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The Old town Hall and Clock Tower is a Category B Listed building situated in the centre of Whithorn. Constructed of stone under a slate roof, the property dates from the early 18th Century with a 4 stage bell tower and spire with 3 clock faces, geometric fanlights and round arched doorways. The building formerly housed the local Court room and a small jail cell. The property is offered for sale as a development project with some works already started. Building Warrant was previously granted and an amendment made to convert these commercial premises into a residential dwelling. Mains water, drainage and electricity connected
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Donald, Brown Shine
Home for Thanksgiving.
That's the situation for several Phillies minor league players who were in the just completed Arizona Fall League and Hawaiian Winter League. It has to be a bit difficult leaving Hawaii, I would imagine. Must be the lure of a turkey dinner on Thursday.
Infielder Jason Donald, 25, and outfielder Dominc Brown, 21, put up the most impressive numbers.
Donald, playing for the Mesa Solar Sox, finished second in the AFL with a ,407 average. Phoenix Desert Dogs outfielder, Eric Young Jr. (Rockies), won the batting title (.430).
Primarily a shortstop, Donald also played second and third at Mesa. He started 7 games each at short and third and six at second. He was among the league's top four in doubles, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.
2008 has been some kind of year for Donald. He was an All-Star at Reading (.307, 14 homers), was the starting shortstop for Team U. S. in the All-Star Futures Game, and led Team USA in hitting (.381) during the Summer Olympics.
He won the Bill Giles Award in the minor league camp for "love and respect for the game, an outstanding work ethic and pride in being a member of the Phillies." He was also chosen as the AFL's Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award. The award exemplifies unselfishness, hard work and leadership.
Donald was selected by the Phillies in the third round of the 2006 first-year player draft out of the University of Arizona.
Brown, a 2007 Bill Giles Award winner, led the HWL in hitting (.389) while playing for the Honolulu Sharks. He was the leading hitter at Lakewood during the summer (.291 in 114 games).
A 6-foot-5, left-handed hitter and thrower, Brown was a 20th round selection out of Redan (GA) High School in the same draft as Donald.
Up-to-date Winter League stats are available on this site.

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Lead slips away from Mejia; Mets fall in 10
NEW YORK -- Travis d'Arnaud said he was to blame, not the rain, for Jenrry Mejia's meltdown Saturday night.
"I put the wrong fingers down," said the Mets catcher. "I wasn't showing him where I wanted the ball.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Travis d'Arnaud said he was to blame, not the rain, for Jenrry Mejia's meltdown Saturday night.
"I put the wrong fingers down," said the Mets catcher. "I wasn't showing him where I wanted the ball.View Full Game Coverage
"I should have done a better job."
The Mets could have done a better job adding onto a four-run lead too. Kyle Farnsworth could have had better location on the fastball that Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit out to start the 10th and give the Marlins a 7-6 victory at Citi Field.
On the list of reasons why the Mets, in total control going into the sixth inning, lost for the first time in four games -- and only the second in time in six contests -- their well-meaning and self-sacrificing young catcher was down the list that Terry Collins started simply with: The Marlins can hit.
"Make no mistake, these guys are second in the league in hitting," said the manager. "So you got to make pitches on them. If you get a lot of the plate, they are going to swing."
Mejia, cruising, was backed by Bobby Abreu's first Major League home run since 2012, a two-run blast in the first, then Lucas Duda's two-out, two-run single in the third. The pitcher didn't figure out that the Marlins were taking nothing, and he continued to challenge them with poorly located first-pitch fastballs as the Marlins batted around in the sixth.
Marcell Ozuna led off with a double and Giancarlo Stanton homered to right-center to cut the lead to 5-3. Garrett Jones smoked a line drive that landed, fortuitously for the Mets, in first baseman Lucas Duda's glove, and as the skies opened up, Mejia got Derek Dietrich to ground softly into a force play. But Adeiny Hechavarria followed by lining a single to center to score Casey McGehee.
Collins went to his workhorse Carlos Torres to face pinch-hitter Reed Johnson, whose fly ball to the right-field corner landed a foot fair, scoring Dietrich and Hechavarria and putting the Marlins ahead, 6-5.
That lead lasted two outs into the bottom of the inning, when d'Arnaud coaxed a two-out walk, went to second on a passed ball by Saltalamacchia, and scored when Hechavarria, who sharply backhanded Omar Quintanilla's smash into the hole, threw it over Jones' head against the dugout screen.
But the game that the Mets had well in hand had drastically changed, becoming one that could doom the Mets with one more badly located pitch, this one by Farnsworth.
"Supposed to be a fastball away that came over middle-middle," said Farnsworth. "If I am going to get beat, I am going to get beat with my best pitch. He put a good swing on it, hit it to the opposite field."
The ball barely cleared the orange line at the top of the left-field fence before hitting the metal fence behind it. And when Marlins reliever Steve Cishek got Daniel Murphy looking (Murphy was ejected for arguing the call) and Abreu lined out, the Marlins had the kind of win that makes the losing team feel sick.
It had started off so well, David Wright scoring Eric Young with a sacrifice fly before Abreu, getting his second start since joining the Mets six days ago because Chris Young was ill, unloaded with Murphy aboard.
"That's why he is there," Collins of Abreu. "He gives you a quality at-bat.
"You know he is going to put the bat on the ball. That's why you would like to get him some playing time. When big situations come up pinch-hitting, he is going to produce for us."
Mets pitchers had produced quality starts in 10 of the last 11 games, Mejia providing two of them. Until the Marlins scored their first run in the second on Dietrich's RBI single, their young pitcher had gone 14 2/3 innings without allowing a run, and he sailed through five innings until the rains came down and his pitches came up.
"They got me," Mejia said repeatedly, denying he was surprised by the Marlins' sudden aggressive approach or affected by the rain.
"The mound was still in great shape," said Collins. "It wasn't like he was slipping.
"You can get a nice clean dry baseball on every other pitch if you need to. I don't think that was it. I just think he threw balls on the plate. They had three or four hits in a row on the first pitch. He was throwing strikes, just throwing them in the middle of the plate."
Jay Greenberg is a contributor to MLB.com.


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No matter how fastidious you are about keeping clean, the truth is that you're surrounded by germs everywhere you go. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, indoor pollutant levels can be up to 100 times higher than levels of outdoor pollution. Plus, the common objects that you come into contact with as you go about your day – door handles, appliances, etc. – are breeding grounds for bacteria that can transfer onto your body.
Now, the point here isn't to scare you into living inside a bubble, it's merely to convey the importance of regularly cleaning your CPAP equipment if you're one of the many people who uses this device to treat sleep apnea. You never know what kinds of germs could accumulate in your machine as it's attached to your face while you're sleeping or resting on your bedside table when it's not in use. And when your CPAP machine is dirty, you risk getting sick or not having it function properly.
While it's always a good idea to follow the cleaning instructions outlined by the CPAP manufacturer or given to you by your doctor, there are some general best practices you can follow for keeping your CPAP equipment clean. Let's take a look.
What are some different methods for cleaning CPAP equipment?
- Soap and Water – One simple method for cleaning your CPAP equipment is to take it apart and wash each part with warm, soapy water. It's recommended that you use a fragrance-free, dye-free dish detergent; rinse with warm water and let your equipment air-dry. It's important that it dries thoroughly, as any lingering presence of moisture attracts and breeds germs.
- Wipes – There are wipes out there that are specifically designed for cleaning and deodorizing CPAP masks and accessories. By regularly using these wipes, you can effectively reduce the buildup of germs, grease and oils.
- Chemical Cleaning – Ammonium chloride solutions – such as those used in sleep labs or hospitals – effectively kill a broad range of CPAP germs. You can spray the diluted solution on your equipment to fulfill everyday cleaning needs or soak your equipment to fully disinfect it.
- SoClean® 2 CPAP Cleaner and Sanitizer – This is by far the easiest and most effective way to clean and sanitize your CPAP equipment. Simply place your equipment into the SoClean® 2, press the "Start" button and walk away. The SoClean® 2 uses activated oxygen to destroy 99.9% of CPAP mold, bacteria and viruses – no water or messy chemicals required. Your equipment remains completely dry throughout the entire process, so you don't have to worry about any moisture.
How often should you clean your CPAP equipment?
Since the mask is the part that you come into closest contact with while using your CPAP machine, manufacturers typically recommend cleaning it daily. It's also important to empty and clean the humidifier on a daily basis and let it air dry before adding fresh water to the reservoir. As for the hose, filter and other accessories, it's okay to clean these weekly.
Of course, keep in mind that when you use the SoClean® 2, you can simply and effectively clean and sanitize all of your equipment every day without having to take it apart or spend any time on it. The SoClean® 2 even sanitizes the water in the reservoir for you.
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- Always unplug your CPAP machine before cleaning it
- Avoid using alcohol-based products or abrasive household cleaning solutions, as they can damage your equipment
- Allow your equipment to dry thoroughly after each wash
- Replace your disposable filter regularly
- Never submerge your equipment in water
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The England and Wales Cricket Board has aplogised to the Indian Cricket Board following its failure to gain all the necessary clearances for the England Performance Programme's (EPP) tour of India.
Following a letter by the BCCI demanding to know why it had not been approached to grant permission for the tour, the ECB explained there had been an oversight and apologised.
According to ESPNCricinfo, the BCCI has accepted the apology and that the EPP tour will continue as planned.
While the incident will be an embarrassment to the ECB, there are some mitigating factors. It did have the authority of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for the tour and had presumed - erroneously as it transpired - that, as several officials within the MCA are also officials within the BCCI, it had all the permission required.
The ECB has now accepted that the tour did not have the appropriate clearance. The issue was exacerbated by the fact that several members of the England Test squad, including Steven Finn, took part in the EPP game against the Dr DY Patil Academy side.
Some at the BCCI were understood to be underwhelmed at the lending hand being offered to the touring side in the middle of a hotly contested Test series.
BCCI officials were also concerned that the likes of Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler, who are part of England's limited-overs squads, were using the EPP tour to gain a familiarity with Indian conditions.
In September, the BCCI issued a letter to all state associations in which BCCI president N Srinivasan informed them they must "not entertain any foreign teams without the prior permission of the board."
"The board has written a letter to us asking for an explanation on the issue and we have forwarded that to Mr Vijay Patil, who runs the DY Patil Academy, asking him to reply," MCA president, Ravi Savant, said.
"We will forward his reply to the BCCI. It's a question of not following the proper protocol."


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Like most children in the United States, I spent my early years blowing through my parents' money and free time like a partially grown coke addict. Between the ages of five and ten, I enrolled in as many activities as would allow me to participate. I joined basketball teams, soccer teams and baseball teams. One winter, I even joined a roller hockey team, despite the fact that to this day I have no idea how to stop. I signed up for tennis and golf tournaments, played sand volleyball with my friends and practiced throwing footballs with a tight spiral in the backyard. I tried it all until I was about ten, when I quit everything but golf, tennis and soccer. Why? Because life is too short to waste time with bullshit you're only mediocre at. Which brings us to Ben Affleck, who, unfortunately, just decided to waste time with bullshit he's only mediocre at by taking on the role of Batman.
On his way up the Hollywood ladder, Affleck ran in as many different directions as possible. He played jackass jocks like O'Bannion in Dazed And Confused. He tried straight up comedies thanks to his bromance with Kevin Smith. He played loveable, loud-mouthed best friends like in Good Will Hunting. He starred in Oscar winners (Shakespeare In Love), took the lead in forgettable romantic comedies (Forces Of Nature) and toplined straight up awful blockbusters everyone retrospectively hates (Pearl Harbor). He also did some writing, produced some television shows, played a superhero and lately, has gotten really into directing.
All of that diversity is a good thing. Like seven-year-olds who may or may not be able to skate, movie stars need to cast a wide net in order to figure out exactly where their strengths lie. They need to push themselves and walk over tightropes. Without ill-advised risks, Affleck never would have learned he was really, really good at directing movies. He also wouldn't have learned he's really good (not really, really good) at playing more boisterous supporting roles and/ or more emotionally walled off, yet ultimately likeable lead roles. In the future, I'm all for him getting into more wacky shit, but what I'm not in favor of is him circling back to retry things he already knows he's only mediocre at.
I'm not here to hate on Daredevil. That movie isn't great, but it's not nearly as bad as some of its critics claim. It's not not watchable. Affleck himself is fine too, but at no point during that film's runtime have I ever or will I ever think, "Wow, Ben is really in his element playing a superhero." Because he's not. His demeanor really isn't physically imposing enough whether he's suited up or not, and he's not particularly great at making big budget event film dialogue work. You know how Tom Cruise is just weirdly good at owning a punchy line of dialogue that will play well in a trailer? You know how he can stand on top of a mountain during a blizzard, gaze over the horizon and say, "It's a cold day in hell" or some nonsense like that? Affleck is not good at that activity. He's better at things like clever retorts and vaguely opening up emotionally.
I get the appeal of toplining what ought to be the biggest, most grandiose film of the year. I also get why Affleck is attracted to this project since he's been open about his obsession with comic books, but for the love of Zod, he should have just been content to watch Superman vs Batman from the sidelines like the rest of us. Even if his superhero acting somehow improves dramatically, he's still likely to be worse than Christian Bale, and every single moment he spends trying to hulk up to an unreasonable level for this film is a moment he's not spending with material he's actually good at playing and/or directing.
I still can't throw a very tight spiral. It really pissed me off when I was a kid because I wanted to play football, but because I eventually gave up and focused my efforts elsewhere, I can break 80 in golf. My gut tells me Affleck could go down as one of the greatest directors of all time. He could churn out another 20 brilliant movies before he's done, but in order for that to happen, he's going to need to admit even talented men can't be good at everything.


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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are derived from adult cell types such as fibroblasts using various methods. iPSCs are generally maintained on a layer of inactived murine embryonic fibroblast (MEF) feeder cells. Cells can be maintained under these conditions for several passages without compromising the cells' proliferation or pluripotency and differentiation potential. This protocol describes how to culture established iPSCs on feeder cells.
- Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (D-MEM) (Cat. no. 10569-010)
- Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), ESC-Qualified (Cat. no. 10439-024)
- D-MEM/F-12 (1X) with GlutaMAX™-I (Cat. no. 10565-018)
- KnockOut™ Serum Replacement (KSR) (Cat. no. 10828-028)
- MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids Solution, 10 mM (Cat. no. 11140-050)
- β-mercaptoethanol, 1000X (Cat. no. 21985-023)
- Gibco® Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts (Irradiated) (Cat. no. S1520-100)
- Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) (Cat. no. PHG0264)
- GlutaMAX™-I (100X) (Cat. no. 35050-079)
- Collagenase Type IV (Cat. no. 17104-019) for enzymatic passaging or StemPro® EZPassage™ Tool (Cat. no. 23181-010) for mechanical passaging
- Cell Scraper (Falcon, Cat. no. 353085)
- Dulbecco's PBS (DPBS) with Calcium and Magnesium (Cat. no. 14040-133)
- Dulbecco's PBS (DPBS) without Calcium and Magnesium (Cat. no. 14190-144)
- Attachment Factor (Cat. no. S006100)
- 37°C water bath
- Appropriate tissue culture plates and supplies
Note: As an alternative to D-MEM/F-12 (1X) with GlutaMAX™-I, KSR, and bFGF, you can use the KnockOut™
ESC/iPSC Media Kit (Cat. no. A1412901).
- Cover the whole surface of each new culture vessel with Attachment Factor (AF) solution and incubate the vessels for 30 minutes at 37°C or for 1 hour at room temperature.
- Using sterile technique in a laminar flow culture hood, completely remove the AF solution from the culture vessel by aspiration just prior to use. Coated vessels may be used immediately or stored at room temperature for up to 24 hours.
Note: It is not necessary to wash the culture surface before adding cells or medium.
- One to two days before initiating or passaging hESC culture, plate 30,000/cm2 of mitotically inactivated
MEFs on an Attachment Factor-coated culture vessel in MEF medium (refer to Table 1)
- Place MEF dishes into a 37°C, 5% CO2 incubator.
Note: MEF dishes can be used up to 3–4 days after seeding.
Table 1. Amount of Inactivated MEFs Needed
|Culture Vessel
|Surface Area (cm2)
|Number of MEFs
|Optimum Volume (mL)
|6-well plate
10 cm2/well
|3.0 × 105
|2.0 mL per well
|12-well plate
|4 cm2/well
|1.5 × 105
|1.0 mL per well
|24-well plate
|2 cm2/well
|0.8 × 105
|0.5 mL per well
|35-mm dish
|10 cm2
|3.0 × 105
|2.0 mL
|60-mm dish
|20 cm2
|6.0 × 105
|4.0 mL
|100-mm dish
|60 cm2
|1.8 × 106
|10.0 mL
- Aspirate the MEF medium from a dish containing inactivated MEFs and add pre-warmed PSC Culture
Medium to the dish, 3–4 hours before plating iPSCs.
- Label the dish containing inactivated MEF cells with the passage number from the vial, the date, and user initials.
- Remove the vial of iPSCs from liquid nitrogen storage using metal forceps.
Note: If the vial is exposed to ambient temperatures for more than 15 seconds between removal and thawing, transfer the vial into a container containing a small amount of liquid nitrogen.
- Roll the vial between your gloved hands until the outside is free of frost. This should take ~10–15 seconds.
- Immerse the vial in a 37°C water bath without submerging the cap. Swirl the vial gently.
- When only an ice crystal remains, remove the vial from the water bath.
- Spray the outside of the vial with 70% ethanol and place it in hood.
- Pipet cells gently into a sterile 50-mL conical tube using a 5-mL sterile pipette.
- Slowly add 10 mL of PSC Culture Medium drop-wise to cells in the 50-mL conical tube. While adding the medium, gently move the tube back and forth to mix the iPSCs. This reduces osmotic shock to the cells.
- Rinse the vial with 1 mL of PSC Culture Medium and add to the 50 mL conical with cells.
- Transfer cell suspension to a 15 mL conical tube and centrifuge the cells at 200 × g for 5 minutes.
- Aspirate and discard the supernatant.
- Resuspend the cell pellet in sufficient volume of PSC Culture Medium according to Table 2 by gently pipetting the cells up and down in the tube a few times.
- Aspirate the spent PSC Culture Medium from the MEF dish and slowly add the thawed colonies onto the dish. Place dish gently into the 37°C, 5% CO2 incubator and move the dish in several quick, short, back-and-forth and side-to-side motions to disperse cells across the surface of the dishes.
- Incubate the cells overnight.
- The next day, remove the spent medium with debris using a sterile serological pipette and transfer it into a prepared MEF dish. You can use this dish as a backup in case there is a problem with the main dish.
- Add fresh PSC Culture Medium to each dish according to the volumes in Table 2. Place both plates gently into a 37°C, 5% CO2 incubator overnight.
- Examine cells under the microscope and replace spent medium daily from both plates. If feeding more
than one plate, use a different pipette for each well to reduce risk of contamination. Colonies may not be visible for up to a week.
Table 2. Volume of PSC Culture Medium Required
|Culture Vessel
|Surface Area (cm2)
|Volume (mL)
|6-well plate
|10 cm2/well
|2.0 mL per well
|12-well plate
|4 cm2/well
|1.0 mL per well
|24-well plate
2 cm2/well
|0.5 mL per well
|35-mm dish
|10 cm2
|2.0 mL
|60-mm dish
|20 cm2
|4.0 mL
|100-mm dish
|60 cm2
|10.0 mL
When to Split Cells
In general, split cells when one of the following occurs:
- The MEF feeder layer is 2 weeks old.
- iPSC colonies are becoming too dense or too large.
- Increased differentiation occurs.
Split Ratio
- The split ratio can vary, though it is generally between 1:2 and 1:4. Occasionally, cells will grow at a different rate and the split ratio will need to be adjusted. A general rule is to observe the last split ratio and adjust the ratio according to the appearance of the iPSC colonies.
- If the cells look healthy and colonies have enough space, split using the same ratio. If they are overly dense and crowding, increase the ratio. If the cells are sparse, decrease the ratio. Cells will need to be split every 4–10 days based upon appearance.
- iPSCs do well in iMEF plates that have been conditioned with PSC Culture Medium. It is common practice to condition new feeder plates before passaging iPSCs into them.
Enzymatic Passaging Using Collagenase
You may passage cells via the enzymatic method as described below, or mechanically as described in the
following section.
- Aspirate the MEF medium from a dish containing inactivated MEFs and add pre-warmed PSC Culture
Medium to the dish, 3–4 hours before plating iPSCs.
- Label the new MEF dish with the cell line name, the new passage number, the date, the split ratio, and user initials. Return the plate to the incubator.
- Under a dissecting microscope, remove differentiated colonies from the dish to be passaged.
- Aspirate the spent medium from the dish with a Pasteur pipette.
- Add Collagenase Type IV (1 mg/mL) solution to the dish containing iPSCs. Adjust the volume of Collagenase Type IV for various dish sizes (e.g., 35-mm dishes require 1 mL of Collagenase IV).
- Incubate the dish(es) for 30–60 minutes in a 37°C, 5% CO2 incubator. Note that the incubation times may vary among different batches of collagenase; therefore, examination of the colonies is needed to determine the appropriate incubation time.
Note: As an alternative to Collagenase Type IV, you may use Dispase at a concentration of 2 mg/mL and incubate the dish(es) for 2–3 minutes in a 37° C, 5% CO2 incubator.
- Stop the incubation when the edges of the colonies are starting to pull away from the plate (see Figure 4).
- Aspirate the Collagenase Type IV Solution with a Pasteur pipette. Remove the collagenase carefully without disturbing the attached cell layer.
- Add PSC Culture Medium to each dish. Use a 5-mL pipette to gently blow the cells off the surface of the
dish while pipetting up and down. Make sure to pipet gently to minimize the formation of bubbles.
- After the iPSCs have been removed from the surface of the well, pool the contents of the wells into a 15-mL conical tube.
- Using a 5-mL pipette, add PSC Culture Medium to the dish to wash and collect any residual cells. Pipet up the medium and cells, and then add the collected cells to the 15-mL tube.
- Pipet cells up and down gently a few times in the 15-mL tube to further break up cell colonies. Pipet
carefully to reduce foaming.
Note: Avoid making a single cell suspension.
- Centrifuge at 200 × g for 5 minutes, and then aspirate the supernatant from the hESC pellet.
- Resuspend the pellet with an appropriate amount of PSC Culture Medium (refer to Table 2). This is< dependent on the split ratio and the number of dishes used.
- Mix the cell suspension well with a 10-mL pipette. Be careful not to break up the colonies too much or cause bubbles in the media.
- Add appropriate volume of cell suspension to each dish. Return the dish to the incubator.
- Move the dish(es) in several quick, short, back-and-forth and side-to-side motions to disperse cells across the surface of the dishes.
- Incubate cells overnight to allow colonies to attach. Replace spent medium daily.
Note: While cells are attaching, be careful when opening and closing the incubator doors to avoid disturbing the even distribution of cells on the surface of the wells.
Mechanical Passaging Using the StemPro® EZPassage™ Disposable Cell Passaging Tool
- Replace the medium in the dish containing the cells with fresh PSC Culture Medium.
- Under a laminar flow hood, open the package containing the EZPassage™ tool and remove the tool.
- Hold the culture vessel in one hand and pull (roll) the EZPassage™ tool across the entire dish in one direction. Apply gentle but firm pressure so that the entire roller blade touches the dish and maintains uniform pressure during the rolling action.
- Keep rolling the EZPassage™ tool parallel to the first pass until the entire dish has been covered.
- Rotate the culture dish 90°, and then repeat rolling the cell layer as described above.
- When you are finished, discard the EZPassage™ tool and do not reuse. Use a cell scraper to lift cell clusters off the plate, if necessary.
- Using a serological pipette, rinse the dish with medium so that the cut colonies are suspended in the medium.
- Transfer the medium containing the colonies to a 15-mL sterile tube.
- Seed the cell colonies on dishes plated with mitotically inactivated MEFs at an appropriate density.
- Place the plates into a 37°C, 5% CO2 incubator. Shake the plates gently to evenly spread out cells.
- In the PSC Culture Medium, DMEM/F12 containing GlutaMAX™-I (Cat. no 10565-018) can be substituted with the following alternatives:
KnockOut™ DMEM/F-12 (Cat. no. 12660-012)To prepare 100 mL of complete PSC Culture Medium using KnockOut™ DMEM/F-12, aseptically combine the components listed in the table below
Component Stock
Volume KnockOut™ DMEM/F-12 (Cat. no. 12660-012)
1X 78 mL KnockOut™ SR (Cat. no. 10828-028)
20% 20 mL GlutaMAX™-I (Cat. no. 35050-061) 200 mM 2 mM 1 mL MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids Solution
(Cat. no. 11140-050)
10 mM 0.1 mM 1 mL bFGF (Cat. no. PHG0024) 10 μg/mL 4 ng/mL 40 μL β-mercaptoethanol (Cat. no. 21985-023) 1000X 1X 100 μL
KnockOut™ DMEM (Cat. no. 10829-018)To prepare 100 mL of complete PSC Culture Medium using KnockOut™ DMEM, aseptically combine the components listed in the table below.
Component Stock
Volume KnockOut™ DMEM (Cat. no. 10829-018)
1X 78 mL KnockOut™ SR (Cat. no. 10828-028)
20% 20 mL GlutaMAX™-I (Cat. no. 35050-061) 200 mM 2 mM 1 mL MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids Solution
(Cat. no. 11140-050)
10 mM 0.1 mM 1 mL bFGF (Cat. no. PHG0024) 10 μg/mL 4 ng/mL 40 μL β-mercaptoethanol (Cat. no. 21985-023) 1000X 1X 100 μL
Alternative bFGF pack sizes
|Product Name
|Cat. no.
|Product Size
|FGF-basic (AA 1-155) Recombinant Human
|10 μg
|FGF-basic (AA 1-155) Recombinant Human
|25 μg
|FGF-basic (AA 1-155) Recombinant Human
|100 μg
|FGF-basic (AA 1-155) Recombinant Human
|1 mg
Dissociation Enzymes/Tools for Harvesting iPSC
|Dissociation Enzyme /Tools
|Suggested concentration
|StemPro® EZPassage™ tool
(Cat. no. 23181-010)
|Manual passaging
|Sterile, disposable tool
|StemPro® Accutase®
(Cat. no. A11105-01)
|Monolayer of cells post passage,
Dissociation into single cells
|1X ready to use (1–2 minutes
incubation at 37°C)
|Dispase (Cat. no. 17105-041)
|Colony-like morphology post passage
|2 mg/mL (2–3 minutes
incubation at 37°C)
|TrypLE™ Express
(Cat. no. 12604-021)
|Dissociation to single cells
|1X ready to use
MAN0006678 05-Mar-2012
For research use only. Not intended for any animal or human therapeutic or diagnostic use.


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Messi denies tax fraud claims
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has denied any wrongdoing after it was reported that both he and his father are being sued by the Spanish authorities for millions of euros in unpaid taxes related to the player's image rights.
• Tomas: Messi's taxes and Torres
• Tomas: Player ratings Part 2
• Fabregas on future
Barcelona's El Periodico said the attorney involved has told the newspaper that Messi and his father Jorge deliberately hid commercial revenues from the Spanish authorities from 2006 through to 2009 by channelling the income through front companies in tax havens.
The paper reports the amount owed as €13 million, though other media has the figure being sought by the authorities as €4 million.
But now Messi has issued a statement on his Facebook page to deny the claims.
It read: "We have just known through the media about the claim filed by the Spanish tax authorities. We are surprised about the news, because we have never committed any infringement. We have always fulfilled all our tax obligations, following the advice of our tax consultants, who will take care of clarifying this situation."
Jorge Messi told Marca: "I am very surprised but all this will be cleared up because we have never let left aside the fulfillment of our tax obligations."
The paper quotes its source as saying the alleged tax dodge "consisted of simulating the assignment of image rights to front companies based in tax havens [Belize, Uruguay] and, at the same time, formalising contracts of licensing, agency or benefit from services between these companies, and other such instruments domiciled in convenient jurisdictions [the UK, Switzerland]. This was done with the intended and successful aim that the incomes would move from countries where the companies or entities were based, to companies domiciled in tax havens, without being submitted to any taxation and, furthermore, with total opacity towards the Spanish Tax Authorities. The beneficiary of these incomes was no other than the person served - Lionel A. Messi".
The suit was presented before a judge on Wednesday morning in the Catalan town of Gava, where the Barcelona player is legally domiciled for tax purposes.
According to Forbes, Messi is the tenth best paid sportsperson in the world, with total annual earnings of $41.3 million, which include $21 million earned through endorsements from his various sponsors.
The Argentine - reigning four-time World Player of the Year - is currently on holiday in South America, having made his final appearance of the 2012-13 season as a substitute in Tuesday's 1-1 World Cup 2014 qualifier draw in Quito against Ecuador.


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Designer: Renée Plains of Liberty Star
1 yard blue-and-white polka dot (tree and house blocks)
3—1⁄4-yard pieces assorted green prints (tree blocks)
3—1⁄8-yard pieces assorted dark brown prints (tree blocks)
3—9x22" pieces (fat eighths) assorted red prints (house block roofs, border)
3—9x22" pieces (fat eighths) assorted red plaids (house block doors, border)
3—1⁄8-yard pieces assorted black prints (house blocks)
3—4x8" pieces assorted light gold prints (house blocks)
3—9x22" pieces (fat eighths) assorted golden brown prints (house blocks)
1⁄4 yard brown swirl print (sashing)
3⁄8 yard brown-and-red print (binding)
1-1⁄4 yards backing fabric
40x44" batting
Finished quilt: 33-1⁄2x38"
Finished blocks: tree, 4x10"; house, 6x10"
Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width.
Measurements include 1⁄4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.


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PSU to launch new Innovation Engineering minor
Monday, October 21, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
Starting in the Spring 2014 semester, Pittsburg State University students will have a new minor option that promotes creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.
The minor in Innovation Engineering is a collaborative effort of the College of Technology and the Kelce College of Business and is open to any major on campus. The minor will teach students the techniques and systems used to create, connect, and commercialize unique ideas.
"The primary purpose is to provide students with the tools necessary to identify potential new ventures, create marketable concepts, connect with potential target markets, and to follow through and commercialize the product, service or activity," said Linden Dalecki, PSU associate professor of Management and Marketing.
To help launch the new minor, an expert in the innovation field will visit the Pitt State campus next week to discuss his experience. Doug Hall, founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch and author of five books, will speak from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 in the Balkans Room of the Overman Student Center. Hall previously served as Master Marketing Inventor at Procter & Gamble, where he set corporate records on creating and commercializing ideas.
"We are very excited to have Mr. Hall on campus to help us launch this groundbreaking new minor," said Mark Johnson, PSU University Professor of Technology and Workforce Learning. "He has invaluable insight and experience in this field, and our students will benefit greatly from hearing him talk about his successes and challenges."
Innovation and the ability to be creative continue to gain steam as attractive qualities in job applicants. According to a survey conducted for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, 95 percent of employers say they give hiring preference to college graduates "with skills that will enable them to contribute to innovation in the workplace." Also, 90 percent of employers say that "innovation is essential" to their organizations' success.
The survey also concluded that more than three in four employers say they want colleges to place more emphasis on helping students develop five key learning outcomes, including: critical thinking, complex problem-solving, written and oral communication, and applied knowledge in real-world settings.
"More and more, employers are looking for applicants who can think outside of the box and be creative," Dalecki said. "They want someone who can solve complex problems and have the capacity for continued learning. For many, that's even more important than what the students majored in."
Johnson said he's confident that the new Innovation Engineering minor at Pittsburg State will help prepare students for the wants and needs of today's employers.
"We're incredibly anxious to launch this minor program," Johnson said. "We think this will be just one more way Pitt State is giving its students that 'something extra' that sets them apart in the eyes of employers."
For more information about the Innovation Engineering
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Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. He is completing a book on the history of national-security politics since World War II, to be published by Basic Books. Zelizer writes widely on current events.
Julian Zelizer says Barack Obama has a great opportunity in his speech Tuesday but must use it well.
PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- The inaugural address is a seminal moment in the development of every president. This is a relatively short speech, normally thin on detail and big on message points.
Obama, an inspirational orator, must use this opportunity well. As he confronts an enormously challenging economy and an unstable world, particularly after the terrorist attacks in India and fighting in Gaza, Obama must capitalize on this moment to positively shape the character of his presidency.
If he looks back in time for guidance, Obama can learn a lot from some of his predecessors as he decides which messages should and should not make it into the final text.
One source of inspiration should be President John F. Kennedy, the other young and charismatic commander-in-chief, who in 1961 delivered one of the most moving inaugural speeches in American history. The entire event was meant to provide Americans with a sense the nation was moving forward into a new era.
The Kennedy clan joined him on stage, and African-American singer Marian Anderson sang the national anthem. The battle for civil rights was heating up at this time, so Kennedy's choice for the anthem sent a signal to the public, especially Southerners, that he was committed to achieving integration.
But it was his words that made the biggest impression. Few sentences have resonated as powerfully as Kennedy's call on Americans to embrace civic obligation as he said: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
One of Dwight Eisenhower's speechwriters said to Kennedy that "you have truly inspired the excitement of the people." The speech was a smash hit.
In that one sentence, Kennedy highlighted the theme of service to the country that has been sorely lacking from political debate since 9/11. Even as the nation entered into a prolonged war against terrorism, Americans have not been asked to do much for the nation. We were told to shop to keep the economy moving.
The government did not seek to restore the draft, it did not seriously pursue a national service program and taxes were cut. By re-introducing the theme of civic obligation in post 9/11 America, Obama can explain what each American in 2009 owes the country rather than vice versa.
He does not need to do so in a reprimanding tone, but should instead, like Kennedy, package his call to participate within a broader message about the greatness this nation is capable of achieving.
A second theme in Obama's address must be the restoration of national confidence in the economy, in the government and in the country itself.
Here Obama can turn to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In his landmark address in 1933, FDR attempted to calm a nation that faced a 25 percent jobless rate and a banking system deteriorating by the day.
FDR explained to Americans that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts." Through these words, he hit the perfect note.
FDR inspired many voters who had doubts as to whether the Depression would ever end and whether this president would be different from Herbert Hoover. According to historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., almost half a million people wrote letters to the White House with words of praise, including one person who said, "it was the finest thing this side of heaven."
The speech established an intellectual foundation for the First Hundred Days, a period when FDR boldly embarked on improvisational policymaking that stabilized the economy and offered a commitment by the government to seek security for the country.
Today, Americans need to have their confidence restored once again. Right from the start, FDR understood that the path to true political greatness was to play to the hopes and aspirations of the nation, even in crisis, rather than its fears.
Obama must do the same.
Finally, Obama needs to outline a philosophy of government. Though President Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama come from different political traditions, Reagan took a step with his first inaugural address that could serve as a useful as a model for Obama.
Reagan said that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." In doing so, he offered his supporters and opponents a core argument to guide his initiatives and help keep the various factions of the conservative movement behind his presidency.
Obama takes over the White House after decades when Democrats have struggled to define what their party is about. Democrats have spent much of their time fighting a rear-guard action against modern conservatism, focusing most on distancing themselves from the word liberalism, usually failing to inform American voters just what they would stand for if they regained control.
Now is the chance for Democrats to do something different. As president, Obama must start the process of definition with a line like Reagan's.
Throughout the campaign, even Obama's supporters acknowledged that his ideas about government, as opposed to his approach to electoral politics, remained vague. Using Reagan as an example, Obama should tell Americans what ideas will guide his efforts as he attempts to revitalize the country.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world will be watching and listening as Obama delivers his first major speech as president. The new president will succeed if he can use this moment as the first step for his overarching concept -- his New Deal, his Great Society, his struggle to get the country moving again.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian Zelizer.
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She still looks mute
They're continuing to shoot Sex & the City 2 in New York. A familiar prop was back on set today:
The mute Asian baby!
Photo Assumption says she's still mute. They put her at the lunch table again. Where are her crayons? How will they use her as a lame plot device this time?
Let's give it a stab:
Anthony and Stanford get married. Lily is the flower girl who blurts out at the wedding that she saw auntie Carrie peeing on a stick.
MiniVan squeals!
Here. The girls in some cute clothes. Dress porn will help you forget this movie means nothing.
Photos from PPNY / GSNY / Splashnewsonline.com


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Grey Girls Part One: Clarification and Classification
Khmer Proverb No. 1
'A son is a diamond, a daughter a piece of white linen. If you drop a diamond in the mud it wipes clean again.'
Khmer Proverb No. 2
'Having a daughter is like having a toilet inside the house; one day you just know the smell will come'
A lot of people like to talk about girls here in Cambodia.
I do not just mean us guys out on a Friday night with a couple of beers inside us. Everyone it seems has an opinion on girls. Be it sex tourists talking about US$2 quickies with sex workers; NGO's talking about anti-trafficking; tourists being shocked/amazed/delighted at the volume of girls they see working in bars of an evening; be it ex-pats comparing anecdotes about dating Khmer good girls; or Khmer males talking about which karaoke bar has better looking 'waitresses.'
Everyone has; an opinion, a story [or five] to tell, we all know someone who did something. Be our reaction disgust at the situation, or revelling in the sweetshop selection of sin.
But a common theme across all of this is that Khmer girls fall into two solid and distinct groups; working girls and good girls; that is too say, black and white.
Culturally it is expected that girls are virgins on their wedding nights, anything else and the girl is not a 'good girl.'
But in reality, this is a somewhat simplistic analysis and understanding of the situation. While the girls falling into the 'White' area may be easy to define, the girls that are in the 'Black' are not.
The truth of the matter is that even with the simplistic formula of 'Virgin=Good=White' the non-virgin girls actually fall into many shades of grey
I have spent a lot of time socially with a fair number of girls who fall into an assortment of grey areas and I do not just mean hanging around in bars drinking beers and chatting to girls.
Let me give a few examples of how a girl can end up in a non-white subset:
Girl 1
Is a widow. She was put through an arranged marriage at 18 to a 40 year old Korean gent, [that is to say she was sold by her dear old mum]. After a couple of years living in Korea said gent died [in somewhat mysterious circumstances] and Girl1 returns to Cambodia, where she chooses to live in PP working as a barmaid in an ex-pat bar.
She is looking for a foreign boyfriend, not a guy here for a few weeks on holiday, but an ex-pat who will look after her long-term
Girl 2
Used to be a good girl, but she fell in love with an ex-pat. The guy met the family, did the 6 months of dating with chaperones, etc. Once they were engaged, the family eased up on the observation. While her family were away on a business trip/holiday she ended up spending a weekend at his flat, boom boom, what the hell she thought, they were to be married next year, so she stayed at his flat for the next 3 months.
She then had to go out to the provinces for a week with her family – granny was ill or some such family tragedy.
When she returned to PP she found out that her fiancee had left Cambodia and had moved back to Canada. He had not told her that his contract was finishing or that he had no intention of marrying her.
Girl 3
A completely atypical Khmer good girl. Living with her family up in the middle of nowhere (Pursat) she is engaged to a young Khmer guy she has know for a while, the date for the wedding is set for later that year. One night after her parents have gone to sleep he comes to see her, whispering to her to come outside as he needs to talk to her most urgently. Worried, she goes out to talk to him.
He has been drinking and he insists that she sleeps with him there and then, she refuses saying that they will be together on their wedding night.
Upset by her refusal, her beau beats the living shit out of her, dragging her away from the house her rapes her behind her parents car.
The following morning the boy has fled the province and the girl is shipped to PP to stay with relatives.
But the story that cuts me up most is that of Girl4, who is a very close friend of my Khmer friend.
Girl 4
Lives all her life in a small town down in the South of the country. Her father is a subsistence level fisherman, her mother works in a shrimp peeling factory.
Girl4 works as a waitress in one of the local beer gardens, where despite offers from many drunk men, she works only as a waitress and never goes home with any of them, she is a good Khmer girl who one day expects to get married and start a family of her own, in fact there is a boy she likes who her father has been encouraging to come around.
One night after work she is cycling the 5 kilometres back to her family's wooden shack when a car forces her off the road. A [drunken] man gets out, whom she recognises as a customer from the restaurant. After striking her a few times around the head the man then proceeds to rape her.
After the ordeal, the man throws some cash at her as she lies in the roadside mud and drives off.
Pulling herself together she manages to get herself home and in sobbing hysterics she manages to explain what has happened.
Her father is incredibly angry.
As a punishment for allowing this to happen, her father beats her repeatedly until her mother finally manages to intervene, and her father storms out of the house.
The following morning her mother manages to scrape together enough cash for Girl4 to get on a pickup truck to Phnom Penh where she can stay with her cousin.
So these girls, and more I know, all have stories of how they ended up working in bars.
Girl 1 could in theory remarry a Khmer, but most would not be interested, in fact she is actively opposed to the idea.
Girls 2, 3 and 4 can no longer marry a Khmer man or have any place in 'proper Khmer society.'
So now that they are grey girls and workings in bars how do they survive?
One of them is a 'working girl' and she does $10 short-times in an upstairs room, or $20 for the whole night.
Two of them are looking for Western boyfriends; they will allow guys to wine and dine them for a few nights, if they guy is working here [i.e. going to be around for more than a couple of weeks holiday] they will start sleeping with him, doing his laundry and cooking for him when he comes home for lunch. They will then head off to work, via home and some clean clothes, mid-afternoon. In the hope that after a while the guy will start supporting them and they will no longer have to work in a bar where they are groped and leered at all night long by drunk and horny men.
One of them does not go outside the bar for anything. She concentrates on getting men to buy her 'lady drinks' from which she gets a percentage of the sale plus she gets tips from the customers and she has her paltry salary from the bar.
For those of you who know me personally, none of the girls mentioned above are anyone that you know, or have seen out socially with me at any time; since writing this story all of them have moved on from the particular bar where they worked to other bars, hence me feeling comfortable in publishing this


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Patience and willingness to make hard decisions are critical, says Doug McCuistion.
On 40 occasions, humans have attempted to send missions to Mars. Only 16 of these missions have succeeded, Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said Thursday.
Some of the attempts have missed their target entirely, McCuistion told attendees at Government Executive's Excellence in Government conference. "Believe it or not, you can miss a planet," he said.
But that's no excuse for not continuing to try, McCuistion argued. Perseverance and patience are critical to the success of any of government's missions, he said: "The key is to keep going. Make those hard decisions. Don't be afraid of them."
On the program to develop the Mars Curiosity rover, which recently landed successfully and began exploring the Red Planet, those hard decisions included opting in 2009 to push back the launch schedule. "There was no way to make it with the right amount of risk," McCuistion said. The delay ended up costing NASA $500 million.
Safely landing the Curiosity vehicle, which weighs 1 metric ton, on the surface of a distant planet was a massive engineering, management and funding challenge, McCuistion said. The rover's nuclear power system is designed to last 17 years. "I'm not sure my operations budget will last that long," he said.
The program faced myriad challenges over the years in which Curiosity was designed, built and launched, including multiple problems with the actuators that control virtually all the rover's movements.
Throughout that time, the team of engineers and scientists on the project "didn't lose sight of what that final path was," McCuistion said. "And we made it."
When they did, he said, it was a thrilling sight to see Americans watching the landing on giant screens in New York City's Times Square in the middle of the night, chanting, "NASA!"
"I'm not sure we can do that again," he said.


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6.5 million password hashes suggest a possible breach at LinkedIn
LinkedIn is believed to have suffered a password hash breach (updated: LinkedIn has confirmed the breach), thanks to a forum post that quickly caught the attention of security researchers on Twitter and other social outlets. The posted archive contained a 270+ MB text file of SHA-1 hashes, and forum discussions suggested that it was related to the popular business-centric social site.
At the moment, little is known and speculation is running wild. LinkedIn has not finished investigating whether they have been breached, however many security pros are confirming for the media that the SHA-1 hashes of their passwords are found in the file. The file is constructed in a hash-per-line fashion, with no evident plaintext that suggests it is anything other than passwords (such as usernames, etc.). However, it's possible that anyone gaining the original access to hashes had or has access to additional details.
I obtained a copy of the hash list, produced a SHA-1 hash of my old LinkedIn password, and did indeed find it in the list. I have also spot-checked several other hashes posted by security pros on Twitter, and have found them as well. Given the nature of my own password (16 random characters comprised of A-Z, a-z, and 0-9) the likelihood that my SHA-1 hash of my password (that was unique to LinkedIn) would be present in a file that did NOT come (at least in part) from a source that had access to hashes of LinkedIn passwords is statistically impossible.
That said, it does not confirm that LinkedIn itself was breached, that the hash file contains only password hashes from LinkedIn, or that attackers do not have access to information beyond passwords. My inquiry didn't result in learning the password of anyone else, or revealing my own. The one-way nature of hashing and the belief that trustworthy security professionals asserted that their (presumably strong, unique) passwords' hashes were present points with reasonable certainty that we were looking at hashes of LinkedIn passwords. But with time (hours, days, or months — even years for stronger passwords) those hashes could have their passwords revealed. With hashes disclosed, and signs pointing to LinkedIn, the correct response is to change your password at that site and do a risk assessment.
In the meantime, here are some general tips for continued safety:
- LinkedIn users should change their passwords to a strong value. The best options are random, long strings (>12 characters) managed by a secure password manager.
- Unique passwords per site continue to be the best practice. If you share passwords between LinkedIn and any other site, change those passwords on other sites as well (again, to something strong / unique).
- LinkedIn has not confirmed or denied a breach (updated: LinkedIn has confirmed the breach). Some are suggesting that changing your password now will be ineffective because if a breach occurred and has not been contained, passwords could again be exposed. Since we'll never know, the best option is to change your password to something strong and unique; in the event you become worried of a subsequent breach, change it again.
- Users should exercise increased caution for a time regarding LinkedIn. Commonly breaches will result in highly-targeted malware based upon information gleaned during an exposure. If LinkedIn has suffered a breach, it may be possible for attackers to leverage the details stored on LinkedIn to entice you to fall victim to a scam or malware installation. Since password hashes have been exposed, such scams may even originate via compromised LinkedIn accounts.
- In the event that you've linked your social media sites (say, by allowing Twitter to receive posts from LinkedIn) consider your impact related to which sites are linked as well.
Some things users should NOT do
- Users should NOT input their passwords into sites on the Internet offering to compute hashes or check for exposure. Determining if your password hash was exposed is interesting, but giving your password away to strangers is never a good idea.
- Users should NOT rely on common patterns in an effort to improve password security. For example, recent research has suggested that sets like possible day / month combinations (4 digits starting with "19″ or "20″, or combinations which can be interpreted as day/month values like 0501) are particularly weak
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MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME: 31.5 Years
CAREER: Joined the Major League staff in 1983...has worked at least one game at the Major League level for 32 seasons, the second most among the active staff (Joe West, 35)...having worked Major League games in 32 different seasons, only 12 umpires in history have worked in more...has worked the All-Star Game (1986, 98, 2003), Division Series (1997, 2000, 02, 04, 06), League Championship Series (1988, 95, 99, 2001, 03, 05, 07-09) and World Series (1993, 2000, 02, 06)...was the crew chief for the 2008 ALCS...was behind the plate for the perfect game by David Wells in 1998...previously umpired in the Florida State League (1976-77), Florida Instructional League (1976, 78), Southern League (1978), American Association (1979-82) and Puerto Rican Winter League (1979-80)...was honored by the Detroit Tigers when he worked his 4,000th career Major League game in May 2012...his 4,112 Major League games rank 19th all-time...his 93 Postseason games umpired rank fourth on the active staff and eighth all-time.
PERSONAL: Born in December 1951 in Michigan...resides in Iowa...married to Sandy...has three children...a 1970 graduate of Parkside High School...received a B.A. in Recreation and Youth Leadership (1974) and a M.A. in Intramural Administration (1975) from Michigan State University...played semi-pro baseball...became interested in umpiring by officiating intramural competitions at Michigan State.« Back to umpire roster


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1. "The homes you're looking at have already sold."
Once upon a time, house hunting meant perusing local newspapers and being led through properties by a real-estate agent. Nowadays, most home buyers head straight to their computers: A record 90% searched online this year, up from 65% a decade ago, according to the National Association of Realtors. Trouble is, homes listed for sale online aren't always actually available.
More than a third of home listings that are labeled as "active" on third-party listing sites Trulia and Zillow are no longer for sale, according to a 2012 study by consulting firm WAV Group that was sponsored by online brokerage Redfin (which also lists properties for sale). For their part, Trulia and Zillow say such outdated posts can be the result of real-estate agents inputting information incorrectly or forgetting to make updates. Walter Molony, a spokesman for the National Association of Realtors, says both parties — the sites and the agents — are sometimes responsible for outdated listings. Either way, some buyers are wasting their time reviewing homes that have already sold.
In some cases, agents intentionally leave listings up after they've sold, in an effort to generate future leads, says Leonard Baron, principal of real-estate consulting firm LPB Services and a lecturer at San Diego State University. Buyers who are interested in the property will reach out to the listing agent, and the agent will tell them the home has sold but that they have other properties with similar features, he says. Of course, the other properties may not meet the buyer's criteria, says Baron, calling the strategy a "bait and switch."


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[Verse 1: Childish Gambino]
People say I'm crazy, I'm loony, I'm psycho
I like it
I got my shit checked like Nike
Doctor said he'd never seen anything like me
Chances of recovery are nil to not likely
Boy so crazy make your baby mama look sane
Kicking thoughts around like he got a loose brain
I got a whiskey sour, sober
Until I fall down like it's mid-October
Young young Hova
Boy I say, for goodness sake
I'm in my prime like I'm standing on my dinner plate
You niggas innerspace cause you come up Martin Short
I'm so fly I don't need a right wing from Drudge Report
[Hook x2: Childish Gambino]
Ah! Stay wildin' like me!
My name Bam-B!
[Verse 2: G.E.T.H.]
People say I'm angry
But if you're happy, you're crazy
I'm violent, so I've got a blue belt from Renzo Gracie
Read the news today, oh boy, some kids are dead
Pulled the covers over my head and went straight back to bed
Cause even my good days are generally bad
At my happiest, I'm just slightly less sad
And I get mad if you're glad to be alive
Cause I had a chance at a happy life
Good mom, good dad
Seriously trust me, you wouldn't wanna be me
The best days of my life involve leftovers and TV
I got almost no friends and I don't know how to handle this
Even the friends I do got are all moving to Los Angeles
Even I'm tired of my whining
Even I don't want no more of me
I whine more than a 3-year old multiplied by Morrisey
Every time I meet someone who wants to be my friend
The first thought that I have is, "Yo what the fuck is wrong with them?"
I go through life with my fists up
But trust me my fists are all
Full of handfuls of Wellbutrin and Risperdal
I'm depressed y'all
Someone please help me (Please help me)
Seriously (Seriously right now)
[Hook x2]
[Verse 3: Childish Gambino]
I'm good with the N
No not the Nina
Mean I'm good with the hammer so I'll fix your broke heater
And not your bro Keeter
I don't tote guns
I never had white so I never needed one
And the hood respect me, I rose from the ashes
They call me the phoenix in the clear rim glasses
They saw me work with all that work
Now I got my own enterprise, call me Kirk
And I'm born on an air force base, so I'm fly
Move out to Decatur, that's Atlanta's Bed-Stuy
I got that pink like pussy
Got that pussy day and night so they call me Kid Cudi
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DKNY Spring 2013 | Runway
DKNY Spring 2013
DKNY Spring 2013
As if to reassert her position as the designer of the most quintessentially New York brand in the industry, Donna Karan's Spring 2013 DKNY show was a love letter to the city that never sleeps written in black, white, and taxicab yellow.
The clothes, "born and inspired by life in the city," according to the show notes, were classic DKNY — they perfectly blended the sporty athleticism women need to make it through pedestrian traffic with an unpretentious elegance. Clean-lined dresses and skirts hit just above the knee with wide perforated borders, while neoprene jersey dresses were accented with mesh panels that showed a little skin. Leather pieces, like a metallic silver bomber jacket and a rich brown dress, added a little edge, and the yellow garments — which included a shirt, a gown, a swimsuit, and the long windbreaker Karan wore to take her bow — were as eye-catching as a cab on a busy street.
This show also included pieces from DKNY's secondary lines DKNY Jeans and pureDKNY, and the denim pieces blended seamlessly with the rest of the collection. After all, city girls need good jeans just as much as they need little black dresses and silk button-ups.


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*Like*Is there space in there for a small CO2 tank or do you have to run it through the back like you have it? I'm thinking of something like that for myself.
No wheels? Elegantly simple. I like.
Quote from: euge on February 03, 2012, 07:20:52 PMNo wheels? Elegantly simple. I like.There's probably a dolly made to fit it. They are usually available for most bigger plastic trash cans. You always need a Version 2 or an upgrade. Paul
Nice! I would personally opt for something with a faster flow than a bottling bucket spigot.... Like a 1/4 turn threaded valve connected to some old garden hose. Which also seems more durable and resistant to dirt, etc..
Cool...... the five caster snap in wheels are awesome....http://www.woodenshoemusic.com/WSBW/Beer_Cart_II.html
Quote from: oscarvan on February 13, 2012, 03:20:15 AMCool...... the five caster snap in wheels are awesome....http://www.woodenshoemusic.com/WSBW/Beer_Cart_II.htmlThat's a small dolly. I don't think his can accomodates the wheel attachment.


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Blood-sucking animals have specialized physiology and other tools to live on a diet rich in protein and lacking in some nutrients.
Scientists are developing a universal vaccine against flu, making annual shots a thing of the past.
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Editor's Note
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill says the passion to acquire knowledge and apply it lives in both engineers and scientists.
Scientists are developing a universal vaccine against flu, making annual shots a thing of the past.
Blood-sucking animals have specialized physiology and other tools to live on a diet rich in protein and lacking in some nutrients.
Researchers report finding 289 living Japanese marine species that washed up on American shores on debris from the 2011 East Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Behavioral economist Richard Thaler started influential investigations of behavioral economics, which earned him the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
A controversial group of chemicals called neonicotinoids has a global impact, tests of honey samples show.
Ancient DNA expands foragers' social, mating networks.
An imaging technique that gives up-close 3-D views of proteins is honored in this year's chemistry Nobel Prize.
The New Horizons team searched for rings around Pluto, and found nothing. That suggests the spacecraft's next destination might be ring-free too.
Pioneers of LIGO collaboration win for finding spacetime ripples from two spiraling black holes.
Circadian clock researchers take home the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Analyses of satellite images suggest that degraded forests now release more carbon than they store.
A Sept. 29 ultrasecure quantum video chat demonstrates the potential for quantum communications across the globe.
LIGO and Virgo spot spacetime ripples in their first joint detection.
These robots change shape by slipping into different origami exoskeletons.
Upside-down jellyfish are the first known animals without a brain to enter a sleeplike state.
Frog brains help organize muscle and nerve patterns early in development.
Scientists studying dinosaur poop found that some duck-billed dinos cheated on their vegetarian diets by snacking on crustaceans.
A newly discovered hermit crab takes its cue from peanut worms and uses walking corals as a permanent shelter.
A new look at an old fossil shows that some species of baby ichthyosaurs may have dined on squid.
A mutation in a protein that helps Zika exit cells may play a big role in microcephaly.
Genes from South African fossils suggest humans emerged close to 300,000 years ago.
Using CT scans, one orthopedic surgeon is on a quest to diagnose deformities in long-dead saber-toothed cats.
Fifty years ago, aviation experts tried helping commercial aircraft come to a stop during landing by catching them in massive nets. The idea crash-landed for commercial flights, but it's still used in the military.
Almost 20 percent of U.S. teens have had at least one diagnosed concussion in the past, an analysis of a 2016 national survey finds.
Reviews & Previews
Geologists find clues to the future of deadly hurricanes, written in stone and sand, in the new NOVA documentary "Killer Hurricanes."
'Rise of the Necrofauna' examines the technical and ethical challenges of bringing woolly mammoths and other long-gone creatures back from the dead.
Special Relativity and Classical Theory and The Physical World offer deep dives into physical reality's mathematical foundations.
Letters to the Editor
Readers had questions about brain flexibility, black sea snakes and photon collisions.
Science Visualized
Hundreds of marine animals from Japan have washed up on U.S. beaches since the destructive 2011 earthquake and tsunami.


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With the Dragon Ring you will have the ability to shift your ring from finger to finger with no odd moves or sleight of hand.
For the first time this effect can be performed smoothly without difficult sleight of hand!
Simply let the precision gimmicks do the work for you. You will wear this beautiful ring with you everywhere you go.
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dbr wrote:This "rating players out of five" thing, I've seen people use it in a vaguely pejorative sense a few times.. and rightly so given the subjectivity inherent in it. The only place I've seen it was in the first 24/7 series, with Dan Bylsma and Ray Shero using it to grade each player's performance the previous game.ESQ wrote:Compare that to something like coaches rating a player's game out of 5 using only their subjective opinion, and its no surprise Tippett has been so successful.
Are there other coaches on record using it?
If not, it's hard to argue with the success Bylsma has had particularly considering all the injuries in Pittsburgh over the last two seasons.. perhaps they've improved their methods or perhaps they were already using more reliable methods and simply chose not to use them on camera..
I read somewhere the "out of five" rating system was shown to overvalue the bottom half of a coach's roster. It was believed to be a result of the coach expecting a little less out of his bottom half, so he rates them higher for reaching a lower bar.


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Palin Video Spotlights Sen. Ted Cruz, Prepares for Midterm Elections
(WASHINGTON) -- If anyone was wondering if Sarah Palin is going to weigh in on the 2014 midterm elections, that question was answered Wednesday with a resounding yes.
In a video released Wednesday by Sarah Palin's political action committee, SarahPAC, she revved up conservatives and Tea Party Republicans for 2014 with snippets of her Conservative Political Action Conference speech from earlier this month as well as media coverage praising the speech and her string of successful past endorsements.
[See the full video from Sarah Palin's YouTube Channel here.]
Titled "Loaded for Bear," the video begins with the praise from the mainstream media she is always quick to criticize as the "lamestream media."
"Sarah Palin stole the show at this weekend's CPAC convention," the video begins. "She is a superstar and she's used that to get people elected."
"She still knows how to fire up the conservative faithful," another television anchor says.
The video's string of media praising her tenacity and endorsement record is a key part of the video, and despite some of the coverage being a bit dated, it still helps push her view that she doesn't need a Fox News contract to get her point of view out there or to have the press talking about her.
The other star of the video is new conservative superstar Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who introduced Palin at CPAC.
"She is fearless, she is principled, she can pick winners," Cruz says in a clip from that introduction. "Sarah Palin jumped in early and supported Rand Paul. She supported Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Pat Toomey, Nikki Haley, Deb Fischer, Jeff Flake and myself."
Over images of Palin at the Iowa State Fair in 2011–when speculation ran high she would enter the GOP primary–as well as footage from Tea Party rallies in Nevada, Palin's CPAC speech is interspersed.
"Don't let the big consultants, the big money men and the big bad media scare you off," Palin says. "They talk about rebranding the GOP instead of restoring the trust of the American people. How about rebuilding the middle class?"
The video then excerpts the part of the former Alaska governor's speech when she goes after Washington, D.C., establishment Republicans and gives a not-so-veiled dig at Karl Rove and others:
"Now is the time to furlough the consultants and tune out the pollsters. Send the focus groups home and toss the political scripts. Don't let them invalidate you," Palin says. "It's time for We the People to break up the cronyism, and that goes for finding candidates. Look into our communities, our PTAs, our service clubs, small businesses, Tea Party rallies and city halls for people willing to lead."
The video — made by a production company she often uses named Passcode Creative — doesn't just go after members of her own party, but the president as well.
As we hear Palin say, "We deserve better than the people who call themselves our leaders," we see an image of the president playing golf and headlines about the unemployment rate.
Interspersed with video of Palin's greeting supporters and conservative women like New Mexico's Susanna Martinez or Nebraska's Deb Fischer, she warns those watching:
"But we won't get it unless we fight and this is one fight that's worth it," Palin says. "The next election is 20 months away. The last thing we need is Washington, D.C., vetting our candidates."
The video ends with another cameo from Cruz, "I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Governor Sarah Palin," and her signature mama grizzly roaring with a popular Palin saying, "We haven't yet begun to fight!"
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Emergency help during flood or storms
ACT Emergency Services Agency Acting Commissioner Tony Graham has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 from:
12:00am January 12, 2013 to 11:59 pm January 12, 2013.
The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a very hot day with strong west to northwesterly winds tomorrow and a predicted top temperature of 37 degrees.
The forecast Fire Danger Rating for tomorrow is predicted to be EXTREME.
If a fire starts at the forecast fire danger level of EXTREME it may be uncontrollable, unpredictable and fast moving - flames will be higher than roof tops.
There is a very high likelihood that people in the path of the fire will be injured or die. Many homes and businesses will be destroyed.
Only well prepared, well constructed and actively defended houses are likely to offer safety during a fire.
Thousands of embers will be blown around.
Spot fires will move quickly and come from many directions, up to 6 km ahead of the fire.
For your survival leaving is the best option. You should relocate to the location identified in your Bushfire Survival Plan.
The ESA advises you to make sure you know where you will get more information and monitor the situation for any changes. You can do this through local ACT media outlets, the ESA website esa.act.gov.au, the ESA Twitter and Facebook accounts or by calling Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.
To find out more about Total Fire Bans log on to the ACT Emergency Services Agency website esa.act.gov.au or call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.


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I have made a Marathon 2 Big Box reprint and I kinda wanted to know if anyone wanted to buy anything like that. They are only collecter's items and don't come with any games but hey they are cool to collect. I am also planning on making the triangular boxes for all three games and selling those as well. it'd be better for you to buy one for $20 than to buy one for $500.
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Lured by the anticipation of another duel between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, tennis fans packed the main stadium at the BNP Paribas Open on a sultry evening in the desert.
After all, it was the first time in ATP Tour history that two players with 28 Grand Slam titles between them were meeting up.
What resulted, however, wasn't vintage Nadal vs. Federer.
With Nadal recovering from a left knee injury that knocked him out for seven months and Federer nursing a delicate back, they produced something less than classic Thursday night.
Capitalizing on Federer's errors, Nadal won their quarterfinal 6-4, 6-2 in the earliest meeting between the rivals since they first played each other in 2004.
"I played a fantastic first set," Nadal said. "The second set was strange. Roger didn't fight as usual. Probably he had some problems and he didn't feel enough comfortable to keep fighting."
Nadal needed barely 1½ hours to close out the defending champion in their 29th career meeting and the first in a quarterfinal. Nadal faced just two break points on his serve in the match.
"Two weeks ago I didn't know if I can be here, and tomorrow I will be in semifinals here," Nadal said. "Important thing is be healthy. And if that happens and I'm able to practice as much as I can, as much as I want, probably that the comeback will be a little bit less difficult, no?"
Nadal and Federer usually don't play each other until the semifinals or finals of tournaments, but the Indian Wells draw pitted them against each other in their earliest meeting since a third-round match at Miami nine years ago.
"You miss these moments this whole time, but play against Roger in any moment in any situation is special," Nadal said.
Nadal returned to the tour a month ago, winning two of three tournaments on clay. He had his knee wrapped on Thursday night and at times appeared to have a slight limp.
"No question, he's a bit careful at times, his movement. That's totally normal," Federer said. "Hasn't played for some time on hard court. I don't know if it's careful or if it's just getting used to it again."
Federer, at 31 the oldest player left in the draw, tweaked his back earlier in the tournament.
"I'm happy to be out there and able to compete, but it's obviously a small issue," he said. "That doesn't work against guys like Rafa, obviously."
Nadal served a love game to even the first set at 3-all, then earned the only break in the next game, taking a 4-3 lead on a backhand passing shot. He went on to win two of the final three games as Federer pulled shots wide or dumped them into the net.
"The longer the match went on, I realized I had to change up my game. I played differently than I was hoping to be able to," said Federer, who started attacking more with mixed results in the second set. "He got more comfortable as the match went on. Obviously, once I was down a set I knew it was going to be difficult."
Federer faced a slew of break points in the second set, with Nadal converting in two of the first three games to take a 3-0 lead.
Federer briefly rallied, gaining one break back at 3-1, then losing just one point on his serve in the next game to get to 3-2. But Nadal won the final three games to claim the match.
"You could see at least I could serve full basically, and that always gives you a direction," said Federer, adding that he didn't want to talk about his back too much "because I don't like to undermine his performance, either."
A year ago, Federer beat Nadal in the semifinals on his way to a fourth Indian Wells title. Nadal leads their career series 19-10, and evened their head-to-head mark on hard courts at 6-6.
Still, Nadal wasn't feeling boastful.
"If I think that I am better than him because I beat him 19 against 10, I will be very stupid and very arrogant," he said. "This is not the case."
Nadal also improved to 11-0 against top-10 opponents, with his last such loss coming here a year ago against Federer.
Nadal advanced to a semifinal against No. 6 Tomas Berdych, who beat Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4.
The women's draw was hit with the injury withdrawals of defending champion Victoria Azarenka and No. 7 seed Sam Stosur on Thursday.
Azarenka was scheduled to play No. 8 seed Caroline Wozniacki in a quarterfinal that would have pitted two former top-ranked players against each other. But she withdrew with a right ankle injury.
"It's already really painful, but it's very high risk to make it much worse," Azarenka said.
Stosur pulled out of her quarterfinal against No. 4 Angelique Kerber because of a right calf injury.
Wozniacki and Kerber moved into a semifinal against each other. No. 2 Maria Sharapova and No. 13 Maria Kirilenko will play in the other semi.
Azarenka had been in obvious pain during her earlier matches, but she downplayed it. She said her ankle has been bothering her since before she played Serena Williams in a New York exhibition on March 5.
"It's just worse," she said. "I tried not to practice yesterday, and to see if it will settle down at least a little bit. I felt yesterday was better, not walking in my tennis shoes. But today, once I started doing the exercise, that was it."
Azarenka said a doctor advised her to rest because her ankle has inflammation and tendinitis in it. She added, however, that she plans to travel to Key Biscayne, Florida, for next week's tournament there.
Stosur hurt her calf muscle in the last game of a three-set win against Mona Barthel on Tuesday. She was five minutes into her warm-up on Thursday when she realized she
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Author recommends books for kids
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
Shoppers looking for great Christmas gifts for children and young readers have an array of books by Kansas authors to choose from, according to Casie Hermansson, professor of English at Pittsburg State University. Hermansson will present "How to Write for Children and Youth: A Writer's Guide," at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, in the Wilkinson Alumni Center.
"For middle grade readers I suggest a new series from a Kansas City writer Claire Caterer, "The Key and the Flame," Hermansson said.
Hermansson described the book as a contemporary novel set in England with time travel to the Middle Ages. It is intended to be a series of five novels and is published by Simon and Schuster.
"It's not too late to enjoy Clare Vanderpool's 2011 Newbery winning novel "Moon Over Manifest," Hermansson said.
For area children, "Moon Over Manifest" has the added attraction of being set in Frontenac, Kan.
Hermansson also recommended one of her favorite books for older middle grade readers and teens, "A Curse Dark as Gold," by Elizabeth Bunce, another award-winning Kansas City novelist.
"It's a fabulous and dimensioned retelling of "Rumplestiltskin," Hermansson said.
And of course there's also Hermansson's own picture book for children 3-8 years old, "Clever Milly," a child-friendly original story based on the Bluebeard fairy tale. In that book, Mr. Fox comes to call on Milly at the henhouse, but she finds his charm suspicious. Clever Milly has a plan to discover the truth and ensure that Mr. Fox visits no more henhouses in future.
Whatever authors or titles shoppers choose, Hermansson said, books make great Christmas gifts for children and young people.
"Books are gifts that can inspire and captivate youngsters in ways nothing else under the tree can," she said.


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With so many choices, how can you not think about your next meal? So whatever you decide to bring with you to Chicago, make sure an appetite is first on the list. Chicago is one of the world's culinary epicenters – thanks to award-winning fine dining establishments, family-friendly eats and locales serving up everything from tasty cheap eats to avant-garde cuisine.
Book a reservation at one of Chicago's top chef restaurants for the most memorable of dining experiences. Or book a few. Your whole trip to Chicago could be one culinary adventure. Here you'll find culinary masterpieces by Bravo's Top Chefs Stephanie Izard of Girl and the Goat and Rick Bayless of Topolobampo and Frontera Grill. In addition, Oprah's former personal chef Art Smith of Blue Door Kitchen & Garden and Grant Achatz of the nation's #1 restaurant Alinea also call Chicago home.
Yes. In the same breath, we mention Chicago's world-famous deep-dish pies. That's what makes Chicago so great. Come here to refine your palette and indulge in some cheesy goodness. Pizza joints abound in Chicago, so you decide who reigns as king. Popular spots include Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, Giordano's Pizza and The Original Gino's East of Chicago.
Asking for ketchup on your hot dog is like wearing a cheese head to a Bears game – you just don't do it. Chicagoans are all about tradition and toppings. Served on a poppy seed bun, the "Chicago Dog" is topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, neon-green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato wedges, hot peppers and a dash of celery salt. Assemble one yourself at a baseball game or head to hot spots like Portillo's, Superdawg, Red Hot Ranch and The Weiner Circle.
The city owes its outstanding dining scene to its melting pot of peoples— spread across 77 ethnically diverse neighborhoods welcoming visitors with an array of international aromas. Greektown, Chinatown, Little Italy and Pilsen, Chicago's Mexican American community, are just a sampling of our flavorful neighborhoods. You'll also find ethnic inspired restaurants flourishing downtown. From French and Polish to Japanese and Middle Eastern, Chicago's ethnic food options run the gamut. Let your taste buds be your guide.
Too many delicious options to choose from? Let a Chicago dining expert be your guide. Sample Chicago's staples on Tastebud Tours; indulge one slice at a time on Chicago Pizza Tours; and enjoy each course of your three-course meal at a different hot spot with Chicago Dine Around.


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July 9
1:18 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman in her 90s who hit her head from 150th Road between Goldenrod and Holly roads to Hillsboro Community Hospital.
1:26 a.m. — Peabody ambulance responded to the 500 block of North Locust Street for a child with irregular heartbeat and difficulty breathing. No transport was made.
9:05 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance made a transfer from HCH to Via Christi-St. Francis in Wichita.
3:36 p.m. — Hillsboro fire and ambulance responded to a vehicle fire in the 100 block of North Wilson Street.
4:15 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a man who fell in a parking lot from the 1200 block of East Main Street to St. Luke Hospital.
6:46 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman who fell and had a possible broken leg from Eagle Road between 160th and 170th roads to HCH.
8:41 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance made a transfer from HCH to Newton Medical Center.
July 10
1:56 a.m. — Peabody ambulance took a man in his 50s who had a possible heart attack from the 700 block of Prairielawn Road to Newton Medical.
11:12 a.m. — Peabody ambulance took a woman who had an allergic reaction from Goldenrod Road between 80th and 90th roads to Newton Medical.
1:41 p.m. — Marion ambulance made an emergency transfer from St. Luke to Newton Medical.
6:48 p.m. — Marion ambulance took an elderly man who fell while walking his dog from the 2100 block of Kruse Street, Eastshore Addition, to St. Luke.
7:12 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a man in his 90s from Bethesda Home to Newton Medical. Goessel first response also responded.
10:49 a.m. — Hillsboro fire responded to a false alarm at Tabor College townhouses. Maintenance had been working on the system.
1:15 p.m. — Florence ambulance responded to the 300 block of Grandview for a deceased man in a car. The man was Joe Heath, 74, of Florence. Sheriff Rob Craft said the preliminary report was that Heath died of natural causes.
8:19 p.m. — Marion ambulance responded to Cedar and Main streets for a man in a motorized wheelchair who was breathing heavily. No transport was made.
10:21 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to a possible overdose. The call was canceled by law enforcement officers on the scene.
11:32 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to the 400 block South of Ash Street for a woman having difficulty breathing.
3:33 a.m. — Peabody ambulance went to the 300 block of East Second Street for a man who was possibly dehydrated. The man refused transport.
7:04 a.m. — Florence ambulance responded to Johnson's General Store for a man who vomited blood.
6:47 p.m. — Peabody ambulance made an advanced life support transfer from HCH to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
10:35 a.m. — Peabody and Florence fire responded to a fire along Quail Creek Road between 110th and 120th roads.
11:07 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman who thought she had food poisoning from the 200 block of Maria Street in Lehigh to HCH.
9:20 a.m. — Tampa fire and ambulance and Hillsboro rescue responded to a one-vehicle accident on Limestone Road north of Tampa. Tampa ambulance took a person to St. Luke.
5:33 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance took a woman in her 70s who had fallen from Indigo Road between 120th and 130th roads to HCH.
7:26 p.m. — Marion and Hillsboro fire responded to a vehicle on fire in a garage along Limestone Road between 170th and 180th roads.
7:40 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance made a transfer from HCH to a hospital in Hutchinson.
11:13 p.m. — Marion ambulance took a patient from the 200 block of North Fourth Street to St. Luke. Marion fire provided lifting assistance.