to lower the cost of insurance. After applying, the assistance may be immediately applied to the total monthly premium to lower the monthly pay out.
An insured will not need to pay the entire premium up front each month and then wait for reimbursement on their tax return. But, they can elect to use the Premium Assistance all at once, use some of the assistance available, or none at all depending on their income and their accountant's advice. They can claim the unused portion of the subsidy on their income tax.
Anyone may shop and purchase a plan beginning Oct. 1 but coverage will not take effect until Jan. 1, 2014.
Anyone with coverage through their employer may not qualify for a tax credit unless the employer's plan covers less than 60 percent of medical costs. In this instance, the employee may qualify for subsidized coverage.
A list of "Frequently Asked Questions" and downloadable fact sheets are available for both individuals and small businesses. For families, the California School Health Centers Association provides a list of the "Top 10 Things You and Your Family Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act." Visit www.schoolhealthcenters.org.
The Washington Post Wonkblog features the column "You've got 42 Obamacare questions. Wonkblog has 42 answers" at www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/25/youve-got-42-obamacare-questions-wonkblog-has-42-answers.
Coveredca.com has also established a toll-free call center to provide answers to health care questions at 888-975-1142.


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Pastel Tea Cookies Recipe
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These glazed sugar cookies are perfect for nibbling between sips at a tea party, graduation or shower. —Lori Henry, Elkhart, Indiana
Featured In: 20 Wedding Shower Recipes
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons meringue powder
- 5 teaspoons water
- Pastel food coloring
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate 1-2 hours or until dough is easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. butterfly or flower cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
- For glaze, in a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and meringue powder; stir in water until smooth. Divide among small bowls; tint pastel colors. Spread over cookies; let stand until set. Yield: 4 dozen.
Editor's Note: Meringue powder is available from Wilton Industries. Call 800-794-5866 or visit wilton.com.
Originally published as Pastel Tea Cookies in Country Woman June/July 2008, p13
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Reviewed Jun. 5, 2013
"I have made these cookies several times and they are always a hit, the only thing I change is substituting some of the water in the icing with flavoring, such as almond, cherry or orange, depending on the flavor I am looking for and the color I am making the icing."


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Topic: Target Cancer, the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and Research
The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation donated 40 thousand Dollars to the Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Team: Dr. Cristina Ferrone, M.D. , PI.; Matteo Ligorio, M.D. Postdoctoral Fellow; Dr. Nabell El-Bardeesey, a comprehensive research program that simultaneously focuses on several key areas and approaches:
Cell line collection
Generation of mouse models
Genomic studies
Establishment of xenografts
Screening of cell lines against existing compounds
Here is the latest announced by Target Cancer, a big supporter of Cholangiocarcinoma Research:
http://www.targetcancer.info/Cholangioc … a_Research
and the link to Dr. Bardeesey:
http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/resea … 1&xd=1


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Nov 16, 2012 10:12AM
Watch: Lady Gaga 'Cake' Directed by Terry Richardson (Preview)
"Homie I got plenty."
If Terry Richardson is going to direct a video starring Lady Gaga it's probably always going to end up something like this. Ass slapping in the bathtub, pantsless dancing, a hand-held voyeuristic aesthetic — classic Terry/Gaga magic. The song, 'Cake', is a rap collaboration with DJ White Shadow and the full video will be out soon, she has tweeted. Watch the preview here:
Photo: Terry Richardson via Lady Gaga's Twitter
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Live Howe Cup Brackets
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Third-ranked Penn women's squash (13-2, 6-2 Ivy) earned its first opening-round victory in three seasons on Friday at the Howe Cup Championship. The Quakers bested No. 6 Cornell (12-6, 3-5) 8-1, earning their second consecutive win over the Big Red and less than a week. With the victory, the Red and Blue advance to the semifinal round to face second-ranked Harvard (13-1, 6-1) on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Penn is now 32-2 all-time, and 5-0 in Howe Cup matches, against Cornell, and has won 16 in a row throughout the series. The Quakers earned three straight-game wins at positions five, six and nine from Pia Trikha, Yarden Odinak, and Chloe Blacker, respectively.
Additionally, the other five wins came in long matches. Courtney Jones played her first match in over two weeks due to an ailing ankle, and took her match at the eighth position in five games. Camille Lanier defeated Brynn Daniels of Cornell for the second week in a row at No. 7 – last week it was in straight games, and today it was in four. Haidi Lala battled her way to a win at No. 4, defeated Abby Foster in five games.
The top two players on Penn's ladder won as well. Yan Xin at the second position topped her opponent in four games. Nabilla Ariffin, less than a week after retiring early from her match against Danielle Letourneau on Senior Day due to injury, defeated Letourneau in four games at the top spot.
The Crimson comes into Saturday fresh off its 9-0 thrashing of No. 7 Stanford in the opening round. Penn trails Harvard 40-5 in the all-time series, and the Crimson are one of the two teams to have dealt a loss to the Quakers this season.
The last time the two teams met was on Jan. 12 in the first home match of the season for Penn. The Red and Blue fell in a very tight one, 6-3. Two of their losses came in the full five games at Nos. 2 and 3, and another one of their losses came in four games at position eight. This time around, Penn is on a six-match win streak and will look to make its first appearance in the finals since 2010, when this year's senior class were freshmen.
Check back with PennAthletics.com for daily updates on Penn's progress at the Howe Cup.
Full Results
Penn 8, Cornell 1
No. 1: Nabilla Ariffin (P) def. Danielle Letourneau (C) 3-1, (11-13, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5)
No. 2: Yan Xin (P) def. Jessenia Pacheco (C) 3-1, (11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4)
No. 3: Jamie Laird (C) def. Rachael Goh (P) 3-2, (11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 2-11, 11-7)
No. 4: Haidi Lala (P) def. Abbey Foster (C) 3-2, (11-6, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9)
No. 5: Pia Trikha (P) def. Rachel Au (C) 3-0, (11-2, 11-4, 11-8)
No. 6: Yarden Odinak (P) def. Maggie Remsen (C) 3-0, (11-7, 11-3, 11-9)
No. 7: Camille Lanier (P) def. Brynn Daniels (C) 3-1, (11-7, 12-14, 11-8, 11-2)
No. 8: Courtney Jones (P) def. Lindsay Seginson (C) 3-2, (12-14, 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7)
No. 9: Chloe Blacker (P) def. Reut Odinak (C) 3-0, (11-9, 11-9, 11-6)


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Gloucestershire County League
Gala Wilton 2 Kingswood 2
GALA Wilton dropped valuable points at home to Kingswood when they were held to a draw.
There were numerous chances throughout the game, most of which fell to the home side.
Ryan Hughes and Alex Prichard missed early chances, but Gala took the lead on 27 minutes from a free kick that was pumped upfield to Brett James, who sent the ball across goal for Hughes to score.
Kingswood levelled the score on 60 minutes from a Sam Hitchings cross squared into the box for Jim Crossfield to drive the ball into the net.
The visitors took the lead on 79 minutes from the penalty spot after Adam Hemming had pulled back Jim Crossfield in the box and Simon Clark made no mistake from the spot.
Kingswood manager Ian Evans, who was deputising in goal, brought off a great save to deny Myron Turner in the 85th minute but was unable to stop Ryan Hughes getting the equaliser just a minute later.
Patchway Town 1 Berkeley Town 0
PATCHWAY Town took the three points from their home game with Berkeley Town with the only goal of the game scored by Matt Davies after being put clear by Matt Tovey on 15 minutes.
Davies missed a golden opportunity to net a second on 50 minutes and in a game of few chances Berkeley Town failed to get one clear shot on goal.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. - The 2012 Sunshine State Conference Cross Country Championship will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the UCF Cross Country Complex in Orlando, Fla. Rollins College is serving as host for this year's event.
Florida Southern, Florida Tech, Nova Southeastern, Rollins, Saint Leo, and Tampa will each field a men's and women's team for the championship. Also this year, Lynn will field a women's team for the first time in 11 years.
Of the women's team, senior Jillian Browne and junior Andrea Maxwell have led the team throughout the season, finishing as top runners in each of the Lions' six races. The men's team featured key runners as well, with the talents of Carl Dunne and Eric Dirth leading the Lions to solid finishes throughout the year.
The conference championship will kick off with the men's 8K race at 7:30 a.m. The women's 6K event will follow at 8:15 a.m.
Admission to the SSC Cross Country Championship is free. The UCF Cross Country Complex is located adjacent to the softball field, which sits near parking lot E4 off Orion Boulevard on the University of Central Florida campus. A campus map is available at this link.
Rollins has created a host site, which will feature results and photos following Saturday morning's action.
Following the completion of both races on Saturday, fans are invited to attend the awards ceremony. In addition to the team championship trophies, the All-Tournament Team, which will consist of the top 10 finishers in each race, will be recognized. Each top finisher will also receive an individual award.
Visit sunshinestateconference.com for the latest news and info on Sunshine State Conference Athletics.


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At Least 20 CIA Prisoners Still Missing
In 2009, we identified more than thirty prisoners once held by the CIA who weren't accounted for. Since then, a few have resurfaced and many remain missing.
In one of President Barack Obama first acts in the White House, he ordered the closure of the CIA's so-called "black-site" prisons, where terror suspects had been held and, sometimes, tortured. The CIA says it is "out of the detention business," as John Brennan, Obama's pick to head the agency, recently put it.
But the CIA's prisons left some unfinished business. In 2009, ProPublica's Dafna Linzer listed more than thirty people who had been held in CIA prisons and were still missing.
Some of those prisoners have since resurfaced, but at least twenty are still unaccounted for.
Last week the Open Society Foundations' Justice Initiative released a report pulling together the most current information available on the fates of the prisoners. A few emerged from foreign prisons after the turmoil of the Arab Spring. One has died. (The report relied exclusively on media accounts and information previously gathered by human rights groups. The Open Society Foundations also donate to ProPublica.)
The report counts 136 prisoners who were either held in a CIA black site or subject to so-called extraordinary rendition, in which detainees were secretly shipped to other countries for interrogation.
Many of the prisoners were tortured, either under the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" program or by other countries after their transfer. The report also lists 54 countries that assisted in some way with detention and rendition. The U.S. has not disclosed the countries it worked with, and few have acknowledged their participation.
The CIA declined our request to comment.
Here are the fates of a few of the prisoners we listed as missing back in 2009:
- Ayoub al-Libi, also known as Mustafa Jawda al-Mahdi, is a Libyan who was allegedly interrogated and detained by US personnel in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2004. The next year he was returned to Libya, where he was sentenced to death as member of LIFG, an Islamist anti-Gaddafi group (designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.) He was released when uprisings began against Gaddafi in February 2011. Human Rights Watch interviewed him in 2012.
- Hassan Rabai, also known as Mohamed Ahmad Mohamed Al Shoroieya, is a Libyan who was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and later transferred to Afghanistan – where he alleges that he was waterboarded by U.S. personnel. Bush administration officials have repeatedly said that only three terror suspects were ever subjected to waterboarding; Rabai would be the fourth. He was eventually transferred to prison in Libya, where he remained until February 2011. Human Rights Watch interviewed him last year.
- Khaled al-Sharif, also known as Abu Hazam, was picked up with fellow Libyan and LIFG member Hassan Rabai and also held in Afghanistan. He remained in Libyan prison until March 2010, according to interviews he gave to Human Rights Watch.
- Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman is an Egyptian who was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and considered a "senior Al-Qaeda operative." He was transferred to prison in Egypt and was released in late 2010. He gave an interview in 2011 in which he admitted to running training camps in Afghanistan prior to 2001 but saying he had renounced violence.
- Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, also known as Abu Musab al-Suri, was tied to the bombings in Madrid and London in 2004 and 2005. Picked up by the CIA in 2005, he was transferred to prison in his native Syria. According to Syrian media, he was released by Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad in February 2012.
- Ali Abdul-Hamid al-Fakhiri, also known as Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, was a Libyan detained shortly after the 9/11 attacks. He was reportedly held in CIA as well as Egyptian custody over the next several years. According to a Senate Intelligence Committee report, he provided information about links between Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction and Al Qaeda – information he later said he had fabricated. He was transferred to Libyan prison in 2005 or 2006, and was found dead in his cell in May 2009.
The whereabouts (and in some cases identities) of many more remain unknown or uncertain.
In 2007, then-CIA director Michael Hayden said that "fewer than 100 people had been detained at CIA's facilities." But only 16 have been officially identified by the U.S. government. President George W. Bush acknowledged the CIA's detention program in September 2006 and announced the transfer of 14 "high-value" detainees to Guantanamo Bay prison. Two other high-value detainees were subsequently acknowledged.
Much else about the CIA program is still unknown. President Barack Obama closed the black-site prisons on entering office, but preserved the ability to render and to hold people for the "short-term."
Obama banned torture, but announced that no one would be prosecuted for previously sanctioned harsh interrogations. A Justice Department investigation into deaths of detainees in CIA custody ended without charges.
The Senate Intelligence Committee recently completed a 6,000-page report on the CIA's detention program. At Brenan's confirmation hearings, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), said the report shows the interrogation program was run by people "ignorant of the topic, executed by personnel without relevant experience, managed incompetently by senior officials who did not pay attention to detail, and corrupted by personnel with pecuniary conflicts of interest." Rockefeller is one of the few to have read the report, which remains classified.
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The CIA says it is "out of the detention business," as John Brennan, Obama's pick to head the agency, recently put it.
My concern about this story is that he meant precisely what he said, nothing less and also nothing more.
In plain English, just because "it" (meaning the CIA) is out of the detention business, it doesn't necessarily follow that "we" (the United States and our representatives) are out of it. Shift a couple to another organization or an ally, and poof, no more "CIA black sites," without actually reforming the process.
We have turned in to a banana Republic. Disappeared people didn't Columbia and other like countries do that and we protested their actions. I would bet that our gov't outsourced prisoners not only to other countries but under paid contractors.
With the passage of FISA no one in the USA is safe from being disappeared.
I believe a recent story in the NYTimes should raise some questions as to the accuracy of this article. I'm not sure why we would believe anything that this Adm says NOW as we are slowly learning! They also work in the dark such as the recent surveillance act (codifying Presidential power) signed behind closed doors with no photo op.
Anything that is done in secrecy by any government can never be proven. The so-called reason of "national security" is absolute hogwash, and anyone who falls for it has accepted all of the fear put out by the chicken hawks.
To protect the country from Enemies foreign and domestic! This is a job for
Homeland security!! When you rearrange things make sure you rearrange it right
Jeff, I think protecting the country from enemies foreign and domestic extends far beyond Homeland Security.
My comment is, "So what?" Can't understand why this is still, or ever was, an issue. They reigned terror down upon us and we retaliate so we're the bad guys? Bunch of bleeding heart puny liberals need to nut up and face reality - the world will try to destroy us so we need to come up with alternative methods to discover truths! The days of sitting back and letting the world pass us by has come back to bite us in the butt…we're under attack.
to protect means to protect the real author; this means ignorance, lies,
not to protect a country
Well I see the article reads The CIA is out of the detention Business and the NSA is now the Home land security so how far does it extend Weapons of mass destruction which where never found by the Bush Administration They Even sent Santa Claus to make his rounds (Imaginary) Enemies? who's in charge? Domestic Enemies are the only ones available, I live in St Louis Mo i don't see Arab troops marching down my street or Afghan troops is it that the gov is doing such a good job that i also do not see any sharks on the Mississippi? come now who zooming who
Chris, how many of "their" civilians (ignoring the fact that "the" terrorists were Saudi Arabian and funded by the Pakistani government, places that we've notably never invaded) do we kill before you're satisfied? How many soldiers' lives do we waste before you realize we've cut our noses to spite our faces?
And then how many of our lives do they need to kill to avenge our disproportionate response and start the cycle over?
Also, in ten years, where are all the terrorists we were promised were trying to murder us in our sleep? Last I checked, every "terrorist plot" was FBI entrapment or comically inept. We're under attack by who, exactly?
If you want to live in a country where the population is kept in eternal fear of outsiders and freedoms are trampled to give the government more power, I'll gladly pay for your plane ticket to Syria. Me, I'd rather live someplace where we can be offended at military rule.
Some of the WMD's from Iraq were transferred to Syria just before we invaded them. The rest of them were hidden at the bottom of the Euphrates River for later use.
I would be very interested in finding more about the WMD in Syria since the uprising there has produced none at least that i have heard, and at the bottom of the Euphrates?
Check the White House for them!
does somebody care that Cora doesn't know where they are?
Something we don't know is the actual number of people who have been disappeared by US forces (including, but not limited to, the CIA). They don't necessarily announce the capture of people and if, for some reason, a capture is not witnessed and reported, we wouldn't know about it.
Also, the likelihood of a particular disappearance being revealed by government insiders is significantly lessened by the heavy handed prosecution of government employees who reveal information embarrassing to the government.
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The beta version of Cairngorm 2.2 for Flex has been kicking around for some time now, and, on Friday, I eventually got around to getting the release version up on Adobe Labs. You can read the release notes here.
The main change in this release is the externalisation of dependencies on the Flex Data Services library (fds.swc) to a separate set of downloads called Cairngorm Enterprise.
The full list of changes in this release are as follows:
- Removed dependency on Flex Data Services (fds.swc) – externalised to Cairngorm Enterprise
- Flex SDK SWCs are no longer linked into Cairngorm.swc (produces a smaller Cairngorm.swc)
- Added support for setting remote credentials
- Fixed bug with Web services not loading the WSDL (no need to call loadWSDL() explicitly)
- ModelLocator interface has been deprecated. Added com.adobe.cairngorm.model.IModelLocator
- Added deprecation metadata for compiler support
- Added dispatch() helper method to CairngormEvent class
- Commands are now added to base Controller with weak references
- Added removeCommand to FrontController
- Made commands instance variable protected in FrontController (was private)
If you want a more general overview on what Cairngorm is, and what it can do for you, visit the Cairngorm page on Adobe Labs.
I'll give the motivation behind many of these changes in future blog posts.


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A slight alteration could be used to exploit users via a clickjacking type attack:

this is a security test

You can test either of the above non-persistently by copying into a reply and clicking preview.
this is a security test
$Config['deny_attribute'] .= ',style';
Notice this topic thank to SPAM messages above.
Apart this, the HTML security problems this thread is about has been solved?
The argument is very interesting: maybe using the old good BBcode as only markup editor can be a solution?
candyman @patnaik answers the question well, and he would know. It is all about using it appropriately.
btw I mentioned the class white-list approach aswell. You can also have limited styling, not really a problem.
Vanilla forums uses a style, they are happy to firefight tomfoolery. It really is not a problem to limit style to bbcode level. But you also get the benefit, of using broader html.
This really isn't as big an issue as has been made out. Out of the box the plugin is safe.
grep is your friend.


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Just a reminder to all. Bobby Flay's new BBQ show starts tonight on the Food Network at 9PM.
It will be interesting to see how it works out. I believe he is going to Miami and Memphis on tonights shows.
Did anyone catch Al Rokers show and his attempt at winning the rib blue ribbon at the Memphis in May BBQ Competition?