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This is was a fun, Halloween-Themed Music Video I just colored. Check it out!
Author: Mark Todd Osborne
Mark Todd Osborne is a 18-Year Senior Digital Colorist who works in all genres of media, from Features and TV Episodics to Commercials, Music Videos and Web Content. Recent Feature credits include "Lowriders" for Universal Pictures, Disney/DreamWorks "Need for Speed" and the theatrical hit "It Follows" for Radius/TWC, plus major commercial campaigns for Audi, Coca-Cola, Sonic Burger, Target, XBOX, Nissan, BMW and Toyota. Mark's meticulous eye, professionalism and strong visual sense of taste and style make him a stand out Color Artist. Mark got his start at Company 3, Santa Monica, coloring High-End Spots and Music Videos, working with Top Level Directors & Cinematographers, before moving on to Digital Intermediates & Feature Film Mastering. He became the Lead HD Dailies Colorist for noted filmmakers Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, as well as performing Final Color for Features Films such as the Academy Award Nominated "Capote" and "Sunshine Cleaning" to name a few. After eleven years at CO3, Mark left to pursue new challenges of coloring digital-sourced content on a variety of color systems and has formed strong relationships with several Post Facilities in the Los Angeles area and abroad. In 2011, Mark was hired as Supervising Colorist at CAMERON I PACE Group, coloring several 3D projects, including "Cirque du Soleil: World's Away" for visionary co-founder Vince Pace and served as a Stereo Correction Specialist on Martin Scorsese's Academy-Award Winning "Hugo". In 2012, Mark performed color for James Cameron's 3D "Deep Sea Challenge" for the Cannes Film Festival & IBC, as well as coloring the Emmy Award Winning shows "Children's Hospital" and "Dirty Work". View all posts by Mark Todd Osborne


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We're fans of Ford's Panthers, so when they were redesigned for 1992, you better believe we were paying attention!
The body-on-frame Crown Vic is a true six-passenger sedan. And it's luxurious. Just look at that imitation wood trim!
MotorWeek says the Grand Marquis is more luxurious. I agree; Just look at that horizontal speedo!
So it isn't fast and it doesn't handle well, but it does have 190 throbbing horsepower from its 4.8 liter V8. That's good for getting to 60 eventually.
Ok, enough from me. Sit back, relax, and bask in the wonderfulness that is the Crown Vic.
MotorWeek Theater is our showcase of some of our favorite classic reviews from public television's finest motoring program. How does this video only have 752 views on YouTube? It's probably the best Ford ever.

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Add labels and a new field to your app
You will learn
When you built the app in previous tutorial series, the template added two fields in the detail view header (
UnitsInStock and
UnitsOnOrder). Those fields appear in the detail view without labels, so you will add some for them.
To explore a bit more of SAP Web IDE, you will use the Web IDE search feature to identify which file to edit.
You will also learn how to add a field to your app. This is useful since the template can quickly generate a working app for you, but you are not restricted to what it generates.
Adding labels to the Detail View
In SAP Web IDE, click on the Search icon (the magnifying lens icon at the top of the right-hand toolbar), enter
UnitsInStock in the search field and click Search.
In the search results, and you will see two files were found. One is in the
Detail.view.xml file which is in the view folder. Since you want to change the detail view part of the app – that is the file to edit.
Tip: If you hover your cursor over an item in the search result list, a window opens to show some context around that item.
Double-click the
UnitsInStock line in
Detail.view.xml to open that file in the edit pane.
Notice that the search term is highlighted in the source file. You can click on the Search icon again to close the search pane.
You will need to modify two
ObjectAttribute lines in the header:
UnitsInStock and
Insert the titles as attributes into the
ObjectAttribute areas highlighted on the right below. You can type in the
title="xyz" strings, or replace the lines entirely with the text below. The edited lines should look like the screenshot below.
<ObjectAttribute title="Units In Stock" text="{UnitsInStock}"/>
<ObjectAttribute title="Units On Order" text="{UnitsOnOrder}"/>
Save your edits, select
index.html and click the Run button to preview the Northwind application with the added labels. If you do not see your labels it is probably because the browser has cached the page. To fix this, see the browser cache section below.
In this section, you will add the Product ID field from the OData source to the header section of the detail page just above the Units In Stock and Units On Order. To do this you will add an XML element just above the
ObjectAttribute elements that were edited in the previous section.
Go back to the
northwind > view > Detail.view.xml in the edit pane (or reopen if you closed it). Add the following XML snippet inside the section as shown below.
<ObjectAttribute title="Product ID" text="{ProductID}"/>
Note: in this XML element, both the label (title field) and value (text field) are included.
Save your edits, and either:
- Switch to your preview tab with Developer Tools open and select Hard Reload or Empty Cache and Hard Reload
- or select the
index.htmland click the Run button to preview the northwind application with the added
ProductIDfield. If you do this, you will probably have to follow the procedure above on
Browser cacheto see your change.
The browser cache will frequently prevent changes from showing up. There are a few options to handle this (all assume you have the Web IDE preview window displayed):
- Hold down the shift key while clicking the refresh icon in the browser.
- Turn on Developer Tools (Google Chrome: F12 on a PC, or Option-Command-I on a Mac), then right-click on the refresh icon and select Hard Reload or Empty Cache and Hard Reload
- If you are doing a lot of web development, when you open Developer Tools, click on the Network tab and then select Disable Cache.
- If you have Developer Tools enabled, and you are continuing to work through tutorials, it is convenient to leave the preview tab open. After you save a change in Web IDE, instead of selecting
index.htmland clicking Run, simply switch back to the preview tab and select Hard Reload or Empty Cache and Hard Reload to reload the app.


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The environmentalist lobby has been haranguing us for years about alternative energy sources. Fossil fuels = Bad. Alternative energy = Good. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for alternative energy. However, every alternative energy source comes with its own set of issues. Once it's implemented (always at great expense), the environmentalists turn to attack the new energy source with the same fervor with which they previously promoted it.
- Wind farms have been roundly attacked by environmental groups for slicing and dicing migratory birds and decimating local bat populations.
- Hydroelectric plants have been taken to task for their impact on fish habitats, and environmentalists have successfully litigated for the removal of dams (at great public expense) in salmon spawning areas.
- Nuclear power is anathema to environmentalists because of the potential for leakage and questions about adequate waste disposal.
But biofuels were supposed to be the ultimate panacea that solved everything from global warming to war in the Middle East. After all, they're natural, renewable, and, best of all, green! Yet, from both a social and environmental perspective, biofuel production is turning out to be one of the biggest disasters of all.
The environmentalist lobby finally succeeded in getting federal legislation passed to subsidize ethanol production and provide tax incentives to fuel companies to dilute gasoline with it. Some states, like Oregon, have even mandated that all gasoline sold in the state must consist of 10% ethanol. According to an article on Hidden Costs of Corn-Based Ethanol, in the Christian Science Monitor, "ethanol yields about 30% less energy per gallon than gasoline, so mileage drops off significantly." (That's OK, though, because gas is taxed by the gallon, and fewer miles per gallon means more revenue for the state.) Diluting gasoline with ethanol won't reduce the price per gallon, either, and may even make it higher, due to of the high cost of production and handling. But the negative impact on consumers is acceptable to the environmentalists because, if consumers were environmentally conscious, they wouldn't be driving cars in the first place…
On the other hand, there are problems with biofuel production that hit a lot closer to home for the politically correct. Our national "investment" in subsidizing bio-fuel production has been so overwhelmingly successful that it's had the effect of repurposing the majority of our corn crops to ethanol production. It has also motivated farmers to divert production from other crops to crops that can be used for biofuels.
Unfortunately, the unintended consequences of this noble effort have been to raise food prices, not only here in the U.S., but around the world. Rising food prices hit the poor the hardest, and accelerate the spread of poverty. In an article in Foreign Affairs, titled How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor, authors Runge and Senauer said "Filling the 25-gallon tank of an SUV with pure ethanol requires more than 450 pounds of corn – which contains enough calories to feed one person for a year." Even as food shortages increase in countries where people are already starving, the U.S. is being forced to reduce its international food aid due to rising food costs at home, largely due to the diversion of crops to biofuel production.
The high demand for biofuels is also having an unintended impact on some of the environmentalists' own pet causes. Palm oil and sugar cane are some of the more efficient biofuel crops. The surge in demand for these crops has been a boon to certain third world economies but has, by the same token, led to the clearing of rainforests to create palm and sugar plantations. The environmentalists don't like that at all! And here in the U.S., some farmers who previously rotated corn crops with soybean crops are now growing only corn. Not rotating crops strips the topsoil of nutrients, requiring the farmers to use more fertilizers and pesticides, which eventually end up in the water supply.
And, in the end, it turns out that the fossil fuel energy required to produce and process the enormous quantities of corn it takes to convert into biofuel ends up costing almost as much energy as it produces. According to a PBS Science Report, "Producing ethanol yields about 25 percent more energy than is used in growing and harvesting the corn and converting it to fuel." Given that the ethanol produced is 30% less efficient than gasoline, the whole process results in a net reduction in energy, along with all the social and environmental negatives it engenders. But, once you get the government to latch onto something, it's awfully hard to reverse, no matter what the unintended consequences.
But, hey, it sure sounded like a good idea, didn't it? And, after all, it's the thought that counts…


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2013 in Review
December 16–20, 2013 | Vol. 118, Week 2
On this week's Home School Heartbeat, hosts Mike Farris and Mike Smith give an update on some of 2013's victories and challenges for homeschoolers.
"We had a very good year in advancing freedom to homeschool and parental rights through the legislatures this year."—Mike Smith
This Week's Offer
Help HSLDA defend homeschooling families and protect parental rights for future generations by making a tax-deductible donation to the Homeschool Freedom Fund.
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary since HSLDA was founded to protect homeschool freedom. And this week on Home School Heartbeat , your hosts Mike Farris and Mike Smith review how the past year has impacted homeschooling.
Mike Farris: Mike, it's hard to believe that we're coming to the end of our thirtieth anniversary year. I know we had big dreams, but nothing as big as what God has had in store for us and for the homeschooling movement.
Mike Smith: You're right, Mike, it's been a real privilege to see what God has done. It's tremendously surprising to me also.
Mike Farris: Thirty years ago, no one ever asked me this question, but today people ask, "Why do I need to join HSLDA? After all, homeschooling's legal now, right?
Mike Smith: Well, Mike, there is a myth that because it's legal to homeschool in every state, one does not need to join HSLDA anymore. And there are four basic reasons I believe why every family should be a member of HSLDA. First, the battle for freedom is not over. And until Jesus comes back, we'll have to fight for our freedom to homeschool and every homeschool family needs to be a part of that fight. Secondly, many homeschool graduates still do not receive equal treatment as it relates to their high school diploma. Thirdly, HSLDA's increasingly providing more benefits to our members. Additionally, we're providing more and more availability to valuable curriculum to make it easier for our parents to homeschool. And, finally, by contributing to our sister organization, Home School Foundation, we can help homeschoolers that are going through hard times continue to homeschool.
Mike Farris: Thanks, Mike. We'll continue talking about the thirtieth anniversary of HSLDA next time. I'm Mike Farris.
Mike Farris: Mike, I know that HSLDA is always working to protect our freedoms and to improve the recognition of those freedoms. Tell us what's going on in the states in this regard.
Mike Smith: Well, thanks, Mike. We had a very good year in advancing freedom to homeschool and parental rights through the legislatures this year. For instance, in Iowa, in partnership with the state association, we got a landmark bill passed, creating two new homeschool options with virtually no paperwork. It is truly revolutionizing homeschooling in Iowa, which, at one time, as you know, was one of the most difficult states to homeschool. In Georgia the homeschool law was significantly improved by lightening parents' burdensome paperwork load. As a result, parents are no longer required to submit annual attendance records to the department of education. In North Carolina, Senate Bill 189 redefined the term homeschooling, giving homeschool parents a tremendous amount of flexibility in how they set up their children's learning environment. Parents will be free to utilize co-ops, tutors, and specialists for their children with learning disabilities to be able to supplement their children's home education.
Mike, on the parental rights scene, Nevada, Kansas, and Virginia all passed parental rights statutes, which is monumental. We also continue to protect homeschool students from additional requirements to qualify for drivers' licenses and perhaps the major battle this year and for the future, Mike, was Common Core.
Mike Farris: Mike, the Common Core is so important, let's talk about that more next time. I'm Mike Farris.
Mike Smith: Mike, the Common Core has been getting a lot of attention this year. First of all, for our listeners who might not be familiar with the term, what is it exactly?
Mike Farris: The idea is that all over the country, all children will have a core of instruction that they have in common. What it really means is a nationalized curriculum, and we have tried to avoid, as a nation, a nationalized curriculum for a long time, believing that public schools are best when they're controlled locally, and the ability to choose their curriculum is part of that important component of local control. The Common Core is another kind of effort to have Washington, D.C., dictate curriculum standards to the whole country. They've done it through the governors, but the federal funding has been the key component of it, and it is centralized government planning, and there's no evidence anywhere that centralized government planning ever has produced quality education for any child.
Mike Smith: But why should we be concerned about that, Mike, as homeschoolers?
Mike Farris: It's really a euphemism for a nationalized curriculum. For a long time, this country has fought on very many levels the idea of a nationalized curriculum: believing in public schools, local control is best; believing for private and homeschools, that parental and private school control is best. We should all be able to define our own curriculum and not be subject to these dumbed-down centralized government standards.
Mike Smith: Mike, thank you very much, and for more information on Common Core go to hslda.org/commoncore.
Mike Smith: We started off this spring with the Romeike family's fight for asylum in the U.S. I think some Americans, Mike, assume this was a German problem—but can you explain for our listeners why the Obama administration's reasoning for overturning the Romeike's asylum was so concerning for the state of homeschooling in America?
Mike Farris: The Romeike family came to the United States in 2008 to seek political asylum, because Germany bans homeschooling and it takes away children permanently from the parents that persist in teaching their own kids. This family was granted asylum by the first immigration judge. He agreed this was a violation of religious freedom and that the German law was impermissible under human rights principles. The Obama administration appealed, and, throughout the case, they've argued that human rights principles permit Germany to override the rights of religious parents who want to give their kids an alternative education. And they've argued that it's a legitimate thing for government to do to force all children to receive government kind of teaching so that children will become tolerant. This kind of thinking is incredibly dangerous because it means you can force American kids just as well. The way they've raised their arguments have been in very broad terms. It's not limited to Germany; it's about the nature of rights and parents and government in general.
Mike Smith: Well, thank you, Mike, this is a very sobering case. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Mike, let's not forget to mention the other big battle we're facing this year—the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Mike Farris: All treaties which give the authority to make decisions for the public policy of this country to the United Nations are bad for all Americans. That includes homeschoolers; that includes all parents; that includes all citizens. That's what this treaty does at its heart. But the core problem that's pertinent to homeschoolers is the best interests of the child standard. That's the standard by which the government gets to decide what it thinks is best for children rather than what parents think are best for their own child. This treaty would replace the current law. The current law is until parents are proven to be harmful to their kids, like child abuse or neglect or something like that, parents get to decide what's best for their children. Under this treaty, the government gets to decide what's best for children in every case. The government has the right to overrule parents, in this case, who have disabled children, who have children with special needs. They get to say, "This is what you're going to do for the education of your child." It is a very dangerous treaty.
Mike Smith: Well, thank you, Mike. To whom much has been given, much is required. May we at HSLDA and as Americans who have been given liberty and freedom unimaginable to the nations and peoples who've gone before us, be faithful to what we've been called and entrusted to do.
Mike Farris: Amen!
Mike Smith:
Michael Smith and his wife Elizabeth, along with Michael Farris and his wife, Vicki, incorporated Home School Legal Defense Association in 1983 and were the original board members. Mike grew up in Arkansas, graduated from the University of Arkansas where he played basketball, majoring in business administration. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and served three years before attending law school at the University of San Diego.
In 1972, he was admitted to the bar in California and also has been admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is licensed in Virginia, California, and Washington, D.C.
Mike and his family began homeschooling because their 5-year-old flunked kindergarten. This was quite a disappointment to Mike in light of the fact that he was preparing this child to be president of the United States by starting his education as early as possible.
His family's life changed drastically when he heard a radio program in 1981 which introduced him to the idea of homeschooling. When they started homeschooling, they began homeschooling one year at a time to meet the academic and social needs of their children. After spending lots of time around people like Mike Farris, he became convinced that he had been called to use his gifts and talents in the legal profession to assist homeschoolers who were being prosecuted because they didn't hold a teacher's certificate or satisfy the school district that they could competently teach their children.
Mike came to HSLDA full-time in 1987 and has served as president of the organization since the year 2001. In addition to serving as president, he also is a contact lawyer for California, Nevada and Puerto Rico. All of Mike's children are now grown, and three of the four were homeschooled. The most enjoyable part of Mike's job is when he is able to go to homeschool conferences and meet what he calls America's greatest heroes, homeschooling moms.
Mike Farris:
Michael Farris is the Chancellor of Patrick Henry College and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. He was the founding president of each organization.
Farris is a constitutional appellate litigator who has served as lead counsel in the United States Supreme Court, eight federal circuit courts, and the appellate courts of 13 states.
He has been a leader on Capitol Hill for over 30 years and is widely known for his leadership on homeschooling, religious freedom, and the preservation of American sovereignty.
At Patrick Henry College, Farris teaches constitutional law, public international law, and coaches PHC's Moot Court team which has won seven national championships.
A prolific author, Farris has been recognized with a number of awards including the Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship by the Heritage Foundation and as one of the "Top 100 Faces in Education for the 20th Century" by Education Week magazine.
Mike and Vickie Farris have ten children and 17 grandchildren.
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Homeschool Heartbeat has been retired and replaced by a new HSLDA podcast, Homeschool Talks. You're welcome to continue browsing the Homeschool Heartbeat archives, but if you want to stay up-to-date on the latest content, head over to our new podcast page. Happy podcasting!


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Investigators have arrested a man who they say robbed and shot a Holt business owner last week.
Jadarius Donnell Jennings, 20, is accused of firing shots that injured Jeremias Tecpile, the owner of Tienda Ast-Ver on Crescent Ridge Road in Holt.
Tecpile walked out of his mobile home on the same property as his business and saw a masked robber fleeing the store with a cash register on Nov. 12, investigators said.
Tecpile fired a shot at the robber, who returned fire. Tecpile is still recovering from several internal injuries.
Investigators searched Jennings' home Monday and eventually arrested him. He is charged with attempted murder and first-degree robbery and was being held on $120,000 bond.
Tecpile is from Veracruz, Mexico and has lived in Tuscaloosa for about 12 years.
Witnesses from the nearby Dollar General told officers that the suspect had limped from the store, which led them to believe he may have been shot.
He had not been shot by Tecpile, but he does have a limp from a gunshot wound, Baker said. Investigators spoke to Jennings on Oct. 10, when he sought treatment for a gunshot wound at DCH Regional Medical Center. He told officers that he had shot himself in the foot.
Investigators recovered the mask they believe that the robber used in a nearby drainage culvert, Baker said.
Court records indicate that Jennings served six months in jail after pleading guilty to third-degree robbery. A first-degree theft charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement. He was sentenced to serve three years of supervised probation, which began in June.


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EMCOR Group, Inc. recently announced that its Harry Pepper & Associates (HPA) subsidiary has been awarded a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award construction contract by NASA at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss. The Stennis Space Center provides propulsion test services to NASA and the Department of Defense and is home to more than 30 federal, state, academic and private organizations and numerous technology-based companies.
HPA will be responsible under the contract for work which will include maintenance, repair, alteration, mechanical, electrical, civil and HVAC services, demolition, painting, earthwork, fencing, and steel fabrication and welding at the Space Center facilities. Additional scope of work includes construction and design/build projects, as specified.
"We're pleased to have been selected by NASA to serve on the wide range of work and projects required at one of our country's valued research, development and testing facilities," stated David Pepper, president and CEO, HPA. "HPA's substantial and diverse experience enables us to provide the required wide ranging skills to fulfill the rigorous specifications of this contract."


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What if That Baby Who Was "Cured" of HIV Never Had It?
The first in a series examining the reports of a pediatric "functional cure" and its implications across Black America.
In early March, the news that a newborn baby in Mississippi had been treated with a potent cocktail of anti-HIV drugs was presented as the "first documented case of a child being cured of the virus." Only days after the pediatric case made international news, French investigators reported their "functional cure" of 14 patients who had started treatment within 10 weeks of infection and continued on ARVs for, on average, three years.
When researchers use the term "functional cure" (pdf), they mean that the virus is still present in the person's body, but at such low levels that it doesn't require treatment or progress or transmit to others -- a state that Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, describes as a "sustained remission that doesn't require therapy." This is different from the traditional use of the word "cure," or "sterilizing cure," meaning that the virus has been eradicated from the person's body altogether.
So could a cure for HIV be on the horizon?
Probably not. In the weeks since then, some have suggested that the Mississippi findings may have been exaggerated -- and the infant may not have been infected with HIV but merely exposed to the virus.
"The media definitely was looking for a quick answer for something very complex," says Bambi W. Gaddist, Dr.P.H., founder and executive director of the South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council.
A Functional Cure for HIV?
The infant girl was born in rural Mississippi in July 2010 "to a mother who did not receive prenatal care or HIV treatment," ABC News reported. Around the time of her delivery, the mother was tested and was informed that she was HIV positive. Her infant was found to have some HIV antibodies in her blood and was "started on antiretroviral treatment about 30 hours after birth. Doctors took the unusual step of prescribing three aggressive drugs at once."
Having antibodies to HIV means that you've been exposed to the virus and your immune system is trying to fight it off; it isn't the same as actually having HIV.
The infant's viral load, or the amount of virus in her bloodstream, reportedly became undetectable, and the baby received regular ARV treatment for 18 months, until the mother and child dropped out of care and treatment for almost one year.
Widespread HIV testing for pregnant mothers and increased access to ARV treatment has dramatically reduced mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in the United States to about 162 cases per year today from an estimated 1,500 cases in 1992, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those 162, more that 60 percent occur among Black people.
The epicenter of the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic remains in Black America. Blacks represent only 13 percent of the nation's population but account for about 45 percent (pdf) of all new HIV infections. Almost 40 percent of Mississippians are Black. Blacks also represent 78 percent of the state's new HIV infections, so it's highly likely that the mother and infant were Black.
A Cure?
A critical article in The Wall Street Journal questioned whether the infant was infected with HIV or merely exposed to the virus. "We will likely never know if those cells were from the child or maternal cells," wrote Mark J. Siedner, M.D., a postdoctoral fellow in infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. "Was the baby infected with HIV and, thus, cured? To many of the researchers ... the answer is 'no.' "
Dr. Gaddist echoes Dr. Siedner's concerns. "Several physicians that I have consulted with have asked, 'How did they know the child was HIV positive in the first place?' " she says. "There are so many questions."
Dr. Siedner suggested that the infant was treated to a very aggressive postexposure prophylaxis, a cocktail of usually three or four ARVs that must be taken immediately after possible exposure to HIV and for up to 30 days. "The reason we give medicines to both pregnant women and their newborns is precisely to prevent HIV exposures in children from becoming established infections, an intervention that can decrease the rate of transmission from about 30 percent to less than 1 percent in optimal conditions," he wrote.
Regarding the French investigators who reported their functional cure, "all 14 French patients reported have low levels of detectable HIV after treatment was stopped," Tim Lahey, M.D., an HIV specialist and associate professor of medicine at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, wrote in The Atlantic.
The only other documented HIV cure has been that of Timothy R. Brown, the so-called Berlin Patient, who was cured of HIV infection after a radical stem cell transplant.
The French results are not likely to be replicated easily across Black America -- in part because many Black people are not diagnosed until after they've been HIV positive for years.
Much of the media narrative around the Mississippi pediatric cure was "hype," says veteran HIV/AIDS activist Sean Strub, the founder of Poz magazine and the Sero Project. "The phenomenon has been observed several times before. The use of the word 'cure' was misleading."
Indeed, apparently people have been functionally cured before. The presenter documenting the Mississippi pediatric case at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections reported that "80 percent of U.S. children treated for HIV before 3 months of age and achieve suppression of virus are HIV-negative," wrote Shenell Evans, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University.
The fact that the baby was HIV negative "was something they discovered by accident because the mother took the child off treatment. [Possibly] this was hyped by some to highlight the research funding at risk from the [budget] sequester," says Strub.
Rod McCullom has written and produced for ABC News, NBC and Fox, and his writing has appeared in Ebony, The Advocate, the Los Angeles Times and many others. Rod blogs on politics, pop culture and Black gay news at rod20.com.


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Michael Buble's Family Surprise For Cancer Stricken Son
Michael Buble's sister Brandee has managed to treat her nephew to the toy of the year as he battles cancer.
Brandee said that it took her over an hour of driving to find a Hatchimal for Christmas.
The four-year-old boy has diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and parents Michael and Luisa Lopilato have cancelled their work schedules to help him through it.
Sharing an image on Instagram with the hard-won Hatchimal, Brandee revealed the great lengths she went to for the present.
"Spent hours looking at every possible store that sold toys in Vancouver, got on waiting lists, only to find one on Craigslist, an hour away from where we live & twice the price...but we got Noah the Hatchimal that I promised him!" she wrote.
"Tia & Tio pulled through! And I think Mike may be more excited than he is! ''
Hatchimals are robot-like creates that hatch out of an egg - but there's no knowing what you'll get until it decides to reveal itself.
It was revealed Noah was suffering from liver cancer two weeks ago after the family confirmed it wasn't leukaemia – which is cancer most associated with children.
Liver cancer has high survival rates, and Noah's proud parents have both said he's a "fighter".
"They are really sad but hopeful. They immediately got him very good care, and they are hoping and praying for the best," a friend of the family told Us Weekly.
"They are getting him the best doctors around. It's heartbreaking. This was a real shock, but they are doing everything they can.
"They're staying positive and Noah is a fighter."


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If you haven't heard, Sunday's Super Bowl was a major hit -- 12,233 tweets per second, in fact.
The big game, officialy known as Super Bowl XLVI, was a record setter for the popular social network Twitter and, as noted over on the Times' Show Tracker blog, it was also the most-watched program in TV history.
Millions of tweets were sent during the game as Twitter users shared their commentary on quarterback Eli Manning leading the New York Giants to victory over QB Tom Brady and the New England Patriots by a score of 21 to 17. The game was a rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl, which the Giants also won.
The 46th annual Super Bowl set a record for the most tweets per second during a sporting event, with 13.7 million game-related tweets sent out from 3 to 8 p.m. pacific time, when the game was broadcast on NBC.
"In 2008, Twitter's largest spike in tweets per second (TPS) during the Super Bowl was just 27," Twitter said in a blog post on Monday. Last year, Super Bowl fans peaked at 4,064 tweets per second during the Super Bowl, far less than in 2012, the company said.
"This year, the TPS peak was 12,233 tweets. The spike took place in the final three minutes of the game, during which fans sent an average of 10,000 TPS," Twitter said.
But the Giants and the Patriots weren't the only thing Twitter users were sounding off about during the Super Bowl.
"Madonna's performance during halftime was a big hit, too," the San Francisco company said. "There was an average of 8,000 TPS sustained during her performance, with a peak of 10,245 tweets."


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Valencia eased past La Liga rivals Osasuna into the quarter-finals of the King's Cup on Tuesday, while Malaga flirted with danger against third-tier Eibar before a flurry of late goals put them safely into the last eight.
Valencia will play 2011 winners Real Madrid or Celta Vigo for a place in the semi-finals, with Celta holding a 2-1 advantage from last month's last 16, first leg ahead of their visit to the Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Malaga are facing a probable last-eight clash with holders Barcelona, who host Cordoba on Thursday having won their first leg 2-0 at the second-division Andalusian club.
Valencia went into their second leg against Pamplona-based Osasuna with a 2-0 lead and were cruising at a half-empty Mestalla when Tino Costa smashed in a free kick to open the scoring in the 34th minute.
However, Joseba Llorente pulled a goal back with a powerful low drive three minutes later and both sides squandered a number of chances before substitute Roberto Soldado struck with the last kick of the game for a 2-1 victory that sent Valencia through 4-1 on aggregate.
In the earlier kickoff at Malaga's Rosaleda stadium, Argentine midfielder Diego Buonanotte saved the Andalusian club from potential humiliation when he scored twice and created another in a 4-1 comeback win against lowly Eibar.
Lying second in their regional section of the Segunda B division and never having played in the top flight, Eibar knocked out 2012 finalists Athletic Bilbao in the previous round and held Malaga to a 1-1 draw at their tiny Ipurua stadium in the Basque Country in the first leg.
They took a surprise lead in the 12th minute of the return game when Ruben Arroyo was quickest to the rebound from a long-range Mikel Arruabarrena effort and goalkeeper Carlos Kameni could only deflect his weak shot into the net.
With Malaga fielding a weakened side, Eibar held on relatively comfortably until the 74th minute when Buonanotte exchanged passes with Javier Saviola and struck the ball high past Eibar keeper Xabi Iruretagoiena.
Two minutes later, Buonanotte set up Seba Fernandez to make it 2-1 on the night and substitute Francisco Portillo glanced a header into the net from a Nacho Monreal centre in the 82nd minute as the visitors' defences crumbled.
Their misery was complete when Guillermo Roldan was shown a straight red card four minutes from time and Buonanotte scored his second in added time to make it 5-2 on aggregate and set up a quarter-final meeting with holders Barcelona or Cordoba.
"Nobody thought it was going to be easy," Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini told a news conference.
"They are a team with a lot of confidence and they are having a great season," the Chilean added.
"Above all in the final 20 minutes we made the most of the space to win the game. It was tough but there was a maturity and patience there to achieve the result."
Sevilla are virtually assured of a place in the last eight after they won their first leg at Real Mallorca 5-0 and host the Balearic Islanders on Wednesday before Real Zaragoza seek to maintain a 1-0 advantage at home to Levante.
Atletico Madrid have a 3-0 advantage over Getafe when they play their second leg on Thursday, while Real Betis and Las Palmas, another second-division side, drew 1-1 in their first leg and also meet on Thursday.


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iluvk9 wrote:Uh, Christine....he's a man...you should have shown him your boobies and distracted him.
madremissy wrote:This whole story, including Bella's, scares the crap out of me. I even think about if I was to get pulled over when driving while Kinzyl was in the car what would happen. Most of the law enforcement for the county know me and her but some in the little city don't. She has never barked at anyone approaching the truck before but you just never know. She usually just sits there in the back seat. Still it makes me nervous.
HappyPuppy wrote:After another recent attack story: I instructed my husband to say - if the police came to the door or the car - "Let me secure/grab my puppy" ... at least in our case, EVERYONE thinks Ruby is a puppy. It's probably a worthless idea, but I imagined that it could take the edge off of seeing a 'pit bull-type' dog when the officer(s) may already be on heightened alert.... It's getting scarier out here by the minute!
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Sept. 27, 2006
Lipscomb University cross country runners Susan Worden and Jordan Wilson were named as Atlantic Sun Runners of the Week.
It was the first time the program has won both awards in the same week.
Worden led the Lady Bisons to a second place finish at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic.
Under the soggy conditions, Worden covered the 5K course in a time of 19:18. The senior from Edmond, Okla., placed fifth in a field of 72 runners. This is her first Runner of the Week award and the third straight time she has led the Lady Bisons. She is majoring in Exercise Science.
Wilson led the Bisons to a third place finish at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic and was named Atlantic Sun Runner of the Week Wednesday by the conference office.
Wilson finished fifth out of 82 runners on a the wet 8K course in a time of 27:53.93. The sophomore from Brentwood, Tenn. earns his first weekly award. He is majoring in Engineering Science.
The Lady Bisons and Bisons will be back in action on Sept. 30 at the Greater Louisville Classic.
The Atlantic Sun Conference announces the Athlete of the Week every Wednesday during the 2006 cross country season.
The 10-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., includes Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida and Stetson, with Florida Gulf Coast and USC Upstate to compete in 2007.


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To quote the official announcement:
DeLorean Fans and Enthusiasts,
DCS 2018 will be held at the Mega Center at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL from August 15 through August 19, 2018.
Although this is the same hotel that hosted DCS 2006, the DCS Events will be in different facility locations than in 2006, with all Car Show and Vendor activities indoors (no tents). More details about all the changes at Pheasant Run Resort will be in a following post.
As mentioned earlier this Fall, we are adding an extra day to beginning of the Convention, which will be a Full-Day, Tech Day at Baltria Vintage Auto Gallery (adjacent to resort; short walk) on Wednesday, August 15, at no additional charge, to all registered DCS 2018 attendees.
A "regular" DCS schedule will follow on Thursday, August 16 through Sunday, August 19.
Note: Saturday DeLorean Car Show event date will be very easy to remember: 8/18/18
The location selection process for DCS 2018 was significantly longer than years' past for a number of reasons and the maximum added value was provided by this location.
Pheasant Run Resort was sold a number of years ago, and a new investment firm and new management team is in place. The entire resort is in the process of improvement. The hotel's Tower Rooms have been renovated and other areas have been refurbished including the lobby, hallways, ballrooms, and both the indoor and outdoor pools.
The DeLorean Car Show for 2006 was held in the DuPage Expo Center and in big tents behind the Expo, which has since been sold off and re-built into a new VW Dealership. The Mega Center has similar Main Floor footage as Prairie Capital Convention Center from DCS 2016 and significantly more footage than the DuPage Expo Center in 2006.
The Mega Center has received a number of upgrades as well, including a tan coating on the floor (similar to DeLorean Motor Company Midwest, for reference) and new lighting for the Main Floor. Under the new management, the Mega Center has hosted the Midwest Mecum Auction and several annual car shows, including the Midwest Pontiac Show for several years.
The adjacent auto restoration shop across the street from the Pheasant Run Resort will allow DCS 2018 to have a Full-Day, Hands-on Tech Session Day during the convention. Baltria Automotive has 12 lifts, indoor showroom and covered outdoor showroom area. We plan to do on-lift inspections, door adjustments, install demos and other minor work.
The Resort also has a recently refurbished theater (seats over 300) that DCS plans to use for screening Tamir Ardon's DeLorean Documentary, which is scheduled for 2018 release, along with other screening requests, such as Steve Concotelli's OUTATIME documentary. The theater also allows DCS an alternate location for our Keynote Speaker presentations.
The DCS Planning Team has secured an initial block of hotel rooms for $99/night, with the more recently refurbished Tower Rooms for $119 per night. Hotel Registration will be open
before the end of this month, so check for links on the forum during the Holiday Season and on the DCS Social Media sites. The DCS Planning Team will work to get the links ready soon.
We plan DCS 2018 Hotel Registration links to be provided before the end of December 2017. We plan DCS 2018 Event Registration links to be provided before the end of January 2018.
More details to follow.
Rich W. [for the DCS 2018 Planning Team]


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Jeffrey D. Corcoran has been named director of the Gannon University Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Corcoran most recently served as director of the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia Technology Incubator, located in Dunkirk. As founding manager of the incubator, Corcoran was responsible for creating jobs by developing new, technology-based businesses.
Corcoran also previously served as executive director of the Schenectady County Community Business Center, located in Schenectady, N.Y. In that capacity, he oversaw education, business incubation, mentoring and loan programs designed to increase jobs and promote economic development.
Corcoran graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and earned a master of business administration degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. He and his wife, Carolyn, have four children.
More about the Gannon SBDC
Gannon University's Small Business Development Center has helped northwestern Pennsylvania's most successful businesses set the pace for nearly a quarter of a century.
The Gannon SBDC provides no-cost consulting services to entrepreneurs and to small business owners. The SBDC's consultants have expertise in areas such as accounting, e-commerce, financing, strategic planning, business plan development, customer service, manufacturing and market research.
The Gannon SBDC is one of 18 Small Business Development Centers in Pennsylvania and is an accredited affiliate of the national network of Small Business Development Centers. Learn more at http://www.sbdcgannon.org/.
Gannon University is a Catholic, Diocesan university offering nearly 100 academic programs, including doctoral programs in physical therapy and organizational learning and leadership. Gannon enrolls more than 4,000 academically talented and diverse students. Learn more at http://www.gannon.edu.
Gannon University announces the launch of the Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge (I-HACK).


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Transferring / Re: transfer "down" to Columbia« on: March 14, 2005, 10:40:54 PM »
I'm seriously thinking about transferring to Columbia from a higher ranked school. I was admitted there last year and I think I might have chosen the wrong school...its just not a great fit with my personality, interests and attitude. Anyhow, I'm wondering if anyone here has transferred to CLS after earning mediocre 1L grades at a nominally better school (Stanford, Harvard, or Yale). Any comments on prospects and/or process will be most welcome.
Stanford is a good school- stay there, then move to NY. Long-term job prospects will be better. HTH


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Wake County
Methodist Orphanage alumni reunite in Raleigh on Easter weekend
Most of the stories of how they came to live at the Methodist Orphanage begin with tragedy: the death of a parent, usually a father, in a poor family with too many children to take care of.
And yet many of the former residents of the orphanage that the Methodist Church operated on Glenwood Avenue for more than 80 years have fond memories of the place.
It was where they played, made friends, went to school and had their first dates. For many, as children it was the only home they ever knew.
"I guess on the outside looking in, it's sad. But to us, it's not sad," said Peggy Griffin of Cary, who came to live at the orphanage when she was 6 after her father died of a heart attack, leaving her mother with six children and a seventh on the way. "We had food. We had a nice place to sleep. We had people who cared for us and wanted us to be happy."
This weekend, former residents of the orphanage, which was renamed the Methodist Home for Children in 1955, will hold a reunion, as they have every Easter weekend since 1929.
They'll gather at the North Raleigh Hilton to get caught up or reacquainted and trade stories about their lives as children. This year, there will be a special ceremony, complete with color guard and bagpiper, to honor veterans of the armed services who came from the orphanage.
The event is largely organized by Griffin and her husband, Billy, who has headed the alumni association for the past 18 years. The couple met at the orphanage and married in 1954, a year after Peggy graduated from the orphanage school.
Billy Griffin was 11 when he came to live at the orphanage in 1946 after the death of his father, who himself had been raised at the Methodist Orphanage.
The Griffins are devoted to the alumni association and the reunions, "so we don't lose sight of where we were raised and what it's done for us," Peggy says. But they recognize that their membership is getting older and shrinking.
The orphanage closed in 1984, and most of the active association members lived at the home in the '30s, '40s and '50s, when the children had lost one or both parents and came to live out their childhoods.
More recent alumni, Peggy Griffin says, came from more troubled backgrounds, with drugs or abuse in the home. They often went back to their families if the situation stabilized.
"They just do not have the same memories we have," she said. "When I hear them talk, it sounds like a different place. It was just not a good experience for them."
'Taught you perseverance'
The Methodist Church established the orphanage on what was then the edge of Raleigh and accepted children from throughout eastern and central North Carolina. The first child, Cassie Bright, came to live there in January 1901.
The campus grew to include about 65 acres and several buildings, where children lived and went to school and church. There were ball fields, a gym, a skating rink and a single-lane bowling alley. A large bell, which today sits in a small memorial in front of the Methodist Home for Children offices on a small corner of the former campus, set the rhythm of the day.
The orphanage also operated a 285-acre farm south of the city, where the boys went to raise and milk dairy cows, tend hogs and grow corn, hay and vegetables (girls worked on campus doing cooking, cleaning and laundry). Herbert Wells recalls working as a "milk boy," riding to the farm in the back of a truck at 3 a.m. to milk the cows and clean up the barn.
"It taught you perseverance," says Wells, who is now 86 and lives in Youngsville. "I've never known one who lived up there who hated to work."
Wells, a Navy veteran who retired after doing substation construction and maintenance work for 42 years at Carolina Power & Light, says the orphanage was the best thing that ever happened to him, even though he came to live there at age 7 after the death of his father.
"They taught you some manners; they taught you to respect your elders; they taught you to work," he said. "And if you acted up, they warmed your butt, and that was all right."
'Like brothers and sisters'
Janice Meyer remembers what it was like sharing a house with 25 girls her age in the late 1950s. By that time, the teens attended nearby Broughton High School, where to other students it seemed like the orphanage girls had an unending number of dresses and skirts.
"We all just switched around, and the other kids thought, 'Wow, you have a lot of clothes,' " Meyer said. "We were very close to each other. We were like brothers and sisters."
Meyer went to college and became a math teacher in Rocky Mount and had four children of her own. Though she has wonderful memories of the orphanage and appreciates what it provided her, she says it wasn't the same as having a mom and dad that love you.
"Even now – I'm 70 years old – every time I hang up the telephone with my children, the last thing I say to them is 'I love you,' " she said.
Meyer is among the youngest active members in the alumni association, one of the new guard that Billy and Peggy Griffin hope will take over for them eventually and make the association their own.
"We don't know where it will go from here, or for how long," Peggy Griffin said.
The association has a mailing list of 230, down from 350 about 20 years ago, Billy Griffin said. He calls every alum on his or her birthday – still more than 200 calls a year, but fewer with each passing reunion.


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AT TECH IN 2010: Burgess started 49 games of 55 for the Golden Eagles last season, primarily behind the plate. At the plate, he finished with a .293 average (58-198), his highest of the year. Twice he went 4-for-5, once against SIUE and another tiem during the OVC post-season tournament against Jacksonville State. A member of the OVC post-season all-tournament team, Burgess upped his average by 27 points, going 11-21 during the tournament with six RBI. On the season, Burgess notched 58 hits including nine doubles and five home runs, two of which came against Murray State to help Tech sweep the Racers and earn the regular season no. 1 spot. Defensively, Burgess led the team in put-outs with 392 and recorded a .979 fielding percentage. He batted in a total of 58 runs and scored 39 himself, and maintained a .414 slugging percentage and .358 on-base percentage.
AT TECH IN 2009: Ben started 54 games for the
Golden Eagles in the outfield and behind the dish in
2009…named to the OVC all-newcomer team after batting .316
with a .414 slugging percentage…led the team in at-bats
(215) and was second in hits (68) and RBIs (45)…tied for the
team lead with 16 multi-hit games, including three four-hit games
and two three-hit games…had 12 multi-RBI games including a
career-high five RBIs against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 25 after
going 4-for-5 with a double and a home run…hit four home
runs and nine doubles on the season…had the second-longest
hit-streak of any Golden Eagle during the 2009 season with nine
consecutive games with a hit…started two games on the mound
for the Golden Eagles and pitched in eight for a total of 22.1
innings pitched…got his first victory in the OVC
tournament-clinching game against Jacksonville State after throwing
four innings of one-hit ball and recording four strikeouts as Tech
topped the Gamecocks 4-3 in 10 innings…was named to the OVC
all-tournament team.
BRENTWOOD HS: Was named team MVP, and an all-district, all-region and all-State selection...set single season records with 57 hits, 46 RBIs and 19 doubles his senior season with a .479 batting average...had a .390 batting average and 37 RBIs his sophomore season…was named Rookie of the Year after his freshman campaign…finished his career with 170 hits, 123 runs scored and 119 RBIs...also excelled in the classroom, with a 3.8 GPA, and earned TSSAA Academic Award.
PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin Davis Burgess…son of Barry and Doe Burgess…born Aug. 7, 1989…grandfather Kenneth Redmond played football and basketball at Tech in 1945-46…majoring in accounting.


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Monday, April 2, 2012
VisionWalk 2012
BUT, it was an amazing day.
We had sixty-one people show up to walk with us:
And we tripled our fundraising goal.
By "we" I mean you and us together.
It says "$4,270" on the site, but there were some donations made on Saturday that aren't showing up there yet (including the $14 in coins Grace donated from the lemonade stand last week:). So I'm going to go ahead and guess that the grand total for the "I Love Lucy" team is up to $4,500.
And for that we are forever and ever grateful.
Check out all these great people who joined us:
This mother/daughter duo were quite an inspiration:Their names are Joy and Jessica and they brought Lu some special stuff in a little "cupcake purse" crocheted by a blind woman that they are friends with. Made especially for Lucy. Jessica has had a kidney transplant and has some other issues similar to Lucy's and was about the sweetest girl you could meet. She went out of her way to be there for our girl and we appreciated that so very much.
I could go on and on about how much this day meant for our family.
I could talk endlessly about how much it means to have people rallying around your daughter that you worry so much about.
And to have the possibility of finding some sort of cure for blindness on the horizon.
But words cannot express our gratitude.
So I'll let Lucy say it:
...from the bottom of our hearts.
Your kindness and generosity of time and funds means the world to us.
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well gosh i'm just crying my head off here at work. love you so much, and all this is just so great.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Ok, I don't even know you and I am crying. It is wonderful to see this support for your family!ReplyDelete
That picture of Lucy with the "thank you"... that did me in. How could we not want to help that sweet thing?ReplyDelete
Okay I'm crying too! This is so heartwarming to think of all the people who are the I Love Lucy team whether they were there in person, financially or with their hearts. Thanks for the pictures. It was almost as good as being there!ReplyDelete
That picture of her at the bottom of the post is absolutely priceless. What an angel.ReplyDelete
I don't usually comment unless I have something interesting to add but I just have to let you know that this made me quite teary. What a special day for you all!ReplyDelete
I was blaming PMS for getting teary reading this post. But after reading the other comments I don't think that is the reason. It was amazing to read about your friends, family and people you don't even know supporting the event. Thanks for writing this post.ReplyDelete
Can we still donate????ReplyDelete
I am so amazed that I didn't even notice you taking all these pictures. Especially the last one of Lucy! I remember the sign but when did you have time to take that?!! What sweety! You are so welcome little Lu! Thank YOU!ReplyDelete


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2013 and Earlier - Toyota Camry Prices Paid and Buying Experience
Thanks for this information! for the brunswick toyota deal, was that a 2013 model? was it an SE or LE? For the motocars toyota, where you purchased, did you deal online, or did you go in and negotiate? I'm looking to purchase locally like you, but I am considering to purchase out of state, if it is worth it. Thanks for your help0
2013 Camry SE white at brunswick. But white camry does not looks good as it not costly BMW white. So I do not mind passing that deal for my Barcelona red.
I have 2013 camry se I-4 only. did 0-60 in 7.9 secs with paddle shifters
1500 fun miles now. I suggest go out of state only i you can save more than $1000. If you can sacrifice reliability go out of state and buy a certified Chrysler 300c with 5.7 v8 and too many goodies. I drove a rental 300c its was awesome. but the car may not work after 100k miles lol0
Oh ok! When did you buy your Barcelona red '13 camry se from motor cars?0
$15,000 and a $4,000 trade in.0
Basically you paid $20,837 with the $1,000 rebate and $250 doc fee. I got the same options plus $300 window tinting all around and a lifetime warranty for $19,877 and no doc fee. MSRP was $25,384!0
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I got life time warranty too, Motocars Toyota of Cleveland heights gives lifetime warranty obviously powertrain with every new vehicle.
Yes you can say I said $20837 to yous $19877, as you got advantage of no doc fee, but I had even better offers as mentioned in other posts for $21500 OTD which is even less than yours but color was white with black ash interior.
And when investing on a car its imp to choose color of your choice, So I bought Barcelona Red with all black interior what I exactly wanted, and Also no cost of travelling or hotel and Also dealer did all registration for temp tags and to travel out of state any day missed at my work would cost me more
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thriller2 Posts: 7I had a camry before and wanted RAV4 this time. I got awesome deal compared to CRV , Escape, forester & other competitors.
Past Monday I bought new 2013 RAV4 XLE FWD $22,000 + Tax Tag & title from DCH toyota. I think I got awesome deal. This was less than TrueCar price and almost $2k below factory invoice price. This included $500 Toyota discount as I went with my credit union for financing. Please get in touch with James (goes by Judd ) & Dana in internet sales dept for DCH Toyota Torrance.0
On and LE or Hybrid LE, I was getting LE for 21,500 OTD in Ohio where we have 8% tax, but went with an SE for 22618 OTD0
curious65 Posts: 1Who was the salesperson helping you? I'm in Sacramento and if the local dealers here can't come close I might have to swing by Capitol0
Has anyone got a good deal for 2014 Camry SE V6 in Tex,La, Miss areas. I been quoted 26460.00 + TTL (1500.00 rebate already applied) for CQ package and Moonroof options. Thanks for any info.0
I did call Jim Bradley Toyota for a price quote on a 2014 Camry SE V6 with no package add on and was quoted 28000.00. almost 2400.00 more than locally (plus ttl for local).0
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$26200 +fees on a 2014 SE V6, 0% APR with $1000 finance rebate in socal0
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$26200 +fees on a 2014 SE V6, 0% APR with $1000 finance rebate in socal
Please clarify above....you get 0% APR plus $ 1000 rebate for 26200 + fees so your actual price is 25200+ fees if you finance with them?
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HOLLAND - Seventy-one Hope College seniors have been awarded monogrammed blankets for their participation in athletics at Hope.
The orange and blue "H" blankets are presented to seniors who earned at least three varsity letters while at Hope. One of the varsity letters must have been earned during the student's senior year.
The students were recognized during the college's Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 29, and will also be honored during an on-campus reception sponsored by the Alumni H-Club on Monday, May 3.
The recipients are:
Eric Anderson, Ann Arbor, cross country
Justin Bailey, Portage, soccer
Kevin Bartosek, Traverse City, soccer
Christopher Batterbee, Gladwin, football (captain)
Jacqueline Beeler, Plymouth, cross country
Teresa Borst, Zeeland, volleyball (captain)
Matthew Clark, Holland, track
Jenny Cowen, Dexter, basketball (captain)
David DeBoer, Grosse Pointe, football (captain)
Michael Dekker, Hamilton, baseball
Bryan DeKoekkoek, Martin, track (captain)
Alexander Deschaine, Frankenmuth, football
Deidra Enochs, Summerfield, Fla., softball (captain)
Taylor Fox, Canton, football
R. Alexander Fryer, Clearwater, Fla., baseball (captain)
Joanne Gabl, Saline, cross country
John Gardner, Granville, Ohio, tennis (captain)
Michael Garland, Kohler, Wisc., tennis (captain)
Haleigh Gokey, Mattawan, track (captain)
Philana Greene, Grandville, basketball (captain)
Christopher Harrison, Plymouth, Minn., soccer (captain)
Andrea Helminiak, Maumee, Ohio, volleyball (captain)
John Herbert, Culver, Ind., soccer (captain)
Philip Heyboer, Zeeland, swimming (captain)
Ryan Jara, CommerceTownship, track
Anders Johansen, Indianapolis, Ind., football (captain)
Kristen Johnson, Naperville, Ill., volleyball
Scott Jungling, Zeeland, basketball
Kirsten Kaufmann, Clio, soccer (captain)
Brandon King, Willowbrook, Ill., swimming
Collin Kooy, Metamora, track
Marissa Kooyers, Holland, tennis
Krista Liverance, Williamston, softball
Emma Lucas, Boon, track
Christopher Mauney, South Lyon, track
Jeffrey Minkus, Glen Ellyn, Ill., track (captain)
Jordan Moore, Grandville, football
Ryan Nelis, Zeeland, swimming (captain)
Elizabeth Olson, Ankeny, Ia., tennis (captain)
Kelsey Pierson, Indianapolis, Ind., swimming
Preston Pierson, Traverse City, track (captain)
Claire Piester, Columbia, Mo., swimming (captain)
Robert Poll, Grandville, baseball (captain)
Frank Previch, Onsted, track
Matthew Ray, Holland, swimming (captain)
Manuel Reynoso, Winfield, Ill., cheerleading
James Richardson, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, swimming
Jonathan Rodriguez, Berrien Springs, track
Mitchell Ruch, Zeeland, swimming
Bart Schrader, Centreville, cheerleading (captain)
Saab Schwiebert, Chelsea, soccer (captain)
Cassie Sneller, Holland, golf (captain)
Scott Snyder, Berrien Springs, baseball (captain)
Nicholas Stone, Dearborn Heights, swimming
Steven Strock, Grandville, golf (captain)
Ryan Summers, Naperville, Ill., cross country
Steven Tompkins, Glen Ellyn, Ill., baseball
Cody Tozer, Sturgis, swimming
Aaron Treiber, Auburn, track
John Turner, Kentwood, soccer (captain)
Sarah Vander Meer, Holland, track
Kevin Van Dokkumburg, Holland, football
Christina Vogelzang, Holland, swimming (captain)
Aaron Welsch, St. Peters, Mo., swimming
Danielle Werley, Holland, tennis
Matthew Wiersum, Minnetonka, Minn., track (captain)
Kate Williams, Wheaton, Ill., swimming
Whitney Willson, CommerceTownship, swimming
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The market is currently obsessed with when, and how, the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates. And the central bank can't tell you.
Minutes from the June 17-18 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee will be released Wednesday at 2 p.m. Eastern, and there's a little less suspense than usual because Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen had a news conference immediately following the meeting.
She let it be known that the Fed hasn't completely decided what to do. "We've made quite a lot of progress in our discussion, but we've not yet reached conclusions about that or other aspects of our package," she said. See full transcript of Yellen press conference (external link).
"Broadly speaking, some of the principles that were incorporated in those—in that 2011 package, the notion that we fully expect our balance sheet to shrink considerably over time back toward more normal levels, toward levels that would be consistent with efficiently conducting monetary policy, that's still an expectation. I believe it's an expectation that eventually our portfolio will be—consist largely of Treasuries, eventually, but there are quite a number of details."
The more pertinent discussion is when rates will be lifted, and by how much. The so-called dot plot showed that expectations of how high rates will go next year and in 2016 were on the move higher, to roughly 1.25% in 2015 and 2.5% in 2016. The minutes may help explain why.
-- Steve Goldstein
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I've been doing Christmas WRONG all these years, judging by what I've just witnessed in this video.
Via Catster, aka the greatest website in the world:
In the video, a guy celebrates Christmas with his cats (who are named Theo and Thea) in New York City. He decorates with the, uh, "help" of the cats, and then goes for a walk in the snow, treating us to swooning sights of the Big Apple. He picks out two small, perfect gifts, and then comes home to make dinner, which he shares with the cats, who, again, prove to be very helpless helpers.
This guy is going to have a way better Christmas than the one you're going to have. Trust me. When your drunk uncle starts yelling about how his ex-wife is never getting the Chevelle back and your mom asks you to please try to "be nice" to your weird cousin who keeps telling people that a "President Alex Jones" would fix all the problems Obamacare is causing, just remember how fucking awesome this dude's Christmas is.


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- I Can See
- Summary: A young passenger sees landforms on a cross-country train trip.
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- I Can Take Care of the Earth
- Summary: A young child finds simple ways to help the environment.
- Rocks, Rocks, Rocks!
- Summary: Readers learn that rocks come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
- Recycle Every Day!
- Mina the bunny's family helps her come up with new ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle all kinds of materials.
- Dirt: The Scoop on Soil
- Readers learn about different types of soil and some of the living things that soil supports.
- Under One Rock
- Readers discover a whole community of bugs and other creatures in the soil under one rock.
- Rocks
- An introduction that explores where rocks come from and how they are used.


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SOAP server example
Recently at Openismus I was asked to write a SOAP server, which would run on an OpenWRT router set up by Dave. The server uses libsoup, so writing it was really straightforward, but fun. Of course there were some glitches, like trying to use SoupAddress to set up where server should listen - it ended up in segfaults somewhere inside libsoup. I decided to not use it in the end, but Jens gave me a hint about a function of SoupAddres resolving it first. Segfaults are clearly a sign of bug somewhere in libsoup. Primarily SOAP server had to be someting bigger but for now ended up as an example. There are some things lacking for sure. Like actual compliance to SOAP standard (probably), documentation or subclassing the SoupServer into SoapServer and providing some nice interface hiding all ugly details. But at least it has autotools based build system, client application and some basic tests. So it maybe doesn't look that bad. The code (LGPL 3+) is on Openismus Playground.
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Whether you are an experienced cyclist or a first-time mountain biker, our Mountain Bike Adventure is an enjoyable way to experience the outback of Cabo. With our expert guides, you will be set-up on modern, all-terrain bikes, fitted just for you, and taken on an enjoyable ride down cactus-lined tracks to a stunning hidden beach overlooking the Pacific. Your ride ends with an authentic Mexican feast and celebratory drink.
Head Off Into the Desert
Journey out to the scenic and beautiful Rancho San Cristobal, 20 minutes north of Cabo's city center, where you will feel worlds away from the clamor of Cabo. This protected preserve, overlooking the majestic Pacific, offers a unique and beautiful location for a fun and enjoyable biking tour designed for everyone.
Get Ready to Explore
At the ranch our friendly and knowledgeable guides will greet you for an overview of the tour and introduction to your all-terrain bike. You will also be fitted with a helmet, gloves and given a bottle of water. Once comfortable with the bike, your guide will lead you on a stunning ride through a truly unique region of Cabo that very few tourists get a chance to experience.
Learn About Cabo's Beautiful Desert
As you ride, our guides will teach you about the amazing flora and fauna of the area, even showing you ancient cacti and plant life with natural healing properties. Keep an eye out for ospreys, red tail hawks, cara caras, California quails, roadrunners, chipmunks, deer, and foxes, as this secluded area is full of wildlife. In the winter, you may even see humpback whales offshore.
Enjoy! You've Earned it!
After free time on a virgin beach, you'll head up to our "casa tipica" for refreshing flavored waters and a delectable Mexican meal, full of regional flavors to complete your adventure. You will also enjoy a celebratory drink of tequila with your new friends to end the day.
4.5 hours approximately plus transportation
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- Professional gear
- Bottled water
- Safety helmets and gloves
- Mexican lunch
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- Cool, comfortable clothing and a light sweater (winter months)
- Sunscreen
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- Money for photos
- Sunglasses
- Cameras permitted at certain points during the adventure
- Min height 1.5m / 5ft
- Max weight 265lbs/120kgs
- Guests must be fully mobile and in good physical condition, they must have previous knowledge and practice riding mountain bicycles
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Vapes wrote:Call me old fashioned, but I actually enjoy going through all the bots on the shelves. The fun is in the hunt.
RustyRobotOil wrote:Go to Garage sales.
I see older people selling boxes of their grown childrens old toys for next to nothing all the time. I got a whole box full of G1's (and other 80's toys) for free. I even told the guy that they were worth money and he just said (Oh, well take'em! I was just gonna throw them all out haha...). I wish I'd had a bigger backseet.
I also just got a red Takara G1 Bumblee (see post) for a buck at the Goodwill.
I don't pay full price for NOTHIN.
Seibertron wrote:
This is great advice, especially your last sentence.
Out of curiosity, what area do you live near? I've never had luck doing garage sales. Do you have any advice on types of areas to hit? Long established neighborhoods? Do you often get lucky or do you go to a few dozen garage sales before finding something of interest?
bonesy91 wrote:Just a quick question I had about collecting.
I'm trying to get the whole fall of cybertron toyline (minus sdcc Bruticus... 300$ I'll pass haha) and I've been browsing and it seems like Hasbrotoyshop has the combaticons priced lower than anywhere else.
Should I order them through Hasbrotoyshop? Or is there a chance that I could get them cheaper when they hit the shelves?
Just kind of worried because this is the first time I'm trying to collect the whole set of figures from a toyline.
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