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Torkhum/Jalalabad, Sept. 5: Zalmay: driver, friend, companion, interpreter, escort, guide. Hes worried like hell and wants us outta here, Nangarhar, fast.
Poppy country Nangarhar. It has many highs ' America, Pakistan, India, Taliban, Hekmatyar and opium.
Theres a high also in the Kabul river, gushing liquid sapphire that flows into Pakistan; the high is in the hills of Nuristan across the waters with bluffs like chunks knifed out from a brick of frozen butter. The high was in 2004; opium produce is down 95 per cent this year.
The low is in the Great Game. Its between the Americans and the Pakistanis and the Indians. In that order. Each wants a bit of this strategic space, the road to the Khyber Pass, gateway to South Asia.
Zalmay is driving through this province of stark hill and green valley. He fears the imponderables for himself and for me. Too many Kalashnikovs about here.
He has nothing to do with the Great Game.
Manmohan Singh is playing it. In South Block they said at first that the Prime Minister would visit Jalalabad on his Afghan trip last week. He did not. He did not come to Jalalabad, 75 km from Torkhum, 75 km from the Khyber Pass.
The only excuse they could come up with for a Manmohan Singh tour of Jalalabad was a visit to Badshah Khans mazhar, The Telegraph is told. Badshah Khan or Frontier Gandhi is ' was ' Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Bharat Ratna. Then, Delhi let it be known that it was not safe for the Prime Minister.
Its as safe in Jalalabad as it is in Kabul. But Badshah Khan, the historical horse India rides, is disliked here in Nangarhar. Badshah Khan echoed Gandhi in 1947.
This is 2005. They say Badshah Khan was from Jalalabad but he wanted Pashtunistan, a country of the Pashtuns, till Nehru and Gandhi said forget it, India is more important.
Badshah Khan is great game in little Nangarhar. Little Nangarhar is great game in our scoop of the world.
Nangarhar, home to Torkhum, in Afghanistans east is where the Khyber Pass begins or ends, as gateway to South Asia. Americas and Afghanistans Hamid Karzai ' as Pashtun as Zalmay Khalilzad, the US administrator in Iraq ' wants entry in Saarc.
Back to the highs, lows and the Great Game.
Only two countries have consulates in Jalalabad: India and Pakistan. On May 11, a mob in Jalalabad ran amok through the towns main road ' the road from Kabul to the Khyber ' attacked official establishments and burnt down the Pakistan consulate. An American magazine had reported that the Quran was desecrated in Guantanamo Bay. The Indian consulate was stoned but the mob could be persuaded to target elsewhere.
In Jalalabads main market, you cannot pay for a gourd of the luscious sarda fruit in dollars or rupees because you will not get the change in dollars or Afghanis. The currency is Khaldar, old Pakistani rupees. The buses and trucks and vans through the city are mostly Pakistani. Few know where the Indian embassy is. Most point to a microwave link TV tower that Indian engineers have built in the town centre. Its far from that.
Unobtrusive and walled high, the Indian consulate in Jalalabad houses not only its offices but also it personnel.
Pakistan has objected to the Indian consulates in Jalalabad and Herat, down south in the province bordering Iran. The consulates are intelligence operations, says Pakistan. The Indian consulate in Jalalabad is inciting separatist insurgencies in its North Western Frontier Province and Baluchistan, it is alleged.
An Indian medical mission that has a presence in Kabul and several other cities of Afghanistan is due in Jalalabad shortly. A private company from India has set up the mobile telecom network in Nangarhar. India is far from here. Just 600 km across Pakistan to Wagah in Punjab.
Behind the sandbagged defences of the Jalalabad airport and the hills of the white mountains is a hidden war. The US has all its 1,700 troops for Afghanistans eastern provinces ' Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Pakhtiya ' based here. Nothing new. Nangarhar and the Khyber Pass have witnessed the traverse of the worlds great armies ' British, Persian, Mughal, Greek'.
Last week, the US forces were bundled into Chinook helicopters for an operation in the Korengal Valley in Kunar province after 16 of their troopers were killed by suspected Taliban. The Taliban is atop the mountains and across the Durand Line, the border that isnt but it separates Afghanistan from Pakistan.
Throw in a little bit of democracy.
The leading candidate from Nangarhar is Hazrat Ali. There are 10 seats from Nangarhar in the Wolesi Jirga that is to be the lower house of the Afghan parliament. Four seats are reserved for women. There are 192 candidates contesting. About 25 are former commanders of the Taliban, the Hizb-e-Islami (Hekmatyar) and Hizb-e-Islami (Khalisa). The other candidate sure to win is Fazlur Rehman Ibrahim.
Hazrat Ali was the corps commander of the Afghan Army under the Soviets who later became Nangarhars chief of police. Fazlur Rehman is the director of the health services for Afghanistans eastern provinces.
Last year, the government of India posted an education mission here for the university of Nangarhar. A teacher of English and two trainers in computer languages.
The teacher of English was to train teachers of English. Nangarhar universitys head of the department of English told the Indian English teacher that the class VI NCERT text book was too tough and his staff could not attend the classes because their ignorance would show.
In the villages around Jalalabad, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has put up posters for the September 18 election that tries to teach Afghans the meaning of democracy: every individual has one vote, you cannot vote for your family.
Its late in the afternoon and Zalmay is almost panicky. I panic for you, not for me, he says. If I cannot take you back to Kabul in one piece I will feel insulted.
Dignity counts for a lot in these parts.
Zalmay calls the shots. We drive back. Twisters funnel spirals of dust skywards from the high plains of Kabul.


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This only works with the Beta 2 build. It has some cool features like Pan/Zoom Window, MSDN Help on System Types, Dongles for easy creation of associations and inhertiance lines etc. You can find the list of all the cool features enabled by the add-ins here. There is also an add-in for the Distributed System Designer (available from the same download).
Note that the Powertoys have been moved from GotDotNet to the CodePlex site. Class Designer PowerToys for VS 2008 can be found at http://www.codeplex.com/modeling.
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A FARMER was airlifted to hospital after he suffered head and serious back injuries when his tractor overturned in a collision with a car.
The 47-year-old farmer, from Eggleston, County Durham, was hurt when his Zetor tractor was involved in a collision with a Seat Altea on the A66, close to Bowes, County Durham, at 1.05pm today. (Friday, October 25)
The farmer was airlifted by the Great North Air Ambulance to the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, and is in a stable condition.
The A66 was closed to allow the air ambulance to land and to recover the vehicles.
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Members of a legislative committee investigating University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall are calling for his resignation amid suggestions that he criticized Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa before Cigarroa announced he would leave his job.
Two lawmakers called for action Friday after The Dallas Morning News reported on an email from Board of Regents chairman Paul Foster to Cigarroa. The message, sent shortly before Cigarroa's Feb. 10 resignation, says Hall pressured Cigarroa and undermined his reputation, though it does not outline exactly what Hall said about the chancellor.
Foster's email is embedded below. You can read the original story here.
Rep. Lyle Larson, a San Antonio Republican who is on the House panel looking at UT issues, sugested it was time for Hall to leave his post.
"I am now concerned that Mr. Hall's abuse of his office may have led to the departure of a good friend of mine and an outstanding Chancellor," Larson said in a written statement. "I urge Governor Perry to request the resignation of Wallace Hall to restore order within the UT Board of Regents."
Foster, Hall and UT System officials have not commented on the email.
The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations is investigating Hall's colossal requests for UT-Austin documents and charges that the board tried to micromanage the flagship campus. Hall's critics have said he was working to oust UT-Austin President Bill Powers, while Hall has said he was working to oversee and improve UT.
In a letter to the leaders of the House committee, panel member Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, requested another meeting and more testimony from Cigarroa and Foster regarding the chancellor's stepping down.
"This Committee has an interest in ascertaining the facts surrounding Chancellor Cigarroa's resignation," Martinez Fischer wrote.
Hall has said he sought to improve the university and found evidence of lawmakers using clout to have unqualified students gain admission, among other matters.
Foster's email praises Hall for his enthusiasm and intelligence on the board. But he also defends Cigarroa against a charge that the chancellor had not done his job.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama has doubled the salary of defensive coordinator Kirby Smart after he helped the Crimson Tide win a national championship.
Smart will make $750,000 a year through Feb. 28, 2013, under a deal unanimously approved Tuesday by the compensation committee of the university's board of trustees. He made $360,000 in salary last year plus $72,000 in bonuses.
Smart won the Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach. He then turned down a lucrative offer from Georgia coach Mark Richt to run the defense at his alma mater, where he was an All-Southeastern Conference defensive back.
Smart's contract won't have a buyout if he leaves for a head coaching job, but does require him to pay $72,000 if he takes an assistant coaching possession elsewhere. He receives a $34,400 bonus if he's still employed at Alabama on March 1.
The Crimson Tide ranked second nationally in six defensive categories, including scoring, run and total defense.
Lattimore spurns Auburn, picks South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Byrnes High School star runner Marcus Lattimore says he'll sign with South Carolina, spurning efforts by Auburn to land him.
"That's the best fit for me," Lattimore said Tuesday.
Lattimore was named "Mr. Football" as South Carolina's best player and is considered one of the country's top tailback prospects. He rushed for 1,898 yards and 31 touchdowns last season.
Lattimore announced his choice Tuesday night in front of about 300 or so family, friends, teammates and interested fans at his Spartanburg church.
Lattimore told Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier on Monday night "and he was real fired up."
Lattimore called on another Spartanburg County football star, former Auburn and NFL running back Stephen Davis, to bring him a black bag containing ball caps of both his final schools.
An orange Auburn cap came out first and whispers buzzed through the crowd that Lattimore was headed out of state. But the star tailback pulled a Gamecocks hat from underneath and put it on his head as the crowd cheered.
Both Scout.com and Rivals.com rate Lattimore as the nation's top running back. Lattimore is No. 19 among ESPNU's top 150 recruits.
Byrnes won two state championships with Lattimore and reached the title game in 2009 before falling to rival Dorman.
Lattimore thanked Auburn and all the schools that recruited him through the years. He said announcing his choice felt like "I just lost 50 pounds."
Lattimore's only goal now is helping South Carolina compete in the Southeastern Conference. "I now if I work hard, I can get on the field the first game," he said.
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Community grants, donations, and hard work by volunteers have made playing and watching soccer a better experience at Aldergrove Athletic Park.
And last month (July 19), a recognition ceremony was held to officially open the new improvements to the east synthetic turf field at the Park, located at 29 Avenue and 267B Street.
Two players' seating areas, two goal storage areas, and a concrete spectators' seating area on the west side of the turf field — a value of about $16,000 — were added thanks to community members who worked in conjunction with Township of Langley staff.
The project was funded by Aldergrove Credit Union members Brian Thomasson and Joe Breier, Aldergrove United Soccer Club, and the Aldergrove Youth Soccer Club, which utilized a Township of Langley Neighbourhood Initiative Program matching grant. The total cost of the work was covered by donations and matching funds.
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Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 409 (2001) designated the fourth week in October as "Read Aloud to a Child Week." Pulaski Elementary School participated in this statewide initiative by allowing older students to travel to different classrooms reading to younger students.
The Resolution states, "Reading, the foundation of literacy, enables an individual to employ critical thinking and problem-solving skills proficiently to obtain employment and function in society, pursue personal goals, and develop his knowledge and potential," and "… children who are read aloud to by loving and caring parents, relatives, and other adults are more likely to have higher reading skills, become productive members of their community, less likely to drop out of school and create disciplinary problems, and experience greater school success."
The idea behind the initiative is also to instill a love of reading in children at an early age, helping them to realize reading can be enjoyable. "It was great to see the students so engaged in reading! The teachers and students enjoyed it so much that we plan to make it a regular event," said Lynne Clark, Title I teacher at PES.
Allowing PES students to read to each other made it possible for them to experience the joy of reading from both sides of the book, and also made sure all students were able to participate in Read Aloud to a Child Week, even if they weren't being read to at home.
"There is a large body of research that documents and explains the benefits of reading aloud to children," said John M. Dwyer, executive director of Read to Them, Inc. Dwyer says reading aloud builds a strong bond between parents and children. "It may in fact be the most important activity that parents can share with children to help them become strong readers."
The Department of Education, in collaboration with Read To Them, Inc., a Virginia nonprofit family literacy organization, encourages all parents, teachers, and caregivers to join in celebrating Read Aloud to a Child Week, Oct. 21-27, 2012.
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It's official: Obama taps Locke to be China envoy
Updated 10:00 pm, Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Gary Locke, the son and grandson of Chinese immigrants who became Washington's governor and secretary of commerce, will likely return to the home of his ancestors to be the U.S.'s top representative there.
President Obama on Wednesday officially announced Locke as his pick to be ambassador to China. Word of the selection leaked out earlier in the week.
"I can think of nobody who is more qualified than Gary Locke. More than 100 years ago, Gary's grandfather left China on a steamship bound for America," Obama said at a White House briefing with Secretary of State Hilliary Clinton and Locke at his side.
Obama praised Locke's work as commerce secretary saying "he has earned the trust of business leaders across American by listening to their concerns."
Business leaders can count on Locke to represent them in China, the president said. He noted that China's relationship with the U.S. is one of the most critical in the 21st century.
"Gary's the right person to continue this cooperation," Obama said.
Locke said he was humbled and honored to be nominated for the China post. He noted that his grandfather came to Washington state to work as a houseboy in return for English lessons, then went back to China and had a family there.
" I'm going back to the birthplace of my grandfather, my father, my mom and her side of the family, and I'll be doing so as a devoted and passionate advocate for America, the country where I was born and raised," Locke said.
Obama noted that Locke's wife and three children will be joining him. Locke's oldest daughter, Emily, turned 14 Wednesday, and the president said he talked to her about what it was like to move often as you grow up -- something he did.
He told her the experience "would be great 10 years from now. Right now, it's probably a drag."
The Senate must approve Obama's selection.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., praised Locke's selection.
"Washington state is the most trade-dependent state in the nation, and China is our most important trading partner," Murray said in a statement Wednesday. "Gary knows this well and that's why, as governor, he worked with Asian leaders to open up markets for Washington state products. ...
"Gary is a passionate and outspoken advocate for our country, our families, and our values. I look forward to his Senate confirmation and working with him to ensure our nation's relationship with China helps our economy, businesses, and farmers in Washington state."
Locke would replace John Huntsman, a former Utah governor who has returned to the U.S. and reportedly will seek the Republican presidential nomination.
Locke, would be the first Asian-American to hold the Beijing post. The job's previous holders have ranged from future U.S. President George H.W. Bush to retired labor leader Leonard Woodcock.
Locke was co-chair of then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign in Washington. As ambassador, he would work for Secretary of State Clinton.
Locke was elected governor in 1996. He was President Obama's third choice for commerce secretary, after two previous nominees -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg -- washed out. He has been a sometime Obama golfing partner.
Between public offices, Locke headed up the China practice at the Seattle-based Davis Wright Tremaine law firm.
Seattle has worked to promote China ties almost from the time of President Nixon's barrier-shattering 1972 trip.
Sen. Warren Magnuson was one of the first American politicians to visit the People's Republic. Three Chinese leaders, starting with "senior leader" Deng Xiaoping in 1979 , have visited the Puget Sound area. (Deng was greeted by both pro-Taiwan and Maoist protesters.) A Seattle law firm, K & L Gates, then Preston, Thorgrimson Ellis & Holman, worked to remove legal barriers so China's national steamship line could again dock in the United States.
One of Locke's first trips as governor was to visit his ancestral village in China, where he received a near-rapturous reception. A former Seattle state legislator, he was the first Asian-American to be elected governor on the American mainland.


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For 75 Insignias of the Dawn and 75 Insignias of the Crusade you may choose an item from the Argent Dawn's treasure cache.
- Insignia of the Dawn × 75
- Insignia of the Crusade × 75
Greetings, friend. Have you insignias of the Dawn or the Crusade that you would like to redeem for items of great power?
I must warn you; purchases made at honored reputation with the Dawn come with an extremely hefty surcharge. I would advise that you gain a better reputation with the Dawn before moving forward with your plans.
You will be able to choose one of the following items:
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By ROBERT F. WORTH; Abdul Razzaq al-Saeidy contributed reporting for this article.
Published: December 6, 2004
Militants surrounded a bus full of unarmed Iraqi contractors employed by American forces as they rode to work on Sunday morning and gunned down 17 of them. It was the latest in a series of increasingly brazen attacks that have left more than 80 people dead in the past three days and deepened the sense of growing mayhem here as the January elections approach.
The bus ambush in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, also underscored the increasing risks faced by Iraqis who work for the American-led occupation and are singled out as collaborators. The ambush was part of an intensified insurgent campaign aimed at terrorizing Iraq's fledgling security forces and fomenting sectarian divisions that could undermine the elections or perhaps force a delay.
Since Friday, militants have detonated a car bomb in front of a Shiite mosque, singled out Shiite officers for slaughter in a police station attack, and killed 18 Kurdish militiamen.
Citing the deepening violence, more political leaders added their voices to a growing movement to delay the national and provincial elections now scheduled for Jan. 30. Leaders of Iraq's majority Shiite community have responded to earlier calls by insisting that the elections go forward as planned, and President Bush said Thursday that they must not be postponed.
But the political leaders who gathered in Baghdad on Sunday, mostly Sunni Arabs representing about 40 political parties and individuals, said that the insurgents' campaign of violence and intimidation made credible elections impossible for the moment, and that holding them in January would achieve an illegitimate result that could provoke further civil conflict.
''I warn the two sides that the situation is very serious,'' said Tawfik al-Yassri, a member of Iraq's interim parliament and a leader of the Iraqi National Coalition party. ''It will be the first seed of civil war.''
In the first attack on Sunday near Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, insurgents fired on a bus carrying Iraqi contractors on their way to work for the American military, killing 17 and wounding 20, said Capt. Bill Coppernoll, a spokesman for the First Infantry Division.
He said the attack began at 8:30 a.m., when a sedan overtook the bus and cut it off just before it stopped to let the contractors off. Several attackers leaped out of the sedan, another group in a second car drove alongside, and both groups opened fire on the bus with AK-47 rifles until they ran out of ammunition, then got back into their cars and fled, Captain Coppernoll said.
The contractors all worked on an American military program to gather and destroy the weapons storehouses that are found almost daily throughout Iraq, Captain Coppernoll said.
In a second attack, near the northern city of Bayji, a car packed with explosives drove into an Iraqi National Guard checkpoint and detonated about 9:30 a.m., Captain Coppernoll said. Immediately afterward, insurgents attacked the checkpoint with small-arms fire. Three national guardsmen were killed and 18 wounded, the captain said.
Also on Sunday, one Iraqi soldier was killed and four were wounded in Samarra, 60 miles north of the capital, when insurgents struck their combat patrol with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, Captain Coppernoll said.
Just south of Mosul, in northern Iraq, three Turkish truckers were killed when a bomb detonated near a military patrol they were traveling with, military officials said.
The slaughter of the Tikrit contractors on Sunday demonstrated the insurgents' renewed focus on terrorizing and intimidating anyone working with Americans. Iraq's newly formed police, army and national guard have been the main targets of that campaign, in a wave of violent attacks throughout the country that have ranged from armed assaults on military compounds to suicide attacks to beheadings and mutilations.
But during the past three days, the insurgents, believed to be mostly Sunni Arabs, have also made unmistakable efforts to foment ethnic and sectarian conflict by striking at Shiite Muslims and Kurds.
On Friday, a car bomb killed 18 people outside a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, mostly worshipers, heavily damaging the mosque. Almost simultaneously, several dozen militants attacked a police station elsewhere in the capital, killing 12 officers. All those killed were Shiite.
On Sunday, a Baghdad newspaper published an unusual statement purporting to be from Shiite seminary figures, deploring those two incidents and demanding an investigation. The authenticity of the statement could not be immediately confirmed.
On Saturday, a suicide bomber plowed into a bus full of Kurdish militiamen in Mosul, where tensions between the city's Arab and Kurdish populations runs high. At least 18 militiamen were killed.
Also on Saturday, fighting broke out in Latifiya, 25 miles south of Baghdad, between members of a newly formed Shiite militia and a group of Sunni militants who had been accused of killing Shiites on the road to the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, The Washington Post reported Sunday. That clash left more than 20 fighters dead, The Post reported. American military officials said they knew nothing about the battle, as did a spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry.


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The Catholic Principals' Association has taken issue with comments from US President Barack Obama about what he described as the "segregated" education system in Northern Ireland.
The US leader gave a keynote speech in Belfast last week in which he encouraged young people to work for peace. He then visited an integrated primary school in Enniskillen with Prime Minister David Cameron.
In a statement yesterday, the Catholic Principals' Association said it particularly took issue with his description of our system of education as a 'segregated' one.
"This is a loaded, emotive and inaccurate comment," they said. "Segregation implies a conscious system policy and practice. It also implies willed perseverance in advocating and implementing exclusion of some or all students of a particular race or creed."
Mrs Michéle Corkey, chairperson of the Catholic Principals' Association, said "All Catholic schools in Northern Ireland are inclusive and welcome children of all faiths and none.
"We understand that controlled schools have a similar policy and practice. That Catholics predominately choose Catholic schools and Protestants choose controlled schools is bound up with a history too complex and too nuanced to dismiss as simply as 'segregation'."


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Maybe it's just me and my undying appreciation for all things Jaime Murray, but this trailer for "El Gringo" and "Safe House" director Eduardo Rodriguez's direct-to-DVD "Fright Night 2" actually looks better than the first big-budget reboot starring Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin. Of course, it could just be Jaime Murray vamping it up. Naked. And covered in blood for most of the movie. She sure has Colin Farrell beat, that's fo sho.
"Fright Night 2" is not really a sequel to the first remake, it's basically the same movie, with most of the same characters, but transplanted into a new locale and, well, remade … again? I dunno, I guess they figured the formula kind of worked, so why do a sequel, directly or indirectly, when you can just, uh, do it all over again? Yeah, I have no idea what the thinking behind this one was, either, so just go with it. Or don't, I guess.
By day Gerri Dandridge (Jaime Murray) is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in Gerri's chilling web of lust and terror. Charley and "Evil" Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a "new moon virgin," which just so happens to be Charley's ex-girlfriend, Amy. They enlist help from Peter Vincent, the vampire hunting host of a reality show called "Fright Night," to drive a stake through Gerri's plan and save Amy from a fate far worse than death.
Also starring Will Payne, Sean Power, Sacha Parkinson, and Chris Waller.
Vamping it up on Blu-ray and DVD this October 1st.


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The US Masters 2012 was won by Bubba Watson after an exciting play-off with South African Louis Oosthuizen following both golfers having an exceptional round on the final day and finsihing on -10. The 33-year-old left-hander won at the second extra hole to claim his first major title. Peter Hanson, Matt Kuchar and Phil Mickelson finished in a three-way tie for third finishing on -8. England's Ian Poulter (69) finished seventh on -5, while Australian Adam Scott, last year's runner-up, carded a 66 that included a hole in one on the 16th to finish -4.
England's Justin Rose and Ireland's Padraig Harrington finished in eighth with Adam Scott.
Pre-tournament favourites Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy ended a disappointing tournament tied on five over last year. But that has no bearing on this year's golf betting ahead of the US Masters 2013 where Tiger Woods is closing in on Rory McIlroy at the top of the official golf world ranking list; and after winning this year's WGC Championship title for the seventh time, is now only one average point behind Rory McIlroy. A victory at the US Masters would see Tiger Woods regaining the #1 world ranking he held for so long before injury and personal problems caused a meltdown in 2009.
The US Masters 2013 starts the week commencing Monday 8th April with the actual golf tournament beginning on Thursday 11th – Sunday 14th April at the famous Augusta Golf Course.
Is anyone prepared to bet against Tiger Woods (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005) winning his fifth US Masters Tournament next month?
I am expecting Tiger Woods to win but hope to enjoy a battle between Woods and Rory McIlroy all the way to the final pin. If both players have a good tournament and play to their potential, the US Masters could offer one of the most exciting final rounds in recent history. But don't forget three-time winner Phil Mickelson (2004, 2006, 2010) has his own private love affair with the tournament and US golf fans.
At the time of writing this article, bwin golf betting has Tiger Woods favourite at 5/1 from Rory McIlroy at 9/1 and Phil Mickelson at 11/1. The big three are followed by Brandt Snedeker, Charl Schwartzel & the highest place Englishmen Luke Donald at 21/1.


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Titan is NOT for Wrinkles Around the Mouth or Eyes...
All treatments are temporary! I'm sorry to say but your best results with the most visible improvement would be with Botox or Dysport. This type of treatment would soften your wrinkles most effectively. Titan will stimulate collagen productions and tighten skin minimally over time but the wrinkles will still be present due to your muscle movements and facial expressions. Unfortunately and fortunately, we have great technology and there are a lot of skilled practitioners out there that can keep you looking natural and improve the drastic signs of aging!
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Titan is good for tightening loose skin.
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Titan is an option for tightening
Titan is really not for lines. Titan, Thermage, Exilis et al appear to be best for tightning the skin. I use it for the jaw line, jowls, brows, and of course, for abdomenal tightening. Those fine etched lines around the mouth are not really eliminated by anything too well. But whatever you do, don't try Botox here or it will drop your smile. Fillers are the best option.
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These Photos Lea Michele Posted Will Make You Buy Into The Fakelationship Rumors
Team LM.. @EsteeStanley taking pic:) #AlbumCoverShoot pic.twitter.com/QUWazbGmZg
— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) October 13, 2013
I'm already bracing myself for the hate mail I'm going to receive from Lea Michele fans who (maybe rightfully) think I'm the worst, but I need to express an opinion, and I'm sorry if you take it the wrong way — Lea Michele needs to get herself a better publicist. Right now. Or at least hold off from posting photos from her sexy album cover shoot as if her life is completely back to normal.
I know that everyone mourns in their own way, and it's very likely that things behind the scenes are very different from the way they seem in real life, but the manner in which Lea is publicly handling the death of Cory Monteith is extremely confusing to me. It's like she either doesn't have a publicist, or if she does have one, they're encouraging her to end the mourning period and move on to taking advantage of the publicity.
There have been a ton rumors and blind items suggesting that these two were in a fakelationship before his death, but I never really believed them until now. Right after Cory's death was announced, I was really impressed with the way Lea was handling everything — I thought her speech at the Teen Choice Awards was completely perfect, not to mention devastating, and I was struck by her bravery at being able to return to Glee even though though Cory's absence would be glaring. She mostly stayed off of Twitter except for one tweet on July 29th in which she thanked her fans for their support, and mostly stayed under the radar with her friends and family, recovering. Everything about that reaction seemed real to me, and I felt deeply compassionate for such a tragic, impossible situation.
But then suddenly, abruptly, it felt like the mourning period was over, even though his death was only three months ago yesterday. Cory is never mentioned on Lea's Twitter, except for one tweet the night his tribute episode aired, she's started heavy promotion for her upcoming album, and she's said that she feels like she lost two people instead of one because she's considering Finn Hudson a loss, as well. Not the most respectful to the memory of her boyfriend, if you think about it, comparing his loss to the loss of a fictional character.
And speaking of thinking about it, the more I thought about it, the more I wondered how Lea was possibly able to return to filming a show where she starred opposite a man she was supposedly dating — a man she was supposedly close to getting engaged to. On a certain level, it's impressive that she's professional enough to return to set, but if she wants to continue the narrative of the two of them being a real couple before his death and not a fakelationship, then I don't think this is the way to go about it.
Sneak peek of today's #AlbumCoverShoot! pic.twitter.com/7zqzwb6qRz
— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) October 14, 2013
And like I said, the newest thing to make me feel uncomfortable about the handling of this situation is the sexy photos that Lea posted to Instagram of a recent album cover shoot, complete with exclamation points and smiley faces. Even if she's trying to cover up the way she's feeling and put on a brave face, it's only been three months, y'know? The world is still looking to you for your reaction to this tragedy, and I imagine it's pretty confusing for people (myself very much included) when your reaction is to plug your upcoming projects and to seem completely untroubled about the extremely recent death of your boyfriend.
Again, I know I'll take a ton of heat for this opinion, but I can't imagine I'm the only one feeling this way. No matter if the relationship was real or fake, or if she's mourning or trying to capitalize on the publicity, I think Lea needs to get someone on this situation right away. Because the way she's currently handling it is giving me some serious fakelationship vibes that I didn't have before, and making all those blind items about her trying to cut ties so that she's not bound to his memory forever really make sense.


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[Source: World Health Organization, full PDF document: (LINK). Edited.]
Influenza at the human-animal interface - Summary and assessment as of 4 June 2013
Human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses and associated animal health events
From 2003 through 4 June 2013, 630 laboratory-confirmed human cases with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection have been officially reported to WHO from 15 countries, of which 375 died.
Since the last update on 26 April 2013, two new laboratory-confirmed human cases with influenza A(H5N1) virus infection were reported to WHO from Cambodia and Egypt.
The investigations into these concluded that they were sporadic cases and that the appearance of these sporadic cases are expected and will likely occur in the future.
Cambodia reported one new case. This case was picked up through a fever surveillance study. The case fully recovered. All eleven human cases with influenza A(H5N1)virus infection reported in Cambodia since the beginning of 2013 come from five provinces located in southern Cambodia. These cases do not seem to be linked directly, and most had contact with sick poultry in their villages. The clade 1.1 viruses that have been isolated from cases are very similar to those isolated from poultry in the region. Investigations around these cases did not detect additional human cases. This evidence suggests sporadic infections from exposure to infected poultry or contaminated environments, rather than human-to-human transmission. It has been suggested that the A(H5N1) virus is circulating endemically in poultry in Cambodia(1) , and as such, additional sporadic human cases might be expected.
Table 1: Laboratory-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection (26 April 2013- 5 4 June 2013)
[Country - Province - Age - Sex - Date of onset - Date of Hospitalisation - Oseltamivir treatment Start date - Date of death - Exposure to]
- Cambodia - Kampong Speu - 5 years - F - 28/01/2013 - NA - No - NA – unknown
- Egypt - Sohaq - 25 years - F - 25/04/2013 - 29/04/2013 - 01/05/2013 - 05/05/2013 - Sick and dead backyard poultry
NA: not applicable or not available
Public health risk assessment of avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses:
Any time influenza viruses are circulating in poultry, sporadic infections or small clusters of human cases are possible especially in people exposed to infected poultry kept in households or contaminated environments. However, currently, this influenza A(H5N1) virus does not appear to transmit easily among people and therefore the risk of community level spread of this virus remains low. Therefore, the public health risk associated with this virus remains unchanged.
Human infection with other non-seasonal influenza viruses
Avian influenza A(H7N9)
China has been reporting human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection since the end of March 2013. There have been no new cases reported since 29 May. The last reported case had onset of illness on 21 May 2013. This event is closely monitored and separate risk assessments are carried out for this event.
Please find the most updated information at: http://who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/en/index.html
Animal outbreaks with highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses with potential public health impact
Overall, official reports of animal influenza outbreaks are at their expected seasonal level (http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Diseaseinformation/WI ).
Normally with the onset of summer in the northern hemisphere, the number of reports of influenza events in birds is expected to decrease. Due to the human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus and the presence of this virus in poultry in China, there is enhanced surveillance for various subtypes of avian influenza in both humans and animals in China, the countries neighboring China, and globally. It is therefore expected that more Influenza A(H5) and A(H7) events in humans and animals will be detected and reported, as well as identification of infections with a variety of other subtypes and reassortants. Many of these will not change the risk assessment. It is critical that these events be reported through the appropriate channels.
Due to the constant evolving nature of influenza viruses, WHO continues to stress the importance of global monitoring of influenza viruses in animals and people and recommends all Member States to strengthen routine influenza surveillance. All human infections with non-seasonal influenza viruses are reportable to WHO under IHR (2005).
Relevant Links:
- WHO human-animal interface web page http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/en/
- Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/EN_GIP_LatestCumulativeNumberH5N1cases.pdf
- H5N1 avian influenza: timeline of major events http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/avian_influenza/H5N1_avian_influenza_update.pdf
- Avian influenza A(H7N9) information http://who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/en/index.html
- World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) web page: Web portal on Avian Influenza http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/web-portal-on-avian-influenza/
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) webpage: Avian Influenza http://www.fao.org/avianflu/en/index.html
- OFFLU http://www.offlu.net/index.html
[See also:
- Cumulative number of confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) reported to WHO 04 June 2013 http://www.who.int/entity/influenza/human_animal_interface/H5N1_cumulative_table_archives/en/index.html
- Global maps: areas with confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) reported to WHO 04 June 2013 http://gamapserver.who.int/maplibrary/pgrms/avian_influenza.aspx ]
(1) Sorn, S., et al. Dynamic of H5N1 virus in Cambodia and emergence of a novel endemic sub-clade. Infect. Genet. Evol. (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2012.05.013 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134812002158


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Jean Alesi successfully completed the first two phases of the mandatory Rookie Orientation Program at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday evening.
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After making his oval d?but the previous day in a curtailed first rookie session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jean Alesi got down to serious work on Friday evening and started tackling the mandatory Rookie Orientation Program.
"It's fast," he admitted of his first experience running over 200 mph on the 2.5 mile speedway. "It's extremely important to concentrate all the time. You can't go on the track and be relaxed. I respect very much the Indianapolis racetrack, now!"
Despite only 90 minutes being available at the end of a day which had been mostly given over to practice for the Firestone Indy Lights teams, Alesi completed the first two of three phases of ROP without any problems.
All drivers who have not competed in the Indianapolis 500 before are required to undertake ROP before they are eligible to run in qualifying to get onto the 33-car starting grid for the race. Eight drivers on the entry list this year are rookies, including Alesi and his fellow former F1 graduate Rubens Barrichello.
Barrichello fully completed his ROP requirements on Thursday, along with Josef Newgarden, Bryan Clauson, James Jakes and Simon Pagenaud. In addition, Michel Jourdain Jr. also completed the same program in the form of a refresher course, as he has not raced at IMS since 1996. AJ Foyt Racing's Wade Cunningham completed the first two phases of ROP, which allows him to go on and complete the program during normal practice sessions which start tomorrow and run all week.
Because of teething problems yesterday with the Fan Force United car's Lotus engine turbo boost, Alesi was only able to run 18 laps on Thursday in a session that was in any case curtailed by cold weather first thing and media commitments at the facility in the afternoon. Alesi used the time to simply get used to the concept of oval runs and the feel of the car, and postponed his formal ROP trial until the Friday evening opportunity - when it turned out that he had the place to himself.
Alesi seemed to have little problem with the first phase, during which drivers have to complete 10 laps at consistent lines and speeds between 200 and 205 mph. After a brief break for the team to give the car a quick check and tune-up, Alesi then went back out and completed phase 2, which required 15 laps at speeds between 205 and 210 mph.
Alesi's best time was 43.0673s at a speed of 208.975 mph, with the average time during phase 2 some two miles per hour slower. Alesi showed great lap-by-lap consistency and did not appear to be finding it at all difficult to maintain the consistent line. It did seem that the car didn't have a lot more speed in it, which could be an issue when it comes to completing phase 3 in which 15 laps at speeds over 210 mph are required. However, the team pointed out that by this stage on Friday Alesi was in any case running on tyres nearing their end of life, having completed a total of 39 laps in the session.
Alesi said afterwards that completing the first two phases without any setbacks "was very important to me, obviously, because it's all new ... The car, the circuit are new and it's been a long time since I drove a single-seater."
Alesi added that it had turned out to be an advantage holding his ROP laps over to Friday. "Doing all the phases alone really helped me," he said. "I enjoyed it very much. It went very well. I had good feedback from the car and the track and I learned a lot."
Despite the Firestone Indy Lights Fan Force United team being a very small operation, it doesn't lack for technical team members with formidable expertise of engineering successful Indy 500 cars in the past. As well as team owner Tyce Carlson - himself a former Indy Lights race driver with Indy 500 race experience - there's also a former team owner in engineer Greg Beck. Alesi was appreciative of their help getting him quite literally up to speed this week.
"The team around me is very experienced, so anywhere I turn, when I speak to one of the guys, they give me good advice," the 47-year-old French-Sicilian former Ferrari Grand Prix driver said.
Alesi did not have any time left in the day to make an attempt at completing phase 3 on Friday, but in any case he will now - like Cunningham - be able to finish the certification process during the regular six-hour daily practice sessions that start tomorrow from noon local time and run through to Fast Friday on May 18.
The only rookie not to have completed any phases of ROP is Katherine Legge, who has been unable to participate following the acrimonious split between her Dragon Racing team and its former engine suppliers Lotus a week ago.
Since the first two phases of ROP have to be completed before Opening Day on Saturday, that technically means that Legge cannot enter this year's Indy 500; however, given the unusual nature of the situation regarding Dragon, it's likely that IndyCar will find someway of fitting Legge's ROP laps in over the course of the week - providing that the team's engine situation is resolved in time.
Legge's team mate Sebastien Bourdais has also not been able to run, and is required to complete the same speed tests as a refresher course in the same way that Jourdain already has, as the Frenchman has not raced on the oval at IMS since 2005. Since Bourdais is not formally a rookie, the regulations are likely more flexible in his case than in Legge's.


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HEADS UP – the Cyrus family is headed for YouTube!
Just when you thought it had all ended the Cyrus family is launching a YouTube Channel. Seriously Cyrus TV will highlight different areas of the family's life including fashion, social media posts and music from Billy. As for Miley? Right now, it doesn't look like she's going to have a huge role in the project. Do we give it a chance or shoot it down? Check out the trailer:


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Smh I still have a Hero. Can't wait for the Nexus Prime (because it sounds so much better than Galaxy Nexus) to hit sprint.
You still have the Hero? Lol i had to get rid of mine after about 6 months for the EVO. The horrible lagginess started at 4months
I still use my hero everyday.....to charge batteries for my evo so i can listen to iheartradio all day and never break for a charge. Thanx little buddy! You truly are my hero!
we just replaced the wifes hero with a epic touch a few days ago. rooted and overclocked running CM its actually still pretty decent. UNTIL you see it next to the ET4G of course...
Had a hero until saturday.. Fiance was getting the iphone 4s and i was getting new phone jealousy so i got the ET4G. amazing phone, just hope i don't get the LOS bug that the forum are up in arms about. Couldn't wait for the galaxy nexus anymore since there's nothing that suggests it's coming to sprint except for a poster purchase order. You think we would have heard something by now right?
Big time fail.
LOL thats my phone! >:]
Walmart = FAIL.
ahhhhhhhh, android 1.5 with sense....the memories....
Haha, I think that since the Evo Design 4G is called the Hero S on US Cellular, they got confused. What noobs.
I loved my Hero. Glad I switched up to Nexus S, but the Hero still rules especially after root.
That said, I wish my Hero had a 1.2 GHz processor, hahaha.
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As Emanuel and his wife Amy contemplate what school is best for their family, three possibilities come to mind immediately: Ravenswood Elementary School, John C. Coonley Elementary School, and Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day.
The Chicago public elementary schools provide excellent options for students through 8th grade in the Ravenswood area. Ravenswood Elementary, located at 4332 N. Paulina St., about a block from the Emanuel home, is described on the Chicago Public School (CPS) website as "one of the best kept secrets in Chicago—a successful school in a quiet neighborhood." The school is a fine and performing arts magnet cluster school that integrates the arts into regular classroom instruction. Ravenswood could appeal to the family due to its proximity and strong arts program. It received a good standing performance rating and earned a 57 out of 100 points from CPS. In 2010, 75 percent of students met or exceeded state expectations. (The CPS average is 75 percent also.)
John C. Coonley Elementary School, at 4046 N. Leavitt, is another excellent academic option for Ravenswood families. Coonley is a regional gifted center and offers an accelerated curriculum for qualifying academically advanced students. In May 2008 the Chicago Tribune reported Emanuel, who was then a U.S. Representative, said "that designating public schools such as Coonley as regional gifted centers will help keep families in the city." As opposed to Ravenswood, Coonley received an excellent standing performance rating and earned a 96 out of 100 points from CPS. In 2010, 95 percent of students met or exceeded state expectations. Emanuel has already shown he is close to Coonley; he held a campaign kick-off event at the school and he even participated in the "Principal for a Day" program there last fall.
As Chicago's first Jewish mayor, Emanuel might also consider a Jewish education for his children. Among many Jewish school options that Emanuel might choose in the city is Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School. The school, located at 3751 North Broadway Street, is a Blue Ribbon school and offers a dual curriculum of Jewish and general Studies. It is worth noting that the education there, like many private schools, comes at a price. A family can pay as much as $24,380 per student in tuition and fees. This school seems a possible choice for the family; two of his children attended here before the family's move to Washington D.C. and Emanuel himself was a student at Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School as a boy.
During his victory speech Emanuel said "we need stronger schools and involved parents to prepare our young people for success." As a public school graduate himself from New Trier Township High School in one of Chicago's far north suburbs, Winnetka, one can only wonder whether Emanuel will select one of CPS' fine elementary school options in the area, including Ravenswood Elementary or Coonley, or if he will choose a Jewish education for his children instead.


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I hear that I am not supposed to do the "sorry, I got busy.." blog post… but it has been long enough that I do feel I owe you a "catching up" post…
Where did I go? nowhere. I am still in the same team, at Microsoft. Doing the same gig (working with big customers on the coolest apps that use any .NET client technology (including WPF, Silverlight, and a new addition Windows Phone)..
Why did not you call, email, or blog? At first, I was a bit too busy with events like PDC, CES and MIX preparation…
After that, I was a bit consumed by Windows Phone but could not blog about it. i was also letting technology and demand take its course. You will hear more about it as I go.
How is the family? wife and kids are good. We moved (a whole 4 miles distance, but new school district). Samuel just finished basketball season, we are moving on to T-ball… Sophia is at a wonderful fun/loving age (almost 4); I am enjoying every minute since I already know time flies when your kids are young.
Now that you are back; are you going to blog more frequently and stick with it?
I will try! Can't guarantee it, but will give it a second run… I am super excited about what is coming down the pipeline at Microsoft and have lots of opinions and tips to share around that…
Can we still email you or contact you via blog contact page?
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I recently spent some time working with Adsense on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com so I thought I'd share with you some of the optimizations I've made with Google ads on this blog.
As many of you may have noticed, this blog makes part of its revenues from Adsense ads which can be found directly above and below the content. But depending on how you arrived at this site, you may not have noticed the ads at all.
Because the income I make from Adsense ad clicks is directly related to the conversion rate of the people seeing the ads, it is to my benefit to only show these ads to interested parties.
If too many ad impressions are shown but do not lead to conversions, Google will reduce the payout per click for my entire site. This phenomenon is know as "smart pricing".
In this case of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com, the best way for me to maximize conversions is to show Google Adsense ads only to search engine visitors and this is exactly what I do.
Now if you look online, there are many articles already posted on how to show ads only to search engine visitors so why am I covering this topic yet again?
The problem is that none of these tutorials cover how to do this if you cache your website.
WP Super Cache And Other Caching Plugins
Most of the solutions out there rely on php modifications to the WordPress template in order to serve Adsense ads only to search engine visitors.
However, if you run any sort of caching plugins for your wordpress blog, you will run into problems with dynamic code.
The reason lies with the way caching works. In the case of the WP Super Cache plugin, the plugin makes an exact copy of your html code and saves it into a file on your server.
When many visitors hit the exact same article on your site, the static copy is served instead of the regular version. As a result, many of the CPU intensive PHP and database operations are avoided.
In fact, caching is one of the best ways to speed up your website without having to upgrade your server and everyone should be doing it because it's quick, easy and free.
The problem with caching however is that because a static copy of your site is being served to the end user, dynamic content using php can not be used because the php interpreter is not even being run when a cached copy is served.
In short, many of the php based solutions to serve Adsense ads only to search engine visitors will not work when caching or the WP Super Cache plugin is used.
In addition, many other plugins that rely on dynamic content can not be used with the WP Super Cache plugin unless it is run in half-on mode.
A Javascript Solution
Even though the WP Super Cache plugin serves a static copy to the end user, one of the best ways to still serve dynamic content is through the use of javascript.
Javascript works in such a way that all of the javascript code is run directly on the client's computer. As a result, you can still serve static html files to the end user and run dynamic code.
It is through javascript that I'm able to serve fully cached files and still run my little script to serve adsense ads only to search engine visitors.
My Javascript Code
Here is my little javascript snippet below which is all contained in a .js file which I've named adsense.js.
var ref = document.referrer;
var sevisitor;
var SE = new Array('web.info.com', 'search.', 'del.icio.us/search', 'soso.com', '.yahoo.','/url','/search','.google.','.ask.','.baidu.','.bing.','.aol.','.answers.');
for ( var source in SE){
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if (sevisitor){
var large = '<script type="text/javascript"><!-- \n\
google_ad_client = ""; \n\
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google_ad_slot = ""; \n\
google_ad_width = 336; \n\
google_ad_height = 280; \n\
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> \n\
</script> \n\
Then in my single.php file under my WordPress theme, I add the following lines where I want to display my Adsense ad.
<script type="text/javascript" src="adsense.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">adsenseTop();</script>
To all experienced web programmers, this script probably comes across as a big joke. However, many bloggers are not programmers so I will explain what is going on.
In a nutshell, the script detects the referring website and stores this value into the variable ref. It then checks to see if the referring URL matches any of the search engines.
Naturally,I check for all of the popular ones including even Baidu. If the referring URL matches, then I set the sevisitor variable. Based on the sevisitor variable, I then use javascript to output the Google Adsense code.
Smart Pricing
Ever since I started implementing this code, MyWifeQuitHerJob.com click payouts have increased steadily. Showing adsense ads only to those searching for relevant information makes sense.
You spare your regular readers from having to see the ads and you capitalize on those who are in search of answers. It's a win win situation.
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It's not often I get to review a book like How to Catch a Frog by Heather Ross.
So it was a welcome change to devour (and I did devour it) this autobiographical tale, subtitled "…and other stories of family, love, dysfunction, survival, and DIY."
I'd been familiar with Heather Ross as a fabric designer.
If you spent time on quilt-related blogs a few years back, you couldn't help but hear about her fabrics with FreeSpirit and Kokka of Japan.
But of course there is more to the story, and not all of it is pretty. How to Catch a Frog is an honest portrayal of growing up in a back-to-the-land household—which sometimes meant hunger, cold and neglect—but also led to innovative play, creative problem solving and a deep love for nature and the outdoors in rural Vermont.
I was hooked on this book from the first paragraph. Heather writes in breathless sweeping descriptions of the people and places she's been, and doesn't neglect to observe how they influenced her. I highly recommend How to Catch a Frog. I loved it.
Heather's wildly popular Far, Far Away fabric line (released originally in 2008 as a line of home dec fabrics) will appear in stores this July, printed on quilting cotton by Windham Fabrics.
Wouldn't these prints make a great little girl quilt?
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UT Southwestern scientist named Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research
Dallas -- July 25, 2006 -- Dr. Russell DeBose-Boyd, assistant professor of molecular genetics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been named a Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research by the Los Angeles-based W.M. Keck Foundation.
The award of up to $1 million over five years will support the researcher's work on the enzymes that regulate and control cholesterol production, studies that may shed light on the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
"I'm honored to be included among such a distinguished group of young investigators," said Dr. DeBose-Boyd, one of five Keck Young Scholar winners nationwide this year. "This generous award will allow my lab to continue our efforts to understand the enzyme HMG CoA reductase, a key player in cholesterol synthesis and the target of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.
"I'm grateful to the W.M. Keck Foundation for this support that allows young researchers to explore novel projects and take on new challenges in high-risk areas that could lead to important medical breakthroughs," he said.
A native of Boswell, Okla., Dr. DeBose-Boyd received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and his doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Before joining the faculty of UT Southwestern as an instructor in 2001, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the molecular genetics laboratory of two of UT Southwestern's four Nobel laureates, Dr. Michael Brown and Dr. Joseph Goldstein. As a young faculty member at UT Southwestern Dr. DeBose-Boyd's early research was supported by the Perot Foundation.
Dr. DeBose-Boyd said being named a Keck Young Scholar is a reflection of the scientific environment in the Department of Molecular Genetics at UT Southwestern in general.
"This institution encourages young scientists, and provides tremendously talented mentors. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the leadership of Dr. Brown and Dr. Goldstein," he said.
Drs. Brown and Goldstein received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1985 for their discovery of the underlying mechanisms of cholesterol metabolism.
"Over the last 33 years, Mike Brown and I have been very fortunate in having had many superb postdoctoral fellows work with us," said Dr. Goldstein, chairman of molecular genetics. "Russell ranks among the very top in terms of his intelligence, creativity, judgment and technical prowess. He is following in the footsteps of other outstanding former fellows, such as Drs. David Russell [professor of molecular genetics], Thomas S�dhof [director of the Center for Basic Neuroscience], Helen Hobbs [director of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development and the Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Research Center], Mark Lehrman [professor of pharmacology], Joachim Herz [professor of molecular genetics], Xiaodong Wang [professor of biochemistry] and Jay Horton [associate professor of internal medicine and molecular genetics], all of whom have remained at UT Southwestern where their independent careers have flourished."
Dr. Brown, director of the Erik Jonsson Center for Research in Molecular Genetics and Human Disease, added: "Dr. DeBose-Boyd has added a whole new chapter to our knowledge of the regulation of HMG CoA reductase. He has shown in detail how the enzyme is targeted for rapid degradation when certain sterols build up in cells, thereby stopping cholesterol synthesis. His work is conceptually brilliant, technically courageous and medically relevant. His selection as a Keck Scholar is eminently justified."
The W.M. Keck Foundation established the Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program in 1998 to support groundbreaking research addressing the fundamental mechanisms of human disease. Under the program, each grant recipient's home institution receives an award of up to $1 million to support the scientist's research activities for five years. Nominations from institutions are accepted on an invitation-only basis.
Dr. Hongtao Yu, associate professor of pharmacology at UT Southwestern, was named a Keck Young Scholar in 2003.
Other 2006 winners are: Dr. Luis Amaral of Northwestern University, Dr. Seth Blackshaw of Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Jonathan Bogan of Yale University School of Medicine and Dr. Amy Pasquinelli of the University of California, San Diego.
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