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CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. – Steven Fox played well while battling though some jitters in earlier matches. He did even better once he relaxed.
Fox took advantage of a strong start to beat Chris Williams, the world's top-ranked amateur, in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills on Friday.
"I was nervous the first couple of matches, and for some reason, this match I kind of felt at home," Fox said. "I was finally playing with the galleries and enjoyed myself out there, and really just had fun."
The 21-year-old Fox, from Hendersonville, Tenn., beat the 21-year-old Williams, from Moscow, Idaho, 4 and 2. A senior at the Tennessee-Chattanooga, Fox will play Brandon Hagy of Westlake Village, Calif., in the semifinals Saturday. The 21-year-old Hagy, one of two golfers from the University of California to reach the semifinals, beat Cheng-Tsung Pan of Taiwan 4 and 3.
Michael Weaver of Fresno, Calif., who also a member of Cal's golf team, beat Ricardo Gouveia of Portugal 4 and 3. He'll meet Alabama's Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., in the other semifinal. Thomas edged Australian Oliver Goss 2-up.
Fox made two birdies in a bogey-free front nine. Williams had two bogeys.
"This is by far the best thing I've done in my career, by far," Fox said.
"I knew I had to play well and had to bring my 'A' game, and luckily I did," said Fox, who advanced to match play after winning a playoff in stroke-play qualifying. "But we started out and I got 2-up through four, and to be 4-up after nine was beyond expectations. I thought it was going to be a really close match. I give him respect for being the No. 1 amateur, but luckily I got it done."
Like Fox, Weaver parlayed a strong start into a victory over Gouveia, who hadn't trailed in any of his matches before the quarterfinals.
Weaver was up by two holes after five and stretched his advantage to 4-up after nine.
He failed to advance to match play in last year when he missed the cut by a stroke and had to survive a playoff just to get into match play this year.
"I'm having a great week. Couldn't be happier," Weaver said. "Just to make it through the playoff was great. I feel like I've played smart and I've put myself in a great position."
The 19-year-old Thomas, 19, the Jack Nicklaus Award winner as the nation's top collegiate player, was only 1-up on Goss heading into No. 18. Thomas was able to make par and the 18-year-old Goss, an incoming freshman at Tennessee, missed a long putt from the lip of the green to try to square the match.
"It was a hard match," Thomas said. "You're obviously not going to get any easy matches at this point. It feels great to be moving on and I'm very, very honored."
Hagy birdied the seventh hole to take his first lead. He stretched his lead to 2-up when Pan, who plays for Washington, bogeyed No. 10.
"I think that stretch right there ... was huge," Hagy said. "Then I birdied the next hole to go 1-up. That was a huge swing. I played really consistent the whole rest of the way."


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Warning Signs - Episode 105
Before the universe knocks you upside the head, it usually gives you a sign. This week, Snap Judgment follows people who pay heed to those signs . . . or don't.
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White Lines
When he hears the roar, Storn White knows he made a mistake, and prays for the mountain to forgive him.
The mountain has other plans.
Story by Storn White.
Produced by Mark Ristich
Kidnapped by the FARC
Jason McLaughlin and his buddy took a canoe trip down Colombia's Putomayo River. Nobody warned them that the river cut through the heart of rebel territory during the middle of a civil war. Produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore and Roman Mars.
Joshua Walters vs. Joshua Walters
A talented young performer, Joshua Walters, battles demons for his soul.
Is he a prophet? A performer? A maniac?
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Produced by Glynn Washington.
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The House resumed from December 5 consideration of the motion that Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the third time and passed.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann received the Prominent Woman in International Law Award during the American Society for International Law's 107th Annual Meeting in April. This 20-year-old award is given by the Women in International Law Interest Group and honors the "work of outstanding women" in this field.
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LONDON: The Climate Group is chairing an LLGA panel to judge over 1,000 innovative city solutions from across the world.
As part of The Climate Group's work on driving urban innovation, for the last two years we have supported the LLGA-Cities Pilot the Future program, which brings global cities together to implement solutions that will improve the lives of citizens.
As the program is becoming a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment this year, and because The Climate Group is increasing focus on innovation through the Agile Cities program and new partnerships with ClimateKIC and the Future Cities Catapult, we are expanding our work with LLGA by convening an expert assessment panel to assess the sustainability impact of these solutions.
The Climate Group joins a panel of experts from international academia, consultancies, innovation agencies, NGOs and multi-lateral institutions, who will assess each of the 1,000+ solutions that have been submitted.
Solutions will be evaluated on their ability to improve city resource efficiency, emissions reduction, asset protection and sustainability monitoring.
Assessment will be provided to city jurors and made available on the CityMart.com website, for other cities to use in their own decision-making processes.
Over the last two years, cities have already set 77 challenges, and 11 pilots have been completed -- with another 19 in the pipeline.
Through the LLGA awards process, cities have also been made aware of 10,000 new city solutions. This is approximately ten times the number of solutions encountered through traditional procurement processes, increasing access to market information significantly.
The awards process has also trained some 500 city representatives in solution evaluation, building internal city evaluation capacity; jurors have carried out 25,000 evaluations against transparent criteria alone.
The evaluations can be accessed via the CityMart.com website and together form a uniquely large dataset of evaluated solutions which cities across the world can now access free of charge.
But while the program has already achieved fantastic results, the aim of the augmented judging panel is to give cities the information they need to assess individual innovations' contributions towards a low carbon, green-growth pathway.
Explaining the context of the program, Kirsten Jack, Acting Head of Smart Technologies, The Climate Group said: "The capacity to innovate is a core element of competitiveness, both for companies and the public sector. In an increasingly carbon-constrained world, the ability of large organizations to innovate towards a low carbon model is likely to be the difference between those that thrive, and those that fall behind as the clean revolution accelerates.
"Business model innovation is critical. To transform markets, large organizations must deploy disruptive new technologies and ideas effectively. Those that succeed are defined by their ability to source new ideas, pilot them and integrate them, both rapidly and efficiently. But this innovation process can be particularly complex in cities where organizational culture, political cycles, procurement policy and an expensive legacy of infrastructure.
"As well as increasing accessibility to the city solutions marketplace, the existence of the database will accelerate uptake of solutions through increased transparency. The addition of this year's 1,000+ sustainability impact assessments to the database will provides a rich resource for cities searching for low carbon, green-growth solutions.
"We welcome so many senior figures in our network for committing their time to the judging panel, which reflects the value they see in LLGA and Agile Cities work. We see this as a starting point for engaging our expert network in the Agile City Tools that we will be developing in 2013-14."
Over the next few weeks we will be profiling some of the LLGA success stories, and as well as current open challenges for LLGA 2013, through a series of blog posts.
In these blogs we will examine innovative solutions for:
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Each of these solutions plays a role in supporting the innovative cities that are at the forefront of the global clean revolution.
If you find the case study blogs useful, be sure to visit AgileCities.org to read a more extensive series of best-practise case studies.


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'Marden's Lady' let go by surplus store
Karmo Sanders won't appear in commercials anymore
She's arguably one of the most prominent TV commercial personalities in Maine. But Birdie Googins, also known as the Marden's Lady, has been shown the door.
After several years with Googins as the face of Marden's Surplus and Salvage, the Maine discount retailer decided to go in a different direction.
Googins will no longer appear in their commercials.
Even though she's off TV, Googins, who is played by actress and comedian Karmo Sanders, still tours the state with her one-woman standup show.
"People, I'm going to land on my feet. I mean, I'm from here, dear. We have been scraping our fingernails forever. I can land on my feet. We got an option, I think this is what people like about the Mardens lady; we got an option, we can either be having a really good time, or not. What's my choice? I'd really rather be having a really good time. So I hope somebody picks me up. I'd love to get picked up national, knock, knock," Sanders said.
Besides being a comedian, Sanders is also a playwright and grew up in Norway.


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Opening Ceremony's inaugural resort collection features an item that might make you wonder if you've been transported into another fashion Wonderland, specifically the rabbit sweater that—unlike the ubiquitous animal sweaters seen at Givenchy and Balenciaga—actually features bits of real rabbit attached to it. Some Alices out there might feel a little queasy at this particular concoction, but there are many other pieces that will have you ready for any occasion, whether a tea party with a Mad Hatter or a croquet match with the Queen. Check out the full lookbook shot by Tim Barber, below.
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For those of you who did not hear about it on the news, there were about 100 Arizona Tea Party members who attended the Monday, January 9, meeting at the Arizona Capitol. Radical leftist Randy Parraz attended with only 17 of his band of Open Borders crowd, handing out resolutions to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The news reported on Parraz's group of "activists." Nothing has been reported so far about the 100 Tea Party members who were there to support the Conservative Legislature.Click here to read more
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Rare footage on youtube, you will see Dan O'Neal of the PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) informing his people of PDA volunteers coming in from Flagstaff and Tucson. This meeting, by the way, did not occur in Mesa. He states they need money TO PAY PEOPLE TO GATHER SIGNATURES.Click here to read more
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COUNTY SEAT: Swan Quarter
FORMED FROM: Bath
LAND AREA: 612.80 square miles
White: 67.6%
Black/African American: 29.0%
American Indian: 0.8%
Asian: 0.8%
Pacific Islander: <0.1%
Two or more races: 1.7%
Hispanic/Latino: 9.2% (of any race)
From State & County QuickFacts, US Census Bureau, 2018.
Hyde County
Coastal Plain
REGION: Coastal Plain
RIVER BASIN: Pasquotank, Tar-Pamlico, Map
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES: Beaufort, Dare, Tyrrell, Washington
Hyde County, located in North Carolina's Coastal Plain region, was formed from Bath County in 1705. The area was originally inhabited by various Algonquian Indian tribes. The precinct of Wickham, as it was then known, was renamed Hyde in 1712 (taking its name from Lord Proprietor Edward Hyde) and became Hyde County in 1739. Over the course of the following century, the county seat was relocated from Woodstock to Bell's Bay (or Jasper's Creek) to Germantown to Lake Landing to Swan Quarter (settled ca. 1836), where it is today. Other communities in the sparsely populated county include Engelhard, Fairfield, Ocracoke, Sladesville, Panzer, Scranton, Beulah, New Holland, Nebraska, Gull Rock, and Newlands.
The islands and inlets of Hyde County greeted European explorers from the early sixteenth century through the seventeenth, as colonies were first established in the New World. For a time, particularly in the early eighteenth century, the region's port communities and sea vessels were terrorized by pirate raids, including those led by the notorious Blackbeard. In 1845 Ocracoke Island-which, up until that point, had been part of Carteret County-was annexed to Hyde County. Today the island is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
During the early 1900s, a massive land reclamation and drainage project was undertaken at Lake Mattamuskeet (North Carolina's largest natural lake) in order to pump fresh water from the lakebed out into the Pamlico Sound. With public funds and investments from private individuals (who organized themselves as the Southern Land Reclamation Company), canals were dredged and a pumping plant was built to house the largest centrifugal pumps ever designed. Plans to develop the newly drained lakebed were abandoned, however, and the area instead became a national wildlife refuge. Canals were again dredged through the mainland in the 1920s for the creation of the Intracoastal Waterway. The heretofore isolated Ocracoke Island, meanwhile, began to emerge as a tourist destination with the establishment of a ferry system in the late 1950s.
Other Hyde County natural and cultural attractions include the Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge, the Ocracoke Lighthouse (1823), and the Ocracoke Museum. Festivals such as Hyde County Farm Days, Swan Days, and the Fairfield Heritage Bass Tournament are held annually in the county. The estimated population of Hyde County in 2004 was 5,600.
Annotated history of Hyde County's formation:
For an annotated history of the county's formation, with the laws affecting the county, boundary lines and changes, and other origin information, visit these references in The Formation of the North Carolina Counties (Corbitt, 2000), available online at North Carolina Digital Collections (note, there may be additional items of interest for the county not listed here):
County formation history: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/289899
Index entry for the county: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/290084
Morgan H. Harris, Hyde Yesterdays: A History of Hyde County (1995).
Hyde County History: A Hyde County Bicentennial Project (1976).
Additional resources:
Corbitt, David Leroy. 2000. The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943. https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll9/id/290103 (accessed June 20, 2017).
Hyde County Government: http://www.hydecountync.gov/
DigitalNC, Hyde County: http://www.digitalnc.org/counties/hyde-county/
North Carolina Digital Collections (explore by place, time period, format): https://digital.ncdcr.gov/
Image credits:
Rudersdorf, Amy. 2010. "NC County Maps." Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England left monetary policy unchanged on Thursday, voting as expected to stick with last month's decision not to buy more government bonds to bolster Britain's stagnant economy.
The decision comes despite finance minister George Osborne saying on Wednesday that Britain's economy would grow much more slowly than expected over the next three years and that a key debt reduction goal would not be met.
The forecasts also showed Britain's economy was likely to shrink over the last three months of 2012 - a prospect reinforced by weak trade data earlier on Thursday and downbeat purchasing managers' surveys this week.
After a two-day meeting, the BoE's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee said its main interest rate would stay at a record-low 0.5 percent and it would not add to the 375 billion pounds ($603 billion) of bonds it has bought so far.
None of the 66 economists polled by Reuters last week had expected a change in interest rates or in the BoE's quantitative easing bond buying total, and there was no immediate market reaction to the decision. <BOE/INT>
"October's rise in inflation, the deal to transfer interest receipts ... to the government as well as doubts about the impact of more QE in the current economic environment, makes it reluctant to do more," said Joost Beaumont, an economist at Dutch bank ABN AMRO.
Britain recorded economic growth of 1.0 percent in the third quarter of 2012, marking an end to nine months of recession - its second since the 2008-09 financial crisis.
But most of the rebound was driven by a technical bounce due to the London Olympics and extra public holidays in the preceding quarter.
Last month's decision not to loosen monetary policy further was driven by an unexpectedly big jump in inflation in October to 2.7 percent, as well as a government decision to take back gilt interest paid to the BoE, which was tantamount to about 35 billion pounds of extra asset purchases.
Consumer price inflation has been above the BoE's 2 percent target since December 2009.
Economists are roughly split on whether the BoE will restart asset purchases in future. However, any restart is not expected before February at the earliest, when the BoE publishes its next quarterly economic update.
"Doubts over the momentum of the recovery suggest there will still be some serious discussions over whether to sanction further asset purchases," said Investec economist Philip Shaw.
"Our own view is that the economy will show some signs of life again over the next couple of months and that inflation will climb above 3 percent early next year, and so we do not expect the MPC to extend QE in 2013. But this could be a close run thing," he added.
BoE Governor Mervyn King and his deputy governor Charlie Bean both left the door open to future asset purchases in statements last week, while one MPC member, Paul Fisher, told a parliament committee that the economy might well need more stimulus early next year.
Analysts were also surprised when Ben Broadbent, whom most place at the more hawkish end of the MPC, said he had mulled further stimulus in November.
In the longer term, the future of the BoE's asset purchases will lie in the hands of King's successor, current Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who takes over in London in July.
A further key factor will be the success of the BoE's Funding for Lending Scheme, which started in August and aims to spur lending and lower households' and firms' borrowing costs by offering banks cheap finance if they lend more.
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Richmond, Ky. --- The Tennessee State University women's basketball team fought back from a double-digit deficit but it wasn't enough as the Lady Tigers fell to Eastern Kentucky, 62-54, Monday night in McBrayer Arena.
Tennessee State (8-11, 4-4 OVC) overcame a double-digit deficit and led, 49-48, with about five minutes left to play but Eastern Kentucky (12-7, 6-2 OVC) outscored the Lady Tigers, 12-3, down the stretch to keep the game out of reach.
Simone Hopes led the Lady Tigers with 17 points to go with five steals while Jasmin Shuler added 16. Kesi Hess finished the game with nine points and eight rebounds. Rachel Allen tallied seven points and recorded six assists.
EKU improved to 10-1 at home and was led in scoring by Marie Carpenter's 19. Jade Barber had 15 points and 15 rebounds.
TSU shot 31.6 percent from the field, 25 percent from beyond the arc and 71.4 percent from the free-throw line.
Tennessee State got off to a hot start shooting nearly 60 percent from the field in the opening five minutes. TSU built its lead up to 10-2 before EKU cut the lead down to two points.
The score was, 14-12, in favor of TSU when a three-pointer by Kesi Hess sparked a 9-0 rally that put the Lady Tigers on top, 23-12, with four minutes left in the first half.
TSU went into the halftime break leading, 24-18.
In the opening five minutes of the second half, Eastern Kentucky erased TSU's lead and captured the advantage, 31-28. Over the next several possessions the home team scored seven unanswered to move ahead by double-digits.
The Lady Tigers chopped the deficit down to five behind an, 8-0, rally that included buckets from Jasmin Shuler and Simone Hopes, but the Lady Colonels answered with a few baskets to move back up, 47-38.
TSU once again rallied and used an 8-1 run to pull within two at 5:28 mark. The Lady Tigers reclaimed the lead, 49-48, when Kesi Hess knocked down a triple from the top of the key.
EKU however responded with eight consecutive points to recapture the advantage, 55-49, with less than a minute left in the game. TSU could not complete the comeback.
Tennessee State was outrebounded, 48-38 and committed 15 turnovers in the contest.
Tennessee State will not return to action until next Monday, Feb. 4, when the Lady Tigers host divisional rival Tennessee Tech. TTU claimed the first meeting between the two teams, 80-77, in the Eblen Center. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. in the Gentry Center.


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I'm new here, so I don't know everything about this program I used it only on my computer under ubuntu, but with some help I could install it to my T|X. I can launch the game, but I don't know how to save it from only with palm (because I can save with my external keyboard). So not the save is the main problem. The main problem is that I don't know how to load games. I read many how to-s, and I found a hotkey on my keyboard (ctrl + 0-9) but it is not working.
So I tried to save with: (alt + 6) he said save succesfully
then I tried to load with ctrl + 6, and nothing happened.
Please if there is any way to save and load without my keyboard tell me.
And there is another problem... I don't know how to exit from program. (game is:Day of the Tentacle)
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A new book on Narcissus Quagliata's work has been published recently and includes the best of forty years of his creative explorations. Narcissus Quagliata has defined a new pathway for the art of glass and is best known for his spectacular artworks in public spaces which have drawn worldwide attention. His fine art works, focused on the figure in glass and in watercolor, have been collected worldwide in museums and private collections.
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"Firms committed to growth exist in a treadmill universe; the machine of growth must never stop."
– Glenn Porter, from the Introduction to David A. Hounshell, From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, xvi.
My graduate class this semester is on industrialization. Technically, it's supposed to cover 1877-1945, but I slipped in my favorite book of all time, David Hounshell's From the American System to Mass Production just because I could. Now I'm not suggesting that it will be your favorite book of all time if you read it too. My graduate class didn't like it much, at least before I started teaching it. What makes it insanely great to teach, however, is explaining exactly why everyone should like it anyways.
Hounshell's book offers an entirely different version of the 1800s than just about any other historian has ever written. While one famous book on industrialization calls it a "term of magic" that "means everything and nothing," Hounshell gets down in the weeds and explains exactly how factories operated. He begins by describing the famous Armory System (a more accurate term than the "American System of Manufactures") then follows it through industries of all kinds: clock-making, sewing machine manufacture, furniture-making, reaper production, bicycle-making and, of course, the production of automobiles. While the details can be off-putting to people who aren't technically inclined ["Doesn't this guy have any friends?," one of my students asked about Hounshell last week.], the best thing about the book is how you can follow concepts like interchangeable parts or even particular kinds of machine tools from one industry to another and beyond.
Now I've read this book ten times if I've read it once, but it is so rich is that it feels new every time I read it because I'm never exactly the same person each time I pick it up. So based upon what I've been writing about in this space lately, this 1854 quote (p. 15) from the English investigator Joseph Whitworth certainly still rings true:
"[Americans] call in the aid of machinery in almost every department of industry. Wherever it can be introduced as a substitute for manual labor, it is universally and willingly resorted to."
The question this raises is not, "Can you use machinery to automate education?" Of course you can. The question is whether you should automate education, thereby making mass production possible. Now I've argued that point here on pedagogical grounds 'til the cows came home already, but since Hounshell's book is written mostly from the manufacturer's point of view, I want to discuss this question as a business decision.
Henry Ford was an anti-Semitic, anti-union creep. He was also an industrial visionary. However, as Hounshell describes at the end of the book, the vision of mass production didn't last very long. Model "T" production peaked in 1923. Five years later he had to shut down his factory to update his product since General Motors was eating his lunch. Sure, the assembly line spread to countless industries, but being the first mover was not enough for Ford to keep raking in money. At first everyone just wanted a car. Then they wanted their car to be special.
So how does this principle translate to other industries? Hounshell quotes Lewis Mumford (p. 315) on this subject:
"When. . . mass-methods are applied to relatively durable goods like furniture or houses there is a great danger that once the original market is supplied, replacements will not have to be made with sufficient frequency to keep the original plant running."
Is education forever too? You can always get more, but would you be willing to pay for it? I think MOOCs are like cars in the sense that everyone in the world would probably like to drive, but the question then becomes whether there are any roads built where they live.
Let's move from the world of metaphor to the real world now. This is from an NYT story about China from a few days ago:
"There is a structural mismatch — on the one hand, the factories cannot find skilled labor, and, on the other hand, the universities produce students who do not want the jobs available," said Ye Zhihong, a deputy secretary general of China's Education Ministry.
China's swift expansion in education over the last decade, including a quadrupling of the number of college graduates each year, has created millions of engineers and scientists. The best can have their pick of jobs at Chinese companies that are aiming to become even more competitive globally.
In other words, without structural changes in a depressed economy an education can only take you so far. Then there's this lovesong to MOOCs from the robot that's phoning in columns under the name "Tom Friedman:"
For relatively little money, the U.S, could rent space in an Egyptian village, install two dozen computers and high-speed satellite Internet access, hire a local teacher as a facilitator, and invite in any Egyptian who wanted to take online courses with the best professors in the world, subtitled in Arabic.
And where are those Egyptian villagers going to work when they're done with their online degrees? Maybe they can give the folks at Your Man in India a run for their money.
The reason American universities are so big on MOOCs is that they see a potential revenue source that will compensate for the huge decline in revenue from state appropriations, the decline of the American Middle Class or usually both at the same time. As Mark Cuban (of all people) recently noted, they're addicted to growth to keep their bloated budgets bloated. Anything they might be doing for Egyptian villagers in service of that goal is purely by accident. Like Henry Ford, when the rubber meets the road, they're trying to solve a business problem rather than a societal one.


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1. The University of Houston is in the middle of a serious budget crisis, requiring furloughs and other cuts to University programs and expenses - so how can the University afford to buy a second public radio station like KUHF?
- No University funds will be used for the purchase. One hundred percent of the purchase price will be paid by KUHF through its regular program of expanded underwriting from business and industry and ongoing private gift fundraising.
2. From what sources does KUHF get its funding?
- KUHF gets no funding from UH or from state funds. About 92 percent of its $8.7 million annual budget comes from community donations, 6 percent from a Federal grant and 2 percent from miscellaneous earned income.
3. Why, specifically, does KUHF want to do this?
- This new programming direction dramatically delivers on the University of Houston's Tier One promise to Houston. We are going to provide 24-hour NPR news and public affairs programming and 24-hour classical programming to all of Houston's radio listeners.
- KUHF shares the goal of the University of Houston to "...be the engine of social and economic advancement of the metropolitan region and the state" and shares the commitment of UH to "...engage with its community and... hold itself publicly accountable for contributing toward community advancement."
- A full-service NPR news & information station serves its community as a key provider of content in the 21st century information economy, where information is both the currency and the product - and a critical component of growth and progress throughout society.
- Houston's continuing social and economic advancement will continue to depend on the general availability and widespread dissemination of information to its citizens.
- Likewise, KUHF shares UH President Renu Khator's goal to "...expand and strengthen partnerships and collaborations with key arts organizations in Houston."
- Houston's arts community is world class in all aspects, with Symphony, Opera, Ballet and Museums that position Houston at the forefront of global 21st century culture.
- KUHF serves as the "Voice of the Arts in Houston," providing a "one-stop" media platform to unite stakeholders, stimulate community awareness and advance this key component of Houston society.
4. What is the benefit to Houston of a second public radio station?
- For 24 years, KUHF has broadcast a dual format of classical music and NPR news, sharing the single 88.7 FM channel.
- As the audience for public radio has grown nationally and locally, news listeners in Houston have asked for more news and classical listeners in Houston have asked for more classical music - a zero-sum game on the single KUHF channel.
- Public radio has demonstrated nationwide success in supporting, operating and expanding both news and classical radio formats, based on the non-profit, public service business model, in which all earnings in excess of expenses are automatically reinvested in the station.
- Thus, to provide true 24/7 access to both news and classical for the Houston radio audience, a second FM channel is the single best option, and programming can be implemented efficiently and economically.
5. Why an existing radio station, rather than starting a new one?
- All available FM radio frequencies in greater Houston are occupied by existing stations, so if KUHF is to expand its on-air programs to full-time news and full-time classical, the only possibility is through acquiring an existing station.
- Rice University made a decision to sell its student-run radio station and KUHF responded through the non-profit media broker Public Radio Capital to successfully negotiate the purchase.
6. What are the benefits to the community?
- Doubling the current KUHF news and classical music offerings, and providing both on-air, 24/7, will significantly increase service to the greater Houston community.
- Now, KUHF alone attracts about 380,000 listeners each week; the two stations combined are conservatively projected to reach more than 500,000 weekly listeners, or about 10 percent of the population of greater Houston, a number that can grow dramatically.
- On KUHF News, increased Houston-centered content will address, among many topics:
- health and medical issues, including the implications of an ageing population;
- science, technology and research as cornerstones of Houston's development;
- education, K thru Graduate School, as a key to a community's future;
- demographic and cultural trends driving Houston's evolution into the 21st century; and
- business and economic development.
- KUHF will also sponsor and broadcast town-hall forums devoted to issues of concern to the community.
- On KUHC Classical, increased Houston-centered content will include expanded in-studio live performances, live remote broadcasts and full-length concert broadcasts of local performers.
- Existing broadcast partnerships with Houston's arts organizations, including the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Houston Friends of Chamber Music, Da Camera, et al., will continue on the new station and be expanded.
- The Front Row will continue regular in-studio broadcasts, adding monthly remote live broadcasts from various community venues (Discovery Green, Bayou Bend, etc.)
- Young performers and the upcoming generation of classical musicians will be featured in partnerships with area music schools, including concert broadcasts, media sponsorships and other cooperative ventures:
- Moores School of Music at the University of Houston
- Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
- KUHC will also partner with arts organizations to promote educational outreach, audience expansion and diversity.


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Mark Hollingsworth Investigates The McCann Files
Evening Standard, 24 August 2009
Disillusioned with the Portuguese police, Gerry and Kate McCann turned to private detectives to find their missing daughter. Instead the efforts of the private eyes served only to scare off witnesses, waste funds and raise false hopes. Mark Hollingsworth investigates the investigators.
by Mark Hollingsworth
It was billed as a 'significant development' in the exhaustive search for Madeleine McCann. At a recent dramatic press conference in London, the lead private investigator David Edgar, a retired Cheshire detective inspector, brandished an E-FIT image of an Australian woman, described her as 'a bit of a Victoria Beckham lookalike', and appealed for help in tracing her. The woman was seen 'looking agitated' outside a restaurant in Barcelona three days after Madeleine's disappearance. 'It is a strong lead', said Edgar, wearing a pin-stripe suit in front of a bank of cameras and microphones. 'Madeleine could have been in Barcelona by that point. The fact the conversation took place near the marina could be significant.'
But within days reporters discovered that the private detectives had failed to make the most basic enquiries before announcing their potential breakthrough. Members of Edgar's team who visited Barcelona had failed to speak to anyone working at the restaurant near where the agitated woman was seen that night, neglected to ask if the mystery woman had been filmed on CCTV cameras and knew nothing about the arrival of an Australian luxury yacht just after Madeleine vanished.
The apparent flaws in this latest development were another salutary lesson for Kate and Gerry McCann, who have relied on private investigators after the Portuguese police spent more time falsely suspecting the parents than searching for their daughter. For their relations with private detectives have been frustrating, unhappy and controversial ever since their daughter's disappearance in May 2007.
The search has been overseen by the millionaire business Brian Kennedy, 49, who set up Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned, which aimed 'to procure that Madeleine's abduction is thoroughly investigated'. A straight-talking, tough, burly self-made entrepreneur and rugby fanatic, he grew up in a council flat near Tynecastle in Scotland and was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness. He started his working life as a window cleaner and by 2007 had acquired a £350 million fortune from double-glazing and home-improvement ventures. Kennedy was outraged by the police insinuations against the McCanns and, though a stranger, worked tirelessly on their behalf. 'His motivation was sincere,' said someone who worked closely with him. 'He was appalled by the Portuguese police, but he also had visions of flying in by helicopter to rescue Madeleine.'
Kennedy commissioned private detectives to conduct an investigation parallel to the one run by the Portuguese police. But his choice showed how dangerous it is when powerful and wealthy businessmen try to play detective. In September 2007, he hired Metodo 3, an agency based in Barcelona, on a six-month contract and paid it an estimated £50,000 a month. Metodo 3 was hired because of Spain's 'language and cultural connection' with Portugal. 'If we'd had big-booted Brits or, heaven forbid, Americans, we would have had doors slammed in our faces' said Clarence Mitchell, spokesperson for the McCann's at the time. 'And it's quite likely that we could have been charged with hindering the investigation as technically it's illegal in Portugal to undertake a secondary investigation.
The agency had 35 investigators working on the case in Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco. A hotline was set up for the public to report sightings and suspicions, and the search focussed on Morocco. But the investigation was dogged by over-confidence and braggadocio. 'We know who took Madeleine and hope she will be home by Christmas,' boasted Metodo 3's flamboyant boss Francisco Marco. But no Madeleine materialised and their contract was not renewed.
Until now, few details have emerged about the private investigation during those crucial early months, but an investigation by ES shows that key mistakes were made, which in turn made later enquiries far more challenging.
ES has spoken to several sources close to the private investigations that took place in the first year and discovered that:
* The involvement of Brian Kennedy and his son Patrick in the operation was counter-productive, notably when they were questioned by the local police for acting suspiciously while attempting a 24-hour 'stake out'.
* The relationship between Metodo 3 and the Portuguese police had completely broken down.
* Key witnesses were questioned far too aggressively, so much so that some of them later refused to talk to the police.
* Many of the investigators had little experience of the required painstaking forensic detective work.
By April 2008, nearing the first anniversary of the disappearance, Kennedy and the McCanns were desperate. And so when ***** *****, a former ****** ****** ******* who worked on *** *******, and Kevin Halligen, a smooth-talking Irishman who claimed to have worked for covert British government intelligence agency GCHQ, walked through the door, their timing was perfect. Their sales pitch was classic James Bond spook-talk: everything had to be 'top secret' and 'on a need to know basis'. The operation would involve 24-hour alert systems, undercover units, satellite imagery and round-the-clock surveillance teams that would fly in at short notice. This sounded very exiting but, as one source close to the investigation told ES, it was also very expensive and ultimately unsuccessful. 'The real job at hand was old-fashioned, tedious, forensic police work rather than these boy's own, glory boy antic,' he said.
But Kennedy was impressed by the license-to-*** presentation and ****** and Halligen were hire for a fee of £100,000 per month plus expenses. Ostensibly, the contract was with Halligen's UK security company, Red Defence International Ltd, and an office was set up in Jermyn Street, in St James's. Only a tiny group of employees did the painstaking investigative work of dealing with thousands of emails and phone calls. Instead, resources were channelled into undercover operations in paedophile rings and among gypsies throughout Europe, encouraged by Kennedy. A five-man ******** ***** was dispatched in Portugal, overseen by the experienced ******, for six weeks.
Born in ****** in ****, ****** had been a highly effective ****** ***** for the ******** police. A maverick and dynamic figure, he successfully ******* gangs of football hooligans in the 1980's. While not popular among his colleagues, in 1991 he was seconded to work on *** ******* ******** against drug dealers, gangsters and terrorists, and was later awarded the Queen's Police Medal foe 'outstanding bravery'. By all accounts, the charismatic ***** was a dedicated *****. But in November 2002, the stress appeared to have overcome his judgement when he was ****** for ********.
While working on an *** ********** , ****** was ****** leaving a ***** ***** **** area at Manchester airport with a ***** of ***** he had not **** for. The ******* were called and he was given the option of the ****** being ****** with under ******* or to face ******. He chose a ****** ***** and so in effect admitted his guilt. ****** was sacked, but was furious about the way he had been treated and threatened to sue ***. He later set up his own consulting company and moved to **** in *******.
While ******, however flawed, was the genuine article as an investigator, Halligen was a very different character. Born in Dublin in 1961, he has been described as a 'Walter Mitty figure'. He used false names to collect prospective clients at airports in order to preserve secrecy, and he called himself 'Kevin' or 'Richard' or 'Patrick' at different times to describe himself to business contacts. There appears to be no reason for all this subterfuge except that he thought this was what agents did. A conspiracy theorist and lover of the secret world, he is obsessed by surveillance gadgets and even installed a covert camera to spy on his own employees. He claimed to have worked for GCHQ, but in fact he was employed by the Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) as head of defence systems in the rather less glamorous field of new information technology, researching the use of 'special batteries'. He told former colleagues and potential girlfriends that he used to work for MI5, MI6 and the CIA. He also claimed that he was nearly kidnapped by the IRA, was involved in the first Gulf War and had been a freefall parachutist.
Very little of this is true. What is true is that Halligen has a degree in electronics, worked on the fringes of the intelligence community while at AEA and does understand government communications. He could also be an astonishingly persuasive, engaging and charming individual. Strikingly self-confident and articulate, he could be generous and clubbable. 'He was very good company but only when it suited him' says one friend. He kept people in compartments.'
After leaving the AEA, Halligen set up Red Defence International Ltd as an international security and political risk company, advising clients on the risks involved in investing and doing business in unstable, war-torn and corrupt countries. He worked closely with political risk companies and was a persuasive advocate of IT security. In 2006, he struck gold when hired by Trafigura, the Dutch commodities trading company. Executives were imprisoned in the Ivory Coast after toxic waste was dumped in landfills near its biggest city Abidjan. Trafigura was blamed and hired Red Defence International at vast expense to help with the negotiations to release its executives. A Falcon business jet was rented for several months during the operation and it was Halligen's first taste of the good life. The case only ended when Trafigura paid $197 million to the government of the Ivory Coast to secure the release of the prisoners.
Halligen made a fortune from Trafigura and was suddenly flying everywhere first-class, staying at the Lansborough and Stafford hotels in London and The Willard hotel in Washington DC for months at a time. In 2007 he set up Oakley International Group and registered at the offices of the prestigious law firm Patton Boggs, in Washington DC, as an international security company. He was now strutting the stage as a self-proclaimed international spy expert and joined the Special Forces Club in Knightsbridge, where he met ****.
During the Madeleine investigation, Halligen spent vast amounts of time in the HeyJo bar in the basement of the Abracadabra Club near his Jermyn Street office. Armed with a clutch of unregistered mobile phones and a Blackberry, the bar was in effect his office. 'He was there virtually the whole day,' a former colleague told ES. 'He had an amazing tolerance for alcohol and a prodigious memory and so occasionally he would have amazing bursts of intelligence, lucidity and insights. They were very rare but they did happen.'
When not imbibing in St James's, Halligen was in the United States, trying to drum up investors for Oakley International. On 15 August 2008, at the height of the McCann investigation crisis, he persuaded Andre Hollis, a former US Drug enforcement agency official, to write out an $80.000 cheque to Oakley in return for a ten per cent share-holding. The money was then transferred into the private accounts of Halligen and his girlfriend Shirin Trachiotis to finance a holiday in Italy, according to Hollis. In a $6 million lawsuit filed in Fairfax County, Virginia, Hollis alleges that Halligen 'received monies for Oakley's services rendered and deposited the same into his personal accounts' and 'repeatedly and systematically depleted funds from Oakley's bank accounts for inappropriate personal expenses'.
Hollis was not the only victim. Mark Aspinall, a respected lawyer who worked closely with Halligen, invested £500,000 in Oakley and lost the lot. Earlier this year he filed a lawsuit in Washington DC against Halligen claiming $1.4 million in damages. The finances of Oakley International are in chaos and numerous employees, specialist consultants and contractors have not been paid. Some of them now face financial ruin.
Meanwhile, ******* was running the ********* in Portugal and often paying his ************ upfront, so would occasionally be out-of-pocket because Halligen had not transferred funds. ***** genuinely believed that progress was being made and substantial and credible reports on child trafficking were submitted. But by mid-August 2008, Kennedy and Gerry McCann were increasingly concerned by an absence of details of how the money was being spent. At one meeting, Halligen was asked how many men constituted a surveillance team and he produced a piece of paper on which he wrote 'between one and ten'. But he then refused to say how many were working and how much they were being paid.
While Kennedy and Gerry McCann accepted that the mission was extremely difficult and some secrecy was necessary, Halligen was charging very high rates and expenses. And eyebrows were raised when all the money was paid to Oakley International, solely owned and managed by Halligen. One invoice, seen by ES, shows that for 'accrued expenses to May 5, 2008' (just one month into the contract), Oakley charged $74,155. The 'point of contact' was Halligen who provided a UK mobile telephone number.
While Kennedy was ready to accept Halligen at face value, Gerry McCann – sharp, focused and intelligent – was more sceptical. The contract with Oakley International and Halligen was terminated by the end of September 2008, after £500,000-plus expenses had been spent.
For the McCanns it was a bitter experience, ******** has returned to ***** and, like so many people, is owed money by Halligen. As for Halligen, he has gone into hiding, leaving a trail of debt and numerous former business associates and creditors looking for him. He was last seen in January of this year in Rome, drinking and spending prodigiously at the Hilton Cavalieri and Excelsior hotels. He is now believed by private investigators, who have been searching for him to serve papers on behalf of creditors, to be in the UK and watching his back. Meanwhile, in the eye of the storm, the McCanns continue the search for their lost daughter.
in ES Magazine (London Evening Standard)– Paper edition only, 28 August 2009
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For weeks now, Ron Howard and others involved in the re-up of the beloved Fox sitcom Arrested Development have been teasing us with pictures of the writers' room and other behind-the-scenes paraphernalia.
We'll have to wait till next year for the ten-episode season to become available; it's being produced by Netflix and they'll all come online at once.
If this were any other show, it would be significant that Netflix is doing the series for, among other reasons, the fact that it won't be censored.
But here's the thing about Arrested Development: It is a very, very dirty show, to the point that it's kind of shocking that it aired on Fox at all. Here are 10 examples of censor-proof raunch.
Some of the dirtiest jokes on the show get by because they take so long to develop; the setup gets one punchline right away, and one or more vulgar ones later.
There's the time Michael and his mother, Lucille, shared a tender moment:
Lucille: Honey, I wanna cry so bad, but I don't think I can spare the moisture.
Later, after her imprisoned husband arrives at the conjugal trailer:
Lucille (to Michael): I'm so glad I didn't cry.
Other times they get by because not a single naughty word is said out loud, and again because the final punchline comes several beats after the setup. When Michael arrives at the office after the company's stock is upgraded to "Don't Buy," he finds the staff celebrating raucously, rolling the copy machine around with his sister Lindsay sitting on top of it:
Lindsay: We did it, Mikey! We're super rich again! And I'm gonna buy a car, a Volvo.
She hands him a piece of paper from the photocopier.
Michael: Lindsay, you're not going to start spending money.
Michael: And this is not a Volv ... oh!
Lindsay: Oh, that's from sitting on the copier.
She grabs the sheet back and hands him another one.
Michael: Lindsay, no.
Lindsay: Michael, I've got nothing! My husband dumped me and ran off to Vegas with Kitty. That bleached blonde whore!
Michael: Well, he's definitely got a type.
Lindsay: I can't believe he left me. I mean, this! And these!
She gestures to her chest.
Lindsay: And this!
She points at one of the sheets.
Michael: That's the car.
Lindsay: Oh. This.
She points at the other one.
Michael: Glad I didn't spring for color. Lindsay, the only reason you want Tobias is because you can't have him. And the second that you can have something, all of a sudden you don't want it.
Lindsay: That's not who I am, Michael.
Michael: Well, all right, maybe you're right. Maybe we should get you this car.
Lindsay: Yeah? I don't know, it's so boxy.
Some are just context-dependent enough. The show has already established that "Afternoon Delight" is a brand of powerful marijuana; also, after several combinations of Bluths, including Michael and his teenage niece Maeby, make the mistake of performing karaoke duets to the song "Afternoon Delight," they realize the song is very dirty. But the show makes it even dirtier.
In the phase of the show in which Lucille is sleeping with her husband's identical twin, Oscar, Michael reluctantly gets involved:
Michael: My mom is very stressed out, and uh, she needs something that I can't give her, um ... maybe a little afternoon delight?
Narrator: Oscar thought that Michael was referring to a particular brand of cannabis named afternoon delight, a strain famous for mellowing behavior.
Oscar: Well, sure, the question is: Which way do I try to get it in her?
Michael: I don't need any details.
Oscar: Maybe I'll put it in her brownie.
Michael: Hey!
Tobias Fünke's sexually ambiguous character's endless double-entendres are an important source of filthiness for the show. My favorite exchange, though, is really meta. Tobias and Michael have each won spa getaways for two. But Tobias has inadvertently spent his by going to check out the place for a weekend in advance of bringing his wife, Lindsay.
Tobias: I'm afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run if you will, so I'm afraid I have something of a mess on my hands.
Michael: There's so many poorly chosen words in that sentence.
A few things happen; and in the course of those exchanges, Michael offers to give his spa weekend to Tobias so Tobias can take his wife.
Tobias: Well, Michael, you really are quite the Cupid, aren't you? I tell you, you can sink your arrow into my buttocks any time.
Michael: OK, you know what you do? You buy yourself a tape recorder, you just record yourself for a whole day. I think you're going to be surprised at some of your phrasing.
A few beats later:
Tobias: You know, Michael, perhaps I should buy you that tape recorder. Do you have any idea how often you say the word "afraid"?
Michael: Well, I know I did in the Jacuzzi.
Tobias: And I apologize for that. I thought it was a pool toy.
Michael is always getting implicated in the sex lives of his immediate family, which is where much of the raunchiest stuff comes in. Here, Michael is trying to convince Lucille to take a break and visit the family cabin in Tahoe.
Michael: Maybe you could take a date?
Lucille: How am I supposed to find someone willing to go into that musty old claptrap?
Michael: (Stares at her in shock for a moment, then breaks.) The cabin ... yes! That would be difficult, too.
And in general, Lucille's complete lack of superego gets her lots of good, dirty lines:
Lucille: I have a plan to stave off intruders.
Michael: What's that?
Lucille: (Holds up an air horn and a fire poker.) First I blow him, then I poke him.
Michael: Guy doesn't know what he's in for.
Often enough the curse word itself is the joke. Like when Michael is instructing his family to liquidate its assets, including its unfortunately named yacht.
Michael (to his brother, Gob): Get rid of the Seaward.
Lucille (stunned): I'll leave when I'm good and ready!
The C-word is bad; but so is this (the Hot Cops are recurring minor characters, a troupe of male strippers):
Tobias: I booked a wonderful spot for the party: the Queen Mary. Perhaps I should call the Hot Cops and tell them to come up with a more nautical theme. Hot sailors. Better yet: Hot sea ....
Michael: (Quickly interrupts.) I like hot sailors.
Tobias: Me too.
There is a part of one episode in which two separate dirty jokes are unspooling in the same scene. His hand bitten off by a rabid seal set loose by his brother in the ocean (another long story), Buster now has a prosthetic one. Lucille's husband is at home, and she has rediscovered her libido.
Buster: Mother, have you seen my rubber hand?
Lucille: Oh, it's in the dishwasher. Your father and I were using it for something.
Buster: Oh, for God's sake. Can't you keep my hand to yourself?!
In the same scene, Gob is storing a magician's trick cage in Buster's bedroom, and he's being interrogated about it by Lucille.
Gob: For your information, Dad asked me to do this on the day he pleads not guilty as a spectacular protest. A protestacular. Maybe even get it on the local news.
A few beats later:
Tobias: I so very much would like to be in your prostate-tickler.
A few beats later:
Buster: (Sniffs prosthetic hand.) Oh, God. I'm going to run this through again on "pots and pans."
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The Rodney Dangerfield of steak, the top sirloin does not get respect, IMO. Beef eaters who overlook this tasty cut of meat are missing out on a QPR delight.
Sure, it can be a little chewy. But it's nothing a sharp steak knife and a good set of teeth can't handle. Beside, I like my meat to have a little chew to it. The beefy flavor it delivers more than makes up for the challenge in texture. While the top sirloin is a bit more difficult to cut into steaks than a strip or a ribeye, a seasoned butcher can separate the muscles pretty cleanly, and the top block will yield an ample number of single muscle, seamless, center cut steaks. The other stuff left over can be put to good use in stews, or ground up for burgers.
When I see the differential on menus between top sirloin steaks, and their uptown cousins, I almost have to pounce on the more favorably valued top. Case in point - at the Hitching Post Restaurant, the top sirloin dinner is about 1/3 less than the NY. Don't even get me started on the filet.
For pure, unadulterated, steak eating pleasure, I'll take a rib steak every time. But if value is to be considered in the equation, then my vote goes to that underappreciated king of qpr, the top sirloin steak.
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|Autoimmune thyroid disease - Ursus arctos horribilis
|The classification of autoimmune throid disease (AITD) includes Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) or chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and its variants, Graves' disease (GD) and autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis or primary myxedema. HT is characterized by the presence of goitre, thyroid autoantibodies against thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (Tg) in serum and varying degrees of thyroid dysfunction. During HT, self-reactive CD4+ T lymphocytes (Th) recruit B cells and CD8+ T cells (CTL) into the thyroid. Disease progression leads to the death of thyroid cells and hypothyroidism. Both autoantibodies and thyroid-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) have been proposed to be responsible for autoimmune thyrocyte depletion. In GD, the TSH-R is the most important autoantigen. Antibodies directed against it mimic the effects of the hormone on thyroid cells, TSH, stimulating autonomous production of thyroxine and triiodothyronine and causing hyperthyroidism. The presence of TSH-R-blocking antibodies that bind the TSH receptor in a similar fashion to the antibodies in patients with Grave's disease but that block rather than activate the receptor explains some cases of atrophic hypothyroidism.


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Lancelot Carving Discs
The Lancelot carving discs can be used for rapid wood removal or more delicately for feathering and texturing. The Lancelot disc is available in a 14 tooth model for coarse work or 22 tooth for fine work. It has a 5/8" hole for mounting on a 4-1/2" angle grinder with a paddle or constant pressure switch (not included).
The Lancelot is made of a circle of special chainsaw chain mounted between two stainless steel discs. The chain has consecutive left and right teeth without a skip link, giving twice the number of teeth as a regular chainsaw chain, giving it the ability to power through hardwoods easily. Should the blade hit a nail or piece of wire in wood, on most occasions it will cut through the obstruction. If not, the impact will cause the chain to stop while the discs rotate giving the user a warning to stop the angle grinder. The Lancelot chains are easily sharpened with a 5/32" (4mm) chain saw file.
The Lancelot will fit most 4-1/2" angle grinders with 10,000 to 13,000 rpm and a 5/8" shaft (not recommended for 4" angle grinders).
By using the universal nut offered, more than one Lancelot disc can be mounted on the shaft for more rapid wood removal. Also, combinations of fine or coarse Lancelot and Squire discs can be used for faster removal of concave surfaces.


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jFile Storage and Management is intended to help web masters and developers to offer storage place and file management tool for their user base.
This web app can be used by multiple users simply defining a unique user ID for each user at initialization or as single user "all files available to all" basis.
Users can upload any file type and you can set the quota of available space for them. The file upload process features a multiple upload interface making it easier to use.
Once files are uploaded the management tool includes copy/move/delete/rename/download features for single files/folders or a selection of these.
- Easy installation
Just a few lines of code and you are ready to go
- No page refresh required
Everything is done with AJAX requests
- Multiple file upload
Select multiple files at once and upload them simultaneously
- Unlimited folder/nesting level
Create New folders with one click
- User friendly interface
Interaction with each file separately through a drop down menu or multiple item selection


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. Lin Garner has been named interim athletic director at Lipscomb University, President L. Randolph Lowry announced today.
Garner, assistant athletic director for academics and senior women's administrator, fills the vacancy left by Steve Potts, who resigned from Lipscomb earlier this month to accept the position of senior associate director of athletics at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif.
"I am pleased that Dr. Garner has accepted this interim position and are confident that her leadership through this time of transition will continue to build on the successes and growth the Lipscomb athletic department has experienced under Steve Potts' guidance," said Lowry. "We will conduct a national search for a permanent successor to fill this position. The intent of this nation-wide search is to find a leader who will build on this strong foundation and take Bison athletics to the next level."
Lowry has appointed Joseph M. Ivey, senior vice president for advancement at Lipscomb, chair of the search committee.
Garner, who has been on the Lipscomb faculty for more than 20 years, was a full-time professor of English until joining the athletic administration in 2000 as the university made the transition to NCAA Division I. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master's degree from the University of Mississippi.
A member of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference, the Lipscomb University Bisons field teams in men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, tennis track; men's baseball and women's softball and volleyball. In 2007, the Lady Bison volleyball team won the conference tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In May, the Bison baseball team advanced to the NCAA Regional Tournament for the first time in university history and became the first Bison team to win a game in an NCAA tournament.


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Here's Pong in JiglibFlash and PV3D that I created. It's fully explained in the book (and the Wii controller is added as well)!
Directions: Click Drag to Move Around the game. Move your mouse up and down to control the game paddle. 21 points and you win the level, get to level six, and you beat the computer. I've never made it to level six…
A bounding box had to be created by Hacking the PV3D plugin created by Bartek Drozd…the rest was easy.
Of course many thanks to Seb Lee-Delisle, who created a similar game in PV3D, it wasn't Jiglib and not mutli-level, but it was a good place to start and Seb released it under the Commons license-thanks Seb! And thanks to Barteck Drozd who created the PV3D Jiglib plugin that I hacked to create a Pong Bounding box.
The book is almost done…when it is, I'll start posting more frequently…sorry about the down time.


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SENIOR staff at a private school that suddenly closed last week stepped down as directors more than two months ago, it has emerged.
St Hilda's School headteacher Susan O'Riordan, 53, and finance director Steven Gorridge, 50, resigned as directors of the limited company which ran it on April 30 this year, according to documents filed at Companies House.
Their resignations, ten weeks before news broke last Friday that it would not re-open for the new term in September, have fuelled speculation among parents that they may have known well in advance of the announcement.
Several parents are angry at how they found out. Staff were informed last Thursday at the end of the academic year, but parents only discovered the news when it appeared on the Facebook page of rival Thorpe Hall School.
It has led to the formation of a Facebook group Friends of St Hilda's on July 11 where members are speculating as to what the pair knew.
A parent who asked not to be named told the Echo: "There must have been a reason why they both chose to step down as directors on the same day at the end of April. It makes you wonder what they knew and when. If they did know it was going to close back in April then the whole thing should have been handled a lot better and people should have been told sooner."
Companies House records show Mrs O'Riordan, from St Georges Park Avenue, Westcliff, set up a new company two weeks later on May 15.
New venture: Susan O'Riordan
Cyrene Consultancy has been registered to an accountants address in Leigh and she is its sole director.
The Echo tried to contact Mrs O'Riordan at the school to ask about the new company and her resignation, but she referred all questions to DKF Insolvency, which is handling the liquidation.
However, Darren Wilson, director of DKF, referred them back to her saying: "Those are personal questions for the former directors and are not for me to answer."
Mr Wilson said: "The company will now go down the voluntary liquidation route. I am waiting for a statement of affairs on the finances, but have been chosen as the preferred liquidator. Only two parents had paid their fees in advance and these have already been refunded, so we do not expect to see any parents left owed any money by the school."
St Hilda's School may have closed due to soaring levels of debt in its final years, the Echo can reveal.
The amount the school owed to creditors soared by more than five times over the past six years.
Company accounts for the school show that in 2009 it owed £41,236 to creditors including tax and trade creditors.
By 2011 this figure had doubled to £81,265.
However, a year later it nearly doubled to £131,482.
The last set of accounts filed by the school in May this year for the period 12 months up to August 2013 show it rose again to more than £200,000.
There are no details on who this money was owed to as the school was allowed to filed "abbreviated" accounts to Companies House which include just the briefest details.
Darren Wilson, director of DKF Insolvency, which is handling the liquidation, said: "may come."
Accounts for the firm for 2001 also show that headteacher Susan O'Riordan got her two daughters taught at the school without having to pay fees, although she did have to cover additional expenses.


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Justitia, or Lady Justice as we know her, personifies what is supposed to be justice under the law. Blindfolded, she represents the concept that �justice is blind.� In her right hand, Lady Justice holds scales that represent equality of the law. She clasps a sword in her left hand � a symbol that justice can enforce the law. Equal Justice Under the Law is written above the entrance to the Supreme Court of the United States. The symbolism of Lady Justice and the concept of equal justice under the law are the cornerstones of our legal system.
On Sept. 22, 2011, seven North Dakota oil producers were sued by the U.S. Attorney�s office for the deaths of 28 migratory waterfowl. The birds apparently flew into catchment ponds built to contain oil from spilling. Despite the fact that the oil companies had no control over where the birds flew or landed, they were prosecuted and fined. OK. If there is equal justice under the law, the wind farms that accounted for the deaths of 2,000 eagles would have been sued. They were not. The penalty for killing an eagle in the United States is $250,000. The wind farms can�t control where eagles fly, and they are blameless, but the oil companies are not. Perhaps justice is not blind in the U.S. Attorney�s office.
In August of 2011, federal agents dressed in SWAT gear and armed with assault rifles raided Gibson Guitar Corp. plants in Nashville and Memphis. Employees were escorted outside and pallets of wood, electronic files and several guitars were seized. The crime? Using wood that allegedly was obtained illegally from India and Madagascar. Several issues have come to light. One, if this was a crime, it is a civil matter � not a criminal matter. There was no need whatsoever for a SWAT team other than to intimidate. Two, after investigating further it was found that the fault was improper paperwork provided by the Indian exporter. Three, Henry Juszkiewicz, the CEO of Gibson Guitar had made contributions to Republican politicians.
As well as Gibson, America has another famous guitar company, C.F. Martin and Co. of Bethlehem, Pa. According to its catalog, they use �East Indian Rosewood� in several of their models. That is the same wood that was found in the offending Gibson guitars. There were no SWAT raids at C.F. Martin and Co. No wood was seized. Production wasn�t shut down. What may not come as a surprise is that C.F. Martin IV is a longtime Democratic contributor. According to Investor�s Business Daily, Martin has given more than $35,000 to Democratic candidates and the Democratic National Committee over the past few election cycles. Apparently, in Eric Holder�s Justice Department the scales are tilted toward the Democrats.
The Justice Department�s unconstitutional seizure of phone records from the Associated Press and from Fox News reporter James Rosen do not need to be rehashed here. The actions were wrong. These are all recent actions. We cannot forget the Fast and Furious fiasco that led to the death of a U.S. border patrol agent. Nor can we forget Holder�s citation for contempt of Congress. He should get a pass on this, however. Most people are contemptuous of Congress.
Mr. Holder�s actions bring to mind one name � John Mitchell. John Mitchell was Richard Nixon�s Attorney General. This is what Wikipedia has to say about Mr. Mitchell:
�On Feb. 21, 1975, Mitchell was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury and sentenced to two and a half to eight years in prison for his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, Tape recordings made by President Nixon and the testimony of others involved confirmed that Mitchell had participated in meetings to plan the break-in of the Democratic Party�s national headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. In addition, he had met, on at least three occasions, with the president in an effort to cover up White House involvement after the burglars were discovered and arrested.�
I hope the sword of Justice falls on Attorney General Holder.
The IRS scandal keeps getting worse. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that a Pennsylvania pro-Israel group called Z Street�s application for non-profit status was held up for special consideration. When asked about the slow approval process, the IRS auditor on the case, Diane Gentry told the group�s founder �the application was taking so long because auditors were supposed to give special scrutiny to groups �connected with Israel.� Ms. Gentry further explained that many applications related to Israel had to be sent to �a special unit in D.C. to determine whether the organization�s activities contradict the Administration�s public policies.� It is remarkable that President Obama has the gall to say that he supports free speech.
Martin Niem�ller (1892-1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps. He is best remembered for this quotation:
�First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out �
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out �
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out �
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me�and there was no one left to speak for me.�
Steve Buckley is a retired newspaper executive and former publisher of the Times-News. He lives in Elon.


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I want to download the source code of an Open Source game, so I can get familiar with game architecture. Does any one know of a game with source code that's legible, and easily understandable?
Edit: After some thinking, I'd like to make a game that can be played on the desktop or an Andriod phone with 2D graphics.


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MY GAME Stained LIME
A portion of each sale will be collected and sent to a worthy cause at a much needed time. If no custom text is added, the scripture pictured will be used. For orders of 1-5 items please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Orders of 6+ please allow 3-5 weeks for delivery / FD Ball Pant orders will require a 4-6 week delivery window. Garments are custom made per order / All Sales are final / No refunds will be issued due to incorrect size selection or delivery time.


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Like all collectibles, the sports memorabilia market has its own terms and slang. The following is a brief definition and explanation of the most frequently used sports collecting terms.
Note:This is a work in progress and we would love to hear your comments and suggestions. Send your thoughts to [email protected].
|A group of cards that are sealed by the manufacturer for retail sale.
|A hockey card manufacturer based in Canada. Originally, the company produced cards from 1951 through 1964 and later again in the 1990's.
|PD (Print Defect)
|Type of qualifier. The card exhibits significant print flaws causing the card to fall below the minimum standard for the grade. The print can appear in the form of print dots, print "snow" (white patches), print lines, etc.
|See Also - Qualifier
|Certain special cards may be able to receive a pedigree from PSA. A pedigree allows collectors to personalize their PSA labels with something like "John Doe Collection".
|perfect game
|A game in which a pitcher completes a game without allowing a base runner. The most famous perfect game was in game five of the 1956 World Series, in which Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched a perfect game to defeat the Brooklyn Dodger, 2-0. It was also the first no-hitter in series history.
|A term that describes a special note, next to a signature, such as: "Dear…", "To my pal…" or "Best wishes…" In autograph collecting circles this is also known as an "inscription".
|Philadelphia Gum Co.
|A major manufacturer of football cards in the 1960's.
|pine tar
|a sticky substance used on baseball bats to aid a batter's grip. Originally, pine tar was an actual product of pine trees, while today, a synthetic version is also used.
|Play Ball
|A very popular pre-war baseball card manufacturer that produced sets from 1939 to 1941. Also, the phrase used by an umpire to signal the start of a baseball game.
|Police Set
|A small set of cards issued regionally by various police departments (and sometimes fire departments). These cards were given to kids and usually carry a safety tip.
|Pop Report
|Short for PSA Population Report. This is the publication that reports the graded population or census of any particular PSA graded card.
|Cards that were issued by the Post Cereal Company on the back of cereal boxes. The most well known issues are from the early 1960's and featured either baseball or football players. The company also inserted cards into the boxes in the 1990's.
|A collectible that dates after World War II.
|From a time before a player's accident. This term is most often linked with Roy Campanella, who was paralyzed in an auto accident in January of 1958. Later, through the aid of a modern medicinal tool, he did several signings before his death in 1993. Pre-accident autographs are worth significantly more.
|A collectible that is from a time before the start of World War II.
|An item issued as an advertising extra. In most cases, collectors have had to send away to the companies or manufacturers to receive a "premium".
|The amount of money a sports card or sports memorabilia item sells for at auction, through a set sale, or in individual transactions. At auction the price is determined by competition among bidders. For set sales in catalogs, price lists, and advertisements, the price represents the asking price of the seller. In individual sales, the price is negotiated between the buyer and seller.
|price guide
|A list of estimated values for sports cards and/or sports memorabilia. The first major sports collectibles price guide was The Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide issued by Dr. Jim Beckett in 1979. Today, there are dozens of price guides. Some are good, some aren't so good. The best online price guide is the Sports Market Report Online Price Guide (OK, so we're prejudiced). The best hard copy price guide (and the one most often referred to by both collectors and dealers) is the Sports Market Report.
|private signing
|When an athlete signs for an individual or company, as opposed to a public signing, where all comers are welcome. Many wholesalers pay for the services of top athletes, usually by the hour. These companies then offer these signed items for sale to the public.
|Pro Set
|A sports card manufacturer that produced cards in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
|Professional Sports Authenticator
|See Also - PSA
|A magazine-like publication issued by a team that includes information about the team. Programs can be purchased at stadiums for a few bucks. The most desirable programs are vintage World Series programs, some sell for as much as $30,000.
|Short for promotional card
|promotional card
|A card produced by a manufacturer to promote upcoming issues. Generally, these cards are more limited than the regular issues.
|Short for Professional Sports Authenticator. These are three of the most recognizable letters in the sports card market. Founded in 1991, PSA set the standard for the graded card market. These letters are usually used by collectors in conjunction with a number from the PSA 10-point grading scale as in PSA 8, PSA 9, or the ultimate grade, PSA 10.
|A third party authentication service that focuses on sports and music autographs. PSA/DNA uses synthetic DNA that is only visible with the aid of a laser to mark the item being authenticated. PSA/DNA also affixes a small sticker, which has a unique certification number, onto the item. This unique certification number matches a PSA/DNA certificate of authentication that is issued with the item at the time of the authentication.


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