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LONG BEACH – Following a preseason filled with mixed results, Long Beach State and UC Irvine took the court Thursday evening at Walter Pyramid for their Big West Conference opener with their focus squarely on getting off to a strong start in league.
The Anteaters fulfilled their mission with a 46-44 victory in front of 2,817 spectators.
Chris McNealy scored 12 points and Alex Young added 11 to lead UC Irvine (10-7, 1-0) to its third straight victory and its first win at the Pyramid since February 2008. Long Beach fell to 4-11.
"Chris has done everything I've asked him to do," UCI coach Russell Turner said. "He has sacrificed himself for the team and we expect a lot from him."
The Anteaters raced out to a 15-3 run to start the second half and build a double-digit lead. McNealy scored 8 points during the spurt and Will Davis II's basket with 12:41 to play gave UC Irvine a 38-27 lead.
Long Beach State cut it to 45-44 following a basket by Travis Hammonds with 48 seconds to play and had a chance to take the lead, but Mike Caffey's shot missed with 13 seconds remaining.
Irvine's Mike Best was fouled with nine seconds left and made the one free throw to make it 46-44, but missed the second. The 49ers rebounded but stumbled getting the ball down court for a last-second shot and did not get off an attempt before the final buzzer.
Hammonds led the 49ers with 12 points and Tyler Lamb scored 11. Caffey missed all 8 of his shots and finished with only two points. UC Irvine outrebounded Long Beach, 42-35.
The three-time defending conference regular-season champion 49ers also had their 26-game home conference winning streak snapped.
Long Beach coach Dan Monson surprised the hometown crowd (and UC Irvine) by promoting reserves Anson Moye, Christian-Griggs-Williams, Javion Watson, Hammonds and McKay LaSalle into the starting lineup. The 49ers newly anointed starting five had started just five games combined this season.
The reserves got off to a slow start but managed to build a 9-5 lead, highlighted by three straight baskets by Hammonds, before being replaced by the regular starters at the 13:08 mark of the first half.


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O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
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Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
Anton Chekhov
Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
Pietro Aretino
The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. ~Terri Guillemets
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A woman who was reported to have fallen from a footbridge earlier this afternoon has died.
Police and ambulance services were called to the footbridge on the A406 North Circular near the Billet Road roundabout in Walthamstow at 2.30pm.
Is it not known as this stage if the woman, believed to be on her own, jumped from the bridge.
The incident, attended by London Air Ambulance, happened near Cabinet Way in Chingford.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and next of kin have been informed.
Police have not released the age of the woman. The A406 North Circular westbound remains closed and traffic is queing in both directions.
The eastbound section re-opened shortly before 4pm. Traffic is congested on the A12 westbound at the Redbridge roundabout to Colney Hatch Lane.


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Motorola could continue to work on the Lapdock concept to find the right mix of capability and form, but Google's recent acquisition of Motorola all but ensured that would never happen. The Lapdock vision conflicts with Google's Chrome OS vision of cloud-only computing, though it fit in Google's Android vision of broad mobile computing. (It's always been clear that the Chrome OS and Android teams have nothing to do with each other, which is why their visions differ.)
Plus, the Lapdock uses Mozilla's Firefox browser running on the Moonlight open source version of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application environment. Google is heavily staked to its Chrome browser, so a Firefox-based product could not survive. (Never mind Google's claims it will run Motorola as an independent company. That's as believable as Facebook saying it will guard your privacy. Google bought Motorola to use it, not merely own it.) Moonlight is dead, and Silverlight is fading. Even if Motorola wants to continue the Lapdock, it would have to start over -- and I can't imagine Google's management allowing that given its large investment in Chrome OS.
If the Lapdock returns one day, it could be as a Chromebook or Chromebox device that lets you dock an Android smartphone to it directly or via short-range radio. In a sense, Apple does that for iOS devices via iTunes, but it's too restrictive a connection. Google could do a more open approach, letting the two devices federate. But only if the Chrome OS and Android teams see that their two visions could overlap nicely into a version of that original post-PC vision. The fact that Google recently bought Quickoffice to provide a local client to its mobile-impaired Google Docs cloud service sugggests that maybe Google's various groups are learning to collaborate.
I hope Google tries to reinvent the Lapdock concept using its Android and Chrome arsenals, as that would provide a real alternative to the merged OS X/iOS vision that Apple has been delivering on. Choice is good.
This article, "The death of the Lapdock: The post-PC future that won't be," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Galen Gruman's Mobile Edge blog and follow the latest developments in mobile technology at InfoWorld.com. Follow Galen's mobile musings on Twitter at MobileGalen. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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Children overlooked in the transition to primary school
Children overlooked in the transition to primary
A Victoria University researcher has found that parents and teachers working through the transition from early childhood services to primary school sometimes forget to ask children for their input.
Maggie Haggerty, a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, would like to see children involved alongside teachers and parents when it comes to their journey to primary school.
"It's of huge interest to parents and of course they want to be as involved as they can, but you also need to ask children how they are feeling."
At this weekend's Festival of Education in Wellington, Ms Haggerty will be facilitating a roundtable conversation between an early childhood teacher, a new entrant teacher and a mother of six about children moving from early childhood services to primary school.
The discussion will explore the participants' experiences and allow them to share knowledge from their three different perspectives. There will also be an opportunity for the audience to contribute to the debate.
Previous studies have asked older students what advice they would give to other children before they start school, and Ms Haggerty thinks that this approach can offer valuable insights.
"A lot of children mention all the school rules that they need to learn. Teachers can sometimes underestimate how big an issue that can be for a child, when there are so many other things that they need to learn in a short time."
Ms Haggerty is currently analysing the data she has gathered for her PhD thesis, which focuses on the transition to school. Her research suggests significant differences in approach between educators working in the early childhood area and those in primary education.
"It's very important that there is enough communication between all parties involved, and to hear all the perspectives so we can better support children and their families across the transition," says Ms Haggerty.
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In her role as President of the Byzantine Fresco Foundation, Mrs. de Menil serves as both executive director and programmer of the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.
She is the co-editor of several books, including Angels and Franciscans: Innovative Architecture from Los Angeles and San Francisco and Sanctuary: The Spirit In/Of Architecture. In addition to service at the Byzantine Fresco Foundation, Mrs. deMenil is a designer with the firm of her husband François de Menil, Architect.
Current projects include an interpretative center for the Seneca Indian on a historic site outside of Rochester, NY, several residential and commercial commissions in the New York area. Mrs. deMenil is a board member of the Allen-Stevenson School, NY and member of the President's Counsel of the Cooper Union, New York City. She a past board member of the Smithsonian National Design Museum - Cooper Hewitt, and the Committee on Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Mrs. de Menil holds a B.A. in art history from Barnard College and a M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Urban Preservation. Mrs. deMenil is the mother of three children and the daughter in law of Dominique and John deMenil.


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Vazquez enjoys being along for the ride
SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the most successful pitchers to come out of Puerto Rico, Javier Vazquez is disappointed that a knee injury sustained in winter ball cost him an opportunity to pitch in the World Baseball Classic. But the veteran right-hander from Ponce is having a good time mentoring and cheering on the Puerto Rican roster.
"I'm feeling great, besides the knee," Vazquez said. "But other than that, I feel great. I'm playing catch with a couple of the guys and that feels good. But I'm done playing, like I said before, and just enjoying it. I'm talking to the guys and being able to talk to the younger guys. I love doing that.
"We have a lot of good young pitchers coming up that, hopefully, will be in the big leagues pretty soon."
Vazquez, 36, winner of 165 Major League games, had high praise for five-time Gold Glove Award winner Yadier Molina, who has been guiding the pitching staff.
"I'm not throwing to him," Vazquez said, "but he's definitely the best. He's done it [on] the big stage and he keeps doing it. You can see by the way our pitchers are throwing in this Classic, and he's a big part of it. He calls a great game. He's very smart behind the plate. Obviously, the running game, he controls it.
"He's a big part of what the pitching staff is doing, and we're very happy he's on our side."
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Firmware and client upgrades are available for WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance
A new firmware release for the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance Version 2.5 is available. This firmware upgrade is required for all users. You can also download the client, which is required for WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance to work.
WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance includes the following highlights for Version 2.5:
Enterprise data grid
Enterprise data grids use the eXtremeIO transport mechanism and a new serialization format. With the new transport and serialization format, you can connect both Java and .NET clients to the same data grid.
WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for .NET
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Continuous query
When you develop client applications that interact with the data grid, you might require queries that retrieve automatic, real-time results when new entries are inserted or updated. You can use continuous query to be notified in your client Java™ virtual machine (JVM) when data is inserted or updated in the data grid. This feature makes grid and data management easier for developers, administrators or both.
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The Primary Immunodeficiency Expert Committee was originally set up under the auspices of the World Health Organisation in 1973, to describe and classify the types of primary immune defects affecting humans.
An up-to-date report on an ever-increasing list of primary immunodeficiencies is produced biennially. The latest version "Classification of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) Expert Committee on Primary Immunodeficiency 2011" is published in Frontiers of Immunology: Primary Immunodeficienceis, the IUIS Journal www.frontiersin.org/primary_immunodeficiencies
Since there are now over 180 primary immune deficiencies, with about 20 new ones per year, the report provides important definitions for clinical management and standardised research, as well as for patients. Readers of the report include clinicians who use this document in their daily practice in many countries and scientists investigating the immunologically mechanisms that prevent infectious diseases in humans.


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British-born MSNBC afternoon anchor Martin Bashir devoted his September 20 "Clear the Air" commentary to clouding the issue of raising taxes by citing the clause in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution's that bans Congress from granting titles of nobility (video follows page break):
It's time now to "Clear the Air." And with Republicans declaring that class warfare has been started by President Obama, after he suggested that Warren Buffett should at least pay the same amount of tax as his secretary, I was reminded of an American history class that I took in my final year of high school in London.
During one lesson, we were introduced to Article 1 and Section 9 of the American Constitution and were told that this was one of the most important clauses designed to end the aristocratic and class-ridden approach to society that had defined Great Britain during the 18th century.
There is no class warfare because the battle is over and the middle classes have lost. And that's why asking Mr. Buffett to pay the same amount of tax as his secretary is not class warfare, it's actually the faint echo of a constitution that was intended to prevent the kind of social divisions that are all too apparent today.
The Constitution was meant to engineer society? Funny, I thought it was a charter to constitute and limit the powers of a federal republic and "secure the blessings of liberty," for countless generations of Americans.
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Bashir offered no evidence to support the notion that Alexander Hamilton -- who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury -- or any of the other Framers of the Constitution supported an income tax, much less a graduated scheme of income taxes predicated on the notion of "prevent[ing]... social divisions."
Indeed no federal income tax implemented until the Civil War, and that tax was repealed 10 years later. It was only with the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913 that income taxes received iron-clad constitutional authorization.
From from clearing the air, Bashir's leftist rhetoric just clouds the issue on top of distorting history.
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Presented in black and white, the promo video gives a brief look at Jimmy who is shot to death by Nucky.
Another teaser for "Boardwalk Empire" season 3 has been made available for viewing pleasure to tide fans over the show's return. Still revolving around Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, the video shows how the corrupt politician refuses to be under the control of someone else or something. Additionally, there's a glimpse at the tragic death of Jimmy Darmody.
The third season of "Boardwalk Empire" will premiere on HBO sometime this fall. Bobby Cannavale is cast to join the critically acclaimed series as a rival to Nucky.
Meanwhile, Michael Pitt will not return to the show following his character's demise in the season 2 finale. Other cast members who will not return to the new season include Paz de la Huerta, Dabney Coleman and Aleksa Palladino.


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There's an abundant historical literature on Public Diplomacy, and a July 24, 2015, report published by the Legatum Institute, "Counter Propaganda: Cases from US Public Diplomacy and Beyond," provides a crisp historical review. The author is Professor Nicholas Cull of the University of Southern California, well known as the author of the magisterial The Cold War and the United States Information Agency 1945-1989 (Cambridge University Press, 2008). For Public Diplomacy, propaganda, and counter-propaganda, the report includes principles, case studies, historical lessons learned, and recommendations in only 12 pages of text.
Professor Cull's review of propaganda through the 1930s is full of cautionary examples, well explains the word's negative associations, and summarizes the post-World War I debate to define what is licit and illicit. The compact section on World War II and the longer portion on the Cold War are full of instructive examples – too many forgotten – that still echo in America's approach to Public Diplomacy.Read More


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The pair - arrested on Tuesday - have been released on police bail by officers investigating the suspected arson at the school in Thame, Oxon.
The fire on Saturday destroyed Lord Williams's secondary lower school's drama block, which is to be demolished.
A 22-year-old man, who had already been arrested and bailed, has been recalled to prison as he was on licence.
Det Sgt Alan Clements, of Thame CID, said: "We have viewed the CCTV from the incident.
"There's a strong possibility of further suspects being involved in this arson, and we need the public's help to identify who they are."
The pair are now on police bail until 13 August.
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Dancing with the Stars Candace Cameron Burre and Mark Ballas took a break from their 7-hour-a-day practice time to drive to StubHub Center in Carson for the Wango Tango 2014 Fest. Candace brought her teen daughter Natasha along for the ride, which gave them a chance to do some mom/daughter bonding, since her usual "at home" hours have been spent in the dance studio on Third Street. As of our deadline, Candace was still a contender. If she leaves this week, she will return for the show's finale next week.
The actress and motivational speaker (also a tomboy) wanted to check out the glam gifts at the Kiss Beauty Booth to bring back her own eyelashes and nails for good luck (of course the show provides them.) She chose a gel nail design (nail stickers) and a pair of lashes to add to her on-screen glam persona. Off camera, she does not wear makeup and her Christian beliefs prevent her from sexing it up appearance wise. Since that's a big part of the dance show, Candace's costumes have been toned down from her competitors, but she still manages to look pretty. Both she and Natasha chose the color pink.
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A good education doesn't come cheap, especially if you opt for a private school – as an increasing number of Australians, not all of them rich, are doing.
Arguments about the merits of public versus private education aside, you need to be able to compare the true costs of each.
In either system you'll be dipping into your pocket for school fees, uniforms, materials, sports equipment, musical instruments, excursions, and perhaps even private coaching.
And the older the child, the greater the demands on your resources.
The overall cost can range from a few hundred dollars at a public primary school up to $20,000 (more if you're boarding) at a top independent school.
Many people combine the two, using the public system in the primary school years before moving to a private high school.
School fees themselves vary from state to state and from school to school. A public primary school might ask for $100 to cover textbooks and other materials for the year, while a Catholic school might levy several hundred dollars or even a few thousand.
Then there are private schools like SCEGGS and Ascham in Sydney, where school fees now top $20,000 a year. If you've got a couple of girls, you're looking at $40,000 a year –or a whopping $80,000 you have to earn annually before tax to fund their education. And that doesn't take into account the cost of uniforms, books and the rest.
Even before your child arrives at the school, you'll have shelled out a couple of hundred dollars or more in the form of an administration fee for going on the waiting list, then hundreds more as an enrolment fee when you accept a place. These fees may not be refundable if you end up going elsewhere.
There's the building fund, library fund, foundation fund ... most private schools seek contributions to one or more of these via the school fee statement. With some schools it's obligatory, with others it's optional.
Then there are the fund-raisers – fetes, balls, dinner dances and so on. A word of warning: the flashier the school, the flashier the bids at the auctions at many of these events.
Of course, fund-raising is almost a full-time occupation at public schools because of limited government funding. You'll be asked for both your money and your time, if you can spare them.
Public or private, the parents' association usually asks for an annual contribution – say, $50.
Once you've got over the shock of school fees, there's another fright awaiting parents joining the private education system. Compulsory uniforms, texts, stationery, laptops sports gear, excursions and music lessons can add up to a serious sum.
In a public school, you'll still be shelling out for extras such as excursions but they won't be as costly.
Kitting a child out in winter, summer and sports uniforms can set you back hundreds of dollars at private school. A blazer alone can cost about $150, then there's the boater, the tunics, the trousers, the tracksuit, the ties, the badges and more. Uniforms at public schools tend to be less elaborate and less costly.
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"So many of us daven by rote and have lost our perspective as to why we go to shul," says Frank Buchweitz, the Orthodox Union's (OU) national director of community services and special projects.… 0
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BLOOMFIELD, N.M. --- Host team New Mexico will need to bring in some heavy limits today if it hopes to overtake Colorado on the final day of the Western Divisional presented by Yamaha and Skeeter.
Colorado leads Montana by 15-13 and New Mexico by 22-10 at this tournament being staged on Navajo Lake in the Four Corners area of New Mexico.
But making up more than 22 pounds is not as unlikely as it once might have been, according to Steve Ragsdale, president of the New Mexico B.A.S.S. Federation Nation.
"Until about 10 years ago, the bass didn't grow much," he said. "Then yellow perch got in here somehow and the bass have been growing much better.
Before that additional forage, largemouths and smallmouths fed mostly on flathead minnows, bluegill, and crawfish. Water temperature is too low to sustain shad in this lake that also contains trout, kokanee salmon, and northern pike.
A prime example of that better growth is a largemouth weighing 8.67 pounds caught during a tournament in April. Additionally, 5- and 6-pound smallmouths reportedly were caught during practice for the divisional -- and before cold weather moved in early this week.
Not surprisingly, bass didn't like the change and the bite slowed down. Just 27 limits were brought in by 166 anglers from the 11 western states on Wednesday and 33 on Thursday. Additionally, the largest bass weighed thus far has been 4-14, with the heaviest limit 15-9 by New Mexico's Jay Salisbury on Day One.
"Normally, you'd expect to see some 20-pound bags this time of year," Ragsdale said.
The downside for today's milder weather and possibly more and bigger bass for New Mexico is that catches likely will improve for anglers from other states as well -- especially Colorado.
"This is kind of our home lake," said John Gardner, who lives just across the state line in Durango.
Whichever state takes the team title, most of the fish likely will be caught early. On Day One, Montana's Ken Riska said that he "could have come in by 7:30," after boating his limit. And yesterday, California's Andrew Sayles had his limit by 9.
Individual leader Salisbury hasn't revealed how or when he is catching his fish, but Ragsdale hopes that he can maintain his success, as well as help his teammates.
Montanan's Curtis Spindler is in second, New Mexico's Kenny Hansel third, Washington's Tony Lind fourth, and Idaho's Josh Polfer fifth.


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At the same time that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is trying to convince American Jews that he is on the proper path toward peace, he is also asking them to mind their own business.
In a series of meetings with Jewish leaders and editors from the Jewish media, the prime minister's main target of wrath over American Jewish involvement in the peace process was the increasingly vocal segment of those opposed to his policies.
But he also sent a message to American Jews in general that their role in the Israeli-Diaspora partnership should center on philanthropy – and more of it.
"As far as the issues of war and peace, it is a matter to be decided by the Israelis alone in a free, democratic system, Rabin told a small group of Jewish editors here Saturday night.
Lashing out at opponents who have been lobbying Congress on peace-related policies that are at odds with the Israeli government, Rabin said: "To try to undermine the policy of a democratically elected government, to pressure members of Congress is unprecedented in the relationship between Israel and the great, generous, prosperous Jewish community in the United States."
He stopped short of repeating a position that he took in a meeting with Jewish organizational leaders last week that the continuation of such activity could threaten the Israeli-Diaspora relationship.
But he made clear that in his view, the partnership between Israeli and American Jews should be limited to two areas: promoting aliyah and the absorption of new immigrants and working for Jewish continuity.
The latest encounters with American Jews came in the wake of last week's signing ceremony in Washington of the Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The agreement, which calls for the redeployment of Israeli forces outside Arab population centers and for Palestinian elections, will significantly extend Palestinian self-rule beyond the current autonomy in Jericho and the Gaza Strip.
The meetings, especially with the Jewish media, were encouraged by Israeli diplomats in Washington and New York who are concerned that the Israeli government is out of touch with American Jewry.
Judging from the reaction of some to Rabin's remarks, these diplomats may be right.
His comments, which he repeated for Israeli journalists on his way home to Israel on Saturday night, made front-page news in Israel, with Yediot Achronot, the country's largest circulation newspaper, blasting the headline "Rabin Against the Jews" in its Sunday edition.
Although many in the organized American Jewish community applauded his strong stand against peace process opponents lobbying in Congress, many also took umbrage at the suggestion that when it comes to Israel, American Jewry should stick to philanthropy.
Seymour Reich, president of the American Zionist Movement, said he was troubled by what he termed Rabin's "disparaging remarks" about the American Jewish community.
A former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and a strong supporter of the peace process, Reich said Rabin "minimizes the advocacy role we have had over the years."
Echoing the views of other Jewish leaders who attended the meeting after the White House ceremony, Reich said Rabin is contradicting himself when he asks for American Jewish support for the peace process and also tells American Jews to stick to aliyah and absorption.
But Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents, said he does not think that Rabin actually meant that American Jews should limit their agenda to fund raising.
"I'm sure he doesn't mean that it's not our business to fight international terrorism or to promote foreign aid to Israel," Hoenlein said, citing some of the issues on his umbrella group's agenda.
Rabin raised important issues about philanthropy and politics that "need to be wrestled with – and we're talking about them," Hoenlein said.
He said the way Rabin raised the issues and where he did it, when Jewish organizational leaders were expecting to hear about the Israeli-PLO agreement, "added to people's negative reactions."
In his meetings Rabin went even further on the issue of fund raising, saying that American Jewry should assist Israel only "on one issue" – the absorption of new immigrants – and it should be giving more than it now does.
Funds for such projects as rural communities, a traditional recipient of American-raised and Jewish Agency-channeled monies, are "obsolete," Rabin said.
Sounding a note critical of the level of funds raised, he said Israel does not expect American and other Diaspora Jews to "do what the people of Israel have to do" in terms of financially absorbing new immigrants.
But, he said, he wants American Jews to "show your partnership not only by words."
In Jerusalem, the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Avraham Burg, criticized Rabin's remarks, calling his attack on U.S. Jews "an historic error" and said Israeli-Diaspora relations should not be based solely on economic assistance.
Charles Goodman, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization, said Jewish fund-raisers in America share Rabin's concern that "fund-raising activities are not delivering as much to Israel as it should or as it has in the past."
"We are determined to improve the situation," Goodman said in a telephone interview from Chicago.
At a time of increasing local needs and shrinking dollars, many American Jewish communities have decreased their overseas allocations. The overall percentage of all overseas allocations, including to Israel, has declined from 50 percent to 42 percent in recent years, according to the United Jewish Appeal.
Goodman, who met with Rabin on Saturday and discussed these issues, said aliyah and absorption, along with education, are – and will continue to be – the Jewish Agency's top priorities.
At the same time, however, he said the Jewish Agency has "some historic responsibilities" for other programs that "we must continue to honor."
Fund raising aside, Rabin's took pains during his three days in the United States to detail that is driving his government.
In a 45-minute introduction to a Saturday night interview with a half dozen editors of Jewish publications, Rabin traced the 3-year-old history of his government's peace policies, starting with the collapse of communism and the end of the Persian Gulf War.
He reiterated his oft-stated position that extremist Islamic terrorist groups are the only alternative to Yasser Arafat and the PLO.
And the passionately offered his vision of Israel as a Jewish state, "not a binational state."
"I want a Jewish state not only by the name or by so-called borders, but by demography, by society, by values," he said.
Acknowledging that terrorism is the main obstacle to a successful peace, Rabin conceded that it is difficult to contain radical fundamentalists bent on suicide missions.
But he stressed that the PLO has "stopped terrorism" and that no Israeli was killed in a PLO terrorist act in the two years since Israel and the PLO signed its Declaration of Principles.
As for the West Bank settlements that, under the latest agreement, will remain as enclaves protected by Israeli forces, Rabin offered only limited guarantees.
"I'm committed that not one settlement will be uprooted during the interim settlement," he said.
But he emphasized his view that settlements are "not a security asset" and that his primary concern is with the economic and social well-being of the overwhelmingly majority – 97 percent – of Israelis who live in Israel proper, not the 3 percent of the population that lives in Gaza, the West Bank and on the Golan Heights.
Urging continuing support for U.S. aid to the PLO, Rabin said there will not be peace with any Arab neighbor unless "that peace will be translated to the man on the street" in the form of economic advancement.
The prime minister said that if the United States, which has pledged $500 million, withdraws its commitment, then other donor countries – whose pledges total $1.7 billion – might follow suit.
Rabin himself lobbied members of Congress on the issue during his visit here.
Most American Jewish organizations back aid to the Palestinians, but a vocal minority has lobbied vociferously against continued support.
Aid to the Palestinians was one of the main issues Rabin was alluding to when he attacked American Jewish opponents of his peace policies.
Pointing to a recent American Jewish Committee survey showing that 63 percent of American Jews believe that Congress should demand PLO compliance with its accords before further aiding the Palestinians, Mortor Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, defended his right to lobby on this issue.
"This is U.S. taxpayer dollars; it is absolutely my business" to lobby Congress, Klein said, responding to Rabin's attacks.
"Jews have a history of expressing concerns when they disagree with [Israeli] policies," he said, adding, "I don't believe that as long as PLO doesn't its commitments there will be a real chance for peace."


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Angels P Jered Weaver to visit spine specialist after neck tightness
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver will visit a spine specialist on Monday after being diagnosed with mild degenerative changes in his cervical spine, reports Mike DiGiovanni of the Los Angeles Times.
Weaver, 33, was limited in spring training action last week after dealing with stiffness in his neck. An MRI on Thursday revealed the condition in his spine.
He will be scratched from his scheduled start on Monday, but the team is not that concerned about him moving forward.
"It's not alarming because Jered is not in a lot of pain," General Manager Billy Eppler said to the Times. "It's more like a stiffness that has limited his range of motion."
The team has not considered surgery moving forward, and hopes to find a proper treatment program after the specialist can look at Weaver's neck.
• Pirates sign infielder David Freese to one-year deal
"The degenerative changes, those are real, but we don't have all of the information. That's why we're going to send him to a spine specialist for some tests before putting him on a treatment program," Eppler said.
Weaver went 7–12 with a 4.64 ERA in 26 starts last season. He has spent the entirety of his 10-year Major League career with the Angels, going to three All-Star games and finishing as high as second in the American League Cy Young voting.


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Michigan's Austin Hatch scores first official point in win over Coppin State
Michigan guard Austin Hatch added another milestone on Monday in his road back from surviving two plane crashes, scoring his first first official career point in the Wolverines' win over Coppin State.
Hatch's point came on a free throw with just over a minute remaining in the game. His make brought a celebration from Michigan's bench and earned him a loud cheer from the Crisler Center crowd, especially the student section.
LOOK at the smile on Austin Hatch's face after he scored his first official @umichbball point. http://t.co/gIaq67cIQP— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) December 23, 2014
Hatch took one field goal attempt and missed a three-pointer, but that did nothing to damper his teammates' spirits.
Hatch scored his first collegiate point earlier this season but it was non-official, coming in an exhibition game. He made his debut for Michigan during the team's preseason tour of Italy.
The freshman was tragically involved in two plane crashes, eight years apart, that resulted in the deaths of several family members. The second occurred in June 2011, less than two weeks after Hatch committed to Michigan.
The win over Coppin State snapped a four-game losing streak for Michigan.
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A movie director decides to pay homage to Italian Neo-Realism with an ingenious parody of De Sica's Bicycle Thief. After a disaterous first broadcast, the film looks set to flop when it unexpectedly takes on a life of it's own and the poverty-stricken characters infiltrate the world of the rich through adverts and the director must step into his own film to restore creative order.
When filmmakers start contemplating the mysteries of their cinematic navels, the lint is seldom of little interest to anyone else. While The Icicle Thief, with its dual preoccupations of cinema history and the medium's uneasy co-existence with television, is therefore of inherently limited appeal, it is nonetheless a carefully crafted and wonderfully played comedy.
Funnyman Maurizio Nichetti is the movie director who decides to pay homage to Italian Neo-Realism with an ingenious parody of De Sica's Bicycle Thief. The film's first TV broadcast, however, quickly deteriorates into pure nightmare. Nichetti is dismissed by a callous presenter and his art mercilessly hacked to shreds by a slew of abrasive commercials - all the time the impoverished family of the film within the film are struggling for their daily cabbage, a procession of Technicolor bathing beauties, fluorescent superheroes, and hyperactive nippers sell their wares during the numerous breaks. The proceedings continue to deteriorate until, unexpectedly, the film takes on a life of its own.
As in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Nichetti's characters desert their economic hardships by stepping out of the movie and into the adverts and, to save the day, director Nichetti must physically enter his own movie to return the story to its original design. Not to everyone's taste but infectious, anarchic, and inspired in its own little way.
Not to everyone's taste but infectious, anarchic, and inspired in its own little way.


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JIM LEHRER: Finally tonight, the last of our stories about the "Arabesque" festival of arts at the Washington, D.C.'s, Kennedy Center. Jeffrey Brown reports from Egypt on a musician's story.
JEFFREY BROWN: On a recent Friday night at the Cairo Jazz Club, pianist, composer and producer Fathy Salama held forth with an electric version of his blurring of musical boundaries, East and West, mixing the Arabic music he grew up on with the Western jazz he first heard one day on the radio at home in Cairo.
FATHY SALAMA, Jazz Musician: I used to listen to Voice of America and used to listen to this kind of music I was really in love with. I didn't even know then that it was called "jazz."
Arabic music similar to jazz
JEFFREY BROWN: As a young adult, he pursued that love, including a period of study in New York with several jazz masters. Back home, after a successful stint as a record producer in the pop music world, he devoted himself to creating a whole new sound.
In 1989, he formed a band called Sharkiat, meaning "From the East."
FATHY SALAMA: I wanted to make my own version of my own roots, Arabic music, because, also, I always believed -- and I still believe -- that Arabic music has a lot to do or lots of similarity with jazz, because jazz is all about improvisation, primarily. Same in Arabic music.
JEFFREY BROWN: That a place like the Jazz Club and a musician like Fathy Salama exist and thrive at all might be a bit of a revelation to many Americans. A vibrant, crowded city of some 18 million, Cairo has long been a major capital of popular culture within the Arab world, film, television, and music.
FATHY SALAMA: To make a video clip, you know, or to be famous, they come to Cairo.
JEFFREY BROWN: To be famous, you come to Cairo?
FATHY SALAMA: Yes, yes, normally.
Using jazz chords creatively
JEFFREY BROWN: In recent years, there's been a growing influence of conservative Islam in Egyptian life. We were struck by the number of veiled women on the streets. Salama agrees that's happened, but characteristically, perhaps, he sees a mixed picture.
FATHY SALAMA: A very normal thing you will see everyday here, a girl wearing a veil, but wearing very tight jeans. This is exactly how people think, like they have a duality somehow, like in-between. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a club like this, like where we're sitting. There's not many clubs like this, also, I should say.
JEFFREY BROWN: The day after performing at the club, Salama invited us to his home and studio in a suburb of Cairo.
FATHY SALAMA: It starts with a melody like this.
JEFFREY BROWN: I asked for a demonstration of just how he puts together Arabic music and jazz.
FATHY SALAMA: But what I did, I put chords, so I put harmonies, I put -- like F minor 9th. Definitely we don't have this in Arabic.
JEFFREY BROWN: You don't have that?
FATHY SALAMA: No, we don't have that...
JEFFREY BROWN: That sounds like a -- that sounds like a jazz chord to me.
FATHY SALAMA: Yes, exactly. And this -- this, also, we don't have, you know? This is known even in the states and everywhere. This is a Herbie Hancock song. It's very known, you know.
JEFFREY BROWN: That's Herbie Hancock over an Arabic song?
FATHY SALAMA: Over this, yes. So that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm trying to achieve somehow.
'We are mixes'
JEFFREY BROWN: In recent years, Salama has also been working to connect Arabic music with traditions from other parts of the globe. At this recent concert in Cairo, his band played with a Cuban salsa group.
In 2005, Salama won a Grammy Award for his collaboration with world music superstar Youssou N'Dour from Senegal. Their album, called "Egypt," featured music from the Islamic Sufi tradition.
FATHY SALAMA: We are mixes, all of us on Earth.
JEFFREY BROWN: Mixes?
FATHY SALAMA: Mixes, yes. Anyways, I mean, nobody can claim that you're pure this or pure that. Everybody was mixed at some time and came from here, when there. And for me, I think my message is to show this. We all share music, so somehow sharing this kind of peace that music brings.
JEFFREY BROWN: Fathy Salama and his band will perform in Washington at the Kennedy Center's "Arabesque" festival on March 8th.


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Another Wednesday....another Reader Ready post!
We are here today to talk about RL 1.5; understanding the differences between fiction and nonfiction.
The "Reader Ready" anchor chart we use for this standard is Checking for Text Type. We explain that it is important to get your "brain ready" for the type of text you'll be reading - if you're reading fiction, be ready to pay close attention to the characters and the storyline, if you're reading nonfiction, be ready to play close attention to the facts and information given.
{Checking for Text Type: a reader gets their brain ready to read...we think about the type of text we are reading}
This is an anchor chart we leave hanging once we've taught the two main text types; fiction and nonfiction. We add post it notes with explanations of why certain books belong in the fiction or nonfiction category. As with most of our Reader Ready anchor charts, the post it notes are written and added by the students so they can take ownership of it. This anchor chart can be used for 1 book or multiple books (which is how we use it). We generally add words after read alouds, but also during Guided Reading as needed.
During Guided Reading, we provide practice with identifying the text type as well. This is a graphic organizer that requires students to identify three reasons the book is either fiction or nonfiction. They also have to tell a reason the book is not the other text type.
For this standard, we use our RL 1.5 Print a Standard pack. Our Print a Standard packs each include over 10 activities. The activities can be done whole group, small group, or independently. They are also great for assessments and homework. With all of our Print a Standard packs, we use formats that are easy to use but engaging to the students.
Some of our favorite read alouds for RL 1.5 (our favorite nonfiction series for the primary grades):
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Eyewitness to Eternity
Solomon, Cave of Ages, Luz and much more... He lives, he lives! A new name discovered to add to his long list of names and attributes.
He lives through the ages, not only lingering within the hidden pages and scrolls of human history, but also through secretive past, mysterious present and more, the mystical future of mankind.
He is the wizard of ages, tutor of sages and the master of space and time, he give the cause its effect. Where ever one peers into, He pops up out of nowhere to play a pivotal character in an intriguing manner in every single known culture and lore recorded and legends carried by ancient tongues that rewarded.
A fascinating personality, wise and amusing even excitingly entertaining, indeed, without him ancient myth and theology would be dull and out of context.
He is a man, more than a man, he is immortal, Maybe that is where he became so witty and adorable, A man with thousands faces and names and just as much roles influencing all mystical events of the ancient ancestry enriching legends in every continent and every culture and religion.
He is the multidimensional governor of planet Earth, the rabbi of Venus, the resident of virtue in the heart of men, the manifestation of emerald green in one of his nicknames and bluish ray of a purple and violet dream of day. He is the compass of hearts when astray, the beacon of minds if it sway. No one name or description may befit his person.
Author of the Emerald Tablets, and the book of Enoch and thousands upon thousands of other priceless papyrus of wisdom he is, But this time he appeared under another name in the book of Solomon, he in this text and some extracts of biblical nature (Genesis 14) appears as the popular tutor of King David and King Solomon, the dweller of the Cave of Ages, I guess by now you are snapping eagerly awaiting for my humble self to reveal to you who I have in mind.
He is the one and only, He is Melchizedek. Or TOTH, al Khodor, Hermes, read my previous articles about him, The True Identity of Thoth is revealed, the emerald tablets and the book of Enoch, and I am quite certain that my findings are but a trickle of what lays hidden waiting for me to vanquish tracing back his footsteps, while hoping to keep a steady stride in this majestic quest I can't help wondering what will I find next.
As for present, here is what I have stumbled upon in the book of Solomon pertaining to Melchizedek, need I remind you that within the legends and myth truth is reborn.
Another factor draw me into attachment to this manuscript is my discovery to an answer of a puzzle that bewildered me for decades concerning what used to be known as the Cave of Daniel. This was a cave of many mysteries acclaimed to be located in Morocco. The story tells of its opening once a year and admits pupils for the art of alchemy and the beyond, such as Magik rather than magic, and so on and so forth.
I searched decades for this cave but could not find any record or reference for it except on tongues of imposters claiming to have learnt the art of whatever trickery they performed in it.
Well at last, I am able to identify the origin of the myth and how it became to be attributed to Daniel. In fact the common factor of such attribution was Abbot Daniel and the real name of the cave was the Cave of Ages, and its location was not Morocco but rather near and not very far from Jerusalem.
Quote from the Book of solomon: "The cave may have been located on Mount Tabor. A medieval visitor to the Holy Land, Abbot Daniel, writes: They show you upon mount Tabor, at a level place, an extraordinary cave cut in the rock, like a cellar, which has a small window in the roof. At the bottom of the cave towards the east there is an altar" end of quote.
Furthermore, this cave may have a permanent portal to other parallel worlds and other dimensions, and it might very well have the fountain of eternity and the elixir of life. For there is also mentioned in the Book of Solomon a place of eternity for its dwellers within its boundaries and its called Luz, here is a quote from the Book of Solomon relating to it:
Quote from the Book of Solomon: Luz said Joseph, who was seated at his desk. It is the so-called City of Immortality.The sole place on earth where the Angel of Death has no sway, where he is forbidden to enter. Thus, its inhabitants age but do not die, so long as they remain within the city. The Luzites grow old become bent and feeble yet live on. Eventually, however, they grow weary of such an existence. Whereupon, they go outside the walls of Luz and die.
Whatever the case, Luz is notable for its dubious brand of immortality and for a commodity. For it is our source of tekhelet, the blue dye used on the fringes of prayer shawls.
The Luzites manufacture the dye from a rare species of snail. Reportedly, it takes 12,000 snails to produce a small bottle of tekhelet.
The location of the city remains unknown. The word luz means "almond tree"; so perhaps it's located amidst the almond groves of the north. But luz can also denote the nutshaped bone at the base of the spine "a bone thought to be imperishable. So the name of the city may allude to the immortality"or longevity, I should say of its inhabitants" end of quote.
So there you go, we have the correct name and the right location and that is a big achievement shedding light to what was true puzzle to the populous.
The meaning of the name Melchizedek is king of righteousness consisting of two words, Melek-King, Zedek-Righteousness (the Z pronounced as S) which are an interpretation of his name. This person was also known as the King of Salem meaning king of peace, a title given to a historical person living in Abraham's time.
Melchizedek was nick named the priest forever; He was known to have no beginning and no end, an eternal divine and heavenly being.
by Ahimaaz, Court Historian
Discovered, Translated and Annotated by Professor Solomon
Quote: "Melchizedek is a significant figure in the Bible, though he makes but a single, brief appearance. In Genesis 14 he approaches Abraham, who has just returned from a battle; presents the patriarch with bread and wine; and blesses him in the name of El Elyon. Melchizedek then slips away (though not before eliciting from Abraham a tithe on his war spoils) and is heard from no more"... end of quote.
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"Who was this mystery man (whose name means my ruler [GOD] is righteous)? What was his purpose? Did he initiate Abraham? We are told only that he was the king of Salem and a priest of El Elyon ( ), or GOD Most High. El Elyon is described as the creator of heaven and earth. He was evidently a local manifestation a particular brand of El, the chief god of the Canaanites.
So, was Melchizedek simply a priest-king a sacral monarch worshiping GOD Most High, and bestowing upon Abraham His blessing? Or was he a supernatural being, an emissary from the beyond? Philo of Alexandria seems to have thought so, describing Melchizedek as "the Logos" i.e., the Divine Word. The Book of Hebrews deems him to be without father, without mother, without ancestors, having neither beginning of days nor end of life a priest abiding forever. And the Melchizedek Text (one of the Dead Sea Scrolls) has him hobnobbing with angels.
In short, a celestial being "a semi-divine hierophant" an otherworldly figure whom Jacob Bryant, the eighteenth-century mythographer, went so far as to identify with Cronus and Father Time.
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It was speculation like this that led to Melchizedek becoming the focus of a short-lived sect. Early Christian writers tell of a sect of heretics "the Melchizedekites" who honored him as a heavenly power. These sectarians circulated the Book of Adam and Eve, which chronicles his earliest activities (such as helping Shem, the son of Noah, to build an altar).
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Narcissus, commonly called daffodil, is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, perennials. Their native range includes Europe, North Africa and West Asia—their center of distribution is in the Western Mediterranean. Species and hybrids are widely used in gardens and landscapes, with various common names—daffodil, narcissus, jonquil— that are used variously to describe all or some of the genus.
The ancient Greeks believed the narcissus plant originated from the vain youth, Narcissus. He died after becoming so obsessed with his reflection in a pool he could not leave. The Greeks say that the gods turned his remains into the Narcissus flower. This also led to the daffodil's being a symbol of unrequited love. The
In ancient China, a legend about a poor but good man holds he was brought many cups of gold and wealth by this flower. Since the flower blooms in early spring, it has also become a symbol of Chinese New Year. If the Narcissus blooms on Chinese New Year, it is said to bring extra wealth and good fortune throughout the year. Its sweet fragrances are highly revered in Chinese culture. In classical Persian literature, the narcissus is a symbol of beautiful eyes, together with other flowers that equal a beautiful face with a spring garden, such as roses for cheeks and violets for shining dark hair.
Narcissus flower is perceived in the West as a symbol of vanity, in the East as a symbol of wealth and good fortune. In some countries the yellow variation is associated with Easter. The German for daffodil is Osterglocke, that is "Easter bell."
If you're not sure what live wallpapers are, they're a type of application that works on a mobile device using the Android operating system (like your device!). The application works as a wallpaper – providing the background image for the home screen—but also works as a conventional application since it can provide user-interaction with the touch screen (allowing the image to change dynamically, for example) and access other hardware and software features within the device (accelerometer, GPS, network access, etc.).
**Multiple backgrounds!** Switch up the background as often or as little as you like with user-configurable options.
**Power saving features!** This app uses much less power than typical live wallpapers. It will take a bit more power to operate than a normal wallpaper, but much, much less battery power than the average live wallpaper.
**Super easy to use!** Upon install the app will bring up the options menu and then immediately let you set the wallpaper. No hassle and easy to use!
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Please note that live wallpapers can't be set automatically. We'll bring you to the setup screen where you'll select the live wallpaper. We'd love to do it automatically but Android doesn't allow it. Select text from Wikipedia, which does not endorse this product. Licensed under the creative commons (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Text at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Wallpaper and wikipedia.org/wiki/Daffodil.
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How awesome is President Hope and Change in 2012? As awesome as you would expect a dog-eating, sarong-wearing Marxist would after three years of revealed incompetence. But don't ask me. Look at his primary results from West Virginia, in a political battle I like to call "the Mullet versus the Moron."
Just how unpopular is President Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas received four out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.
Inmate Keith Judd is serving 17 years for extortion at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas.
With 93 per cent of precincts reporting, Obama was receiving just under 60 per cent of the vote to Judd's 40 per cent.
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Early morning rush hour traffic travelling towards the University of Wales, Aberystwyth campus' main entrance had to be diverted to another entrance by police while students staged a sit-in on the road.
The protest was held to draw attention to what the students claim is a lack of Welsh language education provision at Aberystwyth and an all-Wales strategy for the language.
After staging the sit-in for half an hour, the students marched to their student union building - Pantycelyn Hall - further down Penglais Hill.
The Welsh language student union, UMCA, is calling for a federal college for the anguage which it claims would make the University of Wales - of which Aberystwyth is a part - improve education provision in the language.
UMCA claims the language cannot continue to exist within the college if students are expected to rely on the goodwill of university departments.
Students believe that the practice of bilingual lecturers providing courses in Welsh only if they want to should be replaced by a more structured framework.
UMCA President, Catrin Dafydd said that modules are being deleted at the whim of individual lecturers and departments.
"Students have had enough. We will not suffer this injustice in our own country," she added.
Osian Rhys, Welsh Language Officer of the Guild of Students, said: "Enough is enough. We have been calling for proper provision for years and the situation is still pitiful."
Education Minister Jane Davidson said a Welsh federal college was a long-term target - but not until 2010 at the earliest.
However, she said the Welsh Assembly Government has not yet accepted that there was even a need for such an institution.
Even if a federal college was a priority, there was not enough staff available at moment, said the minister.
The assembly is currently looking at the training issue which they aim to address that by 2005.
University of Wales' vice-chancellor, Derec Llwyd Morgan, said he had for a long time asked the student's officers to bring their complaints to him first rather than to the media.


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Not for meIt was an okay lip balm, but not the greatest. It did nothing special. I won't be buying this again. — 8 years, 1 month agocccklz | 21 reviews
Didn't care for thisI didn't like the taste, it provides moisture but not long lasting moisturization like it claims. Maybe if you don't eat or drink for long it would last. — 8 years, 1 month agobrittpaige | 55 reviews
Better when it was LabelloFor those of you who aren't aware, Nivea markets this brand in Europe (excluding the UK) as Labello, and I first tried this about eight years ago. I don't know why it's now sold in the States under the Nivea name, maybe because it's a recognizable brand here, but all I know is that it is definitely not the same. This version is waxy and melts really easily. I love that it's in a convenient tube...read more, rather than a pot like my beloved blistex DCT, but I really think the formula has changed from the original version. — 8 years, 2 months agopickle88 | 49 reviews
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The BEST lip balmThis is the best lip balm i have ever bought! The product does exactly what it says it gives you " a kiss of moisture" your lips feel so soft and silky smooth. From the moment you put this product on you can feel it working , so good , that sometimes when i don]t put it on i feel like something is missing. This is the perfect thing to top off a daily outfit. I also have the pink shimmer , works g...read morereat and I'm adding the tinted one to my shopping list. Truly better than chapstick brand any day this is my turn to lip balm. Feels great and works great! — 5 months, 3 weeks agoMakeupmela | 48 reviews
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Great inexpensive balm!I got this in the Allure Beauty Box I had ordered and I was totally surprised with how much i loved it! I'm always on the look out for a great, moisturizing lip balm that's not waxy or smells like sunscreen! This balm smells like cookies with a touch of cinnamon and leaves my lips soft! I love it and will absolutely buy it again. — 8 years, 4 months agospectrangel | 27 reviews
Good, but not great.It makes my lips feel nice and smooth/soft, but it doesn't last very long, it has to be applied frequently. — 8 years, 4 months agobrie653 | 11 reviews
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We're doing well. So well, in fact, that I'm feeling uninspired in my writing. I've been cooking up a storm (I have an adorable anecdote about learning how to make eggs Benedict by watching Julia Child on Youtube while also referring to the Julia Child cookbook and having Julie & Julia playing in the background in the living room), so I might try my hand at the food blogging again. The 3 Day Novel Contest is in less than a week and a half, so I might join that again. I wonder if anyone has submitted a cookbook?
If anyone out there is wondering if I've fallen off the face of the earth, all I can say is "Yes, and it's been super. Thanks for asking."
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The Efficacy And Safety Of Lacidipine And Amlodipine Once-Daily Treatment In Hypertensive Adult Patients
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First received: June 16, 2006
Last updated: May 26, 2011
Last verified: May 2011
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The sustained reduction in elevated blood pressure and lower incidence of adverse events of Lacidipine may provide additional benefits for hypertension patients than other CCBs (calcium channel blockers). This study is to compare the efficacy and safety of Lacidipine with Amlodipine, the most widely used CCB in Taiwan, in hypertensive patients.
|Uncomplicated Hypertension Hypertension Essential
|Drug: Lacidipine 4 or 6 mg (oral) Drug: Amlodipine 5 or 10 mg(oral)
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel Group, Single-Centre Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Lacidipine and Amlodipine Once-daily Treatment in Hypertensive Adult Patients
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Amlodipine Amlodipine besylateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the efficacy of of Lacidipine 4 or 6 mg and Amlodipine 5 or 10 mg on blood pressure profiles, in terms of blood pressure, heart rate, and edema after 8 weeks of treatment.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To compare the overall safety profile of Lacidipine and Amlodipine, in terms of percentage and types of adverse events reported after 8 weeks of treatment.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2005
Intervention Details:
Drug: Lacidipine 4 or 6 mg (oral)
Drug: Amlodipine 5 or 10 mg(oral)
Other Name: Lacidipine 4 or 6 mg (oral)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent written prior to the recruit into the study
- Male or female subjects
- Patients with diagnosis of essential, uncomplicated hypertension
- After one to two weeks washout period, patients showing, systolic blood pressure equal or lager than 160mmHg or diastolic blood pressure equal or lager than 90mmHg
Subject could be enrolled in one of the following state:
- Patients previously untreated for hypertension;
- Intolerant or not responding to their current therapy;
- Patients controlled under their previous therapy but who can safely and agree to be switched to the trial therapy could clinically feasible for mono-therapy for hypertension control.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any form of secondary hypertension
- History of malignant hypertension or evidence of accelerated hypertension
- Myocardial infarction within 3 months
- Unstable angina pectoris
- Congestive heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation
- Life threatening arrhythmia
- History of cerebrovascular accident
- Clinically relevant renal disease; defines if serum creatinine equal or lager than 1.5 mg/dl
- Liver function abnormal: glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase lager than 2 times of upper limit normal or glutamic-pyruvic transaminase lager than 2 times of upper limit normal
- Existence of any serious systemic disease
- Allergic history to the compounds of both study medication
- Can not comply the study protocol or misunderstand the informed consent form
- Other diseases which treated by calcium channel blockers
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00338338
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00338338
|GSK Investigational Site
|Taipei, Taiwan, 100
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|Study Director:
|GSK Clinical Trials, MD, PhD
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
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|Cheri Hudson; Clinical Disclosure Advisor, GSK Clinical Disclosure
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00338338 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 16, 2006
|Last Updated:
|May 26, 2011
Keywords provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
essential hypertension
blood pressure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Antihypertensive Agents
Calcium Channel Blockers
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Vasodilator Agents
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With its dynamic staging, crackling pace, and standout performances, More Lies About Jerzy emerges as one of the most impressive productions of the year. The play, based on the bizarre true story of Jerzy Kosinski, examines the conflict between society's need for heroes and its hunger for truth.
The action begins with lauded writer and Holocaust survivor Jerzy Lesnewsi (Jack Stehlin) riding a wave of adoration in early 1970s Manhattan for his autobiography, "Vantage Point." The book, which chronicles the author's boyhood experiences in Nazi occupied Poland, is praised as among the finest in twentieth century literature, earning him wealth, renown, and the attention of film studios. Jerzy's fortunes turn, however, when his editor alleges plagiarism. A concurrent investigation by a reporter (Adam Stein) uncovers numerous discrepancies in "Vantage Point." As accounts of his childhood begin to unravel, the enigmatic author clings desperately to his identity and reputation, even while it appears more and more likely that most or all of his memoirs are a total fiction.
In More Lies About Jerzy, we are presented with a tragedy in the classical sense — a scenario in which a protagonist, stubbornly adhering to his course, is driven closer and closer to his downfall by the same mechanisms he employs to free himself. That this hero is an amoral conman, or at the very least a pathological liar, detracts in no way from the dread inevitability we feel as each of his lies is compounded by a fresh one, and the noose continues to tighten. Highly recommended.
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BERLIN – The window of opportunity to complete the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union is closing quickly. National elections will be held this year and next in the US, France, and Germany, and the campaigns will play out in an environment that is increasingly hostile to international agreements in any form. The biggest risk might come from the least likely source: Germany, an export powerhouse.
As it stands, some 70% of Germans citizens oppose the TTIP, almost twice the average in other European countries. They overwhelmingly believe that Germany will not benefit economically, that lower-skill workers' wages will suffer, that large corporations will gain power at the expense of consumers, that data and environmental protection will be compromised, and that citizens' rights will be undermined.
But a slew of studies have proved all of these claims to be overblown or outright wrong. In fact, Germany – whose economic progress since the end of World War II has been driven by its consistent openness to international trade and economic integration, and which remains one of Europe's most open and trade-dependent economies – would be among the main beneficiaries of the TTIP.
It is projected that the TTIP would raise annual per capita income in Germany by 1-3%, or €300-1,000 per year by 2035. Moreover, with nearly 50% of German jobs linked, directly or indirectly, to the tradable sector, the deal would also help protect employment. And, by boosting the ability of the US and Europe to set global business standards, German firms' international competitiveness would rise. Not every individual or company stands to gain from the TTIP, but the net effect on Germany's economy and citizens would be clearly positive.


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|Preschool Story Time
Event Type: Children's
Age Group(s): Early Childhood (3-5)
Date: 4/25/2017, 5/2/2017
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 10:30 AM
Children ages 3-5 attend this story program on their own. It includes stories, songs, rhymes, a craft, and a marching rhythm band parade each week. Children are introduced to new authors and illustrators and develops, literacy skills, listening, thinking, participation, and social skills.Map to Perry Library
Children must be able to sit quietly without disturbing others in the group and should be able to follow simple directions for the craft.
Location: Story Time Room
Presenter: Mrs. McCann
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Laura Yecies' CV lists degrees from Harvard, Georgetown and Dartmouth. She has run divisions at companies such as Yahoo and Netscape, and she is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and French. But, she says, proving she was worthy of a chief executive seat in Silicon Valley was no easy task.
"As I progressed through my career up to the VP [vice-president] level, I didn't feel it was particularly harder for me than it would have been for a man," she says. "But progressing from the VP level to chief executive, there was more friction. I think a [board of directors] consciously likes the idea of having a woman chief executive, but subconsciously thinks, 'You don't really look the part.'"
Women account for just 11 per cent of executives at Fortune 500 tech companies, and less than a quarter of the software engineers at US tech companies overall, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology.
Today, Yecies is the chief executive of SugarSync, a data synchronisation technology company based in San Mateo, California.
Over the years, she says, she has come to know other women chief executives both professionally and personally − Meg Whitman, the former head of Ebay, is a fellow parent at her children's school, and Donna Dubinsky, who co-founded Handspring, the maker of personal digital assistants that later merged with Palm, is a member of her synagogue.
One of the consistent themes she has discussed with other women at the top is that at some point early in their careers, they all took on big and challenging tasks – a turnround situation or the establishment of a new division – that got them noticed by upper management.
"When I was at Informix, for example, I was a marketing manager. I was doing well but I was not a star," she says. "When the company announced it was starting a Latin American division, I raised my hand. Personally, it was very hard for me to do this as I had young children at the time and the job required a lot of travel, and I even moved to Brazil for six months, but the point is that I took on the challenge."
In January 1998, working for Netscape, she raised her hand again when the company made its internet browser free to the public.
"Both my parents were physicians, and we are Jewish. They always told me that the Jewish doctors should work over Christmas. So when Netscape announced it was making its browser free starting in January, I said I would work on the details of [that project]. It ended up being a defining moment in my career."
Yecies, who has four children, says working for SugarSync is particularly gratifying because it helps customers in their quest for work/life balance. The company's technology gives people access to their computer files from many different kinds of devices.
"During my career, the work environment has really changed. There's much more time and geographic flexibility. Now we have tools and technologies that enable us to be just as productive anywhere, any time of day," she says. "This [technology] allows me be at my son's soccer game and stay connected to the office while I am, say, waiting for an important document to come through. I can use my time better this way."