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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
On-line version ISSN 2224-9435
Print version ISSN 1019-9128
J. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. vol.83 n.1 Pretoria Jan. 2012
Hermanus B. Groenewald
Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Book Title: Bovine Anatomy (2nd edition)
Editors: Klaus-Dieter Budras Robert E. Habel Christoph K.W. Mülling Paul R. Greenough
Publisher: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers; 2011, US$ 160.00*
The second extended edition of Bovine Anatomy has just been released. It describes, in detail, the normal anatomy and clinical-functional anatomy of bovines and makes use of text and a large number of excellent colour illustrations. This book is divided into five sections, namely, topographic anatomy, anatomical aspects of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), special anatomy (in tabular form), clinical-functional anatomy and applied anatomy of the carcass.
The topographic anatomy section consists of eight chapters that, in detail, cover the normal anatomy of the bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves and lymph nodes of several regions. These regions are the thoracic limb, pelvic limb, head, central nervous system and cranial nerves, vertebral column, thoracic skeleton and neck, thoracic cavity, abdominal wall and cavity and pelvic cavity and inguinal region.
The section on BSE describes the signs of BSE infection, its diagnosis, pathways of infection, transport through the autonomic system, the removal of the brainstem for laboratory tests, the transmission of this disease to humans and the dangers of eating BSE infected cattle.
The special anatomy section, represented in tabular form, gives a very good summary of all the muscles, lymph nodes and nerves of the bovine. The subsection on the muscles provides a summary of the origin, insertion, innervation and function of each muscle. In the lymph node subsection the location, afferents and efferents of each lymph node are summarized. A further subsection, on the nerves, describes the innervation of each nerve.
The clinical-functional anatomy section is of great value. It describes the clinical and functional anatomy of the eight chapters found in the topographic anatomy section, and does so by means of text and excellent illustrations. In the Table of Contents the page numbers of the clinicalfunctional anatomy appear next to the page numbers of the normal topographic anatomy.
In the last section, that deals with the applied anatomy of the carcass, the different meat cuts of the carcass are described.
The second extended edition of Bovine Anatomy is a great improvement on the first edition and I highly recommend this book to bovine practitioners and veterinary science students.
Correspondence to:
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Onderstepoort 0110
South Africa
* Book price at time of review


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text: I have theme builders 6 and 7.1.. would like to make a theme that has the app name below the icon, (eg how it is on the 9380 etc) but this isn't for the 9380 its for another OS 7 device, do both theme builders do this? And if so could someone show me how? I'm sure it is possible as there was a theme awhile back which had all the icon names below I think it was the DreamTorch v1 or something like that so pretty sure it can be done


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Quantum to Cosmos Festival
Activity recorded from neurons in the brain often looks random or chaotic. How do we make sense of the world and produce precisely controlled responses when so much of the activity in our brains is chaotic? This talk will show how brain circuits can switch between chaotic and well-controlled patterns of activity, illustrating these points with computer demonstrations of network models. This talk will also discuss how chaotic activity may be useful for a healthy brain function and demonstrate what goes wrong when activity is insufficiently chaotic.
How will robotics change us and our lives? Will AI driven robots put us on and accelerated evolutionary path? Why would we want a more heavily robotized society? Do we have choice in the matter? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
The Internet promises the realization of two of humanity's noblest dreams: universal access to all human knowledge and the capacity to form and coordinate groups at virtually no cost. As great as this sounds, it's bad news for certain kinds of top-heavy organizations and the kinds of companies that got rich on exclusion from information. From the UN to shady back-room "plurilateral" treaty negotiations, from the blogosphere to staid standards-committees, the fight over the future rages, with diplomacy and activism at its core.
Are we ready to come face to face with our innermost genetic secrets? Will this knowledge help us make wise choices? Can we trust ourselves and others with safeguarding this most potent knowledge? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
The search for the origins of species has entailed a series of great adventures over the past 200 years. This talk will chronicle the exploits of a group of explorers who walked where no one had walked, saw what no one had seen, and thought what no one else had thought. Their achievements sparked a revolution that changed, profoundly and forever, our perception of the living world and our place within it.
With studies suggesting the vocabularies of young people today are shrinking and some university professors claiming the essay is hardly worth assigning anymore due to shortened attention spans, some wonder whether technology has done more harm to our kids than good. Our panel of experts will debate the issue.
In our lifetime we have seen a broad transformation in the way we interact with technology in our daily lives. And further developments in technology promise a continued impact. Are we comfortable living in a world that never shuts off? How has this technology affected us, our thinking, our relationships and the way our work works? Is technological progress always for the better? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Computer science has served to isolate programs and programmers from knowledge of the mechanisms used to manipulate information, however this fiction is increasingly hard to maintain as devices scale down in size and systems scale up in complexity. This talk will explore the consequences of exposing rather than hiding this underlying physical reality, in areas including logic automata, interdevice internetworking, intelligent infrastructure, digital fabrication and programmable matter.
Commitment to space travel has ebbed and flowed. Physicist Stephen Hawking believes the way to ensure human survival is to continue space exploration. Critics of space travel argue that Planet Earth is in dire need of our attention and resources right now. Is there a trade-off between going to space and fighting climate change, overpopulation and other earthly concerns? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Over the last decade our picture of the universe has changed almost as much as it had in the preceding century. As a result, our picture of the future, both of the universe, and life within it, has dramatically altered as well. This talk will begin by reviewing the recent revolutionary developments in cosmology, and then address several fascinating questions that have arisen as a result of our discovery that the dominant energy of the universe resides in empty space: Can life be eternal in an eternally expanding universe,? Are the laws of physics tailored for the existence of life?


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The City of Bryan's Prenatal/Postpartum aquatic fitness class is fun and challenging for expecting and recent moms! You will use the resistance of the water to tone your body and stay in shape during your pregnancy or after when traditional fitness routines may not be an option. As an added bonus the water will also help reduce swelling and you will be weightless in the water (PRICELESS!). This class meets twice (2) a week at the Bryan Aquatic Center.
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Hacknight Experiments to prepare for the LED Event on 29th of January! 1
Details still evolving, Walter will fill you in on more of the specifics, January 29th we will be holding a special event at Quelab, "Explore LEDs: LEDs as Art and Science".
In addition to examples of interesting LED applications, projects and art, we are thinking of having folks play with LED's in textiles, as jewelry, and other crafts. So I'm devoting a good portion of my Sunday and Tuesday night Hacknight's towards experiments involving LED's
So far I've had some successes with flexible circuits using copper tape and also finding that one can run a led via a pipecleaner, and helped Walter build a small LED candelabra. Had a few non-successes: I was not able to get cheap dollar store playdough to be conductive putty using my powdered graphite nor my powdered aluminum. I'm not sure if the fault was the putty, the graphite or the proportions. But I have a few weeks to try other things. Not to mention I will soon have conductive thread, magnetic switches, and much much more!
The above and more related photos can be seen up on my flickr.


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Christopher W. Smith necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
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This is for a drummer who plays for a radio-friendly post-grunge, distortion-fueled hard rock.
This is for a drummer who plays for a radio-friendly post-grunge, distortion-fueled hard rock. The purpose is to showcase the drummer for future studio work and tour support, so the target audience would be producers, bands wanting to hire a professional drummer to record tracks, and music publications interested in writing about or reviewing his music.
Use the name "Joel Richard" in the design, however, this is not his real name.
We require the design to be in PSD or AI format. Colors should be dark. Client mentioned black, red, and white as a starting point, but is open to other options. Experimentation with lighter colors is okay. Design must be clean and open, display good visual flow, and logos should focus on the name.
Something faded in the background, or textures similar to tattoo art, but without any messages or vulgarity. Large buttons, large headings, and clean font, preferably sans serif style.
The site will feature videos (Youtube and Vimeo embedded), pictures, music, and some social media integration (Twitter, Facebook, etc.). It will also feature logos from sponsors such as Pearl Drums, Vic Firth Sticks, etc. There also will be occasional blogging utilizing the WP engine.
The sigdesign.jpg file is his "logo" that will be branded on signature-series items from drum manufacturers, etc. Incorporation into the design would be welcomed, but not necessary.


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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Bradley Manning, the Army private arrested in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history, offered to plead guilty Thursday to charges that could send him to prison for 20 years, saying he spilled the secrets to expose the American military's "bloodlust" in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It was the first time Manning directly admitted leaking the material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and detailed the frustrations that led him to do it.
Sitting before a military judge, the slightly built 25-year-old soldier from Oklahoma read from a 35-page statement through his wire-rimmed glasses for more than an hour. He spoke quickly and evenly, showing little emotion even when he described how troubled he was by what he had seen.
"I believed that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information ... this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general," Manning said.
A military judge, Col. Denise Lind, is weighing whether to accept Manning's guilty plea to reduced charges on 10 counts.
Even then, military prosecutors can still pursue a court-martial on the remaining 12 charges. One of those is aiding the enemy, which carries a possible life sentence. Prosecutors haven't disclosed their plans.
Manning said he didn't think the information would harm the U.S. and he decided to release it because he was disturbed by the conduct of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the seeming disregard by American troops for the lives of ordinary people.
"I felt we were risking so much for people who seemed unwilling to cooperate with us, leading to frustration and hatred on both sides," he said. "I began to become depressed at the situation we found ourselves mired in year after year. In attempting counterinsurgency operations, we became obsessed with capturing and killing human targets on lists."
He added: "I wanted the public to know that not everyone living in Iraq were targets to be neutralized."
Manning admitted sending hundreds of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports, State Department diplomatic cables, other classified records and two battlefield video clips to WikiLeaks in 2009 and 2010 while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad.
The battlefield reports were the first documents Manning decided to leak. He said he sent them to WikiLeaks after contacting The Washington Post and The New York Times. He said he felt a reporter at the Post didn't take him seriously, and a message he left for news tips at the Times was not returned.
Manning said he was appalled by a 2007 combat video of an aerial assault by a U.S. helicopter that killed 11 men, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. The Pentagon concluded the troops mistook the camera equipment for weapons.
"The most alarming aspect of the video to me was the seemingly delightful bloodlust the aerial weapons team happened to have," Manning said, adding that the soldiers' actions "seemed similar to a child torturing ants with a magnifying glass."
As for the sensitive State Department cables, he said they "documented backdoor deals and criminality that didn't reflect the so-called leader of the free world."
"I thought these cables were a prime example of the need for a more open diplomacy," Manning said. "I believed that these cables would not damage the United States. However, I believed these cables would be embarrassing."
The Obama administration has said releasing the information threatened valuable military and diplomatic sources and strained America's relations with other governments. The administration has aggressively pursued individuals accused of leaking classified material, and Manning's is the highest-profile case.
Manning has been embraced by some left-leaning activists as a whistle-blowing hero whose actions exposed war crimes and helped trigger the Middle Eastern pro-democracy uprisings known as the Arab Spring in 2010.
WikiLeaks did not immediately return a text message for comment on Manning's statement. The group has been careful never to confirm or deny whether he was the source of the documents it has posted online.
On its Twitter feed Thursday, WikiLeaks called Manning an "alleged source" and noted that he was detailing "what he says" were his dealings with the online organization.
Associated Press Writer Raphael Satter in London contributed to this report.
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This is my first post and I guess everyone must do their first one here. I've been programming professionally in Java off and on since 1998 - but I don't think of myself as an expert by any means.
I have encountered a Java issue that I feel certain I solved once 8 years ago, but I can't remember how I did it, I left the code at that employers, and Google hasn't helped me resolve it this time. It involves making a call to a method in an already instantiated class without knowing until runtime which class that will be.
On the one hand, I could write a case block that would match the String generated method name against a list of known methods and then execute a hard coded method call from there. But - in this case there are over 300 possible methods (all getters) so I'm hoping there's a more elegant way to do it. What I'm hoping to do is execute the appropriate method by name using a String I have generated at runtime to point to the correct method.
I've looked at reflection as a possibility a lot - but the Java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke class seems to insist on instantiating it's own copy of the class - and that would be very slow since there's a SQL Query involved that I'm hoping to only run once for all ~300 calls. Ideally, the class has already been instantiated, the query has already run, and the 300+ fields are already accessible via 300+ getters.
What do you think? Does anyone know what I'm looking for?


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Linotype Didot family (Linotype library) contains 23 fonts.
The Didot family were active as designers for about 100 years in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were printers, publishers, typeface designers, inventors and intellectuals. Around 1800 the Didot family owned the most important print shop and font foundry in France. Pierre Didot, the printer, published a document with the typefaces of his brother, Firmin Didot, the typeface designer. The strong clear forms of this alphabet display objective, rational characteristics and are representative of the time and philosophy of the Enlightenment. Adrian Frutiger's Didot is a sensitive interpretation of the French Modern Face Didot. Another model for this design is the Henriade, an historical printing of the original Didot from 1818. The font Didot gives text a classic and elegant feel.
Didot LT Pro Roman
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Imagine living in a cold, lonely cage for 66 days of your life. Hundreds of potential adopters passing you by, but not one showing any interest. They give you a passing smile and may even stop for the occasional pet, but then they continue walking.
That was life for Austin at the Carson Animal Shelter in Gardena, California. Austin arrived at the shelter on March 12 and would spend the next two months waiting for his forever home.
When Austin first arrived at the shelter he was timid, confused and overwhelmed.
Like so many other pit bulls, Austin was overlooked time and time again at the shelter.
Each year, over 1.2 million dogs are euthanized – almost 40 percent of which are pit bulls. They are the most common breed found in shelters and are far more likely to be euthanized than adopted. Why? Blame it on overpopulation and breed-specific laws (where certain areas ban the ownership of pit bulls).
Luckily, the staff and volunteers at the Carson Animal Shelter didn't give up on Austin. They visited with him and made sure he knew he wasn't forgotten. But despite all their efforts, Austin remained at the shelter.
Until one day, it was finally time for Austin to go to his forever home!
On Austin's last day in the shelter, he was so shocked to be leaving, he could hardly walk.
Thankfully, Austin was able to find his forever home, but other shelter dogs are not as lucky.
There are so many amazing pups like Austin in animal shelters all over the world. If you are looking to bring home a new family member, make sure to visit your local shelter!


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PSAT/NMSQT stands for Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. It is the best indicator of how well you will perform on the SAT.
Why do I need to take the PSAT/NMSQT?
Reasons to take the PSAT/NMSQT include:
Who should take the test?
Sophomores and juniors should take the PSAT/NMSQT. If you are a sophomore, you should take the test to receive personalized feedback on academic skills relating to college success. Taking the test during your sophomore year will give you more time to work on problem areas (if need be) before you start applying to colleges. If you are a junior, you should take the test to enter into competitions for the scholarship programs conducted by NMSC. At the very least, think of it as a way to prepare for the SAT in a real test environment. To get an idea of what to expect, visit Kaplan.com where you can take free practice tests, take a Kaplan PSAT course, or sign up for their College Prep Access program, which allows unlimited PSAT, ACT, and SAT preparation through December of your senior year.
What is on the PSAT/NMSQT?
The test consists of five sections: two 25-minute critical reading sections, two 25-minute math sections, and one 30-minute writing skills section. The critical reading sections measure your knowledge of the meanings of words and sentence structure and measure your ability to read and think carefully about reading passages. The math sections measure your knowledge of numbers and operations; algebra and functions; geometry and measurement; and data analysis, statistics, and probability. The writing skills section measures your capability to communicate ideas clearly, to recognize errors in usage and structure, and to use language with sensitivity to meaning.
Will colleges use my PSAT scores in determining whether or not I am admitted?
Colleges rarely see your PSAT/NMSQT scores, and the scores are not used to influence decisions on college admission. Try not to worry about the PSAT/NMSQT, but instead, use it as a tool to help gauge what you need to improve upon for the SAT.
When should I take the test?
The PSAT/NMSQT is administered by high schools each October. You must sign up for the test at your high school or a high school in your community. Contact your high school counselor for information on registering for the PSAT/NMSQT and learning the correct date, time, and location that your school will give the test.
Is a fee required to take the test?
There is a fee for the PSAT/NMSQT. Fee waivers are available to juniors from low-income families who can't afford the test fee. Contact your high school counselor for more information on the test fee amount and fee waivers.
If you plan to take the PSAT/NMSQT, be sure to pick up the Official Student Guide to the PSAT/NMSQT from your counseling office. For more information on the PSAT/NMSQT, please visit collegeboard.com.
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text: Most of us bought our Thunderbolts when it was first released, last March I believe. I'm not eligible for an upgrade until November of this year, and I have been thinking about buying a Galaxy S III at full price when it comes out, seeing as how if I want to keep my unlimited data I need to pay full price anyways (especially if I can keep my $59.99 plan). Lately though I have been itching to get a new phone, I don't think I could wait until November. What about the rest of you? Are you content in waiting until this winter for your upgrade?


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Wild harvested eye of newt, toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog are what you would expect to find in a standard witch's brew. However, for the modern Green Witch, such implements definitely require a bit of toil and trouble to find. Nowadays, keeping the stove-top cauldron bubbling with the most magical of potions is as easy as grabbing some weeds off the front lawn or the edge of a sidewalk.
Common weeds, like dandelions, nettle, elder berries and hawthorne grow in abundance in many regions of the country, and can be used for a variety of herbal remedies, that some claim work just as well as over-the-counter drugs. Did you know dandelions are fantastic in a salad and are a highly effective diuretic? Ginger counters nausea? Or, that feverfew is great for a tooth-ache?
Think it's all just a bunch of hocus pocus?
Well, the National Institute of Health (NIH), a subdivision of the Department of Health and Human Services, disagrees. Check out their site on Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the proper handling and specific effects of common herbs. Also check out the organic herb shop, Flower Power Herbs & Roots, where you can order more than three hundred freshly dried, organic herbs, seeds, roots and flowers that you might have missed on your daily walk around the neighborhood.
"If you can boil water, you can utilize the herbs all around you," says Lata Chettri–Kennedy, Flower Power owner and resident Greenwich Village Green Witch, a.k.a. herbalist extraordinaire. "Just drop the loose herbs in a mug, and enjoy. The most beneficial things grow in our backyards, so a plain green lawn is very depressing to me."
Kennedy says that it's more ecological to use locally grown herbs rather than pharmaceuticals. "When you cut and dry a plant, (your) taste(buds) immediately trigger the natural, medicinal effects," she says. "In pill form, so much energy has gone into irradiating and re-formulating the herbs that they've lost their essential essence to packaging." Not to mention, they lose their eco-friendly preparation and disposal.
Composting your used herbs or dropping them down the garbage disposal is an eco-friendly alternative to hazardous pharmaceutical waste disposal, whose toxicity moves from landfills and sewers into the local water supply.
To woo the object of your desire this Halloween, Kennedy recommends brewing up the following potion: 1/2 ounce damiana, 1/2 ounce Siberian ginseng, 1/2 ounce ashwagandha, 1/8 ounce licorice root and 1/12 ounce prickly ash bark combine to make the ultimate love potion/aphrodisiac.
Story by Nicole Zerillo. This article originally appeared in Plenty in October 2007. The story was added to MNN.com.


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Yellow Bird Indian Dancers: It's a Duncan Family Affair
Tish Leizens
They still call themselves Yellow Bird Indian Dancers but the Duncan family from Mesa, Arizona, can do just about any entertaining before presidents and royalty, for Native and non-natives, here and abroad.
Their list of family accomplishments is outstanding, and as the family grows—one grandchild is expected soon—their fans can expect new songs, dances and stories and their role as ambassadors of Native goodwill to evolve moving forward.
"It is a family affair. We have been doing this for a long time," said Ken Duncan Sr., Apache, who with his wife, Doreen, Northern Plains Indian from North Dakota, used to dance abroad with a Native group back in college.
The name Yellow Bird came from Doreen's maternal Arikara family name. Doreen is also Hidatsa and Mandan.
"We started in 1984. We were the only second Native dance group in Arizona at that time," said Duncan. At that time their kids, between the ages of 4 and 8 started to join them. "We taught them how to dance. We sang family songs, and now we have grandchildren."
Today, twenty-eight years later, Ken and Doreen have six sons and one daughter, Christy Duncan Lopez, who has four children, and Tony, 29, a five-time World Champion Hoop Dancer, has two kids and a little one coming soon.
"We have everything. Our son Tony also has his own musical group [Estun-Bah]" said Duncan, adding that his son plays flute and produces his own "contemporized Native music" aside from being a hoop dancer. His wife, Violet, also a hoop dancer, was Miss Indian World in 2007.
"It is a dream job. I can spend time with my children and see them grow up. It is a perfect fit for our family," said Doreen, who handles the administrative and marketing side of the business, while Ken focuses on the creative side.
"I don't dance anymore. I play the flute, sing and tell stories," said Duncan. "Doreen still dances. She is also the emcee and narrator."
The clan's dance repertoire highlight their individual talents: Kenny Jr., the eldest at 32, is a grass, eagle and hoop dancer; Christy, jingle dress, Apache rainbow and bow and arrow; Karl, flutist and northern traditional; Kevin, eagle and multi-champion hoop dancer; Sky, hoop and eagle dancer; and Talon, the youngest at 14, is a champion fancy war dancer.
The six grandchildren, from ages 1 to 10, have bragging rights too, with a list extending to fancy shawl, jingle dress, hoop, fancy war, prairie chicken and butterfly dances.
Lately, Duncan said they are doing more Apache dance and songs and hoop dancing. "Too many people are doing the same thing. Most dance groups are doing pow wows. Pow wows are everywhere."
And because they differentiated themselves with their Apache dances, the family was noticed and awarded the "Culture Keepers of Arizona" by former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. The recognition has opened the door for the Duncan's to be ambassadors of Native culture here and abroad.
"We toured 20 some countries," said Duncan, adding that they do four to five foreign trips a year, visiting American embassies and consulates and entertaining American Peace Keeping Force and Allies at a NATO Military Base in Kosovo.
The Duncan family, most often booked six times a week, has entertained First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, the Queen of Denmark and the Queen of Tonga.
Recently, they had a more immediate mission. Organizers of the 2012 London Olympics sought them out to perform a traditional dance and ask the creator to keep the grounds dry for the historic sporting event.
"My grandfather was a lightning medicine man. He had close ties with the rain, thunder and lightning," said Duncan, noting that he learned from his grandfather and grandmother how to acknowledge, fear and respect the natural elements.
While it is dancing that broke the ground for the Duncans, there are other things that they have been called on to do that make life interesting and fulfilling for the family.
Recently, a physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center asked Duncan—who is also a cultural lecturer—if he could lecture on Apache warriors, specifically on the healing process and how it may be applied to military soldiers back from war.
Interestingly, he and Doreen, married for 34 years, were asked to speak about how they maintain a healthy marriage and share their views on how to prevent diabetes and suicides among veterans. Their children are often asked about their views on pop culture.
Their journey as a family of entertainers is not without highs and lows. Duncan recalled being humiliated in Beirut two years ago when they lost their comfortable room accommodations to cowboy performers and asked to stay in tipis on ground with unbearable desert sweltering heat.
"My biggest accomplishment is when we are in front of our Native people and they acknowledge us doing right by our culture and they approve our songs, dances and stories," said Duncan.
The Duncan family got that chance again when the clan performed recently in their San Carlos reservation for the Senior Apache Day.
"It inspires my wife and I as parents and grandparents," said Duncan as to how he feels when they are all together and performing. "We are very much involved. We keep up with our grandchildren. Our grandson, 6 years old, is very enthusiastic. He is a very good dancer."
"I feel so blessed. We went home in July. Our sons danced in the pow wow. Our community gave me an award —the Mother Corn—honoring women. Women are important for my tribe," said Doreen.
"We are very proud of who we are and so proud to be Native Americans. We cannot be and will not be anything else. With that pride we can actually educate through entertainment," said Duncan.


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Pizza Girl: I'm Doing It for More Than Just Money
Another day, another new voice on Slice. We've never really had someone from the pizza industry writing here on Slice, and it's high time that changed. I've been reading Pizza Girl's blog for a while now. Pizza Girl works as a delivery driver. Her blog is funny and well-written and a blast to read. She'll bring some of that charm to Slice each week. So say hello and how'd you do. —AK
It's easy to forget while perusing the world of gourmet, handmade, and unique pizza that most of America gets its pizza elsewhere. They get it from the chains and from local pizzerias; and they get it delivered. When this happens they spend less than a minute interacting with the pizza delivery dude (or chick, but I'll just say dude because most customers throw me into that bucket regardless of my gender).
There are an abundance of stereotypes about the pizza delivery dude. He drives fast (in either his POS car or a brand new Lexus), never uses a turn signal, and isn't watching where he's going. Seemingly contradictory, if the pizza is late, it's because the pizza dude was slacking, driving slow, stopping to smoke a cigarette (or a joint). We have our windows down and are blasting music, probably rap or Southern rock. We don't really care about the customer, just about the money.
I've met those guys, I've worked with a few, but they come and go quickly because this job is soul-crushing if you can't find some other reason to keep doing it other than the money. The customers can be shitty, the store's full of teenagers and teenagers are full of drama, and if you work for one of the chains, the Man is constantly trying to find new, efficient ways to do things (most of these ways mean lower pay and worse conditions for drivers). Every driver who sticks with it has some reason other than the money.
My reason for keepin' on keepin' on is my blog [the excellent Diary of a Pizza Girl —The Mgmt.] and my love of pizza. I started for the money and somewhere along the way discovered that I love pizza of all kinds. I used to order the same thing every time, now I experiment, I try to find the best flavor; I fantasize about running my own pizza joint and making test pie after test pie to find the best specialty combinations to put on the menu. I dream about traveling all of the country researching the best pizza and finding a way to make it better. I recently visited a place that billed itself as "Austin's Weirdest Pizza." I want to make "Austin's Weirdest and Most Delicious Pizza."
Brings to mind: "If We Don't Take Care of the Customer, Somebody Else Will"
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(CNN) - While there are fresh signs of movement between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, nothing is settled yet. As talks heat up, part of the government is still closed and it's a day closer to when the Obama administration warns of a potential default on U.S. debt.
Up to speed:
"A useful and productive conversation."
That's how House Republican leaders characterized their meeting with President Barack Obama in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Thursday.
The good news is that they're still talking, contrasted with the last White House meeting when they had little to say.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, one of the Republican leaders at the White House meeting, said "we want to move quickly" and that Obamacare did not come up in "any substantive way" in their discussion. He said that both sides were working in good faith to resolve their differences.
The Republican proposal:
Republicans earlier proposed to raise the debt ceiling for as long as six weeks to allow more time to negotiate a longer-term deal. In exchange, Republicans want a conference committee with members of both parties to work on a large deal addressing undefined "pressing problems."
Obama has indicated that he would be open to a short-term extension but with no strings attached. The White House also said Obama wants the government reopened.
Short-term debt ceiling proposal on lawmakers' minds
Obamacare 'off the table'
House Republicans, and notably Ted Cruz in the Senate, led the fight against Obama's signature health care law. They made defunding or delaying Obamacare a demand in legislation the House repeatedly sent to the Democratic-controlled Senate, only to see it die there.
Apparently, it's now dead in the House, too.
"That's currently off the table now," Republican Rep. James Lankford said in an interview on "The Lead with Jake Tapper." "That's obviously not going to happen at this point."
Lankford did say that Republicans will now instead ask for a one-year delay on penalties for those who don't sign up for health care insurance.
Opinion: Obstructing government from Huey Long to Ted Cruz
The back story
CNN's Chief Political Analyst, Gloria Borger, provides a must-read on how the stalemate got to this point.
"[T]he House GOP scheme, abetted by [Republican Senator Ted] Cruz and outside conservatives, will become a case for the civics classes. A study of the newly perverse politics of our time, and how a government was brought to its knees over a fight only a few wanted to wage - that everyone secretly knew could never be won," Borger wrote.
Debt debate deconstructed
Some lawmakers don't believe the United States will default once the debt ceiling is lifted. Among them is Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. He said the United States won't default because it should prioritize its payments, putting payments on interest on the debt and Social Security at the top of the list.
"I wish we had a president who would take on the responsibility of the office, sit down with us, and address the fundamental problems that cause us to keep borrowing so much money," Toomey said.
Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren, rebutted Toomey's argument. She said paying only some of the bills is default.
"We are not a country of anarchists. We are not a country of pessimists and ideologues whose motto is 'I got mine; the rest of you are on your own.' We are not a country that tolerates dangerous drugs, unsafe meat, dirty air or toxic mortgages. We are not that nation," Warren said.
Are the debt deniers right?
Stop fixating on October 17 – the date the Obama administration says is the debt ceiling deadline.
Here's what October 17 means: Even if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in the next week, the Treasury Department in all likelihood could continue to pay bills in full beyond that time - but not for very long.
Because at that point, it will be using the estimated $30 billion in cash it will have on hand, plus whatever daily revenue comes in. It will no longer be able to borrow to make up the difference between expenses and revenue.
The true cash crunch will come sometime by November 1, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Five debt ceiling deniers in their own words
Pay for play
The Interior Department announced Thursday it will consider working with governors who have offered to use state funds to open national parks during the shutdown.
All 401 national parks have been closed and 20,000 National Park Service employees have been furloughed because of the shutdown. States are feeling the pain because the parks are major tourist hubs that drive local economies.
Governors and local officials in several states including Utah, Arizona, California, South Dakota, and Wyoming have sought alternative solutions to keep their parks open.
Rep. Paul Ryan is back
He's got a design for a grand bargain, but it's getting flak from both sides, particularly the right.
The furlough update
Is your favorite – or least favorite – government agency functioning?
Who is not working and not getting paid? And who is getting paid?
66,000: The number of additional unemployment claims filed last week. The highest single week increase since Superstorm Sandy.
The Dow posted its biggest gain of 2013 on hopes of a debt ceiling deal. It surged 323.09 points, closing at 15,126.07.
Obamacare. Is that still around?
Yep. The Republicans haven't dismantled it. The Internet black hole hasn't swallowed it. And the White House is simultaneously working to beat off Republican critics and software glitches.
CNN's Brian Todd reported that a government official defended the administration's decision to launch the healthcare.gov despite warnings that it wasn't ready to go live. "When you launch a new piece of technology, regardless of testing, there are bound to be issues, and we are working vigorously to correct them," the official said.
Subject closed...again
The Senate closed an ugly chapter in the shutdown fight on Thursday although some thought it was already closed.
It unexpectedly approved House-passed legislation to restore military death benefits for survivors that were cut due to the shutdown.
Republican senators pushed to have the bill passed despite a plan finalized by the Obama administration the day before Fisher House, a private charity, cover the cost of the benefits until the shutdown is resolved.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the push by Republicans was "unnecessary" because benefits were now flowing, but said he would not block a unanimous consent agreement proposed by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.
"This issue is largely moot. It's clear the action on this legislation is just for show," Reid said.
Citizens step up
Some citizens aren't standing by and complaining about a government shutdown. Instead, they are filling the void.
- A South Carolinian mowed parts of the National Mall and picked up trash.
- A food bank delivers food to stranded workers inside the Grand Canyon.
- Food Lion donated $500,000 to families locked out of food stamps in North Carolina
- A restaurant in Indiana is allowing IOUs and temporary jobs to furloughed government employees.
Keep the GOV shutdown for the next six weeks? This is the best plan they have?
Day 10 GOP, tick-tock, tick-tock. Your party still can still drive down its approval rating a bit more.
Health Care same in "Old Country as "New Country" Broke. About 17 Trillion now. You like? You think you vote you pay raise. Sorry. No pay raise. No free lunch. Just more Funny Money. Raise National Debt. More Red Ink. More things change, more they stay same. You figure out yet? Old Gunderson learn long time ago, book own life. Now Rich. You? Maybe you lost in desert no?
"Health Care same in "Old Country as "New Country" Broke. About 17 Trillion now. You like? You think you vote you pay raise. Sorry. No pay raise. No free lunch. Just more Funny Money. Raise National Debt. More Red Ink. More things change, more they stay same. You figure out yet? Old Gunderson learn long time ago, book own life. Now Rich. You? Maybe you lost in desert no?"
Aaaw, how cute....baby talk for baby thoughts.
The temporary extension would allow more time to negotiate a longer-term deal
No it wouldn't and they wouldn't.
All this temporary extension would effectively do is get the Republicans off of the noose. Off the hook. It would allow the public censure of their recklessness to simmer down and would give them time to smoke and mirror the voters.
So I say NO!!
Next thing you know it will be Christmas and this whole sordid and shameless scenario will be replayed against the backdrop of "Jingle Bells" and "Silent NIght".
The President will have his heart strings tearing because of the season and the next thing you know the cray-crays and Boehner will be bragging about how they got 98% of what they wanted.....AGAIN.
So hell to the no!
Work this out NOW while the iron is hot and the GOP has no where to hide from the public outcry blaming them for this needless angst against people that just want to get back to work.
I'm so angry I could spit!!
It's time for someone who is an expert in constitutional law to figure out a way to bring charges against Cruz and the garbage in this picture.
To their #Let'sTalk: #KMA.
Obama gave businesses an extension on Obama care...refusing to offer the same to the public (I suspect pressure from insurance companies). Republicans should have let it go thru. It needs modifications but time will take care of that. Obama care cannot survive as is.
Actually, the business was so convinced that the law would be repealed last year by the SCOTUS that they did little to nothing to prepare for its' implementation. They had three years to prepare, but squandered the first two listening to the Tea Party's ranting and ravings.
Boehner is the weakest Speaker of the House in the history of our nation. Open up the government. Bring a vote to the House floor. The tea party Taliban is ruining our country. Where are the moderate Republicans ? Take back your party. The American people are tired of the tea party. Vote the tea party Taliban out in 2014 !!!
This is just another THEATRICAL distraction,
from the fact that BOTH 'parties' of GREED
are working together to give all wealth and resources
to themselves and their corporate sponsors, while further
destroying most all legal protections of our god-given Rights.
We are being SPIED ON by corporations, for corporations,
in the largest Domestic-Spying Police-State in Human History.
The merger of corporate-governmental power is "fascism" by definition.
Turn OFF the TV.
It's controlled by them, and It keeps you wide asleep.
Divided = Distracted = Conquered
"Next thing you know it will be Christmas and this whole sordid and shameless scenario will be replayed against the backdrop of "Jingle Bells" and "Silent NIght"."
That would indeed be part of their plan. The GOP/Teatrolls want to blunt the Xmas season shopping sprees by using all of this to cause more fear and uncertainty, that way it doesn't create as much of an infusion of economic activity for the economy.
GOP are tyrants. Well armed militia?
People need to know that even though there are a lot of government workers still working through this partial shutdown, WE ARE NOT GETTING PAID!!!! We will only get paid for working (starting from Oct 1st to now) when they pass a new continuting resolution and reopen the government.
It is VERY misleading when they say that "83% of the government is still operating" (the last figure I saw). Thye need to tell how many of those 83% are working and NOT GETTING PAID!!!


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Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome in yellow after stage win
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Chris Froome produced a sensational ride to emphatically win stage eight of the Tour de France and take his first race leader's yellow jersey.
The Briton sprinted away from his main rivals, including Alberto Contador, on the final climb to the summit finish at Ax 3 Domaines in the Pyrenees.
He beat Richie Porte by 51 seconds and leads his Team Sky team-mate by the same margin in the overall standings.
Contador lost one minute, 45 seconds to Froome and is seventh, 1'51" down.
"I couldn't be happier," said 28-year-old Froome.
"It has been a nervous week leading up to now but my team has done a fantastic job and to repay my team-mates with a stage win and Richie coming second, I couldn't have asked for more."
South Africa's Daryl Impey started the day in the yellow jersey but the Orica GreenEdge rider, who is more of a sprinter than a climber, knew he would be losing the race lead on Saturday's first day in the mountains.
He suggested that Froome would be one of the riders to keep an eye on and the race favourite, who finished second behind Sir Bradley Wiggins last year, did not disappoint.
The first 120km of racing was reasonably flat and calm with a four-man breakaway - which included Christophe Riblon, who won a similar race to Ax 3 Domaines in the 2010 Tour - opening up a lead of more than nine minutes at one point.
However, the lead was slowly whittled away and was down to around one minute by the time the leaders had reached the bottom of the day's biggest climb - the hors categorie Col de Pailheres.
Riblon made a solo bid for the stage win on the ascent, while Team Sky controlled the pace of the peloton.
Several riders, including France's Tommy Voeckler, who won the 2012 King of the Mountains classification, and Dutch climber Robert Gesink also made solo breaks but they were soon caught and overtaken by Colombia's Nairo Quintana.
The Movistar rider then chased down Riblon and was first over the summit of the 2,001m-high Col de Pailheres to win the souvenir Henri Desgrange - the prize awarded to the first rider to reach the highest point of the overall race.
Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh took over the pacing duties towards the top of the climb and led the peloton on the descent, chipping away more than 30 seconds of the one minute advantage that Quintana had built up.
The Isle of Man rider then set a furious pace up the final 7.8km ascent to Ax 3 Domaines - so furious that he ran out of energy and was forced to drop away with around 6km remaining.
That left just Porte to pace Froome and the duo upped the tempo, catching and passing Quintana in the next kilometre before Froome took off on his own to record a memorable victory.
Not only did Froome beat the likes of two-time Tour winner Contador and Quintana by one minute, 45 seconds, he also put more than four minutes into 2011 champion Cadel Evans.
Alejandro Valverde, who was third on the stage, lost 1'08" but is third overall, 1'25" behind Froome.
Slovakia's Peter Sagan picked up 10 points in the green points jersey classification after finishing behind Andre Greipel in the day's intermediate sprint, which came just before the mountain ascents.
With the four riders in the breakaway claiming the big points on offer, German Greipel won the race from the peloton to claim 11 points, with the Isle of Man's Mark Cavendish getting nine points.
Sunday's stage nine is a second and final day in the Pyrenees. The 165km race starts in Saint-Giron and features four category one mountain climbs and one category two ascent but finishes with a descent into Bagneres-de-Bigorre.
Stage eight results:
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 5:03:18"
2. Richie Porte (Aus/Team Sky) +51"
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +1:08"
4. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Belkin) +1:10"
5. Laurens ten Dam (Ned/Belkin) +1:16"
Overall standings:
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 32:15:55"
2. Richie Porte (Aus/Team Sky) +51"
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +1:25"
4. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Belkin) +1:44"
5. Laurens ten Dam (Ned/Belkin) +1:50"
Selected others:
7. Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff +1'51"
8. Nairo Quintana (Spa) Movistar +2'02"
9. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha +2'31"
13. Daniel Martin (Ire) Garmin +2'48"
22. Nicolas Roche (Ire) Saxo-Tinkoff +4'10"
23. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC +4'36"
60. Peter Kennaugh (GB) Team Sky +27'01"
90. David Millar (GB) Garmin +40'11"
148. Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma-Quickstep +1h12'50"
168. Ian Stannard (GB) Team Sky +1h22'16"
185. Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +1h29'03"
Green points jersey standings after stage eight:
1. Peter Sagan (Svk/Cannondale) 234 points
2. Andre Greipel (Ger/Lotto) 141
3. Mark Cavendish (GB/Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 128
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Katusha) 111
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Team Sky) 88


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There are many traditions on New Year's. One of the most famous is the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" at the stroke of midnight. But who wrote this song and why do we sing it? This is a question many people do not know it, it has just become part of tradition. The song was originally written in 1790 by a Scottish poet by the name of Robert Burns. Many of the lyrics from the first verse and the chorus are strikingly similar to a 1711 poem by James Watson. The song really took off in 1929 when bandleader Guy Lombardo began broadcasting this song on his radio broadcast on New Years Eve. The song quickly spread throughout the British Isles. As people emigrated to the United States and other countries, they took with them the song as a custom of singing "Auld Lang Syne" with them.Here are the lyrics to Robert Burns' song with translation to some words you may not know.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne!
We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne!
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp, and surely I'll be mine,
And we'll take a cup o kindness yet, for auld lang syne!
We twa hae run about the braes, and pou'd the gowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit, sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl'd in the burn frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar'd sin auld lang syne.
And there's a hand my trusty fiere, and gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught, for auld lang syne.
auld lange syne-times gone by
be-pay for
dine-dinner time
guid-willie waught-goodwill drink
morning sun-noon
pint-stowp-pint tankard


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South African Journal of Surgery
On-line version ISSN 2078-5151
Print version ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.50 n.4 Cape Town Nov. 2012
Prevalence of histological prostatitis in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia or adenocarcinoma of the prostate presenting without urinary retention
R S EdlinI; C F HeynsII; S P J van VuurenIII; A D ZarrabiIII
IMD, BS. Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
IIMB ChB, MMed (Urol), FCSSA (Urol), PhD. Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, Western Cape
IIIMB ChB, MMed (Urol), FCUrol (SA). Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, Western Cape
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of prostatitis on histopathological evaluation of prostatic tissue in men without urinary retention.
DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS: The clinical data and histopathology reports of men seen from January 1999 through March 2009 at our institution were analysed using Student's t-test, the Mann-Whitney test and Fisher's exact test where appropriate. Values were expressed as means, medians and ranges (p<0.05 accepted as statistically significant).
OUTCOME MEASURES: Data collected included patient age, duration of lower urinary tract symptoms and hospitalisation, findings on digital rectal examination, prostate volume, haemoglobin concentration, serum creatinine and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, and histological findings.
RESULTS: Prostatic tissue of 385 men without urinary retention at presentation was obtained via biopsy (48.3% of cases), transurethral prostatectomy (62.9%), retropubic prostatectomy (6.8%) or radical prostatectomy (28.3%). On histological examination, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was found to be present in 213 patients (55.3%) and adenocarcinoma of the prostate (ACP) in 172 (44.7%). Histological prostatitis was present in 130 patients (61.0%) with BPH and 51 (29.7%) with ACP (p<0.001). A previous study of 405 men presenting with urinary retention at our institution showed histological prostatitis in 98/204 (48.0%) with BPH and in 51/201 (25.4%) with ACP. The group of men with BPH alone had a significantly lower mean serum PSA at presentation (4.5 ng/ml, range 0.3 - 20.8 ng/ml) compared with the group with BPH and prostatitis (11.2 ng/ml, range 0.2 - 145 ng/ml, p=0.011). The mean PSA level at presentation did not differ significantly between the group with ACP only (40.9 ng/ml, range 0 - 255 ng/ml) and the group with ACP plus prostatitis (1 672 ng/ml, range 0.3 - 38 169 ng/ml, p=0.076).
CONCLUSIONS: Among men presenting without urinary retention, histological prostatitis was significantly more prevalent in those with BPH than in those with ACP (61% v. 30%), similar to the previous study of men presenting with retention at our institution, in which histological prostatitis was significantly more prevalent in BPH than in ACP (48% v. 25%). This finding suggests that histological prostatitis is not significantly associated with the causation of ACP or urinary retention. Serum PSA at presentation was significantly higher in the group with BPH plus prostatitis compared with BPH alone, but not in the group with ACP plus prostatitis compared with ACP alone.
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Ward Churchill has lost another court appeal. Indeed, the U.S. legal system is far more willing to protect political lobbying by giant corporations than free speech by mere mortals. The CU bureaucracy has the audacity to claim that Churchill's latest loss is a victory for academic integrity and honest scholarship. Does anyone really believe this self-serving fable?
Churchill was fired on the basis of trumped up charges that would never have been brought against anyone not already a political pariah. His firing has been a devastating blow to academic freedom, which was already under siege by various reactionary foes. It is another step towards making the academic profession a province of cautious careerists rather than bold truth seekers and guardians of the public good. Partly in response to Churchill's firing, faculty members now take exceptional pains never to offend anyone who might harm their careers.
By firing Ward Churchill, the University of Colorado certainly gained the approval of conservative minions, but it also lost a great deal. It lost a scholar who pioneered new interpretations of Native American history and its relationship to other indigenous struggles. It lost a dedicated teacher who challenged and stimulated many students more than any other they encountered on the Boulder campus. It lost an audacious public voice who caustically chastised imperialist wars from Vietnam to Iraq. The firing of Ward Churchill was certainly no victory for responsible scholars or people of conscience. On the contrary, it was and remains a cause for sustained mourning by anyone who cares about knowledge and freedom.
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He also said some nice stuff about the city of Orlando and its residents that may or may not have been ripped off from the theme to Titanic.
Anyway, another athlete who forced his way out of town thanked the fans in the most self indulgent way possible—let's step it up, guys. I'm thinking skywriter—and somehow that's supposed to be, like, a nice thing for people.
"Hey guys, my position this entire time has been that I basically hate playing in front of you but now I'm in Los Angeles—Kobe says 'What's up'—and I miss you guys and all those banners we hung and youth we impacted! Here's an advertisement. In a paper you used to read about me in! Sports!"
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The immunotherapy has two steps – a personalized dendritic cell vaccination and adoptive T-cell therapy. The team reports that in the study of 31 patients, vaccination therapy alone showed about a 61 percent clinical benefit, and the combination of both therapies showed about a 75 percent benefit.
The findings offer new hope for the large number of ovarian cancer patients who relapse following treatment. The first step of the immunotherapy approach is to preserve the patient's tumor cells alive, using sterile techniques at the time of surgery so they can be used to manufacture a personalized vaccine that teaches the patient's own immune system to attack the tumor. Then, the Penn Medicine team isolates immune cells called dendritic cells from patients' blood through a process called apheresis, which is similar to the process used for blood donation. Researchers then prepare each patient's personalized vaccine by exposing her dendritic cells to the tumor tissue that was collected during surgery.
Because ovarian cancer symptoms can be stealth and easily mistaken for other issues – constipation, weight gain, bloating, or more frequent urination – more than 60 percent of patients are diagnosed only after the disease has spread to their lymph nodes or other distant sites in the body, when treatment is much less likely to produce a cure compared to when the disease is detected early. As the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the United States, it takes the lives of more than 14,000 women each year.
"Given these grim outcomes, there is definitely a vast unmet need for the development of novel, alternate therapies," said lead author Lana Kandalaft, PharmD, PhD, MTR, a research assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of clinical development and operations in Penn Medicine's Ovarian Cancer Research Center. "This is the first time such a combination immunotherapy approach has been used for patients with ovarian cancer, and we believe the results are leading us toward a completely new way to treat this disease."
Both treatments are given in conjunction with bevacizumab, a drug that controls the blood vessel growth that feeds tumors. Combining bevacizumab with immunotherapy makes a powerful duo, Kandalaft says. The vaccine trial is still open to accrual to test new combinatorial strategies.
The other Penn authors are Janos Tanyi, Cheryl Chiang, Daniel Powell, and George Coukos. This study was funded by a National Cancer Institute Ovarian Specialized Program of Research Excellence grant, the National Institutes of Health and the Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy Initiative.
Read additional details of the trial protocol and results in the full news release at the AACR web site.
Dr. Kandalaft will present the findings of the trial on Saturday, April 6, 2013 in the Late Breaking Clinical Trials press conference at 1:00 p.m. ET in room 153 of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl. NW, Washington, DC. She will also present during the Late-Breaking Research: Immunology poster session in Hall A-C (Poster Section 46) on Wednesday, April 10, from 8 a.m. to noon ET.
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The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital — the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
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The Central Connecticut swimming & diving team will be competing in the Northeast Conference Championship this week. The four day meet will kick-off on Wednesday, February 22nd and conclude on Saturday, February 25th. In addition to Central, the teams competing at the NEC Championship meet will be Bryant, Mount St. Mary's, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (N.Y.), St. Francis (P.A.), and Wagner.
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As the Blue Devils approach the tail-end of their season, this meet will be one of two championship meets remaining on the 2011-12 swimming & diving schedule. After the NEC Championship in Boston, Central will travel to Harvard for the Harvard University Last Chance Qualifier. They will then head south for the Women's NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships hosted in Auburn, AL.


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As I've said before, I'm no stranger to public speaking. That said, NorDevCon was my first conference and, by all accounts, I did OK.
My talk, "PDD1, The Other SDLC2" focused on how external stimuli, such as live production errors and impending deadlines, can cause development practices to break down. Ultimately this breakdown boils down to communication, or lack thereof. This talk was spawned from my talk on "Agile In The Real World" last year, and both of these talks focus on the personal experiences I have had when real life gets in the way of theory.
Personally I like this type of talk as it's something that tends to resonate with the audience. With Impostor Syndrome and fears about "Am I doing it right?" being quite common among developers it can be quite useful to stand up and highlight where it commonly goes wrong so people know they are not alone.
Of course the irony is my own Impostor Syndrome and fears about "Am I doing it right?" have me worry the audience will respond with "No, we don't relate to that, it's just you doing it wrong". Having the original author of some of the work I was building on attending the talk also added to the pressure a tad.
Having proved to myself that not only can I do it, but that I thoroughly enjoy it, I'll be looking to see if I can do talks at other conferences3. I'm also hoping to line up so local talks too during the year (including my PDD talk if you missed it at NorDevCon). I suspect this year is going to see a lot of me using Keynote 🙂
1 PDD: Panic Driven Development
2 SDLC: Software [or Systems] Development Lifecycle
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Susan Strebeck looks at a tree that landed on the roof of her home in Hazelwood, Mo., after a storm blew through the area on April 10.
By John Newland and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News
A forceful storm system whipped tornadoes and severe thunderstorms across Missouri and Arkansas late Wednesday, wrecking homes, downing power lines and injuring multiple people in both states.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency as the severe storm system that he said included tornadoes walloped suburbs west and southwest of St. Louis. Read full story
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Larry Gammill, left, who attends Botkinburg Foursquare Church, and his friend Tim Parks walk in front of what is left of the church in Botkinburg, Ark., on April 11, 2013, after a severe storm struck the building the night before.
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Few bands have created such healthy debate amongst the music loving public than Birmingham-based The Twang. The start of 2007 saw many column inches in a whole diaspora of publications given over to the duo vocaled group.
Automatically inheriting a fan-base that veers towards the more hedonistic or weekend worshipping, many see in them a beautiful nod towards the days of baggy and such tuneless, unlamented bands like Flowered Up.
Many question the worth of a band like The Twang, but they clearly underestimate the pull of a good pint and a brawl, as characterised by a number of their songs. Other topics include drugs and wimmin.
The band seem largely unflustered by their new status as the great hope for British music. Possibly a sensible move; as the band themselves say it's more important that; "Everybody's 'Avin It"...


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Kanye West Gets Booed in UK for Rant During Setby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Kanye West didn't get much love from UK fans yesterday at the Wireless Festival when he was reportedly booed by festival attendees.
The Daily Mail reports that West was one of the featured performers at the festival and in the middle of his set, he went on a 20-minute rant.
"'I'm not going to mention any names but… Nike, Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Don't discriminate against me 'cos I'm a black man making music," he reportedly told the crowd.
"F–k saving face and what it's supposed to mean, it's about living my dream."
He was met by boos as his rant went on. West has a history of going on ranting during his own shows, but given that he had a limited time set at a festival, people were understandably unhappy about not hearing music.
Fans reportedly expressed their disappointment on Twitter towards the end as West seemingly kept talking instead of performing his music.
Still laughing at Kanye West's self righteous rant and diva demands to the camera men.. The massive boos were awkward!!! #wireless
— Rachel Webb (@rachelwebb1986) July 4, 2014
Kanye West getting boos just proves that arrogance gets you nowhere
— Izzie Atkinson (@IzzieAtkinson) July 4, 2014
The first time I have ever heard boos at a concert weirdly coincides with the first time I have seen @kanyewest in concert #wirelessfestival
— Gemma Beeley (@GemmaBeeley) July 4, 2014
If West wants to redeem himself to festival fans, he has another chance to do it. Kanye will be performing again tonight after Drake was forced to pull out due to an illness.


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SACRAMENTO (AP) — Small nonprofits offering insurance plans on California's health care exchange are lagging well behind major insurers in sign-ups, potentially undermining a key goal of the federal Affordable Care Act, which sought to drive down costs by increasing competition.
Across the U.S., community nonprofits and co-op insurers have struggled with a lack of brand recognition and, in some cases, offering policies that were priced to compete with the big insurance companies.
California does not have co-op insurers, which are owned by plan holders and backed by federal loans, but it does have seven regional insurers linked to nonprofits and public programs competing on the Covered California exchange.
Those nonprofits accounted for less than 5 percent of the 880,000 enrollments on the state's health insurance exchange by the end of February, the most recent figures made available that break down enrollment by insurer. Since then, sign-ups have topped 1.2 million.
Four large insurers dominate the market: Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California and Health Net.
With open enrollment nearly over in the state, the small insurers are looking beyond the sign-up figures to determine whether the exchanges will be financially viable for them.
San Francisco-based Chinese Community Health Plan appeals to the city's sizeable Chinese-speaking population with employees and materials tailored to their language and including familiar health centers in its network.
Competing on the state's Covered California exchange provided an opportunity to attract new customers with the HMO's low sticker price after losing other policyholders to competitors and expanded Medicaid eligibility. Larry Loo, the plan's business development and operations director, says his organization received 12,000 applications, double its target, and has retained about 80 percent of existing members, just shy of its 85 percent goal.
He calls the plan's performance "OK" and says it is focused on the next step of paying out claims and complying with federal regulations.
"We are like a rounding error for a lot of these big health plans," Loo said. "The risk is really scaling up for all the complexities that come with the exchange business."
Sharp Health Plan, owned by a San Diego regional health care provider, has received about 10,000 applications, or a 10 percent share of the area market, in its first foray into the individual market.
CEO Melissa Hayden-Cook said the financial viability of competing on the Covered California health exchange will not be clear until months after the first year people have policies.
"It takes time to know how the business model is going to perform," she said. "But with federal protection to help offset some of those risks, we're cautiously optimistic."
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Small nonprofits offering insurance plans on California's health care exchange are lagging well behind major insurers in sign-ups, potentially undermining a key goal of the federal Affordable Care Act, which sought to drive down costs by increasing competition.


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Inflation Continues To Outpace Teacher Salary Growth
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I hope you receive this column in good faith. My name is Steve Hofstetter, son of the late Umbequeye Hofstetter, crown prince of the Nigerian Oil and Excess Money Council, and I need your help stealing some stuff.
If you've ever gotten an email like that, hopefully you deleted it without bothering to read the second paragraph. Nothing sounds more believable than a stranger e-mailing you about helping him funnel money out of the account of a deceased millionaire.
The basic scam is thus - they convince you to give up your bank account info so they can funnel money in it. Instead, they funnel money out of it. It's a high tech version of someone asking you to open your wallet and turn your back so that they can put a few bucks in there.
If you've ever fallen for this scam, put down this column and get immediate government assistance. Not to recover your money, but to protect yourself from your own lack of common sense. March straight to your local Stupidity Bureau and register your name immediately. If you are even smart enough to spell it.
The funniest part about someone falling for this scam is how excited they probably were when they first got the email. "This must be my lucky day! True, I've never heard of this guy. And if I type his name into a search engine, several hundred hoax websites come up. And yes, I'm female and he called me sir. But I really want to trust this man. And who among us hasn't wanted to screw the Nigerian government?"
My first clue that this was a scam was that I am a stand-up comedian, and there's no way any financial director is going to trust me with anything more than subway fare. My second clue was that I get 12 of these messages a day, making it very difficult to believe the authenticity of any one in particular. The likelihood that I can help with one Nigerian Petroleum company is slim. But 12? Now you're just talking crazy.
The third and perhaps most poignant sign that this was a fraud was its arrival via email. If you ever get a coupon, sweepstakes, bill, love letter, message from your mother, or anything else, if it came over email it's probably phony. If this guy is sitting on twenty-five million dollars, he can afford a 37-cent stamp to send an actual letter. Or even an 80-cent stamp if the guy actually does live in Nigeria.
I decided to write back to the latest guy, Christopher Adeniyi, to see what would happen. Okay, so I really did it because I needed a few more paragraphs on this column.
"Dear Mr. Adeniyi - I thank you to have written me. By coincidence, I am also operating an account for a deceased millionaire involved in the petroleum industry. Perhaps we can trade accounts? Sincerely, Dr. Hercules Rockefeller"
I never heard back from him. Perhaps he thought that my letter was a scam. I sent him another one just in case.
"Chris - Hey, I don't know if you got my last message, but this money is really burning a hole in my pocket. Hit me back with your bank account and stuff and I'll give you some. Peace, Steveo."
And since he STILL didn't respond, I tried one more time.
"My Dearest Christopher. It has been a fortnight since I have heard the sweet song of my email dinging to tell me I've received your letter. I yearn to read the grade-school grammar of your half-caps lock correspondence. Please respond soon, as I am tired of carrying around all of this money. Sincerely, your sweetness."
After still receiving nothing in return, I sent him 34 more letters later that day. I'm beginning to think this guy isn't the Financial Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at all!
I do not feel sorry for anyone who has fallen for this type of scam. Just like I don't feel sorry for people who spill hot coffee on their laps, eat too much fatty food, or die bungee jumping. It is your fault. Take responsibility for your own stupidity. Use this incident to learn a little something about life. And send me your bank account info. Because I know this guy in Nigeria...


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A construction supervisor at Camp Pendleton pleaded not guilty to a bribery charge Friday in a case in which federal prosecutors contend he wrangled bribes from businesses seeking work on the sprawling base.
Natividad "Nate" Lara Cervantes, 64, was arrested March 28 in a sting operation set up by the FBI, during which he accepted a $10,000 cash payment in an envelope. The money was handed over by an informant who was cooperating with the government and is also under investigation in a kickback scheme. The informant has not been identified and no details on the kickback scheme have been released.
Cervantes allegedly referred to himself as the "Godfather at Camp Pendleton" because of the influence he had over construction contracts. The $10,000 in cash was supposed to be the first payment of a $40,000 bribe for getting a $4 million contract for flooring at the Marine base.
The cooperating witness told investigators that Cervantes had been extorting bribes since 2008, and once arranged to have a granddaughter get a job, according to a complaint filed in the case. The cooperating witness also alleged Cervantes told him he normally gets 3 percent of a contract's value as payment.
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Cervantes has been free on $20,000 bail. He worked as the Facilities Support Contracts Manager at Camp Pendleton.