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Memo to the President-Elect: Improve Reproductive Health to Strengthen Foreign Aid
To truly strengthen international development, President-elect Obama and the new Congress need to de-politicize foreign aid and focus on improving impact on the ground.
The U.S. Congress has put
reforming the 40-year-old Foreign Assistance Act high on their agenda for next
year. If done correctly, it can help ensure that our aid to other nations
is responsive to local needs, is effective and has long-lasting impact. This
will be one of the most important global challenges for the next Congress, and
for President-elect Barack Obama.
Though we don't know
his specific stance on foreign aid reform, Senator Obama has indicated that he
supports strengthening U.S.
foreign assistance in his campaign platform. It states that his administration
will "embrace the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty
around the world in half by 2015" and "help the world's
weakest states to build healthy and educated communities, reduce poverty,
develop markets and generate wealth."
To truly strengthen
international development, President-elect Obama and the new Congress will need
to focus reform efforts on improving impact on the ground and
putting the needs and lives of people at the center. Because of the
politicalization of so many areas of aid, one of their most difficult tasks
will be to agree on program priorities in a revised Foreign Assistance
With over thirty years of
experience working hand-in-hand with local organizations to improve
communities, the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) has a
number of specific recommendations that would go a long way to make aid more
effective. Chief among these is the need to recognize the linkages
between sustainable development, women's empowerment and gender equality,
and health, including reproductive health.
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Decades of research from the
United Nations, the World Bank and others show that greater investments in
women's empowerment and gender equality reduces poverty and improves
governance. A reformed U.S. foreign
aid system must reflect this consensus, and do a better job of using gender
analysis at all levels of planning and implementation, and provide dedicated
It is difficult to talk
about women's empowerment without addressing their reproductive health
needs. Pregnancy-related complications are among the greatest killers of women
of reproductive age in developing countries. Despite the fact that more than a
half a million women die each year in pregnancy and childbirth, and that
maternal mortality could drop by 25-35% if family planning methods were
available for the estimated 137 million women in the developing world without
access to these services (according to the Guttmacher Institute), too often
U.S. domestic politics trump the realities faced by millions of women living in
developing countries.
Most of the rest of the
world supports investments in reproductive health through decades of global
agreements–including most recently the Millennium Development Goals.
President-elect Obama and Congress should join this global consensus and
integrate the reproductive health needs of women and girls into their foreign
aid reform plans.
CEDPA's experience on
the ground gives us firsthand knowledge that reproductive health programs are
cost-effective and have broad and sustainable development impact. In Nigeria,
for example, CEDPA has worked since 1985 to empower women and their families to
improve reproductive health and reduce maternal mortality. Nigerian women have
a 1 in 18 lifetime risk of dying in childbirth, among the highest in the world.
of our recent efforts, the "Kyautatawa Iyali" (Family Welfare)
project, educates families about reproductive health and provides
community-based family planning services in the largely Muslim northern
Nigerian states of Bauchi, Kano
and Plateau. CEDPA's program works closely with religious and community
leaders, who we find recognize the benefits of family planning for improved
health and the necessity to address the reproductive health needs of young
hallmark of the Family Welfare program is the door-to-door delivery of
information and services to families. Teams of community health extension
workers go from house to house, talking to men and women, old and young, about
the importance of family planning and reproductive health care for the
well-being of women and families. Often, male and female workers go out
together so they can talk with both husbands and wives about their health
date, CEDPA and its partners have reached more than 500,000 people directly
with family planning services, and many millions of men and women with
educational information through interpersonal talks, home visits, mass media,
and public events and rallies. The program will continue through 2010, with
special attention to building the capacity of CEDPA's local partners so
that each can carry on the important work of improving family health-and
saving the lives of mothers and their children long after the project formally
Family Welfare program in Nigeria
is an example of a development program that strengthens and empowers
communities to take responsibility for the well-being of their families. We
must recognize that to be truly effective, communities must be supported by a
policy environment and a governance structure that allows them to exercise
their responsibilities and their rights to improved health.
reformed U.S. foreign aid program that takes into account local needs and
builds local capacity and support-and prioritizes proven, lifesaving
interventions such as family planning-will go a long way to reducing
poverty and improving health. The incoming administration and the 111th
Congress need to put politics aside and promote and support such efforts.


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Hometown: Brooklyn.
The lineup: Matthew Young, Angela Bess, Grant Wheeler, Ian Chang.
The background: Far be it for us to be hyperbolic, but the best songs by Body Language – there are three of them and they handily comprise the opening numbers on their nine-track album – are in the same ballpark, quality-wise, as, respectively, early Madonna, the disco label Prelude's 1982 output, and CSS doing an impression of Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. That is some ballpark. It is possibly the greatest ballpark there is.
We're not sure why we're amazed that this stuff comes from a regular four-piece group rather than, say, a singer and a behind-scenes beat scientist, but we are. So many bands pay lip service to disco but hardly, if ever, rival the genre's liquid grace, perhaps because a lot of the best disco was either "played" by machines or by highly skilled anonymous professionals with more often than not a visionary producer-auteur at the helm, not a bunch of alt rock hopefuls with a few Cerrone, Change and Crown Heights Affair singles and a vague inclination to recreate that sort of dancefloor magic. And yet somehow, miraculously, there are occasions on Body Language's Social Studies album where they do, to use the vernacular, hit a groove that, were you to have heard it in a New York nightclub in the early 80s, you would have turned to your dance partner and uttered the immortal phrase: "Hey, this is really good, I'm going to find out who it is and buy it tomorrow on 12-inch."
We don't know much about Body Language other than that they've been touring with New Band of the Day faves Keep Shelley In Athens and that they used to be indier and scruffier. Now, using synths, vocoder, glockenspiel, and three singers, they are doing marvellous things indeed. You Can, the first of that glorious three-track run, starts like a Nelly and Kelly ballad, with male and female unison vocals and one of those cyclical, "unresolved" melodies that makes you return to it again and again. It's like a slowed-down version of early Madonna, the only Madonna, the Madonna of Borderline and Angel, before she decided she was a Serious Artiste, when she was at her most "lightweight" and yet, ironically, considering the company she kept (the Jellybeans and Luongos of NYC clubland), her "heaviest".
Second track Falling Out is space-disco marked by fabulous percussion – and we hardly ever notice percussion – that you wish would go on for ever. In fact, round about the four-minute mark, we start praying for an instrumental interlude, and there it is – an extended break. And. It. Is. Sublime. Up there in the highest reaches of the 2011 pantheon with Jensen Sportag and Yonkers and StewRat's Disagreements. The bit where the melody and rhythm come back in is one of the moments of the year. "It's cos we had a falling falling falling falling out," sighs the singer, clearly a student of poetry. The last of this stunning troika is Social Studies, superior cute dance-pop with squelchy synths and elements of salsa and swing, and so different to the preceding two tracks you think, surely they can't keep this up?
They don't, quite, but there are things worth sticking around for on the album, even if they are digressions from their luscious funk. There are other tracks worth searching for on YouTube, such as the Toro Y Moi-mixed At A Glance, where Body Language reveal themselves to be a chillwave band in disco clothing, and Sandwiches and Work This City, both of which should have been on Social Studies. Tell you what, Body Language, let us sequence the album, and you take the week off, you deserve it.
The buzz: "Has a spacey, soulful disco vibe at times but they also bring it down, so there's a nice range on this EP" – BamaLoveSoul.
The truth: Someone's been listening – paying close attention – to this, and this.
Most likely to: Make this a night to remember.
Least likely to: Take that to the bank.
What to buy: Social Studies is released on 17 October.
File next to: Crown Heights Affair, Shalamar, Madonna, Friends.
Links: bodylanguage.bandcamp.com/album/social-studies-single.
Wednesday's new band: Zulu Winter.


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Still time to learn to snowshoeApr 11, 2013 By Clair McFarland
And in this weather, don't do much driving unless you possess the NASCAR gene.
It looks like Old Man Winter got hooked up to a defibrillator this week, and at a most unfortunate time for anyone who knows the definition of "spring" and when it starts on the calendar.
Clearly there were several negative consequences to the snowstorm that got cozy in our county on Monday, starting with the poor travel conditions that ousted school on Tuesday. The kids in the neighborhood didn't appear to be teary-eyed. Curiouser and curiouser...
Furthermore, anyone whose job depends on a sane April is beset with trouble and labor this week, and they are in our prayers.
For those of you, however, who are not exactly weeping over the temporary closure of the schools, and who are not bound to struggle against the elements outside, perhaps an attempt at optimism is in order amidst this blizzard. After all, you never got around to teaching yourself to snowshoe or cross country ski all winter, so now is your chance.
Also, you should get outside to make a snowman, and label him "your brain on a steady diet of cookie dough, fluoride, and 'Twilight' movies." This way, when the big fella melts down to a sad lump in a couple of days, everyone will understand the depth of your snow art.
You also must find a vacant parking lot (that has not been plowed) for using your emergency hand brake in your car. I've never actually tried this loop-around trick before, but the Husband uses it as his preferred parallel parking method during snowy road conditions.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for accidents, and please only attempt the e-brake cookie if you, like the Husband, possess the NASCAR gene. If you're like me, put snow tires on your bicycle and circle your lawn a few times instead. That ought to be enough of a joy ride for you driver's ed deadweights.
While you're outside, shovel your walks. I say this not just as a concerned outdoorswoman, or as one who likes receiving mail from mailmen and mailwomen not in leg casts, but as one who knows it'll prime you for any hostile takeover of the neighborhood. If you can shovel this heavy April snow, then you can wield a pitchfork or a rolling pin when mutant rabbits come for the last of your cookie dough.
In this revisited winter, rock your favorite winter-spring fashion hybrid. I've always wondered when a Wyoming girl could master an outfit that contains boots, stockings, shorts, and a tank top, and one of those fuzzy hats whereupon scarf and mittens have been either sown or genetically determined, and now --as I look outside --I know.
With this season-appropriate contradiction in fashion, you're all set to become a superhero's girlfriend, or a rock star, or just an inaccurate meteorologist. (I'm sorry; I didn't mean to be redundant.)
Go for a walk in the snow. At this time, do not commit any crimes, as the impression of your boots can be traced back to the rest of your person, and you might have to explain where you got the genetically freakish hat-scarf-glove thing on your head.
Finally, finish off your adventures by putting marshmallows in hot chocolate and then drinking the whole conglomeration. It's the last time you'll get to drink hot chocolate amidst snowstorms until Halloween-ish, so enjoy it.


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That water is so good. And waterfall too. Moon looks like a candy. : D
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Next Big Thing set times: When Fun., Bush, Of Monsters and Men, Flogging Molly, Grouplove and more will play in St. Petersburg
After a six-year excursion to Tampa's 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre, the 2012 edition of 97X Next Big Thing returns to its more festival-like roots on Saturday at its new home, Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg. Through Friday, tickets are $45 at all floridacentral Credit Union locations and $45 plus service fees via Ticketmaster; on Saturday, it's $60 at the gate. Doors open at 10 a.m. For details, click here.
Here's the scoop on the 97X Next Big Thing set times and lineup.
Rise Against (9:35 to 10:50 p.m.) Three-time Next Big Thing veterans, this Chicago group blends gravelly punk with strong social activism and a furious stage presence. This will be their second time headlining this festival.
Bush (8:10 to 9:10) Gavin Rossdale and his fellow grunge holdovers have made Tampa a virtual second home since reforming after an eight-year hiatus. By all accounts, they stole the show at Next Big Thing 2011.
Silversun Pickups (above, 6:55 to 7:45) Best New Artist nominees at the 2010 Grammy Awards, L.A.'s Silversun Pickups have actually been big names in the indie rock world for a decade, thanks to fuzzy, snarly singles like Lazy Eye and Panic Switch.
Fun. (5:45 to 6:30) When Fun. played last year's Next Big Thing, they played at 11:30 a.m. Considering the huge year they've had — is everyone sick yet of We Are Young and Some Nights? — it's no surprise they'll be playing much later on Saturday.
Of Monsters and Men (4:35 to 5:20) Unlike their moodier countrymen Sigur Ros, Icelandic folk troupe Of Monsters and Men aimed for uplift on the jubilant, horn- and handclap-heavy hit Little Talks. This'll be one of the day's most anticipated performances.
Flogging Molly (3:20 to 4:10) You can debate who is America's preeminent Celtic punk group, the Dropkick Murphys or these guys. What's not up for debate is how Flogging Molly turns every single show into a rousing spectacle of frenzied, anarchic joy.
Grouplove (2:15 to 2:55) This young SoCal group took the beach-campfire vibe of singles Colours and Naked Kids and added a disco beat to get radio and commercial hit Tongue Tied.
Paper Tongues (1:15 to 1:55) It just ain't a 97X party without these Charlotte, N.C. rockers, who seem to play almost every show the station sponsors. You'll hear Ride to California yet again on Saturday.
Imagine Dragons (12:20 to 12:55) Is this hardworking Las Vegas band this year's Fun.? After scoring two big, sweeping hits in It's Time and Radioactive, they might be. This will be their second show at Vinoy Park in 2012, following the 97X Memorial Day Backyard BBQ.
The Joy Formidable (11:30 a.m. to noon) The hurricane-force noise this melodic punk-metal trio can produce is breathtaking. A single performance of Whirring can blow a crowd away. Be on the lookout for songs from their second album, Wolf's Law, due in January.
Twenty One Pilots (10:40 to 11:10) This Ohio synth-pop duo is poised for a big 2013, with a debut album coming in January via Fueled By Ramen (Fall Out Boy, Paramore).
Wolf-Face (10 to 10:20) You can't miss these local contest winners, who play in full Teen Wolf attire, from werewolf masks to Beavers basketball uniforms. The goofy gimmick, though, belies their unapologetically rip-roaring punk sound.
-- Jay Cridlin, tbt*


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VIENNA (Jul. 19)
The Austrian Cabinet Council accepted today a draft law under which financial help will be provided to the Jewish community, as has already been done with other Austrian religious communities, for damage suffered during the war years.
The draft provides for the payment in a lump sum of 30,000,000 shillings (about $1,200,000) payable at the rate of 6,000,000 shillings (about $240,000), for each of the next five years for the restoration of destroyed synagogues and cemeteries. The draft also provides yearly payments totaling 900,000 shillings (about $35,000) plus salaries for 23 employes of the Jewish community.


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"Customers in Bangkok, Pattaya and Chiang Mai have responded positively to the Tesco Lotus Online Shopping service we started a year ago," said Tesco Lotus Marketing Director Wanna Swuddigul.
"They have told us Tesco Lotus Online Shopping service makes their lives more convenient and saves them time and money on travel."
With over 20,000 product lines on offer, Tesco Lotus remains the only retailer in the country offering online ordering and delivery of fresh food.
For deliveries it uses specially designed vans with separate compartments for frozen products, chilled products and non-perishable groceries for delivery to customers' doorsteps.
After choosing products online, the customer can pick one of six delivery timeslots between 10 am and 10 pm, seven days a week.
For those worried about getting old stock delivered to them, Ms Wanna stressed that the online delivery team "seek out the freshest produce and longest expiry dates just as our customers would do."
The website is already open for orders, but deliveries do not start until tomorrow. To order, go here for English language or here for Thai language.
Payment is made online with Visa Debit, Electron or credit cards, or with MasterCard.


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College of Arts and Sciences Honors Retiring Faculty
Seven distinguished faculty members retire after long careers at AU.…
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Area of Expertise: Literary theory, deconstruction, aesthetics, nineteenth-century British literature, the novel, Darwin and debates over intelligent design
Additional Information: Jonathan Loesberg is the author of Fictions of Consciousness: Mill, Newman and the Reading of Victorian Prose (1986) and Aestheticism and Deconstruction: Pater, Derrida and de Man (1991). He has been a fellow at the Rutgers Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture, where he completed Return to Aesthetics: Autonomy, Indifference and Postmodernism (2005). He is also the author of numerous articles on Victorian literature, the novel, literary theory, and the connections between literature and philosophy.
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Former WWE Wrestler Scott Hall Talks About His "Demons" [VIDEO]
In the 1990's one of the biggest wrestlers of the day was Razor Ramon, now known simply as Scott Hall. He was one of the most intimidating figures in the industry standing at nearly 7ft tall. Now in 2011, it is revealed that he is merely a shell of that gigantic figure and struggles with drug and alcohol addiction.


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Here's a link for the Chinese Para FB knock-off:http://bbosasi.com/shop/goods/goods_view.p...category=006002It's available through the Konova store on ebay. I had to email them, as they don't have it listed in their ebay store. They are based in Seoul, I believe.I went ahead and ordered the 220cm model at about $1k US delivered. There's also a 180cm model that is slightly cheaper.Less than a week later, a huge oblong box, over 2m long, arrived. It's a very nice light for the price, and comes complete with the rolling stand, 5kg counter weight, and an empty sandbag. It is not as adjustable as the Bron -- the head can be extended out about a meter from its set position at the outer edge of the umbrella. The umbrella has one fixed open position (as seen in the pictures) and can also be closed a bit by sliding the central tube forward. I've only used it for a couple shoots now, and need to experiment more. The light is very nice though -- punchy, constrasty, very flattering skin.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=225333\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I have this same BOX and it is pretty good for the money.Some complaints are the stitching on mine is already opening a little and the Bar where you connect the head does not fit very well with Profoto 7 heads nor Bowens bigger heads.Does give a nice contrasty light.Anybody know where to buy the Small deeper ParaBolics... I saw a tiny one in the Photokina pictures from Sinar..?Thanks for any information, hopefully in the USA if they sell themSnook[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=225759\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
A small "Deep Throat" Octa from Elinchrom costs about 300 Euros. Don't know how much it cost in the US...If you find a small Parabolic tell me where you got it.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=225780\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I will be in Hong Kong and Seoul in produciton soon and if time permits (time never permits) I will try to visit these companies or dealers and see what's available and post it later.I too would like to find a series of para umbrellas expecially the tighter versions and if they aren't available from China, I guess I'll have to pony up the money for profoto.I would buy Brieze but I don't think they sell or really understand their method of sales, vs. rent.I know in NY there is a lot of rumors about Brieze and rumors of litagation against people buying them so I don't know the system and once again these are just rumors, nothing I know first hand, so take this with a grain of salt.JR[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Is there a real profound difference in light quality between the Deep throat Elinchrom and a small parabolic from any other manufacturers ?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=225810\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
By the way, Briese can be rented everywhere in Europe quite easily. Even Briese Focus adapted to take Profoto. Here in Barcelona are two rental outlets at least offering this.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=225801\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
[Snip]when I asked... what about Hensel, they said yes most probably!!![{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
That'll be the day. Hans Werner will be better off having Hensel OEM his power packs. Currently, the Briese flash-heads work with the Hensel Porty battery packs. However, the flash duration is rather long and once the plug is specified for the Hensel, it remains a Hensel plug; you cannot switch back to the Briese plug just in case you wish to use the Yellow Cubes for greater power or shorter flash duration.Anyhoo, check out Christian Popkes and Apple Computers for a video of the Briese Focus brollies in action: http://www.apple.com/uk/pro/profiles/christianpopkes/[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=225937\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Pier 59 Studios in NYC.You can fake these looks with silks, fresnels, and grid on the silk(s). It aint easy and takes lots of lights and lots of immobile rigging. My back hurts just thinking about it.Unless these things are an integral part of your look, its best to rent when needed.I am experimenting with making a focusing adapter to focus light with the Elinchrom Deep Throat Octa (great concept, badly executed). I figure if if I could move the head around inside the octa I could get light similar to the small Briese. T[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 02:00
Editorial - Given the Ripley track record in Niagara Falls, we're choosing to believe it rather than not when it comes to a plan for a $200-million aquarium/resort that will officially be unveiled at a media conference next week.
While Niagara Falls has seen grandiose plans come and go over the years, this is one that comes from a proven company that already has a long association with, and proven track record in, Niagara Falls. The Ripley's Believe it or Not! museum has been a mainstay on Clifton Hill for a long time. The newer Moving Theatre, also a Ripley attraction, just across the street is also a popular attraction.
Ripley has expressed interest in a significant aquarium project in the city for several years. Bob Masterson, president of Ripley Entertainment Inc. confirmed what the company has been saying for some time when he talked to The Review this week.
As he said, much has been invested in the city recently for the casino, aimed largely at adult travellers. The huge casino/gateway project - pegged as a billion-dollar venture - will open this spring.
The Ripley aquarium project, which also includes the Great Wolf Lodge family resort previously announced for the 25-acres of land at Victoria Avenue and the Niagara Parkway has families in mind.
As far as tourism goes, it's exactly what the city needs to keep it a destination that has something for everybody.
Masterson also knows the market, recognizing it was hard-hit by last year's slowdown in tourism.
The fact the company operates similar attractions in Tennessee and South Carolina is also reason for optimism.
When a well-established company is willing to spend this kind of money in Niagara Falls, it only bodes well for the future.
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You may have noticed that whenever a Facebook friend gets married, it sets off a flurry of activity throughout the social network. Friends post photos from the wedding, and there's the creation of a life event and the notification on the top-right corner of the screen. Mashable and TheKnot.com recently studied how entwined Facebook is in users' nuptials, finding that 8 percent of people are updating their Facebook relationship status to engaged just minutes after saying yes.
Here's the full infographic about social media and marriage, courtesy of Mashable and TheKnot.com:
Readers: How did Facebook tie into your wedding plans?
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Impressive progress is being made towards DNA nanotechnology.
A map of the Americas measuring just a few hundred nanometres across has been created out of meticulously folded strands of DNA, using a new technique for manipulating molecules dubbed "DNA origami". More information is here The "DNA origami" procedure laid out by Paul Rothemund of the California Institute of Technology could be adapted to create nano-computers, new drug delivery systems or even molecular-scale chemical factories. Rothemund said the process is so simple that high-school students should be able to design woven DNA patterns, but so versatile that scientists could build complex structures for a wide variety of nanotechnology applications.
"A physicist, for example, might attach nano-sized semiconductor 'quantum dots' in a pattern that creates a quantum computer," he said. "A biologist might use DNA origami to take proteins which normally occur separately in nature, and organize them into a multi-enzyme factory that hands a chemical product from one enzyme machine to the next in the manner of an assembly line."
Rothemund's technique uses chemicals to twist a long, single-stranded DNA molecule into a predetermined shape, then "staples" the scaffolding together with crossover strands.
The nanoscale map, which sketches out both North and South America at a staggering 200-trillionths of their actual size, aims to demonstrate the precision and complexity with which DNA can be manipulated using the approach.
To make the design process less complicated, Rothemund created software that works out which short-strand sequences will generate different shapes. Rothemund says it should be possible to precisely arrange quantum dots or carbon nanotubes after chemically binding them to DNA, using the method.
William Shih at the Biomolecular Nanotechnology Group at Harvard Medical School in Boston, US, says this offers the most flexible method yet for building nanoscale structures. Shih is experimenting with the technique as a means of making molecular 3D cages, which could be used to build molecular motors.


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Special to The Herald
Special to The Herald
The City of Columbia is recognizing Fire Department Captain Chris Cummins as the October 2013 employee of the month.
Cummins is a valued asset to the city and often goes above and beyond his normal duties to volunteer for special projects.
Chris is a truly talented individual and an inspiration to everyone around him, according to his co-workers.
Each month, the City of Columbia recognizes one outstanding city employee.
Employees are selected based on nominations received from residents, visitors or other city employees.
To nominate someone, please send an e-mail to email@example.com, with the employee�s name, department and a brief statement describing why either the employee�s actions or attitude have shown that he or she should be recognized as the next employee-of-the-month.


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Privatizing Social Security Under Balanced-Budget Constraints: A Political-Economy Approach
The aging of the population shakes the public finance of pay-as-you-go social security systems. We develop a political-economy framework in which this demographic change leads to the downsizing of the social security system, and, as a consequence, to the emergence of supplemental individual retirement programs. Making the balanced-budget rule (of the type of the Stability and Growth Pact in the EU) more flexible, to accommodate a one-shot cost of the social security reforms, is shown to facilitate the political-economy transition from a national to a private pension system, through an endogenously determined shift in the political-economy equilibrium
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- Assaf Razin & Efraim Sadka & Phillip Swagel, 2002. "The Aging Population and the Size of the Welfare State," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 110(4), pages 900-918, August.
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Building A Brand People Love: Create Real Value Ross Kimbarovsky | November 2nd, 2010
Last week, I spoke at TechCocktail's Mixology Conference in Chicago about Creativity & the Importance of Building a Brand People Love. Before the audience Q&A, we discussed the top five things that a business should do to build its brand:
1. deliver value
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Over the next few weeks, I'll write or video blog about each of these and share our experience at crowdSRING both in building our own brand – and in helping thousands of companies around the world build (or rebuild) their brands.
Today, in the first of this five part series … a few words about delivering value.
Young entrepreneurs often ask how they can improve the odds that their startup or small business will succeed. While there are many different things that they should do, one of the most important is to create real value.
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Programs within the department prepare the student for a variety of career choices
1. Human Nutrition & Dietetics
Successful completion of this concentration readies the student for a career as a nutritionist and for entry into the internship required to become a Registered Dietitian (RD).
Americans are concerned about health and fitness. This has led to a growing demand for the skills, services, and knowledge of the certified diet and nutrition expert – the RD. The RD creatively applies science-based principles of food and nutrition to health. Nutrition specialists are needed to teach and counsel people in the fine points of healthy food selection and preparation, nutrition, and sound eating habits. Nutritionists are needed to assist government and private agencies in setting policy and in developing and administering nutrition programs.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects that employment of dietitians and nutritionists will grow at a faster rate than employment opportunities in other professions beyond the year 2000. As health professionals, nutritionists and dietitians promote nutrition in a variety of settings and roles.
- Chief dietitians plan and oversee meals and nutritional programs, and direct staff employed in organizations such as hospitals, universities, corporations, retirement homes, and military bases
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This concentration targets students who have a strong interest in nutrition as it relates to exercise and health. It is unique in that it allows students the opportunity to take a variety of classes that are not limited to nutrition, but include public health education and kinesiology. Students will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition.
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Nutrition Science emphasizes the study of how nutrients function at the cellular and molecular levels in the prevention of disease and optimization of health, stressing human disease prevention from day one. In addition to developing a strong foundation in nutrition, the student gains knowledge in supporting areas such as biochemistry, physiology, genetics and biotechnology.
With a degree in Nutrition Science, the student becomes ready for employment.
There are job opportunities in
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Some graduates apply for admission to Graduate School. There are many graduate programs in nutrition and other biomedical sciences offering the Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.


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S&P downgrades Hewlett-Packard's credit
NEW YORK—Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered Hewlett-Packard Co.'s credit rating Wednesday, pointing to the technology conglomerate's large stock repurchase and its recent $10 billion acquisition of business software maker Autonomy Corp.
Standard & Poor's cut its rating on HP to `BBB+' from `A'. It said the Palo Alto, Calif., company's more aggressive financial stance has reduced its liquidity and financial flexibility. The new rating remains investment grade and is three notches above "junk" status. S&P's outlook on Hewlett-Packard is stable, and it removed the company from the CreditWatch list. It had been on that list with negative implications, meaning a downgrade was likely.
In July, HP approved the repurchase of another $10 billion in stock. It had $5.9 billion left on its previous stock buyback program at the time, although it spent $4.6 billion during the third quarter. In October Hewlett-Packard acquired Autonomy, which specializes in finding electronic data stored on companies' computers.
Fitch Ratings said in October that it might downgrade HP's credit because of its weakening financial performance, as well as the stock repurchases and the Autonomy deal.
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Fissurellidea bimaculata (Dall, 1851)
Common name(s): Two-spot keyhole limpet
|Synonyms: Megatebennus bimaculatus
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Prosobranchia
Order Archaegastropoda
Suborder Pleurotomariina
Superfamily Fissurelloidea
Family Fissurellidae
|Fissurellidea bimaculata found at Cape Flattery, WA. The shell is almost completely exposed. in this view
|(Photo by: Dave Cowles July 2007)
How to Distinguish from Similar Species: I know of no similar species in this area. Other keyhole limpets here do not have a shell which is so small in comparison to the body, nor is the aperture equal to about a third of the shell length. Be careful not to mistake it as a dorid nudibranch (the apex looks much like the anus and gills of a dorid but is surrounded by a small, mostly hidden shell and is just behind the head instead of on the posterior end of the body as seen in dorids).
Geographical Range: Sitka Alaska to Baja California, especially on the open coast.
Depth Range: Intertidal to shallow subtidal
Habitat: On compound tunicates or sponges under rocks, or on kelp holdfasts.
History: This limpet
is uncommon. Seems to feed on sponges and compound tunicates,
may also feed on phytoplankton (their stomach contains a crystalline
which is characteristic of plankton feeders such as bivalves). May be
in patches on breakwaters formed of boulders. Predators
include harlequin
ducks. The individual pictured above had a mass of yellowish
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General References:
Harbo, 1997
Kozloff, 1993 (as Megatebennus bimaculatus)
McConnaughey and McConnaughey, 1985 (as Megatebennus bimaculatus)
Morris et al., 1980 (as Megatebennus bimaculatus)
Morris, 1966 (As Megatebennus bimaculatus)
O'Clair and O'Clair, 1998
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General Notes and Observations: Locations, abundances, unusual behaviors:
I have rarely seen this keyhole limpet.
This closeup of the aperture in a living individual shows the anus and papillae which could look like retracted gills inside the opening.
The anterior end of the animal is to the left.
In this view the mantle has been almost completely retracted from covering the shell.
Here is the same shell, dissected out of the animal. Anterior is to the left. There is not an obvious groove around the margin of this shell but there are a series of
small concentric grooves, including on the margin. The anterior and posterior ends of this shell do not turn up but slope down less steeply than elsewhere on the shell.
This view of the mouth (left) and foot of the animal show that the mouth and head looks more like that of a typical limpet than of a nudibranch.


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E3 2008: Namco Bandai Games Announces Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade for Xbox 360
July 15, 2008 - Leading video games developer and publisher Namco Bandai Games America Inc., announced today that Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade (*working title) will be available this fall for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. More than 30 classic Namco hits and new retro revivals come together for the ultimate arcade collection.
IGN is AFK Podcast: May Under Review
June 8, 2007 - Gather 'round children for the latest edition of AFK's Under Review series. This month, much like the last, we assembled the best of the best to discuss the major game releases in May. It seems like every month this year has been lighter than the preceding one, and May was no exception. In spite of this, there were some major games released last month across all platforms: Odin Sphere, Crush, Mario Party 8, and Forza 2 all emerged from the twisted wreckage that was May.
Xevious Review
May 25, 2007 - We owe a lot to Xevious. As one of the world's earliest top-down shooters, it inspired the likes of 1941, 1942, and 1943. Whoa.
Xevious and Rush 'n Attack Hit XBLA This Week
May 21, 2007 - Xbox Live owners are in for another week of classical-gaming resurgence on their next-gen console as Rush 'n Attack and Xevious hit XBLA. Both games will be available on Wednesday, May 23 for 400 Microsoft Points each.


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I'm not fan of Excel (or Powerpoint for that matter.. Cue rim shot.) but at the very least, in 1995 they were well ahead of the curve paying respect to Dogtown.
– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip
"Gross"?! You're really a 24 year old gay man trolling on this site aren't you, you fuckin cheeseball – put on some Radiohead and go spoon your boyfriend Ryan Seacrest.
I like the reflective break-down in the middle of the song.
It causes one to reflect.
looks like they're paying respect to Alva, not so much to Dogtown…
You got me. I barely watched any of it, couldn't stand the music.
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The pay increase equates to an average of 4.5 percent across pay grades. There will also be a 1.5 percent increase in the amount the county picks up for the employee portion of the Public Employees Retirement Association contribution.
Undersheriff Karl Wiese told commissioners at their Thursday meeting that the sheriff's office has seen a "higher than desirable attrition rate" in the last couple of years. If pay rates were improved, it would make the force more competitive with other agencies, he said.
The increases apply to employees represented by the Sandoval County Sheriff's Deputies Association, from officers who have just passed their probationary period up to and including sergeants, Wiese said.
He said the county has included the increases in its current budget so deputies should see the amounts reflected in their next pay period.
Deputies who are union members were not included in the 3 percent pay increase and 3 percent PERA contribution increase that other county employees received on July 1, 2013. That was because county representatives were still negotiating with the county sheriff's union's parent organization, the New Mexico Coalition of Public Safety Officers, on a revision of the deputies' 2011 contract, Wiese said.
He said the contract revision process could still affect the decision commissioners made on Thursday.
After months of negotiations and an attempt at mediation, the county and the union agreed to go to arbitration. They are now waiting for an arbitration hearing to be held. Wiese expects the hearing within six months.
He said the county could legally impose the financial portion of its "best and final offer" to the union, but other aspects of the contract, such as working conditions, overtime and work scheduling, will be decided through arbitration.
Wiese explained that the hearing officer will make a final decision either to go with the county's offer or the union's offer. If the arbitration decision goes in favor of the union's offer, the wages and benefits in the union offer would take effect, replacing the increases the commission approved this week, he said.


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Certain sources have sent word that the Motorola Ming will be getting an upgrade pretty soon, and some of the more notable changes include 3G connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera with a CIF resolution of 352 x 488 pixels, and "livelier menus". By that I presume they mean a more robust and responsive menu system, which is always a good thing. Release dates have been held close to the chest, but signs point toward AT&T being one of the first network carriers to launch the Motorola Ming 2.0 to the public.
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Best of Our Blogs: April 26, 2013
Have you or someone you loved been recently diagnosed with a physical or mental illness? Aside from the initial shock, most of us feel both relief and anxiety. It's validating to finally know what's wrong, yet what's next is uncertain. How do you cope when you've been recently diagnosed?
It's difficult to stay hopeful when there is still so much you need to know. Give yourself time to grieve over your compromised health. Surround yourself with supportive, understanding and loving people. And be cognizant of what you can do. Taking care of yourself is of the utmost importance.
This week you'll learn how to integrate more moments of self-care in your life, which will help regardless of your diagnosis. Scroll down below and feel more at peace with a short meditation practice, understand why what people say can really hurt you and learn ways to cope with your negative inner thoughts.
What NOT to Say to Someone in Chronic Pain
(Living With Chronic Pain) – It's normal to feel vulnerable when you're suffering from chronic pain. There's the fear of being stigmatized, judged, or criticized for what you no longer can do. It's even worse when those you love say these unintentional, but hurtful things to you.
Parental Influence – It Matters More Than You May Think
(Family Mental Health) – Feel like your words are falling on inattentive ears? Think again. Why what you say does matter to your kids.
Beer, Gatorade and Dopamine: How the alcoholic brain works
(Depression On My Mind) – How accurate is a study on the taste of beer's effects (minus the alcohol) on dopamine? This blogger ponders what roles memories and psychology have on the results. Read her thoughts here.
Dangers of Assigning Meaning To Thoughts
(Be the Change) – Without awareness, you might find yourself giving more power to your thoughts than you should. Watch this video to learn how to effectively cope with them so they don't take over your life.
The Original Mindfulness Meditation
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Tampa, FL, United States, 2012/02/20 - Fourth consecutive year Bellini has been named as one of CRN's Channel Chiefs - CRN.com / ConnectWise.com.
ConnectWise, developer of the leading service management software designed exclusively for IT service providers, VARS, ISVs and MSPs, announced today that its CEO Arnie Bellini has been named one of CRNs 2012 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry.
This is the fourth consecutive year that Bellini has been named as one of CRNs Channel Chiefs. This past year has seen ConnectWise:
Grow partner base to 5200 with 11,500 new users in 2011 introducing an average of 113 partners to the community each month;
add additional ConnectWise user groups to help partners connect and share their experiences with using ConnectWise;
attract its largest crowd yet at its annual ConnectWise IT Nation event with more than 1,600 attendees;
give partners more flexibility in meeting customer needs, easier collaboration between team members and new ways to drive profitability as their businesses evolve and grow with its latest version of the ConnectWise PSA software.
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Conspiracy theory or not? You decide.
The objective in this kind of conspiracy would be simple: win the election. And the less untoward action possible, the better. For the simple reason that every unnecessary action (in this example, votes "flipped" or whatever), is just that much more loose end that could be caught. Not rocket science.
Anyway, personally, I don`t think this kind of thing makes an iota of difference. Even if they had a pure smoking gun, it would be ultimately meaningless...there would still be a slew of apologists and it would still be covered up. America`s obviously on the road to partisan implosion regardless of "facts", so hey.
Yes. If there was a conspiracy, it would be much more likely to fall in the 60%-40% range.
A close election often turns people to look for reasons why they lost - such as conspiracies or what not. A land slide leads to a, "WTF" reaction.
In short, it isn`t worth risking an election to cheat for a few thousand votes.
BBC? please dont tell me you think just because its not American you think its fair.
I absolutley agree that this partisan crap is ruining America. But it was the democrats who said they will fight anything this administration attempts to do, with the reasoning that it will win over American voters. I like to consider myself independant, I will vote democratic if there is a good candidate. As I sit and watch the world go round I see the Dems pulling away from America and its people and doing all they can to create contraversey instead partisinship.
And another point...this partisan [email protected] is ruining politics in this country. When "liberal," "conservative," "Republican," and "Democrat" have turned into insults, something is seriously wrong. We all have to live with the people who get voted into office - we`re in the same goddamn boat no matter what side of the political spectrum we`re on.
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|24th January 2008, 10:31 PM
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Carver amp, needs doc
Hello there in Ampland,
I was working in Holland with Carver professional amps for PA work. To my surprise i got a Carver Intergrated amp. Model MXC130. It's old and has some strange electronics. It looks that the amp has double power lines, and it could be one of the first amps with this tecnologi. it also has a board (very big) with something called Asymmetrical detector. I have no idea what that is.
The thing is broken and if any of the kind members could help me with a diagram, that would be great!
The step down power resistors are getting very warm (normal for this amp, so i read on the Internet) and apart from a broken amp, the electronics for the tuner and the selector is not working.
I'l keep the board posted!
|25th January 2008, 07:55 PM
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Sounds like the MXR130 receiver, I don't think I have the service manual for that one but I will check. I may have a parts unit on the shelf if you need something specific.
|25th January 2008, 08:05 PM
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"with something called Asymmetrical detector. I have no idea what that is."
FM tuner mono-blend circuit.
Candidates for the Darwin Award should not read this author.
|6th February 2008, 09:45 PM
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same trouble mxr130 balance
i got the same amp.
wanted to know if someone had a trouble with balance?
mine's got a good left channel, but the right one is kind of -10db softer. if i put the amp in mono both side a 100% ok. just need a light. thanks in advance and sorry for the tread jack!
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|8th February 2008, 01:59 PM
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Carver MRX-130
Dear Etienne,
I would go for:
1.A lot of caps are dryed out after 20 years. check them.
2.The power supply +-15V van be a problem
3.Ceramic capacitors, resistors around opamps can be bad.
4.the circuit around IC401, 402 would be my first guess. There is the connection between a and b (mono) The probem must be found in this circuit or in front of it. After it's switch work and amp in.
5. Is the problem also with external inputs?
6. check and clean all connectors. In any case a good idea.
By the way, this amp has 2 power rails. 40V and 60V symmetrical.
The 60V is added when the output is at a certain level, about 35V.
Then a double transistor pair kicks in and gives 60V via diodes.
It switches the rail for both amps at once. It is shared electronics so to say.
Also strange is the triac for the transformer. With it you van regulate the power and, as far as i can see, it stabilizes the power. Very rare, I've seen only thyristors or solide state as a softstart for charging the power caps.
After all a nice piece of advanced electronics in that periode of time. It sounds... I will test it and compare it with my Canadian power amp, the Classé CA-400 on Dynaudio 2.5 speakers.
This one is working fine now.
|8th February 2008, 02:11 PM
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wow thanks! i will check that as soon as possible... i will let you know for sure thanks again!
|11th February 2008, 04:51 PM
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Hello dear members of the board,
And so i did compare the MXR130 with my own amp, a Classé CA-400.
In the mid frequency's its oke but mainly because the high is ss and the bass is weak, compared to the Classé
It's oke but not great.
But now technical, The amp has a triac in front of the transformer. The frequency is the normal 50 or 60Hz. It is regulated by a opto coupler which opens or closes the triac, with a potentiometer and it measures the 60V rail voltage.
Question: When i correct the voltage on the high rail (and the rest also) to 60Volt the waveform over the transformer is a half sinus. So the triac kicks in at 90 degrees. When i make the angle shorter (more u x i), the 60v voltage drops. (????)
I think the best way to get a stable voltage on the rails is a full sinus with big capacitors. With this you make the ripple under load much worse, apart from transients who enter the amp. Perhaps that is also one of the reason the amp sounds hard in the high frequency's.
Any suggestions about the meaning of this design?
|13th February 2008, 12:37 AM
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Hi Koert,
You are playing with fire, and I mean that quite literally. Do not mess with the power regulator. BTW, the regulation of the DC supplies is much tighter this way. Far better than transformer with big caps. Large capacitors (over normal) is also a bad idea. The first mistake people generally make.
The design of this amplifier is actually advanced compared to many linear amplifiers today. There are multiple supply lines and there are transistors that switch the higher voltages in and out when required. They are called commutator transistors. There are commutator diodes to prevent the higher voltage from back feeding into the lower voltage supplies.
If you do, extensive damage will result.
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|13th February 2008, 09:15 AM
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there is a question .....
about all this id like to ask ..... ive seen this bob's amplifier once in my life ....... actually this was bob's dream to make he had in mind for a very long time and actually he was sleeping on it for years ....then digital technology made it possible ...... then later on got familiar with how sunrise newest amplifiers work ....
the question :
when this triac is active IE reducing "voltage across the transformer what you see in the triac out is a wave from between square and sine ...... its sine but with the edges chopped almost like square but only at the edges
how its possible for a transfromer to curry out this transformation since signal is not sinewave and the after that ? how its possible for bridge and capacitors to rectify that ?????
when i was a kid i tryied to make a tracking power supply using one dimmer and one center tap trafo 42+42 volts witha a diode bridge and two 10.000 mfd caps ......
my bridge was gone ( shorted ) the minute i turned the dimmer to 50% and then caps were boiling and goes on ....
is there something special about all this ?????
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|13th February 2008, 04:50 PM
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And i must agree Sakis. It puzzles my mind. The reason i spend time in discovering the ins- and outs of the powersection was the fact that it did start on a supply with a sinus wave form but not on a power inverter, a "thing" that is is common in a country where power, most of the time, is gone. The voltage out of an inverter is a block kind of thing. Very bad for filter capacitors and especially for a triac kind of thing. The reason it probably didn't start is a very small pulse for the triac and the bridge rectifier that is connected to an optocoupler. It simply will not start unless you touch it with a testcable. The solution i came up with is a 33K resistor parallel over the transistor in the optocoupler. The small current you create is sufficient for starting the triac. It has no influence on the behavour of the system, the voltage regulation works normal under all conditions.
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Published: February 28th, 2011 | Tags: Jeff Lurie, Arthur Blank, Jerry Jones, Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles, Woody Johnson
With the oft used line about "the billionaires vs. the millionaires" coming to a head this week with the current CBA expiring on Thursday, it's always curious to reflect on just how some of these owners came to be rolling in it.
- The Titans' Bud Adams and the Cowboys' Jerry Jones made their fortunes in oil and natural gas.
The Falcons' Arthur Blank co-founded a little something called Home Depot.
The Jets' Woody Johnson is from the Johnson & Johnson lineage of Johnsons.
And then there's Eagles' owner Jeffrey Lurie whose heart has always been in the pictures.
Lurie inherited much of his money from his grandfather, Phillip Smith, who owned a chain of 620 movie theaters across the country, which was bought by AMC in 2002.
Lurie dabbled in producing in the 90s and churned out a few screen gems like Kathleen Turner's "V.I. Warshawski," and one of Angelina Jolie's first roles as Legs Sadovsky in "Foxfire."
But Lurie took a break from the big screen to concentrate on the Eagles when he bought them from Norman Braman for $195 million in 1994 (the team is worth $1.1 billion today.)
Recently, Lurie and his wife Christina decided to put a toe back in the scene when they opened Screen Pass Pictures and changed their focus from feature films to documentaries with slightly more depth than some of his previous works.
The new focus paid off with Screen Pass's second film, "Inside Job" narrated by Matt Damon about 2008's world financial meltdown, won the Oscar for best documentary feature last night.
The Eagles' released a statement saying the Luries were "humbled" and "proud" of the win as executive producers, and that their "goal was to bring a fair and thoughtful presentation of the actions that led to the financial collapse and show how it has negatively impacted millions of lives across the globe."
Director Charles Ferguson also caused something of stir upon accepting the Oscar by saying, " I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by financial fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's just wrong."
Lurie famously gave Michael Vick a second chance after he served his prison time when other owners shied away.