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After seeing a review of Magic Lash by Pursebuzz on You Tube, I decided to give it a go since I am a little lash obsessed.
I wish I had listened properly – I thought it was a wet product, but infact it is a dry fiber product:
See how fluffy it is? If your eyes are irritated by fiber rich mascara's or you wear s/have sensitive eyes, don't use this since it is pure fiber.
Once I recieved the product (which had a black mascara with it for free as a special offer!), I had this flashback moment, where I rememberd I once bought a product call Cil a Cils, which was basically the same thing. I had used it once, got horribly tangled and irritated by it and put it away in my rubbish box, along with my orange concealer and gritty lip glosses.
Boo hoo, I thought. Still one must give things a go.
The basic instructions for using this is:
1. Put on one coat of your choice of mascara
2. Take Magic Lash out of its bottle and blow a little off the brush.
3. Make sure you put it on over your mascara while its still wet.
4. The unique fibers of Magic Lash instantly draws out your lashes making
them longer and thicker than ever!
5. Repeat 1 through 3 till your eye lashes are as long as you can get.
So firstly, I tried it with the black mascara that came with the Magic Lash. That mascara is a very nice lengthening and separating mascara, but alas, it did nothing for my curl so I used my trusty SANA mascara for this experiment.
The Magic Lash comes out with a lot of product on it and with no practical way of tapping it back into the tube so you need a bin or tissue or somewhere handy to tap off the excess because you will regret it if you glop a load of fibers into your eye.
This is difficult to get to grips with at first, but I noticed that the fibers were very light, and stuck well to my lashes. It is better to put it more towards the tip rather than all down the lash. My SANA mascara was a little dry, so it took a bit of work to cover up the white. A nice black, creamy mascara like Faux Cils would look great with this but alas, I need something that holds curl.
In the end I went over it three times (and it started to clump a little). I gave it a quick comb, but I won't lie, its difficult to comb when you have four layers of mascara and three layers of fiber. Just go slowly…..
What really impressed me was that it didn't irritate my eyes very much and it was fairly easy to take off. Just two cotton pads either side and some Lancome Bifacial remover.
It made my lashes really, really long and really thick looking. Because I was using a good mascara, it didn't affect my curl – yep it did give the false lash effect! I recommend this for people with short lashes like moi, to be used with a good curling mascara, and for people who want some extra glamour. I wouldn't use this product every day, it is too much work, but I would do it for special looks, and for evening looks, etc.
By the way, I have to say the idea of this loose fiber product is nothing new. If you can't order from then you can also try Tweezerman Fast Lash:
Or Japonesque, Fash Lash (it looks like the same thing as Tweezerman):
I had an array of photos with my lashes look very long, thick, (slightly clumpy – ahem) but alas, my computer seems to have mislaid them so I only have one pic:
I swear my eyes are getting redder by the day probably because I have ten layers of make up in it. I rememeber being sent to the eye hospital because I had something in the back of my eye, and the Doc said it was just make up.
"No make up for you please" she said "that's all I can see in your eye."
So that's when I started a big obsession with cream products; because there would be no powder to fall in my eye.
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12 mistakes affiliates make
Affiliates struggling to earn $100 a month often find it hard to believe that other people could possibly earn as much as $10,000 or even $100,000 a month in commissions.
Believe it. Big commissions do happen. And you can expect to hear about even bigger commissions.
Forrester Research predicts that affiliate programs and affiliate networks will produce $280 billion annually in e-commerce sales by 2008.
In most programs, 5% of the affiliates generate the vast majority of the sales. If you're not in that 5% and want to be, you'll have to change what you're doing.
Here are 12 mistakes you could be making, and how to fix them.
1. Are you telling people how to make money on the Internet when you don't know how yourself?
Perhaps – just perhaps – you can succeed at this, but it's the most obvious trap into which new affiliates fall. You join a few affiliate programs and set up a site offering Internet marketing tips, work-from-home tips, instant-business tips, or be-your-own-boss tips.
The advantages of doing this include having great products to promote, high commissions and lots of help from Internet marketers.
However, if you do this, you face two massive challenges.
1. You'll have hundreds of thousands of web pages out there competing with yours.
2. You're competing with the planet's best marketing EXPERTS. Some of the brightest brains in Internet marketing are working full-time to grab the attention of your target audience.
I'm not saying you can't succeed in this field, but if you're new to affiliate programs, this is definitely NOT the best place to begin. If you're struggling, find a less well traveled path.
You don't have to abandon your existing website. Just launch a new one based on a new theme. Later, when you've learned more and really have something to offer, it will be time to revamp your marketing tips site.
Choose a new theme. Try a new niche.

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North Lenoir boys won 63-43 over North Pitt Friday night.
La GRANGE�Was it a signature win for North Lenoir? Possibly.
A much needed win? Most definitely.
The Hawks snapped a five-game losing streak in impressive fashion, controlling previously undefeated North Pitt from start to finish en route to a 63-43 victory Friday at Wooten Gymnasium.
�What a difference 24 hours make,� said Loftin, whose team had lost at Jones Senior the night before. �This was a different team out there against a very good North Pitt squad. We were focused, poised for the most part, and rededicated ourselves to doing the things that win basketball games.�
It wasn�t a perfect performance, but it was certainly good enough. Whenever the Panthers (8-1) tossed a wrinkle at the Hawks, NL (4-7) responded like veterans.
�We had some moments when we didn�t play well, but overall we answered the call and didn�t panic,� Loftin said. �We�ve been struggling at the end of games, but tonight we came out and made plays.�
After a sloppy first quarter that set basketball back to the peach basket days, NL broke open a 6-6 tie with a 14-4 run late in the second period
North Lenoir�s John Carlton keyed the stretch with 6 points and Jalen Robinson finished it with a long 3-pointer.
The Panthers closed to within five at the break, but unlike in previous outings where NL wilted under the pressure of a second-half lead, this time the Hawks stood firm.
They led 26-20 before reeling off 11 of the next 13 points, seven by Jauquez Jones, who led all scorers with 17.
NP was as close as 41-30 and had the basketball early in the fourth quarter but the Hawks didn�t flinch and pulled away for the win.
Despite the win, NL still has some work to do. They turned the ball over 25 times but made up for it by dominating the boards by a 52-36 margin.
The Hawks also held the Panthers to 29% shooting from the floor (17 of 59), while hitting on 25 of 56 field goal attempts themselves (45 percent).
Jones grabbed 10 rebounds to go with his game-high scoring total, and Carlton contributed a double-double (11 points, 10 boards).
Robinson (12) and Luke Jackson (10) also hit doubled figures for the balanced Hawks.
�This is definitely something we can build on,� Loftin said. �We need to clean up our ball handling a little bit, but at least tonight we weren�t making silly errors. We moved the ball well and were able to adjust when their zone trap started giving us trouble.�
The Hawks committed 15 turnovers in the first half, nine as a result of the Panthers� full-court press.
Loftin made the necessary adjustments during intermission, and although NL gave away 10 more turnovers in the second half, most came after the outcome was decided.
Following Christmas break, North Lenoir will return to action when they travel to Clinton to face the Dark Horses on December 27 and then 4A powerhouse Northern Durham the next afternoon at the same venue.
North Pitt 6 12 8 17�43
North Lenoir 6 17 16 24�63
NP Scoring: Travonne McDaniels 12, Knight 9, Wilson 7, Wilkins 7, Paige 6, Tyson 2.
NL Scoring: Jauquaz Jones 17, Jalen Robinson 12, John Carlton 11, Luke Jackson 10, Ginn 4, Hopkins 3, King 2, Smith 2, Bryant 2.


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Dierks Bentley Sets Release Date for 'Riser'
After long and anxious wait for fans, Dierks Bentley has finally announced a release date for his seventh studio album, 'Riser.'
On Feb. 25, Bentley will release the album which holds his current hit, 'I Hold On.' He says the new album will have a lot of heavy stories that needed to be told, but there's also a balance with some of his lighter tunes, too. It's no surprise he's showing both emotions — Bentley has been through a lot since he started writing for this album.
"I named the album 'Riser' because the lyrics in that song perfectly articulate who I want to be, who I try to be," the singer explains in a press release. "There's a lot of really intense material on this record, but there's also a lighter side that is equally important in telling the story of the last two years of my life."
He continues, "When I first started writing for this album, I was in a place of grief over the loss of my dad, but over the course of the next 18 months, my wife and I had our son Knox, and I ended in a place of real joy and gratefulness. Both sides of that coin are what country music has always been about, and I hope that my fans can feel how much of myself I put into this project. It's all out on the table, for sure."
To get a little taste of what's to come on his next album, check out the behind-the-scenes video of the album-making process. Right at album release time, Bentley will be in Mexico to perform at the first-annual Tropical Nights: Boots in the Sand Event. Want to join him? More info here.
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Having seen a mouthwatering recipe for a Peruvian potato salad and with the subject of Yuca/Cassava being brought up, I see an opportunity for my own Question about Caigua.
Maki recommended a UK based company called Real Seeds and I was intrigued with the vigorous climbing plant they call achocha. The plant is doing very well and I'm expecting to start harvesting fruits in about a month from now.
I'd be very grateful for ideas and recipes on how best to use them (I eat fish, but not any other kind of meat, I guess this will affect the sort of recipe I'm after... although I do use a vegetarian substitute for very lean mince called Quorn)
Achocha fruits are best harvested young, before the hard black seeds start to mature - after that you have to cut them open and remove the seeds, or risk breaking your teeth :)
Some people eat the young ones raw, a bit like green pepper. I find them a bit too green, but they're nice cooked in anything you'd put a green pepper in. Real Seeds recommend slicing them onto a pizza; I've also heard of people making them into chutney. Once they start fruiting you should have plenty to experiment with!
Just tried this vegetable/fruit for the first time stuffed like a pepper ( like in Mexico) or like a squash flower dipped in flour & water and fried. It was stuffed with ground beef, but I think a rice & cheese stuffing would be great. It's also used very much in soups, but not to overpower.
I went for a stay in Spain with the family and, a week after returning, I'm still trying to catch up again with life in London. I finally managed to get down to our miniscule 'allotment and harvest the mature achocha (weather got a lot colder very recently, so the vines are looking rather brown, I doubt there'll be many more achocha to come). I have a good few but I'm still not too sure what to do with them.
Just like Emma, I didn't much like them raw and immature (indeed, too green, like a tastleless cucumber infused with grass essence).
Mature, they're much better, not a great taste by itself (these are not a substitute for pimientos de Padrón!), but fried with plenty of garlic they're quite pleasant, particularly whilst still hot.
I'd love some guidance on stuffing them though, particularly without meat. I did a lot of rooting around Spanish language recipes but pretty much all the recipes involved stuffing caigues with meat and immersing the stuffed fruit in meat stock and simmering over a long period.
I guess I could try adapting a Greek dolmade recipe, but I suspect that if I stuffed the achocha with rice I'd just regret not having made vine leaf dolmades instead (it's a lot of effort). I will definitely try putting cheese inside them.
Very easy to grow, though. This year I planted one, next year I might plant two I have a lot of bare fence behind my little 'parcela' so the achocha doesn't take up hardly any of the actual earth I have to plant in.
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Medical guilds were organisations of associated traders, which set standards and protected their members from unfair competition. Guilds were the ancestors of today's professional 'associations'. Medieval guilds were used by town councils to control all apprenticeship training and legal trading. Women were excluded. Many guilds, including the Italian confraternities, were like trade unions and provided support and medical facilities for their members. Surgeons first allied themselves with the barbers (who were very wealthy). Barber-surgeon guilds emerged strongly in both Paris and London in the early 1300s, dying out in the 1700s. Apothecaries were originally allied with grocers' guilds, because they both sold spices and edible products. English apothecaries left the Grocer's Company in 1617 to form their own society.
In the UK, with the 1815 Apothecaries Act, the small Society of Apothecaries suddenly became responsible for regulating all apothecaries to dispense medicine, as well as for surgeons and physicians. The UK 1858 Medical Act finally cut the powers of the old competing guilds. They kept their charters but were put under the control of a General Council of Medical Education and Registration (now known as the General Medical Council).
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From 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday (November 8), the Beaumont Police Department will host a breakfast burrito fundraiser at the Beaumont Civic Center, 550 E. Sixth St.
Burrito tickets are $4 each and advance tickets are available for purchase at the Police Department.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Adopt-a-Cop program, which assigns one police officer to each school in the Beaumont Unified School District.
Officers volunteer their time at the designated school and interact with the children through hands-on activities, mentoring and behind-the-scenes field trips.
The program also rewards students with perfect attendance with an all-expense paid field trip to an Angels baseball game.
For more information about the fundraiser or the Adopt-a-Cop program, please call the department at 951-769-8500.


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Author Notes: Some of you may remember my admission that I'm obsessed with farro -- but the truth is, I hadn't had much experience cooking it until just a few years ago. I was catering a large dinner party as part of a charity event, and I needed an unusual starch that would hold well to go with the Cornish game hen I was making for the main course. Enter, farro risotto.
What's great about this is that you don't have to give up 30 minutes of your day standing over the stove, stirring like a mad person. (Although, some might argue that regular risotto doesn't require that either.) You cook the grain ahead of time in stock, and then simply fold it into some softened onion that's been hit with a splash or two of wine, add some Parmesan, and there's your "risotto." Best of all, it will hold and reheat the way a true risotto never will. —Merrill Stubbs
Serves: 4 as a side dish
1 cup farro
5 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
Kosher salt
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup grated Parmesan, plus more to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
- Soak the farro in cold water to cover for 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and combine with the chicken stock in a medium, heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and reduce the heat so the farro is bubbling gently; cook until just tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain the farro over a bowl so that you can reserve what's left of the cooking liquid, and set both aside in a warm place.
- Rinse the saucepan and add the butter and olive oil, setting it over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the onion and a generously pinch of salt, and cook gently until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in the wine, turn up the heat a little, and simmer until the wine is reduced by about two-thirds, another 5 minutes or so. Add the farro and cook for a couple of minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through. Fold in the Parmesan, adding enough of the reserved chicken stock to get a slightly creamy consistency. Fold in more Parmesan and/or salt if necessary, and several grinds of black pepper. Serve immediately, or cover and reheat gently before serving, adding more liquid as necessary.
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I was absolutely devastated to turn on the news this morning and learn about the violent shooting at an elementary school. I was in a hotel room alone in Nashville, having flown out for a charity event last night, so I watched the coverage unfold in horror, feeling completely helpless. I had an impulse to call my husband and have him pick up the kids early from school. I was desperate to hug them but thousands of miles away. I at least wanted them to be with my husband, hunkered down in the safety of our own home. I resisted that urge, though, in part because, putting my emotions aside, I know that my children are too young to process what happened, and I wanted them to go about their day, blissfully unaware of the evil that manifested at another school. I've been thinking all day about what, if anything, I will say to my children about today's events when I arrive home tonight. My conclusion has been that, for my kids, I won't be talking about the shooting. Here are some of the questions I've been asking myself today, and I thought I would write them out to help myself process, and also in the hopes that it can help some of you as you consider if and how you will talk to your kids. Have I processed this enough myself to download the information to my kids? I think it is okay for kids to see their parents experience grief and sorrow, but I think it's quite scary for kids to see their parents unhinged. I know that many of us felt fearful today. I don't know if having kids see that fear is helpful. I don't think it would be possible to be emotionally neutral about today's events, but taking some time to process and grieve ourselves before talking with our kids is probably wise. Will my kids benefit from this information? This was probably the biggest question for me . . . does their need to know about this outweigh the fear and anxiety it will cause? The reality is that there is nothing I could say to my kids that could either prevent or prepare them for something like this happening to them. It's a tragic and rare incident, and inevitably telling them about it will make them worry it could happen to them. And yet, there is nothing I could say to calm that worry. I don't shy away from talking to my kids about hard things when their knowledge can help prevent it. For this reasons we've had frank conversations about things like sexual abuse, stranger safety, and bullying. But I don't think that talking to my kids about mass shootings would in any way equip them for such an event. In truth. I don't even want them to think about being in such a situation. For me, there is no benefit in telling my kids about something that is so violent and, hopefully, unlikely to happen to them. Can I realistically protect them from this information? I don't watch news around my children, and I certainly don't plan to let them see coverage of today's tragedy. I could barely keep it together as I watched traumatized children exiting the school. It's not something I want to expose them to. Of course, there will be children who see it, and the reality is that while I may try to protect my kids, they might hear about it from another child at school. Some kids may even hear about it from well-meaning teachers. I have emailed each of my kids' teachers to find out if they will be addressing it in class. If so, I will talk to them about it as well. I will also be intentional in checking in with them in case another child talks to them about it. I recognize that, while I'd like to protect my kids from this, I may not be able to. I'll be contemplating how to talk to them about it if that is the case. Is my child old enough to process this event? I don't know if there is a magical age when kids are ready to have the veil of innocence lifted to expose the evil that is in the world. I do know that mine are not mature enough to process this without internalizing a lot of fear. We are still dealing with the fallout of being mugged in Peru – and the kids have been jumpy and scared since that happened. I don't want to introduce a new thing to fear. Is my child prone to anxiety? We all know our kids, and their personalities and temperaments. I was a rather anxious child. I remember a time around the age of my own kids when my parents were watching the news and explained a bit of the cold war to me. I remember being so scared of being bombed by the Russians. I thought about it every night. I was always prone to anxiety, and so that information was hard for me to process at that age. Similarly, my eldest had a fireman come and talk to his school last year. In the weeks following, he talked endlessly about all the ways he could die by fire. His stress level went up, and he seemed afraid. I know that some of my kids struggle with anxiety, so that is a factor in choosing not to tell them. This event has caused me to do some reflection about what I'm willing to talk to my kids about. I try to live my life with eyes wide open – I want to know what is going on in the world and I'm very intentional about educating myself on the issues, even when those issues are hard to face. I want my kids to be educated and empathic citizens. But I also want them to live without fear of awful things for just a little longer. I know there will come a time to talk to them about gun violence and mass shootings. For my family, as I've asked myself the questions above, today is not that time. I don't have any judgment for parents who make other decisions. I think we all have to decide for ourselves and consider the unique needs of our own kids. Will you be talking to your kids about what happened today? How did you make that decision? If you talked to your children, do you have any wisdom or insight to share with others who are doing the same?
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The Veterans Affairs Innovation Team uses these three methods to discover innovative ideas.
This fast-paced political city has an atmosphere thick with ambition. Everyone seems to have a mission in Washington D.C. I admire the air of professionalism on the morning commute, the suits and ties, the business skirt-sneaker combos. We walk with purpose, aiming to accomplish our daily tasks efficiently, awaiting relief on Friday at 5 p.m. This world is new to me and when I first joined the Veterans Affairs Innovation Initiative team (VAi2) I did not expect my daily tasks to bring about actual change. But they have.
Henry Ford once said, "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." The internal working environment at VAi2 is coherent and fluid; not only do my teammates succeed by working together, but this collaboration is the essence of innovation. It results in and an abundance of productivity and perspective.
As a result, we recognize that some of the best ideas lie outside our little office. "VAi2 brings fresh thinking to Departmental challenges," says Jonah Czerwinski, director of VAi2, "by sourcing ideas from VA employees, entrepreneurs, and industry."
In order to reach those ideas, we gather information from the VA employees working on the front lines with our Veterans. To do so, we host:
- Industry competitions. We find new solutions outside of government. The Industry Innovation Competitions are held annually and are designed to obtain ideas from the private sector in order to solve the Department's most pressing challenges. Solutions will then come from all sorts of organizations - businesses large and small, start-ups, non-profits, and academic/research institutions.
- Employee competitions. Employees on the front line are often in the best position to identity areas for innovation. They know their needs; they understand and see problems firsthand. By providing these innovators with funding and support, we enable them to transform their ideas into reality.
- Prize contests. These contests are an alternative method for engaging the private sector. We voice a problem at hand and outline the solution we are trying to achieve, and then award prizes to contestants with the best solutions.
Veterans have put their lives on the line for our country. They deserve the very best in care and benefits. And by tapping into the talent and expertise of individuals in and outside of government to contribute creative ideas, we get results.
Check back for upcoming posts where we'll detail some of those innovations. In the meantime, what challenges does your agency face when implementing innovations?
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Republicans Bristle At Obama's Tax, Spending Plan
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner took the administration's plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff to skeptical Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The proposal would increase taxes on the wealthiest by $1.2 trillion and cut Medicare by $400 billion over a decade.
A high stakes negotiation that got underway two weeks ago on a congenial note has turned acrimonious. We're talking about the effort by the White House and Congress to avoid those automatic tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts that kick in on January 1st. The top two Republicans on Capitol Hill are flatly rejecting what the White House proposed to them yesterday. NPR's David Welna has the story.
DAVID WELNA, BYLINE: As talks began to skirt a fiscal cliff, President Obama took pains to make nice with Republicans, but it's Mr. Nice Guy no more. First came a reportedly tense half-hour phone conversation Wednesday evening between the president and House Speaker John Boehner. It was followed yesterday by a series of meetings at the Capitol, where Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House congressional point-man Rob Nabors huddled behind closed doors with top congressional leaders.
Straight from his meeting with them, Boehner clearly was not pleased.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER: It was frank, and it was direct. I was hopeful we'd see a specific plan for cutting spending. We sought to find out today what the president really is willing to do.
WELNA: Senate Republican Mitch McConnell called yesterday's talks a step backward, saying they moved, quote, "away from consensus and significantly closer to the cliff." A congressional Republican aide familiar with the White House proposal called it a complete break from reality. Boehner said there's been no substantive progress since the fiscal cliff talks began.
BOEHNER: I got to tell you, I'm disappointed in where we are, and disappointed in what's happened over the last couple of weeks.
WELNA: According both to White House and GOP sources, President Obama wants Congress initially to come up with $1.6 trillion in new tax revenues, extend the soon-to-expire 2 percent payroll tax cut, delay the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration for a year, renew long-term emergency unemployment insurance and do a long-term stimulus package worth $50 billion next year alone. That's matched with an offer of $400 billion in spending cuts.
But it was the president's insistence on raising the debt ceiling as part of a deal that drew fighting words from Boehner. He said he'll keep insisting on equal spending cuts for every dollar that the ceiling is raised.
BOEHNER: As I told the president a couple weeks ago, there's a lot of things I've wanted in my life, but almost all of them had a price tag attached to them.
WELNA: That prompted a scolding from White House spokesman Jay Carney.
JAY CARNEY: Asking for a - that a political price be paid in order for Congress to do its job to insure that the United States of America pays its bills and does not default for the first time in its history is deeply irresponsible.
WELNA: Carney continued in that vein, laying out Mr. Obama's bottom-line in this post-election test of wills.
CARNEY: The president will not sign any legislation that extends the Bush-era tax cuts for the top - for top earners in this country. This should not be news to anyone on Capitol Hill. It is certainly not news to anyone in America who was not in a coma during the campaign season.
WELNA: Back at the Capitol, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid said Republicans need to spell out just what they mean when they say they're willing to consider new revenues as part of a deal.
SENATOR HARRY REID: Really, now is the time for the Republicans to move past this happy talk about revenues - ill-defined, of course - and put specifics on the table. The president has made his proposal. We need a proposal from them.
WELNA: Democrats are clearly emboldened after winning more seats in both chambers of Congress and getting the president reelected. New York's Charles Schumer, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat, says Republicans should see the handwriting on the wall.
SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER: The election said raise the top rates on the highest income people, and our democracy still works well enough that they're going to have no choice but to go along with that.
WELNA: Indeed, Senior House Republican Tom Cole of Oklahoma says it would be smart for his fellow Republicans to approve a Senate bill that spares 98 percent of taxpayers from seeing a hike in their taxes January 1st.
REPRESENTATIVE TOM COLE: If it extends them for just about everybody and makes them permanent, then that's certainly what I'm trying to achieve.
WELNA: Senate Democratic Leader Reid, for his part, says it won't be his party that drives the nation over the fiscal cliff.
REID: If it happens, it'll be under the leadership of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner.
WELNA: Which may be why Democrats are confident they now have the upper hand in this showdown. David Welna, NPR News, the Capitol.
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IBJ Names Four Wabash Graduates to '40 Under 40' Listby Howard W. Hewitt • February 7, 2005 Share:
For the 13th year Indianapolis Business Journal has recognized 40 Under 40 – a listing of 40 of Central Indiana's rising stars under the age of 40 years.
Four of the honorees were Wabash College graduates. The special publication and brief profile of each was part of the Feb. 7 IBJ weekly.
Edwin Broecker '88, Luke Messer '91, Tim Oliver '91, and Todd Rokita '92 were named to the list.
"It's great to see the IBJ recognize four graduates of Wabash in their 40 under 40 list," said Tom Runge, Wabash College Director of Alumni Affairs. "The Wabash community prides itself in challenging young men to be positive forces in their communities and it's certainly true that Todd, Tim, Luke, and Ed are difference makers."
According to the magazine, a committee of IBJ staff members chose the 40 from a list of 150 nominations submitted by the publication's readers and staff.
"The main criteria for selection are whether a candidate has made significant achievements and whether he or she is likely to continue to achieve," the IBJ reported in naming the 40.
Broecker was a member of the football team and graduated Cum Laude with a BA in political science. The Carmel native is a partner in Sommer Barnard Attorneys, Indianapolis.
What IBJ said about Ed:
"His practice involves representing entrepreneurs and assisting them with technology problems, as well as issues concerning finance, capital formation, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and real estate.
" … One of Broecker's favorite deals was representing the purchaser of State Plating in Elwood. It was slated to close, and 100 people were going to lose their jobs until Broecker's client came in. The deal came together in a month. Today, the company, one of the largest nickel-chrome-plating operations in the country, is flourishing."
Oliver, who played football and ran track at Wabash, is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame. He graduated with an economics degree and earned his masters at Butler. He is Senior Vice President for Huntington Bank.
What IBJ said about Tim:
"Oliver is lauded for being able to bring out the best in people. Consider: As manager of Huntington Bank's Business Banking department, he's pulled his associates together as a team, a team that not only works together but sincerely cares about each other, a nominator said.
" … 'Because of Tim's unique style of leadership, his business unit has grown by 50 percent-plus in the three years that he has been here,' the nominator explained."
Rokita was a Lilly Scholar who graduated with a political science major. He is Indiana's Secretary of State.
What IBJ said about Todd:
"Under Todd Rokita's leadership as secretary of state, companies can do almost all of their communication via the Internet, saving everyone time and money.
" … Rokita foresees playing a major role in election-ballot reform. He also wants to revamp corporate laws, and he'd like to get more involved in facilitating the state's relationships with global trading partners.
"And as a commercial-rated pilot, he regularly volunteers to transport sick people, often children, to Midwest hospitals for medical services."
Messer, a Summa Cum Laude graduate with a speech major, is currently an Indiana State Representative, Dist. 57, from Shelbyville. Messer was a member of the Little Giant football team during his college years.
What IBJ said about Luke:
"Messer was recently recognized by the Howey Political Report, a weekly newsletter on Indiana politics, as one of the most influential Hoosiers on the political scene. He's also been honored by the National Journal, a weekly magazine on politics, as 'a rising star in Indiana Republican politics.'
" … Messer loves politics and hopes to have opportunities to embrace more and more leadership challenges, perhaps in Congress or even the governorship. But he noted: 'My first passion in life is being the father of two girls.' "
You can read more about each of the Wabash graduates and the other young people names to the IBJ list in the Feb. 7 issue.


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The decision of a US federal judge to rule against the patenting of the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes this Monday came as a pleasant surprise after a period of several years when the ability to patent human genome segments within the US legal context has been taken for granted. The ruling - a result of the efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union in conjunction with the Association for Molecular Pathology, individual women and others - was, of course, not welcomed by the commercial company Myriad Genetics, which during the period when it thought it had its patent rights secured has been pestering genetic health service providers in the US and around the world with their absurd claims (by implied threats of massive compensation suits) to world monopoly on predictive genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer, alternatively the cashing in of handsome licensing fees.
Just a quick browsing of the Myriad Genetics website tells you that this company embodies just about everything bioethics researchers have been warning for in connection to the commercialisation of genetic testing since the late 1980's. The University of Utah Research Foundation that held the claimed patent together with Myriad - and that may be assumed to have been cashing in handsomely as a passive partner - should be held equally, if not more, accountable for this attempt to undercut sound business law, decent health care ethical standards, scientific progress and, not least, the health of those people belonging to families burdened by hereditary cancer, whose access to the preventive opportunities offered through genetic testing, and forthcoming advances of medical research, has been undercut. But back to the poverty of Myriad Genetics.
To take just one example of this moral morass, Myriad offers predictive genetic testing for hereditary melanoma - a disease for which the actual risk figure is never given at the Myriad website. Clicking this product, you are immediately told that "Changes in the p16 gene increase cancer risk, making a melanoma diagnosis up to 50 times more likely by age 50", which of course tells you absolutely nothing about what risk of melanoma you actually run before the age of 50 if you have the indicated genetic mutation, but for most people convey the impression that a mutation makes your risk of contracting melanoma before 50 an even game. Clicking further on to the page supposed to give you an in-depth background to hereditary melanoma, you're exposed to the following explanation. Take a minute or so to read it!
Having that horrible mutation must make for a helluva risk, doesn't it? Actually: no! Even considering that the people involved in Myriad are presumably not proper clinical doctors (if they were, AMA would have revoked their licenses by now, right? - I'm being charitable to the US medical profession here), but a bunch of lab rats and business executives, this is as close to actual fraud you can get without actually committing it in the strict legal sense. Remember that nice graph you just saw? Its Y-axis measures not the actual risk of contracting melanoma, but - again! - the change in risk compared to what risk of contracting melanoma you would run were you a random member of the general population. But the impression of the picture is not that - the impression is - once again - that if you carry the mutation you run a 50/50 risk. This message is cleverly conveyed by the sinister manner in which the general population risk figure is illustrated in the graph. That green staple to the right of the tall blue one seems to reach up to the 1 of the Y-axis, right? It's 1% - right? Or something close to 1%? Actually, no! Have a closer look at the graph:
It is <1% - i.e. "less than 1%", i.e. the risk is not given. It could be 0.99%, it could be 0.0000000000000000000001% For all we know based on the information provided, the 50% increased risk may thus equal a 0.0000000000000000000002% risk. Who knows? Obviously not Myriad Genetics - or can they really be consciously hiding highly relevant facts from potential customers??
Just to get some perspective, hereditary melanoma is what geneticists refer to as a multi-factorial disease, i.e. it occurs as a result of the interaction between several genetic mutations and the environment. The p16 test offered by Myriad targets just one among many different genes where a mutation may increase the risk for melanoma. This is actually conveyed by this admirably pedagogic (right!) explanation of what a test result mean. Scroll down and read the message about the "uncertain variant", there you have it! But just above, Myriad boosts about the "comprehensive" (and presumably ridiculously expensive) variant of the test, described thus: "Think of a comprehensive analysis as reading an entire encyclopedia, line by line, to look for a single misspelled word" (italics added by me). Again, as close to fraud as you might dare to wander. The "entire encyclopedia" must be read the entire human genome, including all the other genes that may increase the risk of melanoma - right?? Actually, no! It's the same p16 gene, i.e. it's more or less the same test, just properly done so that all known melanoma predisposing mutations of this particular gene are included. So, suppose you test negative in a "comprehensive" test - this is compatible with you carrying any of the other known genetic mutations of other genes that increase the risk of melanoma - what Myriad so handsomely describe as "no increased cancer risk" when explaining what a test result means. Did anyone mention fraud or deceitful behaviour? - I certainly did not, but it would be interesting indeed to have melanoma or cancer patient organisations trying out that concept in US civil courts (in which case, the University of Utah Research Foundation must, of course, be included in the lawsuit)!
Hopefully, the ruling against patenting actual genes or naturally occurring genetic mutations will undercut the sour-tasting business of Myriad Genetics and other similar companies. For one thing, as a legal precedent, it has the potential of putting a stop to attempts of making ethically well-motivated and responsibly handled predictive genetic testing offered by national health services - for instance for colon-, breast- and ovarian cancer - unnecessary expensive and thus accessible for more people at risk. From a moral point of view, it is thus most welcome. From a legal point of view as well, since what judge Robert Sweet argues in the ruling, "...the claimed isolated DNA is not markedly different from native DNA as it exists in nature, it constitutes unpatentable subject matter" has been obvious to anyone from the outset interested in applying actual patent law, rather than laying the foundation for a new branch of business. If Myriad has a unique procedure to detect DNA, they may patent that, of course, but do they? It remains to be seen, but my guess is that they use the same state of the art science and technology as does any molecular genetic research lab, and that they knew very well that their only chance to make a buck was attempting the patenting of DNA trick.
The only defense offered by Myriad's and the UURF's lawyer was that patenting genes promotes "innovation" and therefore promotes health. False. In fact, the patent claims on BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 has made medical research based on these genes that may lead to deeper understanding of the mechanisms of these forms of cancer, and thus to newer and better treatments, slower and/or more expensive. Patents have the potential of furthering innovation only when all of the basic scientific work has been done (until then, the scientific principle of openness, free sharing, access and use of information is far superior), and in the case of human genetics, identifying genes connected to disease-groups is just the first letter of the first name of that long process. When Myriad says "innovation" they mean business and so does - shame on them - the UURF.
[Cross-posted from Christian Munthe's Philosophical Comment blog. Christian and research fellow Daniela Cutas have agreed to guest blog in the coming months]
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Myriads of Indecency: Ruling Against Patenting Cancer Genes Makes Scientific, Legal and Ethical Sense
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Violin Memory Selects eASIC for Flash Memory Arrays
February 27, 2013
SANTA CLARA, CA, – February 27, 2013 – eASIC Corporation, a provider of NEW ASIC devices, today announced that Violin Memory, provider of one of the world's fastest and most scalable FLASH memory arrays, has selected eASIC's Nextreme-2T NEW ASICs for implementing FLASH controllers for its latest 6000 Series enterprise-grade FLASH memory arrays.
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"There is tremendous innovation going on in the enterprise storage market and we are thrilled to be working with Violin Memory, one of the fastest growing leaders in this space," said Ronnie Vasishta, President and CEO, eASIC Corporation. "OEMs need to continuously innovate and quickly ramp to volume production. We are starting to see a tipping point where FPGAs cannot be used in mission critical, power sensitive, volume applications and the ASIC alternatives do not meet the requirements. Traditional cell-based ASICs just take too long to design and ASSPs have limited flexibility for the NAND FLASH interface" added Vasishta.
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Stage 2 Report
Fernie-Sparwood – 71km, 1900m climbing
The morning after they'd stretched their legs with a 31km prologue around Fernie's singletrack, the 450 riders of the 2010 TransRockies and TR3 lined up on the historic main drag for Stage 2.
Led by the vintage fire engine for the traditional lap around downtown, the riders were heartened by scattered summer clouds the forecast of a perfect midsummer day for their 71km ride up the Elk Valley to Sparwood. Less technical than the day before, the course would test riders with 1900 metres of climbing and some relentless fire road riding along with the precipitous 1000 vertical metre singletrack Porky Blue descent off Fernie Ridge testing nerves and brakes.
Stage 2 was the first mass start or 2010 and the adrenaline was flowing freely with the pre-race jitters finally running free. With one minute until start, the announcer turned up the traditional start song "Highway to Hell" up to 11 and the riders streamed out of town and up the first major climb of the day. With a very different course than the day before, there was a strong chance that different riders would show their faces at the front of the race and that the race would be more tactical than the previous day's all out effort.
2009 TR3 winner Cory Wallace started Stage 2 determined to be in the mix for the stage win and he made the break which formed early in the ride Max Plaxton and Adam Craig, the two fastest finishers on Day 1 and regulars on the World Cup race circuit. Perhaps because they hadn't raced against him in the past, Adam and Max didn't respond when Cory upped the pace on the last climb of the day, opening a small gap in the process. He kept the needle at redline on the short road drag into Sparwood and grabbed the stage with a scorching 3:07:32, 23 seconds ahead of his former breakway partners. Plaxton retains the jersey with a 1-minute lead over Craig with Wallace holding third over 5 minutes behind.
The Open Women's TR3 race has quickly become a one-woman show as Kelli Emmett of Team Giant has showed her World Cup speed and skill on both stages 1 and 2, finishing among the top men both days. With nearly an hour's lead in the overall she's a safe bet for the win tomorrow.
After the muddy ride the day before, all the riders commented on how fast the course was on day 2. The picked up a strong tailwind along the valley for the last half of the day helping to push them to the finish in faster than expected times.
Cory Wallace's Kona Teammates Barry Wicks and Kris Sneddon took their second straight stage win on stage 2 coming in roughly 7 minutes behind the solo category winners, a small gap considering that they're pacing themselves for 7 days of racing not 3. 2009 Champions Marty Lazarski and Stefan Widmer (Rocky Mountain Factory) finished second and held their second place standing overall. Jumping into the top three were the Belgian duo of Wouter DeClercq and Wesley Luca (Granville-Trustteam) who jumped into third overall as well.
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Making the switch: Traditional 75-watt bulb is the next to go
If you're still confused about which light bulb to buy as a replacement for the familiar incandescent bulb that's being phased out, you're in good company.
"A lot of people are still surprised as to what is going on. There's still some confusion," says Pedro Villagran, manager of Light Bulbs Unlimited in West Palm Beach, Fla. "People are complaining the government is telling them what bulbs to buy."
As of Sept. 30, it became illegal to import or manufacture the traditional 100-watt incandescent bulb. But stores can still sell what they have on the shelves, and some still have them in stock. Using incandescents is not illegal.
On Jan. 1 the same federal energy legislation passed in 2007 now covers a manufacturing and import ban on 75-watt incandescent bulbs. The law requires most bulbs to be 30 percent more efficient.
On Jan. 1, 2014, the most widely sold wattage bulb — the 60-watt — will be on the way out, along with the 40-watt bulb.
"The 60-watt, that may be a real shocker there," Villagran said.
Villagran said the change goes beyond the standard reading-lamp bulb to other types of bulbs, such as those for recessed lighting and different types of reflector bulbs.
"People are bringing in bulbs that have not been made for a while. They say, 'What do I do now?' Bulbs are still available. They can only get it a lot less bright. The bulb is only 45 watts. It used to be 75 watts."
So, what are the choices other than incandescents if they are still on the store shelves?
The more energy-efficient bulbs are compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs), which are the "squiggly" kind; halogen bulbs; and LEDs, light-emitting diodes. The traditional bulbs are cheaper at 60 cents or so. CFLs are $3 or less per bulb, and halogens range from $4 to $6. LEDs are $20 to $70 a bulb. The more energy-efficient bulbs last longer than traditional bulbs.
Cathy Choi, president of Bulbrite, a 40-year-old family-owned lighting manufacturer and distributor based in Moonachie, N.J., says figuring out which bulb to buy is not as complicated as it may seem. But Choi, who heads the American Lighting Association Education Foundation Board, agrees that consumers are confused.
Instead of thinking about watts, the focus should be on light output or brightness. Check the package for the number of lumens. The incandescent bulb has a lumens range of 10 to 15 per watt. A 100-watt bulb has 1,000 to 1,500 lumens. An equivalent 72-watt halogen bulb has 1,490 lumens, which means it provides the same amount of brightness as the 100-watt incandescent.
Consider where the bulb will be used.
"If you are using it in your table lamp for reading, I would not suggest a compact fluorescent," Choi said. "The way it produces light is not what the consumer is used to. I would suggest a 72-watt halogen replacement. The halogen replacement looks like the bulb you are used to. The way it is made is a little bit different."
But for a spot such as the laundry room, the CFL will probably do, Choi said. The packaging will state that the bulb consumes 23 watts but provides the same light output as a 100-watt incandescent.
The halogen is the least efficient of the three choices, but is closest to what people are used to seeing. It's the most popular of newer choices, Choi said. Bulbrite's Halogen A19 bulbs are almost an exact replica of the traditional incandescent.
Concerns about highly toxic mercury contained in CFLs makes them less appealing. Such bulbs are supposed to be disposed of at a specific site, not just thrown into a garbage can. If a bulb breaks, steps much be taken to clean it up properly, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Manufacturers have come out with a domed CFL that resembles a traditional bulb's shape.
LEDs are much more expensive than CFLs but last longer, Choi said.
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Choi says the law is a win-win for consumers who save on energy costs and help the environment by using less electricity.
"Ultimately, we are able to produce a better product for the consumer. If I can give you the same amount of light in 71 watts, you are saving 28 percent energy. Over the life of the lamp, you are buying fewer bulbs," Choi said.


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