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Edwards experienced two heart attacks while on tour with the Ventures in Japan in the fall, and his recovery, in hospitals in Sendai and Tokyo, necessitated the insertion of a pacemaker and three stents.
A member of both the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and the Native American Music Association Hall of Fame, Edwards is now back home in Oregon, and with his wife Judy he is trying to raise money to cover his hospital bills. They're soliciting donations using GoFundMe.com, and as of this writing they have raised $13,000 of their $125,000 goal.
Judy Edwards is posting updates on Nokie's condition to his official site, NokieEdwards.com. The latest, from yesterday, reads in part:
Nokie has seen his GP last week and his heart doctor this week. He is moving forward with his recovery… Which we all know what a strong man he is. Nokie has his pacemaker check on the 14th of this month and his heart ultrasound and echo on the 19th. I am sure he will pass with flying colors.
You will all be happy to know he has picked his guitar up twice this week and is now on a schedule daily playing guitar except when we are away from home. Also, he has been working out riding a stationary bicycle twice a day and getting good exercise. Now if I can figure out how to get him to play the guitar and ride the exercise bicycle at the same time, I may be able to get a video of it. Taping his TV remote control to the handlebar of the bicycle may have had a little something to do with getting him to ride the exercise bike. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Below are some photos from Nokie's hospital stays in Japan, taken from a gallery Judy posted to NokieEdwards.com:


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The Genealogy Center is again planning 31 days of research enjoyment and education for your genealogical gratification! As usual, we have something planned for each day, but this year, we've divided the month into sections highlighting different aspects of research.
- General Week, October 1st through 9th, will include a beginning genealogy workshop, classes on land records and Genealogy Center basics, and will finish with the third annual Military Symposium.
- Preservation Week, October 10th through 16th, will offer classes on preservation, scrapbooking, scanning, as well as a basic lecture on wiring a family history.
- Technology Week, October 17th through 23rd, will provide information on useful websites and databases, as well the use of Adobe Elements software and creating a family website.
- Death Week, October 24th through 31st, will highlight death records, obituaries, haunted sites in Fort Wayne, Midnight Madness Extended Research Hours on Friday, and will end with a bang with the Cemetery Seeker's Start Sharing the News! three day conference.
And every Tuesday afternoon, Genealogy Center staff will offer 30 minute one-on-one consultations to advise you on your knottiest research problems.
For class descriptions and registration information, check our calendar, then mark yours to take part in this exciting month!

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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP Officials at the Atlantic City International Airport, the launching point for Wednesdays massive Atlantic City Air Show, are gearing up the runways for an influx of show aircraft that began on Sunday and continues today and tomorrow.
The airport is at the epicenter of the huge logistical challenge that is, clearing the path for arrivals and departures of show aircraft while, at the same time, maintaining scheduled commercial, charter and general aviation flights for on time departures and arrivals.
We are proud to be a vital partner in pulling off this fabulous action packed one-day community event, The airport is responsible for all aircraft ground movement and coordinating with the FAA tower all take-off and landings. This is a challenge we welcome, this one-day show enables staff to hone airside skills without encumbering the airfield, said Airport Director Thomas Rafter.
Rafter noted that the South Jersey Transportation Authority, which owns and operates the Atlantic City International Airport, has agreed to waive landing fees for all aircraft associated with the air show.
Among the issues that must be resolved when accommodating an air show of this size is the scheduling of aircraft and maintaining adequate emergency services and firefighting personnel at the airport, said Rafter.
The high performance aircraft used in this show schedule present an exciting challenge to airport staff, said Rafter, noting that the airport and MidLantic, the fixed base operator at ACY prides itself on providing excellent airside services.
ACY is one of the few airports in the region that has the size, the equipment and the ability to accommodate a one-day air show of this magnitude, said Rafter.
One of the advantages of producing this air show is access to an airport of this size, said Rafter. Runways are large and well equipped and can handle any size aircraft. In fact, NASA has designated ACY as an alternative landing site for the space shuttle.
ACY has two runways, one 10,000 feet long and 150 feet wide and another 6,144 feet long and 150 feet wide, and both equipped with state-of-the-art instrument landing systems.
In addition to gearing up at the airport, the Atlantic City Expressway has taken steps to ensure a smooth flow of traffic into the area. The Pleasantville Plaza, the gateway to the city, has E-ZPass Express lanes which allow motorists to keep left and keep moving, by using the Express E-ZPass lanes motorists can enter Atlantic City swiftly without stopping.
We are more than ready. We expect a large turnout and are excited about the prospect of accommodating even more visitors to Atlantic City than last year to see this riveting air show, said Wade Lawson, Director of Tourist Services for the SJTA.
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MIAMI — Kicker Nick Folk received a reprieve that gave the New York Jets a wild win. After Folk's blocked field-goal attempt in overtime was negated by a timeout, his retry was a successful 33-yarder with 6:04 left, and the Jets beat the Miami Dolphins 23-20 on Sunday.
MIAMI — Kicker Nick Folk received a reprieve that gave the New York Jets a wild win.
After Folk's blocked field-goal attempt in overtime was negated by a timeout, his retry was a successful 33-yarder with 6:04 left, and the Jets beat the Miami Dolphins 23-20 on Sunday.
Mark Sanchez hit Santonio Holmes for a 38-yard gain to set up the kick. Two plays later, Folk's attempt was blocked by Randy Starks charging up the middle, but the officials whistled the play dead just as the ball was snapped because Dolphins coach Joe Philbin had called timeout, hoping to ice the kicker.
Folk lined up again and made the winner.
On the previous possession, the Dolphins' Dan Carpenter was wide left on a 48-yard field-goal attempt that would have given them the victory. Carpenter also missed from 47 yards early in the fourth quarter.
New York improved to 2-1, and the Dolphins dropped to 1-2. The Jets' Darrelle Revis and Miami's Reggie Bush left the game with left knee injuries.
Sanchez redeemed himself at the end of an erratic afternoon. His 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Kerley with 3:01 left to give the Jets their first lead, 20-17.
Rookie Ryan Tannehill then moved Miami 48 yards, including 19 yards on a third-down pass interference penalty against Revis' replacement, Kyle Wilson. Carpenter's 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds left forced overtime.
The Dolphins had the better ground game, outrushing the Jets 185-88 despite the loss of Bush. But the Jets' LaRon Landry scored on an 18-yard interception return.
Sanchez twice missed open receivers for potential scores, made several wild throws and had a handful of passes dropped. He finished 21 for 45 for 306 yards and two interceptions.
Backup Tim Tebow ran for 5 yards and a first down on a fake punt, but otherwise again contributed little to the Jets' offense.
Tannehill also had a rough day, going 16 for 36 for 196 yards with the one costly interception.
Bush hurt his knee on a carry when the Dolphins were running out the clock in the second quarter. He returned to the bench after halftime in uniform and rode an exercise bike, but remained on the sideline.
All-Pro cornerback Revis departed in the third quarter with a non-contact injury.
Some Tebow trickery led to a field goal by New York. He took a short snap from punt formation on fourth-and-3 at the Jets 30 and ran 5 yards for a first down, jump-starting a 16-play drive that ended with a 3-pointer.
Tebow was the intended receiver on a third-down pass that fell incomplete, and he still hasn't throw a pass.
He did draw a big cheer from the crowd when the scoreboard "Kiss Cam" showed him next to teammate Clyde Gates on the sideline. A teammate encouraged them to kiss, but they declined.
The Dolphins were pinned at their own 6 early in the third quarter when Tannehill rolled out and threw toward Anthony Fasano along the sideline. Landry stepped in front of the intended receiver to make the interception and dashed to the end zone for a 10-all tie.
Daniel Thomas fumbled on the next play, and Revis recovered. New York reached the Miami 2, but Tebow lost 5 yards on a keeper, and Sanchez's third-down pass into the end zone was intercepted by Chris Clemons.
Miami drove 80 yards in the third quarter and scored on Jorvorskie Lane's first NFL touchdown, a 1-yard run that made it 17-10.


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Let's say you encrypt multiple files with CBC encryption using the same key, but each file has unique (and pseudo random) iv. Does this weakens the security of the data? Is it easier to obtain key if you have many instances of the same data encoded with different iv. Let's assume that the attacker knows all the files are the same or at least partially (first half) the same.
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Six Second Phone Call Blows JonBenét Ramsey Case Open Again
The explosive first episode of The Case of JonBenét Ramsey has thrown up an enormous new piece of evidence - and it all has to do with that now-infamous 911 phone call.
While previews of the much-anticipated two-part series suggested that the emergency services operator Kim Archuletta would be spoken to for the first time since Patsy Ramsey made that frantic call 20 years ago, advances in technology have allowed investigators to dissect a previously unheard portion of the recording.
Because although the reportedly distressed mother thought she had hung up the phone, Archuletta could still hear voices and so kept the tape going; while some of the speech remains inaudible, there are three, distinct sentences that have blown the case wide open.
A male voice, belonging, it's believed, to John Ramsey, is heard to say "we're not speaking to you", after which a female - again, thought to be Patsy Ramsey - says "what did you do? Help me Jesus."
That's when a third voice, a child's, asks: "What did you find?"
That third voice is alleged to belong to Burke Ramsey, JonBenét's brother, who has always claimed to have been in bed, asleep, at the time.
"One of the reasons why I even stayed on until they disconnected [was] because there were things being said that people needed to know," Archuletta emotionally explained in last night's episode, alleging that her instincts had kicked in when Patsy went from "hysterical to matter-of-fact".
"It sounded like she said, 'Okay, we've called the police, now what?' and that disturbed me.
"So I remained on the phone trying to listen to what was being said.
"It sounded like there were two voices in the room, maybe three.
"Different ones, I had a bad feeling about this, to me it sounded rehearsed."
The final part of The Case of JonBenét Ramsey airs Tuesday September 20 at 8.40pm on Channel 9.
Trending now: JonBenet Ramsey's Brother Speaks Out For The First Time


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1. What kind of offense will Union County deploy?
Union County runs a no huddle, spread offense. They throw the ball more than anyone we have played so far. They try to control the ball with the short, high percentage passing game.
2. Are there any similarities in the teams offense?
No not really. We are primarily a power running team, and their bread-and-butter is their short, controlled passing game.
3. What will Union Counties defense hope to accomplish?
They will try to slow us down running the football and prevent big plays in the play-action passing game.
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Allowing U.S. athletes to carry a highly symbolic American flag during tonight's opening ceremony may go far to honor the heroes and victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but it also stirs ghosts that linger from the Olympics' worst tragedy: the 1972 Munich massacres.
Previous attempts to memorialize the 11 Israeli athletes and officials murdered at the '72 Summer Games have fallen short in the eyes of prominent Jews and families of the slain. They want the International Olympic Committee to make a formal gesture--such as a moment of silence--dedicated to the victims. But the IOC has resisted, partly because of concern about protests from Arab delegates.
The plan to honor those who died in last year's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is highly appropriate, activists say, because victims represented nations around the globe. But as the IOC did an about-face this week to allow an official gesture, they could not help but wonder: What about us?
"In every subsequent Olympics, we asked for just a moment of silence," said Dr. Benjamin Berger of Shaker Heights, Ohio, whose son David was among the athletes killed. "Not a great display, just a moment of silence, to acknowledge the thing that occurred. That's all."
IOC Director General Francois Carrard declined to comment. It has been the contention of IOC leaders that they have repeatedly honored those killed. They point to a memorial service the day after the Sept. 5, 1972, attack and, more recently, comments during the closing ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games as well as remarks by IOC President Jacques Rogge's this week during an all-delegates session in Salt Lake City.
"I have no reservations about doing more in the future," Rogge later said. "I just want to say that we have honored the memory of these athletes."
Both publicly and privately, according to confidential minutes of the IOC's policymaking Executive Board, the committee has struggled to recognize this stark chapter in Olympic history.
The IOC's oft-stated goal is to keep the Games focused on athletic endeavors and on fostering goodwill between athletes. That desire played a role earlier this week when a subcommittee, citing protocol, rejected a proposal to have U.S. athletes carry a tattered flag recovered from the World Trade Center site in tonight's parade of nations.
But the IOC was unprepared for the controversy unleashed with its decision and quickly compromised. Tonight, the flag will be carried into Rice-Eccles Stadium before the parade and held during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Efraim Zinger, director general of Israel's National Olympic Committee, said that, despite the nearly 30 years separating the Munich murders and the Sept. 11 attacks, there is much in common.
"It's a chain in this series of never-ending terrorist events that started in 1972," Zinger said. "Our feeling is the Olympic movement should acknowledge its family members."
Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, said the IOC has an obligation to honor the Munich dead because it occurred at the Games.
"When something occurs on your turf, when something violates the Olympic spirit, something that was one of the most atrocious examples of terrorism until 9/11, then it becomes the responsibility of the IOC to do something," he said. "The IOC has an unpaid bill that they should pay . . . and that is memorializing something that is part of the history of the Olympics."
But Toni Khoury of Lebanon, an IOC executive board member, said a moment of silence to honor the slain Israelis at the ceremony would be an unwelcome political intrusion.
"Believe me, like all human beings I was--I am--sick about the deaths of all the [Israeli] athletes. In my opinion, with all due respect . . . for the opening ceremony, and the Olympic Games, it is best not to interfere politically."
Observers say the IOC is struggling to recognize the complexities of the tragedy. Killed were Moshe Weinberg, Yoseph Romano, David Berger, Eliezer Halfin, Yaacov Shpringer, Zeev Freedman, Yoseph Gutfreund, Kehat Shor, Mark Slavin, Andre Spitzer and Amizur Shapira, in addition to five Palestinians and one German policeman.
Should the Israelis be memorialized to the exclusion of the others? There are also internal Olympic politics to navigate. While Israel has one IOC delegate, there are several from Arab states.
The day of the murders was marked by confusion and misinformation. Just before dawn on Sept. 5, 1972, eight Palestinians broke into the Israeli living quarters in the Olympic Village. Shots were fired and two Israelis were killed. The rest were taken hostage.
At first, IOC President Avery Brundage, an American, said the Games must go on. Then there was an about-face and the rest of the day's events were canceled.
The IOC executive board planned a memorial service for the dead--at that point, two Israelis--for the next morning. And a little later, IOC members were told that the rest of the hostages had been saved and the terrorists had been killed or captured.
It wasn't until the next morning that they learned all were dead.
The confidential minutes show the IOC debated the following dilemma: To halt the Games, it was felt by some, would be giving in to terrorists. To continue, as others pointed out, smacked of arrogance and insensitivity to the dead.
At the memorial service held the morning of Sept. 6, the world's flags hung at half-staff, except for those of 10 Arab nations, which had insisted the night before that their flags be raised high.
During the service, Brundage memorably declared, "The Games must go on," although many disagreed and felt that comment insensitive.
The 11 dead are now recalled in monuments and plaques at various sites around the world. None has been dedicated at the IOC's instigation. Israel's Olympic committee donated to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, a miniature replica of a statue in Tel Aviv that was dedicated to the 11 who died.
Since the 1976 Montreal Games, however, relatives of the slain Israelis and others have been lobbying the IOC to formally honor the dead. The IOC has grappled with how to handle any references to Munich.
Two years ago, when an Oscar-winning documentary about the killings, "One Day in September," was to have its premiere in Lausanne, the IOC's headquarters, there were questions about whether the premiere should be held at the Olympic Museum.
Then-President Juan Antonio Samaranch told the IOC to be "very careful" about "becoming associated with a film that might be offensive to some countries and was against doing so if it might lead to political problems," according to the minutes.
Before the 2000 Sydney Games, Samaranch told the executive board that he was being asked by the Israeli National Olympic Committee to find a way during the Games to commemorate the dead.
During a series of meetings held that year, opposition was raised.
An IOC staffer said the committee had received "threatening letters on this question from six or seven different Arab national Olympic committees," according to the minutes. The vice president of the Palestinian National Olympic Committee, Rabie Al Turk, said: "If [the Israelis] are going to have a plaque in a prominent place, then I want a plaque. If they ask for a minute of silence, I ask for one."
He also said that if the Israelis wanted to recall their victims, Palestinians would show victims of young Arabs killed by Israelis. "I have lots of victims."
Referring to Al Turk's remarks, Rogge told the board in July that while the Munich murders were "tragic," if the IOC "were to do anything, it would cause a great uproar." He said he would hold "quiet talks" with the Israelis to 'try to explain the difficult situation faced by the IOC," according to the minutes.
The issue arose again Sept. 14, 2000, the day before the Sydney Games opened. Samaranch said he "had nothing against mentioning the killings again but believed that if he were to do so, it would provoke outrage amongst the Arab countries."
Samaranch added, "The occurrence had happened in 1972; it was now 2000." Perhaps he could "make a general comment without specifically referring to Munich."
Rogge "totally agreed." The minutes note his explanation: "With all due respect to the fallen athletes, he believed that the IOC had to avoid any potential problems."
Others though, feel an obligation to memorialize the Israelis slain in Munich. "I see it as my duty to try and convince the IOC to find a way to commemorate the Munich tragedy," Israel's IOC member, Alex Gilady, said in a recent interview. "I do understand, however, the complexity of the situation. And as I took an oath to accept the decisions of the IOC, I do so hoping that one day I will manage to convince them."'
For Berger and others, the IOC efforts to honor the deaths have not gone far enough. The Sept. 6, 1972, memorial was scheduled when only two of the 11 had been killed, and it served as the bridge to the resumption of the Games. The 1996 speech also included a reference to the woman killed when a bomb when off in Atlanta's Centennial Park, and the comments made by Rogge earlier this week were to IOC members and invited guests only.
Berger said it is not asking too much to have a moment set aside in time to recall only the murders.
"The only reason things are different this year as opposed to last year is that the terrorism that has occurred is our terrorism, on American soil, against American citizens. All of a sudden, the whole country becomes aware there are terrorists out there. I've been dealing with this for 30 years."


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College Track Scholarship FAQs
High school and collegiate practices are significantly different from high school. You might be intimidated at times, but remember to take it a practice at a time. Communicate with your coaches and reach out to upperclassmen. After awhile, you'll adjust and do well.
Have a list of top 25 schools. Then make three categories: reach, match and lower. Reach are schools you may not qualify for the team or compete right away, but you have ability to improve and contribute in the future. Match are schools where you are qualified for the team based on standards, you'll probably be able to contribute to the team right away. Lower are schools you are a potential star in the program and conference. If you aren't hearing back from schools, understand the rules and regulations. Don't be discouraged if you haven't heard from a coach, but try to reach out to them.
Work on scheduling your first trip in the fall of your Senior year. You want to make sure its not interfering with your season. Some colleges may ask you to pay your expenses on an official visit due to budget constraints at times. Continue to communicate with coaches and express your level of seriousness and interest in their program.
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Coaches are looking to see your progress. Recruiting starts early. Consistency and seeing you reach your PRs are important to collegiate coaches. For high jumpers and sprinters, you want to aim to reach your highest PRs around sophomore year. For distance runners, coaches are watching your strides and consistency in your PRs.
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When it comes to large-scale IT transformation projects, some basic principles have a great impact on implementation success. The following is a list of principles, some of which the folks at the IT consulting firm Infosys freely admit they came by the hard way.
These recommendations, or "10 Commandments," are intended to help focus your IT organization's attention on the most fundamental aspects of program management.
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CHANHASSEN, MN -- Shares of Life Time Fitness stock fell to an all-time low after a margin loan call on Thursday forced Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi to sell 582,000 of his shares, worth $11 million and making up about 13 percent of Akradi's entire direct holdings in the company.
On Friday, Life Time shares dropped $1.11, or 5.8 percent, to close at $17.90. Life Time had a six-month high of $41.50 in September. The stock has lost 64 percent this year.
Akradi, Life Time's biggest shareholder, reportedly owned 4.3 million shares of Life Time stock in May. Approximately 3.5 million shares of Akradi's stock remain subject to pledges under margin loans, according to a company statement.
The shares of stock were sold by one of the financial institutions that made some of the loans to cover Akradi's obligations, according to the company. In light of current market conditions, further sales of Akradi's Life Time stock may occur to satisfy the minimum margin requirements under the loans.
Margin loans are backed by stock, but the value of that stock must maintain preset levels, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. When values fall below those benchmarks, the lender will issue a "margin call," forcing the borrower to either liquidate some of his or her stock or add more cash to the account, according to the Business Journal.


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Up in Smoke: Cigarettes and HIV
"What, I have to stop smoking now, too?" I'm sure many of you reading this article feel this way. Most adult smokers are well aware that the decision to smoke comes with very real health risks. If you are living with HIV, there is a growing body of information to suggest you may be at greater risk than your HIV-negative counterparts for developing smoking-related diseases and conditions.
Because of HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy), people living with HIV are now in the situation of having to evaluate the long-term effects that smoking will have on their overall health. Quality of life has always been a major issue for anyone living with HIV, but historically, we were not concerned with how smoking might affect long term quality of life; now we must be.
Smoking and Emphysema
Contrary to what big tobacco companies have claimed for years, there is a mountain of information to show that smoking can greatly affect the ability of your lungs to work effectively. Emphysema is one condition that is commonly found in people who smoke. Emphysema is the loss of the walls between air sacs in the lungs, resulting in large air pockets, a marked decrease in the ability to oxygenate the blood, and increased lung infections. Some providers have seen emphysema-like lung conditions in people with HIV regardless of whether they smoke or not. These observations led researchers to study the effect of smoking on HIV-positive people, compared to HIV-negative people, matching the two groups for age and other risk factors.
The study found that of the HIV-positive group, 15% were diagnosed with emphysema, compared to only 2% of the HIV-negative group. How much someone smoked also affected their risk of developing emphysema. In this study, 37% of the HIV-positive smokers who smoked the equivalent of one pack a day for 12 years developed emphysema, while none of the HIV-negative smokers, who smoked the same amount, developed emphysema.
Living with emphysema definitely has a negative impact on the long-term quality of life for anyone, and this study suggests that smokers who are also living with HIV are at a greater risk of developing emphysema.
Smoking and Cancer
Again, contrary to what you might have heard from the tobacco industry, there is plenty of information to link smoking to the development of cancer. Recently there has been a steady stream of conversation about what seems like an increased incidence of cancer in people who are on HAART. There has been no evidence to suggest that these cancers are the result of HAART medication, so why does cancer seem to be on the rise among people living with HIV?
If you read the first part of the interview with Dr. Aboulafia in the last issue of the Perspective, you will remember Dr. Aboulafia's story of his client who, even though his HIV viral load was undetectable and he had seen an increase in his CD4 cells, died of pancreatic cancer. This man's past history of heavy smoking more than likely played a causative role in the development of the cancer that led to his death.
As we see more people with HIV developing lung cancer, stomach cancer, or mouth and throat cancer, we must look at the role smoking plays in the development of these life-threatening diseases. Living with HIV can be very challenging, and many times we are faced with medical conditions we have very little control over. That is why it is becoming increasing important to identify areas that we can control, making a huge difference in our overall health
If you decide to stop smoking, but find it difficult to do on your own, please talk to your healthcare provider about the different programs available to you. Working with your provider can help identify the best approach to stop smoking. Some people have had success using nicotine patches or gum, alone. Others have stopped smoking by taking a drug called Zyban® (bupropion, Welbutrin®). If long-term quality of life is your goal, then you must consider the role smoking can play in impacting your health.


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'Security' is oftimes a very esoteric concept, something all of us in trucking know is necessary on some level. Yet security also brings with it big costs in terms of dollars, loss of productivity, etc. We're wasting time standing in line, getting IDSs checked, loads verified, etc., etc., and countless other etc's added on for good measure. It's a concept many of us, I suspect, feel we don't need too much of because of that old bromide 'It can't happen here.'
Until it does.
It's hitting home for me today -- I'm a graduate of Virginia Tech, and me and thousands upon thousands of other fellow Hokies like me are trying to fathom how some nutjob could kill over 30 people on our beloved campus. Someone -- a crazed student or some other demented individual -- has put Tech atop the record books for the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. It's a horror show I still can't believe is happening.
Now, sure, this is a college campus, not a loading dock or a border crossing. The security footprint in much easier to establish and maintain at the latter points. But this rampage shows just how much damage one person with a handgun -- just one -- can cause. One person armed with explosives, or hijacking a truck with explosoive material, can cause even greater horror than what happened in Blacksburg today.
It also shows that nothing and nowhere is safe -- not the malls, not the schools, and definitely not the highways. It's a reality we must all come to grips with one way or another.


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Tom Brady's touchdown streak ends as Patriots offense struggles in 13-6 loss to Bengals
CINCINNATI — The Patriots' last-gasp bid for an overtime-forcing touchdown Sunday against the Bengals, with 26 seconds left, ended with a short, wobbly pass attempt from Tom Brady for Aaron Dobson that was tipped up and then intercepted by Bengals cornerback Adam Jones.
The play sealed a 13-6 win for Cincinnati and handed the Patriots their first loss of the season.
New England's defense played well, but the offense could not put enough points on the board despite the low-scoring game. Brady completed fewer than 50 percent of his passes for the second time this season, and did not look sharp.
The Bengals' talented defense sacked Brady four times, and the heretofore effective running offense for New England was also held at bay, with just 75 rushing yards between the team's two healthy backs, Brandon Bolden and LeGarrette Blount.
The loss also marked the end of Brady's consecutive-games streak with a touchdown pass at 52, two shy of Drew Brees's record of 54.
It's not usually a good sign when your punter is your most valuable player in a game, but that was the situation for the Patriots: rookie Ryan Allen was called upon eight times, and he responded by pinning the Bengals inside their 20 five times, including inside their 10 three times.
Given the at-times up-and-down play of the Bengals offense entering the game and during the game, burying them deep in their territory was a help.
New England won the coin toss for the first time this season, and made the highly unusual move of taking the ball to open the game, something it's believed they haven't done since the 2008 season opener.
Yards were hard to come by in the first quarter, as each team got three possessions and the first five ended with punts.
Brady was sacked on third down on New England's first two possessions, both on play-action calls that took just long enough to develop for the Bengals' stellar defensive line to break through and take down the quarterback.
The sixth drive, belonging to Cincinnati, finally saw movement past midfield. Bolstered by a 22-yard gain down the seam from Andy Dalton to rookie tight end Tyler Eifert and then a 13-yard run from former Patriot BenJarvus Green-Ellis, the Bengals were in the red zone.
But on second and 7 from the 9, Dalton double-pumped then rolled to his right, forcing a pass to Eifert even though he had other options. Brandon Spikes stepped in front of Eifert, and his interception ended the scoring threat.
It was the first red-zone interception of Dalton's career, against 37 touchdowns.
The Bengals scored first, on a 39-yard field goal, and New England prevented a first-half shutout with its own field goal in the closing seconds, heading into halftime with a 3-3 tie.
Cincinnati added another field goal in the third quarter, and scored the game's only touchdown in the fourth, on a 1-yard run by Green-Ellis.
New England got the ball back with 1:48 to play, in need of a touchdown to tie the game.
Starting at their 35-yard line, Brady could not connect with Bolden or Julian Edelman on first and second down, then on third down Bolden gained 6 yards on a screen pass.
The Patriots of course went for it on fourth down, and inexplicably safety Chris Crocker was whistled for offsides, giving New England the first down.
Then Cincinnati's Wallace Gilberry was whistled for hitting Brady in the helmet on a follow-through on second down in Bengals territory, giving the Patriots another fresh set of downs from the 27.
But on the first snap after that flag, Brady looked to Dobson in the end zone, and the ball was short. Jones tapped it up, and as two teammates converged, he was the one to grasp the ball, getting the interception.


text: Jeff Green, of Owensboro, Kentucky, is a stock car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He drives the #44 for Tri-Star Motorsports part time. Green was the Nashville Speedway USA track champion in 1990 and the Busch Series champion in 2000. He is the brother of NASCAR drivers David and Mark Green.


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Tips For Installing Fool-Proof Freeze Plugs
In your racecar, a cracked block from frozen coolants in the winter isn't usually the problem. Leaking freeze plugs that dump coolant on the track, however, is. If you have a freeze plug work its way loose either from the vibrations from an engine operating at extended high-rpm levels or from occasional overheating, the coolant dump is usually right in the path of your rear tires. And a spin-out or wreck from a faulty plug is the last thing you want.
Of course, it is rare for a freeze plug to pop all the way out and dump coolant all over the racetrack. The more common problem is a slow leak that aggravates you to death. It is hardly worth pulling the engine to replace one plug, but the result is a slow coolant leak that constantly makes your car nasty.
With that in mind, here are a few tips for installing leak-free freeze plugs.
In high-performance applications where a failure can be worth big money, engine builders will often "pin" the freeze plugs to further ensure they won't come out. The process is fairly simple and you can do it yourself. Drill three holes just above the lip of each plug (on the chamfer of the plug bore in the block). Use a No. 38 bit and drill the holes on a 45-degree angle until they are approximately 0.300-inch deep. Now you can tap the holes and use button-head screws or use freeze-plug pins made specifically for this task. These pins save you the effort of having to tap each hole. Just use Loctite on the pins just like you do the plug itself.


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Not on my property: Tyler gathers steam
If the proposed re-opening of the Crozet Tunnel [Cover story, "Ain't No Mountain Wide Enough," November 21] and its hopeful intersections of Greenways trails had at least one Afton resident steaming mad, he's now become furious.
"The only way they can put a trailhead on my land," says owner Bruce Tyler, "is to condemn my house and take it through eminent domain." In other words, he won't go quietly.
Tyler, a lawyer who offers uncontested divorce and separation agreements starting at $88, doesn't want to move anywhere, ever. "My wife and I hope to be buried on this property," he says.
But like any good lawyer, Tyler has done some research. After reviewing 90 pages of material obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, Tyler says he believes things are moving too fast.
"I urge the Nelson County Supervisors to put the Blue Ridge/Crozet Tunnel Restoration Project by refusing the $300,000 funding until it can determine the wishes of Afton residents and reconsider some of its assumptions," he says.
Tyler, whose house and office sit right next to the current live rail and whose land borders the CSX property where the old Tunnel is located, says he has located other potential locations for the trailhead.
He notes that the eastern portal of the Tunnel lies several hundred feet beneath a scenic overlook on Route 250 West.
Bud Carter lives on and owns part of that land and would like officials to consider a trailhead closer to the top of the mountain. Carter acknowledges that this plan would involve a steeper incline and several sharp switchbacks.
"There's no question the Tunnel should be open," says Carter. "It's one of the Seven Wonders of the World." At the time of its 1858 opening, the Blue Ridge Tunnel was the world's longest railroad tunnel.
Another choice for the proposed hiking, biking, and horseback-riding trailhead involves Stagecoach Road (Route 600). Although there are a few residences along the ridge of Route 250, Carter continues to maintain the length of it. The original road over the mountain, its historical credentials almost match those of the Tunnel. Civil War soldiers used the road, and the spring where abolitionist John Brown allegedly sipped before heading to his destiny at Harper's Ferry is still there.
Shinko Corpora of Afton Mountain Vineyards would like to see a museum and/or a tourist information spot nearby. "The more stuff to do around here the better for our business," she says.
But not all business owners agree that putting Afton on the map as a travelers' destination is a swell idea. Like Tyler, Shirley Stanton of Afton House Bed and Breakfast disagrees with the projected Tunnel plans.
"The whole thing would be a nuisance," she says. "It would cost too much money to make safe, and that money would be better spent on creating jobs and feeding the hungry."
Tyler and Carter just want the principals involved, including Nelson County, CSX, and The Whitesell Group– a Roanoke planning firm– to take a broader view of how re-opening the Tunnel and all of its ramifications will affect the quality of life for everyone on top of the mountain. Tunnel planners, however, insist that nothing is set in stone.
Nonetheless, Tyler vows to start a petition drive. Although he favors the royal "we" when talking of drawing up something serious and creating petitions, when he's asked for names of others who might be involved, he replies, "It's basically me."
However one looks at the effect the Tunnel re-opening might have on the village of Afton, the implications of increased traffic and revenue seem undeniable. Obviously Tyler considers the whole project a great threat to his livelihood and is working diligently to keep apprised of all decisions regarding land donations, letters of intent, and county involvement before, as he puts it, "They come over the mountain and destroy me."


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ESMO @ ECC 2013: Primary Endpoint Unmet in a Phase III Trial of First-Line Treatment with Palifosfamide plus Doxorubicin in Patients with Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Palifosfamide/doxorubicin had a similar toxicity profile to placebo/doxorubicin in the PICASSO 3 study.
- Date: 01 Oct 2013
- Topic: Sarcomas
Although results from a phase II trial of palifosfamide looked promising, disappointing findings were reported for the phase III PICASSO 3 trial of palifosfamide as the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (mSTS). The study did not meet its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS), despite showing a statistically non-significant trend towards improved PFS of 3.1 weeks.
Findings were presented 1 October, 2013 by Dr Christopher Ryan of the Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA during the Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Proffered Papers Session (Abstract E17-3125) at the 17th ECCO – 38th ESMO – 32nd ESTRO Congress. The European Cancer Congresses are organised in joint partnership with ESSO, EACR, EONS and SIOPE as a forum for the latest in oncology research and to offer multidisciplinary and multi-professional educational opportunities in oncology. The 2013 Congress convened in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 27 September until 1 October.
Palifosfamide: Mechanism of action
As a bi-functional DNA alkylating agent, Palifosfamide has potential activity against multiple tumour types, including mSTS. Importantly, palifosfamide is the active metabolite of ifosfamide and able to bypasses resistance pathways and does not manifest the toxic metabolites associated with prodrug activation.
PICASSO 3: The study design
The PICASSO 3 study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of palifosfamide when added to doxorubicin compared to doxorubicin and placebo. The PFS per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by independent, blinded radiographic review, was the primary endpoint with secondary endpoints of overall survival, response rate, quality of life, safety and tolerability. PICASSO 3 was conducted at 113 clinical centres worldwide.
Patients with measurable mSTS, centrally confirmed by independent pathology review, who had not received previous chemotherapy for metastatic disease were eligible for the study. The trial stratified 447 enrolled patients by histological type and age and randomly assigned them 1:1 to receive doxorubicin at 75 mg/m2 (i.v. ; n=226) on day 1 plus either 150 mg/m2 palifosfamide by i.v. or placebo (n=221) on days 1, 2 and 3 every 21 days for up to 6 cycles. No crossover was allowed.
Synovial disease was reported in 6% of patients, 34% had leiomyosarcoma and 60% of patients presented with other sarcomas. Twenty-six percent of patients were aged 65 years or older.
PICASSO 3: The study results
The PFS was similar between treatment arms with a small prolongation benefit shown with adjunct palifosfamide. Median PFS was 5.98 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 5.31, 6.20) for palifosfamide/ doxorubicin compared with 5.23 months (95%CI 4.13, 5.90) for placebo/doxorubicin (hazard ratio [HR] 0.87; p = 0.18). An interim analysis showed that median overall survival favoured placebo and was 15.91 months for palifosfamide/ doxorubicin compared to 16.89 months with placebo/ doxorubicin (HR 1.05; p = 0.74) .
Subgroup analyses of PFS and OS by stratum are ongoing.
Palifosfamide was well tolerated and showed a safety profile in combination with doxorubicin that was comparable with other palifosfamide clinical trials in soft tissue sarcoma. The adverse event (AE) profiles were similar in both treatment arms with an increase in the rate of febrile neutropenia of 17.8% observed for palifosfamide/ doxorubicin over 9.8% for placebo/doxorubicin. Other commonly reported AEs were nausea, constipation, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhoea, and anemia. Grade ≥3 AEs were neutropenia, febrile neutropenia, nausea, anemia, constipation and dehydration.
Patient health-related quality of life (QoL) was maintained with palifosfamide/doxorubicin, as demonstrated in patient reported QoL questionnaires.
The authors concluded that, although PICASSO 3 did not meet its primary endpoint, patients with mSTS receiving first-line palifosfamide/doxorubicin showed 3.1 weeks improvement in median PFS compared with placebo/doxorubicin. They also noted that palifosfamide/doxorubicin had a similar toxicity profile to placebo/doxorubicin in this phase III trial setting.
PICASSO 3 was sponsored by ZIOPHARM Oncology.


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After what seemed like his 40th guttural bellow during "I am a God," an exhausted Kanye West fell on his back. Like most of the moments during his two-hour-plus performance at Washington's Verizon Center on Thursday night, it felt earned, not contrived.
It had been five years since the 36-year-old Chicagoan's last solo tour (the beautiful, campy Glow in the Dark tour), and West ensured — through a fully committed, sweat-soaked performance, striking stage design and his many, many words — those in attendance of his "Yeezus" tour would not leave questioning his heart and passion. You might find his talking points of creativity and "awesomeness" heavy-handed and ugly, but the conviction behind it all seems more genuine than anything else in pop music today.
As a viewer, the experience of seeing "Yeezus" boils down to one feeling: enthrallment. It was a production unlike I had ever seen, from the creepy, nude-bodysuit-wearing models who looked ready for an "Eyes Wide Shut" sequel to the towering glacier that reminded me of the Aggro Crag from Nickelodeon's "Guts." "White Jesus," a lurking red-eyed monster and a booming female voiceover all made appearances. And yet there was no doubt who the star was. West simply delivered like no one else can today.
Because my mind is still swirling from it all, here are some more random observations from Thursday night:
• Let's start with a quote that will really get some eyes rolling: "Don't ever let them tell you I'm crazy … [pause] … because I'm smarter than all of them."
• After a surprisingly humorous and feel-good version of "Runaway," West seemed to sense the crowd was readying for a rant. He joked, likely because it was D.C., that he would be politically correct for the first time in his life. That lasted about five seconds. Predictably, he fumed about fashion most, like creating the insanely popular Yeezy sneakers with Nike and then having the CEO Mark Parker not talk to him for eight months. West gave an example of a soda company approaching him to be a spokesman, but without letting him have creative input. His response? "I did 'College Dropout,' 'Late Registration,' 'Graduation,' 'Blueprint 1,' 'Blueprint 3,' '808s and Heartbreak,' 'Watch the Throne' and 'Yeezus.' I have ideas."
• Songs from this year's "Yeezus," which sounded specifically crafted for arenas, and 2008's "808s and Heartbreak" dominated the setlist. He recalled hearing his mother had passed away via a phone call while in London. "I thought I was losing my religion. Losing my faith," he said before performing the song he wrote about his mother's death, "Coldest Winter." He laid on his back the entire song, only staring at the ceiling.
• The older songs he performed — "Good Life," "Through the Wire," "Stronger," "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" — have aged very well. Beat-heads complain about the potency of West's drum sounds a lot, but last night, "Jesus Walks" knocked hard.
• Anyone who has seen West live knows he's prone to lyrical flubs, and last night was no exception. "Good Life," a song that trips him up unlike any other in his catalog, was saved by West's shoutouts to Rockville, Silver Spring, Takoma Park and Maryland itself.
• The most thrilling one-two punch, at least viscerally, came early in the show when West performed "Cold" and his remix of Chief Keef's "Don't Like." West felt the energy from the crowd, and responded by jumping and stomping on a platform in the middle of the arena so much that it wobbled and shook.
• OK, how about another quote? "When I walk down the street, I make the street happy."
• He still won't let the "South Park" "Fishsticks" episode go. Last night, he was upset the cartoon mocked this infamous photo of West and his crew while at Paris Fashion Week in 2009. If there's one thing he should be over by now, it's a "South Park" episode.
• During his first rant, he name-dropped Ben Carson, the retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon. He said Carson "will be president one day."
• The "aww"-in-love moment: West changed the lyrics of "Good Life's" second verse to "Welcome to the good life / where I fell in love with the girl on TV 'cause she got more ass than the models."
• It's a tie for my favorite moments: "All of the Lights," which continues to incite crowds with its impeccable drum programming and sing-along chorus, and the cathartic "Hold My Liquor," the best song from "Yeezus."
• West's outfits looked heavy and uncomfortable, but they were a source of pride. "Having all of this custom Margiela on is an accomplishment for me," he said as he brushed off his pant legs. He sounded like a kid with the freshest gear on at the first day of school. And yes, he wears different masks for 80 percent of the show. When he finally took it off for "Jesus Walks," it seemed like a relief for him and the crowd. Just seeing him smile and point to the crowd brought a welcomed levity to the night.
• In terms of disappointments: I did not see Kim Kardashian, and I wish West had played "Street Lights," "Amazing" and "I Wonder."
• This is a must-see show. The price of admission is worth it to see West close the show with his latest single, "Bound 2." (Perhaps you've seen the video.) If you weren't grinning from ear-to-ear and screaming back "Jerome's in the house, watch your mouth," you were doing it wrong.


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If you've been reading the national media press recently you may well have read more than an article or two by established journalists which attack the rise of blogging. Principally, they criticise the lack of quality (fact checking, grammar, sources, regulatory compliance etc.) exhibited by many bloggers.
But are they really just annoyed that bloggers are threatening their status? Are journalists asking themselves similarly tough questions about how their readers perceive them?
There are some fantastic journalists out there, no doubt. But there are also some fantastic bloggers. There are lots of very poor bloggers too. I guess the poor journalists don't make it to press.
But I keep reading articles by respected journalists where the sub-text seems to be an intense irritation on the part of the journalist at the blogosphere as somehow corrupting and tainting their profession. Bloggers are the 'cowboys' of journalism it seems.
Now one of the things that is absolutely at the heart of online, and the interactive world, is TRUST. It's at the heart of most relationships, of course, but it's particularly important online because you can't usually see, or hear, the person you may be interacting with. "Online no-one knows you're a dog".
Phishing, scams, spam, identity theft… the fact is that as we get used to living with the internet, and as we become ever more super-media-savvy/cynical, we are developing razor-sharp "trust antennae". We have to make our own judgements, very quickly, on how far we can trust anything we read or are told. We have to, to survive out there.
So whilst the serious journos are worrying about the factual laissez-faire approach of some bloggers, us readers are increasingly skimming our chosen media sources (including blogs) and using our highly-attuned 'trust antennae' to judge each source, and piece of content, as we see fit.
What surprises me, is the apparent implicit assumption by many journalists that their readers necessarily trust them? No-one trusts an estate agent, no-one trusts politicians, but how many people really trust journalists?
The trust antennae glow with warning signals for anyone who has an 'agenda'. Of course journalists have an agenda – they work for a particular paper which has an editorial and/or political bias, they are being paid to do a job with particular business targets, they are climbing the greasy career pole. Can we really trust them?
[As an aside, I recently got an e-mail from an Ad Sales person at one of the UK's most-respected national newspapers saying – and I copy and paste – "If I was able to get your company and the seminar some editorial coverage, would your company consider advertising the seminar in the feature?". Mmm.. so there's editorial independence for you.]
I believe the reason that blogs have taken off so much is that, as a medium, they are largely *un-mediated*. Bloggers don't claim to hold any moral high ground, they don't claim factual accuracy necessarily. Usually they just want a conversation. They are passionate about what they write about. They blog because they feel a need to. And because they can.
Reading blogs is thus a liberating experience, both for blogger and bloggee. Sure, a lot of bloggers are nutters perhaps, and a lot of them have views you wouldn't expect of a serious newspaper. But the bloggers are real people. And they don't have an agenda. They are the quiet people at the party who finally have a chance to mouth off to the world. And why not? Why should we always have to listen to those with the biggest mouths? Let's face it, some of what some bloggers have to say is actually far superior to many journalists.
So as readers we have a choice – listen to the ranting bloggers and select those we like and trust, believing them to have no agenda other than one we may also passionately believe in; or, read the journalists with their political and career agendas, and try and read between their lines?
OK, so my picture is a little one-sided perhaps, but I do believe it points to a deeper cultural shift and echoes the whole user-generated content / social media space i.e. that people want to interact directly with real people and they crave honesty, transparency, self-expression, individuality and fun over accuracy, control and mediation (because no-one believes the latter exist in any fair or reliable form anyway).
I believe this phenomenon is being encouraged by the openness of the internet. I also believe it is quickly corroding the last vestiges of trust and respect that much of the electorate have for politicians who attempt to cling to the power strings of mediation (aka spin). Give me a politician who gets it wrong, and admits the mistake in his/her blog; or a politician who admits their opposing party's policy is better than theirs? Now there's someone you might just trust?
Ashley Friedlein


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Police Train to Defend Schools in Western South Dakota
LEAD - A high school in western South Dakota has started working with law enforcement to better prepare officers in the event of a campus shooting.
Lead-Deadwood High School became training ground for more than 25 law-enforcement officers earlier this month.
Deadwood Police Chief Kelly Fuller tells the Black Hills Pioneer that the December school massacre in Newtown, Conn., helped spark the training session.
Lawrence County Detective Tavis Little says the goal was to increase cooperation between multiple agencies.
The training included representatives from the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, Deadwood Police Department, Lead Police Department, federal Forest Service and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Here is a question I was asked (I am paraphrasing it):
"Are higher dan ranks awarded for technical improvement or for other factors, such as contributions to the art and teaching?"It is certainly true that higher ranks, such as 7th dan through 10th dan, do take into account the awardee's contributions to the art, teaching, and similar factors. However, in my opinion, a person should improve from one dan level to the next. This applies to higher ranks as well.
Thus, in my opinion, a 7th dan should be more skilled than a 6th dan, an 8th dan should be more skilled than a 7th dan, etc. A Karate student should never reach a level where he no longer improves. I am sure that there are 80 and 90 year old Karate experts who are still "working at it." The work never ends and neither does improvement.
Now I am not saying that you can necessarily compare a 7th dan in one style or dojo to another 7th dan in another style or dojo. Ranking is a pretty subjective thing with wide variations. But within one dojo or organization, you would expect to see some uniformity of ranking. And in this situation, I would expect there to be a qualitative difference between holders of higher ranks. In other words, I would not expect an 8th dan to simply be an older version of a 7th dan. An 8th dan should be more skilled and more technically advanced.
I have written before that the passage of time and the attainment of a certain age should never be the basis of rank. Improvement should be the basis of rank, and improvement comes from one thing and one thing only -- training.
I've also written that what's important is not being better than other people but being better than yesterday (quoting Jigoro Kano). It is also true that if you have not improved today, you have gotten worse (because you have gotten older). We must constantly seek improvement.
I am fortunate to know many skilled Karate instructors who have dedicated their lives to training. They train to improve, not to be promoted. Actually, I do not know any skilled Karate instructors who seek promotion -- they are too busy training and working on themselves.
Skill is the result of training. If skill increases, that is a reward in and of itself. An acknowledgment from a ranking committee is not necessary. It is also true that rank without skill and ability means nothing at all.
So I feel that a person should improve from one rank to the next, and this applies from the earliest ranks to the highest. But the goal is improvement, not rank. If rank comes, it should be accepted with a sense of humility, gratitude, and increased responsibility (to the other students).
I would also like to relate something I often experience. I meet many Karate instructors who are more skilled that me. I am never intimidated by this. Instead, I am inspired to train harder so that I can improve. I am 53 and my Sensei in Okinawa is 72. I say to myself, "I will try to be as skilled as he is when I am his age." And then I think, "At least I have some time to try to catch up." I have mentioned this to my Sensei many times. He replies that "We can try to improve together."
That is exactly how I feel about my own students. "We can try to improve together."
Charles C. Goodin


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Living Just a Little, Laughing Just a Little (Ain't Easy)
I am tired of taking meds!! I know that is not the politically correct position to take, but if you have been taking meds for a long period of time, as I have, you might just get tired of taking medications every day too!! Adherence means having to be disciplined enough to take medications EVERY day, in some cases two or three times a day. That is not an easy thing to do, even if it is the difference between good and bad health, or as we have been told and have sometimes experienced, the difference between life and death.
Why should I be any different than most humans I know? After all, adherence is the flip side of prevention, right? The fact that I am in this position of having to take these HIV meds is because I was not disciplined enough to wear a condom, so what makes me think that all of a sudden I am going to be disciplined enough to maintain this new lifestyle perfectly every day! Furthermore, I have been addicted to other things in my life, and I have worked very hard to break those addictions so that I could be the thing my heart yearns for ... FREE! Now I find myself strung out on other drugs that I better not stop taking if I want to feel good and protect those whom I love.
Well, for those of us who are hosts to the HIV virus, we need to know that our situation is way beyond just how we feel. The virus is not a moral issue, nor is our well-being contingent on what we think about how we got HIV. It is bigger than our often natural desire to be undisciplined and inconsistent. The fact is that experience is showing us that those who take these medications to suppress the HIV virus in our systems seem to benefit the most.
I remember when there were no medications at all, and very little if any hope for those of us who fought valiantly to enjoy the best quality life we could. We had to do so without the option of the "lifesaving" medicines that we now find ourselves sometimes taking for granted. How else could we explain the evolution of attitudes about HIV, and how the attitudes about living with the virus has gone from hopelessness to recklessness?
People think that it is easy to just take the medications if they catch the virus, but like I always try to share with those who are still HIV negative, it's easier to wear a condom than it is to get and take medications every day for the rest of your life. When I ask people about their addictions to things like cigarettes, sugar, fried chicken, soda, etc., most say that they do not have the discipline to stop using those substances, even with the knowledge that they may be harmful to their health. Many have said "I can't think about living without my ____!!" So, clearly the threat of bad health is not the ultimate motivation to live a disciplined life. What is it that will get folks to change their behaviors?
I have been sick and at death's door. When you have had that kind of experience, or if you have lived as long as many of us who are longtime survivors have, the motivation to adhere to our medicine regimens is rooted in gratitude. I try to remember what it was like being sick and how much more enjoyable my life is when I am feeling physically well. Life is so much sweeter, and I am so much more of a productive human being when I am not consumed with how to overcome sickness. Besides, many of us longtime survivors are now grandparents, so the curiosity of how my grandchildren will look and be as they grow up is keeping me going too! I mean, my children are still a part of my motivation to be well, but my grandchildren are even more intriguing, and watching them grow will take more time, so if the meds will help me achieve that, I guess I will do my best to adhere to the regimen as prescribed. The best thing I can do along with that is to make sure that I drink enough water and do the other things that I can to try to keep my organs (i.e., liver, kidneys, heart, etc.) as healthy as I can!
So, even though I am tired of taking meds, and I want to be free of even the addiction to medications that are legal and beneficial; and even though I can use my humanity as an excuse to not take meds all the time because I am not perfect ... I am way too grateful and nosy about what life has to offer to NOT take them. There are too many who have died as a result of either side of the arguments of the scientific debate. I choose to err on the side of caution for now. Actually that has been working out pretty well for me. After being sick in 2005, I have been taking the antiretroviral combination that has kept my virus at undetectable levels, and allowed me to enjoy really good health. With God's grace, and enough desire to live well, I have been able to adhere pretty well to this regimen. My oldest granddaughter was 2 years old at the time. Now she is 9, and I have two other granddaughters, a grandson, and a set of boy/girl twins due in months! I play softball and golf, take flying lessons, I am of service to my community, and I am blessed to share my experience and hope with you. I think that the benefits of adhering to this regimen of medicines is bigger than what I might be feeling about being tired.
There are probably a lot of politically correct things that could be said to try to encourage people like you and me to adhere to taking our medications religiously, but for me it's best that I remember that it is easier to try to stay healthy than it is to try to get well!! I have seen the fruits of being alive and well, and I will try to remain grateful for every day that I can have this wonderful life. If this is part of the price for being able to share life and love, while protecting my HIV-negative wife from any greater danger, then I need to be unselfish enough, and willing enough, to give it my very best shot.
There are plenty of things that we can do to try to understand ourselves and our addictions better. Twelve-step programs like HIV Anonymous have been very helpful on both accords. So I suggest we do our best to make the right choice on a daily basis so that we can enjoy watching the adventure of life unfold!
Read Reggie's blog, "RISE4WAR -- Focusing on Wellness, Awareness and Recovery."


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Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
In New York City, while drugstore employee Robert Manners is delivering a package to Judith Fenton's apartment, he surreptitiously unlocks her door, then hides outside. After the building janitor, George Pilski, visits Judith, Robert re-enters and strangles the young woman, leaving the message "Ask Mother" scrawled in lipstick on the wall. When ailing media mogul Amos Kyne receives word about the murder, he calls to his sickbed his three key staff members, New York Sentinel editor John Day Griffith, newspaper photographer Harry Kritzer and Kyne wire services head Mark Loving. Amos also summons his favorite employee, former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and novelist Ed Mobley, who now headlines a television program on Amos' local station. After chastising the men for failing to pick up on the story earlier, Amos instructs them to label the murderer "The Lipstick Killer" and make the case front-page news. After the editors leave, Amos confides to Ed that he has made two big mistakes in his life: spoiling his only son, Walter, and not convincing Ed to take over his business. When Ed demurs that he does not want power, Amos reminds him that spearheading media outlets allows free speech to flourish and aids democracy. Suddenly, the ill man collapses, and soon after, Ed broadcasts the news of Amos' death. Walter, an immature playboy with no understanding of the media, immediately takes control of the Kyne empire. In his father's office, Walter reveals his plans to force Griffith, Kritzer and Loving to compete for the position of executive editor, the man who will make all the decisions while Walter takes the credit. Each man realizes that scooping the story of The Lipstick Killer will make him a frontrunner for the executive position, and so turns to his office allies to help him in secret. Loving calls in his girl friend, fashion columnist Mildred Donner, who advises him to collaborate with reporter Gerald Meade. Meanwhile, John approaches Ed, his former reporter, in the Blue Dell, the bar downstairs from the office. Ed refuses to take sides, but at home later, his girl friend, Nancy Liggett, who is Loving's secretary, urges him to help John, and he agrees after she promises to marry him. At the same time, Walter invites his old friend, Kritzer, to dinner, unaware that he is secretly having an affair with Walter's wife Dorothy and now hopes she will convince her husband to promote him. Later that night, John learns that an arrest has been made and asks Ed to get the details from his friend, police lieutenant Bert Kaufman. Bert allows Ed to see some of the interrogation of Pilski, whose prints were found in Judith's room, but Ed quickly surmises that Pilksi is innocent. After another murder is reported, and a Strangler comic book left by the killer is discovered at the scene of the crime, Ed and Bert surmise that it must be the same murderer. Together, they devise a plan under which Ed will insult the killer on television in order to incite him into acting rashly. Meanwhile, Meade learns about Pilski's arrest and informs Loving that the janitor is The Lipstick Killer. At the office, when Loving tells John and Walter that he is going to print the story, John points out that they may be committing libel. Walter is publicly embarrassed by his lack of understanding of the term libel, and Loving is forced to kill the story. Moments later, Ed addresses the killer directly on his broadcast, which Robert is watching at home. Ed's description of him as a "mama's boy" infuriates Robert, who lashes out at his mother for treating him like a girl during his childhood. Ed, Bert, John and Nancy meet at the bar, where Ed informs Nancy that they must use her as bait to trap the killer. After she learns that plainclothesman Michael O'Leary will follow her everywhere, Nancy agrees to the plan, and Ed announces their engagement in the newspaper to alert the killer to Nancy's existence. Loving, sensing that he is losing the competition, solicits Mildred to entice Ed to their side. That night, she joins Ed at the Blue Dell and, after encouraging him to drink excessively, invites him home. At the same time, in the apartment that Dorothy keeps for trysts with Kritzer, she informs the photo editor that if she convinces Walter to hire him, Kritzer must from then on answer to her. Robert is sent to Dorothy's to deliver a package, and when he spots her, is enflamed with lust. He does not have time to jimmy the door lock, but upon leaving, spies Nancy's name outside her apartment, which is across the hall. He rings the bell but, getting no answer, races to the Kyne building and spies Ed and Mildred in the Blue Dell. Although Ed's drunken state and loyalty to Nancy kept him from making love to Mildred, the next morning Mildred tells the whole office, including Nancy, about their assignation, and Nancy breaks up with Ed. Upon discovering that he has clinched a lucrative television contract, Loving celebrates his coup and assumes he has won the contest. Later, Ed tricks Nancy into meeting him and Bert at the bar, but she storms out. Although Robert is trailing her, he spots Michael and backs off. At the bar, Ed and Bert deduce that the killer will seek a new stimulus, and realizing that he may strike regardless of Michael's presence, rush to Nancy's. There, Robert has tried to gain entrance, but Nancy, assuming he is Ed, keeps her door locked. Robert instead follows Dorothy into her apartment and chokes her, but her screams alert Nancy, who helps Dorothy into her apartment. When Ed and Bert pull up outside, Nancy points out Robert, whom they pursue into the subway. After a harrowing chase, Ed and Bert capture Robert and arrest him. Ed calls John with the scoop on the arrest, prompting John to send Mildred to go to Nancy's apartment to learn the identity of the latest victim, who is in fact Dorothy using the alias "Mrs. Charles Smith." At the apartment building, Mildred immediately recognizes Dorothy, and together with Kritzer, works out a plan to blackmail Walter, who will want to avoid the humiliation of being publicly cuckolded. At the office, John is celebrating his triumph when Kritzer arrives and demands to talk to Walter. Later that day, Ed and John commiserate in the bar over Kritzer's victory. Nancy, sitting a few seats away, and Walter, who has just joined them, are surprised to hear Ed announce he is quitting, as he can no longer work for a man who puts his own interests above those of the business. When Ed leaves, Nancy follows. Days later in a hotel room in Florida, Nancy reads Ed an article reporting that Walter has fired Kritzer, appointed John executive editor and named Mildred as his "personal assistant." When she continues that Walter has announced Ed's return to the paper, as managing editor, Ed tears up the paper, places his hat over the ringing telephone and kisses his new wife.
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If you're a fan of this film, do yourself a favor and watch it once with no sound. From the opening credits to the closing sequence you will be amazed... MORE>
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It seems like every professional financial journal that we peruse is referencing investors choosing to work with fee-only advisors who serve as fiduciaries to their clients. We asked Margaret McDowell, ChFC�, AIF� of Arbor Wealth Management about these distinctions.
Question: It seems that fee-only advisors who serve as fiduciaries to their clients are gaining more traction in the investment advisory industry. Why?
Answer: Investors are becoming more knowledgeable and sophisticated. Many investors who are interviewing potential advisors know prior to the meeting that they want a fee-only investment advisor who will serve as a fiduciary to them. Investors want an advisory relationship where their best interests are the advisor�s only concern. And savvyinvestors who are interviewing potential advisors often begin with the question, �Are you a fiduciary?�
Question: What is the difference between a fee-only and fee-based advisor?
Answer: A fee-only advisor accepts no commissions of any kind, from any source, and is compensated solely by his/her clients. For instance, a fee-based advisor can place client assets in a parent-company mutual fund and receive a sales commission, in addition to his/her management fee.
Another basic difference is that fee-only advisors do not sell products of any kind. A fee-based advisor or stockbroker may sell annuities, life insurance policies or other financial products that generate additional commissions.
Question: What does the term fiduciary actually mean?
Answer: The Latin root is fiduci. The term originated in the 1500s and grew to mean, over time, someone who held property or goods in a trustworthy manner for the owner. Attorneys, CPAs, physicians and fee-only investment advisors serve as fiduciaries in the modern era. A fee-only investment advisor is someone who is charged with a legal, moral and ethical obligation to act only in their client�s best interests.
Question: So some investment advisors are fiduciaries and some are not?
Answer: Correct. Fee-only advisors serve as a fiduciary to their clients. Fee-based advisors and stockbrokers do not. Stockbrokers and fee-based advisors can technically act as a fiduciary if they separate their practices into a hybrid model, one part fee-based and one part fee-only. How clients determine when the advisor is acting as a fee-only fiduciary and when the advisor is acting as a fee-based non-fiduciary is one confusing aspect of this model. The SEC is presently scrutinizing this approach, and has suggested that this business model presents multiple conflicts.
Question: Do fee-only advisors also face conflicts of interest?
Answer:Occasionally, such as when telling a client whether it is in their best interests to pay off a mortgage, which may mean fewer assets under management for the advisor. But the fee-only advisor must act in the client�s best interests and fully disclose any conflicts of interest.
Question: If fee-only advisors don�t sell products and don�t accept commissions, how do they get paid?
Answer: Most charge a fee based on the amount of assets a client has under management with the advisor. Usually, the larger the aggregate of assets, the lower the fee. Many firms also offer financial planning services as well.
Question: To sum up, why do you think the fee-only investment model is really taking off?
Answer: It puts clients and advisors on the same side of the table. What is good for the client is ultimately good for the advisors.
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Astronomers map space's icy wastes
|(Nanowerk News) Using the AKARI orbiting observatory, astronomers from the Open University have made the first large-scale maps of icy material where stars are forming. In a challenge to conventional ideas about the formation of water in space, they find ice in regions with little dust or gas. Dr Helen Fraser, who led the new work, presented the results in her talk at the National Astronomy Meeting in Portsmouth this week.
|Launched by the Japanese space agency JAXA in 2006, AKARI (meaning light in Japanese) surveyed 90% of the sky at infrared wavelengths until it ceased operations in 2011. The OU team used data from the observatory to make maps of the icy material in 28 star-forming regions, covering sections of the sky 10 arc minutes by 10 arc minutes (1 arc minute is 1/60th of a degree).
|A map of B35a showing the distribution of water ice and carbon monoxide (CO), with the latter indicating where gas is present. The map is constructed from observations with JCMT HARP B and IRAM HERA observations (gas) and the AKARI satellite Infrared Camera (IRC) Near-Infrared Prism Spectroscopy mode (NP) (dust). Here the lightest regions correspond to the highest concentrations of ice and the darkest to where no ice is present. The overlaid contours show CO, where yellow / white lines mark where the most gas is found and redder lines mark where somewhat less CO is present. Where there are no lines no CO was found at all. The edge of B35a is the red line running from top to bottom on the right hand side of the image. The image shows that sometimes ice is observed where there is little gas and dust, challenging our understanding of chemical evolution of star forming regions. (Image: Helen Fraser / Open University)
|In the regions covered in the survey, temperatures are very cold (-263 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees above absolute zero) and pressures are low, with only a few hundreds to a few thousands of molecules in each cubic centimetre of space. Under these conditions, atoms and molecules of gas collide with the dust that is found there and form layers of 'frost' on the dust surfaces. These nano-scale icy dust grains are the chemical factories of star-formation, where successively more complex chemistry occurs. This in turn seeds the pre-biotic organic molecules that astronomers search for in the habitable zones (where temperatures are right for water to be a liquid) around newly forming stars that may be inextricably linked to the origins of life.
|The new AKARI maps are the first of their kind and in contrast to the prevailing model, suggest that ice is found in regions without much dust or gas. If ice can even form in these zones, it can quickly suck up or sorb nearby gases, in the process changing local conditions, for example the amount of material available to form new stars and planets.
|Dr Fraser sees this as a surprising discovery and one that could change our model for the formation of stars and planets.
|She comments: Until this research we never previously had a view of the cold solid-state universe, the icy freezers from which stars and planets ultimately form. Given that the results in our own local galaxy are so surprising, the question remains what other galaxies look like when we map their ice features.
|Telescopes due to start operations in the 2020s, the James Webb Space Telescope and the European Extremely Large Telescope, will help researchers answer that question.
|Dr Fraser continues: The coming decade could be astounding. We could be able to apply the same technique to nearby galaxies and see if the nano-fabrication factories that make organic matter work in the same way across the different epochs of the history of the cosmos.
|Source: Royal Astronomical Society
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