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The Winklevoss Twins Live to Fight Another Day
The legal clouds surrounding the origins and ownership of Facebook have parted, at least slightly.
The famous Winkelvoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, have decided to drop their long-running case against Mark Zuckerburg — the legal battle that inspired "The Social Network"
Here's a WSJ report.
Former Harvard classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the Winkevosses earlier reached a settlement that awards them and their business partner Divya Narendra stock that should be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The twins had been protesting that settlement but yesterday they filed papers with the Ninth Circuit saying that after "careful consideration" they would drop their challenge to the deal.
It wasn't immediately clear what triggered the decision by the Winklevosses to walk away, WSJ reports, noting that . . .

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While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends and subsequently result in precipitous share price declines.
TheStreet Ratings' stock rating model views dividends favorably, but not so much that other factors are disregarded. Our model gauges the relationship between risk and reward in several ways, including: the pricing drawdown as compared to potential profit volatility, i.e. how much one is willing to risk in order to earn profits?; the level of acceptable volatility for highly performing stocks; the current valuation as compared to projected earnings growth; and the financial strength of the underlying company as compared to its stock's valuation as compared to its stock's performance.
These and many more derived observations are then combined, ranked, weighted, and scenario-tested to create a more complete analysis. The result is a systematic and disciplined method of selecting stocks. As always, stock ratings should not be treated as gospel — rather, use them as a starting point for your own research.
The following pages contain our analysis of 3 stocks with substantial yields, that ultimately, we have rated "Hold."
BioMed RealtyDividend Yield: 5.10% BioMed Realty (NYSE: BMR) shares currently have a dividend yield of 5.10%. BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on providing real estate to the life science industry in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 109.47. The average volume for BioMed Realty has been 1,556,300 shares per day over the past 30 days. BioMed Realty has a market cap of $3.6 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are down 2.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. TheStreet Ratings rates BioMed Realty as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and poor profit margins. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 10.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 28.0%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry. The net income increased by 392.7% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$5.06 million to $14.81 million.
- BIOMED REALTY TRUST INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, BIOMED REALTY TRUST INC reported lower earnings of $0.01 versus $0.18 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.17 versus $0.01).
- The gross profit margin for BIOMED REALTY TRUST INC is currently lower than what is desirable, coming in at 25.95%. Despite the low profit margin, it has increased significantly from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, BMR's net profit margin of 9.29% is significantly lower than the industry average.
- In its most recent trading session, BMR has closed at a price level that was not very different from its closing price of one year earlier. This is probably due to its weak earnings growth as well as other mixed factors. Looking ahead, we do not see anything in this company's numbers that would change the one-year trend. It was down over the last twelve months; and it could be down again in the next twelve. Naturally, a bull or bear market could sway the movement of this stock.
- You can view the full BioMed Realty Ratings Report.


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NEW YORK (Jun. 13)
Dr. Julius Mark, Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-E1, was re-elected president of the Synagogue Council of America for a one-year term at the closing plenary session of the program year today. The Synagogue Council of America is the national coordinating agency of rabbinic and congregational organizations of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewry.
In accepting the leadership of the Synagogue Council of America for a second term, Dr. Mark stressed the unique character of the organization in presenting the views of the Jewish religious community on the American scene. "We of the Synagogue Council of America, speaking for the totality of Jewish religious life in our country, are proud to work with the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the National Council of Churches in building bridges of understanding among all believers in God's Fatherhood and man's brotherhood, " he said,
Warning of the perils facing the world by the continued cold war and the threats posed by the outbreak of brush fire wars in various parts of the world, Dr. Mark urged joint action by the three faiths to turn the major world powers back towards the paths of religion and peace. "If a just and permanent peace is to be established on the earth, the forces of religion must speak out unitedly against racial discrimination, national hatreds and religious bigotry, " he said.
The plenary session of the Synagogue Council also re-elected the following officers to another one-year term: vice-presidents: Rabbi Uri Miller of Baltimore and Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen of Chicago; treasurer: Philip Greene of Jamaica, New York; Recording secretary: Herbert Berman of Queens, New York; and corresponding secretary: Dr. Robert L. Nach of Yonkers. Rabbi Philip Hiat is executive vice-president of the Council.


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James Denton, Christina Hendricks (left) and Anthony LaPaglia have landed roles in D.C. and Warner Bros.' latest original animated movie, "All-Star Superman".
"All-Star" will be based on the Superman storyline from Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, and begins with Superman (Denton) being "oversaturated by radiation during a rescue mission near the sun, accelerating the degeneration of his cells. Knowing that he has a limited time before he dies, Superman sets out on a journey that sees him revealing his secret to Lois Lane (Hendricks), giving Lex Luthor (LaPaglia) an epiphany on humanity and ensuring the safety of Earth for when he is gone."
The award-winning storyline by Morrison has won three Eisner Awards, two Harvey Awards and three Eagle Awards. Which is a hell of a lot of hardware for the guy who came up with the "Final Crisis" mega-crossover by D.C., but I digress.
Also in the cast are Ed Asner as Perry White and Frances Conroy as Ma Kent, with Linda Cardellini, Arnold Vosloo and Matthew Gray Gubler.
It's another in a long line of D.C. and Warner Bros. original animated movies that the partners are cranking out like it's going out of style. Look for it in the spring.


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Great Family Day At The Red Claws
As mentioned in a previous post, we acquired Maine Red Claws tickets for today's game at a discount and we went. After being cooped up for two days I needed something so to Portland we drove and went. It was just Lynn, myself and the two boys. Vikki stayed with her Aunt and Lynn's Mom.


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PARIS (Mar. 27)
Racist inspired violence is decreasing in France, but oral threats, written insults and acts of vandalism have dramatically increased over the last three years, according to a government-sponsored study issued here Tuesday.
The report, ordered by Prime Minister Michel Rocard in order to improve hate crimes legislation, reveals that 53 racially inspired acts of violence were committed last year, resulting in one dead and 30 wounded.
This figure compares to 64 in 1988 and 46 in 1987. The targets were mostly Arabs, chiefly those of North African origin. Jews, however, were the targets of many of the 237 cases of oral threats and written insults noted last year.
The 1987 trial in Lyon of convicted Nazi Klaus Barbie has, according to the report, lifted some of the language barriers and has contributed to a marked increase in anti-Semitic slogans daubed on synagogues and Jewish community buildings.
The report reveals that nine people out of 10 believe that racism is "widespread" or "rather widespread," and 70 percent of those polled say that "the behavior of certain (members of minority groups) justifies a racist reaction."
Current hate crimes legislation is based on a law enacted in 1972. The administration wants to modernize the law and stiffen penalties provided for anti-Semitic and other racist acts.
The prime minister plans to release the full report to the various political parties, in order to work out a joint interparty approach for a new legislative project on this issue.


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Pharmacy counters became Minnesota's latest dragnet for drug abuse this week with the launch of a state database that tracks users of Vicodin, OxyContin and other addictive painkillers.
Beginning Monday, pharmacies were required to report data on addictive drugs to the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program. By late March, doctors, dentists and pharmacists will be able to tap into the system to identify patients who get too many habit-forming medicines.
Minnesota joins 33 other states that monitor prescriptions for controlled substances such as amphetamines, barbiturates and even some diet pills. The state database - funded by a $400,000 federal grant - is expected to track more than a million prescriptions a year.
The aim is to stop drug abusers and dealers from shopping around for prescriptions. By one estimate, Minnesota has more than 100,000 prescription drug abusers.
"It's not going to prevent all drugstore burglaries, it's not going to prevent kids from going into their parents' bathroom and taking stuff out on the street to sell. But it will limit the amount of prescriptions that are written by physicians who think it's a legitimate health care need and have it turn around and end up becoming a street drug," said Sen. Linda Berglin, a Minneapolis Democrat who shepherded the program through the Legislature in 2007.
The database doesn't guarantee that abusers will be stopped. Although dispensers must file reports for the database, doctors and pharmacists aren't required to consult it to see if their patient or customer is a potential drug abuser. And no one is routinely going through reports to find abusers.
Doctors and pharmacists who do consult the database aren't required to report patients they suspect of abuse or to withhold prescriptions from those patients.
Betty Johnson, who manages a pharmacy in a Lund's grocery store in Edina, said she expects the database to come in handy.
"On weekends and evenings when we're not able to call and confirm things with the doctor, it will be nice to have a place to check," said Johnson, who serves on a Pharmacy Board committee overseeing the prescription monitoring program.
Patients should see signs announcing the new system, or get information on a handout or receipt with their prescription. Hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and clinics that administer pain medications directly to patients aren't part of the tracking program.
In Kentucky, which has had a prescription monitoring program since 1999, about a third of health care providers have gotten accounts to look at the state's database.
One Minnesota medical privacy advocate is worried that the monitoring is too broad and could easily be expanded to more kinds of prescription drugs.
"The idea of the database is to eliminate people getting drugs for a habit, but this really indiscriminately puts everybody into the system," said Twila Brase, who heads a St. Paul-based medical privacy group called Citizens' Council on Health Care.
Cody Wiberg, executive director of the state Pharmacy Board, said Minnesota's program is designed to keep prescription data as private as possible: Law enforcement officials will need a court order or search warrant to access the information.
Prescribers and dispensers including physicians, dentists and pharmacists will need to pass a Pharmacy Board licensing and identification check before getting access codes to look at the data. Pharmacy employees who work with authorized pharmacists won't get the codes.
Health care workers can face punishment from their professional licensing boards for looking up data inappropriately. Prescription data will be removed from the system after a year.
Vicodin is likely the most abused prescription drug in Minnesota, Wiberg said, partly because it is easier to get than always popular OxyContin. Both are pain medications.
Wiberg estimated that more than 100,000 Minnesotans abuse prescription drugs based on a state survey.
Relying on federal statistics, Wiberg also estimated that 2,000 to 4,000 Minnesotans are suspected "doctor shoppers," who visit multiple physicians and pharmacies getting prescriptions for drugs to abuse or sell.
In another measure of the problem, the state Department of Human Services said 93 people on subsidized health care programs died of prescription drug overdoses in 2008, and another 42 deaths were classified as possible prescription drug overdoses.
The department has put 1,700 state health care patients on restricted access to physicians, pharmacies and hospitals because of misuse of services, including suspected prescription drug abuse.
The agency plans to use the new database to uncover prescription drug abusers among more than 700,000 people covered by state health care programs.
Berglin said she would like to consider letting law enforcement use the database without a court order once it's established. A spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety said the agency didn't have enough information about the database to comment.
Kentucky lets law enforcement officers use the state's database for any open drug investigation.
Dave Hopkins, who manages Kentucky's program, said the access drastically cut the time it takes to build cases by allowing investigators to pinpoint pharmacies where a drug abuser filled prescriptions, instead of checking with many more pharmacies to find incriminating evidence.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Work on the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit project in Marin is set to start this week, rail officials have announced.
Initial work will occur from the Petaluma River to Smith Ranch Road in San Rafael. The work will include:
Track demolition: Removal of old track, ties and ballast.
Right of way preparation: Clearing of brush, trees and vegetation.
Replacement of local road crossings at the track with concrete panels for improved access for pedestrians, drivers and bikers.
Installation of new steel rail, concrete ties, ballast and track switches.
Improvement or replacement of existing railroad bridge structures.
In general, work will occur in specific sections for a few days at a time, between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting.
Some of the initial construction activities will include the removal of brush, trees and vegetation between Roblar Drive in Novato and Smith Ranch Road; track removal between the Highway 37 and Roblar Drive in Novato; and construction of station platform support walls at the Hamilton station site.
Marin stops will include downtown San Rafael, the Marin Civic Center and stations in Novato at Hamilton and Atherton Avenue.
Completion of the line from downtown San Rafael to Santa Rosa is expected in 2016 and at a cost of $427.9 million. An extension to Larkspur could soon follow.
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Egypt's highest religious authority made a controversial trip to Jersalem's Al-Aqsa mosque Wednesday.
Azzam al-Khatib was accompanied by Jordan's religious adviser, Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed.
"This has not happened since 1967," Fatah's Mohammed Shtayeh said.
al-Khatib's visit went against the commands of other Muslim religious advisers in the region who argue against visiting Israel.
The Al-Aqsa mosque is the third holiest site in Islam.
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Kate Bush set to release second album in six months
Reclusive singer
Kate Bush is to release her second album of 2011 – and her first completely new collection of songs since 2005.
The eccentric star – who normally keeps fans waiting for several years between albums, will release 50 Words For Snow in November.
Her most recent album Director's Cut – a collection of reworked versions of classics from her back catalogue – was released in May.
However this will be the first completely new collection of songs Bush has recorded since the 2005 album Aerial.
50 Words For Snow has a wintry theme with its songs apparently 'set against a backdrop of falling snow'. Although it features just seven new tracks, the disc reportedly has a running time of around 65 minutes.
Bush announced details of the album – which was recorded at the same time as Director's Cut – on her official website this morning.
A copy of the album cover – which features an image of a snowman kissing a woman – was also revealed.
Bush, 53, remains best known for such hits as Wuthering Heights, Hounds Of Love and Running Up That Hill.
She took a 12-year break between her 1993 album The Red Shoes and 2005's Aerial to raise her son Bertie.


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LCD Soundsystem frontman/mastermind James Murphy announced the group's last show ever last week, and the resulting scramble for tickets to the final show was a showcase in scalper market domination.
Set for New York's massive Madison Square Garden on April 2 and featuring an opening set from new wave legends Liquid Liquid, the show gave fans a final send-off to look forward to. There was just one problem: when pre-sale tickets for the event went on sale earlier this week, they were almost immediately sold out, immediately reappearing on scalper sites like Stub Hub with overly inflated prices.
Normally, you wouldn't hear a thing from an average artist about such a practice, as it's quite commonplace for scalpers to dominate ticket sales and make a killing off real fans. But James Murphy is no average artist, and boy is he pissed.
A series of messages on the LCD frontman's Twitter account displays his frustration with the immediate turnaround of tickets, revealing that fans are getting the shaft. Murphy points to one ticket being sold for $1,500 (the initial price of tickets ranged between $33.50 and $49.50 before service charges).
"1500 for a single ticket? F**k you, scalpers. You are parasites. I HATE you," he posted. "i will try to figure a way out to f**k these f**kers. NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IT IS NOT WORTH THAT KIND OF MONEY TO SEE US!"
Murphy then took to his band's website to tackle the situation with a blistering missive on scalpers, Stub Hub and how the band plans to defeat the moneymongers. Read the brilliantly vulgar transcript below:
holy shit
this here is just to say that we were more than taken aback and surprised about the speed of ticket sales for the april 2nd MSG gig, as well as the effectiveness of scalper pieces of f**king shit at getting their hands on said tickets before fans could, and it's knocked us on our asses.
no—we didn't have a smart paperless ticketing system in place, and no—we didn't have the pre-sale worked out very well, but this is simply because we've never sold anything out so quickly in our LIVES, and certainly never sold out anything as big as MSG. i personally thought i was being bold in suggesting to our manager that we might sell it out "in 10 days". that was my bold claim. everyone laughed at me. it's us and liquid liquid. that's it. we had MEETINGS and MEETINGS about the "other band" we needed to "fill the place", as we were definitely considered to be nowhere near big enough (most of these bands were, like, way bigger than us, by the way).
we didn't sell out hollywood bowl, and that was with both hot chip and sleigh bells. there was, i repeat, no expectation of our selling this out either. my main concerns at the time were things like ticketmaster charges—how they were going to make the tickets ridiculously costly… we never dreamed some shitbags would try to get THOUSANDS for our show. it's insane.
but it happened. we all looked at each other in horror and sat there. i mean, aren't you supposed to be psyched? your band sold out madison square garden! i live in nyc, and that's THE PLACE. i saw the jackson's victory tour there when i was a kid.
but there it was—the shit was gone, and people—not just people, but f**king proper fans—were PISSED. nancy from the band tried to buy tickets. failed. i tried. failed. our best friends—not wanting to hassle us for guestlist spots tried—failed. i bought 2 tickets to my own show for 3 times the value like an idiot to see if real tickets showed up. my family got burned.
it was, to say the least, weird.
we tried getting another day at MSG. i'd mentioned this before and most everyone kind of rolled their eyes at me. "2 madison square garden shows, dude? really?" i thought, well, just in case, you know? maybe some people would fly from other places or something. but MSG, being one of the most popular venues on the planet, was unsurprisingly booked. (for the record: just because it doesn't look booked on the internet, doesn't mean it's available. just saying.)
we tried calling our lawyer about the ticket scalping. "it's legal". no joke. it's f**king legal. i tramped around with friends and band getting insane. i wanted to buy some expensive tickets and then track the seller down to BEAT him. i acted stupid. i did some classic, shakespearean vain "fist shaking", etc. i made angry tweets. (i'm wondering now what on earth could be less effective and more of a first-world spoiled idiotic move than "angry tweets"? jesus.) i read conspiracy theories about how this was some cash-grab i orchestrated. i read that there are 50,000 seats at MSG (i think our show will have 13k). i read that people had already bought flights, hotels. wanted to bring their kids. waited in the cold. i read that some people thought this was one of the reasons we were calling it quits (check). i read that this was a media stunt we planned. i read very funny comments from my friend aziz, one of which was taken seriously (that MSG had given me 30,000 tickets personally for guest list). i read that i was giving all the tickets to my "new celebrity friends" (aziz is about the closest thing i have to a "celebrity friend", and we met at terminal 5 watching hot chip when we were, well, not very "celebrated"). i read that we should cancel the show and put the tickets up on sale in a better fashion. i read that we should NOT do that, for f**k's sake. i read that we should go f**k ourselves.
i read a lot of stuff, waiting to hear if we could get another night at MSG, which seemed like the only option. but it failed. then i kind of sat in my house, trying not to worry for 20 minutes, and made a very, very good coffee.
i don't know what people think about us, really. i'd love to say i don't care, but i do. these people in my band—they are my very good friends. i love them very much. i love this band very much. everything about it. i'm very proud of it—of us, and i get defensive when people talk shit about us. i feel like we've been able to do something sort of special for 9 years: making music we like the way we like it. going on tour and playing, no computers or bullshit. no in-ears. a bunch of weird substitute teachers just trying to play something like the bands we loved growing up. whenever anyone said shit about us being sellouts or something, it stung, because i consider this entire thing—the band, everything—to be a communication between us and whoever is listening, and not just a thing unto itself. i remember being a fan and seeing bands, thinking "this is us. this is you playing and me/us watching" and how real that connection was, and i always wanted to honor that strange relationship with our band. so when someone felt wronged or hurt or outraged, it stung. it stung because, on some level, regardless of the "you can't please everyone" stuff that gets rationally said to you when this shit happens, it meant that i'd failed. i'd failed to communicate. on the other hand, i've had my world turned upside down by a lot of amazing things people have said about us, or to us. i've met fans and made friends, and felt very strongly how that relationship actually works—and how we brought ourselves, each other, finally here, to where we play our last show—and biggest show ever—together, at this amazing place.
and then, this f**king ticket thing happened.
so to the point. you can't make everyone happy, and i'm sure this will wind someone up somewhere ("but i paid $600 for one seat at MSG!!!) or seem like some shitty "plan" to someone else ("they were gonna do it all along!!! it's all a big retirement money plan to bilk the fans!!!") or something else that someone who theoretically likes our band thinks (why are you trying to buy a ticket?? how could you even listen to a band that you think is capable of some of this shit!??) but we've come up with the best solution i can think of, as quickly as possible so as to deflate the market for those scalping scumf**ks.
we're going to play 4 shows at terminal 5 in nyc leading up to the MSG show, and they will include most if not all of the songs we play at MSG. the farewell run-up to the last dance. it'll be the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st of march. OBVIOUSLY we're going to look seriously at the way we sell these tickets. not "paperless, (i've been advised that the "paperless" thing is apparently now ILLEGAL in NY… seriously—don't ask me) but there are some ideas floating around that could be just as effective (though it'll take a minute to get folks in the door.) we'll announce the shows officially early in the week, and tickets will be on sale soon after. we're announcing all the shows at once, and if they don't sell out, i don't care. i just want to give people who actually want to see us a chance to see us. for a reasonable ticket price. and i want to drop the price of the MSG tickets being sold by piece of shit scalpers.
oh—and a small thing to scalpers: "it's legal" is what people say when they don't have ethics. the law is there to set the LIMIT of what is PUNISHABLE (aka where the state needs to intervene) but we are supposed to have ethics, and that should be the primary guiding force in our actions, you f**king f**k.
And to everyone else: thank you. you rule. don't let the shitbags win.
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1. Slovenian Church Defaced With Satanic Graffiti
by Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D. • ChurchMilitant • June 16, 2016
CELJE, Slovenia – A Catholic church in Slovenia was defaced with satanic words and symbols early Wednesday morning.
The Cathedral of St. Daniel in Celje, a historic church erected in 1306, was spray painted with upside-down crosses, pentagrams, profanities — including the slurs "whore" and "b***h" — the numeral 666 and the name Satan.
The graffiti was found on the front wall of the church building, the bishop's residence, some tombstones and a historic column on which a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands. The vandals also burned and destroyed part of the property from a nearby pub.
According to Matevž Hribernik, a parishioner who spoke with ChurchMilitant.com, the sacristan was the first to see the damage, and alerted Bp. Stanislav Lipovšek, head of the diocese of Celje, before his 7 a.m. Mass.
"The cathedral and Virgin Mary's column are protected as part of our cultural heritage, with national significance, which makes this even more troubling," Hribernik told ChurchMilitant. "Some of the gravestones that were spray painted are from the Roman-Early Christian era, and we are still in the process of determining how to clean them."
This marks the second time this year the Catholic church in Slovenia has been attacked, with two churches in Ljubljana — the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation and the cathedral Church of St. Nicholas — spray painted with pro-abortion slurs during the churches' 40 Days for Life Lenten campaign. Messages included "Church, get out of my womb" and "RCC out of our vaginas."
Police are investigating the crime at St. Daniel, and issued a statement Wednesday estimating the damage to be around 3,000 euros ($3,300). The vandals have yet to be apprehended.
Parishioners are in the meantime trying to repair the damage, and are even considering performing an exorcism after the satanic vandalism.
"We've already painted over the graffiti on the church wall," Hribernik explained. "We're now thinking that some sort of exorcism must be done."
In the wake of the incident, Tadej Strehove, spokesman for the Slovenian Bishops Conference, is calling for respect to be shown towards communities of faith.


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Houston Laws
NASA engineers in Houston are used to dealing with emergencies. Their secret: preparation, preparation, preparation. Other Houstonites can learn from this example. The best way to handle a legal emergency is to be prepared by learning how criminal, DUI, and car accident law works in Houston. The articles below can help. They also contain information on Houston courthouses, as well as links to free or low-cost legal services. Choose a topic to get started, so that the next time you find yourself in a courthouse, you will know where to go, who to talk to, and when to get help.
Going to court in Houston? Better be prepared. If you aren't sure where to go or just want some parking tips, check out this article. We have a list of all the courthouses in the Houston area including state and federal courts.
Injury accidents can happen at any time. What you do after incurring a personal injury can make all the difference in preserving your rights. If you or someone you know has been injured in Houston, you are probably looking for legal information. Here's a general guide through the process of a personal injury case.
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If you are looking for legal help in "Space City," there are plenty of choices. From free to low-cost providers, this guide will provide you with a list of options for residents of Harris County.


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I am finally purchasing the things that I want, but don't necessarily need.
What is it about dishes??
Snowhite Regency by Johnson Bros.
I bought 7pcs for $3 - that was all they had - bummer.
I am wanting to add this pattern to my dishes I would like to collect list.
I would like to start a collection of this set.
I notice them around blogland last Christmas and was very interested.
Isn't this the pretties scenery on the plate?
Reminds me of my Christmas childhood for some reason....well.... minus the fireplace.
When I was 17, my Mom gave me for Christmas a place setting of
Royal Albert, Poinsettia
Since then, she has given me all the serving pieces and several tea cup and saucer plates.
I have just started to work on getting a 12 placing setting....wish me luck, they are hard to find and very expensive. If only I could find them in the thrift stores!
Moving onto another must have Christmas dishes.
Lenex, Tartan
Having a bit of a hard time spending $129 per place setting,
but I am doing my best to talk myself into it....so far, I am doing all kinds of talking,
but the brain is shutting it down!
This pattern is so Scotland to me. When I was 27 I went to Scotland and feel in love with the country.
It's just a feel good pattern to me.
Lets think pink now.
Royal Albert, Serenity, very elegant, classy pattern.
Again back when I was 17, sweet Mom started me on this collection as a gift for my birthday.
She knew how much I loved pink. So it was only fitting that she bought me the pretties pattern in the shop!
Love you Mom!!
I just love, love, love this pattern.
They have their graceful place of honour in my china cabinet.
And because I love my Mom so much, I have copied her China collection choice.
Royal Doulton, Samarra
Back in the early 70's my Mom started her collection.
I too have started collecting this same pattern, just because it reminds me of her.
Each time I buy a new piece of this pattern I always give her a ring.
She says to me "Diane, this is silly, why don't you just buy something newer"
I just smile.
There are so many beautiful dinner place settings I could collect,
but I know I just have to stop somewhere
....but then again, maybe not!!


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Nov 17, 2016
Escaping Negative Thoughts About Psoriasis
I've written a lot about my experience with depression and psoriasis. During my last major depressive episode, I started seeing a therapist for the first time in my life. Those couple of months helped me emerge from the...
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Chronic vs. Life-Threatening Conditions — Is One Really Worse?
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What to do When Psoriasis is in Remission: Everything!
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Get Ready for Book Festival Season
Are you signed up to sell books at a book festival this spring? This is what I call book festival season. Writers' groups, libraries and others generally start organizing book festivals—small and large—to start in March. I'll be a part of the large book festival in Tucson the week of March 9/10, 2013. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is April 20-21. (Contact me if you want to share a booth at the LA Times Festival of Books for much less than if you go it alone. If you are out of the area, we'll display your book for the 140,000 plus visitors to see.) Email me here and find out how: email@example.com
Here are a couple of book festival directories, however neither of them are very complete. Disappointing.
http://author-network.com/festivals.html (events in the UK)
Your best bet in locating book festivals near you or in the areas where you will be or want to travel is to do an Internet search. Use keywords, "book festival" or "book fair" and the name of the city/state of your choice. When I did this just now, I quickly located book festivals in Seattle, Baltimore, Dallas and Gaithersburg.
Also watch the calendar pages of your local newspaper. Subscribe to and read writers/publishing magazines and newsletters. Ask at your local bookstores, libraries, art centers and writing groups.
Why should you take your book to book festivals? Tomorrow let me answer that question. In the meantime, order your copy of "Talk Up Your Book." There is a large section in there about book festivals, how to sell books at book festivals, how to prepare, what to bring, how to communicate with booth visitors and more. You only have an ebook–you, too, can participate at book festivals. This book explains how. Available at Amazon.com and most other online and downtown bookstores.


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Putting the brakes on runaway shopping carts
On a recent Friday afternoon, Mariz Mosseri went shopping for groceries, as she does on most Fridays. She trolled the aisles of Elat Market and Glatt Mart, Pico-Robertson's two largest kosher supermarkets, which sit side-by-side on Pico Boulevard.
Mosseri bought meat, vegetables, sliced bread and other necessities for Shabbat, and when she finished at the checkout, she pushed her black-metal shopping cart, brimming with plastic bags, out into the street and continued with it down the alley that runs behind the markets, and then turned onto Wooster Street.
After speaking to this reporter, she headed home with her cartful of goods. Twenty minutes later, the cart was sitting empty in the driveway in front of her apartment.
"They have a truck, they pick it up," Mosseri explained.
These days, Mosseri's actions are standard practice in the neighborhood.
But talk to the grocers, who typically spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars each month retrieving carts from around the neighborhood, and also shell out even more to replace dozens that go missing each year, and you'll learn that they wish they could find a way, perhaps using technology, to keep those same carts from leaving their stores' premises at all.
These stores face a problem that larger groceries do not — parking is seriously limited in their lots. So they've tolerated the practice of people walking off with the carts — and paid dearly — to accommodate their customers.
In May, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance sponsored by Councilman Tony Cardenas mandating that no new stores will operate the way these stores do. The ordinance requires that all newly built and significantly remodeled stores with six or more shopping carts implement a retention system to keep them on site, and a spokesperson from Cardenas' office said the city plans to study whether and how to expand the law to include existing stores as well. Such a plan could force the Pico-Robertson markets to change their shopping-cart usage policy.
For now, however, well-dressed people pushing shopping carts up and down sidewalks, and leaving those carts on the streets, are as common a sight in this densely populated and very Jewish neighborhood as the temporary booths that will pop up on lawns when Sukkot arrives in October.
The carts get picked up quickly, so what in other neighborhoods might immediately become unwelcome urban blight, in Pico-Robertson is more likely a potential hazard to a parked car's paint job.
What for regular customers at the four major kosher grocery stores in Pico-Robertson is a welcome convenience is, for the owners, one more cost of doing business. New shopping carts go for about $100 apiece, and the owners know what the current "release and retrieve" system is costing them.
"This is the biggest problem we have in the store," said Kevin Novin, who has managed Elat Market since it opened more than 25 years ago. He estimated that over that time he has spent more than $1 million for carts, and that he spends about $100,000 a year just on cart retrieval.
The owners of the other supermarkets in the heart of the neighborhood — Glatt Mart, Livonia Glatt Market just a few blocks to the west, and Pico Glatt Mart, which is about a mile away — told much the same story.
"I'm supposed to have 40 [carts], but every six months, I usually have to purchase 20 more," said Farzad Kohanzadeh, owner of the 2,300-square-foot Livonia Glatt Market.
The missing carts often don't turn up — Kohanzadeh said he once saw an unfamiliar truck come through the neighborhood late at night, picking up carts off the street, never to return.
But when missing carts do reappear, it can be in very unlikely locations.
"We have people who call us from the Hollywood Hills, 'Come and pick up your shopping cart,' " Glatt Mart owner Meir Davidpour said. "We had one by Dodger Stadium."
For now, the "one-way rental" of a store's shopping cart has proved popular among customers, so much so that all four of the stores have hired an independent contractor to retrieve the carts from around the neighborhood, at a cost of $2 a cart.
On a Tuesday afternoon, a beat-up truck pulled up to the driveway of Elat Market laden with carts collected from driveways, alleyways and doorways, as well as sidewalks, front lawns and street curbs. The carts sat on the truck's wide, low flatbed, held in place by a mixture of straps and chains.
The driver pulled the carts off the back of the truck, one by one.
"Twelve," he called out to Mordechai when all the yellow-handled carts were on the pavement.
Mordechai, who gave only his first name, manages the market's loading dock (which doubles as rear entrance) on a part-time basis; he made a note on a sheet of paper, and the truck, which also unloaded a couple of Glatt Mart's red-and-black carts, turned back into the street, away from Glatt Mart, to continue its rounds.
All the stores' regulars know about the cart-collecting truck.
Mermell Nicholas, 93, travels by bus from his apartment in Beverly Hills to shop at the kosher markets twice a week. On a Tuesday afternoon, he was sitting on a bench near a bus stop at the intersection of Pico and Robertson. Next to him was a Glatt Mart cart with a few bags inside.
He said he'd seen the cart-collecting truck the previous week, and said that watching the workers lift the heavy steel carts onto the truck's flatbed was "amazing."
"You push it down, the back wheels, and the front end flies up," Nicholas said.
Of course, not everybody likes the truck — or the carts it collects.
"The only time we have peace is Friday afternoon, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Other than that, you park your car at your own risk," said Lisbeth Caiaffa, who has lived three doors down from the Elat Market parking lot since 2003. "It's a war zone during the week."
Spotting a reporter taking notes, a few neighbors stopped for a moment in front of Caiaffa's lawn.
"They've hit my car," a broad-shouldered man wearing a baseball cap said, before continuing down Wooster. "Those trucks are wide."
But if the trucks and the carts are an annoyance to some, the biggest complaints from the neighbors relate to parking. Caiaffa expressed frustration at having to compete for street parking with the customers from Elat Market and Glatt Mart.
Some will even park a cart in the street, "as a strategy to block off a parking space," Caiaffa said.
She is just as annoyed with customers who idle in their cars in the middle of the street, waiting to make the turn into the Elat or Glatt parking lots.
"The LAPD needs to come down here and start ticketing people for blocking the street," said Brooks Thomas, who lives on Wooster.
Paul Neuman, director of communications for Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz, who represents the district, said that some neighbors have contacted the office.
"There have been some constituent calls and comments, but they have lessened a bit as of late," Neuman said, adding that the markets had increased their staffing of their parking lots recently.
The new city ordinance doesn't apply to existing stores — although the city has instructed its planning department to conduct a study on how to apply the requirement to keep carts on grocery properties. And, if that requirement were implemented, it could require the owners of the Pico-Robertson markets to hire additional staff to escort every shopping cart that went out their doors, no matter whether the customer wanted assistance or not.
The stores already do some of this, to varying degrees. Moreover, in addition to paying the independent cart collector for his services, the groceries' owners also periodically instruct their staff to pick up any carts left outside in the area immediately surrounding their stores.
But the other "containment systems" — physical barriers and electronic wheel-locking mechanisms — aren't options for these grocers.
For one, all four stores have parking lots that are not immediately adjacent to their buildings, which means customers must cross city-owned or private property — streets and alleys, for example — so erecting a physical barrier to prevent the carts from leaving the stores would also cut off customer access to the parking lot. Furthermore, according to Elat Market's Novin and Glatt Mart's Davidpour, the city will not allow the grocery store owners to install the electronic perimeters that are necessary to run a wheel-locking system that would cross those city-owned sidewalks or alleys.
And as for the truck that currently trolls the streets in Pico-Robertson, that wouldn't satisfy the new ordinance as written.
"That's not a containment system. That's a retrieval system," said Tom Rothmann of the Los Angeles City Planning Department. "The point is to not let them go off the site."
Rothmann said that the future for Pico-Robertson shoppers might look something like other cities, where folding carts — "granny wagons" — are sold at the register "for a nominal fee."
"People in New York walk more than half a block with their groceries," he said.
"We would love to set up barriers," Glatt Mart's Davidpour said. He and his co-owners also own Cambridge Farms, a kosher grocery store in Valley Village, and there they use a wheel-locking system for the store and its adjacent lot, Davidpour said.
"We have about 300 shopping carts and we haven't lost a single one in the last four years," Davidpour said.
According to a leading manufacturer of cart-retention systems, what Los Angeles won't allow has already been done in other cities in California, including Sacramento, San Francisco and Long Beach.
"It's a matter of what the particular design calls for — where the perimeter stopping point is to be placed — and what are the city's proclivities," John French, the founder and CEO of Carttronics, said. His San Diego-based company has installed 3,000 cart retention systems in 35 counties. "In the case of L.A., I would think that they would be willing to be accommodating."
In the meantime, many customers appear to be doing what they can to make sure that the carts don't go missing. One Friday afternoon, I saw a woman heading toward Pico Glatt Mart pick up a cart on her way to the store and push it down the block, into the store.
And it turned out that Mermell Nicholas, the 93-year-old on the bench at the neighborhood's eponymous intersection, wasn't waiting for the bus that stops on the south side of Pico. He got up, took his bags out of the shopping cart and carried them across the street to the stop for the bus that heads north on Robertson.
Nicholas explained that pushing the cart across Pico would make it more difficult for the cart to make it back to the store.
But was it really necessary to take the cart down the block in the first place?
Nicholas — who was carrying 20 pounds of fruit and vegetables, not to mention eggs, soup mix, and some other items — put it this way.
"Every bit helps."


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Inside Newegg: They give us a Tour and you a Prizeby Anand Lal Shimpi on February 14, 2006 3:31 PM EST
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Established in 2001, Newegg has quickly become a household name among AnandTech readers. They originally won the hearts of many readers by offering extremely competitive prices and keeping customer service a top priority. Since their humble beginnings the company has grown tremendously, with net sales in 2005 of approximately $1.3 billion, a 30% increase over the prior year. Newegg currently stocks over 60,000 different products and ships up to 25,000 orders per day, 98% of them within 24 hours.
On a recent trip to Los Angeles we were given the opportunity to take a tour of one of Newegg's warehouses. While we've been able to tour Newegg's facilities in the past, this time they let us publish pictures and take you on a virtual tour of their facilities - effectively letting us follow the path of an order after it is placed online. Newegg sweetened the deal even more by working with us to give away some of their product to you all, but more on that later.
Newegg is trying to target 2 day turnaround for all shipments, regardless of shipping method, thanks to strategic placement of their warehouses all over the country. The warehouse we toured is a medium sized generation 2 model at 180,000 square feet, Newegg's latest warehouse is a third generation model at 300,000 square feet in Tennessee designed to service the east coast.
What you see in the picture above is a glimpse at where the action takes place in Newegg's 180,000 square foot facility, this article will give you a brief look inside Newegg and how your orders get from their website to the shipping truck so very quickly.
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Blondie - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - linkThe article was very informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to bring it to us. Reply
Bozo Galora - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - linkwow, anand is all growed up.
I often wondered if the $50 million plus payout for AT site during the dotcom bubble that anand missed by just a few weeks has been made up for over the ensuing years. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Was it Sharkey that got $70 million or sumthin. LOL Reply
Phiro - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - link99.9999999% of those dotcom bubble payouts were in stock, which 99.99999% of the time dropped tremendously in value before they could unload any.
So 99.999999% of your $50M deals turns into $50k deals. Reply
jnmunsey - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - linkHey man NewEgg ain't got no white employees.. Those racist bastards! Reply
jnmunsey - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - linkNo wait I found 1 white guy in this pic from page 1 of the article.. The token white guy can be found here in the middle-left of the pic
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/IT/InsideNeweg...">http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/IT/InsideNeweg... Reply
andrep74 - Friday, February 17, 2006 - linkYeah, have you ever read the requirements for getting a job there? You practically have to speak Chinese... Reply
yanman - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - linkAnand, how about you use this chance to get NewEgg to offer international shipping for us poor aussies :) Reply
Schmide - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - linkbut with all that technology. How come my browser never starts on page 1 in their hot deals section. It's always page 3 or 4. LOL. Reply
Slaimus - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - linkNewegg got (in?)famous on Anandtech when they were the only one to sell the Radeon LE (Sapphire version imported from China, back in the day when all ATI was made by ATI themselves). It was far cheaper than the Made by ATI Radeon DDR. This got posted in Hot Deals forum and everyone was pleased with their fast and free shipping. They got in trouble, however, when people found out it was the LE (slower) version instead of the full Radeon DDR. There was a big uproar (I think the thread grew to 500 posts or so), and Newegg was forced to take in returns or offer price adjustments. This is also what started the cheap "refurbs" that newegg sells, which were just customer returns. This was probably also why Newegg started posting the core/memory speeds of graphics card they sell. Reply
kmmatney - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - linkHeck yeah!!! I bought one of those Radeon LEs for cheap after the first debacle. I flashed the BIOS to a full Radeon. It gave me a top of the line $150 video card for $65!! Back then, top of the line as $150 :(. Reply


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In the coming days the Senate could gut protections that would dramatically cut dangerous methane pollution that threatens pronghorn and other wildlife on public and tribal lands.
The protections under attack would plug methane leaks and excessive venting and flaring of methane—a climate 'super-pollutant'—by the oil and gas industry on taxpayer-owned lands.
In addition to helping protect wildlife and habitat by stemming climate change, the rules are a winner for our economy: They reduce pollution by capturing a wasted energy resource (natural gas), while generating royalty revenue on our public lands that can return investment to local communities for environmental remediation, education, or infrastructure improvements.
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Research Topics
Romulo Fuentes
Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA
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- Spinal cord stimulation restores locomotion in animal models of Parkinson's diseaseRomulo Fuentes
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Science 323:1578-82. 2009..We propose that dorsal column stimulation might become an efficient and less invasive alternative for treatment of Parkinson's disease in the future...
- Restoration of locomotive function in Parkinson's disease by spinal cord stimulation: mechanistic approachRomulo Fuentes
Department of Neurobiology, Duke Medical Center, 311 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Eur J Neurosci 32:1100-8. 2010....
- Chronic in vivo multi-circuit neurophysiological recordings in miceKafui Dzirasa
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Neurosci Methods 195:36-46. 2011..Thus, our approach provides a powerful tool that will aid in dissecting the central brain network changes that underlie the complex behavioral deficits displayed by various genetically modified mice...


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L Wettergren
Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet
Country: Sweden
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- Individual quality of life in long-term survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma--a comparative studyL Wettergren
Division of Nursing Research, Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Qual Life Res 12:545-54. 2003..The extended Swedish version with a disease-specific module could be of great value when identifying specific issues that are important for the patient at time of evaluation...
- Determinants of health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of Hodgkin's lymphomaL Wettergren
Division of Nursing Research, Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet
Qual Life Res 13:1369-79. 2004..The major determinants of perception of general QoL were self-rated physical and mental health as well as SOC. The HRQL of persons who have survived a median of 14 years with HL is similar to that of controls...
- Quality of life before and one year following stem cell transplantation using an individualized and a standardized instrumentL Wettergren
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Psychooncology 17:338-46. 2008..The aim was to prospectively measure quality of life in patients with malignant blood disorders following stem cell transplantation (SCT) using an individualized and a standardized measure...
- The use, feasibility and psychometric properties of an individualised quality-of-life instrument: a systematic review of the SEIQoL-DWL Wettergren
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Qual Life Res 18:737-46. 2009..To review published studies regarding the use, feasibility and psychometric performance of the schedule for the evaluation of individual quality of life-direct weighting (SEIQoL-DW) in clinical research...
- Post-traumatic stress symptoms in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantationL Wettergren
Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Oncol 38:475-80. 1999..The high levels of PTSS and their relation to emotional distress emphasize the importance of psychosocial care for this group of patients...
- Validation of an extended version of the SEIQoL-DW in a cohort of Hodgkin lymphoma' survivorsL Wettergren
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, Sweden
Qual Life Res 14:2329-33. 2005..The present study gave no evidence that the weighting procedure has any impact on the total index. The results support the use of the new extended version including a disease-specific module...


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Virgin Mobile announced that it will soon be launching the second generation of the Ocean handset. The original Ocean handset was launched by the wireless service Helio which Virgin Mobile USA purchased in June 2008.
The Helio Ocean 2 is a dual-slider 3G mobile phone that offers a larger screen then its earlier version. It also has one-click access to a new Connect social networking dashboard with access to Facebook and MySpace. The phone's instant messaging suite also now includes Google Talk. Those who had the previous Ocean and subscribed to the Mail for Microsoft Exchange premium service will appreciate the fact that the new Helio Ocean 2 offers this free with a data plan.
The phone also includes a 2MP camera with night shot capability and location tagging. The Helio Ocean 2 is also great for the business professional since in addition to Mail for Microsoft Exchange the phone offers the ability to edit Microsoft Works, Excel, and PowerPoint files.
Whether you get the Helio Ocean 2 or not all Virgin Mobile USA customers will benefit on February 12th. That's because Virgin Mobile USA is introducing Unlimited Nights and Weekends calling at 7pm for all subscribers (not just no annual contract customers). Virgin Mobile USA is even eliminating the $5 mobile-to-mobile fee it previously charged to contract customers. These changes align the company's no annual contract and contract plans.
The Helio Ocean 2 will launch on February 12 and will retail for US$149.
Read more from the Virgin Mobile USA press release.
Brian's Opinion
From the ashes of Helio comes at least one phone that Helio did right. I think Helio had the vision, but they didn't have a good execution strategy. It's nice that Virgin Mobile USA is taking the best of Helio and sharing it with its subscribers.
{ad}Virgin Mobile USA now offers the best of both worlds with both its no contract and contract plans. It was interesting that Virgin Mobile seemed to actually be penalizing their contract customers which is probably why they are making them more similar now.
Regardless of the plan, the Helio Ocean 2 means that subscribers will have what looks to be a great phone as well. This is one case where the sequel is actually better than the original.


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Harley, a Donaldsonville Boxer/Labrador Retriever dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Boxer/Labrador Retriever for sale in Donaldsonville, or seeking a Boxer/Labrador Retriever dog from a breeder in Donaldsonville.


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Research Brings Hope
Researchers, by using drugs to block the activity of PARP in cells missing BRCA, such as those found in certain breast and ovarian cancers, can help spare healthy, non-cancerous cells because they have functional BRCA and are not affected by the loss of PARP. Thus, only cancer cells without functional BRCA protein are killed by drugs that inhibit PARP. Recent clinical trials have shown that cancers caused by mutations that knock out BRCA activity can be controlled by blocking PARP activity with specific drugs. Patients were treated with traditional anticancer drugs alone or in combination with one of two new PARP inhibitors, olaparib or BSI-201.


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Supporting and empowering students to reach their college and career dreams.
A Lifetime of Challenges
High school drop-outs face obstacles beyond the classroom. Higher rates of poverty, unemployment, crime, and experience with illness, drug use and pregnancy bar them from reaching higher education. In Los Angeles, where the drop-out rates are chronically high, our most vulnerable youth are in desperate need of adequate support.
Pathways to Success
YPI's Promise Scholars program fights the challenges of low-income students and provides a high-touch, personal and holistic range of services that empower students to stay in school, achieve success, and connect to their future with confidence. Promise Scholars builds on YPI's successful college readiness programming by providing additional financial and social support. Similar models have shown a 79% reduction in dropout rates, and up to 300% increase in student's participation in post-secondary education. And it's a fact: students who save at least $500 are three times more likely to attend college, and four times more likely to graduate.
In-school and after-school tutoring in core subjects are offered at least twice a week to support academic success.
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If you would like to ride with some of the friendly Freewheel Bike staff or ambassadors, we would be stoked to have you join us! Rides range from light to moderate, to blow-up-your-legs intense. Our goal is to have fun, challenge you, and cultivate a diverse and passionate riding community! If you are wondering if a ride will be canceled due to weather or trail conditions or whatever, you can check a ride's status on our Events Calendar. We will update the ride status in the details as soon as we know if a ride will be canceled. If there is no update then the ride is on.
Tuesday: Surly Brewing's Fast and Furious Ride @ Eden Prairie
When: Rides leaves at 5:30pm Every Tuesday Night
Check our Events Calendar for ride status updates in case of possible bad weather.
Where: Freewheel Bike - Eden Prairie
Distance: 45 - 55 road miles
Pace: Moderate to intense, spirited pace!
Requirements: Road bike, helmet, signed waiver
Ride leader: Kevin Ishaug
Route/Description: The route varies depending on the wind direction (we try to head out into the wind so we can finish with a tailwind!) but typically is a 45 to 50 mile route. The riding in the western suburbs offers scenic views of the lakes and rolling hills that dot the landscape of areas like East Union and Watertown. Average speed for this ride is usually around 22 mph. This is a great ride to test your fitness and learn how to ride safely in a fast paced group. Although this is a no-drop ride come ready to push yourself and then get ready to kick back and enjoy a nice cold Surly beer and a hot treat from the grill.
Thursday Night Road Ride
When: Weekly, Leaves at 6:00. Check our Events Calendar for ride status updates in case of possible bad weather.
Where: Freewheel Bike - Roseville
Distance 20 miles
Pace: NO DROP ride at a quick pace. 15-17 MPH average.
Requirements: Road bike, helmet, signed waiver. Lights and water encouraged.
Ride Leader: Cody Condon
Cycling is an inherently dangerous sport: Freewheel Bike and its representatives are not responsible in any way for any perceived or actual injury before, during, or after group rides. Please take personal responsibility for your own safety. Helmets are required for all rides. We will ride together in a warm up pace for first 5 miles of all rides. Obey all traffic laws including stop signs and traffic lights. We wait for all riders caught at stop signs or traffic lights and those who have mechanicals or flats. Never say "Clear!" Each person must determine if the road or traffic crossing is clear for them. It is courteous to point out obstacles such as cars, potholes or debris. Drafting is encouraged but be careful. Do not overlap the wheel in front of you. DO NOT 'HALF-WHEEL' IF YOU ARE RIDING SIDE BY SIDE ON THE FRONT! Keep a hand on your rear brake at all times. Watch out ahead of you. Avoid sudden moves left and right and sudden braking or acceleration. NEVER INTERACT WITH OR CONFRONT MOTORISTS. No rider will be intentionally left behind. Ride leaders reserve the right to dismiss or reject riders that display unsafe or dangerous behavior, demonstrate poor bicycle handling skills, or are utilizing faulty/unsafe equipment.


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Microsoft Corp. showed hardware partners the next version of Windows, internally code-named "Windows 8," to help the partners build devices that take advantage of the new user experience. As part of this technical preview, Mike Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem at Microsoft, demonstrated how "Windows 8" is optimized for newer touch-centric hardware, including tablets, while still delivering the flexibility, connectivity and power that people have come to expect from Windows today.
The technical demonstration also highlighted the new operating system's ability to work across both x86 and ARM-based architectures, with a variety of early prototypes shown running the new operating system. Microsoft and silicon chip makers AMD, Intel Corporation, NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. initially announced plans in January to work together on the next version of Windows.
The new user experience also extends to how applications will run on "Windows 8," with controls naturally fitting into the device experience. Developers also will be able to use common Web technologies, such as HTML5 and JavaScript, to create applications for the PC, further easing integration and adoption.
For a video, see Windows Newsroom: Video Gallery
For more information, see A First Look at 'Windows 8' in the Windows Newsroom.
Join Us at BUILD
To aid developers in building applications for the new operating system, Microsoft formally opened registration for its new developer conference, BUILD. The conference will take place Sept. 13–16, 2011, in Anaheim, Calif. More information and online registration for BUILD is available at http://www.buildwindows.com.
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This past Saturday, D.C. United's U-18 Academy team opened their United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) season with a win over New Jersey Soccer Academy 04 at Long Bridge Park in Arlington, Virginia.
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D.C. United's U-18 team also began the USSDA season this past weekend with a win over NJSA 04 at Long Bridge Park. Despite going down 2-0 in the first half, United dominated play throughout the match and posted five unanswered goals in the 2nd half to open up their season with a resounding 5-2 victory.
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Is she kidding me? What a joke…
Europe is scared to death of Putin, the entire terrorist world is building up their weapons and military up to destroy the USA and these TRAITORS are disbanding our nukes? The Russians have multi-warhead missiles and that means the USA needs to strike them immediately after they are launched to be effective.
The Russians claim that the USA can not stop their multi-warhead missiles, but I think we can if we counter soon enough (I hope). This is why the Russians do not want US missiles in Eastern Europe, because they know that range is crucial to their attack capability.
PLUS, Iranian missiles will soon be placed on Venezuelan soil, a solid member of the Russian proxy of evil.
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I've always had good luck with blunt tip soft nose bullets revealing much lead. Never lost a single animal!!
Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.
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Ive shot alot of deer with ballistic tips without a failure. The only time Ive ever seen one fail to kill a deer was due to the loose nut at the end of the stock.
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In the eighties, and nineties, the rifle I killed most of my deer with, was a Remington 700 in 3006. The load I used was a handloaded 150 grn Ballistic Tip, setting over a weight of 58 grns of IMR 4350. Every animal that I shot with this load went down quickly, like a hammer struck them. When I was lucky enough to find a bullet in them, it was usually in the "off side" shoulder skin. Most of the bullets usually fell in two pieces, the jacket and the lead core.
The energy that they unleashed in the bullet tunnel was sometimes overdone to an extent, sometimes the bullet traveled through completely only leaving a hole about the size of a quarter.
The Ballistic-Tip was designed for accurate long-range harvesting of game, and it did its job well, on these Missouri whitetails.
I started, this very year, using a .270 win as my primary Deer rifle, and I use another bullet from Nosler the Accubond, which has a bonded core, an penetrates a little better than the Ballistic Tip.
The results are super when accurate "shot-placement" is adhered to.
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Richmc, my brother and I have been using Nosler BTs for many years and have taken many deer with them. I have found them to produce devastating damage and complete passthroughs and almost all have either dropped in their tracks or run 50 yds or so leaving a blood trail a child could follow. Bullet weight is the key, too light and they will break up but a 150g or better is the perfect deer round, IMO.
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