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Collection of Blood for Gene Expression/Genomic Studies in Individuals With Diabetes (Qatar)
This study has suspended participant recruitment.
(Closed Administratively)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Hamad Medical Corporation
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 28, 2010
Last updated: May 23, 2017
Last verified: May 2017
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This protocol is designed to gather a small amount of blood for extraction of DNA for the study of the genetic basis of diabetes. The study population will include individuals with known diabetes, and controls without diabetes. Investigators aim to understand the genetics of diabetes, and will use the cells and serum from this blood to perform genotyping and gene expression studies of individuals with diabetes and relevant controls.
|Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Collection of Blood for Gene Expression/Genomic Studies in Individuals With Diabetes (Qatar)
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Genes and Gene TherapyU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Detailed Description:
Genomic DNA will be extracted, and genome wide SNP analysis and promoter sequences for genes will be obtained. The goal is to find single nucleotide polymorphims (SNP), small changes in single genes that affect disease risk, to see if they correlate with diabetes. Serum will be stored for future studies, for a period of 6 years, to look at levels of proteins. Subjects who consent to participate in this study will have their serum stored for up to 6 years, inorder to be used for future studies on genomics.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2020
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Individuals with diabetes that fit eligibility criteria.
Normal Control
Individuals without history of diabetes.
Detailed Description:
This protocol is designed to collect a small amount of blood for extraction of DNA (genetic material) for the study of the genetic basis of diabetes. The study population will include individuals with known diabetes and controls without diabetes. Additionally, this protocol will recruit individuals from the following locations: the Qatar Diabetes Association, the governmental ministries of Qatar, and subjects who have participated in Dr. Bener's HMC protocol #231 entitled "A preliminary study of genetic pre-disposition to diabetic mellitus in the state of Qatar." Individuals with diabetes may also be recruited from the Hamad Hospital outpatient adult diabetes clinics (there are eight diabetes clinics each week) and/or from the population of subjects who previously participated in Dr. Mushlin's IRB approved protocol #0608008703 entitled "Comparing the Clinical Management and Genetic Markers of Diabetes in Qatar to International Standards" at Hamad Medical Corporation or IRB approved protocol #0602008388 entitled "The Impact of Cardiac and Genetic Risk Factors on Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cerebrovascular Stroke in Qatar: A Case-Control Study". In this protocol, researchers will survey medical records of patients with diabetes, in order to study the clinical characteristics of these individuals, and the researchers will collect blood to evaluate the genetic characteristics of individuals with diabetes. The researchers will also collect blood samples of individuals without diabetes to serve as control.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Diabetes group will be taken from (1)individuals visiting the Medicine Department at the Hamad Medical Corporation(HMC), Qatar for standard clinical care, (2)outpatient adult individuals seen at the HMCdiabetes clinics, (3)individuals who have participated in the following IRB protocol #s:0608008703, #0602008388 and HMC protocol #231, (4)ndividuals who attend clinics at the Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), and (5)Individuals who work at the governmental ministries of Qatar. Controls will be obtained from volunteers without a history of diabetes. Family members of patients may be asked to participate in the study.
Diabetes group
Inclusion criteria:
- Must provide informed consent
- Males and females, age 18 years and older
- Documented evidence of diabetes using at least one of the following: (1) blood tests consistent with Type-II diabetes; (2) oral glucose tolerance tests consistent with Type-II diabetes; (3) subject taking medication to treat Type-II diabetes.
Exclusion criteria:
- Individual refuses consent
- Pregnant females with gestational diabetes
- Type-I diabetes
Normal control group
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must provide informed consent
- Males or females ages 18 years and older
- Resolved gestational diabetes
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individual refuses consent.
- Individuals with history of diabetes.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01172743
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01172743
|Hamad Medical Corporation
|Doha, Qatar
Sponsors and Collaborators
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Hamad Medical Corporation
|Study Director:
|Ronald G Crystal, MD
|Weill Cornell Medical College, NY and Qatar
More Information
Keywords provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01172743 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
HMC Protocol # 9093/09 ( Other Identifier: Hamad Medical Corporation )
|Study First Received:
|July 28, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 23, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:
Diabetes Mellitus
Adult Onset
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017


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A buggy is the new outdoor fitness accessory in Newport as a group of mums at Shaftesbury Park showed. NATHAN BRIANT was there to find out more.
MUMS were running up and down the path in Shaftesbury Park, alongside the River Usk. The rain arrived but they continued to exercise. They were not going to let that put them off.
Most of the babies slept soundly; certainly none of them cried. They seemed to be literally rocked to sleep as their mums pushed them along. Other toddlers looked on contentedly as they were pushed around at speed.
These mothers were attending the first ever Buggyfit class in Shaftesbury Park in Newport. It was organised by Clare Wheeler, who has previously run other classes around the city and across Gwent.
The mother of two said: "When I had [her daughter] Emily I started exercising with the buggy and then I spoke to the girls at Buggyfit about setting classes up."
Cardiff-based Ms Wheeler had been a personal trainer after studying sport science at university, but with Buggyfit was able to work on her own and when she wanted to.
And Buggyfit really is very simple: mums and babies, or their slightly older children, get fresh air by being pushed around; mums get fitter by having their children's weight to push around.
As Ms Wheeler has written on her website, Fit 4 Two: "There is no reason why being a mum needs to mean you don't feel good about yourself anymore."
So too, she said, there is no reason as to why mums shouldn't be able to enjoy their time with their baby, enjoy the outdoors and have fun at the same time.
The rain fell more heavily in the park but the mums were still able to go at their own pace.
The workout session started with walks around a small tarmacked area at the entrance of the park. They first walked round in circles and stretched so that when the real, more strenuous workout happened they would not feel worn out or cause themselves any damage. The pace increased gradually but they were not sprinting around, for obvious reasons.
Clare encouraged her class throughout. "Stride it out, ladies" she told them. All the mothers were encouraged to keep their own pace, too. Clare is aware of the stages women go through after giving birth and knows that some bodies are more sensitive than others.
One bemused baby clearly did not understand what was going on but seemed to be enjoying it nevertheless.
But the class was not simply mums walking about.
At times, Ms Wheeler used ropes and other equipment she had bought along and used them to develop other, shorter workouts. Buggyfit is based around buggies, yes, but it is not just about that.
It is the second time Buggyfit has been based in Newport. A session was run in Belle Vue Park but was cancelled when the winter edged closer last year and numbers dropped.
There have also been other classes at the Cwmbran Boating Lake in Llanyravon and at St Peter's Church, near Newbridge.
At the end of the class, mums said they had enjoyed it and would be back for more at the next session.
Natalie Young, who lives in Newport and has two sons, said: "When you have just had a baby it is good to move your body properly."
Another mum, Rachel Gibson, also from Newport, said she enjoyed how the classes were in the afternoon. "It would be really good to have it [permanently] in Newport. I will be back next week."
Buggyfit in Newport is being funded by Communities First, who are using their money to reach out to people in the Shaftesbury area and the North Newport cluster more widely.
There are a number of activities people can use to get fit in the area, all arranged by Communities First's John Reynolds, who is based at the Shaftesbury Community Centre.
He said giving the people who use the services a "range" of activities was an aim of what he hopes to do there. He joined Communities First in October last year.
The activities are free and can be used as gentle encouragements for people to stay healthy or pick up physical activity for the first time in a while.
It is difficult for people to do exercise themselves, let alone mothers who have just given birth. According to a survey carried out for Nuffield Health, 41 per cent of people "rarely" use their home gym equipment. If people who are living normal lives do not get the chance or do not have the inclination to exercise, the urge to lounge around doing nothing must be even greater for new mums.
The classes, if run independently, are reasonably inexpensive in comparison to other physical activities like gym membership. For four sessions, Clare charges £20, for ten - £40 and for 17 sessions - £55.
The founder of Buggyfit started teaching her own classes after giving birth in 2002, and piling on four stone. Emma Redding knew she wanted to shift weight if she could.
She was dissatisfied with any other exercise classes she tried and decided she would be able to do better.
She cancelled her gym membership, and started to walk every day with her son in front of her in the buggy.
Then, when he was 10 months old, she retrained as a personal trainer choosing a course with an emphasis on pre and postnatal fitness.
She says she is "astounded" by the number of women who have joined Buggyfit, which describes itself as "the ultimate fitness class for mums and babies".
It has increased in size to the extent mums can receive their own Buggyfit vouchers, which can be bought from its website. These can be exchanged for classes run around the country. At the moment there are more than 400 of them in the UK.
For more information on Ms Wheeler's classes around Gwent, contact her on email@example.com. For more information on getting involved with the Buggyfit classes in Shaftesbury or in any other Communities First projects, contact John Reynolds on 01633 842602.

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Casa Capsule: The Week That Was
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Date added: 09/12/1974 Special Remedy For Athletes Foot Problems
The Charlotte Observer, by Bob Quincy
Peer into this creepy-looking shoe store at 209 Mitchell Street, and it's hard to believe
that the likes of Willie Mays, Maynard Jackson and Magic Johnson regularly shop here.
The fading window display of the store hasn't changed in 20 years. There are no mirrors,
no chrome, no track lighting- but the atmosphere inside is infectious.
Friedman's Shoe Store has been attracting customers to the same address since 1930
when Phillip Friedman first opened the store selling used shoes, said current owner
Bruce Teilhaber, Friedman's son-in-law.
Without ever spending one dime on advertising, Friedman's has become a name
synonymous with fine footwear, attracting the famous and the adventurous to
downtown Atlanta's Mitchell Street.
Friedman's sold more than 30,000 pairs of shoes last year, and traffic through the dimly
lit store is so heavy that the Atlanta police raided the shop thinking that the shoe
buyers were participating in the numbers racket. "There were six policeman,"
Teilhaber remembered, "after they didn't find anything, four of them bought shoes."
Patrons in the store said that Teilhaber's honest and open attitude toward shoe-selling is
their primary attraction. He has perfected the bare-bones, utilitarian approach to
Shoppers must wind upward through a dusty maze of more than forty thousand cardboard
boxes full of shoes, which line the walls of the 17,000 square-foot store. On the
third level, they come face-to-face with largest selection of mens' sizes 15s through
22s in the country, Teilhaber said.
"When customers first look in here, they think somebody must've told them a joke. I've
got bars on the windows, and you've got to go up two flights just to get waited on.
It amazes them," Teilhaber said.
Layers of autographed 8-by-10s of famous athletes and entertainers cover the walls of the
1800s building. Johnny Bench and Frank Robinson dropped off baseball jerseys for
Teilhaber's "Wall of Fame," on past shopping sprees.
"We went after these guys back in the 60s. I had a friend with Clemson University, Bill
Mathis who later went to the New York Jets. He had shopped here when he was in
college and after that he brought in players like (Joe) Namath," Teilhaber said.
"Athletes are a real close-knit group and all of my business since has come from
Last week, prior to the ACC Tournament game, Wake Forest University player Kenny
Green said that the first time he saw the store that he didn't want to go in.
But he likes it now. "This place is awesome, I've never seen so many shoes in my size
Variety is the key, Teilhaber said.
"We provide a round-robin of shoes, from the most conservative to high fashion. Most
men who wear over a size 11 have only had two or three styles of shoes to choose
from, until they come here, where we have thousands" said Harvey Kronitz,
longtime salesman at Friedman's.
Customer service is also very important, Teilhaber said.
Jim Perry, a three-year shoe salesman, briefly interrupted unpacking crates of shoes to
take an order long-distance from Atlanta mayor, Maynard Jackson. "He's in his
Chicago office, but he knows that I know his style. Maynard likes only capped-toe,
lace-ups in black, navy blue and brown. He likes business-like shoes," Perry said.
"All my salesman have call-in-clients. We get to know our customers," Teilhaber
"Worldwide, shoe manufacturers know Friedman's because of the specialized clientele
they serve," Stephen Fuchs, president of New York-based Fratelli Shoes Inc., said
by phone. Fratelli is a major shoe manufacturer that uses 18 different factories to
custom design shoes for Friedman's. "I come there (to Friedman's) about three
times a year and I love it. The whole concept is unique."
Sporting a necklace with a solid gold shoe on it, Teilhaber showed off an exclusive line
of ostrich and alligator skin shoes that retail for around $450 a pair. Shoe prices
range from $30 to $450 in mens' sizes 6-22.
"We're not in the $12.99 business. We sell good quality shoes for 30-50 percent less
because of low overhead and no advertising expense," Teilhaber said. Shoes that
regularly retail for $100-$140 sell at Friedman's for $65-$75, he said.
Teilhaber has owned the building that houses Friedman's Shoes since 1955. He recently
purchased another building six doors down Mitchell Street at 223, where he operates
a shoe store for women. Friedman's operates a third shoe store (for both men and
women) at 4340 Roswell Rd in Buckhead.
Teilhaber has been credited by downtown preservationists with keeping retailing alive on
Mitchell Street, which in its heyday was called the "thriftiest and most promising
business district in Atlanta," according to a 1908 Atlanta Journal report. "We're not
only surviving here, we're thriving," Teilhaber said of his 55 year-old business.
Avoiding specifics, Teilhaber said his 1984 revenues were more than a couple of million
Other than installing central air conditioning at his 209 address, Teilhaber has no plans to
relocate or rehabilitate his Mitchell Street buildings. "Friedman's will be on
Mitchell Street forever, " he said, adding that he will renovate the buildings if the
Mitchell Street block is redeveloped for other retailers. "Anything that would
benefit Friedman's and Mitchell Street, I'm for it," he said.


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'Lawyer Dog' Meme Has a Nose for Justice
If this was 20 years ago, 'Lawyer Dog' would be a sitcom. And it would be awful. Luckily, these days, 'Lawyer Dog' can just be an Animal Advice meme, in which the comic possibilities of a dog lawyer can been illustrated without killing the joke in a cringe-worthy way.
And what would happen if a dog did become a lawyer? Well, he would obviously favor working pro bono, and have particular sympathy for clients accused of public urination. Lawyer Dog may be good in the courtroom, but if you ask him to do document review he's quick to tell you that he can't read.
In fact, if given the choice between a dog lawyer and a traditional lawyer, only a fool would opt for the canine in a suite.
Yes, Lawyer Dog's animal instincts make him a less-than-competent attorney. But the furry litigator still has some pretty entertaining things to say. Check out our favorites from the Lawyer Dog meme, which just exploded on Reddit, below.
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Can love survive when life gets Reckless?
When the band hits it big, Kiera and Kellan must ask themselves: Can their love for each other withstand the constant pressures of superstardom? The friendships they've formed, the new family they've found, and the history they've forged will all play a part in helping them navigate the turbulent waters of the band's exploding popularity. A greedy executive hell-bent on success, a declining pop star looking for an edge, and a media circus that twists lies into truths are just some of the obstacles the lovers will have to overcome if they are going to remain together. Fame comes with a price--but will it cost Kiera and Kellan everything?
About the Author
S.C. Stephens is an independent author who enjoys spending every free moment she has writing stories that are packed with emotion and heavy on romance.
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Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 534
Published: 5th March 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 13.5 x 3.0
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SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. - The attorney for the North Port Police officer who is accused of a sex crime, is speaking out, saying that the charges against his client will not hold up.
Melanie Turner was arrested last week and released on bond after she and another officer were accused of sexual battery and false imprisonment. Those charges stem from a March 2nd party where Turner and Officer Ricky Urbina allegedly handcuffed a woman and sexually assaulted her.
The lawyer speaking on behalf of Officer Turner's defense council said those charges are simply not true.
"Going forward, we hope the charges won't be filed. But if they are, we will prove that this encounter was completely consensual," says attorney Eric Reisinger.
In an ABC 7 exclusive on Tuesday, a former law enforcement officer from the Suncoast said that while he wasn't at the party the night of the alleged assault, he has been to several other parties where such questionable behavior occurred. He also claims that Officer Turner herself has a bit of a reputation.
"It's my understanding that she was off duty, she was always off duty, and she wasn't committing crimes, put it that way," says Reisinger.
ABC 7 has reached out to the North Port Police Department for details of any disciplinary action taken against officers improperly behaving. For now, they've provided no comment.


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The new Fuga offers a number of advanced safety technologies designed to help avoid dangerous situations, part of Nissan's goal of creating collision-free vehicles.
Some of the unique ADAS features:
The Distance Control Assist (Intelligent Pedal) System helps the driver control the distance between the Fuga and the vehicle in front by moving the gas pedal upwards to assist the driver in switching to the brake pedal. For the new generation Fuga, a new function has been added to the system that helps reduce the drivers' workload when driving on curvy roads by helping them decelerate or brake as the car enters a curve (based on real-time navigation information).
Another advanced safety technology is the Driving Safety Support System (DSSS). Utilizing the results of Nissan's SKY Project, drivers can receive audible and display warnings (low-visibility intersection alert, stop sign alert and low-visibility signal alert) when approaching some low-visibility intersections via communications with infrastructure on the road.
Fuga's School Zone Alert system provides audible and display warnings to direct the driver's attention when the vehicle enters an elementary school zone and the system determines that a safety warning is appropriate. School Zone Alert is based on real-time vehicle information, including speed, acceleration and braking.
Source: Nissan.
Video: Watch Nissan's EcoPedal here.


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Europa League: Tim Sherwood urges Tottenham to use continental lesson in Premier League
Tim Sherwood believes Tottenham's miraculous Europa League comeback can inspire their Premier League top-four bid.
Last Updated: 28/02/14 10:46am
After losing the first leg of their last-32 clash against Dnipro 1-0 in Ukraine, Spurs went two goals down on aggregate early in the second half at White Hart Lane on Thursday night.
Christian Eriksen and Emanuel Adebayor came to the fore, however, the Dane curling home a superb free-kick before a brace from the latter saw Spurs through to the last-16, where they will face Benfica.
Dnipro were reduced to 10 men midway through the second half, when the score on the night was level at 1-1. Zozulya was sent off after headbutting Jan Vertonghen - who appeared to fall easily after contact was made - but Sherwood claims he did not see Roberto Soldado's elbow on Artem Fedetskiy.
"Did he? I haven't seen it," Sherwood said when quizzed about Soldado's actions.
"I think the guy (Zozulya) sticks his nut in his (Vertonghen's) nose, so you have got no chance of staying on the pitch when you do that, have you?
"I didn't see any decisions which were too out of the way, I thought he (French referee Antony Gautier) refereed the game well. I think Dnipro played a good game and are a good side; they may go on and win that division."
As Tottenham's Europa League quest continues, they are also locked in a battle for a top-four finish in the Premier League and Sherwood believes the North London club can take heart from their continental display.
"You can only learn from experiences," he added. "This will be a good example of that. Many of you probably thought we were dead and buried, but the lads really showed belief.
"It was electric out there and it was only us who were going to keep scoring.
"It is a good platform, a good learning curve and something we can point to in the future."
When Zozulya put Dnipro 2-0 up on aggregate, Spurs had just 40 minutes to find three goals and the Tottenham head coach hailed the persistence shown by his side.
"I was delighted with the character," Sherwood said. "I have got a liberty to question their character when they play like they did tonight.
"After conceding so early in the second half, it was a real blow for us but it was all based on character and desire.
"I always felt we needed to score three goals to go through tonight.
"It was a bit of a nothing game in the first half but we opened them up time and again in the second half."
Dnipro boss Juande Ramos said: "It was a pity that such a beautiful game was affected by the controversial decisions from the referee.
"We played a good game and controlled the ball with confidence. We scored and then I believe the referee was strict with the red card and that inspired the Tottenham side."


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I did. I reasoned that a tenners worth of SC4 would tide me over the first couple of weeks that the servers would be wonky for. Then I'd buy SC5 and give it a whirl.
The plan is now not to touch SC5 until the AI/Simulation is fixed.
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Eternity Playhouse, February 9. Until March 6
Throwing an arch over 50 years, British actor-turned-writer Alexi Kaye Campbell's remarkably assured 2008 debut play strives to show how much gay life has changed, even as loneliness, prejudice and self-hatred persist.
Campbell weaves The Pride from two interlaced stories, one set in London in 1958, the other in the London of today. The characters of each story – two men, one woman – have the same names but radically different expectations when it comes to romantic fulfillment.
The play's opening scene presents us with a Rattigan-esque love triangle, formed in an instant when book illustrator Sylvia (Geraldine Hakewill) introduces her estate agent husband Philip (Simon London) to Oliver (Matt Minto), a writer of children's stories.
The air turns thick with tension. We're decades pre-Gaydar but Oliver immediately recognises a kindred spirit. Have they met somewhere before? Fleetingly, in some park, perhaps? Neither dares say anything outright but the subtext of every sentence, every glance, is screaming.
Flash forward 50 years. Another London apartment, another Oliver, a freelance journalist this time whom we meet just before he bails out of a sado-masochistic sex session. His heart isn't in it, says Oliver to his Nazi uniform-clad hireling. His lover Philip has just left him, Oliver explains, disgusted by his addiction to anonymous sex. Happily, he has a shoulder to cry on – another Sylvia.
And so the play unfolds, with Campbell making reflecting mirrors of scenes set generations apart.
Taken individually, neither plot makes for great drama. The 1950s – with the exception of one violent scene of sexual fury - veer toward melodrama. The present day snaps and crackles as unrealistically as an episode of Queer as Folk. The real interest lies in the connections Campbell leads us to make between the two stories.
Presented on a bleak-looking set of distressed wall and sticky, black-tiled floor, director Shane Bosher's production is a confident and well-crafted affair.
Minto is convincing as the earnest and passionate Oliver and funny as his louche latter-day namesake. London's two Philips are very different in tone, the first a touch heavy on surface agitation, perhaps, the second more relaxed and credible.
Hakewill's blend of poise and yearning makes her collaterally damaged Sylvia very compelling. Kyle Kazmarzik covers the support roles very well, particularly that of the doctor to whom Philip turns for a course of nauseating aversion therapy.
Time slips are elegantly handled (aided by lighting designer Verity Hampson and composer Marty Jamieson) and while the pace is unvarying, it is commendably firm. This is a long show – you don't see much change from three hours – but it seldom relaxes its grip.


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ONE large TV screen can no longer hold the full attention of youth, says the man who believes the leading professional sports, such as the NRL, can lead a revolution in Australia in how we watch our favourite teams and players.
Global Media's Colin Smith, a prominent expert on media rights who advises the NRL and other sports, recently returned from London and Monaco where he attended Sportel, the annual global meeting of sports and broadcasters.
This visit confirmed an observation we have all made while watching a horse race in a TAB, a football match in a pub, or a cricket Test in the company of our kids: the big high-definition TV screen is not enough for the younger generation.
They need to dual-screen, watching the action on the big screen while using their hand-held devices to bet with corporate bookies, check football statistics or historical match data, or connect via social media with friends and fan clubs.
Smith says of this pursuit of 'appiness: ''Nearly 70 per cent of young consumers watch TV while still using their smartphone or tablet or PC. Even for the older consumers, it is nearly 60 per cent who are using their smartphone or tablet or PC while watching TV.''
He points to European football as sport's leaders in the digital revolution. ''Soccer in France and Germany have embraced datatainment with a companion app that complements their TV broadcast,'' he says.
''Canal Plus who have part of the rights for the French football league have released their app that has been highly successful.
''Developed by Netco, it is the No.1 iPad app across all genre in France. The average time on the companion app is a very significant 50 minutes.
''Each user downloads on the app an equivalent of 15 videos, being highlights of the game or a history video of a key player. It's an opportunity that the Australian sport on TV, especially cricket, can maximise now.''
Given the fact cricket fans are the most statistically obsessed of any in sport - bar perhaps baseball - and Cricket Australia will put its media rights deal up for negotiation in January, the nation's No.1 summer sport can significantly capitalise on the datatainment revolution.
But cricket administrators are usually about as immovable as Bill Lawry at the crease and have been reluctant to embrace change.
So are the traditional broadcasters, meaning sport and the free-to-air and pay TV networks have been slow to accept the notion that if they can capture the consumer on both screens, it immediately increases connectivity that grows the overall revenue pie.
No one doubts the popular sports guarantee free-to-air television audience, ratings and revenue.
Other TV programming genre, such as Masterchef, can be incredibly successful but have a short shelf life.
Channel 10, without any leading sports and failed ''reality genre'' TV shows, rates well below Nine and Seven. Similarly, live sport on pay TV drives subscriptions which is their profit engine.
The success of Foxtel is directly linked to NRL, especially in Sydney, and its coverage of other major sports.
However, the arrival of the smartphone and the tablet with high-speed internet through Wi-Fi and 3G/4G now allows consumers to watch their sport on these devices and their personal computer.
Yet the ramifications of this are not widely understood.
Telstra paid $153 million over five years for exclusive online AFL rights. The telco has told other sports it paid too much, being stampeded into a deal with Foxtel at the 11th hour, with critics asking why would you pay for something everyone else is watching on high-definition on a big screen. But the dual screening revolutions means Telstra's AFL deal may work to the telco's favour.
Consider the following:
Consumers under 40 years old are now watching far less TV while those older are watching far more;
Devices are used at different peak times - radio in the mornings, smartphone mid-morning and lunchtime, TV at night, tablet late evenings and use of personal computers is stable over the day;
Mobile video streaming on smartphones or tablets has tripled in consumption.
While it would be in Telstra's interests to develop an AFL companion app, the AFL is headed in the direction of being its own online broadcaster, employing 150 staff ahead of the day it launches IPTV through AFL.com, where it could sell games direct to subscribers via the national broadband network.
Typically, rugby league is a few years behind, having completed its free-to-air and pay TV deals for $1.025 billion but yet to finalise its online rights.
Confusion exists over what Fox Sports have acquired and what Telstra, the previous exclusive rights holders, can buy.
While the NRL does offer apps, Smith believes it can engage in some quick catch-up with the AFL if he can find the answer to this critical question: What will rugby league fans embrace on their smartphone/tablet/PC as a dual screen, while watching NRL matches on the main-screen TV?
What works in France with football is simply present and historical stats data on teams and players with highlights, such as goals and misses, using highly sophisticated software and graphics. These apps also allow connectivity via social media with friends/fan clubs and interest groups.
The ARL Commission has given its executive a brief to review all contracts that yield revenue and Smith has been meeting with providers of statistics, the most suitable companion app and potentially the most lucrative one in the digital revolution.
''The dual-screen revolution means data, particularly statistics, both individual and team, has become far more important than any time in the past,'' Smith said.


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Index of indicators rises, showing economic 'pep'
WASHINGTON — A gauge of the economy's health posted a solid gain in August in a sign of stronger growth in coming months.
The Conference Board said on Thursday that its index of leading indicators increased 0.7 percent in August, compared to July, when the index had risen 0.5 percent.
Conference Board economists said that the solid gains in July and August were a good sign after an earlier slowdown.
"The latest reading points to more pep in the pace of economic activity in the near term," said Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein. "One unknown is how resilient confidence will remain, both consumer and business, given the mixed signals from the housing and labor markets."
Goldstein said it's unclear whether confidence will be affected by the upcoming debates over passing a federal budget to avoid a government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling to avoid a market-rattling default on the government's debt.
The gain in the index in August was driven by strength in the labor market and financial sectors as well as by rising manufacturing orders. There was weakness in residential construction and consumer expectations.


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Being in love with Kyle is the one thing that has remained constant in Lay-Lay's life. It has proven to be exactly what she needed, when she needed it. It seems as though things in her life has finally started to look up until one moment changes everything. Lay-Lay is thrust right back into a world of stress and uncertainty. In her heart she thought she and Kyle could handle anything, but because of his stubbornness, she's no longer sure. Albeit Kyle loves Shalaya and has waited on the time where they would be together completely things aren't turning out the way he planned. With a love so passionate and real the two must fight together in order to make sure all of their hard work has not been in vein. Take this final ride with the crew we've grown to love as they personally demonstrate the real meaning of Love and loyalty.
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American-manufactured toys with Nazi emblems are being sold in West Germany and are bringing complaints, it was revealed here yesterday.
When a Socialist deputy, Emmy Mayer-Laule complained in the Bonn Parliament over the sale in this city of toy aircraft bearing Nazi swastika markings. State Secretary Ludger Westrick announced on behalf of the Ministry for Economics that the toys were made in the United States. He further stated that he had begun discussions with the U.S. Embassy here over the sale of the Nazi toys.


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Albertville, France, June 7, 2015 (AFP) - British road race champion Peter Kennaugh held off a fast-finishing group of riders to clinch the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné at Albertville on Sunday. The 25-year-old -- like sprint great Mark Cavendish born in the Isle of Man -- pounced 2km from the end of a 131.5km ride shortly after a long break had been reeled in after eight … [Read more...]
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COURCHEVEL, France, June 15, 2014 (AFP) - American Andrew Talansky picked up the biggest victory of his career as he won the Criterium de Dauphine after an epic battle against Spanish double Tour de France winner Alberto Contador on Sunday. The 25-year-old Garmin rider from Miami came home fourth on the eighth and final stage behind the day's winner Mikel Nieve of Spain, but crucially … [Read more...]
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I'm searching for my special someone, I know you're out there!
Also, I work full-time as a liaison and I hear I'm not bad at it. I'm still seeking a career where I feel like I can fully spread my wings and sink my toes into. I'm happy with where I am, don't get me wrong. I figure, "Why settle while I'm still young?" This goes for careers only, I'm very open to getting hitched to the right guy.
Finishing school in about one year, whooohooo!
Debussy, Empire of the Sun, John Williams, Motown, Count Basie, Coldplay, Josh Turner, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Percy Grainger, Beyonce, M83, Coldyplay, and Mozart
Sushi, Italian, Mexican, steak and eggs, black eyed peas, fried catfish, pecan pie, egg nog, BBQ, you name it I'll try it once.
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This article was published 13/4/2014 (1226 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
They're called exit meetings and they are as standard across the National Hockey League as playoff beards, pre-game siestas and smelly equipment.
A coach sits across the table from a player and they discuss the season past, what's ahead, what needs to change and what worked. They can be as dull as dirt or -- if a player is heading into free agency as six members of the Winnipeg Jets are -- the conversation can be as riveting as a seventh-game thriller.
The half dozen Jets scheduled to become unrestricted free agents on July 1 are forwards Olli Jokinen, Devin Setoguchi and Chris Thorburn, defencemen Adam Pardy and Zach Redmond and goaltender Al Montoya.
And while many of them expressed an interest in returning to the Jets, none is a slam dunk to be wearing the same uniform next fall.
"I think we've got a good thing going here with (head coach) Paul (Maurice)," said Jokinen. "I'm in a position now where it's wait and see. It's up to management, pretty much, with what they want to do. To me, it's business as usual.
"I'm happy. I think I was able to bring my game to a level where it needs to be. I was happy with the role I had. When you get older you want to change your game and you don't necessarily have to get 20-25 minutes of ice time. I was able to move up and down in the lineup and fill my role this year."
Jokinen's case to return might be the most compelling, seeing as he finished fifth on the team in scoring and the organization remains thin at centre.
Montoya, meanwhile, offers a stable answer to the No. 2 goaltending spot even with Ondrej Pavelec under siege as the top puck stopper.
"I felt like it was a good year," said Montoya. "Obviously we didn't make the playoffs, but from my part I'm happy with the way the game went. I played my most games (as a starter) and enjoyed it.
"This was about setting myself up for a situation, doing what I could do on the ice and then letting the rest take care of itself. I do love it here. I like this group, I like the way this team is going. This is where I want to be. So, we'll figure it out in the next few weeks hopefully."
A role player such as Thorburn is always looking over his shoulder. As much as he is a popular 'glue' guy in the dressing room, any organization has to be constantly looking for possible upgrades to its bottom six forwards, either through promotion from within the system or free agency.
"It sucks the way it happened (being injured at the end of the season)," said Thorburn. "Obviously you want to play out your contract year right to the end and I wasn't able to do that. But, at the same time, there's ways I was able to accept it where the two plays I got hurt on were things that you do for the team (blocking a shot and fighting). As far as that goes, that's how I get peace of mind out of it.
"Going forward, I'm fresh, I've got a lot of hockey in me and we'll see what the summer brings. I'm the kind of guy who tries to stay positive. Hopefully everything will work out. I'm nervous, but I'm kind of excited to see what the future has in store."
And there's Setoguchi, who was nothing short of a major disappointment this season after coming over in a trade with the Minnesota Wild. The Jets were his third team in four years and there's an expectation he'll have a new address next fall.
"This was a little bit of a struggle this year for me," said Setoguchi. "Obviously it wasn't up to the standards I would have liked to have had it. There's a lot to reflect on for the summer.
"This year was an awkward year for the team as a whole. The coaching change mid-year... having Paul around definitely elevated a lot of guys. He's a great coach who is looking for a new future with this team and a lot of guys want to stay here and be a part of it.
"That's a lot of stress going from team to team. A lot of things progressed this year that I didn't plan on. I'll take some time and evaluate things, have a great summer and get back to the way I want to be."
Twitter: @WFPEdTait
You be the judge
A look at the Jets players who become unrestricted free agents this summer and the case for and against the club re-signing them before July 1:
- His numbers: 82 GP; G: 18 A: 25 Pts: 43
- The case for Jokinen: Decent numbers for a third-line centre. Has size and gives club options at a position still thin throughout the organization.
- The case against: As fit as he is, there's no hiding from the number on his birth certificate -- 35. He was expensive ($4.5 million) and a return for anything longer than one year might block the progress of a prospect such as Adam Lowry.
- His numbers: 75 GP; G: 11 A: 16 Pts: 27
- The case for Setoguchi: Tough one. Impossible, actually. The Jets were hoping the veteran winger could recapture some of that 20/30 goal magic during his days in San Jose. And it was 11 goals and some stints in the press box instead.
- The case against: Pulled in $3 million this year and the deal for him cost the Jets a second-round pick this summer. Ouch.
- His numbers: 55 GP; G; 2 A: 9 Pts: 11
- The case for Thorburn: Very popular, will-do-anything-to-win player.
- The case against: There are guys like him out there. And the Jets already have a lot of players who can take on a variety of roles -- tough, gritty dudes, those with faceoff expertise -- on the fourth line.
- His numbers: 60 GP; G: 0 A: 6 Pts: 6
- The case for Pardy: The Jets' defensive depth has been tested in each of their three years in Winnipeg. He's a big body, a vet and a guy who understands his role.
- The case against: He's a third-pairing D-man and there are guys in St. John's such as Julian Melchiori and Ben Chiarot, along with Mark Stuart, Grant Clitsome, Keaton Ellerby, Paul Postma who could take those minutes.
- His numbers: 10 GP; G: 1 A: 2 Pts: 3
- The case for Redmond: Clever puck-moving defencemen with skill are always in demand.
- The case against: He turns 26 this summer and while he hasn't played a ton in the NHL, that is a factor. And, as is the case with Pardy, the Jets have options.
- His numbers: W-L-SO: 13-8-3; GAA: 2.30 Save %: .920
- The case for Montoya: He's comfortable as a No. 2 guy. Gave the Jets excellent minutes and the team seems to play well in front of him. His stats were better than those of Ondrej Pavelec.
- The case against: See: Hutchinson, Michael.
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Homemade Whipped Cream is my favorite dessert! It is very easy to prepare with only 3 ingredients. I love making whipped cream fresh as it tastes so delicious! I love using natural ingredients in this homemade recipe and avoiding the processed version.
Here is a tip when making Homemade Whipped Cream ~ make sure your beaters and bowl are ice cold. It is best to use a metal bowl too! Just stick them in the freezer for about an hour before preparing homemade whipped cream. Be sure to follow this tip and you will have amazing whipped cream each and every time.
Some readers have asked how long does the Whipped Cream last. I personally have never had any left over in my home and prepare it fresh for my recipes however it will last for up to three days if covered tightly in bowl in your fridge.
I love to serve Homemade Whipped Cream with pumpkin pie, ice cream, strawberry shortcake and lattes like Crockpot Pumpkin Spice Lattes.
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
- Chill your bowl (metal works best) in the freezer. You can also chill beaters too.
- In a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks are just about to form.
- Beat in vanilla and sugar until peaks form.
- Make sure not to over-beat, cream will then become lumpy and butter-like when over mixed.
Recipes Using Homemade Whipped Cream:
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The school holidays are nearly over and starting next week there will be no more sleeping in and no more late nights! It is sure going to be hard getting back into our normal term-time routines!
To make life a bit easier at meal times next term,I have been trying out some new recipes over the holidays so that I will be armed with some new and interesting meals that don't take long to prepare.
The dish I would love to share with you today was one that everyone in my family really enjoyed and I loved cooking it because it was so quick and quite cheap too.
So here is my Creamy Vegetable and Ham Pasta Recipe.
Creamy vegetable and ham pasta.
All you need is some pasta,
Some ham, (or bacon or prosciutto...whatever you have!),
Chopped green beans, chives and red onion,
About 300g ricotta cheese.
And some baby spinach leaves.
First cook the pasta according to packet directions. Don't forget to add lots of salt to the water!
Can you see why I really wanted to show you this gorgeous Italian Fusilli? It has been naturally coloured with beetroot, basil and curcuma/turmeric.
Isn't it pretty!
Look at the beautiful colours!
When the pasta is cooked, drain it and reserve about 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
While the pasta is cooking fry all of the other ingredients except the ricotta in some Olive oil for about 5 minutes. Then add the ricotta and the pasta and season to your liking. Use the left over cooking liquid to moisten and make the sauce.
Serve into your favorite dishes and sprinkle with extra chives and lots of Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Buon appetito!
I had this dish with a glass of my favourite New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and I am looking forward to sharing the rest of the bottle with Mr Attorney tonight! We will be making ham and pineapple pizzas with some of the ham that I had left over from this pasta dish. YUM!
Thanks for coming to spend time with me today. I hope that you, my dear friends, have a relaxing Friday night and a great weekend.
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If it's not linked, does it exist?
: Terry Teachout has a good piece on the necessary ethics of linking. But he first makes an important point about the future of media and the necessity of links: We depend on our blog friends to find the good stuff for us and if they don't, we aren't likely to read it.
Posts from February 21, 2004
If it's not linked, does it exist?
If it's not linked, does it exist?
BloggerCon, the sequel
BloggerCon, the sequel
: Dave Winer tells us in the comments below (to the post about conference panels) that the next BloggerCon will be on April 10. I'll be there. And maybe I'll finally have a meal with Joi Ito!
Microsoft wish list
Microsoft wish list
: Dave Winer spoke at Microsoft a week ago and he was asked what he wants the IE group to do. From Joshua Allen's notes:
A: Two main things: 1) Make it easy to subscribe to a feed with a single click, regardless of users choice of aggregator. Needs browser support, cooperation of aggegator vendors. 2) Also make it easier to create posts from within browser, regardless of choice of blog server.
Anen to that.
Introductions to Iranian bloggers…
Introductions to Iranian bloggers…
: I have a few introductions to make to Iranian bloggers (the world is fascinated by what you're doing and wants to meet you).
: First, meet Stuart Hughes, a BBC journalist and a nice guy, is in Tehran covering the "elections." I've urged him to do the story of the Iranian blog community; he wants to if he has time before his visa runs out.
If you're interested in meeting Stuart, please email me and I will pass it onto Stuart.
I've also made an email introduction between Stuart and Hoder. Hoder linked to Stuart; Stuart saw that and tried to read Hoder's blog but it was being blocked in Iran. (That's why I'm posting all this here, since I know some of you read this blog.)
: Second, meet Claire Berlinski. Claire is the first person I know who wrote a novel and put it online, where it was discovered by a big publisher and now her book is in bookstores.
Claire is working on a new novel called Lion Eyes about a mysterious Persian blogger who may be real or may be a plant — that's the mystery. Claire is also very interested in Iran. She wrote to me in email:
The novel will, I hope, illustrate some of the ways that the Internet and weblogging are changing Iranian political culture. I want to make this book as realistic as possible, and to that end, was hoping to consult with Persian bloggers about some of the problems and constraints they face. To give the character maximum versimillitude, I'm hoping to ask them about some of the textural details of their lives. I'd like to be in regular contact with Iranians who can answer questions like these: What can you see from your window? What are they selling in the markets near your home? What do you eat for breakfast? What newspapers do you read? How much do you pay for a quart of milk? What do you do for fun on the weekends? What Internet sites do you visit? How does your family feel about your blog? How has blogging changed your life? The point of this would be to garner realistic details for the novel and to create a convincing character who thinks and behaves like a young, Western-educated Iranian blogger….
I think in the end it will — at least I hope it will — raise interest among non-Iranians about these issues.
If you would like to help Claire — from Iran or from safer climes as expats — please email her at firstname.lastname@example.com or you can email me and I'll pass it on.
: If a kind Persian speaker would be good enough to translate all this into Persian, I'll put it up on the blog here.
Video from Tehran
Video from Tehran
: Stuart Hughes of the BBC got into Tehran to cover the election. He filed a video report for us on his blog. (Which only makes me wish that more bloggers from Iran and Iraq and elsewhere in the world could and would put up video on their blogs).
: UPDATE: Lady Sun was interviewed for the AP story on Iranian blogs and here's her reaction.
: And here's a new English-language Iranian blog from a friend of Lady Sun's.
Beyond the panel discussion
Beyond the panel discussion
: I sat on a panel yesterday with the best possible panelists — people of stature with experience and plenty to contribute; the best possible moderator — who knew how to keep the discussion going; and the best possible audience — with interested people who asked good questions.
But it struck me that we need to move beyond the form of the panel discussion — because we can.
When I ran a panel at BloggerCon, Dave Winer got me break the form by insisting it wasn't a panel; everyone in the room had plenty to contribute and was part of the discussion; there was no panel or everyone was on the panel.
At ETech and Bloggercon, I've watched the back-channel discussion on IRC (particularly Joi Ito's channel) with fascination.
With just a little added software, I think someone could blow up and reinvent the panel discussion:
1. Give the entire audience a back channel (and, of course, wi-fi). Give them a chat channel and wiki so they can share comments and resources.
2. Display that back-channel to all, including the panel (and don't be bothered by a little good-natured heckling).
3. Allow the audience to post questions from the first moment and allow the audience to prioritize those questions. (A wiki could do that.)
4. Put on the panel an advocate of the back-channel who acts as another moderator and brings up the good questions and arguments and refererences from the audience, including those not in the room.
5. Whenever possible, webcast the panel and the back-channel to get more expert input from the world.
6. Create a simple ap that allows the audience to vote on topics of interest for the panel: discuss this first, then that, then that.
7. That ap should also allow the audience to vote on whether they want more or less on a topic: keep talking about this or move on, please (or, yes, every panelist should answer the same question or, no, don't bother).
8. If the panel has guts, it could allow the audience to vote on favorite panelists (from whom do we want to hear more?).
9. With or without technology, as soon as possible, open the discussion to all.
Somebody clever could take open-source functionality and package it for conference givers. I'll take a cut.
Sharing knowledge
Sharing knowledge
: I happened upon a PBS discussion show called Uncommon Knowledge that's tackling the issues of the lack of democracy in the Arab world. The host just quoted an amazing stat from the U.N.: "Fewer books have been tranlsated into Arabic in the last 1,000 years than are translated into Spanish in a year." I wish we were teaching our children Arabic.
: The show and the discussion were great. Unfortunately, I can't find a transcript or video of the show past the 2003 season. Drat.
: Note again Juan Cole's very worthy project to translate great works of western democracy into Arabic. Go contribute here.
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: Yesterday, by fate — or kismet — I attended two panel discussions at NYU that tried to see what's next for media from two perspectives: the past and the future.
As I mentioned below, I was on a panel for MBA students from across the country called "Beyond the Printed Page." Some heavyweights — Kelly Conlin, president of Primedia; Bruce Hallett, president of Sports Ilustrated, Paul Rossi, publisher of Ecnomist.com; Thomas Carley, president of NYTimes News Services — shared their valuable experience with extending their products, brands, and revenue in the internet, TV, and such.
At the end, Eric Garland, the moderator, asked the obligatory question about the fate of print. We'd all been joking that the students — faced with a choice of sexier panels about music, TV, and children's entertainment — wouldn't show up for dusty old print (many did). So Garland cued the whither-print discussion. Hallett said that these are not mature businesses and are still developing and growing; the rest nodded.
I'd said earlier that we are in for a fundamental restructuring — with an endless supply of content that could be viewed as competition or, better, as a new source of diverse viewpoints and deeper relationships; I did my citizens'-media boogie (you've watched that dance before so I'll spare you).
And as I left, I got email from Jay Rosen saying that he and Anil Dash would be speaking to a group at the NYU Law School on how weblogs are changing the world (I blogged it, below). Jay talked eloquently, as always, on the fundamental restructuring of content. There was a lot of excitement about the Iranian and Iraqi bloggers. The place buzzed.
When I got home, I told my wife about it over dinner and said it was a rather stark contrast: old v. new, big v. small, drone v. buzz. She nodded but also chuckled and said it's too bad there's no money in this blog thing. She's right (she always is).
And so now it hits me that the big boys aren't going to take this phenomenon seriously until they see its economic power. They'll think it's cute that citizens' media powered Howard Dean or will power revolution in Iran. But what they care about is money.
They will notice when a Denton steals an advertiser from them or shows up in market research as a better competitor or sells his company to one of them for a few mil.
It's about money. If we want this new medium to be taken seriously and if we want it to get the resources it needs to develop with more tools and talent, then we do need to get serious about money (which means, among many other things, creating standards for measuring the size of the medium).
I don't want to see the buzz of the second panel turn into the drone of the first (that will come in a generation or two). I just want to see the buzz grow.


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China Business Aviation Group (CBAG, Booth H420), founded in 2010 by business aviation veteran Jason Liao, chairman and CEO, is continuing its efforts to boost the region's business aviation industry and become its leading services provider. Here at ABACE yesterday it announced agreements with engine-care specialists Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI, Booth H418), flight crew employment agency ACASS (Booth H217) and business aircraft sales and charter company China Hongly Aviation Group.
Beijing-based CBAG's strategic cooperation agreement with China Hongly Aviation Group, signed here at the show, aims at promoting business jet sales in China. Hong Li, chairwoman of China Hongly Aviation Group, noted that she and Liao have previously worked together on business aviation projects. "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Mr. Liao and his team again," said Hong Li. "Whether our clients prefer new or pre-owned aircraft, or a particular brand, we can quickly obtain the earliest delivery position with the most attractive pricing."
CBAG's agreement with JSSI makes CBAG the its exclusive representative in the Asian marketplace. JSSI provides "power-by-the-hour" long-term engine maintenance programs. JSSI has some 3,000 engines under its coverage.
"The Chinese market and Asia in general are among the largest growth markets that we see," said Neil Book, president of Chicago-based JSSI. "Most of the aircraft in China are flying unprotected or 'naked,' as we refer to it. Whether you are a business or an individual with a business jet, no one likes to be surprised by the significant cost of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance."
Meanwhile, the agreement with ACASS makes CBAG the exclusive representative in mainland China for the contract flight-crew provider.
"There's a reason why ACASS is the world's largest and most successful provider of business jet pilots and engineers," said Liao. "CBA's clients have very precise requirements."
Montreal, Canada-based ACASS has a global network of more than 10,500 pilots and flight engineers available for short- and long-term, or permanent employment. "We have been looking for right partner in China," said David Dorrance, ACASS executive vice president.
CBAG also released a survey of business aviation in Greater China. According to the survey, the business aviation fleet, which has been growing at an annual rate of 50 percent since 2008, now comprises some 350 business jets worth $10.5 billion. With an emphasis on long-range and large-cabin jets, the average aircraft value in the fleet is $30 million, three times the world's average value for business aircraft.
Going forward, the industry can and will support an average of 25 percent annual growth over the next decade, said Liao. Among the factors that will contribute to growth: China's continuing strong economy; expanding aircraft access through jet cards and fractional ownership; and the acceptance of the importance of business aviation by corporations, the government and the general public.
Conversely, issues clouding business aviation's expansion include high taxes (a 17-percent VAT and 4- to 5-percent import duties), a severe pilot shortage and the complex aircraft certification process. But CBAG believes these impediments cannot stop business aviation's growth in China. Said Liao, "This is just the beginning of a long growth cycle."o


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SOLD Polished Bronze Andal Statue with Parrot 18"
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Statue Details
Total Height Including Base: 18 inches or 46 cms
Base Width & Depth: 8 x 6.5 inches
Weight: 22 pounds or 10 kgs
- Andal is the only female Alvar of the 12 Alvar saints of India, who are known for their affiliation to Lord Vishnu
- She has a parrot on her arm representing her love for Vishnu
- Andal is a lost wax method, bronze statue. There is only one Andal like this one made!
- She ships the same day from our California showroom
About Andal: Andal is the only female Alvar of the 12 Alvar saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Adopted by her father, the Alvar saint Periyalvar who found her as a baby, Andal avoided earthly marriage, the normal and expected path for women of her culture, to "marry" Vishnu, both spiritually and physically. In many places in India, particularly in Tamilnadu, Andal is treated more than a saint and as a form of God herself.
Bronze is an extremely durable metal made from a combination of 5 metals; copper, iron, tin, with minute additions of silver and gold. This combination is called Panchaloha bronze and is the basis for making the sacred Hindu temple statues of India and the world. Copper is the most prevalent metal in the alloy. Copper also gives the metal a softer composition that allows the bronze artisans to carve the details that are prevalent in each piece. All the South Indian bronze sculpture Lotus Sculpture carries are Panchaloham and thus suited for any home altar or community temple.
Because of the durability of the metal not much is needed to maintain a bronze sculpture. Many of our customers purchase a bronze statue and perform daily puja and abhisheka consisting of bathing the Hindu deity in ghee, milk, coconut milk or other liquids. In this case nothing is needed to keep the statue clean as it will be bathed daily. If the sculpture is used for "darshan" or simply viewing the sculpture it is best to dust the statue as needed so no dirt collects in the details of the sculpture. For both polished golden bronzes and antique patina bronze statues if you would like the sculpture to shine use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the piece as needed.
Many of our bronze Hindu statues have been placed in outdoor temples. Bronze's durability makes it perfect for cold winters and hot summers of any climate. We suggest you bathe the sculpture every couple of months so that dirt does not collect on the sculpture and then use a cotton cloth with some natural oil to give the statue a shine. Both indoors and outdoors a bronze statue can be left alone which, overtime, will give the bronze an antique patina.
On some bronze statues you can see small hints of lime green, verde-gris patina. Some people prize this color for its age others want to remove it. If you would like to remove the verde-gris use a tooth brush with some coconut oil or other natural oil and lightly go over the verde-gris. This should remove the unwanted patina from the sculpture.
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Thunderbird is a total redesign of the Mozilla mail component to produce a cross-platform, stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It has many new features, among them the ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. a new look and feel with a large number of downloadable themes which alter the appearance of the client, and the ability to add UI extensions.
Roundcube Webmail is a browser-based, multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides the full functionality you expect from an email client, including MIME support, address book, and folder manipulation. High extensibility is granted by the plugin API and the user interface is fully skinnable using XHTML and CSS 2.
Joomla contact form builder extension is a complicated tool for making submission forms for your Joomla website. It permits you to specify parameters like colors and fonts. It can use a Google map when given an address or geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude), and the user can drag the marker to the required location.
WordPress FAQ is a cool plugin for creating your FAQ section . It has a lot of parameters to set, and it will allow you set your own theme from scratch. It has a user-friendly front-end and back-end interface, allowing you to set all parameters quickly and easily. FAQs have SEO-friendly URLs.
A MS Excel spreadsheet component for Android.
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Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game -- and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!
Remember when it was always a surprise to find out what the WoW Insider staff was playing from week to week? Some Mass Effect 2 here, some Recettear there, some AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard for Gravity over there. Who knew what we would be doing?
Cataclysm has brought that to its conclusion. Guess what we're all playing. Go on. Just guess.
Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, "What are you playing this week?" -- otherwise known as: WRUP. Join us to see what we're up to in and out of game -- and catch us in the comments to let us know what you're playing, too!
Alex Ziebart (AlexZiebart): Cataclysm is so good. So very good. I haven't started raiding yet, personally; I'm still working on heroics, but it's been a good time. Despite my utter loathing of tanks who don't understand they need to let people use crowd control yet, I'm having a lot of fun slamming against the more challenging heroics.
Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey): Archaeology has eaten my soul. I'll be writing this weekend, working on gearing up my 85 and maybe playing my goblin a little bit in between it all. And archaeology. I have a fossilized raptor mount to construct!
Colby Moore (@TheArenaGuy): PvP, obviously. My warlock is 36 percent into 84. I'm hitting 85 with him on Friday (today is Thursday). I'm going to figure out how to equip him best in the shortest period of time. I'll be getting in a lot of rated battlegrounds as well as doing lots of arena. Even though my gear might be terrible, my partners don't mind that much. Theirs isn't much better, after all.
Daniel Whitcomb (@danielwhitcomb): I'm going to have a pretty busy weekend, between Christmas parties, writing, and church, but I hope to find some time to fit in some heroics and rep grinding. With any luck, I'll be completely geared and ready to raid within a week or so.
Dan O'Halloran: Fairly annoyed that the random dungeon finder locked me out because I didn't meet the gear score for the level 82 instances, but a blue trinket drop in Blackrock Caverns fixed that. So I will be running more Random Dungeons with my balance druid while pushing through the rest of the Vashj'ir content or, as I like to call it, the new Stranglethorn Vale of Cataclysm. I think I will be level 92 when I finally get through it ...
Elizabeth Wachowski (@leeatwaterlives): Golden Sun: Dark Dawn when I'm at work, leveling my hunter, shammy and druid when I'm not. I still haven't set foot in 80+ content, since I'm enjoying leveling my alts so much!
Joe Perez (@Lodurzj): More Cataclysm! More heroics with the guild this weekend and trying to get a damn relic to drop so I can get my Cataclysmically Epic achievement. Raids start next week. We'll be doing 10-mans to start, and then as players catch up, we'll transition into 25s again. Should be a hell of a lot of fun!
Josh Myers (@elamqt): I'm already decked out in fancy new enhancement tier 11 pants off Pit Lord Argaloth and my epic ring from the Guardians of Hyjal. I'm working now on grinding Tol Barad reputation and gearing through heroics!
Kelly Aarons (@Cadistra): This weekend will be Cataclysm, of course, along with comics and a few other small projects. Where I am in Cataclysm? Happily taking my time and hopping between my main druid (just dinged 82) and my baby paladin (25). I'm slowly leveling leatherworking as well, and just ... taking my time. Exploring. Drinking it all in.
Lisa Poisso (@emused): Ding! Ding, ding! Ding, ding, ding da-ding, ding diiiiiing! (Yes, I'm a lowbie and levels go fast -- what of it?)
Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo): The great gear-up continues! We gave raiding a shot for a couple hours this week and did pretty well, but we definitely need just a few more pieces all around and we'll have the first few encounters. Very exciting. Cataclysm status: having a blast.
Matt Low (@matticus): More Cataclysm this weekend! I'll most likely be healing some guild heroics. Cataclysm status: All I need is a new wand but otherwise, I'm set to raid anyway.
Robin Torres (@cosmiclaurel): It's all about Roblin the Goblin.
Sarah Nichol (@mentalshaman): Cataclysm all the way! I'm just stepping into heroics and digging into archaeology and getting my reputations up. And then catching up on some sleep.
Zach Yonzon (@battlemasters): Cataclysm, still. I'm leveling much, much slower than I ever expected. Real life has snared my pace, and I'm just not accustomed to it. I'll finally have an 85 by the time this is published and hopefully be rushing my pally. Then a lot of PvP on both toons. Interestingly, I'm equally excited to level my level 80 DK to 85, too, as well as level a goblin and maybe a troll druid from scratch. Yes, the game is that fun.
The weekend is the perfect time to kick back, relax and enjoy some game time. Are you an achievement junkie? Can't get enough raiding? Rolling a new alt? Considering taking the leap into roleplaying? Whatever your favorite way to play World of Warcraft, let us know in the comments what you're playing this weekend!


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Xlumena's principal product, the AXIOS Stent and Delivery System, obtained a CE mark designation in Europe in 2012 and is available in a select number of centers. The AXIOS Stent, a fully-covered, dual-flanged stent, is delivered under endoscopic ultrasound guidance and designed to create a secure drainage pathway between the gastrointestinal tract and the common bile duct, gallbladder or pseudocyst. The HOT AXIOS, also available in Europe, incorporates cautery into the delivery system, enabling access and stent delivery in a single device. The AXIOS devices have been used in the treatment of acute cholecystitis, biliary inflammation associated with strictures or stones in the bile duct, and pancreatic pseudocysts.
Greg Patterson, President and CEO of Xlumena, commented: "As a company, we have always focused on the needs of interventional endoscopists. This financing will allow us to better meet the global commercial demand and provide a springboard for an initial launch of the AXIOS in the United States once FDA clearance is granted. We look forward to this new collaboration with Third Point and a continued partnership with our existing investors." Jason Hong Ph.D. will represent Third Point LLC on the Xlumena Board of Directors.
For more information about the AXIOS Stent and Delivery System, please visit www.xlumena.com.
About Xlumena, Inc.: Xlumena is the leader in developing products that enable advanced image-guided endoscopy procedures. These innovations will allow endoscopists to offer minimally invasive alternatives to patients suffering from common gastrointestinal and biliary conditions. Pioneering interventional endoscopists around the world are using Xlumena's products to extend their therapeutic reach.
About Third Point: Third Point LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in New York. Founded in 1995, Third Point follows an event-driven approach to global investing.
CAUTION: The AXIOS and HOT AXIOS devices have CE mark designation in Europe. They are not available for sale in the United States.
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The Shark Bait game has kids reel-ing from excitement! This touch-and-feel, die rolling game has easy to follow rules and teaches sharing, taking turns, and matching. Each player rolls the die and does one of three actions, feeds a piece to the shark, removes a game piece from his belly or misses a turn. With two ways to play—players win by collecting all game pieces of a single color or being the first one out of game pieces—this jaw-some game delivers hours of fun. When fin-ished playing, kids can store the pieces perfectly behind the plush shark's zippered teeth, and their toothy pal is ready to travel or store for later fun. Game includes: zippered plush shark, 16 bait pieces, and one die. 2–4 players; approximately 10 minutes of game play per round.
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As mentioned previously, Tim Challies had linked to his reflections on a paragraph from Josh Harris' latest book Humble Orthodoxy. While Harris is most certainly not wrong in what he says, in that we should not take pride in being more doctrinally correct and use doctrines in a Pharisaical manner, yet such a scenario already betrays an even greater problem than merely having an individual who is being a "Pharisee" with regards to doctrine.
As I have written before on the nature of truth, the New Calvinist model of truth is anthropocentric in its nature. The only thing that I would like to add here is that this is not just the nature of truth the New Calvinists work with, but it is basically the modern view of truth that comes forth from the Enlightenment. As we think about truth, we ask ourselves, why would someone take pride and lord it over others over being more doctrinally correct? Doesn't it arises from seeing truth as an intellectual achievement, and knowing as work? But who gets to define what is the nature of biblical truth? If we see it in the way the Enlightenment sees it, that truth is what we truly gain in perception of reality, then it is no surprise that taking pride in one's doctrinal precision is natural. But if one sees truth from God's viewpoint as His revelation to us, not on our gaining and increasing our perception of who God is, then one will conduct himself differently.
Perhaps, instead of learning doctrines as how we learn math and science, we need to re-orient our understanding of the learning process itself. And instead of seeing those who strongly promote right doctrine as Pharisees, perhaps we should see them as those desiring the glory of God in right belief and right practice.


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Today`s freebie is a simple business card called "In the Clouds". I`ve made it 300dpi so it's should be a high-quality print. Since you get psd file you can easily edit and update it by means of photoshop cs3. Download file contains only one photshop file but with two main folders : 1st one for the right side and the 2d dedicated to the backside.


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TAMPA — Angela Soto was having trouble making mortgage payments on the Tampa home she bought five years ago during the real estate boom.
She was afraid it might be foreclosed, so she called a company that promised to help modify her loan.
Soto, 30, paid the company $1,500, but nothing has changed since February, she said. And after listening to officials at a meeting Saturday warn against paying companies up front, she's afraid she may have been duped.
Soto joined about 200 other people who sought advice at Attorney General Bill McCollum's workshop, organized to help homeowners through the housing crisis.
They packed the courtroom at Stetson Law School's Tampa campus and jotted down notes as lawyers, real estate experts and financial advisers spoke.
Karen Jackson-Sims of the Tampa office of the Housing and Urban Development Department talked about a recent expansion of the Making Homes Affordable program.
Homeowners who are current on their payments but up to 125 percent "underwater" on their mortgages, and have mortgages currently owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, can refinance, she said.
She also encouraged homeowners to make an appointment with HUD-approved housing counselors.
That's what Soto plans to do. As her 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter snacked on candy in the exhibit area, she spoke with a HUD official.
She also plans to call the attorney general's fraud hotline to report the loan modification company.
"Something should be worked out," she said, smiling.
Tampa's town hall meeting was the first hosted by the Office of the Attorney General. McCollum said he plans to set up several more throughout the state.
Jessica Vander Velde can be reached at email@example.com or (813) 661-2443.


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Local to give presentation to help Ugandans
Uganda, a beautiful East African land astride the Equator known as the "Pearl of Africa" with a population of Canada tucked into a nation four times the size of the Kootenays.
Uganda, home to beautiful people who struggle through life with faith and a smile even though ranked 113th of the world's 134 nations listed on the 2011 Human Development Index (Canada is 12th).
Uganda, home to Kimi Toyota who, in 2007, fell in love with 9 of those smiles and began a simple ministry to find 9 sponsors to ensure their education.
In the 4 years since, her small organization, "His Hope Uganda", has blossomed to include over 140 children and her ministry, supported largely by families with their roots in the Cranbrook area, continues to expand, giving hope to a growing number of the needy.
As HHU moves into its fifth year, new opportunities are on the East African horizon. To date, 21 collapsing shelters have been replaced with brick and metal roofed homes while 29 families now have safe and more sanitary private brick latrines with attached washing facilities. More will be built in the coming months, thanks to the generosity of local contributors.
Medically, well over 1,000 individuals of many backgrounds have received medical treatment for ailments as diverse as malaria and typhoid to cancer, hydrocephalus, sickle-cell anemia and broken bones. Partnering with a church in the Eastern United States, HHU is now looking into the establishment of a clinic to serve the needs to the villages in the area it serves.
A number of women have been trained in tailoring and small business opportunities have been provided to help sustain several families.
This growth in compassion has been made possible through the generosity of local people and the support of many local businesses. Connecting to the people of the Bugembe region of Jinja, Uganda to Cranbrookians through sponsorship, letters, gifts and photos has been the backbone of HHU.
Two teams over the past two years have devoted two weeks each in building houses and latrines, distributing supplies, leading bible camps, meeting the people, and returning with a coating of light red dust, many life-changing memories and a determination to return. Of the 37 who gave of their time, 28 are from the Cranbrook and Fernie communities.
On Saturday, January 5th, Kimi Toyota will be sharing stories of her home, Uganda, and video of the most recent team trip in October of 2012. Information will also be provided on the next team venture, scheduled for August of 2013.
A silent auction will seek to raise enough funds to offset the operating costs for the year so that future giving will be directed entirely to projects and sponsorship. The evening at the Alliance Church gymnasium is also intended to highlight the generosity and support of our local business community.
All are welcome. Doors will open at 6. Dessert, Domino's pizza coupons and DQ treat vouchers will be available for all. For more information on His Hope Uganda, you're invited to check out www.hishope.org.


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I've often heard people saying "I'm truly blessed", or "God blessed me."
Does that mean other people weren't blessed?
If God causes the sun to shine both on the good and the bad, will He withhold His blessings to some and give it only to a few?
Who are we to say that some people are less fortunate than us?
I believe that God pours His blessings upon us all… always.
And maybe, when we say that we are blessed, it is only like saying we have finally found the faith to receive what God is giving us. Finally, we have recognized God's goodness, and for that, we say that we are blessed!