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E. C. Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.
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HOUSTON -- The Astros' schedule coming out of the gate isn't easy, starting with a homestand against the high-payroll Yankees and Angels. From there, they'll make road trips to Toronto and Arlington, which means the Astros could be challenged to get off to a good start.
"I think it would be extremely important for us to get off to a good start," manager Bo Porter said. "You look at the way Spring Training went and the energy we played with, I believe if we bring that same energy into the season, we'll do well."
The Astros won their season opener a year ago before losing six in a row and finishing April with an 8-19 record. They started surprisingly well in 2012, going 22-23, but saw their season come undone when they won just eight games in July and August combined. They started 0-5 in '11 and 0-8 in '10.
"We're healthy, which is key," general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "We had a good spring and we're coming off a nice run at the end of spring, and hopefully we carry that into the season. Obviously, the Yankees and Angels are two high-payroll teams and good teams with a lot of experienced players we're facing right out of the gate.
"We're as ready as we'll be. We have something to prove. If we can get out there in April and have a good month, it will calm a lot of fears."


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July 7, 2005 - New Doors To Your Network
by Jeff Moss
Every advancement of technology comes with a new entry point for exploitation. Over the last few years we've witnessed the explosion of two areas that provide public access to private systems: wireless access points and web application service APIs. This week top researchers Beetle and Bruce Potter announce the release of a new rouge wireless access point vulnerability tool that builds on the popular Airsnarf study released last summer. On a different track from the wireless crew, Alex Stamos and Scott Stender hypothesize on how the growing popularity of web service interfaces will fuel a new type of injection attacks.
Owning Access Points, I Will.
by Beetle posted July 7, 2005
I'll be honest, our research was driven by being utterly stunned this past winter when a group of academics were reported on as having "discovered" what many of us knew for quite some time--stand up a rogue access point and people will give you important, private, and in many cases, lucrative information. A couple years earlier, when Bruce and I demo'd "Airsnarf" at DefCon 11, the kicker was showing it running from an overpowering Zaurus PDA in my pocket--not the old news (back then even) that you could steal usernames and passwords from hotspot users with a Linux box and hostap drivers. There's no badass discovery here, folks. Even if "Evil Twin" research made Slashdot. There wasn't anything
... stand up a rogue access point and people will give you important, private, and in many cases, lucrative information.badass about "Airsnarf" back then--it was a shell script and a few lines of Perl to play DNS tricks. There's nothing badass about rogue AP attacks now.
Well, that just invalidates my presentation, doesn't it? Crap.
Regardless, I felt it was important to not only cover the rogue AP basics for anyone who's just heard of this trickery, but to get people thinking about the more advanced havoc one can wreak with a rogue AP. Yes, usernames and passwords are nice, but there's a slew of social engineering subtleties available to you when you have a user hop on to YOUR access point. My talk will cover all of that and more-including release of a new tool called "Rogue Squadron".
Yes, I'm a Star
Wars nut, so feel free to talk with me about impressions
of Episode III while we're in Vegas--if you can't
find me at the bar or blackjack tables, I'll be at
the movie theater again. Now, if I can finish another
project or two,
not get killed while racing
this Summer, and manage to keep all my demo ducks
in a row, this should be nifty for people to see.
If anything, I'll give away a bunch of Shmoo
stickers in advance of DefCon to attendees of my Black
Hat talk. heh. Seed the audience, so to speak. If
you'd like to see what I'll be recycling / plagiarizing
in advance of my talk, here are some links you should
check out:
"Airsnarf" -DefCon XI presentation
"Rogue AP 101" - Black Hat Federal presentation
and code "802.1x eap" Google query ;)
Greasing Web Services with Slippery SOAP
by Alex Stamos and Scott Stender posted July 7, 2005
We spend most of our time attacking and reviewing new enterprise and financial applications, and we've been running into a lot of insecure web service interfaces in the last 6 months. Web services have become another check mark that technical management needs to get budget, and so SOAP interfaces and XML output is appearing everywhere you look. Unfortunately, nobody really understands how to write secure web service apps, and the fact that the frameworks hide all of the detail from developers makes it very easy to let bugs slip by.
Web services also offer a huge new attack surface,
often opening up deeply buried legacy systems to the
firewall-friendly world of port 80. Web app security
doesn't just mean SSL, XSS, and SQL injection
anymore; often, we've seen SOAP messages flowing
all of the way from an attacker's machine to
a core mainframe. Enterprise systems have always worked
like this, with some kind of connectivity reaching
down into the dark bowels of IT, where long-bearded
hackers tend to their creaking (whirring?) OS/390
machines. But now, it's XML end-to-end, and
that gives an attacker a much better chance of controlling
that last jump into the electronic guts of that hospital,
bank, or government agency…
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The look from Steve Fisher conveyed incredulity.
His team's history, he contended in response to a questioning of his team's nerve, can be a predictor of its future. This group of San Diego State basketball players, Fisher believes, can win the type of games that separate almost from all the way.
"Yeah," he said before listing a few of the comebacks and hold-offs the Aztecs have accomplished this season. "… We've lost more (close games) than we've won, but we know how to win close games."
I don't know, Coach Fisher.
It is out of respect that the savior of Aztecs hoops is herein referred to in that manner. Coach Fisher knows young men, knows what makes them tick, knows how to get them to move Mountain West championships.
But I think he might be wrong this time. You just have to wonder if this crew has it.
You know, it.
In more words, it was described thusly late Saturday afternoon by senior Chase Tapley: "You've got to be mentally tough when it's down to the end."
The Aztecs on Saturday lost a game, 69-65 to Boise State in the regular season finale, which in the grand scheme was devoid of consequence.
It was virtually certain going in that SDSU (21-9, 9-7) was safely within the NCAA Tournament bracket and also all but assured that the Aztecs would be playing Boise State (21-9, 9-7) again this coming Wednesday in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.
What is troubling is that the Aztecs are getting further and further removed from the appearance of cold-blooded killers that distinguished them the past few years.
When Tapley's three-pointer with 31 seconds remaining Saturday brought SDSU to within 66-63, you had to figure the Broncos were wondering what might befall them this time. The Aztecs had, after all, won some wacky games against them the past two years, including a 63-62 victory last month at Viejas Arena on Tapley's three-pointer with 2.8 seconds remaining.
Not this time.
Instead, Saturday became SDSU's fifth loss in eight games this season in which the point differential was one possession inside of one minute.
"It's not OK," said Fisher, who nonetheless was pleased his team didn't tank in a game it could have. "We've had too many like this. We've been close but not been able to make that extra play, get that one whistle, make that one basket."
The Aztecs' record in such games last season was 9-3. In the 34-3 campaign of 2010-11, they were 4-0 in those one-possession contests.
"We're just not making plays we need to make when we need to make them," Tapley said. "That's what makes teams great … I hope we figure it out by the time we get into the Mountain West Tournament and the NCAA Tournament."
The Aztecs will play this good-but-not-great Boise team again on Wednesday on a neutral court in a game that matters.
Considering their numerous gaffes and shortcomings on Saturday did not prevent them from making it a game, even marginally better execution should be enough to win Wednesday's fourth-versus-fifth-place contest and move on.
"We know what we need to do to face Boise State again," Jamaal Franklin said.
Shooting better than 26 percent in the first half would help, as would not trailing by 15 points in the opening minute of the second half.
But what if it's close at the end?
Now Boise knows it can pull one out against SDSU.
And despite their words, you have to wonder if the Aztecs truly don't doubt they can call on that ability again right now.
"We've got to be mentally tough," Tapley repeated.
But pressed that perhaps the Aztecs were not mentally tough, he balked.
"I don't think it's an issue," he said. "We've been there. We've done it. We have people on our team that are veterans of those kinds of games, who have made the shot at the end to win a game, made the play that needed to be made."
San Diego State has won either the regular season or tournament title three straight years. The Aztecs gave advanced to four straight MWC tournament championship games. Their tournament record since 2009 is 10-2.
"We've played real well there," Fisher said. "But we've had great close games."
Last year, Franklin sank a three at the buzzer to beat Boise in the tournament opener. That accounted for one of the four games in the past three MWC tournaments the Aztecs have won by three or fewer points. In those three years, they have yet to lose such a game.
This year?
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iPhoto includes a feature that allows you to rebuild the currently selected iPhoto library. Sometimes rebuilding the library may resolve issues such as the library appearing to be unreadable, missing photos, or other issues related to reading the iPhoto library structure.
You should back up your existing iPhoto Library before using the rebuild feature. A backup allows you to restore the iPhoto Library if anything unexpected happens during the rebuild that prevents the library from rebuilding correctly.
Before performing a rebuild, you should install any iPhoto updates by using Software Update. If a software update resolves your issue, then you don't need to rebuild. It's also a good idea to search Apple's Support Page for your specific iPhoto symptom before doing a rebuild, just in case there is a more specific article or relevant solution.
To rebuild the iPhoto library:
- Quit iPhoto if it is open.
- Hold down the Command and Option keys on the keyboard.
- Open iPhoto.
- Keep the keys held down until you are prompted to rebuild the library.
- A dialog will appear with rebuild options. Select the options you want to use.
- Click Rebuild to begin the rebuild process. This may take a few minutes to complete.
Use these guidelines to determine which options to choose in the rebuild dialog:
- Select the option(s) to rebuild thumbnails only if the thumbnails appear to be an issue (gray, blank, missing or mismatched).
- Select the option to recover orphaned photos if photos appear to be missing from the iPhoto library. iPhoto will examine the library folder for any photos that are not currently being displayed in Albums or Events in the iPhoto source list.
- In iPhoto '08 and later, select the option to examine and repair iPhoto Library file permissions if it appears that you cannot edit certain photos or if the iPhoto library will not open. See "iPhoto 6 can't open due to permissions alert" for more information.
- In iPhoto '08, select the option to "Rebuild the iPhoto Library database" if iPhoto unexpectedly quits when opened or does not get past loading photos.
- In iPhoto '09, select the option to "Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup" if iPhoto unexpectedly quits when opened or does not get past loading photos. This option is similar to the option to "Rebuild the iPhoto Library database" in iPhoto '08, except that it has the added ability to regenerate a database from an automatically backed up library database. Also, after rebuilding your library database using this option, your original database files can be found in the "Before Restore" folder inside the library package.
- In iPhoto '11, select the option to "Repair the iPhoto Library Database" to check the iPhoto Library database for inconsistencies and repair them, if necessary. iPhoto '11 also includes the option to "Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup," which performs the same functions as it does in iPhoto '09, but should only be attempted if the "Repair the iPhoto Library Database" option does not help.
Note: Any "recovered" photos may not appear in their original album in the source list. However, they should appear in the newly created "Recovered Photos" album in the source list.
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You may have heard a rumbling this morning, eminating from the Northwest suburbs. It's low and barely noticeable now, but will get more and more thunderous as the week approaches. It all culminates Friday when the cream-of-the-crop of PGA golfers take to the tees.
The 2012 Ryder Cup kicks off this week.
What's the Ryder Cup, you may be asking yourself? It is golf's most unique event. No, it is not just another tournament with a 100+ professionals grinding it out for a check. This is a team event. Yes, team. It can happen in golf, and the best golfers from Europe and America are here to compete.
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It's an impressive list of pros going head to head.
It's three days of the US battling the best from Europe.
It's emotional, dramatic, euphoric, soul-crushing all in one. Even if you're not a golf fan, you'll get swept up in it if you give it a look.
Because these guys are representing their country, a missed putt won't cost them a few thousand in prize money, it will let down their teammates and the fans of their nation. Sink it, and they may have just won perhaps the most historic trophy in the sport. Thousands of golfers over the years have taken a crack at winning the Masters or US or British Open. But only 12 guys from each side every two years get to band together for this one. You can tell how lucky the players think they are for the chance and how seriously they take it.
This is the first, and probably last, time it'll be held in Chicago. As it alternates between American shores and European ones, it's only on this side of the Atlantic every four years. And as you know, there's a lot of places that want to have this and compete to be named host site. Having this competition here is a real coup for Medinah Country Club and Chicago golf as a whole. There's really no event better to showcase the city and it's passion for the game. Because it's not just a tournament, it's the pageantry and events around it as well that will be held all over the city. And you know how good Chicago can be when it cleans up, shaves, and puts on its best suit.
But mostly, the Ryder Cup is the best event in golf and one of the best is sports because of the passion of the players and fans. We know how much we Yanks love to wave the Stars n' Stripes, and how much Europeans love to make us not do that. The players can't help but get swept up in it. No professional athlete looks more like he's going through a bad day at work than a golfer. They grimace, they yell at themselves, nothing ever seems to be going right as they slog through practice round and four days at a tournament. But here, they're the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, or the Dream Team. There's no bigger stage, and it's not a job any more. And because of that, the crowds are as raucous as any football or hockey crowd (well, close).
It's three days of heartbreak, joy, and patriotism.
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Liquid Retina display that goes edge to edge.1 Face ID, so you can securely unlock iPad Pro, log in to apps and pay with just a glance. The A12X Bionic chip is faster than most PC laptops and easily runs pro apps. All-day battery life.3 Wi-Fi and LTE Advanced.4 Over a million apps available on the App Store, including augmented reality experiences. And the new Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard Folio help you be even more creative and productive.2 It will make you rethink what iPad is capable of—and what a computer is capable of.
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text: Search What Will It Take to Catalyze the Energy Transition? Kat Friedrich February 12, 2019 Topics: Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Solar Finance Community-Shared Solar Distributed Generation Economic Opportunity Fossil Fuels Climate Resilience Legislation Commercial and Industrial Markets Community-Based Marketing Electric Vehicles International Markets Research Rural Programs Vastly higher clean energy targets are essential to empower the international community to make the leap to a sustainable future, according to Richard Heinberg, coauthor of "Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy." In this interview, he delves into the practical challenges involved in the global transition to renewable power sources. Unions Partner with Entrepreneurs for a Just Energy Transition Jordan Cozby January 14, 2019 Topics: Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Solar Finance Community-Shared Solar Distributed Generation Economic Opportunity Climate Resilience International Markets "There are no jobs on a dead planet," said Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. Burrow is vice-chair of The B Team, a coalition of business and civil society leaders that was founded by Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz. In an attempt to address the dual dangers of economic injustice and environmental disaster that Burrow's remark references, The B Team launched the Pledge for a Just Transition to Decent Jobs in August 2018.


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- 93%-Percentage of children who get to dress up and go door to door.
- $5.77 billion-Total spent in 2008 on Halloween, including candy, parties and witches' brew.
- $140 million-Money Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has raised since 1950.
- 51.8 million-Number of adults who don their sexy nurse, pimp or pirate outfits on Halloween.
- 73.4%-Percentage of households that say they will dish out treats on Halloween (26.6%: Number of households just asking for a nasty trick)
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Kathleen Callahan of Seattle's Emmer & Rye started her career studying marine biology, then segued into cooking fish in restaurants. Her latest move was to the pastry kitchen; she decided it would be much more pleasant to "smell like vanilla at the end of my shift." Today she makes delicious desserts like this frozen pie topped with slow-simmered cranberries. More Amazing Pies and Tarts
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Preheat the oven to 350°. Spread the pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes, until fragrant. Let cool completely.
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In a standing electric mixer fitted with the whisk, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and salt until firm peaks form. With the mixer at medium speed, drizzle the hot syrup onto the whites and beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and beat the meringue until cooled to room temperature, about 5 minutes.
In a large bowl, beat the heavy cream with the vanilla until soft peaks form. Fold the meringue into the whipped cream until blended. Scrape the mousse into the crust and spread evenly. Freeze until firm, at least 8 hours but preferably overnight. (The mousse will not freeze solid like ice cream.)
Put the cranberries in a large heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and water and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Pour the syrup over the cranberries and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and cook undisturbed over very low heat until the syrup is rosy and the cranberries are tender but not broken down, about 45 minutes. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and let the cranberries cool completely. Refrigerate until chilled.
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The western region of the University Student Legal Services Association awarded Portland State University's Student Legal Services the Most Outstanding Student Legal Services Office Award for 2011. This award recognizes a student legal services office at a university or college in the western region for its outstanding contributions in the areas of innovation, student service, rebuilding or improving an existing service, and enhancing the overall components in student life.
One hallmark of Student Legal Services ("SLS") is its outreach and student engagement efforts. SLS works with dozens of attorneys in the community to provide meaningful, interesting and fun events to PSU students. SLS has hosted events on marijuana law, bicycle law, domestic partnership law, things students should know before going to law school, and others. SLS has worked to be creative in its event formats from movies to panels, and lectures to fairs. SLS is an active partner with PSU's Pre-Law Society and help place many students in jobs and legal internships throughout the Portland metro area.
SLS maintains strong partnerships with offices beyond its walls. SLS attorneys work with the Multnomah County Bar Association to encourage minority populations to think about law as a viable career option. Similarly, SLS periodically hosts The Classroom Law Project on campus to promote civic engagement to high school students. Just last month, SLS worked with a local firm, Barran Liebman, and the Women's Resource Center to host an event titled "Domestic Violence and the Law." This event taught attendees the legal rights maintained by survivors of domestic violence.


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Re: st: RE: combining reliability trial data
Nick Cox <email@example.com>
Re: st: RE: combining reliability trial data
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:57:56 +0000
The larger question is "to combine the data somehow to make use of it
all" and the answer would be a model that matches your idea of the
data generation process.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> The error in using -bagroup- arises, I guess, because it lacks a -version- statement. Inserting a line such as
> version 7
> after each -program- statement is likely to fix the problem that braces are used within the program in ways that clash with present rules. I have not tested this guess and there may be other problems.
> See also [P] version for details here.
> -bagroup- comes from the following place. Please remember that you are asked to explain _where_ user-written programs you refer to come from.
> STB-55 sbe33 . . . . Comparing several methods of measuring the same quantity
> (help baplot, bagroup, bamat, sdpair if installed) . . . . . P. Seed
> 5/00 pp.2--9; STB Reprints Vol 10, pp.73--82
> commands implementing the Bland-Altman approach to comparing
> two or more measurement methods; also alternative command to
> sdtest based on Pitman's method giving confidence intervals
> for variance ratios of paired data
> Nick
> email@example.com
> Hilary Taylor
> I am hoping to test the inter- and intra-rater variance of a measurement
> method. I had two raters (R1 and R2) perform measurements on 28 items and
> each rater measured the set twice (t1 and t2). The measurements are scale.
> I have drawn up some Bland & Altman plots and have performed Pitman's
> tests. I have carried this out for inter-rater (R1t1 vs R2t1) and
> intra-rater (R1t1 vs R1t2), however I would really like to combine the data
> somehow to make use of it all. I thought the command 'bagroup' (Paul Seed,
> 2000) might be useful but have been unable to explore this because the
> following error comes up:
> bagroup t1_r1 t2_r1 t1_r2 t2_r2
> program error: matching close brace not found
> I would be grateful if you could tell me firstly, if this would be a useful
> thing to do (if I can get it working) and secondly, if you have any
> suggestions for a better way for me to combine these data (I would like to
> create plots and associated stats)?
> (I am using Stata/SE 11.2)
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- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampThrough the foundation Tiny Miracles, Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop and his team are using modern design and local craftsmanship to make a difference in the slums of Mumbai. One of the most notable income-generating projects are these lampshades made from sustainable bamboo. The contemporary handcrafted shades offer an alternative source of income to the cane baskets the community used to fashion before they lost market demand.1
- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampAssigning themselves the ambitious goal of pulling 700 people out of poverty by 2020, the group trains community members to make a series of high-end pieces for home decor.2
- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampIt is their hope that moving residents from "very poor" to "middle class" will allow them access to education and basic amenities.3
- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampThe Copper Lampshades are created by lashing slices of bamboo together with recycled copper wire.4
- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampThese pieces are constructed together with underprivileged women of Pardesh.5
- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampSustainable bamboo is carefully pieced together with recycled copper wire.6
- Tiny Miracles Bamboo LampConsisting of 13 sides, the women can take each piece of the Copper Lampshades home to work on while running the household at the same time and assemble them later.7


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Things we learnt along the way:
- Measurements with the cup
- Fine motor skills in pouring
- How to use a funnel and how funnels help make work easier
- Different shapes, sizes and colors of grains and how different ones pour with different ease through the funnels
- Taste and smells of different herbs and spices
The little one loved the exercise and had lots of fun with the cup and funnel. There wasn't much of a mess as I handled the herbs, distracting him with smelling and tasting the herbs. I'm actually quite optimistic that we could try this again perhaps for Christmas! We added instructions and a thank you card to the jar.
Multigrain Chicken Soup
(Modified from here)
In the jar
3/4 cup raw brown rice
1/2 cup medium barley
1/2 cup red lentils
1/2 cup yellow split peas
2 tbs dried parsley
1 tbs dried thyme
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions attached
- Pour contents of jar into pot and add the following:
- 2 large ribs celery, sliced
- 4 large carrots, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 12 cups of water
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Bring to a boil.
- Cover the pot and turn down the heat to simmer.
- Cook for 1 hour until all grains are tender.
- Check seasonings.
- Thin with water or chicken stock as required.


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Bollywood comedian Johnny Lever's daughter Jamie J. is all set to tickle your funny bone as a contestant in "Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe".
Her first episode will air July 19 on Sony TV channel.
The 25-year-old said that she went for an audition like any other participant instead of letting her popular father pull strings.
"I went for an audition. They (the selection board) liked my work and called me to attend a three-day workshop. It was a part of selection process during which they tested me.
Then they finally selected me. It had nothing to do with me being his (Johnny's) daughter," Jamie told IANS.
She will be seen sharing platform with other stand-up comedians like Bharti Singh and Kapil Sharma and Jamie is excited.
"They are big and it would be amazing to share screen space with them," said the budding comedian.
Jamie has completed her Masters in marketing communication from London, but being on stage always thrilled her.
"I did plays in college. I realised that whenever I went on stage, it made me happy. So instead of continuing with marketing, I decided to do something that gives me joy," she said.
The trained singer can mimic actresses like Sridevi and Deepika Padukone, but she is confident about doing male roles too.
"I've done mimicry of singers like Kailash Kher and Bappi Lahiri. I know how to modulate my voice, so it's easy for me to do a male role," said Jamie, who is constantly guided by her father.
"He tells me how to be on stage and be spontaneous. He points out my weaknesses and strengths," said Johnny's daughter, who told her father about her inclination towards comedy in 2009.
At present, Jamie is occupied with this project till the time she gets evicted. But in future, she would like to do a show that is funny, yet conveys a message.
"I admire International talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres . Maybe, 20 years down the line I will host a show that is funny and also has a message," said Jamie.


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Softopper Collapsible Truck Top
Easy Up, Easy Down
Sometimes you need a truck top or shell on the bed of your truck to help keep your gear safely stowed, but sometimes you need no top to handle large equipment or motorcycles. With most hard shells it can be difficult to remove them by yourself and when removed you need a place to store the shell. Aimed at solving this age-old dilemma, the company Softopper has developed the best of both worlds: a collapsible truck top that's there when you need it and gone when you don't.
The Softopper features a rear, removable, heat-sealed, vinyl window, heavy-duty No. 10 YKK zippers, Sunguard thread used throughout its construction, and a heavy-duty, light-weight aluminum frame. An optional rear mesh window kit is also available
In addition to being compatible with the Honda Ridgeline, the Softopper is available for Ford, Chevy, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Dodge, Mazda, Isuzu, and other popular brand trucks. Available colors are black, charcoal, and tan.
The top is manufactured with a premium automotive convertible topping, which consists of an exterior grade woven fabric with a UV-stabilized PVC coating for water resistance. It has been proven against, wind, rain, snow, sunlight, fading, mildew, and rot — and it will remain beautiful for years. It is also the chosen fabric used by many major OEM convertible manufacturers.
The Softopper collapses forward to store behind the cab, allowing for unrestricted visibility and access to the bed. It comes with everything you need — including a rear removable window, mounting clamps, and bedrail weather stripping — for a quick and complete installation.


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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Stuck in the middle. That's exactly where the family of John and Jim Harbaugh say they want to remain when the two brothers square off in the Super Bowl.
Kai Jackson reports.
Looking at the Harbaughs, it appears the family that stays neutral, stays together.
Days before Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, the family of opposing coaches John and Jim Harbaugh fielded questions from the media about their competing sons.
"You're very conscious about not showing any emotion," said dad Jack Harbaugh.
This question caught the ear and ire of mom, Jackie Harbaugh.
John Harbaugh: "Yeah, question from Baltimore. Is it true that you both like Jim better than John?"
Joanie Crean: "Is that John?"
Jack Harbaugh: "John Harbaugh? (Laughs)"
Coach John Harbaugh's call-in joke was funny, but the importance of the family staying neutral for the Super Bowl is no laughing matter.
"It's a big story on a big stage and the media has a job," said Jackie Harbaugh.
"You watch the game completely emotionless. You watch it completely void of any feelings you have for anybody. You mean, you love them both the same," said sister Joani Crean.
The Harbaugh brothers made history in 2011 when their respective teams played each other at M&T Bank Stadium on Thanksgiving Day. In that game the Ravens beat the 49ers 16-6.
For now it's all smiles, and it will stay that way until Super Bowl Sunday.
"Mom was ready to come right through this phone. I'm so happy that Joanie recognized your voice," Jack Harbaugh said.
The Harbaughs say the focus should really be–not just on the coaches–but all the players on both respective teams. They said they were very happy to root for John and Jim respectively in the AFC and NFC championships, because that way there were no feelings of guilt.
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Previously on The Fosters, Stef proposed to Lena, Jude returned from Out of Town, and we all wished that we could have thirty-seven more episodes just about the early days of Lena and Stef's relationship.
To shake things up this episode we're starting in, oh hell, we're starting in the kitchen. Jesus has been pressed into silver polishing duties. Welcome to every holiday at our house, kid. If you want to get out of you can try my brothers' trick, go to the bathroom and don't come back until it's all done. Stef's mom, the incomparable Annie Potts, tells Jesus to shove it and Stef wanders in carrying a large box. Lena flips because Stef had, you know, a bullet in her gut (or chest, it was a migrating bullet) the last time we saw her and for once should leave the heavy lifting to other people. Stef stomps over to the coffee pot and grumbles about going nuts from inactivity. I can think of an excellent way to combat inactivity, it's a two person activity, you should ask Lena to join you, Stef.
Stef's mom wants to know when she's going back to work. Stef glances at Lena and says "oh when I get cleared…we're not sure" and Lena glides over and says that all Stef needs to worry about is walking down the aisle. Stef says "and we're not even doing that?" Lena's gives Stef an indulgent look that says "you got shot and I'm high on silver polish fumes, so I'll let it slide this time." Stef apparently missed the look. Annie Potts is aghast. How could you possibly be getting married without walking down the aisle or having your fathers give you away? This reminds me of my wedding when my mom got all worked up about the ushers being male because of tradition. She was not persuaded by my "tradition? There's no groom, mother." argument.
Stef really winds up for this pitch. How silly to have two brides walk down the aisle, there'd be no one waiting. Ha! Oh and why are we being given away and to whom are we being given. It's just so silly this matrimony stuff. Lena takes her next look up a notch and says "I'm not sure it's silly, but it's not really us." Stef, you may have gotten shot a couple weeks ago but it's not going to get you out of trouble forever. Annie knows, and she gives the mom look. Don't propose and then be a dick about the wedding, Stef.
Stef tries to clear a cereal bowl and gets shooed away by her mom. Lena cracks that she's not the only one who gets tense around her mom (there are proven methods for relieving tension, ladies) and Stef admits that she's more nervous about the conversation they have to have with Callie. Callie bounces down the steps and they ask to talk to her about Liam.
At Anchors Aweigh charter school for the gifted and lesbian parented, Wyatt hops over to chat with Callie about how lame it is that Brandon and Talya are back together. Oh and another thing, he's moving to Indiana because when they lost the house his mom thought maybe not being homeless would be a good plan. So pack your UHaul and point it East. Hoosiers ho! He's driving their car to the midwest on Sunday. Callie tells the Flying Tomato that it sucks and she'll miss him and they have a weird lingering cheek kiss.
Talya is roping Brandon into a very exciting adventure to the mall to pick out a wedding gift for his moms. She says, "candlesticks always make a nice gift" and he agrees, then peels off to go to talk to Callie who is looking sad on a bench. Talya say Brandon should invite her to Registries R Us because nothing helps a case of the Mondays like a third wheel shopping trip. He sits down and she tells him that while his girlfriend is worrying about picking out a chafing dish for his mothers, she needs to decide what to do with the pretrial hearing for man who raped her. The moms told her it would come down to her word against his and those things never go her way. Isn't enough that Sarah is safe? Brandon puts on his Ross Gellar pouty face and says what she did for Sarah was great but that doesn't she deserve a little justice too?
And this one goes out to all the ladies who love a lady in a tank top. Stef has her shirt pulled up and is checking out her migrating bullet wound in the mirror. Lena walks in a pauses as she sees it in the mirror then apologizes for making Stef self-conscious. Stef says she's not self-conscious, she's not the one who is bothered by the scar. Lena says it's not that she's bothered it just a constant reminder of her near death and being left to raise five unruly teens on her own. Lena is not thrilled that Stef will be going back to work soon but Stef says she can't stay home forever, love. It's a sweetly tense scene but I have to admit being a bit distracted by these gorgeous ladies in their tanks.
Annie Potts is giving Stef's dad shit about the wallpaper in his kitchen. While she's throwing out dead plants and cleaning up his mess, she drops some gossip about Ezra Fitz loving his student so hard that he took a bat to the car of a boy who dared smear her name. She segues into telling him that Lena's dad got ordained by the internet Church of Vanderjesus and how different the world is now that anyone can get ordained and save you the trip to Vegas. Yes, the world has changed and gays can get married now but not in Vegas because of, you know, moral reasons. She steamrolls on about how everyone is so excited about it and so glad that he'll be there. You are coming aren't you? She tells him that he better get over whatever bullshit it holding him back from RSVPing to his only daughter's wedding because if he doesn't he may lose her for good, which, hello have you see the wound in her, let's just say torso to be safe, from the gunshot that nearly killed her a month ago? She tells him, put on a nice shirt and get his saggy ass to the wedding. She storms out with so much sass and fire and I love her so much.


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A San Francisco fertility clinic is facing a lawsuit from a couple who says the establishment implanted the wrong sperm into the woman's eggs then threw away the embryos without the permission of the couple.
Katie and Robert Aschero, of San Mateo, claim Laurel Fertility Care inseminated seven of Katie's 13 viable embryos with another man's sperm, then destroyed them.
"They accidentally used a different person's sperm -- that they had gotten the slots mixed up in the incubator." Katie told KGO-TV. "We were pretty crushed."
The clinic admitted to mishandling the seven eggs but should have contacted the couple before throwing them away, the Ascheros say, because that's what the contract stated. They decided to sue only after the clinic refused to give them their money back.
Katie Aschero, a nurse at San Francisco General Hospital, says she and her husband didn't know if they would have used the embryos but still wanted the option of donating them for stem cell research.
Katie says she and her husband went public with their story because they are hoping it will change the way the way fertility clinics do business.
"I went to a company that, their whole purpose of being a company is to create life, and they destroyed life." Katie said.


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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Sandy.
He appeared live on NBC's "Today" show to do the cutting Friday in Seaside Heights.
The ribbon was five-miles long, stretching through parts of what's known as the northern barrier island in Ocean County.
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
Several New Jersey beach communities have annual beach ribbon cuttings, announcing they are back in business. But this year's ceremonies are more poignant seven months after a storm that did an estimated $37 billion of damage in the state.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Some Democrats are complaining that Christie, a Republican, is promoting the shore as a way to promote himself as he seeks re-election this year. They take aim especially at a $25 million federally funded ad campaign for the shore. Christie and his family appear in a TV commercial as part of the campaign. He has said that not being in the ad because of fears of political criticism would have been a mistake.
The White House announced that President Barack Obama will tour the coastline with Christie on Tuesday.
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Rivers & lakes
Less than 1% of Earth's water is found on land, and most of that buried underground in aquifers. But for life, surface freshwater is an essential resource. Our main suppliers of freshwater are rivers and lakes – the visible segment of a complex hydrological process that cycles water between the land and the sea.
River resources
As well as being resources in their own right, surface water bodies moderate local weather and - as areas of high biodiversity - often supply food to the local population as well as water. And due to the way they arise, they can be early indicators of regional or global climate change.
Part of the water cycle
Rivers and lakes are part of what is called the water cycle: water vapour is taken into the atmosphere from the oceans by evaporation, and then carried by updrafts from warm land surfaces to colder high-altitude terrain where it condenses as rain or snow.
That water trickles down the slopes of catchment areas to end up in rivers, which move huge volumes of water across the land surface. They go on to replenish the inundated basins we call lakes, or run all the way back to the sea to complete the water cycle.
While the second half of this process is driven by gravity, the first half is driven by solar energy, so global warming may disrupt it. A warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapour, causing periods of drought followed by severe weather events. Decreasing winter snows may cause river volumes to decrease, while increasing evaporation occurring over warmer land could shrink them still further.
Earth Observation spacecraft are already able to measure water vapour concentrations across the planet, with forthcoming missions such as EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) set to sharpen the accuracy of these observations. They can also estimate snow and ice thickness, factors determining downstream river volumes.
Satellites measure global river flow
Historically, monitoring the water flow of even the planet's largest river system, the Amazon, has been hampered by the sheer difficulty of obtaining reliable measurements.
But special algorithms can extract river and lake data from space-based radar altimeter instruments, providing such measurements with great accuracy on a continuous basis for all the major rivers of the world.
The individual properties of rivers come from the landscapes they flow through, so hydrologists studying rivers require detailed knowledge of their surrounding catchments. Satellite imagery can show an entire river catchment with a single picture, while the same altimeter instruments used to measure river flow can also be used to create digital elevation models of this terrain.
The waters beneath
The majority of freshwater is located beneath our feet, stored in vast subsurface aquifers made of permeable rock. Rainfall seeps down to keep these aquifers filled, and groundwater issuing from the aquifers tops up rivers. Growing human numbers lead to an increasing use of groundwater pumped up from underground, particularly in arid regions.
Satellite radar data can be used in a technique called interferometry to map tiny millimetre-scale land shifts above aquifers, enabling scientists to deduce changes in groundwater levels. And by measuring local variations in Earth's gravity field, the GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) mission should enable the identification of subsurface aquifer locations worldwide.


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A souvenir for myself
The French gave us the word for those wonderful little trifles: souvenirs. Souvenirs for the bureau, for the fridge, for the soul. For 20 years now, a rosewood itinerant monk has stood on my window sill, reminding me of Vietnam. He disappeared once for a few months, not of his own volition, but because a friend of mine snatched him. He was trying to force me to accompany him to Mexico by threatening to bury the monk in the sand if I didn't go with him. I didn't, he buried the monk, but his girlfriend told him he couldn't do that and dug him up again. After this brief but dramatic adventure, my Vietnamese monk returned to my window sill, where he gazes out toward St. Gallen. A chess game from Sri Lanka has stuck with me for nearly as long. You can't resist picking the pieces up even if you don't intend to play because the queen, the pawns and all the other players give off the scent of sandalwood.
But then there's the sorcerer, a figurine given to me by a soothsayser in Budapest. She called herself a witch, but I don't like the negative connotations of that word. She only did good things. She told me that if I was looking for inspiration, all I had to do was scratch it under its chin. It's been sitting on my writing desk ever since. Souvenirs can do clever things, like open bottles. My favorite fridge magnet came from Cannes. Every time I open a bottle of beer, I gaze down from a bird's perspective at the Croisette boulevard and think about love. And when I see my walking stick by the door, I think of Belgrade, where I purchased it after four writers with long beards had poured me one too many Slivovitzes, leaving me a bit wobbly on my feet. Souvenirs are precious and usually don't cost much. They belong in the treasure chest of every traveling soul.
Helge Timmerberg
Our columnist, Helge Timmerberg, an irrepressible globetrotter since 1969, writes travel books and contributes monthly to our magazine.


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text: Ancient works of art and works from archaeological settings are present in many museums. While they can teach us a great deal about ancient civilizations, in recent years there has been an increased awareness of the knowledge that may be lost when works are dug up illegally, sometimes dismembered, and sold by looters. Information such as a work's findspot, the layer of earth in which it was found, and knowledge of other objects located nearby – in short, its entire context – are then lost to scholarship. On November 17, 1970 UNESCO ratified a Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import and Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. This convention stipulates that works such as archaeological material and ancient art that change hands after November 17, 1970 must have already been out of their country of origin prior to that date, or, if they left after that date, must have done so with valid export documents. The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) issued position papers and reports on the topic of the collecting cultural artifacts, antiquities and archaeological material in 2002, 2006 and 2008, and the AMAM has determined that for complete transparency, it will make publicly available a list of its ancient and archaeological works that were acquired after November 17, 1970 and for which there is either no or incomplete evidence that the work was already out of its country of origin and for which there are no known export documents. Furthermore, should the AMAM acquire any archaeological material or antiquities after June 4, 2008, they would be listed on the AAMD's object registry; the AMAM has not acquired any such works after that date. So far, the AMAM has completed a review of the Greek, Roman, Cypriot and Etruscan works currently on view in its galleries; the AMAM continues to assess other Mediterranean antiquities in its collection, as well as ancient works from Asia.Click here, AMAM Archaeological Material and Ancient Art Provenance List, for ancient and archaeological works in the AMAM collection that were acquired after November 17, 1970 and for which it is not known that they were definitively out of their country of origin prior to that date and for which there are no known export documents. It is important to note that a listing here does not necessarily mean that the work was looted, or improperly left its country of origin. In many cases it may reflect incomplete or inadequate record keeping by previous owners. Research on the history of ownership is a continuing process. New information about ancient and archaeological material will be disclosed as it becomes available, and images of the works will be added as they become available.


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Hi Statalist
I am running quantile regressions with a continuous dependent variable
and have a challenge
On the issue of quantile IVs based on 2SQR, my understanding is that I
need to run an OLS with my endogenous variable as the dependent
variable and the instruments together with the other exogenous
aggressors as independent variables. I will then predict from the
first stage and then plug it into the structural equation and then
bootstrap the standard errors to take care of possible bias in the
standard errors of the predicted variable. Will I be right if I do
this and is this the same as what is proposed by Amemiya (1982) and
Powell (1983)
Secondly, my data was collected via stratified sampling (ie.
clustering). This means that using the normal bootstrapping will not
correct for the intra-cluster correlations. Instead a cluster robust
bootstrapping will be adequate. However the qreg, bsqreg and sqreg
commands in stata seem not to work when I specify the vce cluster
option for bootstrap. Please can someone help on this?
Can you help me on this. Thank you very much
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LETTER- Albemarle school leaders flunk censorship test
I have strongly supported Albemarle schools in their budgetary woes, but Albemarle High's successful attempt to squelch any student input on how to save money means Albemarle schools have lost my support. [June 17: "P.E. staff P.O.'d: Albemarle High School censors op-ed"]
An AHS student writes an editorial suggesting that varsity athletes not be required to attend PE classes, which might afford a saving in personnel, and which is certainly a commonsense suggestion. PE teachers hear about this, complain, and the principal and newspaper advisor cancel the issue.
Advisor Kim Aust claims the reason was there were typos, and that "if I have to go to court about a story, I'm not going with one that has misspelled words." Since she caved to PE pressure, she obviously will not defend the paper in court, so this is puerile. And if she is worried about typos, she should work on the basic english skills of Albemarle school administrators.
Albemarle schools spokeswoman Maury Brown says that PE teachers were concerned that the opinion article was one-sided? Brown apparently doesn't realize that the word "editorial" means "a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors." She then goes on to say "It is important that in any response to the public that we not appear to condone censorship."
Since censorship means "to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable," she obviously doesn't understand that word either. Yet Aust and Brown are worried about typos? Surely understanding the meaning of words comes first? Aust says PE teachers would not be able to "conduct class" if a student expressed an opinion. PE teachers at AHS are that pathetic? Aust says the solution is to "run an article in August." Not an editorial, an article. She says she "already has student reporters working on this." So she is the editor now? Apparently.
Finally, her most fatuous comment is that this will be "a good learning experience" for AHS' journalists. She is correct, but I suspect she has absolutely zero clue as to what they have learned. Principal Thomas obviously doesn't know English either. "If you ask, do we censor student opinion–no because I value the input of students."
Other than looking up the definition of "censor," Principal Thomas should evaluate how he values the input of students by suppressing it. A sad day for Albemarle schools.
Derek Oppen
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What took place at Albemarle High school may not be the norm in the county schools, but it's not unusual either.
Here is another case that's somewhat similar:
If you read the entire article from the C-ville Weekly, it's clear that the county schools "obfuscated" at every turn and tried to evade Freedom of Information Act requirements. But the county schools spokesperson says that the schools abide by FOIA and take it seriously.
Nice letter, Derek Oppen.
One has to wonder why the newspaper advisor still has that position.
And one has to wonder what the principal actually learned in his school law class.


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Some Walton County residents object to their former county administrator authorizing the expenditure of bed tax funds to clean private beaches.
SANTA ROSA BEACH � Some Walton County residents object to their former county administrator authorizing the expenditure of bed tax funds to clean private beaches.
Bob Hudson and Suzanne Harris claim Bob Halfhill not only wasn�t authorized to spend Tourist Development Council dollars, he and Commissioner Sara Comander didn�t have the right to declare a beach �emergency� without public input.
�We can�t get into the mess Okaloosa County got into where we are spending TDC bed tax money to clean private beaches and nobody knows about it until somebody happens to tell it and a public records request is done,� Harris said at Tuesday�s County Commission meeting. �These are the things that need to be done not in the dark, but in the sunshine.�
As Hudson and Harris laid out the situation, Halfhill, who resigned April 3, received a call from the owner of the Whale�s Tail in Miramar Beach to ask the county to clean the beach behind the restaurant.
Hundreds � Comander claimed thousands � of young people had used public access to reach the beach behind the restaurant and left a tremendous amount of trash behind.
County Attorney Mark Davis told Harris and Hudson that Halfhill had consulted him about the problem, which he viewed as �spring break folks using public access and going onto private property.�
Davis said he told Halfhill he had discretion to cover the $500 per-day cost of cleaning the mess �as a health and safety issue.�
But Davis said he was unaware Halfhill used TDC funds rather than general fund money to pay for the cleanup.
�I was not aware it came out of TDC funds,� Davis said. �I had no idea about that.�
Harris, who heads a condominium association and pays bed taxes and for beach cleaning services, warned commissioners that using any county funds to pay for beach cleaning on private property sets a dangerous precedent.
�You�re going to have Sandestin knocking on the door and Rosemary Beach knocking on the door and Seaside coming. You can�t do for one what you don�t do for everybody,� she said.
Hudson, executive director of the Walton County Taxpayers Association, questioned the seemingly convoluted chain of command that resulted in a county administrator, who has no control over the TDC, ordering bed tax funds to be spent to clean private beaches.
�It appears to me that several individuals acted outside of their authority,� he said.
�How can the county administrator pick up the phone and direct the TDC to expend funds when he has no control over the TDC?� Hudson asked.
Hudson also said Comander, by giving consent for Halfhill to spend money to clean private property, had overstepped her bounds.
�If it�s an emergency I think the BCC must declare an emergency at a called BCC meeting,� he said. �No other commissioner was made aware of the action, How does the vice chairman of the BCC act on her own to declare an emergency?�
When asked at the meeting about her role in authorizing the funding, Comander said, �I left the decision to Mr. Halfhill.
�All we did was expedite the (beach services) contract,� she said. �The county attorney waived review of the contract.�
Hudson also brought up that no one on the TDC advisory board knew anything about paying to clean up private beach property.
To rectify the matter, Davis suggested that the County Commission reimburse the TDC for funds spent on the cleaning. Commissioners voted unanimously to do so.
But Wednesday, Gerry Demers, who is acting as interim county administrator, said he and the county finance department were thinking maybe the money spent to clean up behind the Whales Tail and other businesses had come from the correct source.
�The question remaining is should this have been paid for with TDC bed taxes or general funds,� he said. �I�ve got finance people looking into it now. It will be resolved next week.�
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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BOSTON -- In 2007, the United States had 41.5 million health club members, according to the "2008 IHRSA Global Report: The State of the Health Club Industry" from the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). That number is 1.2 million less than the 42.7 million members that IHRSA reported for 2006.
IHRSA says the 2007 decrease is a non-statistically significant change over 2006, 2005 and 2004. In 2004 and 2005, memberships were at 41.3 million, according to the Boston-based trade association for for-profit health clubs.
Preliminary numbers released this spring by IHRSA suggested memberships had increased 3 percent to 44.1 million members, but final numbers showed that memberships had actually decreased.
As of January 2008, the United States had 29,636 health clubs. This number includes for-profits and some nonprofits but no corporate, government/military and university facilities.
Despite the drop in members, industry revenues have continued to climb. In 2007, the U.S. health club industry revenues increased to $18.5 billion from $17.6 billion in 2006. The increase suggests that clubs are collecting more revenue per member than before, according to IHRSA.
Worldwide, there are 106.7 million members of health clubs (about the same as last year) and 108,059 health club locations, an increase from 98,594 locations reported last year for 2006.
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text: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 APTA Summary Available for National Proposed Coverage TENS Treatment for CLBP APTA has posted a summary of the recent National Coverage Analysis Proposed Decision Memo from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic low back pain (CLBP). For patients meeting the specified definition of CLBP in the memo, CMS proposes coverage only when those patients are enrolled in a clinical study. The clinical study must address whether TENS provides a clinically meaningful reduction in pain, improvement in function, or reduction in other treatments or services. In addition, the study must adhere to specified standards of scientific integrity and relevance to the Medicare population. CMS will accept public comment on this proposed decision memo through April 12. APTA will submit comments on behalf of membership. The summary is available to APTA members on the Medicare Coverage Issues webpage under the "TENS" heading. Comments Kind of silly. I wonder how much Medicare pays for a TENS unit. I am aware that TENS units vary in quality but adequate units are available on the internet for under $50. For under $50, meaningful use would be if it prevented one PT visit. This is a really expensive proposal for an intervention that should cost medicare $20 (volume purchase) and people might like it. I admit, this is not at all scientific but the amount they are proposing to spend on this should be spent elsewhere. Or, maybe there are other PTs that feel this is something that really needs to be addressed. Please spent the money helping us learn to classify patients and determine the appropriate combination of interventions. The TENS study will fail because "CLBP" is not a homogenous group of people. There are at least 10 different physical and psychological/social aspects that contribute to LBP--throwing a TENS unit at it doesn't make that much sense independent of addressing many other issues. Posted by Herb Silver on 4/6/2012 11:45 AM Sao Paulo Med J. 2011;129(4):206-16. Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential currents (IFC) in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain: randomized clinical trial. Facci LM, Nowotny JP, Tormem F, Trevisani VF. It appears that this piece of evidence is part of the reason CMS is considering TENS. Very interesting. Posted by Adrian Miranda on 4/6/2012 2:16 PM Electrical stimulation [ES]for pain modulation can be an inexpensive adjunct to pain management for a variety of patients. Skin electrode ES may have limited temporal efficacy and the key is to find the source of pain and eradicate it, if possible. Individuals with chronic low back pain are among those who need to be diagnosed because the source of their pain is still present. [Complete assessment of nerve function via EMG and Evoked Potential Studies is frequently missing and MRI does not predict nerve function.] I agree, PT evaluation for the efficacy of ES as a temporary measure is indicated and then perhaps one follow up visit to document the use of ES and the objective benefits. Devices can be purchased for $50-100.00. All of this improves the patient's function at a reduced cost until appropriate intervention can be taken. If the source of the pain cannot be eradicated, evaluation for spinal cord stimulation for pain modulation is indicated. SCS results in longer lasting pain modulation. The terminology in the memo is unfortunate. TENS refers to the skin application of ES and there are many potential reasons to administer ES in such a fashion. Pain modulation is only one. [You could stick your finger in an electrical outlet and do "TENS."] In general, when patients are accurately diagnosed their treatment can be designed to eliminate the source of the pain without relegation to the chronic pain patient group, which is far more expensive in the long run. Joyce Campbell, Ph.D., P.T. Posted by Joyce Campbell -> CGU\B on 4/8/2012 10:58 AM The effective use of TENS can reduce the spasms and pain and decrease the need for medications. The electrical stimulation of acupuncture points have been documented for many years and has been extremely beneficial for thousands of patients. The idea of requiring this to be during a clinical study is ridiculous and not cost effective. There are too many government regulations already. I would love to treat one of the legislators proposing this. They would get a charge out of this, but in a good way. Ken Lamm PT Posted by Ken Lamm PT on 4/9/2012 11:54 PM I hope CMS is prepared to pay much more for opiod prescriptions for patients with CLBP rather than the $50-100 a typical TENS unit costs and perhaps would keep patients from requiring opiods for pain control. Posted by Kevin Basile -> >JR]DK on 6/14/2012 12:08 PM