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Mongolia graft probe clears Australian lawyer
Published: December 24 2012 - 7:20PM
An Australian lawyer who had been barred from leaving Mongolia has been cleared of involvement in a corruption case and will soon be able to leave the country, her employer says.
SouthGobi Resources, a subsidiary of resources giant Rio Tinto, said Mongolia's Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) had ended its questioning of its chief legal counsel Sarah Armstrong.
SouthGobi has been informed by the IAAC that the 32-year-old "is no longer a suspect in their investigations", the coal firm said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange where it is listed.
"The IAAC has informed the company that she will shortly be able to leave the country," SouthGobi said.
The Australian was barred from boarding a flight from Ulan Bator to Hong Kong in October as Mongolian authorities probed a corruption case, triggering calls from Armstrong's mother to let her daughter return home.
Officials wanted to question Armstrong as a witness to alleged corruption and money-laundering, although details of the case have remained sketchy.
Mongolian officials said Armstrong was wanted over an investigation into the former chief of Mongolia's mining authority, who is suspected of illegally handling mining licences, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
SouthGobi said the IAAC was continuing its probe into "the divestment of certain SouthGobi licences to third parties" and the "involvement and conduct of government officials" linked to the case.
It gave no other details.
Australia is the biggest investor in Mongolia's mining sector.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/business/mongolia-graft-probe-clears-australian-lawyer-20121224-2bunw.html


text: 'Perennial Diva' recommends garden showstoppers By Akron Beacon Journal February 16, 2013 Story Share All gardeners want their flowerbeds to put on a show. Like any Broadway production, that requires some star attractions.Stephanie Cohen calls those "plants with bling." And the good news, she says, is that plenty of easy-care native plants have that kind of star power.Cohen is an author and educator who calls herself the Perennial Diva."You gotta have a few stars in your garden every season" -- plants with outstanding attributes like color or form that demand attention, Cohen said. They add to a garden what the right scarf or jewelry adds to a basic black dress.For the divas to stand out, a garden also needs filler plants, which she likened to the chorus. Otherwise your garden would be a little like Beyoncé, JLo and Mariah Carey performing an ensemble version of the national anthem. They'd all be clamoring for attention.Now that it's garden-planning season, I thought I'd share a few of my favorites from Cohen's list. Prepare to be wowed.Velvet Queen wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii var. Harperi 'Velvet Queen,' sometimes categorized by the genus name Hexastylis). This plant's dark green leaves with silver markings make for a stunning ground cover.Unlike more common ground covers, however, wild ginger isn't evergreen. "Get over it," Cohen said. Who looks at ground cover in the winter, anyhow?Little Lanterns or Pink Lanterns columbine (Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns' or 'Pink Lanterns'). Both are shorter columbines -- little lanterns with red and yellow flowers, pink lanterns with pink. These spring bloomers prefer light shade, but Cohen has seen them thrive in full sun. But beware: "They are promiscuous," she said. They'll cross-pollinate and develop new colors, which she counsels her audience to just accept and enjoy.Bluestar (Amsonia). "I've never met an amsonia I didn't like," Cohen said. These sun lovers play two roles in the garden: They produce sky blue flowers in spring, and then their foliage remains attractive all summer and turns yellow in fall. One new variety she especially likes is Blue Ice.Fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia). The more familiar form of bleeding heart is a spring favorite of many gardeners, but once it's done blooming, that's it. Fringed bleeding heart, on the other hand, will rebloom if it's deadheaded, Cohen said. She often gets a good flowering in fall. Jacob Cline, Raspberry Wine or Pink Lace bee balm (Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline,' 'Raspberry Wine' or 'Pink Lace'). Gardeners love bee balm both for its appearance and its ability to attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but the plant is susceptible to powdery mildew. The varieties she recommends are resistant to the disease, which creates an unattractive powdery coating and can cause leaves to drop.Jeana garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'). Like bee balm, garden phlox often suffers from mildew, but Cohen said she's never had the disease on the variety Jeana. Its individual flowers are very small, but they grow in big, showy clusters.Agastache. This plant is a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds. It can be an aggressive grower, but if deadheaded, it will flower from early summer right on till fall. "What more do you want from a perennial?" Cohen asked. Prairie Glow brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba 'Prairie Glow'). This newer variety has gorgeous flowers with burgundy, bronze and reddish-orange tones, which is probably why the plant is hard to find. Cohen has two words for her reaction to it: "plant lust."Cranberry Crush hardy hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos 'Cranberry Crush'). This variety produces big, cranberry-colored blooms from summer to fall. If you grow it, though, be prepared to do battle with Japanese beetles."Do not plant these next to your roses," Cohen advised. "You'll commit suicide."Fireworks or Solar Cascade goldenrod (Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' or S. shortii 'Solar Cascade'). Goldenrod brings fall color to the garden, but it's gotten a bad rap, and unfairly so. Many people think goldenrod triggers hay fever, but in fact its pollen is too heavy to be carried by the wind from the plant to your nose. It's ragweed that makes you sneeze, not goldenrod.Cohen likes Fireworks for its arching habit and Solar Cascade for its smaller size. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 2 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 3 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 4 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 5 WVU law professor announces run for Congress Garden Notes: Feb. 17, 2013 Previous Story Warm up -- with a salad Next Story

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On the heels of the highly successful New Year's Eve event in December 2012, Karl Aubyn Events and +233 Jazz Pub & Grill and are back with the second edition of Soul II Soul with a Friday February 1st treat, which is without doubt, on top of the City's must-attend events.
The organizers have promised an exciting night with a special old school music jam living up to the standard set on the maiden event that went down in history as a refreshing new twist in the delivery of entertainment for a mature and discerning clientele.
The February edition of Soul II Soul will see the return of the talented Kwame Yeboah and the Ohia Beye Ya Band, dishing out live music from the 70s, 80s and early 90s.
Kwame's band will be backed by top rated Old School disc jockeys, spinning retro music between artiste sessions and through till the early hours of the morning.
Artistes on the bill include Nana Yaa, Ofie Kodjoe and others who delivered amazing performances on New Year's Eve.
The organizers also promise an additional top rated surprise act to follow the electrifying performance of Samini at the maiden event and this will remain the trend at all subsequent Soul II Soul events.
If the maiden edition was anything to go by, the Friday February 1 event will deliver hours of entertainment right through till dawn where again, complimentary breakfast will be served just before the break of dawn.
Already the city's most talked about event, Soul II Soul harnesses local talent to present a musical experience that features Ghana's most talented bands and artistes performing both African and African American tracks of yesteryear.
Soul II Soul features an exciting collection of local and international old school music including Soul, Funk, Highlife, Hiplife, R&B, and Afrobeat among other genres.
Patrons who missed the maiden edition can look forward to a scintillating experience set within the Capitals premier entertainment venue, +233 Jazz Bar & Grill.
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The SAS Group, an international provider of managed network and professional services, today announced the completion of a project to upgrade the wide area network (WAN) of leading urban leisure and entertainment specialist, Aspers. The new infrastructure, which connects four UK sites, is supported by a bespoke managed services agreement with the SAS Group.
When Aspers won the license to develop a world-class entertainment complex at the gateway to the Olympic Park, the company had just 12 months to complete the 65,000 sq ft casino ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Two important enablers for the operation of the new casino were the installation of a primary data centre, which would become the hub for all sites on the Aspers network estate, and the rollout of a new HD CCTV security system.
Recognising that neither of these projects could be fully supported by the companys existing wide area network, group IT manager Nick Snowden decided to contact BT for help scoping a new infrastructure.
What we needed was a network with high bandwidth, low latency and class of service, said Nick. What we had was a public Internet VPN-based WAN that provided no guaranteed throughput and could not support class of service.
In addition to wanting a more powerful network, Aspers was keen to consolidate the management of the project.
In a complex piece of work, you just want one point of contact; we were opening a new casino so there was a lot going on, said Nick. Its always easier to deal with a project in one call than to have to speak to several people.
When it came to the ongoing support and maintenance of the new network, Aspers also had some very specific requirements for monitoring and reporting as well.
It is important as you put more demand on the system that you can see the impact youre having on existing services, said Nick. It enables you to plan ahead, increasing bandwidth or adding links. There were reports for our old system but in all honesty, they were not very good.
Confident that the SAS Group, a long-term BT partner, was best positioned to provide the level of customisation and personal involvement Aspers was seeking, BT recommended an introduction to the managed services specialist. Aspers had worked with a third party service provider previously, so Nick was unfazed by the prospect of working with the SAS Group and together they white boarded a solution.
BT brought SAS in that probably gave me sufficient confidence to work with them, said Nick. But from each meeting it was quite apparent that SAS knew what it was doing.
There were one or two changes to the final specification but the design at the beginning is pretty much whats in there now. That proved SASs capability to architect a solution for our needs, said Nick.
The WAN upgrade project was spearheaded by the SAS Group, which took charge of provisioning, project management and installation of all BT circuits into the Olympic Park site. The core network installed is a Layer ll BT VPLS Etherflow solution, which offers each site a virtual pipe of 100mb of bandwidth. The network is segmented for different applications and services; one segment is allocated for the CCTV, and is configured for hub and spoke operation, while the other segment is allocated to general network data and configured for site to site operation.
Each site has a single Etherflow circuit installed; the Olympic Park site which now serves as the companys primary data centre has two circuits for additional resilience. In addition, a high bandwidth BT Net circuit was also installed at Olympic Park for Internet access. All circuits are terminated with Cisco routing and switching equipment.
Since completing the WAN project for Aspers, the SAS Group now provides 24/7 management of the new network, which includes NetFlow advanced monitoring and class of service (CoS) monitoring. Reporting is provided through the SAS Groups network management system (NMS).
Commenting on how valuable he finds the reporting information he receives from the SAS NMS, Nick said: Its just visual. I dont spend hours pondering over it. The important fact is being able to see that circuits up and serviceable. If theres a problem of capacity, Im notified ASAP. If bandwidth is maxed, again, theyll let me know.
One of the biggest benefits of working with SAS is the simplified channels of communications, said Nick. In the past, what was more apparent was the separation between our carrier and the old MSP. Wherever there was an issue, getting the two to talk seemed to require much more effort on our part than it should have. Since the installation with SAS and BT, that hasnt happened. For example, just recently we got an alert about a problem on the network; by the time we spoke to SAS, they were already in discussion with BT about it. In the past we wouldnt have had that.
"Working with a managed service provider can make sense for a lot of organisations, whether thats to reduce internal costs, consolidate supplier communications or improve carrier service levels, said Charles Davis CEO for the SAS Group. What Aspers previous experience shows is that not all MSPs are the same. At SAS we believe that to support and manage a WAN, you need to know how to design and build the infrastructure too.
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Pitt was precocious, entering Cambridge at 14 and Parliament at 22. He was chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of William Petty, Earl of Shelburne (1782-83). The Tories and friends of George III helped him become prime minister.
Unlike his father, Pitt the Younger had a talent for finance. He restructured Britain's finances, negotiated new tariffs with France and faired well in office until 1793 when France declared war - the beginning of years of conflict. In 1798 the Irish revolted against his policies. His solution, the Act of Union 1800, included Catholic emancipation which was rejected by the king. Pitt resigned in protest in 1801.
Returning as prime minister in 1804, he gained the support of the Austrian, Russian and Swedish leaders in an attempt to defeat Napoleon's armies. The news of Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz in 1806 is said to have caused Pitt's death.
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1783 - Britain recognizes the independence of America with the Peace of Versailles.
1784 - The Brighton Pavilion is built. The first school for the blind in opened in Paris. The East India Company is brought under control of the British government.
1785 - The seismograph is introduced for the measurement of earthquakes. Blanchard and Jeffries cross the English Channel by balloon.
1786 - Lord Cornwallis is named Governor-General of India. Rebellion of Daniel Shays in Massachusetts. Ezekiel Reed (American) invents a machine to manufacture nails. Charleston, NC Golf Club is founded.
1787 - Constitution of United States is signed. American Federal government is established. Pennsylvania becomes a state. Turkey declares war on Russia. John Fitch launches a steamboat on the Delaware River. The dollar is introduced in America. In England the Marylebone Cricket Club is formed and moves to Lord's.
1788 - Bread riots in France. Lord Byron is born. First cigar factory opened in Germany. New York is named as capital of the United States. New Hampshire ratifies the U.S. Constitution as ninth state. George III has attack of mental illness; crisis of power in England.
1789 - The French Revolution begins. Paris mob storms the Bastille. Lafayette becomes commander of National Guard. French feudal system is abolished. French King moves court from Versailles to Paris. Declaration of the Rights of Man issued. George Washington is elected president of the United States without opposition.
1790 - William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgium. Benjamin Franklin dies. Philadelphia is recognized as the capital of United States. First U.S. patent law is in force. Washington D. C. is founded. Jews in France are granted civil liberties.
1791 - U.S. Bill of Rights is ratified. Vermont becomes a state. Canada is divided into two provinces. Thomas Paine publishes "The Rights of Man." John Wesley, founder of the Methodists dies. The waltz becomes the dance in England. The first "English Stud Book" is published. Motion for the abolition of slave trade passed Parliament.
1792 - Mary Wollstonecraft, British feminist and writer, publishes "Vindication of the Rights of Women," the first feminist manifesto. George Washington is re-elected president of the United States without opposition. Construction on The White House is begun. The French Republic is proclaimed. The first guillotine in Paris.
1793 - Louis XVI is executed and the Reign of Terror in France begins. Queen Marie Antoinette is executed. Holy Roman Empires declares war on France. U.S. proclaims neutrality. Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
1794 - The Commune of Paris abolished. Robespierre executed. Jacobin Club is closed. U.S. Navy is created. The first telegraph is in Paris. Slavery is abolished in the French colonies.
1795 - Napolean appointed commander-in-chief in Italy.
1796 - George Washington refuses a third term as president. Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais. he defeats Austrian army at Lodi; establishes two republics. John Adams is elected president of the United States. British capture Elba. Spain declares war on Britain. Peking forbids the importation of opium into China. France adopts the metric system.
1797 - Napoleon defeats Austrians at Rivoli and moves on to Vienna. He founds the Ligurian Republic of Genoa. Peace is instituted between France and Austria. Napoleon is appointed to lead troops in invasion of England. He arrives in Paris. Admiral Nelson and Jervis defeat the Spanish fleet at Cape St. Vincent. British sailors mutiny over poor conditions and low pay on the "Solent" at Spithead near Portmouth. John Adams is inaugurated as U.S. president.
1798 - The French take Rome and proclaim the Roman Republic; Pope Pius VI leaves the city. The French take Geneva and Bern in Switzerland and annex the left bank of the Rhine. Napoleon advances into Egypt, takes Malta, occupies Alexandria and with the winning of the Battle of the Pyramids becomes master of Egypt. The French fleet is destroyed by Nelson in Abukir Bay. The French land in Ireland. King Ferdinand IV of Naples declares war on France. The French overrun his Kingdom. In England, a 10 percent tax on incomes over �200 is introduced to help pay for the cost of war. In Germany, Aloys Senefelder invents the lithographic method of printing.
1799 - Napoleon and his troops invade Syria, defeats the Turkish army at Abukir, and leaves Egypt. Austria declares war on France and is victorious in battle at Stockach, Magnano and Zurich. French win at Bergenop-Zoom, but are defeated at Cassano. The Russians enter Turin. Britain joins the Russian-Turkish alliance. In America, George Washington dies. In Egypt the Rosetta Stone is found. In Siberia, a preserved mammoth is found in the ice. In France, Honore de Balzac, novelist, and Ferdinand Delacroix, painter, are born.
1800 - Napoleon's armies are victorious against the Turks at Helipolis, and the Austrians advancing toward Vienna. The British capture Malta. A plot to kill Napoleon is uncovered in Paris. In America, the capital is moved to Washington D. C. from Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson is elected president of the United States. Eli Whitney makes muskets with interchangeable parts. Infrared solar rays are discovered by WIlliam Herschel. In London, The Royal College of Surgeons is founded.
1801 - Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland. Peace between Austria and France marks the end of the Holy Roman Empire. Thomas Jefferson inaugurated as U.S. President. Russian Czar Paul is assassinated. Nelson claims victory over Danish navy off the coast of Copenhagen. In France, Alexandre Dumas is born. In London, "Peerage" is published. Horse racing is introduced at Goodwood by the Duke of Richmond.
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1804 - Napoleon is proclaimed emperor in Paris and is crowned in the presence of Pope Pius VII. War in India between East India Company and Holkar of Indore. Spain declares war on England. Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Benjamin Disraeli is born. Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of the United States. After a year of planning, the Lewis and Clark expedition heads west, exploring the valleys of the Missouri and Mississippi, over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. "History of British Birds" is finished by Thomas Bewick.
1805 - Napoleon crowned King of Italy. Wins over Austrian and Russian troops in Battle of Austerlitz. Austria and France make peace. Country of Egypt is established, Mehemet Ali is pasha. Britain and America in conflict over trade in the West Indies. Mungo Park embarks on second expedition to the Niger River. Morphine is isolated by F. W. A. Sarturner. Paganini, violinist extraordinaire, begins touring Europe.
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Democrats would get their chance to ask voters to extend tax increases. Republicans would achieve some policy goals they've wanted for years. But neither side will get anything unless two major sticking points are resolved in California budget talks.
Here's what Governor Jerry Brown and a handful of Senate and Assembly Republicans have basically agreed on: a regulatory overhaul … and a special election on tax extensions, a spending cap and pension changes.
But there are still at least two significant areas of disagreement: One is whether to extend the taxes until a fall special election or let them expire at the end of this month.
GOP Senator Bob Huff said, "they not just want to have the voters decide – as the governor said he would let the people do on the tax increase – he now wants a naked tax, a bridge tax, for at least three months."
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Has there ever been a more wacky world of politcs than what we are seeing now? Yeah, undoubtedly! Dumb things have been done in the past by politicians and members of their teams that fill volumes on book shelves.
The Bridgegate scandal unfolding in New Jersey tells a story of politics at its worse. Gov. Chris Christie is neck deep in the dirty water that may drown him and his presidential ambitions. He has spent the past few days denying any knowledge of a payback scheme against a mayor who did not support him. The tactic was to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge last September, causing a traffic tie-up to embarrass the mayor of Fort Lee.
Gov. Christie has been busy trying to clean up the mess after the release of emails and text messages that suggested Deputy Chief of Staff Bridgett Anne Kelly arranged the traffic jams to punish the Fort Lee mayor for not endorsing Christie for re-election. Kelly has been fired. Two other staff members resigned in the past few weeks. Christie is a Republican and the mayor of Fort Lee is a Democrat.
Christie has become popular for his blunt persona. His critics call him a bully. He has apologized for what happened.
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Transitional Treatment of Adolescents in Family Therapy (Transitions)
This study has been completed.
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The purpose of this study is to test different treatments to reduce relapse for drug-abusing adolescents who have completed family therapy. Adolescents receive 12 weeks of family therapy, designed to strengthen family relationships and develop skills for helping the adolescent avoid drug use. Then they are randomly assigned to receive one of three eight-week follow-up treatments: phone calls from a project therapist, group therapy, or a customized schedule of therapist visits with the adolescent, the adolescent's family and teachers, coaches, probation officers and others who can help the adolescent reach or maintain abstinence. Families are assessed using questionnaires and interviews before, during and after treatment, to provide information about family functioning, the adolescent's drug use, the adolescent's peers and other factors that may contribute to treatment success or failure. Adolescents also provide urine specimens for drug screening at assessment visits. Study investigators expect the study will show that a functional family environment and insulating adolescents from the influence of peers who use drugs will help prevent relapse for adolescents who have received family therapy.
|Substance Abuse
|Behavioral: MTI, Minimal Transitional Intervention Behavioral: GTI, Group Transitional Intervention Behavioral: STI, Systems Transitions Intervention
|Phase 1
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Transitional Treatment of Adolescents in Family Therapy
Further study details as provided by Oregon Research Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Drug use levels for adolescents who have received family therapy and one of the three aftercare regimens [ Time Frame: pretx and 6 wks, 4 , 7 and 12 mos. post initial therapy session ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2004
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|July 2014
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|July 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: 1
Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly therapist phone calls for eight weeks.
Behavioral: MTI, Minimal Transitional Intervention
Following 12 weeks of Functional Family Therapy (FFT), semi-weekly phone calls from a therapist for eight weeks.
Active Comparator: 2
Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour group therapy for eight weeks
Behavioral: GTI, Group Transitional Intervention
Following 12 weeks of FFT, weekly one-hour sessions of group therapy for eight weeks.
Active Comparator: 3
Following 12 weeks of FFT, an eight-week, customized series of therapist visits with the adolescent, family, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced level of drug use.
Behavioral: STI, Systems Transitions Intervention
Following 12 weeks of FFT, an individualized eight-week series of therapist meetings with the adolescent, family, police, teachers, coaches and others who can support the adolescent's reduced drug use.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least one parent, step-parent, or surrogate parent willing to participate in the study
- 13 to 18 years if age
- meets DSM-IV (APA, 1994) diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence
- Lives in the Albuquerque metropolitan area or surrounding communities with a parent, step-parent, or surrogate parent; AND
- Sufficient residential stability to permit probable contact at follow-up (e.g., not homeless at time of intake).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of psychotic or organic state of sufficient severity to interfere with understanding of study instruments and procedures
- Adolescent deemed dangerous to self or others during evaluation
- Services other than outpatient treatment required for the adolescent (e.g., inpatient, detoxification)
- Adolescent already has participated in treatment project at CFAR; AND
- A sibling is already participating in project.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00680381
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00680381
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|Oregon Res. Inst. Center for Family & Adolescent Research (CFAR)
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adolescent substance abuse
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What can I say about Paul Janka?
I watched his Dr. Phil Interview the other day, and I think I can summarize it like this:
Good looking Harvard grad manages to sleep with 138 women over 10 years by devoting his entire life to getting laid.
Now, I'm not suggesting that Paul Janka has no game – I'm sure he can get a number in a club as good as any other guy out there, and I don't doubt that he's slept with 138 or however many women. But the fact is, the kind of attitude that Paul Janka represents is, in my opinion, the bad side of the community. I really don't think men in "the community" should be using him as a role model.
For example.
He mentions at one point that "on a good week, I go on 10-15 dates". Where the hell does he find the time to go on 15 dates a week? That's 780 dates a year! Even if you presume that he sleeps with 138 women a YEAR, that means he's getting shut down 642 times! And he's been doing this for how many years? No wonder he needs to be cheap
Clearly, Paul Janka has some serious problems with his game, and you can see it in the way that women react to him.
Now, I know that the Dr. Phil show deliberately creates drama and is happy to make people look bad if they can get raitings – heck, they tried to do something similar when Lovesystems was on the show – but you can tell that the women in the audience, and the women who interacted with Paul were NOT impressed by him. Even if it was a bit of a setup, the sentiment was genuine.
He set off their creep radar.
Deep down inside, you can tell from Paul's writings and his attitude that he doesn't really like or understand women.
He says you need to "avoid being manipulated by a woman's agenda"… what agenda? If you've done things right, her agenda will be to hook up with you. Likewise he says you shouldn't eat with women because they feel "bloated and uncomfortable" – that's just bizarre.
Either Paul Janka is dating some pretty messed up women (I can believe this), or his understanding of women is warped by his own insecurities.
Now, I know people are going to say "he's just saying you shouldn't put a woman on a pedestal". Well, there's a difference between not putting a woman on a pedestal and being contemptuous and fearful of them. Paul's emphasis on "the woman's agenda" subcommunicates that he thinks women are out to get him, and that women aren't capable of enjoying his company for it's own sake.
Does Paul Janka maybe have some good ideas?
Sure. I agree with him that you shouldn't spend too much money on women, and that you shouldn't put them on a pedestal or let them push you around, but even a broken clock is right two times a day.
The problem is the overarching theme of Janka's "method" is one which encourages being suspicious and defensive around women, and one which presumes that women are out to get you and manipulate you. And if you accept that frame, accept that mindset, you're going to become a creep.
And you're going to have to go on 15 dates a week, just to get laid.
See my other post, in which I am meaner to Paul Janka.
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The first thing you do is move all the image files you want in your album into one folder. Make sure that none of the file names contain spaces. (For example, rename Family Picture 1.gif as FamilyPic1.gif.) This will save you some headaches later if your Web server doesn't like spaces in file names (most don't).
Once your image files are ready, open MyAlbum by clicking Start, Programs, MyAlbum, MyAlbum application. MyAlbum loads, and the album wizard starts. Click the Next button. The General Settings dialog box appears.
Talk to the Wizard
You need to feed this dialog box some basic information about the album you're creating. Enter the album title (and comments if you wish) in the appropriate boxes. Ignore the other options in this dialog box and click the Next button to get to the Color and Appearance dialog box.
Here's where things get exciting. You need to choose the thumbnail size. The default size is 80 by 96 pixels. If your images are more square or longer horizontally than these measurements, you can adjust the pixel size here. Given that different digital cameras shoot different aspect ratios, it's not possible for us to suggest a setting that will be optimal for you--some experimentation might pay off. For your first time through, stick with the default and see what sort of results you get. Click Next.
Fill the Album
Now the "Adding pictures to the new album" dialog box appears. You can either choose individual files yourself or let MyAlbum do it for you.
To choose files individually, click the "Add pictures by selecting files" button. A familiar-looking Windows file selection dialog box appears. Navigate to the folder that holds your images, and then select the files you want. (This dialog box adheres to Windows standards--if you hold down Ctrl, you can select multiple individual files; if you hold down Shift, you can select entire ranges of files.) Then click the Open button. MyAlbum adds your files to the album-in-progress.
The wizard dialog box should be staring you in the face again. Click the Finish button.
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You should now see thumbnail versions of all the images in the main MyAlbum window. You can drag them around to change the order in which they'll appear or even remove images from the album by clicking them once and then pressing Delete.
Now it's time to let MyAlbum do its stuff. Select Edit, Export album. The "Export album" dialog box appears.
First, in the "Common parameters" section of the dialog box, make sure that the JPEG/GIF radio button is selected. Now, to the right of "Output folder," click the Browse button. Navigate to the folder where your images live and click OK.
Back near the top of the dialog box, click the "Save thumbnails" radio button. Now click the Start button near the bottom. This tells MyAlbum to save the thumbnail images as separate files. When the message "Export complete" appears in the status box at the bottom of the dialog box (this should happen pretty quickly), move on to the next step.
To tell MyAlbum to create Web pages, select the HTML Pages radio button in the "Export as" section. Then select "Multiple pages with thumbnails." Set the background and text colors for your photo album by clicking the brightly colored boxes at the bottom of the dialog box. For easy readability, it's best to choose dark text on a light background or vice versa.
Click the Start button. MyAlbum creates thumbnail index pages and displays the first one in your default browser. Voilà!
If you don't like what you see, close the browser, change your settings, and click the Start button again. When you are satisfied, return to the "Export album" dialog box, and click the Close button at the bottom.
Before leaving MyAlbum, use File, Save to save this collection of images so you can recall it later if need be. Important: MyAlbum has a nasty habit of wanting to save over your previous albums--be sure to direct it to do otherwise. If you create multiple albums, give them unique names. In other words, don't keep saving over the file Album1.alb.


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Spring is also school sports season for my kids. Luke plays volleyball for his high school, and Jenna plays soccer for her middle school. So everyday after school they have practice and games and fundraisers and really really smelly socks. And tis the season for field trips, concerts, and conferences.
In case you missed my latest newsletter, I wanted to let everyone know about a super sale for SPIRITED: 13 Haunting Tales. The e-book is currently on-sale for 0.99 until April 8th!!
You can order the e-book on both Amazon and B&N websites:
The print edition is also out now! And to celebrate the release of the print book - I'm giving away FOUR copies of SPIRITED. To enter to win - post a link to my website or blog or books (or all three) online (on Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter, etc...) and then let me know in a comment to this blog what you did (also include your email addy, please). Three posts gets you three chances to win! You must post the comment by Friday, April 6th midnight EDST.
SPIRITED is a wonderful collection of haunted houses, haunted hearts, and a past that refuses to die. And the best part - ALL PROCEEDS from the anthology (both print and e-Book) will be donated to National 826, a literacy-based charity! Yep - all the money is going to support literacy.
Here's a blurb from the back: Get entombed in stories of Egyptian treasures, shudder at tales of malevolent spirits, and become enthralled with the adventures of witch-hunters, ghost seekers, and lost souls. From steampunk to cyberpunk, our collection spans past, present, and future hauntings. One story actually leaps off the page with 3-D augmented reality.
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GNU Emacs major version 24 is expected to release in 2012.
Major Changes
Package Management
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Although we know the results of this year's Mint 400, the race will be making its TV debut this weekend July 6th on NBC 2:00pm ET. We were at the race and had all-access, no boundaries in the desert and were able to grab some exclusive shots. That means were were up close and personal when Brian Ostrom's buggy flipped on its self on the second turn of the race, forcing drivers Taylor Mills of Mills Motorsports and Tyler Denton to improvise a new route to get back on track. Some took their own line through cameramen.
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The reopening of the NRO case may irk President Asif Ali Zardari who was allegedly involved in $60 million graft cases.
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The bombshell was dropped by a three-judge Supreme Court bench hearing illegal appointments of NRO beneficiaries when Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry asked the prosecutor general of National Accountability Bureau whether after the disposal of the illegal appointments case the court might examine the possibilities about bringing back the money lying in Swiss banks because it was public money.
The chief justice said that although the government had written a letter regarding reopening of Swiss cases but it would be necessary to know about the money.
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The government of Pakistan had dispatched the letter to Swiss legal authorities in the first week of November last year in line with the Supreme Court order in the famous NRO case seeking revival of the graft case involving President Zardari for allegedly receiving kickbacks in the award of a pre-shipment contract to a Swiss company during the second term of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1994.
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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (DVDA)
This study has been completed.
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 29, 2009
Last updated: November 21, 2013
Last verified: October 2012
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The purpose of this trial is to study the genetic and phenotypic aspects of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C), and determine the impact of genetic testing in clinical practice.
|Cardiomyopathy Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Genetic Study of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
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MedlinePlus related topics: CardiomyopathyU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Determine the genetic origin in patients with ARVD/C whatever the familial context [ Time Frame: at inclusion ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
blood sample
|Study Start Date:
|September 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|10 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Unrelated patients with ARVD/C. A clinical diagnosis of ARVD/C is made according to the established European Society of Cardiology / International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force major and minor criteria (Task Force 1994)
+ All available relatives will be proposed for enrollement in the study
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient with DVDA diagnostic confirmed
- Acceptance even follow-up
- Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Impossible to understand the notice information about study
- Not affiliated with social protection
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00999947
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00999947
|Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
|Paris, France, 75013
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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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|Philippe Charron, MD, PhD
|Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
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|NCT00999947 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 29, 2009
|Last Updated:
|November 21, 2013
Keywords provided by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris:
mutation screening
phenotype-genotype analysis
desmosomal genes
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Defects, Congenital
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
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I got mine yesterday, yeah so Excited
Hurry up and watch it! Tee hee
I'm still waiting anxiously for mine!!! I can't wait!!!
Mine just came today!!! Now I just have to wait for the kids to go to bed to reclaim the TV/DVD. Yeah!!
I'm waiting for mine! Soooo, for those of you who got it, how is it????? (Inquiring minds want to know!)
Sorry I did not get to watch it yet, last couple days of school finals and all, will watch it on friday night, Since that day is my Birthday, and I can relax when I get home from school, By the way Sharon thanks for the note the kids are excited, and yes they sometimes help me with cakes not all the time, they say you are always making cakes, I tell them when I get better, and open my shop, don't come asking for money that gets them going
i got mine today (jumping with glee!) but haven't yet been able to watch--had a cake to do today and have to deliver tomorrow so I won't prob be able to watch until tomorrow nite or Sat (boo hoo!). i'm so excited!!!!!
Mine came today!!! YIPPEEEEEE!!!!!
I got mine yesterday and have already watched it 1 1/2 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wowza....I've learned so much!!!!!!!! Awesome job, again Sharon!
I can't wait to try this one out!!!!!!
I got mine yesterday too!! I'm going to watch it tonight!!
I always learn so much with Sharon's videos!!
Thank you Sharon!!!
With all this excitement, I'm going to have to order it!
have only been able to watch first 10-15 min and WOW love it!!! can't wait to see the rest. also note to self: "beg hubby for an agbay"
have only been able to watch first 10-15 min and WOW love it!!! can't wait to see the rest. also note to self: "beg hubby for an agbay"
Amen to THAT!
So far I love the new dvd.. I only watched disc 1 tonight. And I'm going to watch disc 2 tomorrow..
I'm still scared to attempt to do a topsy turvy. But I want to jump in the pool and "just do it"...
I just saw that Sharon has another dvd out, called"Design Gallery". Hmmm, how'd that get by me? So, going to get that one too.........
I just love her "lanyappin'"..........
Keep making those great dvd's Sharon!!
Hurry up and watch it! Tee hee
You're funny Sharon!! I just ordered the Buttercream DVD and the stacking DVD. I thought I needed to start from the beginning since no matter what I do...I CAN'T GET MY CAKES SMOOTH!!!!!!!! Anywho, the Box and Bow DVD is in my cart to be ordered on Monday, I should get the two other DVD's Tuesday, then the following Monday I will order the Topsy Turvy DVD. See, I'm using my thinker....I have it so I get something every week!!!! My hubby is like "More?" I just smile and say "I don't know, I guess they ship them seperately"! He says "Yeah, whatever"! I just got my first molds, and airbrush colors this last Tuesday. I feel like it's my birthday every week...it's GREAT!!!!!
i finally got to watch TT dvd last nite and i LOVE it!! i feel like i'm sitting at sharon's kitchen table while she does the cake. i'm so glad to now know how these amazing looking cakes are done and how awesome is it that she showed us then how to cut it right?! it's funny when you asked us which dot to put on the cake i was yelling small blue one with a hole and laughed when that's exactly what you did. you looked like you were having alot of fun. thank you sharon!! you are my cake angel
ps--love the out-takes--you are a riot lol
Every time I try to watch mine I fall asleep in the end, because I am so tired end of school year, I am going to watch them now while I am still wide awake
How do i order? Everyone is so excited i gotta see for myself!!
been watching mine off and on all day.. love it. have all her others..she gives me confidence... i watch any of her over and over.. hadn,t got there yet.. but aiming for it.. in all that she shows.. she is GREAT! i love her!!!
How do i order? Everyone is so excited i gotta see for myself!!
here ya go!
I got mine and watched it immediately. It's amazing....just like she is.
I'm afraid to order it. I already have my little boy's first birthday cake planned out in my head. I've been thinking about it for months and I know if I watch this DVD, I'll change the plan completly. I guess it'll have to wait until the end of July. LOL. The fondant and BC videos are amazingly complete though.
Definately another awesome addition to my SugarEdProduction collection! Impressive and informative video Sharon! Thank you for sharing and producing your videos. Love the funky music!!
i love the music too and the fun transitions between segments : )
Ok that does it...I'm breaking down and ordering it today...I have been being "cheap" and not ordering it. I took a class on Topsy Turvy and it was very similar to the tutorial on here. It went pretty well but I love Sharon , her style and her walk throughs. I still re-watch her Art of perfecting buttercream the week before I do a cake...and I know I will learn a ton of new tips and techniques from her topsy turvy.
I have only done one fondant cake (it was actually the Topsy Turvy) but if I'm going to pay shipping i might as well buy the Topsy Turvy AND the fondant DVD too ....right? I can't wait to see the bloopers. Sharon ..you're the best..when I grow up I want to be just like you.
sillywabbitz you will not regret it!!
i also re-watch her dvd's before a cake just as a re-fresher for my brain. maybe after i've been doing them for years like others on here i won't have to but for now her dvd's are a godsend : )
sillywabbitz - I agree....that is what I do often - if I'm ordering and paying for shipping, might as well get everything I can from there. I ordered some of the supplies/tools for this DVD as I didn't have some of the cutters and molds. It feels like a birthday or Christmas present.
You can't go wrong with the fondant DVD either. It is surprising the things you can use on other projects that you wouldn't think of. So many of Sharon's tips and techniques from each of her videos can transfer to other cake projects. Plus each one has the lagniappe section - which I love!!!
cas17 - The transitions are so fun too! I agree.
I got mine last week and watched part of it. It was so great. Sharon rocks! I wonder if I can do a buttercream topsy turvy cake???
I also got mine last week, but havent had time to watch it yet!! I cant wait to sit down and absorb the info!! I have EVERY DVD now, and they're the BEST investment (along with the Agbay) I could ever dream of.
Agreed Chef Julie!! I also have all Sugarshack's DVDs (most of them autographed -- yeah baby!!) And this was the year of the Agbay!! WooooHooooo -- can it get any better than this???


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According to a group of German researchers, a WiFi router's not the only way to get wireless internet in your home or apartment: the very light spilling out of the lamps around your house can do the same trick.
The team, lead by Jelena Vučić, a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, have discovered a way to encode signals into the visible frequency of LED lights. The resulting technology offers much lower speeds than WiFi signals, but has the benefits of offering less interference, as well as greater protection from hackers.
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Media Zone: From 'Empty Nest' to the Bird's Nest1 Oct, 2008 By: Response Contributor Response
NBC Universal had its own fair share of record-breaking moments at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Through 16 days of coverage, 211 million viewers tuned into the Olympics across seven different TV networks (NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Telemundo and Universal HD) and NBCOlympics.com, making it the most watched U.S. television event of all time. Combined, these channels offered more than 212 hours of Olympic coverage per day, resulting in 1,000 more total hours of televised Olympic events this year than the American viewers had seen from all past televised Summer Games combined.
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To put this into full perspective, the coverage across all platforms rounded out to more than 141 days of coverage condensed into a 16-day period. While the numbers are certainly staggering, most Americans could not get enough of celebrated swimmer Michael Phelps and his quest to become the greatest Olympian ever.
Primetime coverage on the second Saturday of the Games, featuring Phelps eighth and final gold medal in Beijing, recorded a 17.6 Nielsen rating and 32 share — average viewership was 31.1 million and 70 million total viewers tuned in during the broadcast. NBC said this broadcast was the most-watched Saturday show since an episode of "Empty Nest," a "Golden Girls" spinoff, drew in 31.4 million viewers in 1990. I'm not quite sure how a "Golden Girls" spinoff held a record that long, but it is quite ironic considering one of the locations in Beijing where many records were broken — by NBC and athletes alike — was the 90,000-seat Olympic stadium referred to as the Bird's Nest.
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While these numbers were great for NBC, most of us should be glad the games are over. Direct response results were soft across the board throughout August, and especially during the Olympics. Historically, the Olympics had always seen great success in regards to viewership. HUT levels (households utilizing television) increase, but not everyone is glued to table tennis in the non-primetime hours.
In past years, the direct response industry would benefit from the increased viewers who inevitably became channel surfers. Unfortunately, this year's coverage across a multitude of platforms, made it something none of us could be contend with. And while total household viewership may have been up during the time of the games, results were certainly down.
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Aside from the events alone, the accessibility of this year's vast coverage enabled most Americans to program their own Olympic experience. With my digital video recorder (DVR), it was easy to avoid staying up until 3 a.m. to watch China sweep the medals in table tennis.
But the trend of customizing and personalizing viewing habits is one that will continue. Rick Shiu, vice president of media at BeachBody, says, "People tend to watch the competitions when it's most convenient for them. Unfortunately, traditional DR time falls victim to those conveniences, as many choose to watch their DVRs outside of standard primetime and tend to watch during the late night or early morning. So, when people should be channel surfing late at night and stumbling upon infomercials, their DVRs are turned on and viewers are tuned into pre-recorded programming from the Olympics."
And it's not just the television where viewers were getting their content. According to Alan Wurtzel, president of research and NBCU, NBCOlympics.com garnered 70 million page views on opening day — a 900-percent increase from the Athens Games in 2004. In addition, nearly 40 percent of those who watched events online watched them for a second time!
The summer (August in particular) is usually a very tumultuous time for viewership, as most families are squeezing in their last vacation. Now, throw in a crumbling housing market, a down economy and one of the biggest presidential elections in recent history, and you can see why I am glad to say the games have ended.
I'm happy to have the infomercial viewer back with the remote control in one hand and credit card in the other. In the end, I don't think DRTV results for the 2008 Olympic Games were gold-medal worthy, but I do think we learned some valuable lessons. The countdown is on — 1,395 days and counting to the London games.
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My last grade has been submitted (good grief I hated waiting those 5 days to get my grade) but I am now done with my collegiate undergraduate career.
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Youngsters were thrilled to meet popular television character Tractor Ted at Bowood House this bank holiday.
More than 1,600 people visited the house and gardens during the weekend.
Children watched clips from their favourite movies, saw farm machinery and newborn chicks, and played on several mini diggers.
Cartoon character Ted was the brainchild of Calne mother-of-three Alexandra Heard and Somerset farmer David Horler. His clips aim to educate youngsters about farming, including where food comes from, the seasons and how to care for animals.
At Bowood, Ted proved a hit with all ages, especially children under five.
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