text:
(LOS ANGELES) — Jamar Rogers, a former contestant on The Voice, was placed in intensive care earlier this week after "seeking treatment for a lung infection," according to a news release on his website.
Rogers, 31, became a fan-favorite on the reality singing show when he appeared on the second season of The Voice and announced that he had been diagnosed with HIV in 2006. Cee Lo Green selected Rogers for his team and he eventually became a semifinalist.
His website says that after a performance in Hollywood Sept. 3, Rogers decided to get his health checked out by doctors.
"However, due to the state of his condition and general health, Jamar has spent the last week in the hospital where on Monday he was taken into critical condition," the release added.
A rep for Rogers was more upbeat than the release and told ABC News that "his spirits are high" and that he has his own room at the UCLA Medical Center, where he is expected to stay one or two more weeks to get his health sorted out.
Rogers signed recently with Tommy Boy Entertainment and a studio album is expected out next year.
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio
Adam Forsgren, EastIdahoNews.com columnist
Brian Stelter, CNN
Adam Forsgren, EastIdahoNews.com columnist


text:
In announcing its view on future rates after a two-day policy meeting, it also dropped a set of guideposts it was using to help the public anticipate when it would finally start bumping overnight borrowing costs up from zero.
It said, however, that dropping a promise to hold rates steady "well past the time" the US unemployment rate falls below 6.5 percent did not indicate any change in its policy intentions. Rather than relying on unemployment and inflation thresholds to guide expectations, it said would lean on a wide range of economic indicators in making its decision.
But what stood out in the central bank's statement was its embrace of easy money policies even after the Fed achieves its goals of full employment and 2 percent inflation.
Also read: The Indian Express Most Powerful Indians list
"Economic conditions may, for some time, warrant keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the committee views as normal in the longer run," the Fed's policy panel said after its first meeting chaired by Janet Yellen.
Yellen, who took the helm of the central bank on Feb. 1, is set to hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. (1830 GMT).
U.S. stock prices fell after the statement was released, while yields on U.S. government debt rose.
The central bank also proceeded with its well-telegraphed reductions to its massive bond-buying stimulus, announcing it would cut its monthly purchases of U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to $55 billion from $65 billion.
Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota dissented, saying that dropping the threshold could hurt the credibility of the Fed's commitment to return inflation to 2 percent.
The decision to continue to scale back its stimulus keeps the Fed on track for the measured wind down laid out by Yellen's predecessor, Ben Bernanke. The Fed repeated that it plans to continue trimming the asset purchases in "measured steps" as long as labor conditions continue to improve and inflation shows signs of rising back toward the Fed's 2-percent goal.
The Fed's assessment of the U.S. economy chalked up recent weakness to adverse weather.
The Fed had said since December 2012 that it would not consider raising short-term rates until the jobless rate dropped to at least 6.5 percent, as long as inflation looked set to remain contained.
But the unemployment rate has fallen faster than anticipated, in part because of discouraged job hunters giving up the search, and officials think the economy is still far from ready for higher borrowing costs.
Of the Fed's 16 policymakers, only one believes it will be appropriate to raise rates this year; 13 expect a first rate hike next year, and 2 others see the first rate hike coming in 2016, according to fresh forecasts published on Wednesday. But once rate hikes start, Fed officials see slightly sharper increases than they did in December, with rates ending 2015 at 1 percent and ending 2016 at 2.25 percent, according to the median of forecasts.
In December, Fed officials expected short-term rates to be just 1.75 percent by the end of 2016.
The new forecasts also show Fed officials see unemployment dropping slightly faster, to between 5.6 percent and 5.9 percent by the end of 2015. In December their forecasts called for unemployment falling to between 5.8 percent and 6.1 percent by the fourth quarter of 2015.
The Fed has kept overnight rates near zero since December 2008 and has bought more than $3 trillion in long-term debt to keep borrowing costs down and spur investment and hiring.
It began to scale back its stimulus in December, announcing it would trim its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion, after it saw the economy pick up speed in the fall. In January, the Fed said it would cut the purchases by a further $10 billion.
At the same time, it has sought to tamp down any market expectations that rate rises will soon follow with its so-called forward guidance. But as the actual jobless rate neared the threshold, officials began to seek a more durable way to telegraph their view on when they will tighten monetary policy.
They want to keep market expectations aligned with their own forecasts. If traders start to price in earlier rate hikes, the result would be tighter financial conditions that could deter the very investment and hiring that the Fed wants to promote.
Many Fed officials, including Yellen, have said recent weakness in economic data, from jobs and retail sales to industrial production and home building, appears largely due to the unusually harsh winter and should soon dissipate.
US Fed revamps rates guidance, trims bond buys further
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday dropped the U.S. unemployment rate as its definitive yardstick for gauging the economy's strength, and made clear it would rely on a wide range of measures in deciding when to raise interest rates.
* Fed dropping its promise to hold rates steady "well past the time" the U.S. unemployment rate falls below 6.5 percent doesn't indicate any change in the Fed's policy intentions.
* Fed cuts monthly purchases of U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to $55 billion from $65 billion.
* Fed's assessment of the U.S. economy chalked up recent weakness to adverse weather.
"Her speech was extremely dovish, but we believed going in to the Fed meeting today the market was priced to the perfect dove. There was a slight change in the summary of economic projections, the jobs were slightly more hawkish and the rapid improvement in the labor market was reflected in those projections by the Fed themselves, even though they're adding in quite a grouping of labor market indicators that they're watching.
"They're going to have to focus on that lack of growth potential going forward, and introducing that today. But clearly the market is reading it as hawkish. We don't think that the Fed given where we are in the economic cycle and in terms of the recovery, and our expectation that the economy will take off following this somewhat weather-related downturn that it's very, very hard to be credible about keeping rates really, really low."
"I think the (stock) market initially reacted negatively to the Fed's statement because the forward guidance is mildly hawkish. Yellen is no dove. She's a pragmatist. The new forward guidance axes the 6.5 percent unemployment rate and replaces it with inflation expectations. The interesting twist here is that the Fed is fine with a zero federal funds rate provided the Fed projects inflation to still be below its target of 2 percent. It used to be that the Fed would tolerate projected inflation running a half percent hotter than that. Also, it's not just about the Fed's projections, but the public's expectations of inflation. The Fed wants to keep inflation expectations anchored and those expectations can be fickle."
"It strikes me as a pretty dovish statement, but what surprised me is the word choice. Right now the unemployment rate remains elevated. I think that the Fed is far more focused on that than they are on their other mandate, inflation."
"The bigger picture here, to me this sends a very strong signal that the Yellen Fed is a continuation of the Bernanke Fed in one very important aspect. Whereas the Fed is often thought of as having two policy tools, balance sheet operations and interest rates, under Bernanke and Yellen they have made communication a very potent third tool as well. They're going to communicate, communicate, communicate so that when the fed funds rate begins to move higher, hopefully the collective economy shrugs its shoulders and says, 'Yeah, we knew that was coming.'"
"The committee has updated its forward guidance, I wish they would tell us what that updated forward guidance is. We can assume their forward guidance is that they will be looking at broader measures of labor market activity to see when it's appropriate to raise interest rates, and 6.5 percent doesn't have much meaning anymore. If there are going to be any surprises it's going to be with the press conference. I think it was very much as expected."
"The Fed moved the goal post again. It goes from a 6.5 percent unemployment threshold to a qualitative approach which is nebulous for the market. No one knows what will trigger further tapering, a pause in tapering or an increase in asset purchase. It's a major change in policy. This Fed seems to be making it up as it goes along. The markets are spiking on this even though analysts have been expecting this along. Gold has sold off and you are seeing pressure on bonds and rate-sensitive sectors."
MARK GRANT, MANAGING DIRECTOR, SOUTHWEST SECURITIES, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA: "What seems to be troubling the market is that even though it reiterated that it wouldn't be raising rates this year, people were put on notice that a hike is coming. We'll likely see some rise in short rates as a result of this, if not out across the whole curve." SHAUN OSBORNE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE STRATEGIST, TD SECURITIES, TORONTO: "It's a little bit more hawkish than people expected. They seem to see interest rates rising sooner rather than later. People had been expecting something slightly more dovish given the effects on economic activity from the harsh winter. This is helping the dollar." FRED DICKSON, CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST, D.A. DAVIDSON & CO, LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON: "I think everybody expected a $10 billion cut in the rate of QE3 purchases to $55 billion, so there's no surprise there. "There was a high degree of speculation in terms of changing the Fed language, so there was some clarity on that point. "Probably the biggest takeaway was the Fed saying they would possibly consider maintaining monetary policy or interest rates lower than what they would normally be even when the Fed guideline targets of unemployment and inflation were hit. So the question becomes whether that would in fact create some inflation pressure." THOMAS DI GALOMA, CO-HEAD FIXED INCOME RATES, ED&F MAN CAPITAL, NEW YORK "This statement from the Fed is as hawkish as it gets -- the only thing they did not do is (raise) rates today. The Fed is at neutral now and expect rate hikes to begin sometime in early 2015."
WAYNE KAUFMAN, CHIEF MARKET ANALYST, ROCKWELL SECURITIES, NEW YORK "So far this is just what the market wanted-the Fed staying accommodative. It doesn't look like too much has changed, although dropping the 6.5 percent unemployment rate might be a key issue. Yields are jumping up right now, which might be a sign that people think Yellen will tighten sooner rather than later, or that inflation could come into the market if the Fed keeps rates low well past 6.5 percent."
BRUCE McCAIN, CHIEF INVESTMENT STRATEGIST, KEY PRIVATE BANK, CLEVELAND, OHIO "At this point, there are relatively few surprises. I think in some sense, as the Fed tapers it becomes less important for the market. What becomes more important from here is whether the economy can recover its momentum once the weather issue thaws. One of the headlines I saw was that a majority of members do expect a rate hike. I think that's a little disappointing for investors. In addition, if we replace the 6.5 percent rate with a variety of indicators, that makes Fed actions less predictable, which adds to the market uncertainty." PAUL MANGUS, HEAD OF EQUITY RESEARCH AND STRATEGY, WELLS FARGO PRIVATE BANK, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA "The one difference I could see early on was a little bit more information on when and by how much the Fed may increase rates in 2015, which is a long way off yet. Other than that, we expected to hear more about a wider range of economic indicators beyond the unemployment rate and that was in the release, so that was not a surprise. The economic information that was supplied was also pretty much as expected, mentions of weaker labor markets earlier in the year due to weather conditions but showing signs of improving. Other areas of the economy are continuing to show signs of gradual improvement, but the Fed was looking for a much stronger economic background before it would start any type of tightening efforts, so it would continue to support liquidity in the marketplace."
Also Check:
Live: BSE Sensex

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Soulja Boy Love For The Streets LyricsY'all really know man that real shit
Type a shit that be going through my mind like
When I'm seeing dollars sounds like
Gold bars are obstacles I climb
Illuminator haters find light
And they shitting on them niggers too
That's why I wake up feeling like the truth
And that nigger won't be stopped
Hard hustle, just to take the pot
Niggers scheme every day
Just to make a plot
Read between the lines
And connect the dots
Yeah we living in tomorrow
Twenty twelve, Bentley clip
Full of hollows
Them niggers getting it in on the battle field
Ten chain, five rounds, soldier lack of fear
Who knows man? This just might
Fifty stars, thirteen stripes
Making history on a daily basis
Some people love it
Some people hate it
I see it in their faces
You got the right grind
I'm not trying to get left on the sideline
So every think I wake up to thank God
Check the guide lines on the damn ground
A pin is on my timeline I'm putting it out
Real music's from the very start
And I do it fucking big cause they say I couldn't
And I do it even bigger cause they say I wouldn't
Rolling numbers with a pair of dice
SODMG that's paradise
I'm going out
Smoking as I flow
Me and y'all got this rap shit in the yo
Couple helicopters, cribs and a boat
Who the fuck's stopping us?
And they pointing blocks for us
Standing outside all night did a lot for books
Can't take nothing away from me


text:
Firebird Trans Am – Smoky and the Bandit – Muscle Car Shirt – $19.99
Click here to order Wicked Metal shirts on Amazon
- 6.1 oz 100% Cotton
- Front Center Chest Screen Print
- Full Back Screen Print
Firebird Trans Am shirt design based on the 1977 Smoky and the Bandit Trans Am. Shirt features front center chest design with the Trans Am logo. Back features a large 1977 Trans Am with screaming chicken in the background surrounded by 4 speed shifter and custom gold rim. Available in sizes: Medium – 3XL.
It can be said that 1977 was the year that firmly established the Firebird as the perfomance car of the 1970s. Burt Reynolds drove a Black-and-Gold Special Edition Trans Am in the unexpected movie hit "Smokey and the Bandit", that drove the Firebird's popularity (and sales) to new heights.
1977 Firebird Production:
Total: 155,736
Trans Am: 68,745
Demonstration Video – See a Video of the actual shirt
Submit your review


text:
Roll over images for larger versions
See Description tab below for detailed info
Nikon D7200 Wi-Fi Digital SLR Camera Body with 64GB Card + Case + Flash + Battery/Charger + Tripod + Remote + Kit
|Nikon D7200 Wi-Fi Digital SLR Camera Body
|Nikon Deluxe Digital SLR Camera Case - Gadget Bag
|Transcend 64GB SecureDigital SDXC 300x UHS-I Class 10 Memory Card
|Spare EN-EL15 Battery for Nikon
|Battery Charger for Nikon EN-EL15
|Precision Design ML-L3 Wireless Shutter Release Remote Control for Nikon Cameras
|Precision Design DSLR350 High Power Auto Flash
|Precision Design PD-58PVTR 58" Photo/Video Tripod with Case
|Precision Design HDMI to Mini-HDMI Gold Audio/Video Cable (6')
|Precision Design 6-Piece Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit
|Precision Design 8 SD / 2 MicroSD Memory Card Case
|Precision Design Universal LCD Screen Protectors
Our Price:
Nikon D7200 Wi-Fi Digital SLR Camera Body with:
Challenge ready.
For the first time, the exhilarating image quality, low-light capabilities and speed of a Nikon DSLR are available with the convenience of built-in Wi-Fi and Near Field Communication (NFC). Introducing the Nikon D7200 Wi-Fi Digital SLR Camera, the new star of Nikon's DX-format line-up. Bring your creative vision to life with photos and videos that shine with sharpness and clarity. Shoot in nearly any light -- from dawn until after dusk -- and capture everything from sports and action to wildlife and everyday moments. Then share your beautiful images easier than ever with a compatible smart device.
Whether you're a passionate photographer or videographer looking for a tool to ignite your creativity, a pro in need of a nimble second camera or someone looking for an ideal blend of versatility and convenience, the D7200 is ready for your challenge. The D7200 is equipped with a large 3.2" LCD screen for a clear view of your pictures. Capture photos and 1080p HD video with the 24.2-megapixel sensor. Get all the action with 6 fps continuous shooting, and record daily life in stunning quality with time-lapse movies. The D7200 includes auto bracketing up to 9 frames and built-in HDR for creating images with stunning dynamic range.
Nikon Deluxe Digital SLR Camera Case - Gadget Bag with:
1 Year Nikon USA Warranty
Nikon Deluxe Digital SLR Camera Case - Gadget Bag
Protects your valuable digital SLR camera and accessories.
Protect your valuable photography equipment with this sturdy, water-repellent carrying case from Nikon. Constructed from durable, ballistic nylon, this compact system case is ideal for storing your digital SLR camera, plus lenses and accessories.
The interior of this case is well-padded to protect against impacts and scratches, and features several adjustable hook-and-loop dividers, allowing you to customize the fit.
Transcend 64GB SecureDigital SDXC 300x UHS-I Class 10 Memory Card with:
Lifetime Transcend USA Warranty
Transcend 64GB SecureDigital SDXC 300x UHS-I Class 10 Memory Card
Shoot and store more pictures at blazing-fast Class 10 speed!
More memory means more pictures, and you'll be able to store hundreds of high-quality photos and videos with this ultra-fast Transcend 64GB SecureDigital SDXC 300x UHS-I Class 10 Memory Card. SDXC memory cards feature high data transfer speeds of 60MB/s, allowing you to capture images and video faster than with a standard SD card. Now you can shoot faster, capture super-smooth digital video, and take full advantage of your camera's maximum image quality and resolution settings. UHS-I Cards are fully compatible with SD 3.01 standards, easy to use with plug-and-play operation and feature built-in Error Correcting Code (ECC) to detect and correct transfer errors.
Approximate Storage Capacity (64GB):
Spare EN-EL15 Battery for Nikon with:
1 Year Manufacturer USA Warranty
Spare EN-EL15 Battery for Nikon
A spare battery is an essential accessory. No power, no pictures!
Increase your shooting capacity with this powerful EN-EL15 Lithium-ion rechargeable battery for Nikon digital cameras. More powerful than your standard battery, this spare high-capacity EN-EL15 will not put constraints on how you want to shoot. Plus, this rechargeable battery is Memory Free. It can be charged at any time without harm, even if it already has a partial charge, and can be typically charged over 1000 times.
Battery Charger for Nikon EN-EL15 with:
1 Year Manufacturer USA Warranty
Battery Charger for Nikon EN-EL15
Power up your battery with this convenient travel charger
This Multi-Voltage Rapid Battery Charger plugs directly in to a standard wall outlet or your car's 12V DC outlet, and charges your EN-EL15 battery in approximately 60 to 90 minutes. Its flat-pin, foldable design allows easy storage and makes it the most compact battery charger on the market! In addition, this charger includes a European adapter plug for use in 250V outlets.
Key Features:
Precision Design ML-L3 Wireless Shutter Release Remote Control for Nikon Cameras with:
5 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design ML-L3 Wireless Shutter Release Remote Control
The Precision Design ML-L3 Wireless Remote Control is a miniature infrared transmitter, handy for taking pictures of subjects that are difficult to approach, or to minimize vibration for close-ups and time exposure. It operates at ranges up to 16.4 ft. (5m), and may also be used to activate mirror lock and bulb shutter function.
Key Features:
Precision Design DSLR350 High Power Auto Flash with:
6 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design DSLR350 High Power Flash
A powerful, affordable, universal DSLR flash solution.
Every photographer knows that a quality flash unit is an essential component to taking great pictures. Built-in flashes simply don't have enough power to properly illuminate most subjects, and typically produce harsh shadows, red-eye, and other undesirable effects. An external flash offers far more power and versatility, resulting in consistently better pictures!
The Precision Design DSLR350 is a high-power flash unit that is the ideal companion to your existing digital camera outfit, and can be used with a wide variety of camera models and provides exceptional light coverage, at a price that doesn't break the bank! The DSLR350 features three flash modes -- a full manual mode, plus two auto modes that detect the level of ambient light in front of the flash to help provide the correct amount of illumination.
The zoom function allows you to light distant subjects, and the bounce head tilts 90-degree and swivels 270-degree to give you full creative control. A built-in retractable wide panel and reflector panel provide additional versatility. In addition, this flash is powered by four AA batteries (alkaline or Ni-MH) and has a recycling time of 0.5-6 seconds.
Precision Design PD-58PVTR 58" Photo/Video Tripod with Case with:
10 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design Deluxe Camera Tripod with Case
Get increased performance and extraordinarily sharp pictures
Lightweight and sturdy, this 58-inch tripod is ideal for keeping your camera steady in nearly any location, allowing you to capture crisp, clear, steady images with ease. With the use of a tripod, you can freely shoot at slow shutter speeds and extreme telephoto settings, and you can compose shots with precise control for perfect portraits and group pictures.
Key Features:
Precision Design HDMI to Mini-HDMI Gold Audio/Video Cable (6') with:
1 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design HDMI to Mini-HDMI Gold Audio/Video Cable (6')
Connect digital devices with this Mini-HDMI connector.
The Precision Design HDMI to Mini-HDMI Cable provides an ideal way to connect digital cameras, camcorders, and other digital devices with a mini-HDMI connector directly to your HDMI equipped HDTV. These cables are HDMI 1.3 compliant, providing optimum video and multiple channel audio signals. Gold-plated connectors ensure the ultimate in error-free signal transfer.
Precision Design 6-Piece Camera & Lens Cleaning Kit with:
1 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design 6-Piece Lens & Digital SLR Cleaning Kit
Essential items for the proper maintenance of your equipment.
It's obvious that the cleaner the lens and camera sensor, the sharper your pictures will be. Dirt, dust, and fingerprints will degrade the image quality of even the finest optics. However, it's equally important to avoid using incorrect cleaning materials which can permanently damage your photo equipment.
This 6-piece cleaning kit contains everything you'll ever need to properly clean your lenses and digital SLR camera, including an air blower, soft brush, cleaning solution, lens tissues, cotton swabs, and a microfiber cloth. Also includes a soft carrying pouch.
Precision Design 8 SD / 2 MicroSD Memory Card Case with:
1 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design Memory Card Case
Secure your memory cards and protect your digital photos.
The Precision Design Memory Card Case provides protection and durability where it counts, and keeps up to 8 SecureDigital (SD) cards safe from impacts, moisture and other hazards.
This tough plastic case also includes two microSD card holders (shaped like standard SD cards) that can be used to securely store these especially small memory cards.
Precision Design Universal LCD Screen Protectors with:
5 Year Precision Design USA Warranty
Precision Design Universal
LCD Screen Protectors
Keep your LCD screen clean and protected from scratches.
This package contains 3 Universal LCD Screen Protectors that can be easily cut to size, attached and removed. Each piece protects your LCD screen from scratches and wear, and reduces glare for enhanced viewing. A squeegee card is also included to make application even easier, and to reduce air bubbles. These screen protectors can be used on a variety of electronic devices including digital cameras, camcorders, cell phones, handheld video games, and more.
Key Features:
|Nikon D7200 Wi-Fi Digital SLR Camera
|Camera Type:
|Digital SLR
|Effective Pixels:
|Total Pixels:
|Sensor Type:
|Sensor Size:
|23.5 x 15.6mm
|Image Sizes:
|6000 x 4000 (24MP)
|Image Formats:
|Lens Mount:
|Nikon F
|Autofocus Type:
|Phase Detection: 51, 15 cross-type
|Focus Modes:
|Automatic (A), Continuous-servo AF (C), Manual Focus (M), Single-servo AF (S)
|ISO Sensitivity:
|Auto, 100-25600 (Extended Mode: 51200-102400)
|Shutter Type:
|Electronic & Mechanical
|Shutter Speeds:
|30 - 1/8000 second
|Continuous/Burst Shooting:
|Up to 6 fps
|2, 5, 10, 20 seconds
|Exposure Metering System:
|3D Color Matrix Metering, Center-weighted average metering, Spot metering
|Exposure Modes:
|Aperture Priority, Manual, Programmed Auto, Shutter Priority
|Exposure Compensation:
|-5 EV to +5 EV (in 1/3 or 1/2 EV steps)
|Exposure Lock:
|Exposure Bracketing:
|9 frames in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
|White Balance:
|Auto (2 types) / Cloudy / Direct Sunlight / Flash / Fluorescent (7 types) / Incandescent / Preset Manual / Shade
|Scene Modes:
|Autumn Colors, Beach/Snow, Blossom, Candlelight, Child, Close-up, Dusk/Dawn, Food, Landscape, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Party/Indoor, Pet Portrait, Portrait, Sports, Sunset, Special Effects Mode (Night Vision, Color Sketch, Miniature Effect, Selective Color, Silhouette, High Key, Low Key)
|Flash Control:
|Flash Sync Terminal:
|Hot Shoe
|Flash Compensation:
|-3 EV to +1 EV (in 1/3 or 1/2 EV steps)
|Monitor Type:
|Monitor Size:
|Monitor Resolution:
|Live View:
|Yes, photography and movie live view mode
|Auto Image Rotation / Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 12, or 72 images or calendar) / Highlights / Histogram Display / Image Comment / Location Display / Movie Playback / Movie Slideshow / Photo Information / Playback with Zoom / Slideshow
|SD, SDHC, SDXC memory card
|Power Source:
|EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery
|1/8" Headphone
1/8" Microphone
HDMI C (Mini)
|Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
|Dimensions (WxHxD):
|5.3 x 4.2 x 3 in. (135.5 x 106.5 x 76mm)
|1.5 lbs. (675g)
Reviews are for the first item in the kit:
Nikon D7200 Wi-Fi Digital SLR Camera Body


text:
On Saturday July 25, 2009, Skinner hosts their Science, Technology & Clock auction. Many of the lots deal with maritime technology, but there are also some fine pocket watches scattered throughout. Above is a trio of "three dollar" watches made by Ingersoll of New York. One of them is inscribed "St. Louis Worlds Fair, 1904," another "Souvenir Pan American Exposition 1901, Buffalo, NY, USA." The third watch is the "Eclipse" model with a blue dial. Excellent pieces of Americana at a fair valuation.
The auction will be held in Marlborough, MA. View the catalog at Skinner.


text:
20th International Workshop on Software Measurement
IWSM 2010, MetriKon 2010
in combination with
International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement
Date: 10.-12. November 2010
Venue: Vector, Stuttgart, Germany
Audience: Software engineers, decision makers, and developers in the IT domain
On 10.-12. November 2010, the software measurement conference will take place at Vector in Stuttgart Germany. This professional conference organized by a variety of sponsors will offer a comprehensive program of presentations featuring contributions from state-of-the-art research and experience reports from industrial application in practice.
The keynote speaker at the beginning of the event is Dr. Christof Ebert of Vector Consulting Services. He will present on experiences with introducing lean and agile development.
Presentations comprise productivity improvement, comparison, introduction, and evaluation of goal-oriented software metrics as well as practical experiences for estimating the development effort in software projects. Special focus will be given to quantitative project management and controlling issues as well as to ways of providing tool support for selected processes. Work done by ambitious next-generation scientists is not overlooked – which is reflected by the award given to the best diploma thesis in the area of software metrics and effort estimation. The award, endowed with 1000 euros, will be presented in the context of an evening event to be held at the end of the first conference day.
Concurrently with the conference, an exhibition will be organized where service providers and tool manufacturers will present their offers in support of software measurement and cost estimation. Professional contributions by experts in their field, hailing from institutions such as Vector, will be given, and reports will be delivered by experienced practitioners from renowned companies such as T-Systems, Siemens, or Daimler – to name but a few.
Furthermore, there will be an opportunity to participate in tutorials on software measurement and cost estimation: During the conference, embedded mini-tutorials will be held on introducing or consolidating software measurement and cost estimation topics.
This trend-setting professional conference is the the place to meet international specialists from industry and research. The number of participants, which continues to increase year after year, is proof of the great significance of these issues for the entire information and communication industry. In a dense program, practitioners and decision makers can obtain information about the state of the art of scientific research and get valuable ideas for their own organizational practice from the intensive exchange with application professionals from industry.
GI FG 2.1.10 GI-Fachgruppe Software Measurement and Evaluatiuon
Canadian Interest Group on Metrics
COmmon Software Measurement International Consortium
Metrics Associations International Network
Uniersity of Magdeburg, Germany
Ecole de Technologie Superieure - Université du Quebec, Canada
University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain
Vector Consulting Services
more information and registration...


text:
Country: Ireland
Type: Irish
Bottler: Teeling Whiskey Company
Score: 86 points
Teeling Whiskey Company bottled this limited-edition whiskey to celebrate the year of The Gathering in 2013, and it was sold through the Irish Whiskey Collection shops in Dublin and Cork airports.
The nose is grassy with hints of malt, vanilla, honey, and caramel. The taste has a tart citrus note of orange peel and lemon zest, along with cinnamon, honey, and caramel notes. The finish fades quickly, leaving behind a lingering mild spiciness and hints of orange peel. (September, 2013)


text:
About 93 percent of Beirut's population is being exposed to high levels of air pollution. The overall cost of air pollution to health could be exceeding $10 million a year.
These were some of the alarming data that researchers revealed during a seminar held on May 6, 2011 at the American University of Beirut.
Presenting the findings of a joint, two-year study conducted by AUB and the University Saint Joseph in collaboration with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the financial support of the Ile de France municipality, the researchers warned that not only are air pollution levels higher than the acceptable WHO standards, but they are increasing throughout the years.
Professors Jocelyne Gerard from USJ and Najat Saliba from AUB highlighted the main findings of the study after introductory notes by CNRS's George Tohme; Beirut Municipality Vice President Nadim Abou Rizk; Mazen Husseini, the director of the Ozone Unit at the Environment Ministry; AUB Associate Provost Nesreen Ghaddar; and USJ's head of the geography department.
The study, which was conducted from 2008 to 2010, involved collecting air samples from monitoring stations all around Beirut: in the pinewoods area, in the College Protestant Francais, at AUB, at USJ on Huvelin Street.
The average annual concentration of nitrogen dioxide, one of the harmful air pollutants, reached 58 micrograms per cubic meter in 2010, whereas the maximum allowable concentration according to WHO is 40 micrograms per cubic meter.As for particulate matter, created by dusty streets, use of brakes and wear and tear of tires as well as incomplete combustion of fuel, these too exceed the limits by at least 100 percent.
Modes of transport were identified as the biggest contributors, exacerbated by all-day traffic jams and 100,000 additional new and used cars being sold in the country every year. In fact, Lebanon has more cars per capita than Turkey and almost the same number as Japan, although both countries are significantly bigger and more populous. As a result, each passenger car emits 1.6 tons per year. These emissions can only be offset by planting a minimum of 160 trees that are at least two years old.
Inadequate urban management that includes the construction of high buildings along narrow streets thus creating a so-called "canyon street" also helped trap air pollutants within city streets.
Professor Najat Saliba proposed a series of potential solutions—a mix of quick fixes and long-term strategies. Among her suggestions were: imposing staggered working hours; organizing the public transport sector; encouraging car pooling and bicycle use; using alternative fuels and eco-vehicles; and building electric trains and bus lines.
Pulmonologist Marie-Louise Coussa-Koniski from Rizk Hospital warned that the number of cases of asthma, rhino-sinusitis, and interstitial lung disease have been rising significantly over the past decade. For instance, the prevalence of asthma in Lebanon is at least 50 percent higher than that in Europe or the United States. However, studies have shown that if air pollution is reduced to guideline levels, then the number of asthma cases falls by 70 percent and bronchitis cases are cut in half.
Other factors that are exposing the population to high levels of air pollution include the absence of smoking bans in public places and the excessive use of fireworks which can cause safety limits to be exceeded 200-fold, said Dr. Coussa-Koniski.
Economist Jad Chaaban, from AUB's Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, reviewed a 2001 study that put a dollar value to air pollution in Lebanon. Chaaban said that while the 2001 study showed that Lebanon is losing $10 million annually in health bills and loss of productivity due to air pollution, the country can gain up to $16 million and save up to $3.2 million in hospital visits if it would reduce its particulate matter by only 10 micrograms per cubic meter.
Chaaban suggested that more studies be conducted and also that the Beirut municipality be empowered by changing municipal election laws to allow Beirut residents to vote in the district where they reside, instead of where they originate from, as the current law stipulates. Chaaban argued that 50 percent of Beirut's residents currently do not vote in the city.


text:
AROMAS >> The man whose body was found shot off the roadway Friday has been identified as Francisco Macario Diaz, Monterey County Sheriff's Office Cmdr. John Thornburg said.
Diaz, 45, was from Santa Cruz; authorities categorized him as a transient from the area. His death is being considered a homicide, Thornburg said.
His body was found next to some dry brush on Carpenteria Road near San Juan Road shortly before 8 a.m. Friday. Diaz was dead from several gunshot wounds when deputies arrived, Thornburg said.
Authorities are asking anyone who traveled through the area between Thursday evening and Friday morning to contact investigator Matt Davis or Sgt. Terry Kaiser at 755-3772.
Ana Ceballos can be reached at 726-4377.


text:
Metropolitan Atlanta is in
Zone 7... a "Hardy
Zone" for almost all of the flowers
"Suitable Zone" versus "Hardy Zone"
If you live in a colder climate listed in
a flower description as a "suitable zone"
and your zone is not a
"hardy zone" then the flowers will thrive in the
summer, but you should treat the flowers as "annuals" or else dig
them up and store them during the winter months. Metropolitan Atlanta's Zone 7 is in the "Hardy Zone" range for
almost all
of flowers available through this fundraiser.
Click on USDA
Hardiness Map (above) for more information and for zipcode linked
gardening advice
What are Zone Maps? Gardeners need
a way to compare their garden climates with the climate where a
plant is known to grow well. That's why climate zone maps were
created. Zone maps are tools that show where various permanent
landscape plants can adapt. If you want a shrub, perennial, or tree
to survive and grow year after year, the plant must tolerate
year-round conditions in your area, such as the lowest and highest
temperatures and the amount and distribution of rainfall.
The 1990 USDA Hardiness Zone Map
The USDA Hardiness Zone Map is one of several maps developed to
provide this critical climate information. The USDA map is the one
most gardeners in the eastern United States rely on, and the one
that most national garden magazines, catalogs, books, and many
nurseries currently use. This map divides North America into 11
separate zones. Each zone is 10 degrees F warmer (or colder) in an
average winter than the adjacent zone. (In some versions of the map,
each zone is further divided into "a" and "b" regions.)
Great for the EastThe USDA map
does a fine job of delineating the garden climates of the eastern
half of North America. That area is comparatively flat, so mapping
is mostly a matter of drawing lines approximately parallel to the
Gulf Coast every 120 miles or so as you move north. The lines tilt
northeast as they approach the Eastern Seaboard. They also demarcate
the special climates formed by the Great Lakes and by the
Appalachian mountain ranges.
Zone Map DrawbacksBut this map has
shortcomings. In the eastern half of the country, the USDA map
doesn't account for the beneficial effect of a snow cover over
perennial plants, the regularity or absence of freeze-thaw cycles,
or soil drainage during cold periods. And in the rest of the country
(west of the 100th meridian, which runs roughly through the middle
of North and South Dakota and down through Texas west of Laredo),
the USDA map fails.
Problems in the WestMany factors
beside winter lows, such as elevation and precipitation, determine
western growing climates in the West. Weather comes in from the
Pacific Ocean and gradually becomes less marine (humid) and more
continental (drier) as it moves over and around mountain range after
mountain range. While cities in similar zones in the East can have
similar climates and grow similar plants, in the West it varies
greatly. For example, the weather and plants in low elevation,
coastal Seattle are much different than in high elevation, inland
Tucson, Arizona, even though they're in the same zone USDA zone 8.


text:
Bodycology Body Lotion Reviews
Not for meYou get what you pay for so go with a company that uses quality ingredients, not like this one. — 7 years, 9 months agoTBjunkie | 692 reviews
This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 3 people said helpful
Available in a great price range!Since I was happy with their body mist, I decided to give their lotion a try (and it was only $4 at wal-mart). I was afraid that their "Brown Sugar Vanilla" would have an overwhelmingly strong scent, but surprisingly it turns out to be not too bad. Yes, it is scented, and it smells like a combination of vanilla and maple syrup (if you are not a fan of sweet fragrances, there are many oth...read moreer scents to choose from). The lotion is thick and creamy, but quite light and not long lasting. Thus, it may not be for really dry skin or for the wintertime. Overall, I say it is satisfactory for the price I paid. — 7 years, 9 months agoluckybetty | 895 reviews
This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
HydratingI love the cream texture to this lotion. The scent is very alluring. Hydrates well. Need to reapply during the day for extra moistue — 7 years, 10 months agoPamela937 | 542 reviews
bodycology sweet love body lotionsweet love: i love this. it smells just like whipped cream and roses. its really moisturizing and i love the scent. i got a small size at target for ninety five cents and its really nice. i love it. definately would repurchase in the future — 2 years, 10 months agocatluvsbibblee | 6 reviews
Vanilla CupcakeI really love this lotion, and it is as thick as a body butter! Amazingly thick, and hydrating, and I love the vanilla cupcake scent. You get a lot for your money. — 5 years, 6 months agojezhicka | 46 reviews
cucumber meloni use the cucumber melon lotion, and the smell is amazing! it smells just like melona bars :) its hydrating power is great too. — 7 years, 10 months agoskylychee | 5 reviews
Love the scentI always buy the Coconut Lime scent. It has a really fresh scent that lasts, but isn't heavy either. It has a really refreshing hint of lime and the coconut is not overpowering. It has a nice moisturizing feel that is not greasy and a little goes a long way. — 8 years, 1 month agopookster | 11 reviews
Not badThis lotion does do a decent job moisturizing the skin though I have personally used better. It also feels like I have to use a lot of it too compared to the body wash and spray. But the scent is great and it lasts pretty much all day when layered with the body wash and spray. It also absorbs into the skin nicely. — 8 years, 1 month agogreasergirl21 | 86 reviews
sufficientthis lotion has a great scent. Bought it for my guest bathroom and the lotion is nice but doesn't last long in winter. Is sufficient though. Got a lot of compliments on the scent. — 8 years, 5 months agozafiro80 | 105 reviews
- Page:
- 1
to top
My Reasons for Reporting This


text:
NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partner university faculty. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Myasthenia Gravis
Relapse of MG
WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR A RELAPSE OF MG? i HAD A THYMECTOMY APPROX 8 YRS AGO, A YEAR LATER I WENT INTO REMISSION AND HAVE BEEN FINE SINCE. COULD A SEVERE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE BE A CAUSE? THANK-YOU
Myasthenia gravis can relapse from a remission for a variety of reasons, including high stress levels, concurrent medical illness (pneumonia, kidney failure, etc), and certain medications. These acute stresses on the body can increase the overall immune system and there can be a flare of the disease secondary to this. Your chances of relapse with the thymectomy are much lower of having a relapse, but it is still possible.
Robert W Neel, IV, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


text:
By Richard von Busack
Contagion is the return of the compass-spinning, star-studded spectacular, done digitally on a tight budget with lots of interiors and city park scenes. Its treatment of a lethal pandemic called "MEV1" is nothing but convincing. But busy as it is, it never really breaks a sweat.
Steven Soderbergh, working with the fine screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!) juggles a lot of material and inevitably leaves open end or two (one character walks off, and we can only guess where). Yet it's a taut, existentialist view of a killer flu rampaging the world, as a few scientists and government officials try to keep order.
Briefly, Gwyneth Paltrow plays the Patient Zero of the American side of the epidemic, who brings the disease with her from a business trip to Hong Kong to her home in Minneapolis. It's suspected that her marital extra-curricular activities may have had something to do with her exposure.
She doesn't last long, and her spouse (Matt Damon) has to cope with his grief. Damon plays it uninflected and boxed in, with glimpses of his turmoil, usually through nervous repetition of sentences ("I'm happy about that. I'm happy about that.")
It's part of this film's sometimes-chilly efficiency that it doesn't stop for a wallow in sadness. Laurence Fishburne, gotten heavy and bearish now, is a CDC official sending out a new hire (Kate Winslet, excellent) to investigate the Minnesota front.
Meanwhile a military officer from the Department of Homeland Security steps in, in the form of the reliable Bryan Cranston. Jennifer Ehle and Elliott Gould are the scientists on either coast trying to break down the virus and find a cure…which is not easy, because it kills its host tissue in the lab culture. Marion Cotillard is a scientist who gets tangled in Chinese politics. And Jude Law, with a prosthetic crooked front tooth, is a San Francisco blogger for "TruthSerumNow.Com" who lets himself become the mouthpiece for quacks.
Some will find Contagion depressing. It seemed to me startlingly optimistic in both the relative efficiency of government reaction and in the mildness of human conduct after people start dying by the millions. (For instance, a teenager kept in quarantine by her father for half a year still makes her bed as neatly as if it were a display in a department store.)
Everything about it is mature and believably weary. The science in it seems at least as good as the New Yorker articles warning us that we're not as plague-proof as we think. The semi-explained double-talk of the doctors insists that we're smart enough to get up to speed. It gets little details right: the proper visual angle on the way you'd see the dome of the San Francisco City Hall from the FBI office on Golden Gate, for example.
The visuals, as seen in digital projection, are more proof Soderbergh uses the medium as well as anyone. Digital still has its many limits: in the first shot, Paltrow's yellow hair breaks up like sticks of hay in the glare of harsh fluorescent light behind her. (Paltrow deserves credit: she's the brave centerpiece in Contagion's one genuine shocker.)
This kind of photography has made tremendous advances in the past decade, and yet it's still basically a terrific medium for making actors look sick, yellowish, or flushed to a ruby grapefruit shade with fever. So it's appropriate here, anyway. The intricately detailed skyscapes (exteriors, and there are few of them) can look sharper in digital than in color-corrected film, with the unearthly clarity of post-Lasik surgery. The razor-like realism of the views give this story extra grounding.
Contagion doesn't send you home weeping—it rouses up nothing more than an abstract pity even when one main character dies. And funny Contagion isn't. Gould brings on one big laugh: the doctor slowly getting appalled as he watches a variety of different disease vectors on display at a Bayview coffee shop.
Ehle herself is a vision of mercy in this sometimes bleak film (the most sensual image in the film is her bare thigh, just before she's about to drive a needle into it). And as perhaps the bravest character, she gets to deliver the best advice about paying attention to the threat of pandemics: "A plastic shark in a movie is enough to scare them out of the water, but the warnings on the side of a cigarette package…"
In the end Soderbergh shows the same concerns in Sex Lies and Videotapes, a post-AIDS view of the world as a place where no one can be too careful. Fishburne's comment "Our best defense has been social distancing…" sums up the price of safety.
What's most refreshing is this: Disaster films (and Contagion is in that category) usually find society is to blame for what hits it.
The more evangelical the population gets, the more popular this millennial view becomes.
There's a crowd that blames America first for where the hurricanes make landfall, after all...(and some of this crowd occasionally runs for president.)
Neither booze nor spirituality is part of the picture of how the survivors cope here. Contagion takes a larger, more remote view: a scientist's view of happenstance, of viral opportunity striking. It's thus an engrossing and frightening film.


text:
Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 | 6 p.m.
The $75 million musical "Spider-Man" closed Sunday night on Broadway after three years and 2 million spectators with news of its move to Las Vegas due shortly.
"We are excited to report that the next destination for 'Spider-Man' will be the Entertainment Capital of the World: Las Vegas," said "Spider-Man" spokesman Rick Miramontez.
Locally, we do know that Steve Wynn has had "very serious interest" conversations in moving the high-flying spectacular to open in his Encore Theater at Wynn.
Producer Michael Cohl says the show will be different for its Las Vegas residency: "The story will change slightly with a couple of new songs. It will be different enough to be a fresh experience for those who have seen it, and it will be the most spectacular theatrical show they have ever experienced."
Michael also expects an arena spectacular to be ready for a national tour in 2016.
BOLLYWOOD FILMING: Prepare for an invasion of Bollywood filmmakers when heartthrob Varun Dhawan shoots his next film, "ABCD2," here in March. Another leading man, Prabhudheve, will star in the production as his trainer preparing to compete in an international dance contest.
Choreographer Remo D'Souza will make his directing debut with the film. All three are Bollywood idols, and they're expected to draw new tourists to the Strip during the month's shoot.
SEX TAPE: Tila Tequila, who shocked MTV fans with her bisexual "A Shot at Love," has gone even more outrageously controversial today with her new Vivid Entertainment sex tape. It's title is too much even for us here at Vegas DeLuxe! The XXX feature is Tila's first with a male performer and follows her Tila Tequila "Uncorked" all-girl threesome tape released in 2011.
Vivid CEO Steven Hirsch, who I'm interviewing for our coverage next week of the 2014 AVN/Adult Entertainment Expo, commented: "There is nothing reluctant or timid about Tila as she flirts, strips and leads him to the bedroom. It quickly becomes clear that she could have a successful career in the adult industry if she chooses, and who knows she just might one day. It's so obvious she's enjoying herself."
Tila and Steven will be at AVN at the Hard Rock Hotel next week promoting the new video.
BRITNEY BAG: None other than twerking pop singer Miley Cyrus was among the first shoppers at the Britney Spears boutique. In advance of watching Britney's new two-year residency show "Piece of Me" in the Axis at Planet Hollywood, Miley went on a credit card spree in the store. She bought an over-the-shoulder Brit backpack and wore it on the red carpet.
CONGRATULATIONS: Our hometown jazz singer Clint Holmes leads the Broadway World Cabaret Awards in the Best Male Celebrity Vocalist category. Clint scores with his "Stop This Train" show he performs at New York's Cafe Carlyle, two percentage points above "Girls, Girls, Girls" at 54 Below by Norbert Leo Butz. The other eight contenders are far behind in voting. Clint's January show at Smith Center this weekend is titled "The After Party." He'll perform "Stop This Train" on the Feb. 7 weekend there.
"Fantasy" at the Luxor dancer Chloe Crawford, who also is magician Murray Sawchuck's assistant and wife, was named Playboy's newest Cyber Girl, and she signed on as an international Playboy model. You can check out her lingerie photos at Playboy.com.
SHOWGIRLS SHOOT: Blonde beauty Holly Madison rounded up her showgirl friends Sunday to shoot a new commercial and advertizing campaign for Future, an alcohol metabolizing company that helps with hangovers. Holly went before cameras with gorgeous "Fantasy" dancers Mariah and Tracey, "X" dancers Meeka, Shakeera and Whitney, plus, gorgeous redhead Tara Palsha from "Vegas! the Show!"
HERO & WINNER: Celebrity portrait photographer Lynn Goldsmith has shot more than 100 album covers, and her prize-winning images of everybody from Bruce Springsteen to Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones on their tour buses and inside their studio recording sessions have been published in magazines around the world. She also is the author of "Rock and Roll Stories," which made 15 lists as "best photography book."
Tonight, she will be presented with the 2014 PMDA Professional Photographer of the Year Award at XS in Steve Wynn's Encore by her friend, "Iron Chef" winner Kerry Simon, who is battling the Parkinson's-like muscle disease MSA. The two are close friends from New York days where Kerry was first dubbed the "Rock and Roll chef" before he moved to Las Vegas to open Prime at Bellagio and later his Simon restaurants at the Hard Rock Hotel and Palms Place. Lynn insisted that he present the award even if it meant rolling his 8-mph wheelchair into the nightclub!
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers watched Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson One" at Mandalay Bay after dinner at Bellagio, and he met with the cast post-show.
"Banshee" actresses Kelly Dunn and Ivana Milicevic were at Mandarin Oriental's Sky Bar before playing the tables at Aria and dancing at Marquee in the Cosmopolitan. Their Sunday night started at MGM Grand, where they met Mike Tyson, and it appears that they didn't want it to ever end. At 4 a.m., they went to Spearmint Rhino, and Kelly tweeted that she had a tweet from dancer Adrienne saying she was her new "woman crush." Kelly responded: "I wasn't intending any of that, but this was Vegas, so I fully embraced its spirit."
Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens dined at N9NE Steakhouse in the Palms with a group of 14 people family style before Terrell signed chef Barry Dakake's celebrity "shakedown door" in the kitchen.
DJ Tiesto, dressed all in black, dined at Crush in MGM Grand on Sunday night with a large group of friends. After their meal that included artichoke pizzas, shrimp risotto, steak, scallops and meatballs, the group ended with shots of Patron and Jagermeister sparkplugs while Tiesto stuck to drinking water with Emergen C.
"Property Brothers" Jonathan and Drew Scott watched Murray Sawchuck's last show before Murray returns in the spring. Jonathan has performed magic since his school days, so Murray invited him onstage to show off his skills of prestidigitation while Drew dressed up as a sexy assistant!
"Days of our Lives" star Eric Martsolf was front row in the "French" section at Tournament of Kings at Excalibur with eight family members and friends Sunday night. Eric met the performers post-show to take photos with them.
Former "Fantasy" powerhouse singer Stephanie Dianna Sanchez has a one-night showcase at Hard Rock Cafe at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Comedy magician and "America's Got Talent" Season 7 contestant Spencer Horseman launches his show "Illusions" in Starlight Theater at Riviera through Feb. 24.
Nearby at Riviera's Comedy Club, John Bizarre and Ken Rogerson headline through Sunday.
Comedians Danny Bevins and Erik Blake are at Brad Garrett's Comedy Club in MGM Grand through Sunday.
DJ Spider spins at XS.
Meet the gorgeous knockout stunners competing in the 2014 Miss Nevada USA Pageant this coming weekend, plus, previews of "Panda!" at the Venetian and "Mamma Mia" at Smith Center.
Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum playground.
Follow Robin Leach on Twitter at Twitter.com/Robin_Leach.
Follow Vegas DeLuxe on Twitter at Twitter.com/vegasdeluxe.
Follow Sun A&E Senior Editor Don Chareunsy on Twitter at Twitter.com/VDLXEditorDon.
With world-class dining, shopping, spas, golf and entertainment, there's no shortage of things to do at Wynn. The resort's aquatic acrobatic show, "Le Reve—The Dream," a creation by Cirque Du Soleil veteran Franco Dragone and Steve Wynn, will leave guests wanting more with its breathtaking performances that conjure an imaginary world. The Wynn Esplanade offers a unique shopping experience with stores including Chanel, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta and many more. Tryst is its signature nightclub, offering a secluded lagoon inside the club and spacious dance floor. Blush, the Wynn's ultra lounge, draws swanky party-goers. Tryst, Wynn's signature nightclub, is situated along a private lagoon under a 90-foot waterfall and plays host to some of the world's most renown DJs.
Palms Casino Resort has come a long way since its "Real World" debut in 2002. The boutique property features three distinct towers and a diverse mix of bars and restaurants across a 95,000-square-foot casino.
Palms, which features more than 1,200 rooms and fantasy suites, is currently undergoing a multi-million dollar transformation that will encompass an Ivory Tower room and suite redesign, new culinary additions, re-imagined gaming spaces and new, distinctive nightlife experiences.
In addition to newly designed rooms, during the first phase of the renovation, Palms will welcome Heraea, a high-energy American restaurant and lounge, and XISHI, a pan-Asian restaurant and lounge.
Fantasy Suites include the Hardwood Suite, the only hotel room in the world with its own basketball court.
Other amenities include the all-new Cantor Gaming® race and sports book, one of the few sports books in Las Vegas to include a poker room; SOCIAL; Scarlet; Chocolat Bistro; tonic bar; ghostbar; Pearl Concert Theater; Moon Nightclub; N9NE Steakhouse; Nove Italiano; Simon Restaurant & Lounge; Palms Pool & Bungalows; Kim Vō Salon; Drift Spa & Hammam; Brenden Theatres, a 14-theatre cineplex and more than 60,000 square-feet of meeting space.


text:
Florida golf assistant Steve Bradley lands head job at Mercer
Third-year Florida golf assistant Steve Bradley has been hired as the new head men's golf coach at Mercer University, the school announced today.
Bradley, a member of the UF golf team from 1997-99 under longtime head coach Buddy Alexander, helped lead Florida to three trips to the NCAA Championships and an SEC title in 2011 during his three seasons as an assistant.
Bradley is a former captain of the men's golf team at UF. He transferred to Florida from Florida State in 1997 and spent two seasons with the Gators before graduating in 1999. He had two top-10 finishes during his senior year and helped lead the Gators to the SEC Championship title in 1999. He was named to the All-SEC second-team during his junior year in 1997-98. His best collegiate finish came as runner-up at the 1998 Morris Williams Intercollegiate. Before transferring to UF, Bradley led Florida State with five top-20 finishes during his sophomore year. As an amateur, he won the 1996 Florida State Amateur title and qualified for the 1994 U.S. Amateur.


text:
How Long Should Texas Docs Treat Untreatable Patients? The Debate That Won't Go Away.
Last week, just outside of Houston, a little boy's parents were scrambling. Doctors at Texas Children's Hospital had told them there was nothing more they could do for the boy, 14-year-old Jordan Allen, whose brain is dotted with inoperable tumors. He was on a ventilator and in a coma, and further treatment would have done him more harm than good, the doctors believed. They thought it was time to let him go.
The parents disagreed. And that disagreement guaranteed the family's place at the center of a decade-old fight pitting Texas doctors and hospitals against lawmakers and activists, over how long is too long to care for a patient who appears certain to die.
The fight dates back to 1999, and focuses on a narrow but emotionally volatile and unique section of the Texas's advance-directives law. Under that law, doctors have the right to halt treatment when they no longer believe they're acting in a patient's best interest. If the patient's family disagrees, the case goes before a hospital ethics panel. It's a process unique to Texas, experts say, the only state to offer a "legal safe harbor" for doctors who end treatment to medically futile patients.
The committee -- some mix of doctors, lawyers, administrators, chaplains and others -- must decide whether the doctor is right to stop treatment. If it sides with the family, the doctor keeps working. If it agrees with the doctor, the hospital must help the family search for an alternative, another hospital or doctor willing to continue caring for the patient. If after 10 days the family hasn't found someone to treat their loved one, the doctors can let the patient die.
Upcoming Events
SMU Mustangs Football vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football
TicketsFri., Oct. 27, 8:00pm
University of North Texas Mean Green Football vs. Old Dominion Monarchs Football
TicketsSat., Oct. 28, 5:30pm
Cowboys of Color
TicketsSat., Oct. 28, 7:30pm
Dallas Mavericks vs. Philadelphia 76ers
TicketsSat., Oct. 28, 7:30pm
It's hard to know how often these cases come up. Hospitals don't have to report to the state when these ethics panels meet, and no wide-ranging studies have tried to find out. Denise Rose, the senior director of government relations at the Texas Hospital Association -- which supports the current law -- says the organization has surveyed its members and found disagreements between doctors and families to be rare. A study at Baylor Medical Center found that in the two years after the law passed, the hospital's ethics panel heard medical-futility cases about twice a month. The panel sides with doctors about 60 percent of the time, says Dr. Robert Fine, the director of Baylor's Office of Clinical Ethics and Palliative Care.
"It's an important issue for a small number of people," Fine tells Unfair Park. "They're rare, but they're really unpleasant for both sides."
Republican Bryan Hughes brings up end-of-life care every session.
Which is why state Senator Bryan Hughes, a Republican from Mineola, and a leading Texas anti-abortion group have made it their mission to change the law.
For several legislative sessions running, Hughes, with help from Texas Right to Life, has introduced bills to extend the 10-day search window indefinitely. Their bill would force doctors and hospitals to treat patients for as long as it takes to find someone else willing to take them on.
"We're thankful most hospitals and doctors are not abusing the law, but some are," Hughes told the Austin American-Statesman (he didn't return multiple calls from the Observer). "Fundamentally and morally, it's never right for a doctor or hospital to impose their quality-of-life judgments on their patients."
Doctors and hospitals disagree, arguing that indefinite treatment to an untreatable patient puts doctors at risk of violating their oath to not do their patients' harm. Along with THA, the Texas Medical Association has fought the bill -- although they've supported extending the window to 14 days. But "in a situation where the doctor feels that the patient is being harmed, that may not be a good thing," Rose says.
Rose recalls another case from Texas Children's in which the hospital and family called 40 facilities looking for someone willing to treat a terminally ill child. All 40 refused -- an indication, Rose says, that if an alternative can't be found in 10 days, it's likely because there's no alternative worth pursuing.
If there are facilities willing to take over, it should only take a few days to find one, THA argues. In Jordan Allen's case, it took five. He was transferred to nearby Atrium Medical Center after Texas Children's decided to stop treatment, five days before the deadline and just a few days before his case would have almost surely wound up on national TV.
"We're greatly relieved," the boy's father told the Houston Chronicle. "We knew we were up against the clock."
But in Texas, the issue isn't going anywhere. Hughes is expected to introduce the same legislation next year.
Get the ICYMI: Today's Top Stories Newsletter Our daily newsletter delivers quick clicks to keep you in the know
Catch up on the day's news and stay informed with our daily digest of the most popular news, music, food and arts stories in Dallas, delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday.
Recommended for You
Powered by SailThru
Upcoming Events
Allen Americans vs. Orlando Solar Bears
TicketsSun., Oct. 22, 4:05pm
Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden State Warriors
TicketsMon., Oct. 23, 7:30pm
Dallas Mavericks vs. Memphis Grizzlies
TicketsWed., Oct. 25, 7:30pm
PARKING: American Airlines Center - Dallas Mavericks v Memphis
TicketsWed., Oct. 25, 7:30pm
Sponsor Content


text:
Students perform musical in memory of beloved teacher
EUGENE, Ore. - Students at Madison Middle School spent the second half of the school year writing, planning and rehearsing a musical tribute to their beloved teacher, Andy Morgenstern.
Morgenstern died last fall after suffering a heart attack.
People who worked with Morgenstern said he had a special connection with the 8th graders he taught, and his passing is still hard on some of the students.
That's why music director Tim Walter decided to give the students an opportunity to celebrate Morgenstern's life and to say goodbye.
"Attics of My Life was a way to have our students deal with the process of losing a longtime, loved social studies teacher," Walter said.
Over 200 people came out to see the performance Thursday night.
All the proceeds from the musical will fund The Andy Morgenstern Memorial Mentorship Program, which will help 8th graders transition to high school - a service Morgenstern championed.


text:
How to get there
Located in the heart of Blois, Hotel de France is set in a 19th-century building, just 100 metres from the Chateau de Blois. It offers rooms with free Wi-Fi access.
The guest rooms at the Hotel de France et de Guise all come with private bathrooms and TVs. Some also retain original features, such as fireplaces.
Guests can enjoy a daily breakfast in the charming dining area, which features paintings of famous castles. A continental breakfast can also be served in the guest rooms.
The Hotel de France et de Guise is just 300 metres from the SNCF Train Station and the convention centre. The Maison de Magie magic museum is 350 metres away and Chenonceau Chateau is 40 km away.


text:
Why Golf and the Atmosphere?
Golf's by using chemical compounds, normal water, and also other methods to maintain beautiful
golfing conditions is certainly belittled pertaining to harmful the grade of kinds of living conditions. Though these kinds of difficulties undoubtedly are a genuine concern, golfing actually features a distinctive opportunity to shield as well as improve kinds of living conditions. By means of their own really nature, golfing programs present significant normal areas that advantage folks as well as wild animals within progressively urbanized residential areas across The united states as well as around the world. Recently, via education and learning as well as accreditation from the ACSP, golfers as well as non-golfers alike usually are choosing a next consider the nature in the activity.
Golf programs present numerous options not to merely present pleasurable places for you to participate in, but in addition to protect waters, help the normal water top quality associated with on-site as well as surrounding ponds, revenues, as well as rivers, assist various crops as well as wild animals, as well as shield the surroundings pertaining to potential many years.
Because the critical asset associated with any kind of golf club is the golf course itself, it is critical that this can be associated with the highest possible top quality for you to keep as well as entice associates as well as guests. As well as top quality taking part in materials, difficulties for instance nature conservation as well as enlargement, landscape as well as ethnical history, climate transform, lasting turf supervision as well as carbon dioxide elimination most have to be regarded as and also the rising number of environment legislation. Clubhouses, preservation establishments as well as specialist outlets are extremely areas where by significant benefits may be accomplished via normal water as well as spend supervision as well as strength efficiency.
Approaching environment difficulties together with making golfing establishments in the economy efficient as well as socially inclusive will permit golf equipment to become managed more sustainably.


text:
phdin history
Historical Society
Grades Are In!!!!
Heather Cox Richardson
This is what teachers feel like when the semester finally drags to an end:
Good luck to all of our graduates. We hope you learned as much from us as we did from you.
History Classroom
Newer Post
Older Post
Blog Archive
Blog Archive
December (8)
November (21)
October (22)
September (14)
August (13)
July (16)
June (14)
May (19)
April (18)
March (18)
February (16)
January (23)
December (17)
November (27)
October (27)
September (28)
August (19)
July (29)
June (25)
May (29)
April (28)
March (33)
February (25)
January (28)
December (31)
November (29)
October (33)
September (34)
August (15)
July (18)
June (18)
May (15)
April (13)
March (20)
February (19)
January (16)
December (14)
November (17)
October (19)
September (18)
August (15)
July (21)
June (17)
May (21)
April (25)
March (17)
February (8)
January (8)
December (7)
November (6)
October (6)
September (9)
August (1)
July (11)
June (8)
May (8)
April (13)
March (13)
February (12)
January (10)
December (15)
November (8)
October (11)
September (8)
August (4)
July (7)
June (6)
May (8)
Popular Posts
Was There a Schlieffen Plan?
Steven Cromack In a 1999 journal article published in War in History , historian Terence Zuber dropped a bombshell on the academic community...
50 Years of Counter-Counter-Subversion
Chris Beneke . Before the year ends, it may be worth noting that 2010 marks the fiftieth anniversary of a classic work in American history...
Religious History and Prints/Cartoons from the Library of Congress
Randall Stephens I regularly browse the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division for pictures to illustrate essays, forums...
"Machte Alle Kaput": The Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944
The following is an excerpt from World's Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and the Scars They Left on Civilization by Joseph Cummins (...
"The king's name is a tower of strength": Richard III's (Possible) Bones, Roundup
Detail from a late 16th century painting of Richard III, artist unknown. . "Richard III dig: Results expected in January," BBC, No...
The Meaning of "When"
Aaron Astor I was recently asked to join a local committee to plan the centennial celebration of our local school district. The City of Mary...
Historic Maps and Digital Mapping Roundup
. Historic Maps and Digital Mapping Roundup "Was your street bombed during the Blitz?" Telegraph , December 6, 2012 The year-long...
Standing Desks: Jefferson, Disraeli, Churchill and, Err, Dwight K. Schrute
Philip White Stand up desks are becoming quite hip, even making it onto an episode of The Office . And speaking of hips (and, indeed, lower...
A Leadership Legacy: Happy 138th, Winston
Philip White November 30 was Winston Churchill's birthday. 138 years after his birth, historians, politicians and the public are still as fa...
Developments in World History: A Roundup on Western Dominance, Lactose Tolerance, and Writing
Randall Stephens Several provocative "big questions" essays recently appeared in full, on-line. These span over world history, ea...
Powered Theme by


text:
Where is the Barber Motorsports Park?
Located just off exit 140 on I-20, the Park is convenient to many areas of Birmingham. Hotels, restaurants and shopping are less than 15 minutes away, as well as the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
6030 Barber Motorsports Pkwy
Birmingham, AL 35094
Can I park at the Barber Motorsports Park?
For SUNDAY ONLY Premium on-site parking and Motorcycle on-site parking are available for purchase. On-site parking is located inside the Barber Motorsports Park. These passes are available on a very limited basis. All other spectators will receive complimentary off-site parking with a brief shuttle to the Park at The Outlet Shops of Grand River. All FRIDAY and SATURDAY on-site parking will be free.
I've ordered my tickets, when can I expect them?
Tickets can be printed immediately upon purchase from a nearby computer.
Will there be grandstands for viewing?
This event will feature grandstands available to the general public. Located on the back straight in the TNT Fan Zone, the grandstands will be available on a first-come, first served basis.
What is a "Kamtek Garage Pass"?
The Kamtek Garage is the working area for the teams, and provides an excellent opportunity to get up close to the racecars and drivers of the IndyCar, Indy Lights, USF2000, and Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, MX-5 Cup, and IMSA Prototype Challenege presented by Mazda series'. Each person entering the Kamtek Garage must purchase a separate Kamtek Garage Access pass, either in advance or at the entrance to the Garage, located at Gate 7. A general admission ticket is needed for admittance onto the grounds. Kamtek Garage passes are non-transferable, and the garage wristband is void if cut. Kids 15 and under are admitted to the Kamtek Garage free courtesy of Alabama Power.
What is Cocina at the Track?
Cocina at the Track guests will have one of the best seats in the house with a trackside view of six different turns of the racing circuit from the TNT Fan Zone. Cocina at the Track includes complimentary breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks and a full service bar. General Admission and Kamtek Garage access are included with each daily ticket purchased. One Lot E onsite parking pass is included for every two tickets purchased. Children must have a Cocina at the Track ticket. Food hours: Breakfast: 8-10 am, Lunch: 11-2 pm, Snacks: 3 pm until close.
What is the admissions policy for kids?
Kids 15 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult. This is for general admission and Kamtek Garage Access only. Each child must have a kid's ticket to enter, and each ticket is only good for one day. To bring a child into the Paddock Club or Cocina at the Track, you must purchase an upgrade.
Can I volunteer for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama?
Yes, we are always in need of hard-working, dedicated volunteers! Information regarding committees and opportunities can be found under the "Volunteer" tab located on the homepage of our website.
What are the sponsorship and hospitality opportunities at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama?
Companies and individuals wishing to take advantage of this unique event opportunity can contact us at email@example.com. We will respond within 24 hours of receiving your email.
Who do I contact if I have questions or need additional information?
Should you have any question or need additional information, please contact us at email@example.com.


text:
Kentucky has picked up an official visit date from one of the nation's top 10 running backs.
Premium Content
Subscribe today to read the full article and get everything Rivals has to offer.
- Member-only message boards
- Exclusive highlights and recruiting interviews
- Exclusive coverage of Rivals Camp Series
- Breaking recruiting news