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DeAngelo Hall Offers To Join The Racing PresidentsPosted by on May 7, 2010 – 4:04 pm
DeAngelo Hall threw out the first pitch at Nationals Park last night for the game against the Atlanta Braves, and depending whose Twitter account you were following, it either "looked like a strike from the press box" (Adam Kilgore, Washington Post Nats beat writer) or it "was high and outside" (Rich Campbell, Free Lance-Star Redskins beat writer).
I'll have more on the pitch later on (or possibly tomorrow), but Hall also sat for a brief in-game interview with Nats in-game host Clint Khoury, which the folks at the Nationals were kind enough to share with me.
Here's the summary of what Hall had to say, for those of you who fear moving images.
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Pictures From Mini-camp 2, Day 1Posted by on May 7, 2010 – 2:57 pm
Practice today kept making me think of a scene from The Usual Suspects, when the cops show up at Kevin Pollak's auto repair shop and he — unarmed — looks at this huge group of officers surrounding him and says, "Think you brought enough guys?"
There were plenty of guys out at practice today, somewhere in the vicinity of a hundred — signed players, tendered players, draft picks, try-out guys — and it was overwhelming at time. Again the tempo seemed fast to me, with guys running all over the place and … here, I'll let Carlos Rogers describe it.
"Everybody's running. We're learning stuff, still working, but [Coach Shanahan's] got everything on one page. There's no walking around until the next drill. Everybody's running, it's crisp. He gives you breaks, but when it's time to work, we're working."
He continued, "Good practice today. You know, a lotta guys are getting better, but everybody's still working. They're putting a lot on us. Lot of offensive plays, lotta defensive plays, lotta stuff for me personally. But everybody's progressing and getting better, and that's the most important thing."
Lots more pictures after the jump…
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Hail! The Comic Strip, Now Featuring Captain ChaosPosted by on May 7, 2010 – 10:00 am
It's actually amazing to me that Chris Cooley hasn't been made into a cartoon before now. He's got the onfield ability, the outsize personality, the superhero nickname … I mean, this one is a slam-dunk. It is, frankly, a crime that this hasn't been done before — a crime that has now been SOLVED by the redoubtable Ben Ceccarelli, in this week's installment of Hail!
(Is it wrong to admit that I'd totally wear a T-shirt with that Captain Chaos logo on it? If so, just pretend I never said that.)
(UPDATE: I meant an AUTHORIZED T-shirt. As far as I know, this Captain Chaos logo is entirely the product of Ben Ceccarelli and is protected by his copyright under the law. If he and the Cooleys want to make and sell these shirts, that's up to them to figure out. If those show up, I'll pass the word along. But there were shirts being linked to in the comments here that weren't authorized by Ben, the Cooleys, or anyone else who might need to license such things. Please don't buy them.)
And remember, kids: click on the first panel (or on the Read More link) to see the rest of the strip!
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A Reader Imagines The Gold PantsPosted by on May 7, 2010 – 9:39 am
Let me be very, very clear about this right up top: THIS IS A READER'S IMAGINING CREATED WITH PHOTOSHOP. It is not created by the team, and in no way reflects anything real. As of now, the only news we have regarding gold pants is what general manager Bruce Allen said on the radio yesterday: i.e., nothing.
If it were 1998 and this were a Geocities page, I would put this in enormous flashing text surrounded by unicorns and blinky lights: Reader's Rendering, Not Authentic.
But even if it's not authentic, it's still very, very cool looking. It's from Reader Urko in Spain, and he did a heck of a job. If the gold pants really do exist, and they really would look like this, I'm even more onboard than I was yesterday.
It doesn't hurt that it's Devin Thomas scoring a touchdown in the mud in front of the eventual Super Bowl champions, but seriously: heck of a job all the way around on this one by Reader Urko.
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BUDAPEST (May. 7)
Jewish leaders representing their communities in 26 countries in the West and Eastern bloc, stood at attention in a downpour of rain here Thursday to pay solemn tribute to Raoul Wallenberg who, as a young Swedish diplomat more than 40 years ago, saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation and certain death at the hands of the Nazis.
The assembled 92 leaders, delegates to the meeting of the enlarged Executive of the World Jewish Congress, watched in solemn silence with bowed heads as WJC president Edgar Bronfman placed a wreath of white poppies at the foot of a newly erected statue of Wallenberg.
On the wreath was the inscription, "Those who set out on a mission of humanity can be assured of God's special protection." They are the last message the WJC sent to Wallenberg as he left on his humanitarian mission during the final months of World War II.
The words brought tears to the eyes of Hungarian Jews present, not only because they owe their lives to Wallenberg but for the sad fate that was the reward for his selfless humanitarian acts.
Wallenberg was arrested by Soviet authorities when the Red Army entered Budapest in 1945 and has not been heard from since. The Soviets claim he died in Lubyanka prison in 1947. But many reports over the years said he was seen alive long afterwards and may still be alive.
The president of the Swedish Jewish community, Stefan Meisels, read a message from Wallenberg's sister, Nina Lagergren. It said: "Let Raoul's statue mean more than just a tribute to him and his deeds. Let it be a summons that no efforts be spared on his behalf. Raoul cannot wait. He will be 75 on August 4."
Lagergren is convinced her brother is alive. But when Bronfman was asked by reporters if anything new has transpired to determine Wallenberg's fate, he replied, "No, nothing." Asked if anything is known of his possible whereabouts, the answer was, "I am afraid not."
The Wallenberg statue stands on a quiet residential street on the Buda side of the Danube River. It consists of a bronze figure, slightly larger than life, standing on a pedestal. Next to the figure is a seven-foot marble plaque which appears to be cracked in the middle by an act of violence.
The figure of Wallenberg holds a snake by the neck in his left hand, the reptile covered with swastikas. The right hand wields a sword, poised to sever the snake's head. The sculptor, Imber Walda, explained the symbolic meaning to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
He said he wanted to show the man fighting to release the victims of Nazism but stricken in the middle of the act. Walda worked two years on the statue which will be formally unveiled by the Mayor of Budapest on May 15. A plaque about 18 inches from the statue, is inscribed with Wallenberg's name and a quotation in Latin, translated into Hungarian: "While good fortune stands by your side, friends are plenty but should gray skies gather, you stand alone to withstand the storm."
The WJC meeting here is the first ever to be held in a Communist-bloc country. Its purpose is to examine the issue of Soviet Jewry, East-West relations and other matters of international Jewish concern.
On Thursday, the final day of the two-day meeting, Elan Steinberg, WJC executive director, called on the United Nations member states and the UN Secretariat to open the archives of the United Nations War Crimes Commission for study by scholars, historians and journalists so that the public may know their contents.
The matter is "as urgent as ever" and of crucial importance for the world's understanding of the Holocaust and of the individuals who were part of the Nazi crime machine, Steinberg said. The WJC hopes that U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz will support the WJC's stand on this matter and instruct the American delegation to the UN to call for the release of the files which "have been lying dormant and in half secrecy for 40 years now." (See related stories from the UN and Washington.)
Most of the delegates to the WJC meeting backed initiatives taken by Bronfman to affect drastic changes in the Soviet attitude toward Russian Jews and Jewish emigration. They urged the organization's leadership to pursue its contacts in Moscow.
The only discordant note at the meeting was sounded by the Czech delegate, Barian Eller, who contended that the issue of Soviet Jewry was a false one, used to discredit the Soviet Union on human rights and to worsen East-West relations.

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The Fed and the Destruction of the Dollar
A recent "Notable and Quotable" in the Wall Street Journal highlights insights from Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames's new book Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy—and What We Can Do About It. There is much to like in this short excerpt.
Echoing Roger Garrison on the housing crisis, Forbes and Ames point out, "For example, few connected the housing bubble of the mid-2000s with the Fed's weak dollar." They add, "The weak dollar was not the only factor, but there would have been no bubble without the Fed's flooding of the subprime mortgage market with cheap dollars." They point out other factors often blamed for the crisis, regulatory factors, greed, affordable housing laws and the role of the government-created mortgage enterprises were in effect through much of the nineties without creating "housing mania" and correctly surmise that Fed credit creation was the factor that, to borrow a phrase from Roger, "turbo charged" a policy distorted market eventually generating the boom-bust, the Great Recession, and setting the stage for the now prolonged stagnation. Too bad Bernanke, Yellen, Krugman, and Blinder continue to ignore this fundamental truth which Garrison summarizes nicely:
Had the Fed provided no fuel for the boom, federal housing policy, though perverse, would not have been unsustainable. The mortgage market would have had to compete with all other markets for the funds that savers provided. There would have been a continuing bias in favor of the mortgage market, and the ongoing rate of foreclosures would have been higher. House prices would have been higher (because houses and mortgage loans are complements), but they would not have been high and rising.
Forbes and Aims go wrong when they fail to recognize that the Fed policy was loose in the 1990s. They ask, "Why did it (housing crisis) happen in the 2000s and not in the previous decade?" They respond, "The answer is that the 1990s was not a period of loose money." Like John B. Taylor, who yearns for a rules based policy and a return to the "Great Moderation", Forbes and Aims fail to recognize Fed policy was amiss during the late 1990s as well. The both downplay or ignore the dot.com boom-bust and the less severe recession of the early 2000s. The significance of this first cycle for the role of monetary policy was perhaps missed because it occurred at the end of the relatively long period of growth and stability known as the "Great Moderation." This period was a time of better—at least compared to monetary policy of the 1960s and 1970s—but not necessarily good policy
Garrison again is right on target:
The dot-com crisis of the 1990s occurred because a credit expansion took place during a time when technological innovations associated with the digital revolutions created a strong demand for investment funds in that sector. The housing crisis in 2008 occurred because a credit expansion took place during a time when the federal government was pushing hard for increased home ownership for low-income families. We understandably identify these different cyclical episodes (the dot-com crisis, the housing crisis) with "what was going on at the time." The common denominator, however, is the Fed's propensity to expand credit.
Garrison provides a suggestion for the use of bubble and boom terminology that should be more widely adopted.
The terms boom and bubble are often used interchangeably in the literature on business cycles. It may be preferable, however, to use boom—or more specifically artificial boom—to refer to the credit-induced simultaneous expansion to various degrees of different interest sensitive sectors of the economy and to use bubble to refer to the artificial boom's most dramatic manifestation. Which sector reveals itself as the bubble depends on the circumstances in which the credit expansion occurs. As indicated earlier, artificial booms entail a turbo charging of whatever else is going on at the time.
For a longer discussion of these back to back boom-bust see my "Hayek and the 21st Century Boom-Bust and Recession-Recovery."


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The senior forward sank 24 points as the Thunder won their fourth straight and improved to 12-6. She tallied 20 on Thursday in a 59-41 win over Milaca.
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text: Ok gang, I'm extremely new here so forgive my ignorance when it comes to the latest equipment. I'm picking up the game again after 12+ years of being out of it. (I played a fair amount of local club tournament tennis back then) I'm planning on getting back into it at the local club and competitve intercounty level and playing a lot once all this stupid white stuff on the ground disappears. After dusting off (lietrally) my old gamer racquet (Wilson Profile si 3.0 circa mid 90's) and then reading a ton of information on this site, I realize I may be somewhat behind a little in the equipment department. I've played on and off (ie. once or twice the last coupe of years) and without practice and can still hit with good power and accuracy from both sides and serve with above average pace and spin, all with this old Wilson. To make a long story short.... at this stage in my game do I need to be looking at the high end gear and latest racquets and strings and am I going to see a real noticeable difference in performance than I would get from my Profile? Sorry for the being so drawn out and vague at the same time, but any input would certainly be appreciated. Great site by the way!8)


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I first would like to say i followed the home loan board, and now are proud home owners i love this board and the advice so much..
We would like to apply for a auto loan soon. If i remember correctly, what was the% balance you want to keep on your CC that will give you the most boost to your credit? We have the funds now ( thank you tax returns) to pay all of them down.
Here is what i have, (yes its alot)
1. Credit one -$400 credit limit
$347 owed
2. Merrick Bank- $650 CL
$565 owed
3. Orchard Bank $400 CL
$400 owed
4. Discover. $1200CL
$1150 owed
5. Premiere $375 CL
$346 owed
6. Capitol One $500 CL
$188 owed
7.Lowes $900 CL
$893 owed
8. Home Depot $1800 CL
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You may want to list the interest rates on each card for a little more help
and a big congrats on your NEW HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geez, you've got some work to do! Util below 30% will boost your score, but ideally below 10% for the best loan rates. Good luck!
It depends on how much you are talking about that you can pay toward these cards. And yes what is your APR on these? Currently if my math is correct you are at 77% Utilization...and for the best score increase you would want to be at 10% or less. In this case you would need $4170 to pay these debts down to 10% of your available credit of $6225 leaving you a revolving balance of $625. I have read on here many times that it is best if only (1) card shows a balance and the others to be at zero. But I am not sure of how much that really matters as long as you get your UTL down.
Hope this helps.
Pay them all in full, allow the discover to report a <$50 balance.
Once they all report 0 balance, call each one and request a CLI, but don't allow HP's.
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we have $3000 to pay down these CC, i would have to call each one to get the apr, but i think preimere is the highest at 20%? but not sure.
I will talk to my husband and tell him all of this advice, or at least we can pay each of them down to 30% and then use our extra cash to pay them down even more.
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You will def make good progress with paying the $3k no matter where you put it. If it were me I would pay off all the lower balances that I could to zero them out. Mentally it just helps so much more to see them paid in full. And when you see your score jump it makes it all worth it. Good luck to you!!!
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On March 21, 2010, two love obsessions were realised. Melbourne collector Norman Rosenblatt, in Sydney to attend a family wedding, slipped into Bay East Auctions in Waterloo for a cursory visit.
There he saw Lisa with head on hand, a portrait by Danila Vassilieff of his wife, Elizabeth. It was painted in 1947, the year the artist married the then 31-year-old Elizabeth Orme Hamill.
Rosenblatt took off to the Mitchell Library, which confirmed that the portrait featured in Felicity St John Moore's book on the artist.
Crossing Sydney Harbour to the wedding, Rosenblatt successfully bid for the portrait over the phone.
One down, many more to go. His aim? To buy all seven "marriage portraits" – all done in 1947, all still held by the estate of Elizabeth, who died in 2007. The executors refused to sell them to him in a job lot, however, deciding instead to sell them at various auctions over the following 18 months.
The chase was on. Rosenblatt bought Lizaveta at Stonygrad by Firelight (pictured), a thick, exuberant work, halfway through the release of paintings from Elizabeth's estate. The artist thought highly of it, saying: "This painting is absolutely the best I can do, this is as well as I can wish to paint, right now!"
Vassilieff had a lousy run with women – plenty of flings; married in 1923, separated in 1929; eloped with a new love in 1937; divorced his first wife in 1947, the year he married Elizabeth; then separated from her in 1954. With a Picasso-like sexual appetite, he is not known for his love-portraits as such, more for his gritty urban expressionism and haunting faces of intense psychological power.
Rosenblatt's interest in Vassilieff, and art in general, began under the tutelage of his uncle Joseph Brown, the influential Melbourne dealer whose 2004 gift of his collection to the National Gallery of Victoria was hugely important.
He was struck by the relationship between Vassilieff and Elizabeth.
"I love the paintings and what they mean," he says. "Also that they have always been together and not for sale and I had the opportunity of keeping them together as they should be."
Rosenblatt experienced many anxious moments over the 18 months that the marriage portraits were auctioned.
He missed one, then pursued it privately and now has every portrait that Elizabeth kept of herself.
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Edmonton Oilers' 2013-14 schedule heavy on weeknight games, especially at home
The National Hockey League released its long-awaited, much-delayed schedule for the 2013-14 season on Friday. In the process the league confirmed its participation in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, building in a 17-day break into a schedule that extends nearly 28 weeks from October 1 to April 13.
First the good: for the first time in many long years, all NHL teams will host every other team, and will also play in every other building around the league. The league managed to get that much right in its recent re-alignment from six to four divisions, but cocked up quite a few of the other details including a modified conference set-up that features an overly-complicated and not entirely fair playoff structure. Then there are those utterly bland and misleading division names that sees Edmonton in the "Pacific" Division; meanwhile the 2013-14 version of the Atlantic Divison will have zero teams from the 2013 version of the Atlantic Division, and just two teams that are even on the Atlantic Ocean. Say what?
Related post — Willis: NHL unveils "Metropolitan" Division; misses an opportunity
Looking specifically at the Edmonton Oilers' schedule, there's some good, some bad. One odd thing is a heavy emphasis on weeknight games, especially at home. The Oilers play more games on Tuesday than any other day of the week, followed by Thursdays. Between them, those two nights account for 20 of the 41 home dates.
The league as a whole (right-most column) has a strong Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday cadence, with Wednesdays isolated as the least active night. Likely that has something to do with national broadcast rights on Wednesdays, which can impinge on local markets as we have seen in the past. There may also be considerations involving preferred nights and building availability with the National Basketball Association, although I haven't investigated this as yet.
Still, Saturday is the #1 hockey night around the NHL, but is a distant #3 when it comes to games in Edmonton with just 7 home dates. In all, just 16 of the 41 games at Rexall will be on Friday-Saturday-Sunday, and 25 on weekdays. No doubt this will be a little disappointing to some season ticket holders.
Here are some other highlights of the Oilers schedule in bullet format:
● The Oilers start with a heavy road grind, playing 13 of their first 19 games away from home. They don't "catch up" until the closing stretch, when they play 15 of their final 22 in the "friendly confines".
● The longest home stand is 6 games in late March, with stands of 5 games in December and early March. The season ends with a 4-game home slate. Three of Oilers four longest home stands occur after the 60-game mark.
● The longest road trip is 6 games in late October. There will be five 4-game trips.
● The Oilers play twelve back-to-back sets over the course of the season. Eight of them will involve two road games; three will be a home game followed immediately by a flight to Vancouver (twice) or Calgary; and one just after Christmas will feature a game in Calgary followed by a home game vs. Philadelphia.
● Edmonton will have exactly one day off between games no fewer than 47 times; two days off, 17 times; and three days off 4 times. They'll have a 19-day gap over the Olympic break, which stretches to a full four weeks between home games, as the Oil wrap up their pre-Olympic schedule on a 4-game road trip.
● The Oil play five games against all of their divisional rivals except the Los Angeles Kings, whom they meet four times. They'll play an "extra" home game against each of Calgary and San Jose; and the extra road game in Vancouver, Phoenix, and Anaheim.
● Edmonton plays Central Division teams three times each, with Colorado, Nashville, St. Louis, and Winnipeg each visiting twice. The Oilers will play two games in each of Chicago, Dallas, and Minnesota.
● The Oilers open their season on Tuesday October 1 by hosting the Winnipeg Jets for the first time since March 27, 1996, and will host the Jets a second time just before Christmas. They will play in Winnipeg in the afternoon match-up of Hockey Day in Canada, which this year takes place on Saturday, January 18 (earlier than usual, due to the Olympics).
● Overall the Oilers play five afternoon games, all of them on the road.
● Feature home games against Eastern Conference teams include the following:
Thu Oct 10 — Montreal
Thu Oct 24 — Washington
Tue Oct 29 — Toronto
Sat Nov 02 — Detroit
Thu Dec 12 — Boston
Sat Dec 28 — Philadelphia
Sun Jan 05 — Tampa Bay
Fri Jan 10 — Pittsburgh
Tue Mar 04 — Ottawa
Sun Mar 30 — NY Rangers
● The Oilers will be featured on Hockey Night in Canada 13 times in 2013-14, with 11 of those dates being on the traditional Saturday. The two Montreal games are both on RDS, while one game in Philadelphia will be on NHL Network. TSN and SportsNet skeds have not yet been released, but it is anticipated that all 82 games will be available within the Oilers defined geographic market.
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LAS VEGAS - Andre Iguodala has had quite the string of good fortune the past few months. The former Arizona standout was selected to his first All-Star team after eight years in the NBA and his Philadelphia 76ers were just a win away from reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2001.
Now, add a U.S. men's national team roster spot and a trip to London for the Olympics to his plate.
Iguodala was one of 12 players selected by Team USA chairman Jerry Colangelo, who announced the roster Saturday night at the Wynn Hotel and Casino. The 6-6 forward will team with league most valuable player LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams, Tyson Chandler, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Blake Griffin and James Harden in an effort to defend the gold medal won in Beijing in 2008.
"It's been a really good week for me, especially today," Iguodala told GOAZCATS.com. "I'm excited about the opportunity so I really want to make the most of it."
Earlier in the day, Iguodala received a call to meet with Colangelo in his hotel room. Also there was Harden and Griffin, who were among the final six players competing for just three spots after it was announced there were already nine "locks."
Iguodala said he "felt good coming in," but acknowledged that the selection committee had a tough decision to make. Left off the team were No. 1 draft pick Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and Rudy Gay.
"Everyone played well," Iguodala said. "It's tough to make a decision in two days. I think the way we were playing, we could've went a whole year and still couldn't decide with the way the first two practices went."
Among Iguodala's strengths is his defense, which helped separate him from the others since he is expected to primarily be used as a specialist who will not command a high volume of shots - if any - on a team loaded with scoring options.
"I understand my game within this team," Iguodala said.
Iguodala has some prior international experience with U.S. head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who led the Americans to the gold four years ago. Both were part of the gold medal-winning 2010 FIBA World Championship team that qualified the U.S. for the Olympics.
"We've been together for a while now through a few select teams and the world championships," Iguodala said. "I think he does a really good job of adjusting from coaching college guys to coaching grown men in the NBA and professional ballplayers.
"I've enjoyed the way he's coached me and our team the last few years."
He will be third former Wildcat to appear in the Olympics, joining Richard Jefferson (2004) and Robertas Javtokas (2004 and 2008), who played for Lithuania and is expected to do so again in 2012.
The Summer Games will start July 27 and end Aug. 12.
"All of us here at Arizona would like to congratulate Andre Iguodala on making our 2012 Olympic basketball team," UA head coach Sean Miller said in a statement. "In today's world of pro sports, there aren't many accomplishments that hold the significance of making this team. Like Andre, our former players continue to set such a great example for the players currently in our program."
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Its only logical progression at this point, really. Comalies marked the beginning of Lacuna Coil's downward spiral into the abyss of mediocrity, although it certainly had redeeming factors – factors not present anywhere in Karmacode, and certainly nowhere in Shallow Life. I don't happen across albums like this very often, but after repeated listens I simply cannot find a redeeming quality to this album. At best, Shallow Life manages to successfully bridge the gap between radio-rock and metal, but is this "success" worth praising? I certainly don't think so.
Two months prior to the release of Shallow Life, Lacuna Coil released a single of the song Spellbound. It got reasonably positive feedback, and for good reason; it was a good song, very reminiscent of the Comalies sound, and perhaps even earlier, in many ways, including Cristina's higher pitched vocals, Andrea's singing actually being tolerable, and fairly interesting lyrics. So what's the problem, you might ask? Spellbound is an enigma. Nowhere else on Shallow Life is a song as engaging, dynamic – it truly feels as if this song doesn't belong here. Of the 12 tracks, it's the only one deserving of the classification, "metal." Except maybe Unchained, to a lesser extent.
The biggest fault with Shallow Life is the same problem plaguing so many of these pseudo-pop metal albums trying desperately to break into the American mainstream: They don't go anywhere. Now, I'm not going to slam the verse->chorus song structures, but I will slam the deliberate lack of effort that is repeating the same exact movements for each section of a song. Pick any song present (I chose I Survive) and you'll find a moderately interesting intro section, but soon after realize that the versus are 100% identical, as are the choruses; the only difference being lyrics (or not in chase of the chorus, but that's to be expected, not faulted). To be quite honest, I feel like I'm merely listening to multiple iterations of the same song, one might even go as far as to say watered down versions of Spellbound.
After multiple listens I believe Shallow Life would be better off regarding itself as a mere rock album. Of the 12 tracks, only Spellbound and Unchained manage to convince me otherwise, and those don't make for persuasive odds. My sister made a brief appearance in my room while this was playing, and she stopped to ask when Creed picked up a female singer. I laughed at the comparison, but I also had to wonder about the validity of such a statement. A flimsy bridge has existed between the genres of alternative hard rock and heavy metal, but it's usually coming from the former's side of the canyon. I fear with Shallow Life, the latter's side has finally decided to reach out and reinforce this bridge. This isn't an avenue I particularly enjoy the thought of existing, but I suppose some things are inevitable.
If fans of the aforementioned hard rock genres manage to find their way to this review, then I suggest you check out Shallow Life. I suspect fans of that style of music will appreciate it, and although I question as to why anyone would willingly spin either Shallow Life or Karmacode for enjoyment, I suspect it can also lead these newcomers to discover metal in earnest. Like I keep saying, Spellbound, and Unchained to a lesser extent, take the listener back to the days of Comalies, and even a little earlier. They offer a glimpse of what metal has the potential of being without the dangers of inaccessibility or extremity. The thing you, the listener, should ask yourself is thus: Do hard rock bands incorporating barebones traces of metal into their music do it better than metal bands incorporating massive amounts of hard rock influences into their own music? I, for one, would like to know.


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This being the case, what was the point of doing this if the coming kingdom of God was to be a physical manifestation of Jesus and His angels?
If the coming kingdom of God was to be physical, wouldn't Jesus and the apostles then be teaching the disciples to become more physically-oriented?
The notion of the kingdom of God appearing in earthly glory is incongruous with everything Jesus taught. Jesus taught spiritual things and wanted His disciples to become spiritual…as He was.
Jesus Christ did, in fact, already come again, but only those who were spiritually-minded would have noticed.
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TAMPA - For more than two decades, David Caton, 56, executive director of the Tampa-based Florida Family Association, has campaigned against "the rising tide of immorality" threatening today's family. The reformed porn addict mostly targeted local issues involving sex — lap dancing, porn, risqué billboards on Interstate 75, homosexual "agendas," gay adoptions, even an ad for a self-help sex video in AARP's magazine. But his recent concerns about a threat to America from Islam vaulted him into the national spotlight this week, when Lowe's Home Improvement confirmed it had pulled its ads from the TLC show "All-American Muslim" because of emails from Caton's organization. "That the Learning Channel is trying to portray Muslims as all-American is disingenuous," Caton said Monday as he prepared for interviews with CNN and Diane Sawyer. "It's flat propaganda hiding the Islamic agenda's threat to American liberties and values."The show premiered last month and chronicles the lives of five families from Dearborn, Mich., a Detroit suburb with a large Muslim and Arab-American population. Lowe's now faces a backlash for pulling the ads. A state senator from Southern California said Sunday he was considering calling for a boycott. Calling the Lowe's decision "un-American" and "naked religious bigotry," Sen. Ted Lieu said he would also consider legislative action if Lowe's doesn't apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads. The senator sent a letter outlining his complaints to Lowe's Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Niblock. "The show is about what it's like to be a Muslim in America, and it touches on the discrimination they sometimes face. And that kind of discrimination is exactly what's happening here with Lowe's," Lieu said. FFA sent three emails to its members, asking them to petition Lowe's to pull its advertising. Its website was updated to say that "supporters' emails to advertisers make a difference." Caton did not disclose how many members FFA has, but said more than 35,000 are on its email list. He said his message is posted to others via social networking and it's impossible to know how many people receive it. However, he said the emails to Lowe's totaled in the "multiple thousands." It isn't the first time the born-again Caton has focused on concerns about Muslims. In May, he accused the Tampa Police Department and the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office of mislabeling the death of a woman two years ago as an accident. He said the FFA's private investigator determined the woman was beaten to death in an Islamic honor killing. Officials maintain it was an accident. Caton said he believes American law enforcement is capitulating to Shariah — Islamic law — when faced with legal controversies involving Muslims. He also objected to including Muslim holidays on the Hillsborough School District student calendar. Caton said he polled those on his email list earlier this year, asking about their most pressing concerns. It revealed 51 percent were most worried about the encroachment of Islam into America. "That was more than anything else combined, including abortion, pornography or the homosexual agenda," he said. Caton said Lieu, like many politicians, is concerned about being politically correct. "He's interfering with religion by giving preference to one religious group over another," he said. He said Home Depot also has pulled its ads from "All-American Muslim" because of the FFA email campaign. However, Home Depot spokesman Craig Fishel said it was not a sponsor and had no plans to advertise during the show. North Carolina-based Lowe's issued a statement apologizing for having "managed to make some people very unhappy." "Individuals and groups have strong political and societal views on this topic, and this program became a lightning rod for many of those views," the statement said. "As a result we did pull our advertising on this program. We believe it is best to respectfully defer to communities, individuals and groups to discuss and consider such issues of importance." The apology doesn't go far enough for Lieu, who said he would look into whether Lowe's violated any California laws and also might draft a senate resolution condemning the company's actions. "We want to raise awareness so that consumers will know during this holiday shopping season that Lowe's is engaging in religious discrimination," Lieu said. Suehaila Amen, whose family is featured on "All-American Muslim," said she was disappointed by Lowe's decision. "I'm saddened that any place of business would succumb to bigots and people trying to perpetuate their negative views on an entire community," Amen, 32, told The Detroit News on Sunday. Besides an apology and reinstatement of the ads, Lieu said he hoped Lowe's would make an outreach to the community about bias and bigotry. Lieu's office said a decision was expected Wednesday or Thursday on whether to proceed with the boycott. Lowe's said company officials are trying to make arrangements to talk directly to Lieu about his concerns and clarify the company's position. Dawud Walid, Michigan director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said his group felt "extreme disappointment" at Lowe's "capitulation to bigotry." Walid said he has heard expressions of anger and calls for a boycott by Muslims but said a key to resolving the Lowe's advertising controversy will be how non-Muslim religious leaders and others react to Lowe's decision. 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Brett Favre-Adrian Peterson Show Regular Season Flair in Vikings' WinSeptember 1, 2009
The NFL season is almost upon us, and teams are beginning the tough task of narrowing down their rosters. As for one player, he hopes to build bonds with his players on and off the field, in hopes of a successful season which is less then two weeks away.
So, if Brett Favre has caused a so called "Schism" in the Minnesota Vikings locker room, it was certainly hushed for the time being. Especially coming off a impressive 17-10 Monday night victory over the host Houston Texans.
The Vikings looked solid on both sides of the ball in their third preseason game.
The biggest celebrity of the night however, was Brett Favre, who managed to improve from last Friday's mediocre performance against the Kansas City Chiefs in which he managed to only go 1-for-4 for four total yards passing. That single pass went to Vikings' rookie Wide Receiver Percy Harvin.
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Going 13-of-18 for 142 passing yards with 1 TD. A short pass to running back Chester Taylor, who then in turn, crashed through Texan defenders on his way to a 28 yard touchdown.
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The biggest positive from Favre's play was that he didn't make any crucial mistakes or turnovers through out his two and a half quarters of play.
Another Viking player in midseason form was Vikings' all-star running back Adrian Peterson, who on the first Vikings offensive play, took the handoff from Favre and sped past the Houston Texans secondary for a 75-yard touchdown run.
Peterson would finish off the night with 11 carries for 117 yards and 1 rushing TD.
The Vikings defense also looked like they were in regular season form, getting Defensive End Jared Allen back after suffering a ankle sprain during practice last week. Also returning for the starters was Nose Tackle Pat Williams, who was held out of the first two games for a minor injury and rest.
The defense forced two interceptions—Linebacker Ben Leber and Free Saftey Madieu Williams, the recipients of those interceptions. As well as, one sack from Jared Allen as the Vikings' defense wreaked havoc on the Houston Texans first and second string offenses.
Once again though, all eye were on Brett Favre, who showed off his surgically repaired arm by throwing speedy bullets into Wide Receivers Percy Harvin, Sidney Rice, and Tight End Visanthe Shianco all game long.
However, once piece missing from that Wide Receiver corps was Vikings' deep threat Bernard Berrian who was dressed up and warming up before game time, but was then seen wearing street clothes before the National anthem.
The Vikings now move on with a 3-0 record in the preseason, but must get ready to face the Dallas Cowboys in their final preseason game at home.
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The overnight ratings for Episode 1 of Who Do You Think You Are? with Sarah Jessica Parker are up over at MediaWeek:
"CBS was the most-watched network on this first Friday in March, while CBS and NBC tied for No. 1 among adults 18-49. But with fewer than 8 million viewers and just a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49 for the dominant network, Friday, no doubt, is in need of a complete overhaul.
In series-premiere news, NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? finished second in the 8 p.m. hour with 6.85 million viewers and a 1.6 rating/6 share among adults 18-49. Had this been Monday through Thursday, I would have considered this a "loser," but for low level Friday it could be worse. Let's see what happens next week."
So while it isn't good, it isn't bad – I think it is too early to tell right now. Of course, Friday night is one of the worst nights of the week for television. Let's hope that if Who Do You Think You Are? is picked up for a second season that it is moved to Sunday. I think that is a better night for family programming like WDYTYA.
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I love the theme behind today's party! When blogger Kelsey Williams was thinking of themes for her daughter Rooney's second birthday party she came up with something pretty fun. "I realized she would be turning two on the 2nd. This is called a golden birthday and is very popular in the Midwest, so I went with golds and yellows for the decorations." Such a great idea! And even if your little one won't be celebrating their golden birthday at such a young age, the gold color scheme is a super cute idea for any birthday party. Check out all the lovely party inspiration from Miss Rooney's special day!
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Invitations to set the tone
Kelsey set the tone for the party with adorable invitations that included a splash of gold and Rooney's adorable, smiling face. I love the detail of having the envelope liners be a sparkly gold. Definitely a nice touch.
Big Baloons!
I'm a big fan of these large balloons as party decor. They feel substantial and make a big impact and are a great way to easily tie in your color scheme.
The spread
I love that the dessert bar became the focal point for the party. The golden tassels, golden balloons and spray painted vessels are just a few of the adorable details I love.
Enjoying the candy bar
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A close up of the golden details.
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More gold details. I love the idea of creating party decor that can be reused beyond the birthday party. This is a great example as this steer would make great wall decor.
A birthday cupcake
This pink cupcake and it's little stand are adorable and the sparkling candle is a nice touch.
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Enjoying her birthday sweet on her special custom birthday plate.
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Kelsey says, "Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time, energy and money on birthday parties for a toddler who will not remember it, but I think it's because her birthday feels a little bit like it's my birthday too. My giving-birth day. It's a big day for our entire family, and I wanted to celebrate big."
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June 3, 2010Retro Stuff For Sale At Goodwill!
By Sara In AZ
Mike and I were checkin' out the local Goodwill last Saturday, and I happened to have my camera with me, so I snapped some pics of what retro stuff was up for sale. I did not buy any of these items, just wanted to share them with y'all.
First up, an old Flour Sifter. I kinda liked it because of the slight atomic look to it. It had a dent, as you can see. The price was $2.99.
Next up, a cute Planter made in the shape of baby booties. This was by the 'Giftware Co. by Nancy Pew, Japan'. It was also $2.99.
Oh boy, you just never know the kooky stuff you will find at Goodwill!
Next, I saw one of those Chalkware type of heads that Marwal or Lego made back in the 50s/60s and a cute Lefton Music Box. I think the head was definitely homemade, though it looked like they did a good job. The head and Music Box were both $2.99. Gosh, we seem to be having a theme of $2.99 here don't we?
I thought this little boy statue (which was also a planter) was so cute, but his head had been broken off and re-glued – so I passed. He still had an original sticker affixed to his pant leg naming him 'Hank'. There was also a marking on the bottom, but I could not quite make it out. He was $1.99.
I saw a cute Napco Birthday Angel, but her wing was broken off. Bummer! She was $1.99.
Broken wing………………..
I think???? this was an old Murano glass Pumpkin paper weight. I am not positive if it was Murano glass though, it just looked like it. It was $1.99.
My last find were some old diner chairs, no diner table though. The gold glitter seats looked original and in good shape. I thought the metal backs were done in a cool design, usually it is just a padded back. They were made by Chrome-Craft in St. Louis and were $9.99 each.
Hope y'all enjoyed the trip through Goodwill!
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Great post as usual, girl!
Sweet! I love Goodwill. Those glitter chairs are awesome, and I would have been begging Tom to buy them for me. 🙂 Thanks for the vicarious thrifting-fix!
Sara! Which goodwill is this?!?! I want those chairs!!!!!
Those glitter chairs are super sweet, wow! That flour sifter is pretty cool, too.
Sable – Thanks girl, I appreciate it!
Ruth – Mike and I were really debating buying the chairs, we just don't have the room for them right now though, so we did not. 🙁 Maybe next time.
Shen – I sent you an e-mail!
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Hey Future 690GTX club owner Revo,
Any updates from your end? My ship date is meant to be tomorrow the 23rd, but it is still stuck on 'Warehouse' Stage. So I am guessing more delays.
nVidia still has a worldwide shortage of 680's | 690's -- So might be a few weeks more.
I am 99% sure I was the 1st to place an order for a build with the 690, so will update when CP finally ships to update others who ordered.
The other key components FYI
- Intel® Core⢠i7-3770K 3.50 GHz
- Hydro Series H60 Liquid Cooling System (Push-Pull)
- 2 x 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4
- 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz - Corsair Vengeance
- ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard
- 1200 Watts - Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-1200M Gold Modular 80 Plus Power Supply
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Dual GPU Video Card
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I ordered my custom PC (with a GTX 670) last Wednesday (5/16) with same-day processing and 1-day shipping. Received a phone call from Cyberpower later that afternoon saying they are holding ALL GTX 600-series cards "until Nvidia releases updated drivers". They refunded the ~$100 same-day processing fee. Not sure I believe the whole "updated drivers" story considering the worldwide shortage on GTX 600-series cards; I assume they're simply out of stock.
As of today (5/22) my "estimated shipping date" is next Thursday (5/31). So, yeah, it sucks, but I don't think Cyberpower can do anything about it, really.
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I have read a few posts from folks having tearing and other problems with the 680 cards. From what I gathered, the 680 drivers had not been updated in a long time, while the 670/690 used a newer driver and was working fine. I can't vouch for the validity of that.
I can vouch for the validity of the 600 series cards being in short supply, to put it mildly. I waited 38 days for my build to start with a 680, 4/9 to 5/17. I'll post up any issues I find with the 680, but as I said, it might not apply to the 670/690.
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While I also believe it's an inventory problem there is also quite a bit of bitching on the Nvidia website about driver issues. Seems almost like the monkey and the football deal...
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Just wanted to give you all a quick update. UPS delivered my rig earlier this afternoon so i can now officially confirm that the GTX 690 does in fact exist!!
Aside from a couple of the fans coming unplugged from the power source, it looks like the computer made the trip to Colorado pretty well and CP did a great job wiring and putting the machine together. I installed Windows 7 and did a quick stress test with Prime95 and Furmark. It looks like all the components are working great. I work in the evening so I haven't had a chance to game on it yet but boy am I glad it's a long weekend coming up.
I'll put up some pics in the next couple days so you guys can check it out. I may have to put a mirror on the bottom of my case so I can see the sick architecture of the underside of the video card with out straining my neck!
Good luck with your rig coming soon Scorp, that thing is going to be a beast!
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Here's a few pics for y'all to take a look at:
This is pretty much exactly as it came to me except I switched the side panel on the case for an after market one with a window. The case is a bit bigger than I expected (the GPU looks a little lonley in there) but I'm happy to have the extra space for good air movement. I'd also like to do a little more sometime down the road with the lighting and maybe re-sleeve some of the the PSU cables to trick out the inside a little more!
Here's the specs on my setup if you're wondering:
Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Case
CD: LG UH12LS28K 12X Blu-Ray Player & DVDRW Combo Drive
CPU: Intel® Core⢠i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache
FAN: Asetek 570LX Liquid Cooling system
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HDD: 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4
HDD2: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
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MOTHERBOARD: Asus Sabertooth Z77
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Freshman Jabari Bird had one of his best games of his career, and the Bears held off a late charge from Arkansas to win 75-64 in the second round of the NIT on Monday at Haas Pavilion.
Cal (21-13) also took advantage of an icy cold start from Arkansas, the No. 15 scoring team in the country, to keep its season alive.
The Bears then had to survive a somewhat tense final few minutes after the Razorbacks used their pressure defense to get within 63-55 with four minutes left.
But the Bears made six straight free throws to close out the win and earn a quarterfinal matchup with No. 1 seed SMU Wednesday at 6 p.m. with the winner going on to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. The Mustangs beat LSU 80-67 in their second round game.
After a difficult Pac-12 campaign, Bird, a freshman from Richmond, finished with 19 points on 7 of 8 shooting and a career-high eight rebounds.
With Richard Solomon sidelined with a concussion for a second straight game, the Bears were forced to use a smaller lineup. It worked just fine.
The Razorbacks, who average 80.6 points per game, scored just six in the game's opening 13 minutes — all from the freshman Portis — as Cal's defense held Arkansas scoreless for long stretches.
Solomon also missed much of Cal's first matchup with Arkansas – a 85-77 Bears win at the Maui Invitational in November — after suffering being poked in the eye.
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Arkansas freshman Bobby Portis started a respectable 4 of 8 from the floor, but his teammates were 0 of 21 as Cal bolted out to a 31-8 lead.
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Meanwhile, Cal shot 63 percent from the floor in the opening period to take a 38-23 at halftime. The Bears also beat the Razorbacks at their own game, outscoring them 11-0 on fast break points.
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Item Duping?
Is it possible to dupe items on the PS3 version of the game? If so, then can someone tell me how?. Thanks.
bushk187 - 8 years ago
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What do you mean by "dupe"?
Bisonthebuffalo - 8 years ago
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stu got it right. just to further clarify, this can only be done with two separate PSN accounts, and thus only on separate PS3s. meaning, it has to be done online. it CANNOT be done locally/split screen, like you can do on the 360.
the reason is, the 360 lets a 2nd player sign in as a completely different player profile.
atm, the PS3 does NOT let you do that. <_<
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Duplicate? No but you could take a chapter again and again, for example the machine-gun you get in the beginning of a chapter, take it and quit and save and there you have it.
DgtCloud - 8 years ago
Yes, it is possible, due to the way the inventory in the game is managed. Join a game with a friend, and the items you would like to dupe (not weapons, they can't be traded) in your inventory. Rotten eggs are common because they sell for the most money. Start any chapter, and give all your rotten eggs to your partner. Next steps are very important, READ CAREFULLY. The partner (who received all the eggs) will choose to Quit, and will Save the game. The host (who gave away all the eggs) will choose to Quit, BUT DO NOT SAVE! This will cause you to still have all your eggs (that you gave away), and your partner to also have those same eggs.
stu5584 - 8 years ago
No it only works for the X-box 360 version.
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|June 19, 2012
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|January 2009
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|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|HBeAg seroconversion rate [ Time Frame: 48weeks ]
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|Same as current
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|HBV DNA decline [ Time Frame: 48weeks ]
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Optimization of Antiviral Therapy of Chronic HBV Infection
|Official Title ICMJE
|Observation Study of Different Optimized Therapy Method of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
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|Along with the improvement of the accuracy of detection of HBV serological markers, the optimization of antiviral therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection becomes feasible. Currently, the recommendation of optimized treatment especially interferon therapy are mainly based on retrospective studies, it still lacks prospective evidence. This study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy, safety and pharmacoeconomics benefits of 48 weeks optimized interferon therapy (switch to telbivudine or plus adefovir dipivoxil) for HBeAg positive CHB with inadequate response to 24 weeks interferon treatment.
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|Patients with inadequate response to interferon therapy at 24 weeks were enrolled in this study and accepted the optimized therapy (add on ADV or switch to LDT) for 48weeks. All these patients were followed for 48 weeks and the HBeAg seroconversion and HBV DNA level were observed. Safety and the economic effect of the two optimized therapy methods also were observed.
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patients receiving Peg interferon α-2a with inadequate response at 24 weeks (HBeAg titer ≥ 100Paul Ehrlich Institute Unit (PEIU)/ml and HBV DNA ≥ 5.0 Log copies/ml or HBV DNA titer decline <1 Log copies/ml) were enrolled into this study.
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25 years ago today, the Berlin Wall - a physical construction dividing a nation between two ideologies - came down. Not by bomb, not by fiat, but by hundreds of activists, emboldened by global public opinion, physically dismantling it brick-by-brick in the face of the same guards who only months before would have shot to kill.
When the Con-Dems ushered in the bright shiny new era of coalition politics with a tripling of student tuition fees the wave of anger this provoked seemed to suggest a popular opposition would be an enduring feature of this government's term in office...
On Monday I wrote to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, to ask him to consider whether or not the 15-month sentence handed down to Stuart Hall for multiple sexual assaults on young girls was unduly lenient. If he agrees with me that it is, he will refer it to the Court of Appeal who can then decide to increase the sentence. I believe it is his public duty to refer.
The last few weeks, indeed the last seven months, have been completely unprecedented in terms of the media focus on child abuse. It's hard to believe, and just as hard to read, the plethora of shocking stories... However, I believe some of this is simply coincidence but some gives me reason to be optimistic. Yes, I really did say optimistic. Rather than view all the reports of these horrific cases as a sign that things are getting worse, we should actually be pleased that they are being exposed, that they are being discussed and that offenders are being taken to court.
There is nothing worse than being accused of something you didn't do. Well, there is. Being convicted of something you didn't do. But if members of the police force, left-leaning commentators and senior lawyers are to be believed, the worst thing right now is to be identified as a potential wrong-doer.
If someone committed a crime against you should they be let off if it had happened a long time ago? Or would you still want to see justice done, no matter how much time had passed? Well today there has been a lot of debate about comments by a leading lawyer who described the investigation of historical sexual offences under Operation Yewtree as the 'witch-hunting of ageing celebs'.
Hewson seems to have missed a fundamental point of Operation Yewtree: it is fighting to give victims of abuse a voice after years of being too afraid to speak out. She is merely adding to this fear in her article.
News that veteran BBC broadcaster, Stuart Hall, has admitted to a string of sex crimes involving girls and young women in the 60s, 70s and 80s is especially troubling for its similarities with the Savile enquiry.
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Erika Van Pelt's takeaways from American Idol will include her new makeover -- but that's about it.
On Thursday's American Idol results show, the 26-year-old was sent home after her rendition of Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" failed to impress voters.
DeAndre Brackensick and HeeJun Han also placed in the bottom three, but managed to hang on with the other nine hopefuls for one more week.
On Wednesday, Van Pelt debuted her dramatic makeover. After taking new in-house stylist Tommy Hilfiger's advice, she chopped off her shoulder-length blonde hair and dyed it black.
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PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:I'm sad and happy Dreadwing's dead. I liked Dreadwing a lot, but I'm glad he's not joining the Autobots. Didn't want that to happen.
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Didn't Mr. Todd say that he finished recording his lines for Season 3? He may not be dead, despite their mantra "when we kill a character, it stays dead". Or it could end up being a flashback.
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"This is a great opportunity for our students and interested community members to get involved, beyond just buying a ticket, and a way to learn skills from professional dancers," said Dr. Floyd Moos, dean of fine and performing arts. "This is a great opportunity for students and community members to learn from some of the best."
The master class will be held at 11 a.m. in Room 101 (dance studio) in Pico Canyon Hall and will be taught at the beginner and intermediate level. The class is free and open to the public. It will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis and slots are limited.
Those interested in participating in the class can contact Mary Ferguson at (661) 259-7800, ext. 21064.
As part of their west coast tour, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago will perform at the PAC later that day at 8 p.m.
Currently in its 46th season, Giordano continues to bring the excitement of American jazz dance to cheering audiences in Chicago, across the United States and around the world.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Giordano "now belongs in the front ranks of this city's resident companies," and "for sheer kinetic excitement and technical wizardry, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago simply can't be beat."
Founded by the late Gus Giordano and currently under the leadership of Artistic Director Nan Giordano, Giordano continually expands the boundaries of jazz dance, and its new works consistently receive critical and audience acclaim.
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a major Australian teaching hospital of the University of Queensland, located in Brisbane, Queensland. It is a tertiary level teaching hospital with all major medical and surgical specialities onsite except for obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics. It has a catchment population of 1.6 million people with 780 beds and 5,800 full-time equivalent staff.[1] In 2005, the hospital received Magnet Recognition.
The hospital is located on Ipswich Road in Woolloongabba, an inner-city suburb of Brisbane.
The hospital is built on the site of the 1883 Diamantina Orphanage, named after Diamantina Bowen, wife of the first Governor of Queensland. In 1901, it became Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases. In 1943, it became the South Brisbane Auxiliary Hospital and then the South Brisbane Hospital in 1956.[2]
In 1959, it became the Princess Alexandra Hospital and was opened by and named after HRH Princess Alexandra, to mark the Centennial of Queensland. In 2000, a new building was opened to replace the ageing red-brick hospital complex built in the 1950s.[2]
Queensland's spinal injuries unit and the liver and kidney transplantation services are based at the hospital. The Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit opened in 1998. In the following years the unit performed more than 10,000 operations.[3]
Emergency department expansion[edit]
From 2009 to 2011 major expansion works were undertaken, including the doubling in size of the emergency department, the construction of a helipad with express elevators, and new oncology bunkers for cancer treatment.[4][5][6]
The P.A. Foundation is located at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. The foundation raises money for medical research on the P.A. hospital campus. In April 2008, the The Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine was opened at the hospital.[7] In July 2011, the Diamantina Health Partners, Queensland's first academic health science centre, was opened. The Diamantina Health Partners head office is located within the Translational Research Institute on the P.A. hospital campus. In mid-2014, the Diamantina Health Partners joined together with the Mayne Health Science Alliance and Children's Health Queensland to form the Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Academic Health Science System, also housed within the Translational Research Institute on the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus.
The PA Hospital can be accessed by the dedicated PA Hospital busway station, the Dutton Park Railway Station and by buses on Ipswich Road or Cornwall Street. A taxi rank is also located on Ipswich Road. In March 2008 a new 1400 bay car park was opened to service visitors and staff parking needs.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Current projects". Department of Local Government and Planning. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Diamantina Health Care Museum". Queensland Government. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "PA Hospital performs 10,000th cardiothoracic surgery". Queensland Health. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Projects - Princess Alexandra Hospital Emergency Expansion - Capworks Management". www.capworks.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ^ "PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION Project in Woolloongabba, QLD - Cordell Connect". www.cordellconnect.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ^ "Princess Alexandra Hospital » BLP". www.blp.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ^ "Diamantina Institute officially unveiled". Medical News Today. 22 April 2008.
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- PA Foundation. P.A. Hospital Foundation
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"Girls bore me-they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known."-- Walt Disney
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"Nobody likes to be called a liar. But to be called a liar by Bill Clinton is really a unique experience."-- Ross Perot
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Posted on May 8 2012 at 12:02:18 AM in Education
Cerebral palsy scholarships are designed to help students with cerebral palsy to attend college, school, camps and other academic and personality development programs. The availability of scholarships has increased and the number of students attempting to apply for them is not up to the mark. This is the reason why many scholarships are left unattended and many students are still unable to complete their higher education just because they lack financial support. There is need of awareness among students of all types and their parents so that more and more students acquire degree of their choices.
Although many normal students suffer from right kind of financial assistance so that they could complete their education, students with special needs are the greatest sufferers. They do not only have to deal with their disabilities, but also find ways of funding their education. There are certain philanthropists that would prefer supporting such students and it is also not hard to find them with the help of search engines on internet. Most of the people find it convenient to search and gather information on any matter on World Wide Web and this is not only because of fast action, but also because they can do this enjoying all the comforts with which they are accustomed.
You will not find it difficult to find and apply for cerebral palsy scholarships provided you stay focused and use the right source for collecting details. You can contact the mental and physical health offices in your locale, public and private organizations, individuals, and non profit organizations and perhaps certain clubs and associations too. Just keep in mind that since you are in need of money and that too for a good purpose, you should not leave any stone unturned.
Check out every source of information and make sure you figure out things personally so that you can judge your situation and the funding option in much better way. One thing should be made clear here that there is no national organization that would directly provide cerebral palsy scholarships to needy and eligible students. You have to find and apply on your own.