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Blue Angels grounding may sink Fleet Week
The future of San Francisco's annual Fleet Week was thrown into doubt Tuesday when the Navy grounded the show's star attraction, the Blue Angels precision flying team, citing federal budget cuts.
Officials said they would try to salvage an event that draws as many as 1 million visitors to the northern waterfront each fall, many of them to watch the half-dozen F/A-18 fighter jets shriek overhead in tight formation.
But J. Michael Myatt, a retired Marine Corps major general who heads the Fleet Week organizing group, acknowledged that without the Blue Angels, it might not be possible to stage the Parade of Ships naval flotilla and an air show featuring lesser attractions.
"It is an economic issue, because it's very expensive," Myatt said. "Without the Blue Angels, it's difficult for us to raise the money to put that on.
"There likely will not be an air show without the Blue Angels," Myatt said, and the Parade of Ships could be in jeopardy as well because of the Pentagon's budget cuts.
Myatt said this year's Fleet Week, scheduled for Oct. 12 and 13, might still include other types of military demonstrations such as those showcasing humanitarian assistance and disaster preparedness.
'Not good news'
Those would be unlikely, however, to draw the kinds of crowds that flock to see the Blue Angels.
"Clearly, it's not good news, but it's something we have been talking about," said Christine Falvey, spokeswoman for Mayor Ed Lee. "The economic impact of Fleet Week is significant. We're going to find a way to make it work."
The Blue Angels perform all over the country for eight months of the year, but they don't come cheap - the Navy says the team's annual budget is $35 million. On Tuesday, the service said that was a luxury the Pentagon could no longer afford, because of the budget cuts known as sequestration.
The Navy canceled the Blue Angels' 30 remaining performances for 2013, and said there were no promises the jets would be back in the skies next year.
"Recognizing budget realities, current defense policy states that outreach events can only be supported with local assets at no cost to the government," the Navy said in a statement.
Sequestration is the term for $85 billion in cuts, divided between military spending and social programs, that Congress and the Obama administration agreed to in 2011 as part of the deal to raise the federal debt ceiling. The cuts were supposed to provide incentive for Republicans and Democrats to agree to a deficit-reduction package more palatable to both sides, but lawmakers couldn't come up with such a package and sequestration took effect in March.
Pilots in Pensacola
Blue Angels pilots will continue to "maintain flying proficiency" at the team's home base in Pensacola, Fla., said Navy spokesman Lt. Aaron Kakiel.
"The only people more disappointed than the fans about the cancellation are the Blue Angels themselves," Kakiel said.
The Blue Angels, consisting of Navy and Marine Corps personnel, perform not only to impress crowds with their high-flying, earsplitting aerial maneuvers, but also to encourage children to consider a career in the armed forces.
But the team's absence this year will surely come as a relief to many others who have long complained about the jets' noise and questioned whether it is safe for them to fly over the city during the show and two days of warm-up maneuvers. They have pointed to Blue Angels crashes such as one in 2007 that killed a pilot at an air show in South Carolina.
The Blue Angels last skipped Fleet Week in 2004, opting for a Hawaiian date instead. They were replaced that year by the Snowbirds, a slower, quieter Canadian outfit of nine CT-144 Tutors that described itself as "aerial ballet."
'Peace and quiet'
The absence of the roaring U.S. jet fighters this year will be welcomed by Donald Hermann, 86, who has a bird's-eye view of the Angels every fall from his North Point high-rise.
The no-show will be "a bit of a relief, just for the peace and quiet for a change," Hermann said. "I'll just celebrate."
His opinion wasn't shared by politicians who treasure the tourist dollars that Fleet Week brings in.
"While some residents won't miss the jet noise," said Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, "Fleet Week has been a major economic boost to our city, with 1 million spectators, and is an unfortunate casualty of Washington's budget crisis."
Supervisor Mark Farrell, whose district includes part of the northern waterfront, called the news "very disappointing" but said the city would have to move on. "The San Francisco Board of Supervisors tries to be very active, but I think going up against the Department of Defense would be a fruitless endeavor," he said.
Jim Lazarus, senior vice president at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, said Fleet Week is "one of the biggest draws around the bay, and it would be a shame to lose the air show and lose the Parade of Ships."
But Lazarus added, "This may be the best year, if any, that we could kind of get by without a loss - because we have the America's Cup in the summer and fall."
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @henryklee


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It turns out that joins of simplicial sets are fairly easy to define, but hard to manage. In lots of cases, we'd like to compute what a join is, does it look like a horn?, a boundary?, etc? and identify it as such, so we can figure out when our morphisms from the join have certain nice properties like being anodyne, having lifting properties, and all of that wonderful stuff.
For example, consider the join, $\Lambda^n_j \star \Delta^m$. The problem that I currently face is, I can't tell what this thing looks like from the definition.
Consider an even simpler case, $\Delta^n \star \partial \Delta^m$. From the definition, we get a very nasty definition of this join, and I'm having trouble applying it and computing the join in terms of nicer simplicial sets.
I ask this, because on p.62 of Higher Topos Theory by Lurie, for example, he states that for some $0 < j \leq n$ $$\Lambda^n_j \star \Delta^m \coprod_{\Lambda^n_j \star \partial \Delta^m} \Delta^n \star \partial \Delta^m$$ and says that we can identify this with the horn $\Lambda^{n+m+1}_j$. Unraveling the definitions seems to make it harder to understand, and I just don't see how this result was achieved. However, my aim here is to understand how the computation was actually carried out, since it is completely omitted.
For convenience, here is the definition of the join of $S$ and $S'$ for each object $J \in \Delta$ $$(S\star S')(J)=\coprod_{J=I\cup I'}S(I) \times S'(I')$$ Where $\forall (i \in I \land i' \in I') i < i'$, which implies that $I$ and $I'$ are disjoint.
EDIT AFTER ANSWER: Both Reid and Greg provided good answers to the question, and I only accepted the one that I did because Greg commented more recently. So for anyone reading this at some point in the future, read both answers, as they are both good.


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Possible arrangements
Two solutions can be proposed for the vertical shaft washing machine:
- two deep groove ball bearings
- one deep groove ball bearing placed near the pulley and 2-3 needle roller bearings in the agitator body
The ball bearings commonly used have heavy contact seals to prevent the ingress of contaminants from the outside environment. Higher than normal internal radial clearances are suggested in order to compensate for the tight press-fit of the bearing outer ring inside the housing. The application commonly calls for greases with high temperature capability.


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Former ANTHRAX frontman Neil Turbin is continuing to lay down vocals to his long-awaited solo offering, entitled Threatcon Delta, at California's Jet City Studios for a late 2002 release through Metal Mayhem Records. Among the tracks set to appear on the forthcoming CD are the following:
01. Blue Screen of Death
02. Welcome to the Rat Race
03. Dog Eat Everything
04. Get Outta My Face
05. Piece Of Me
06. Cut To The Chase
07. Keep The Fire
08. Vigilante Justice
In related news, NEIL TURBIN guitarist Ronnie Borchert will perform a concert with his band AMSTERDAM at the Beverly Center Hard Rock Cafe alongside Orange County's SECOND CHANCE tonight, Sunday, June 16th. Show starts at 8:30 PM.


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Broadband speed-test results for T-Mobile's HSPA+ network
I'm at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport waiting for my (delayed) file to Orange County. I was having trouble connecting to Sky Harbor's free Wi-Fi and so I decided to tether to my G2. The phone was showing all four bars on the HSPA+ network and so I decided to run a speed test. This is what I got:
The average speed for T-Mobile as reported by speedtest.net is around 2Mbps, so I'm surprised that mine is so high. I ran a few more tests and I got results between 2.5Mbps and 3.5Mbps. What bothers me the most is that T-Mobile's mobile network provides a better upload speed than the measly 896Kbps that Qwest gives me.


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Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.
CNN's Ivan Watson talks about the importance of Iran's upcoming elections and what everyday life is like inside the country.
The same government will be reelected. It like the old days of cool war until the Russia invaded Afghanistan and ran out of money. then we saw change. Iran has the money through it oil so they can afford to continued the same pass. I think Israel will is barking up the wrong tree, the China will not finance a war against Iran. US can not afford another endless war the way Gorge Bush got us into. There will be no change in Iran government except more sword wavering as it is their custom, but I know Wolf will make a big thing of it!
Is there any doubt about the outcome of the elections in Iran? What are the possibilities that the current government in Iran would be voted out? If the answer is nil to zero, then the implications are - nothing different from today's situation
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It's just a work in progress at the moment, but I'd appreciate some help, again.
I'm writing a program for a delivery service where there are following conditions.
For orders worth less than £25 the delivery charge is £3.00.
Orders worth at least £25 but less than £100 are delivered free.
Orders worth £100 or more are delivered free and in addition the
customer receives a free gift. I prompt the user to enter the order value, and tell him/her which band he comes under.
This is what I have so far, and it doesn't seem to be it, evidently.
I'd love some help, pleaseCode:<html> <body> <script type='text/javascript'> // A delivery charge program var ordervalue; // how much the order is worth ordervalue = window.prompt ('How much is the order worth in Pounds Sterling?',''); str='The value of your order is £' + ordervalue; if (ordervalue <= 25) str='Your delivery will cost £3 as your order value is £' + ordervalue'; if (ordervalue > 25 && ordervalue < 100) { str='Your delivery is free as your order value is £' + ordervalue'; }else str='You will receive a free gift and delivery is free as your order value is £' + ordervalue; alert(str); // to output a result to see it is works! </script> </body> </html>


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Forum Post: write your senator & representative to support this bill
Posted 7 years ago on Feb. 14, 2013, 10:26 a.m. EST by bensdad
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Constitutional Amendment XXVIII Introduced in Congress
Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations
by Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN) & Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) Feb 11, 2013
Section 1. [Artificial Entities Such as Corporations Do Not Have Constitutional Rights] The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only. Artificial entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law. The privileges of artificial entities shall be determined by the People, through Federal, State, or local law, and shall not be construed to be inherent or inalienable.
Section 2. [Money is Not Free Speech] Federal, State, and local government shall regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures, including a candidate's own contributions and expenditures, to ensure that all citizens, regardless of their economic status, have access to the political process, and that no person gains, as a result of their money, substantially more access or ability to influence in any way the election of any candidate for public office or any ballot measure. Federal, State, and local government shall require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed. The judiciary shall not construe the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment.
Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Congress Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations by Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN) & Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Respond to Hundreds of Local Resolutions Calling for "We the People" Amendment - The movement for constitutional reforms that would end what organizers call "corporate rule" has arrived in the chambers of Congress. This morning, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined Move to Amend by announcing their sponsorship of the "We the People" Amendment, which clearly and unequivocally states that: Rights recognized under the Constitution belong to human beings only, and not to government-created artificial legal entities such as corporations and limited liability companies; and
Political campaign spending is not a form of speech protected under the First Amendment.
In making the announcement, lead sponsor Rep. Rick Nolan, said: "It's time to take the shaping and molding of public policy out of corporate boardrooms, away from the corporate lobbyists, and put it back in city halls – back with county boards and state legislatures – and back in the Congress where it belongs."
Ben Manski, a spokesperson for Move to Amend, agreed, saying: "Today, members of Congress join a movement that insists on the fundamental equality of all Americans, and that rejects the idea that the corporate class should have special protections against We the People." The Move to Amend coalition was formed in 2009 in preparation for the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. Today, the coalition of nearly 260,000 people and hundreds of organizations has helped to pass nearly 500 resolutions in municipalities and local governments across the country calling on the state and federal governments to adopt this amendment. The Move to Amend coalition makes a point of differentiating themselves from the other proposals that have come forward in response to Citizens United. "In every single community where Americans have had the opportunity to call for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw corporate personhood, they have seized it and voted yes overwhelmingly, stated George Friday, Move to Amend spokesperson. "The Citizens United decision is not the cause, it is a symptom. We must remove big money and special interests from the legal and political process entirely."


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The victory of the Zionist movement was won despite long odds, desperate hardships and grievous costs in blood. The men and women who battled those odds did so in the face of the conventional wisdom of their day that told them they had no chance of forcing the British Empire to make good on its promise to create a National Home for the Jews or to defeat an Arab and Muslim world determined to crush the newborn state of Israel. They needed not only courage but also an iron will and the patience to bear great suffering while never losing sight of their goal.
No person embodied those attributes more than Yitzhak Shamir, the underground resistance fighter who would one day become Israel's seventh prime minister.
Shamir left the prime minister's office 20 years ago. In the time that has passed since then, Israel has changed greatly as its economy expanded and transformed a once poor country into an economic dynamo. It has also endured a failed peace process, fought wars and dealt with terrorist offensives as a subsequent generation of political leaders took up the mantle of power and sometimes succumbed to illusions about the country's neighbors that never afflicted Shamir. His time in power as well as the period of the great struggles in his life seem like a very long time ago, and it is more than possible most Israelis, let alone foreign friends of the Jewish state, have largely forgotten him or regard him as merely a figure who connects the periods when it was governed by the more famous Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin.
But he is no mere footnote to history. The lessons of Shamir's life and his tenure in power (he served longer as Israel's prime minister than anyone other than David Ben-Gurion) could serve the country well today and in the future.
Though he was prime minister for a total of seven years, Shamir, like Begin, looked back to his days as a young man fighting for Israel's independence as the most important period of his life.
After the War of Independence, Shamir's underground skills were made good use of by the country's Mossad intelligence agency where, among other exploits, he helped lead those who killed some of the former Nazi rocket scientists who were working in Egypt to create new weapons to kill Jews. His political career began in the 1970s as Begin united the nationalist and centrist parties, creating the Likud, and finally ending Labor's monopoly on power in 1977. He became foreign minister in 1980 and held that post until 1986. He served two separate stints as foreign minister beginning in 1983 and left office for the last time in 1992.
That such a quiet, even secretive person should hold such high public offices for so long seems incredible. And he was often criticized during his time in power for his lack of inspirational rhetoric and his unwillingness to play the role of a great man. His political vision was as low key as his manner of speaking. He simply sought to defend Israel against its enemies and to not allow its friends to weaken it for the sake of the hope of peace. This was a formula that infuriated the left, which preferred Shimon Peres's high-flown talk about peace in a "new Middle East" as well as his own right wing, which looked to articulate spokesmen such as the young Benjamin Netanyahu as better leaders for the country. It also angered Americans such as President George H.W. Bush and his secretary of state, James Baker.
Yet in retrospect, Shamir's cool, patient leadership style seems to have been far wiser than either Peres's dreamy belief in the Palestinians' desire for peace or those on the right who thought their rhetoric could persuade the West to see things from Israel's point of view.
Shamir was a man whose life experience had been forged by European anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and the War of Independence. But rather than this limiting his understanding of the world as his critics charged, it gave him the foresight to avoid the traps that snare more idealistic leaders. For that he was accused of living in the past, of lacking imagination and of seeing only enemies and struggle.


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Egyptians young and old, educated or illiterate—and unprecedented numbers of women—were early to rise and quick to line outside polling stations to participate in the first free elections in 30 years, nine months after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak.
News and analysis of Egypt's elections have been largely about looming dangers and uncertainties facing the country, the violence and divisions of recent weeks, and the worries and skepticism of the International Community.
But for Egyptians, Tunisians, and anyone who has ever experienced life under a dictatorship, the site of people lining up to vote is cause for jubilation and the most reassuring sign that the revolution is working.
Some Egyptian activists chose to boycott the election, partly because they feel the same old guard is in charge of the process—"a circus," one Egyptian blogger and activist called it (Al Jazeera). A complicated and staggered election system (Reuters), hundreds of parliamentary seats to fill, thousands of unknown candidates, and even the predictability of results (CFR), are all less than ideal circumstances. But Egyptian voters deserve their day of pride and jubilation. Considering voter turnout, and the remarkable engagement of youth and women voters, they also deserve to be hopeful and be trusted with their future.
The New Arab Revolt, an e-book published by the Council of Foreign Relations in May of this year, begins with a reference toPortugal's 1974 "carnation revolution," a bloodless military coup that ended 48 years of fascist ruling. I remember walking to the market after school that day in April and wondering about the cheers in the distance. Soldiers stood on armored cars circling the market, while vendors and shoppers clapped, cheered, and threw flowers. In those days, the country had but two state-run TV channels which aired only in the afternoon and evening. It was mostly word-of-mouth that spread news of the revolution, and with such limited means of speech, it's hard to imagine how the people, instead of the military, could have overthrown the regime. Tumultuous years of political and social upheaval would follow, but the democratic process was nonetheless established.
Nearly a year ago, one young Tunisian man—Mohamed Bouazizi—could not have imagined the revolutions his tragic protest would spark across the Middle East(see this interactive timeline at The Guardian). The human cost of these movements must be present to individual countries and the International Community, as they choose their place in this new world order. But youth, their aspirations and demands, have been at heart and helm of these bold revolutions. Media and technology have played a powerful role in mobilizing protesters and exposing authoritarian rulers and regimes. Political consciousness and solidarity have given shape and strength to civil societies, making it increasingly difficult for recalcitrant establishments to go unchallenged.
And that's enough to feel hopeful for Egyptians as they go to the polls.
[Note: This post appeared in the Huffington Post]


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Sing your darts out for the lads
Next weekend promises to be one to remember and no mistake. Cynical Dave and I are continuing our support of football at grass roots level as frankly (Mr Shankly) the pair of us are sick and bored of the Premier League. The revolution starts here.
On Saturday we pay a visit to the finest stadium in non league football to witness our first ever Kent local derby. We're off to the ecologically sound (!) Princes Park for the Dartford v Maidstone grudge match in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
Genuine excitement surrounds this fixture and as if it couldn't get any more rip-roaring, we've been promised a KARAOKE NIGHT in the main bar after the match. Cynical Dave is threatening to pull out his karaoke signature dish for the evening. If you are within a few hundred miles of Dartford - I think you know what to do - see you there.
I'm not sure who writes my scripts but this match marks my 180th ground visited. You couldn't make it up. Seeing a team nicknamed The Darts at your one huuuuundred and eiiiiightieth stadium. Fantastic.
On Sunday we will be joined by EFW regular Big Deaks and occasional attendee Greeno for the trip to Oxford. In the EFW office we refer to these days as D.D.O's (Domestic Days Out). For this one we'll be seeing our favourite calamity club 'Lewes FC'. We just can't get enough of them. The match will take place at Oxford's Kassam Stadium which (fact fans) is currently a three sided ground. Can you name any others!? Answers on a postcard to the usual address please.
In other news - look out for an imminent EFW press release later on this week. This may well occur on our sister site over on Facebook (feel free to join).
For those of you who prefer me to be writing about our European Football Weekends (nice name for an award winning blog that -Ed) - fear not - in just two weeks time we're heading off to French France for a weekend of fun and frolics over there. St Etienne, Bordeaux, Grenoble Foot 38, PSG.....bring 'em all on. Exciting times eh!?


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Roller encoder units
SKF roller encoder units (fig. 1, product table) are plug-and-play sensor bearing units designed for applications with outer ring rotation.
The encoder units:
- incorporate a sealed 6201 SKF Explorer deep groove ball bearing, which is lubricated for the life of the bearing
- can be easily integrated into pulleys, cams, rollers, or wheels to provide a compact outer ring rotation encoder assembly
- can be supplied, on request, complete with customized gears, wheels or pulleys
Sensor technology
SKF roller encoder units use similar sensors as SKF motor encoder units. They provide two signals, which can be used to determine relative position, speed, acceleration and direction of movement. The requirements for the receiving interface are the same as for SKF motor encoder units.


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Hundreds of women who received faulty breast implants gathered Wednesday in a makeshift courthouse in the south of France for the fraud trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill tens of thousands of implants that were sold around the world.
Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran implant-maker Poly Implant Prothese, is among those on trial in the southern city of Marseille. The now-defunct company had claimed its factory in France exported to more than 60 countries and was one of the world's leading implant makers.
The implants, which officials say are prone to rupture and leaking, were not sold in the United States, but more than 125,000 women worldwide received them until sales ended in March 2010. Of those, more than 5,000 are joining the trial, saying the executives misled them into believing the implants were safe.
Mas' lawyers said the number of women listed in the case as victims is the largest in French judicial history and said the trial was too unwieldy to continue. The packed hearing room had six large-screen televisions placed at even intervals to allow even those at the back to see, and judges frequently admonished spectators into silence.
"He didn't have to be present - he could have said he was sick, which he is," said Yves Haddad, Mas' lawyer. "He was ready to be here and to answer questions, and thinking about those who joined the case, even if it seems odd to some."
Nathalie De Michel, who received the implants, said Wednesday she wanted Mas to acknowledge responsibility.
"We have the impression that he doesn't care. I want him at least to recognize that he made mistakes. When you fight against cancer, you fight to survive, and if after they put some garbage in your body, what's the point of fighting for life?"
Mas declined comment as he entered the convention center - which was turned into a courthouse to host all those participating in the trial - in order to face the women for the first time. He has said he never intended harm and his lawyers said the company's failure ruined him financially - a claim that drew angry murmurs from the crowd on Wednesday.
The vast majority of the implants were for cosmetic reasons. The rest were for breast reconstruction, often following cancer surgery. Within France, about a quarter of the implants malfunctioned, most by rupturing and leaking silicone, according to a government tally released earlier this month.
Doctors and scientists who have followed the case say medical complications stemming from the ruptures and leaks appear to be limited even when the implants rupture: rashes and localized pain were the most common complaints. But lawyers for the women - more than 300 from around the world who joined the month-long trial - say the full effects will not be known for years to come.
Nathalie Lozano, a Colombian lawyer who said she represents 1,500 women she says have had problems with the PIP implants, said she came to Marseille to seek justice for clients she says lack the resources to pay for follow-up care.
"I could name very difficult cases of women who don't even have means to undergo exams and know what state their implants are in," she said. "They know that they are dangerous implants and nevertheless they don't even have a way to know if their implants are broken inside their body, if eventually this substance will leak into their body."
The implants in question were not sold in the U.S., where concerns about silicone gel implants overall led to a 14-year ban on their use. Silicone implants were brought back to the market in 2006 after research ruled out cancer, lupus and some other concerns, but the FDA still cautions that implants of any kind can rupture or cause other problems.
The French government recommended that women have their PIP implants removed as a precaution, and about a third of Frenchwomen who had the implants did so, according to the April 2013 government report.
In Britain, the government left the choice up to women and their doctors, but recommended that the implants be removed if there was a sign of rupture.
The company ultimately went out of business, and regulators across Europe began demanding calls for tighter oversight of medical devices.
According to various government estimates, over 42,000 women in Britain received the implants, more than 30,000 in France, 25,000 in Brazil and 15,000 in Colombia. Venezuela, where PIP implants were hugely popular, offered free removals for the estimated 16,000 women with the implants, as did France.
Mas, his deputy Claude Couty, the quality director Hannelore Font, technical director Loic Gossart, and products chief Thierry Brinon face the possibility of five years in prison if convicted.
"Women have lost their jobs because of him, their health because of him," said Joelle Manighetti, a French woman who received the implants after breast cancer surgery and blogs about her experiences. "With the way he has treated us from the beginning, I'm not expecting much from him."
Associated Press writer Libardo Cardona contributed from Bogota, Colombia.
Follow Lori Hinnant at https://twitter.com/lhinnant


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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced LTE Receiver Measurements as a software upgrade to its proven drive test platform, protecting customers' previous investments in receiver hardware and offering multiple tests that accelerate deployment of LTE networks.
Network equipment manufacturers and wireless service providers can use the software on Agilent receivers to quickly verify base station RF coverage, plot accurate coverage maps and validate planning, all of which speeds the deployment of LTE networks. The Agilent platform offers the most practical and least costly option for initial field testing, and reduces the need for a large number of far more expensive "rack-and-stack" test phones. The LTE drive test system is one of many Agilent "Measurement Solutions for a Mobile World" that it will demonstrate at Stand D45, Hall 1, at Mobile World Congress.
Since the Agilent drive test platform already supports all major established wireless technologies, a receiver with the software enhancement will not only measure LTE - P-SCH, S-SCH RSSI and LTE Cell-ID - but also provide simultaneous coverage of older 2G and 3G networks. Although LTE is the first truly global standard, it will co-exist with the earlier networks, and the enhanced platform enables simultaneous measurements of LTE and the existing technologies. An Agilent receiver can measure up to eight frequency bands - far more than competitive products - which eliminates the need to carry additional receivers into the field. The platform is the most flexible solution of its kind.
"Agilent receivers are an example of our company's general strategy of developing hardware that can be enhanced with software as network technologies evolve," said Todd Biddle, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Network Solutions Division. "This strategy cuts our customers' capital investments over the long term and, in the case of LTE receiver measurements, it enables current owners of Agilent receivers to integrate LTE testing with tests of existing networks. This integration is a compelling reason to choose Agilent."


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About BongoBern
MAJikMARCer has put it neatly in a nutshell. Good job, mate!
What's the phrase about no good deed going unpunished?
John Mica's a Republican - he oughta know!
If they can ignore us - we can ignore them.
Does Congress actually know anything about this?
I use a DVR to record shows with commercials - that I can skip through. Until the TV becomes seamless with Inet (god forbid) this seems like the way to go since I have to have a subscription/account anyway.
Seems to me, as in cases we've seen, we NEED to be filming public officials in action. I said "public," we hire them with our tax money and it's only fair that we know how our money is being spent. All it requires on the part of law enforcement is a little restraint if violence is unnecessary. I know their adrenaline's up and they're mad as hell, but not every takedown requires physical retribution.
Does that mean a "retweet" is infringement?
There's an excess of Texas which is what most of us don't like about it.
Seems like time is flowing backwards in Brazil.
If you are tweeting and receiving tweets concerning court cases then you are getting information, MAY be getting information that is inadmissible or contaminate to the proceedings. The judge orders the jury not to discuss the case and they should be willing to accept that. I'm not sure about jail time for this but stiff fines would be appropriate.
This is why we so distrust, if not dislike, if not loathe corporate think. Why Romney, Perry, and the Republicans should champion a new cause instead of corporate coddling. Pay not to use?! Like adding gas tax to someone with no car, or requiring "no car" insurance. Like taking 25$ off the cost of a plane ticket and charging 25$ for a piece of luggage. This is insane, absurd and, apparently, inevitable.
This is getting out of hand. It's as bad as the tax code and needs to be wayyyy simplified.
Fair use applies to all. No permits required. Irritating to see a "Goldline: The only gold company Glenn Beck recommends." ad underneath all of this - as if Glenn Beck wasn't a payed shill. Glenn Beck? Drech. A madman tilting at windmills.
Does not remotely sound like - well it "sounds" like "Ice Age" but not exactly. The "D" would indicate that it's not about mammoths and sabre-tooth tigers, and more about spotted cubes. I'm not sure how cold dice can get, though Lady Luck can freeze you out. Still, we've never found any frozen gamblers from the "ice" age. Unless you count the hunters who went after mammoths and tigers with stone tipped sticks!
I would think that a spokesman, or representative of a company would have to be aware of the image the company wants to present in public. A bit of free speech can entangle itself in public perception of the company. This may be a little overbearing, but Hanes is within its rights to terminate a contract it sees as harmful to public recognition.
I would think that a spokesman, or representative of a company would have to be aware of the image the company wants to present in public. A bit of free speech can entangle itself in public perception of the company. This may be a little overbearing, but Hanes is within its rights to terminate a contract it sees as harmful to public recognition.
The judge is obviously borrowing from earlier expressions of law. If I have a picture of me walking my dog in front of a wildly colored billboard, am I also guilty of crossing La Chapelle? As Gracey said, "You can't copyright an idea..." Think "parody" or "improvisation."
I just don't see Anonymous or WikiLeaks being manipulated by anybody. That's the whole point, isn't it?
It was always easier to ask "how do you spell..." instead of looking it up in the dictionary. I remembered if I had to look it up, not so much if I was told. I used to be a good speller until spell check came along, now not so much. In fact spell check often changes a word I don't want it to change and I DON'T notice! Now that's bag.


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The fruit trees in my backyard have quite a bit of grapefruit in the upper branches. This leftover fruit requires quite a bit of extra effort including scrounging up a fruit picker that still works. More importantly, I actually have to think about picking the tops of the trees. Interestingly, exactly the same thing happens with genealogical research.
Finding your entire family in the U.S. Census on the first try, is like low hanging fruit. It takes some effort but not nearly the effort that more obscure records and sources require. Fair weather genealogists are satisfied with low hanging fruit. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going. On the other hand, why ignore the low hanging fruit? If its there, grab it and use it.


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It wasn't much, but it did the job.
After 355 days without an inch of accumulation in one day, 1.1 inch was recorded Friday morning at O'Hare International Airport, officially breaking the area's snow-less streak, according to the National Weather Service. The last storm of an inch or more occurred last February
What did fall didn't do much to change the area's snow totals. Chicago saw 12.9 inches by this time last year compared to 2.8 so far this winter. Our average is 18.3 inches.
But while it was only a dusting in most areas, it still created trouble on the roads. As of 7 a.m. 12 crashes were reported. An eight-vehicle crash was reported around 6 a.m. on the inbound Kennedy Expressway in the express lanes approaching Ogden causing only minor injuries. There was a second crash in the inbound lanes at Armitage in the express lanes as well as several other minor accidents just before the I-90/I-94 split.
Aside from the light snow, the main weather story of the week was the cold temperatures. All week Chicagoans dealt with temperatures in the 20s, teens and single digits, with wind chills well below zero.
"This is actually quite an impressive mass of cold air," Richard Castro, a meteorologist at the weather service's office in Romeoville, said this week.
Morning Snow Officially Ends Chicago's Record Drought
The last storm of an inch or more occurred last February
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AJ McCarron: 'I feel like I've been disrespected'
AJ McCarron won two BCS titles while playing at Alabama.
During his time in Tuscaloosa, the Crimson Tide was the nation's dominant program.
And as he moves closer to being drafted, he still feels that he's been disrespected.
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"I feel like I've been disrespected my whole college career because I won," McCarron said in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine. "And that's usually the knock on me is deep ball and that we won, and I won behind NFL talent, which is crazy because when you get to the NFL, you're playing with NFL talent. It's not like we didn't play anybody. We played in the SEC — to me the best conference in college football."
In four seasons at Alabama — he started from 2011-13 — McCarron completed 66.9 percent of his passes for 9,019 yards, 77 touchdowns and just 15 interceptions. Last season he was runner-up in the Heisman voting to Jameis Winston. He won the Maxwell Award, given to the nation's top player.
McCarron elected to not play in the Senior Bowl. Instead, he will throw Sunday at the Combine, getting the opportunity to prove to scouts and skeptics that he can throw the deep ball.
There was talk at the Combine that McCarron — projected anywhere between the second and fifth round — could end up in New England.
"It's almost like New England is the Alabama of pro football," he told reporters. "Coach (Nick) Saban learned under coach (Bill) Belichick. It would be almost déjà vu in a way."
McCarron even compared himself to Tom Brady.
"When it comes to similarities, I think from body build to how we were talked about coming out of college, I think Tom Brady," McCarron told reporters. "I think we play the game the same way. He still moves in the pocket pretty well to get away from blitzes, and everybody doubted his arm strength coming out, and he's turned out pretty good so far, I would say."


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When a couple goes on Maury aka the most electrifying daytime talk show on television to prove who's the father of a baby, it's usually a sordid tale of lying, cheating and deceit. But no story can ever get better than this: Joe, the alleged baby daddy, accuses Tom from freaking MySpace of being the real father of his girlfriend's baby because Tom was her very first friend on MySpace.
Joe thinks Tom is his girlfriend's "special friend", which combined with the baby's light complexion and blue eyes and the fact that Tom was the first and only white guy on his girlfriend's friend list and the fact that Joe has a few screws loose in his head, well, makes the answer obvious to Joe. Tom is the baby daddy. The hijinks in the video are RIDICULOUS.
Ah, a modern day love triangle. I wonder how many other relationships Tom from MySpace has digitally ruined. [The Daily What]
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Silver Streak
The train movie has always been a favorite genre of mine (Horror Express, Runaway Train, Narrow Margin, Emperor of the North Pole, etc). Going back to the silents (The Great Train Robbery) the train trip has been used famously as a murder mystery setting (Murder on the Orient Express, The Lady Vanishes), a place for romance (North by Northwest), action (The Cassandra Crossing, Breakheart Pass), comedy (The General), and horror (Terror Train). In 1976 director Arthur Hiller wasn't exactly sure what genre he wanted - romance, action, comedy. Though sometimes messy, his Silver Streak did mange to breathe some life into the train picture and it ended up being a perfect piece of genre-bending entertainment.
With a screenplay by Colin Higgins, who had written the cult flick Harold and Maude and would go on to write and direct another solid romantic-action-comedy, Foul Play with Chevy Chase, Silver Streak stars Gene Wilder. As one of the era's most unique comic talents, the role feels very un-Wilder-like. Mater of fact it could have been Chase, Elliott Gould, George Segal, Burt Reynolds or any leading man of the mid '70s. It's not until just over the half way mark when Richard Pryor enters and infuses the film with a fresh energy, bringing out the more manic Wilder that audiences had grown to love. After getting a co-screenwriting credit on the Wilder flick Blazing Saddles, but nixed as an actor, Silver Streak would mark Pryor and Wilder's first onscreen comedy together. They would follow it with the sometimes hilarious Stir Crazy and then the mostly terrible Another You and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. But Silver Streak is the film that really best showcases the yin and yang of their different comic styles.Continue Reading


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By Teachers, For Teachers
The power and accessibility of video has created new opportunities for our students. It's a simple fact. I see amazing video examples everyday. Kindergarten through college students are finding and utilizing ways to teach each other through all forms of technology, most notably video, rather than sitting back waiting to be taught by someone else.
I talk a lot about the power of video and media literacy in my blogs, but this particular topic, students teaching students through video, is one that may be closest to my heart.
I witness my students impacting others through video everyday. And, I have been fortunate enough to make connections with other educators and students around the world to learn how they are teaching each other about any relevant topic we all encounter in our schools.
It's really important to understand that the process that students undertake to make a video is incredibly invaluable AND aligned with the Common Core State Standards of media and digital literacy.
Therefore, I decided to compile the top 10 videos and podcasts I have in my library illustrating the power of students teaching students through video.
Film festivals are a wonderful way any school can screen and highlight the video projects your students create. In the state of Connecticut, they go all out! Learn more on this iDig Video podcast on EdReach produced by my good friends Jonathan Furst and James Crawford.
Often students do not understand copyright laws and what they are legally allowed to utilize for school projects or personal use. In this lesson, I have student partners create a Keynote Presentation on specific national court cases involving copyright infringement, lawsuits, and ethical dilemmas. Then, using QuickTime Screen Capture, the students record themselves delivering the presentation on video and we watch as a class.
Mr. Dan Fullerton is a one-of-a-kind Physics teacher that I was fortunate enough to connect with on Twitter. The ways Mr. Fullerton and his students utilize video and technology to learn the inner workings of physics are inspiring. Check out some of Mr. Fullteron's amazing students and learn from their site APlusPhysics.com.
Who would ever think that elementary students could combine music, with art, with video and so much more, to learn about the world around them? Tricia Fuglestad, that's who! This inspirational teacher allows her students the opportunity to truly examine life in many different ways. I don't personally know Tricia, other than through our Twitter connection, but Twitter is a funny phenomenon. You never know how the circle of life will impact us.
Indiana is the home of Franklin County School District. And in that district, there is a teacher with some big ideas. Don Wettrick decided to have his students learn real-life lessons, through the real-life applications of video and social media. This project is the epitome of what all educators should strive to include in their 21st Century classrooms.
I always have to smile when I see former video students and the work they create when they enter college. For one of my former students Abby Sophir, her experience in the Park Scholar Program at Ithaca College, has proven to be life-altering. Abby and one of her classmates have decided to take their passion for video, and tell the stories that go untold. I couldn't be more proud.
Rich Colosi is a first grade teacher who knows the importance of introducing technology to students at a young age. Although many of Rich's videos are private on his site, I was lucky enough to meet Rich a couple of years ago and interview him for a documentary I created. Take a look at the 1:10 mark of this video to learn how Rich truly empowers his young learners.
Two Advanced Placement teachers at my high school decided to give their students a research-based documentary project to interactively study a time period in American history. Students constructed and presented that focus on the time period between 1812 and 1860 in United States history. Students worked in groups of 4-5 to produce a 10-minute documentary that centers on a particular theme. Documentaries incorporated interviews, reenactments, short dramas, etc. Projects were assessed on creativity, professionalism and attention to historical scholarship
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In another fabulous example within my school, Science teacher Monica Bowman was ready to move on from traditional presentation methods. In Mrs. Bowman's anatomy class, students quantitatively measured two human skeletons to determine the sex, approximate age at death, approximate height, and other forensic features. The students generated a video summarizing their findings, which were posted on SchoolTube.com. The videos were analyzed by the Chair of the Forensic Anthropology Program at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, for their accuracy. Each student group then had to present their findings via a videoconference to Dr. Steadman in front of the other groups of students involved in this project. Students were graded on their presentation, accuracy of measurements, and group interactions.
This educational concept teaches students to hold each other accountable while working together in a group setting. Teacher Christopher Tully has mastered this form of teaching and learning, and his classes are shining examples of his vision. In addition, the soft skills Mr. Tully's students learn, such as time management, following directions, and working well together in a team, are evident. Listen for yourself.
In one of the most inspirational student videos I have watched in quite some time, the back-story is what makes this video even more powerful. According to Mr. Carl Hooker, the teacher behind this student masterpiece, "What started as a story-project, evolved into a poem, then a song, then a video. The power of kids." Indeed, the power of kids and the #powerofvideo. Enjoy this one folks. These kids are going places!
Having all of these resources published to the web has been such an incredible resource to improve my teaching. And I firmly believe that by utilizing student-generated video as at least one component of our thoughtful lesson plans we can continue to engage our students in ways that we will all find extremely valuable.


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/ Monday, July 12, 2010 / 11 Comments / Announcements , Appetizers and Snacks , Breads and Bakes , Dessert
Whipped Cream Cake
Hi valued readers, I am on my summer vacation right now. So, please bear with seasaltwithfood as recipe postings will undoubtedly be a bit irregular over the next 2 months. Having said that, I will certainly try to update my blog with new recipes as and when I get the opportunity. Have a great summer everyone!
This is a delicious Whipped Cream Cake recipe that I had adapted from the Rose's Heavenly Cakes baking book by Rose Levy Beranbaum. Like all the cakes and desserts that I love, this cake is very light and it's the perfect complement with a fresh cuppa coffee or tea. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Whipped Cream Cake
(Printable Recipe)
225 g (8oz/2 Cups) Cake Flour, sifted
2 tsp Baking Powder
¾ tsp Sea Salt
348 g (12.3 oz/1 ½ Cups) Cold Heavy Cream
3 Large Eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
225 g (8oz/ 1 Cup plus 2 Tbsp) Superfine Sugar
Preheat the oven to 375˚F/190˚C. Coat a 10-cup fluted metal tube pan with baking spray and flour. Shake off the excess flour.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, and sea salt.
Using a stand mixer fitted with the whisk batter, whip the cream, starting on low speed, gradually raising the speed to medium-high as it thickens, until stiff peaks form.
In another bowl, whisk the eggs and vanilla until just combined.
On medium-high speed, gradually beat the egg mixture into the whipped cream. The mixture will thicken into mayonnaise consistency. Gradually beat in the sugar. It should take about 30 seconds to incorporate it.
Then add half the flour mixture into the cream and, with a large spatula, stir and fold in the flour until most of it disappears. Add the rest of the flour and continue folding and mixing until all traces of flour have disappeared. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Run a small metal spatula through the batter to prevent large air bubbles, avoiding the bottom of the pan. Smooth the surface evenly.
Bake the cake for about 30 to 35 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted between the tube and the side comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. With a small metal spatula, loosen the top edges of the cake and invert the cake onto a wire rack that has been coated lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Cool completely. Lightly dust the cake with icing sugar, if desired.
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Yum, whipped cream cake! I bet it's so fluffy and light.ReplyDelete
Hi Angie, This looks like the kind of simple cake that would I absolutely love. Have a great vacay. Happy summer!ReplyDelete
this looks so tasty! airy, light, perfect! :)ReplyDelete
This cake looks wonderful, so light and moist!!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your vacation!
I remember this cake from Rose's book! Simply wonderful.ReplyDelete
Hi Angie, I found your page when i was searching for sambal sotong recipe. I would like to ask for your permission to link your page to mine. Thank you. Have a great holiday!ReplyDelete
What a coincidence! I just met Rose yesterday and got my books signed by her! She's amazing!ReplyDelete
This is one of my favorite cakes from Rose's new book. Your photos are stunning!!ReplyDelete
This cake is beautiful and sounds so perfect and delicious. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Beautiful...recipe sounds & looks Delicious!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 8:10 PM
Well, I actually made this cake the other day, the salt is a perfect addition and I would recommend this recipe to friends. Definately one of my favourites.ReplyDelete
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BOSTON — Americans are stressed out and overweight and the health club industry is benefiting from that due to the increasing awareness that the benefits of exercise have on stress and obesity.
According to a recent IHRSA report, the total number of health and sports clubs in the United States grew by little more than 2 percent during the first six months of 2002, reaching 18,203 facilities in July. The number of health clubs and gyms in the United States has increased consistently over the past five years, up 39 percent from 13,097 businesses in 1997, according to the association. This news follows the announcement that consumer demand for health clubs remained strong in 2001, growing by approximately 3 percent to 33.8 million U.S. members as of January of this year.
IHRSA, in its annual survey of North American health and sports clubs, found that the clubs surveyed grew their total revenues by 5.8 percent (median) in 2001, and remained profitable last year. The survey of 244 clubs found that median club earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization improved slightly to 17.8 percent of total revenues, compared to 16.9 percent for 2000.
This is a positive indicator for the health club industry on the heels of recent economic news from the Commerce Department that the U.S. economy slowed in the second quarter of 2002 compared to the first quarter. Consumer spending was also down with growth of 1.9 percent vs. 3.1 percent in the first quarter.
Furthermore, according to a June 2002 report from analysts at BNP Paribas, the health club industry continues to perform well, outperforming other sectors and has proven to be resilient.
IHRSA attributed the industry growth and profitability through 2001 and into 2002 to a combination of contributing factors — specifically Americans' struggle to deal with stress, as well as heightened concerns about the serious health risks of weight gain.
Prior consumer research has established that, for many Americans, remaining fit and active plays an important role in achieving emotional balance and dealing effectively with stress. Plus, the benefits of physical fitness are even more relevant considering the costs associated with stress.
"There is an abundance of research that has confirmed the positive impact exercise has on one's emotional well-being," says John McCarthy, IHRSA's executive director. "Logically, millions of Americans have turned to their health club and exercise as a means for dealing with the stress they experience in their daily lives."
Americans' heightened awareness of the negative impact of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle has also contributed to the continued growth in health clubs. Recent announcements by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Surgeon General have confirmed that obesity now accounts for more than 300,000 deaths annually.
"The president, the durgeon heneral and the CDC have all made clear the personal and social costs of a sedentary lifestyle and of being overweight," observes McCarthy. "Because of their convenience and range of facilities and programs, health clubs are a natural choice for Americans interested in being active and enjoying both the physical and psychological benefits of exercise."


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Timeless beauties Dawn Zulueta and Sunshine Cruz are set to capture the hearts of TV viewers in the 'best of the best' episode of "ASAP 18" this Sunday (June 30).
Witness the greatness of Filipino talent in the back-to-back-to-back production numbers of jukebox idols Renz Verano, Jude Michael, and Jessa Zaragoza.
Love and laughter are set to fill the centerstage with the sweet surprises from Kapamilya heartthrobs Piolo Pascual, Gerald Anderson, Enchong Dee, and Xian Lim; the romantic serenade of ASAP Boyfriendz Enrique Gil, Khalil Ramos, and Daniel Padilla; and the special visit of "It's Showtime" 'Kaloka-like' finalists Santi Felix (Coco Martin), Charmea Viking (Kim Chiu), and Caesar Resurrection (Daniel Padilla).
Meanwhile, prepare for the explosive and must-watch showdown of ASAP dance royalties Maja Salvador and Shaina Magdayao in the supah hot clash dance segment 'MASH;' followed by the breathtaking Supahdance showcase of Kim Chiu, Kathryn Bernardo, Julia Montes, Erich Gonzales, Empress, Nikki Gil, Karylle, Iya Villania, Gab Valenciano, Ella Cruz, Meg Imperial, Bugoy Cariño, and KC Concepcion.
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Don't miss the non-stop celebrations in the country's longest-running, award-winning variety show, "ASAP 18" this Sunday, 12:15 noon, on ABS-CBN. For updates, photos and to hang out live with the stars at ASAP Chill-Out, visit http://asap.abs-cbn.com/, 'like' http://facebook.com/asapofficial, follow @ASAPOFFICIAL on Twitter, and know the latest happenings in "ASAP 18" by tweeting the hashtag #ASAPBigBlast.


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December 18, 2004
Nutrition Pioneer
The American Society for Clinical Nutrition (ASCN) has renamed a prestigious award for UAB's Roland Weinsier, MD, DrPH, who joined the UAB faculty in 1975 as assistant professor of clinical nutrition in the newly created Department of Nutrition Sciences. Dr. Weinsier served as department chair from 1988 to 1999 and director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Center, which he founded with a National Institutes of Health grant, from 1999 until his death in 2002.
The Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excellence in Medical/Dental Nutrition Education was formerly known as the Dannon Institute Award. Sponsored by the Dannon Institute, it is presented to an individual with an . . . "outstanding career in medical/dental nutrition education . . .whose efforts have been widely recognized and have had a national or international impact."
Dr. Weinsier established the honor in 1991 during his tenure as chair of the ASCN committee on professional nutrition education; he won the award in 1995.
"Through Dr. Weinsier's vision and leadership, this award was first established as the highest national honor given for nutrition education of medical and dental professionals", says Professor of Nutrition Sciences Douglas Heimburger, MD, a colleague of Dr. Weinsier and 1999 Dannon Institute award recipient. "No single person in the United States, and perhaps the world, exemplifies so well the high standards of sustained quality, excellence, and commitment to improving nutrition education in academic health centers as Roland did."
During his distinguished 27-year UAB career, Dr. Weinsier served as an advocate for the many individuals facing challenges of weight management. In November 2002, an international group of Dr. Weinsier's colleagues gathered in Birmingham for a festschrift celebrating his life and work. The festschrift proceedings note that Dr. Weinsier made significant contributions to the treatment of obesity through lifestyle changes, nutrition education for health-care professionals, research into metabolic/energetic influences on obesity, body composition changes accompanying weight loss and regain, the benefits and risks of weight loss, and nutritional support for the sick.


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1. Literally, to clench between one's teeth, as of food. I can't wait to bite into my hamburger—I'm so hungry! Unfortunately, I didn't realize the casserole was still cold until I bit into it.
2. To cause one physical pain, as of the wind. When I couldn't stand the icy wind biting into me anymore, I ran for the ski lodge.
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bite into something
1. Lit. to press one's teeth into something. As he bit into the apple, the juices ran down his chin. Lily bit into the sandwich and smiled.
2. Fig. [for the wind or something similar] to blow sharply against someone, causing a stinging pain. The cold wind bit into poor Wally, who only has a light jacket. The frigid air bit into my exposed skin.


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Chick-fil-A, in nat'l media storm, swims against cultural tide
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- In a day when companies such as General Mills, Nabisco, JC Penney and Target seemingly compete to appear the most supportive of gay marriage, Chick-fil-A and its biblically-based values stand out -- and the nation and media are noticing.
The company issued a statement Thursday (July 19) telling its customers that "going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena" and that its tradition is "to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect -- regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender." It also noted that it has applied "biblically-based principles" to business management and will continue to do so. There are more than 1,600 Chick-fil-A restaurants.
Cathy's comments were tame from a biblical perspective and would have gone unnoticed had they been made by the pastor at his home congregation, New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Ga. Yet in the current environment in which celebrities and companies on a weekly basis make statements affirming gay marriage, Cathy's statements stood out.
Asked about the company's support of the traditional family, Cathy said in the Biblical Recorder story, "Well, guilty as charged."
"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
-- Glenn Stanton
"As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than You as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Cathy said on "The Ken Coleman Show." "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about."
The Los Angeles Times story carried a headline, "Chick-fil-A's anti-gay-marriage stance triggers online uproar." The Washington Post included an online poll asking readers, "Will you continue to eat at Chick-fil-A?"
The Human Rights Campaign -- the nation's largest gay activist group -- posted a Chick-fil-A logo on its website with a fake tagline, "We Didn't Invent Discrimination. We Just Support It."
It remains to be seen whether the controversy will harm Chick-fil-A, but the company likely will survive and might even pick up some new customers. That's partially because its base is passionate about its food and, for the most part, apparently appreciates its traditional stance. That Washington Post poll -- although not scientific -- showed that 66 percent of respondents say they'll continue eating at the restaurant. As of Thursday afternoon, more than 14,000 people had commented on Chick-fil-A's Facebook page, the majority of them supportive of the company. Families with young children are particularly fond of the restaurant because many of the locations have indoor playgrounds.
The company also likely will thrive because its base remains in conservative states. Texas has the most Chick-fil-A restaurants at 262. Including Texas, five states have more than 100 restaurants, and they're all in the South. North Carolina, which has 143 Chick-fil-A restaurants, passed a constitutional marriage amendment in May defining marriage as between a man and a woman. By contrast, the entire state of New York has one Chick-fil-A restaurant. Washington state doesn't have any. Neither does Oregon. Or Vermont. This means that many of those calling for a boycott don't have a restaurant in their area to boycott -- and they've likely never been to a Chick-fil-A.
After watching the uproar, Focus on the Family's Glenn T. Stanton, who often debates the issue of gay marriage and takes the traditional side, told Baptist Press, "I'm gonna have to stop by there for spicy chicken sandwiches and a milkshake more often."
"We hear almost monthly of new major companies announcing their support for the gay community, regardless of what most of their customers want," Stanton said. "And here we have the CEO of a clearly on-the-record traditional values company simply saying he supports the traditional family and how tampering with it is contrary to God's will. And the split-second reaction from these activists is to slander him and his company in the press and blogosphere. It just takes one company taking an alternative position to make the gay activists and liberal press hit the ceiling. But that's where we are today."
Stanton said the message by some opponents of Chick-fil-A apparently is, "Speak up for the natural, traditional family and we will come after you."
"If you don't believe this," Stanton said, "just watch how Chick-fil-A will be treated in the coming months. They [Chick-fil-A's critics] are the new close-minded fundamentalists."
Even in responding to the controversy July 19, Chick-fil-A mentioned its traditional roots.
"From the day Truett Cathy started the company, he began applying biblically-based principles to managing his business," the company's statement said. "For example, we believe that closing on Sundays, operating debt-free and devoting a percentage of our profits back to our communities are what make us a stronger company and Chick-fil-A family. Our mission is simple: to serve great food, provide genuine hospitality and have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A."
This year especially, Chick-fil-A's stance on traditional values stands out. In June, General Mills -- whose products include Cheerios, Pillsbury and Green Giant vegetables -- announced that it is opposing a Minnesota constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Voters will decide the issue in November. Also in June, Nabisco's Oreo brand posted on Facebook a picture of an Oreo cookie with six colorful layers representing the gay pride rainbow. The caption: "Proudly support love!"
Target has sold gay pride T-shirts this year and recently began selling greeting cards with gay marriage themes. And JC Penney has placed pictures of gay dads in its catalogue.
Michael Foust is associate editor of Baptist Press. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email ( baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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Decoding the disk; are you smarter than a humanoid? (Credit: NASA/JPL).
If we were to vanish from the cosmic scene tomorrow, what would be our most lasting impact? Would it be our monuments, our terrestrial relics, or our broadcasts of I Love Lucy and the Jerry Springer Show? Thankfully, researchers in the 1970s designed a message in a bottle to be tossed out across the cosmic sea attached to the twin Voyager spacecraft. Launched in 1977, both spacecraft reconnoitered the outer planets before being flung on trajectories that will leave our solar system. [Read more...]


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About Thomas Keller Thomas Keller is a world renowned chef known for his exceptional culinary skills and dedication to quality of the highest standards. He is the first and only American chef to hold multiple Michelin stars at his critically acclaimed restaurants: The French Laundry ®, Per Se ® and Bouchon ®. He is the author of five cookbooks, with more than one million copies in circulation. In 2017, chef Keller led a team from the United States to its first-ever gold medal in the Bocuse d'Or, a prestigious biannual competition that is regarded as the Olympics of the culinary world.
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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Sabrina: Cleanliness Is Next To Bitchassness
Sabrina Thompson is a 33 year old High School Teacher from Brooklyn, New York. She looks to her brother for inspiration and can't stand it when people put leashes on their children. Oh puh-lease. If you've ever been in a Target on a Saturday innocently trying to buy a birthday card for that bitch you hate and some screaming little rugrat with sticky jelly fingers and a snot-smeared face grabs onto the pant leg of your brand new $150 jeans, you'll be handing out leashes at the door of every preschool in the country. Trust me.
Sabrina also dislikes people who adjust their genitals. Oh come on! She takes the fun out of everything!
Heh. A germaphobe on Survivor. People ask me all the time why I don't go on Survivor and here's the answer - DIRTY FILTHY PEOPLE! Having said that, I think it's hilarious that Sabrina actually went for it and took the plunge. Unfortunately, the germ thing is what is going to make her extremely annoying. She's nice enough. Spunky, blunt, motivated. The problem is that the second she bitches about a piece of sand in her rice, she'll lose the tribe instantly which brings us back to why I won't do the show - NO MASCARA. There are certain things a bitch needs in her everyday life - mascara, a good lip balm, Wen Haircare, and a DVR. And until the powers that be install a fully functional bathroom with toilet paper and a working shower with hot water, Survivor and I will continue to remain but distant lovers.
5 comments:
- SouthernFebruary 14, 2012 at 11:52 AM
One of my faves already.ReplyDelete
- Clint Eastwood drawled...February 14, 2012 at 9:01 PM
A girl's got to know her limitations.ReplyDelete
But M said...
dagnab it! it's only 39 days!
look, approach it smart like - find out who one of the cameramen is and bribe/blow him to smuggle a couple weeks worth o' gin onto the island. Spend the first 2 weeks drunk and if you're still there then sober the fuck up and PLAY! it's a million dollars!
are you one of those southern rich girls?
Established family. Owned slaves back in the day maybe? A million dollars? You SPIT on a million dollars! Big Daddy sho' does give you a million dollars anytime you ask nice, right?
What about your readers? What about our ENTERTAINMENT?!
some of us are entitled too, you know. Now be a good girl and make an applicant video this instant! You have two days to upload it to Youtube. And don't deliberately tank either... I'll know.
I'll give you some damn germs to think about Missy. Are you feeling lucky punk?!
- M added...February 15, 2012 at 9:05 AM
...it's just that I think your confessionals would be killer, and it kinda pisses me off that I will never get to see gin and glitter coated confessionals just because you're too much of a softcock to take a dump in the woods. Ask Kristina how she coped fer chrissake.ReplyDelete
I'll bet your not bullshitting either. I don't get the feeling that you've applied and been rejected. No, I detect an element of truth in that last paragraph and suspect you really haven't ever applied. I'm an Owl spirit and that makes me a truth detector or some shit like that, remember? C'mon, you can live without mascara for 39 days can't you? I mean who the fuck do you think you are? Alice Cooper? Keith Richards? Some other famous person whose name escapes me right now that's always wearing mascara?
See, the thing is I'm kinda like Veruca Salt...
"Daddy, I want Ms Lala on my favorite show. Now, Daddy."
"Veruca dear, I can't very well make someone do something they don't want to do now can I? I'll buy you a pony, how's that?"
*eyes turn to slits*
"Daddy, I. want. Lala. on. Survivor. now."
*breaks out in sweat*
"Veruca, look at this lovely pony!"
Cue violence. Poor, innocent pony.
Or maybe you really are mysophobic? Hey, you know who else was a pussy ass mysophobe? Howard Hughes that's who, and we all know what happened to him don't we? So there.
Ah, whatevs. Maybe Clint nailed it on the head earlier and you're just a self-possessed girl who has a clear understanding of her limitations and abilities. Nothing wrong with that.
Ok, I'm only here to predict a winner before the show starts. I'll go with Kim.
* If you do actually suffer from mysophobia or some other genuine illness that keeps you off the island, then please accept my apology. I hope you are able to get well soon.
See? I'm not such a bad guy. I'm just moody. Yeah, moody, that's it.
Fucking doctors. Schizophrenia my ass.
Now you'll have to excuse me as I need to go and wash my hands again.
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2012 at 6:04 PM
That bitch Sabrina is my "pick" at the network! Not that I had a choice because I was last in, so please let's hope that she makes it a few days at least! Are you going to be on twitter for the show? where? I don't have twitter account....where do the bitch network group members post??????? I am on FB....Pats and Eddy are my Avatar!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 9, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Shit man, your posters are almost as good as you sometimes,(thanks M) Though I think you would be way more fun to watch on big brotherReplyDelete


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