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By Goal.com
Manchester United overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Hull City 3-2 at the KC Stadium on Thursday afternoon thanks to an inspired performance from Wayne Rooney, who netted his 150th Premier League goal for the club.
Steve Bruce's side raced to an early lead, with former United defender James Chester volleying in Alex Bruce's knock-down from close range, before the home side doubled the lead through David Meyler, his limp shot taking an unfortunate deflection off Jonny Evans and trickling in.
United came roaring back, with Rooney instrumental. The forward's inch-perfect free kick was headed into the back of the net by Chris Smalling and moments later the 28-year-old saw his stunning volley fly past Allan McGregor to level the scores.
The Tigers regrouped at halftime and could have re-taken the lead when Bruce smashed the crossbar. However, having opened the scoring, Chester went from hero to zero as he headed past his own keeper to give the Red Devils the lead and the victory - despite Antonio Valencia receiving a red card late on.
Hull named the same side for the fourth straight match, while David Moyes included Darren Fletcher in the United starting XI for the first time in over a year. Michael Carrick, meanwhile, was fit enough for a place on the bench after overcoming injury.
The home side stormed into the lead as early as the fourth minute. Tom Huddlestone's corner was headed back across goal by Bruce and Chester was on hand to volley home from close range. However, replays suggested a corner should not have been awarded as Ahmed Elmohamady had kicked the ball straight out of play.
Hull doubled the advantage just nine minutes later to leave the home supporters in dreamland. A bout of pinball in the United box resulted in Meyler's goalbound effort deflecting off Evans and deceiving goalkeeper David de Gea.
United needed a swift response and duly delivered after 19 minutes. Substitute Adnan Januzaj tricked his way past Maynor Figueroa to win a free kick and Rooney's testing set piece was powered into the back of the net by Smalling.
The visiting side twice came close to leveling with a Danny Welbeck header and Tom Cleverley's long-range strike and the pressure was rewarded when Rooney played a one-two with Welbeck before teeing himself up for a volley that he rifled into the top corner from 25 yards.
Hull was forced into a change at halftime with goalkeeper Allan McGregor - who was involved in a first-half collision with Ashley Young - being replaced by Steve Harper.
The home side twice forced good opportunities in the early stages of the second half. First Yannick Sagbo had an effort beaten away be De Gea before Curtis Davies glanced Huddlestone's corner wide. Bruce came even closer just after the hour mark when his header rebounded off the crossbar.
United punished Hull for its profligacy in the 66th minute, though, as Young got past Figueroa and whipped a ball into the box that Chester headed past substitute goalkeeper Harper when under pressure from Rooney.
Hull pushed for a leveler in the closing stages and Danny Graham should have done better with a tame back-post header.
Valencia added to the tension in injury time when his petulance in kicking the ball away earned him a second yellow card, and Chester almost redeemed himself but saw his late toe-poked effort smuggled to safety by De Gea.


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So you've played Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (one of my all-time favorites) on PS2 and you've played MGS IV on the PS3. Maybe you've even played MGS: Peace Walker on the PSP (I haven't). But now Solid Snake is back in the Arcades (in Japan anyway) in Metal Gear Arcade!
I'm late to the party again as this has been kicking around on the internet for about a year but I just heard about it yesterday as I was perusing Arcade Heroes' blog about the latest location test for the game.
It is basically the MGS IV online gameplay ported to a networked arcade game with a force feedback gun and the coolest part - a set of glasses that allow you to see the game in 3D and also track your head movements to really immerse you in the game. That's pretty cool! Of course, you'll have to buy a ticket to Tokyo to play it, so you'll have to decide for yourself if that is worth it or not.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Metal Gear Arcade
So you've played Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (one of my all-time favorites) on PS2 and you've played MGS IV on the PS3. Maybe you've even played MGS: Peace Walker on the PSP (I haven't). But now Solid Snake is back in the Arcades (in Japan anyway) in Metal Gear Arcade!
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Labels: Arcade, Metal Gear Arcade
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Joust Pinball
I saw the post on arcadeheroes.com about this RARE 1983 head-to-head Joust Pinball game for sale on eBay and had to check it out. I'd seen pictures of these before but have never seen one in person and never seen one in action before the eBay videos below.
I really wish I had a few thousand bucks burning a whole in my pocket to snag this unique pin - but it still has a day and a half left in the auction and is already up to $2,650 so it is going to be too rich for my blood. SO - if you live in the Houston area - or anywhere in Texas really - please go to the auction here, purchase this, and invite me over to play it!
[Update 8/12/2010] I forgot to come back and post the final price - the Joust pin sold for $4,349. Too rich for my blood but sure would have been a kick-ass addition to the gameroom (that I'll have some day)
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Totally Amused in Humble, Texas!
Hold crap - how did I not hear of this sooner? Like I mentioned in my blog a few posts back one of my favorite weekend haunts in Houston is Joystix - it has tons of classic arcade games for play the first and last Friday of every month.
Well I happen to stumble onto this post at the "Best Blogs of Texas: Deer Park, La Porte, Pasadena" that clued me in to ANOTHER arcade service/sales/play establishment that recently opened just up the road in Humble. Totally Amused Classic Arcade reportedly opened its doors last October to allow the general public to pay $15 and play tons of arcade games on free play every 2nd and 3rd Saturday and Sunday of the month. Apparently Amused has been around for several years but just specialized in arcade sales and service. In 2005 it even hosted Houston Arcade Championship where several arcade high-score records were set - including Frenzy, Tapper, and a few others.
The Chronicle did an article on the place and its owner Brian Sternberg of Spring that you can read here and ABC 13 News ran a piece on him you can watch below. I just heard about this place so I can't vouch for it yet but I will almost definitely be up there this weekend to verify and if it isn't boarded up I will report back next week!
[UPDATE August 1, 2010] I was finally able to contact Totally Amused and unfortunately they confirmed by suspicions - their arcade is no longer open to the public. They do sell arcade games (at pretty reasonable prices) and perform repairs, but if you want to have some old-school arcade fun in Houston the only real option is still to hit Joystix on Pac-Man Fever Fridays.
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Because I'm Billy Mitchell
The Retroist featured this video of arcade guru Billy Mitchell and I thought it was kind of a cool/amusing quick hit. I don't know how much they may have edited King of Kong to make this guy look like a douche but I'm guessing there is a good amount of truth to it. Regardless, the guy definitely knows how to play arcade games so props for that anyway. Actually, I am much more uncomfortable with the drones that follow him around with that starry-eyed hero-worship. Those dudes creep me out.
The Retroist is the latest addition to my podcasts that I listen to from time to time. His website has a lot of cool old-school stuff (not just gaming-related) so check it out at http://www.retroist.com/
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Since I know most of the people that might possibly be reading this I realize the likelihood of you owning an Xbox 360 is very low - consequently the interest in this post about a 360-exclusive will be similarly low. But that won't stop me. I just read that one indie game that has spurred my curiousity will be available on Xbox Live Arcade on July 21 for $15 and I'm pretty sure I'm going to download it. That game is Limbo - a stylistic 2D black and white platformer/puzzle game. Think a darker, more somber version of Little Big Planet. Less yarn, more corpses. Should last about 5-6 hours which sounds just about right for me at the moment.
If you care to check out the trailer/gameplay - here ya go.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
My gaming moods swing rather wildly and lately I have been pretty much all retro. Tonight I was thumbing (middle fingering on the touchpad actually) through a digital image of the January 1983 Electronic Games magazine and I came across a couple of ads for some gaming gear from a company called Starplex.
The first was the Starplex Deluxe Video Controller. This shiny little piece of woodgrained retro-goodness plugs into your Atari 2600 or C64/Vic-20 and allows you to use pushbuttons for the up, down, left, right, and fire commands instead of using a joystick. It also offers a rapid-fire option allowing you to just hold down the fire button.
I checked ebay and what do you know - there happens to be a new and unused (new old stock) Starplex Deluxe Video Controller complete in the box for sale right now with a starting bid of $18 (hey it was originaly $30 retail so that's a pretty good deal!). Given how much I like playing arcade games that have all-button control panels and my love for all things retro gamish this is right up my alley, but I probably won't bid on it (I just can't buy every cool but useless retro thing I come across) - so you can check out the auction here.
On the other hand if I saw the second item up for bid I probably WOULD bid on it because I've never seen it before and think it is even cooler.
The Game SeleX was a wood-grained (of course!) case that allowed you to plug in 9 Atari 2600 cartridges and then select which game you wanted to play with a selector dial. There was a dummy cartridge connected via a ribbon cable that you plugged into your VCS to reduce wear and tear on your original cartridges. Like the Deluxe Video Controller, probably not tremendously useful at this point in time but EXACTLY the sort of thing I would buy just because it's cool. Fortunately for me the SeleX was NOT for sale on ebay so I don't have to face that dilemma this day.
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Labels: For Sale, Game SeleX, Starplex
Friday, July 2, 2010
Crisis in the Gulf Video Game
Apparently Indie publisher Super Boise Games has made a game about fighting the oil spill spewing out into the Gulf of Mexico. It costs $1 on Xbox Live.
Kotaku did a piece on it here: http://kotaku.com/5575586/an-xbox-video-game-about-the-gulf-oil-spill and New Orleans news station WDSU got a couple of local reactions on a video you can check out here: http://www.wdsu.com/irresistible/24121844/detail.html#.
I'm not offended by the game like some people apparently are - hey it's not like your goal is to kill the dolphins to make room for more oil in the water! You're saving the day with ships armed with high-tech oil-burning lasers! (Are you listening Obama?) And games about newsworthy events might encourage people to become more informed. But c'mon that game looks pretty lame. Even for a dollar - I'll pass.
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Labels: Crisis in the Gulf, News
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Starcade and Wild Western
I keep hearing a lot about Red Dead Redemption but I've been in an arcade mood lately, so I've been checking out old west themed arcade games on the MAME cab with the tentative idea of doing a "Who Needs Red Dead" type of post. Last night I tried out one called "Wild Western" for the first time. To make a long story short the game was mediocre at best so I won't feature it, but I came across a video of it being played on an old episode of Starcade and my brain switched gears on me - "hey do a post about Starcade" it said. So I did.
Starcade was a 1982-1983 game show where contestants (typically kids or teenagers) competed against each other by first answering trivia questions about arcade games and then by playing a selection of arcade games to see who could get the highest scores. The winning contestant then played a bonus round where he had a chance to win the grand prize - usually an arcade game of their own.
I was watching an episode tonight of one contestant with coke bottle glasses with goofy looking hair and equally goofy clothing and I told my wife "look it this poor dweeby little kid". Her response - "it looks like those pictures of you as a kid". I took another look - "Oh shit, you're right. Damn, I even had a velour shirt just like that. OK."
It's not exactly riveting action, but it definitely has a certain kitschy appeal. You can view 41 full episodes (or as many as you can stand) on their website here:
They have lots of other goodies on their website to check out too:
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Currently, I am Rapping With My Associates, the Junior Mafia
I have laughed out loud for protracted moments over rap lyrics twice in the last month, and you probably have, too, if you've seen this collection of ridiculous rap lyrics that's been going around. My friend Brian, who tutors at a high school in San Francisco, sends something even better—a proper-English translation of Notorious B.I.G.'s "One More Chance." The attendant story is that an Oakland high school sponsored an English contest and this is the winning entry, although that's apocryphal at best. Just read it and laugh.
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I have a stale smell in my basement closet,used a dehumidifier and it worked.heard about a new product from wavehome solutions which ventilates in stead of dehumidifies. I had a sales person in my house and he said his product will remove the stale smell and will cost $1700. and will take 15 to 25 days to notice a difference,he also said I have other toxins in my house inwhich he never used an air quality meter to check. Does anyone know if it really works or has any other information . I dont see any results any where on the computor just the companys own so called results.
Without seeing and knowing more about the product it's hard to hazard a guess. The "other toxins" he was referring to is probably the off gassing of carpets, plastics, synthetic fabrics, etc. I would seriously doubt that this product does as claimed. The only thing it will likely succeed in doing is removing the odor of $1700 from your wallet.
I just joined this list because I, too, am looking for anyone with experience with the Wave Ventilation System. I agree $1700 seems steep to dry out a basement, but like zumma, my basement has a strong smell of mold that travels up to the first floor. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Thank you!
After reading the supplier's web-site I'm left with thinking this just a large fancy exhaust fan .... similar to a bathroom or kitchen exhaust fan.
The part I find disturbing is they are stating this system brings in fresh air through gaps in windows and doors from the upper level in the home.
The part that is disturbing is this system is actually causing a negative pressure within the home which can be dangerous with combustion equipment .... boilers , furnaces , water heaters ... that are commonly found in the home's basement.
In my opinion you would be better off with a HRV/ERV or an air to air exchanger .... at least these maintain controlled ventilation with minimal negative pressures ( if at all ).
Looks like nothing more than a glorified exhaust fan.
My neighbor and i have the same style ranch houses with an unfinished basement. He gets liquid water and has pumps etc I have none, however i have always had dampness with the associated smells etc. i have always thought of an exhaust fan but have never found anything of use. None of the normal exhaust fans are rated 24/7. I was in his basement last year and realized that there was no smell! I asked why and found that he had the older model of the wave. He had it for a few years and paid much less. My engineering background and economical nature led me to believe that there is a better solution. Then an epiphany!
A radon fan. It is rated 24/7 for a minimum of 10 years! I got a radon fan and some PVC pipe and fittings and proceeded to install it on the wall below a window. Parts were about $200. I blocked the window with wood/aluminum and cut a hole for the exhaust. The pipe must be close to the floor so i used an elbow at the floor. I also used a short length of pipe with the holes to quiet the turbulence.
It works GREAT! I used a standard 163 CFM fan vs a 180 cfm of the wave for my basement which is about 1450sqft. I found that the majority of the air comes from my "hatch" area and doesn't come from the main house. the results are amazing. I do not have a humidistat - not needed, and i probably will shut the system down over the cold months when the humidity is low anyhow. BTW the power consumption is~ 60W.
Some additional information: ;)
When i explained this to friends they all replied - just get a dehumidifier. This is not the way to go. When you use a dehumidifier,you get dry/stinky air. Additionally there are certain "products " that will remain ie: oil burner fumes,radon,mold spores and whatever else. Even if you take in humid air as in a rainy day, it is at least fresh.
You probably need 2 or 3 dehumidifier units for the room size. Then you have to empty the thing and it eats up power like crazy. It is in reality an inside air-conditioner. It could run maybe $50-100/month at a time when electricity is at the high summer rate. Plus it is not rated 24/7.Update: I looked up some typical dehumidifier units and based on feedback they are mostly trash units.;)
Sounds like a great alternative to a $1700 ventilation system. Couple of questions. Did you notice any appreciable increase in your cooling costs while running the ventilation fan? Also, can you post some pictures of your installation? I am thinking about doing something similar instead of running a dehumidifier. Thanks.
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I found that the majority of the air comes from my "hatch" area and doesn't come from the main house.
Saying the air comes from the hatch area indicates this is a negative pressure condition ..... not a controlled method for make up air.
When installing something like this you have to be cautious if there are combustion devices like water heaters , boilers or furnaces located in the same space.
When you have a negative pressure there is a possibility of creating back flow for the combustion exhaust ..... allowing for carbon-monoxide buildup or the water heaters , boilers or furnaces not operating properly.
Thanks. That was actually going to be my next question - what about negative air pressure? I am going to have to do some research on that question - how to measure it, alleviate the issue, etc. Still, ventilation as opposed to dehumidifying seems a more elegant solution.
I do not notice any additional problems re a/c or other cooling since i use an exhaust fan in the main house at night on hot days. In my area the nights are very cool and by the time the house gets very hot it is already cool again. The drawback is that the winters are very cold.
That said getting back to the circulation question, I have a steel hatch with a screen/glass storm door behind it.In summer i use the screen and the air from the new system comes mostly from that area. I can actually see large gaps where the air can get in.
There is enough opening to accomodate the fan plus any air the oil burner needs. The $1700 system suggests that the air comes from all over the house. the way i have it set up the air circulates in the basement only.


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How about that Sepp Blatter?
The president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, can't even get Brazil to finish remodeling its stadiums on time and now he's going to try his hand at negotiating a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.
Well, a part of Israel and some Palestinians anyway.
Blatter said Tuesday he hopes to resolve a dispute between the Palestinian soccer association and Israel over travel restrictions on some Palestinian players. Israel cites concerns about possible attacks by Palestinian militants as the main reason for the restrictions.
FIFA hopes to get both sides to sign a memorandum of understanding next month in Brazil. Representatives of the Israeli and Palestinian soccer associations are expected to take part in FIFA meetings scheduled in Sao Paulo on June 10-11, just before the opening match of the World Cup on June 12.


text: Image May 15, 2017 by Lucien van der Walt Postmodernism (Latin American cartoon, translated by zabalaza.net ca. 2015) Advertisements Share this:PrintTumblrLinkedInPinterestRedditEmailPocketTwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related About Lucien van der Walt I teach at Rhodes University, the Eastern Cape. I'm South African, born and bred. I have long been involved in union education, and have a background in social movement and left-wing activism, the Workers' Library and Museum, the Anti-Privatisation Forum, and the National Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU). I've presented or published 100s of papers conferences and workshops, published in key journals like 'Capital and Class' and 'Labor History', have co-edited 4 journal specials (these on global labour history, African labour, and unions in the Global South), and produced five books. I was Southern Africa editor for the 2009 'International Encyclopaedia of Revolution and Protest' (Blackwell). My focus has been on South Africa, but I have also done research in Zambia and Zimbabwe. I won the 2008 international 'Labor History' thesis prize, and the 2008/2009 Council for the Development of Social Science Research prize for best African dissertation, for my PhD thesis on South African anarchism, syndicalism and black militants. My books includd include 'Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives' (2018, co-edited with Kirk Helliker), 'Negro e Vermelho: anarquismo, sindicalismo revolucionário e pessoas de cor na África Meridional nas décadas de 1880-1920,' and 'Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1880-1940: the praxis of national liberation, internationalism, and social revolution' (co-edited with Steve Hirsch, Brill, 2010/ 2014). View all posts by Lucien van der Walt →


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Allyson W. @meowllyson
Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
Favorite Player: Scott Niedermayer
Greatest Devils Moment: Watching the Devils win their first Stanley Cup live and seeing all of the Devils crying. BEST MOMENT EVER.
Carlos F. @SpeakoftheDevs
Hometown: Kearny, NJ
Favorite Player: Scott Stevens
Greatest Devils Moment: 1995, Game 4. (I snuck in)
If I Could Be Any Super Hero, I Would Be: Megatron.
Chrissy B. @chrissybdillman
Hometown: Elizabeth, NJ
Favorite Player: Adam Henrique holds a special place in my heart.
Greatest Devils Moment: Making fun of my boyfriend with Martin Brodeur.
If I Could Be Any Super Hero, I Would Be: Elastigirl, I want to stretch myself taller than five feet.
Dan F. @Dan_PF
Hometown: Yonkers, NY
Favorite Player: Martin Brodeur
Greatest Devils Moment: Elias' shootout goal which knocked the water bottle off the net to win the game…against the Rangers!
Best Devils Souvenir: Martin Brodeur Jersey
Doug T. @DDougyy
Hometown: Westfield, NJ
Favorite Player: David Clarkson
Interesting Fact About Me: My father is a Rangers fan, my mother is a Bruins fan. It's a pure miracle that I turned out to be a Devils fan!
Kevin L. @kevinlankey
Hometown: Edison, NJ.
Greatest Devils Moment: Witnessing Martin Brodeur's 552nd win.
If I Could Be Any Action Hero, I Would Be: The Green Power Ranger
Favorite NJ Landmark: Quick Stop Groceries
Kim S. @shadowpwny
Hometown: Brick, NJ
Favorite Player: Dainius Zubrus
Best Devils Souvenir: A puck given to me by Mark Fraser during a pre-season warm up and a photograph of Dainius Zubrus addressed to "The Crazy Lithuanian" (my dad!)
If I Could Be Any Action Hero I Would Be: She-Ra. You just can't beat being teamed up with a Flying Unicorn.
Seth P. @sportsmaniac01
Hometown: Maplewood, NJ
Devils Fan Since: Birth.
Best Devils Souvenir: My Scott Stevens signed puck
If I Were A Superhero, My Theme Song Would Be: I Believe I Can Fly.
Steve B. @CowBellSteve
Hometown: Union, NJ
Favorite Player: Nick Palmieri
Greatest Devils Moment: Being at the Stanley Cup Final Game 7 in 2003 with my Dad.
If I Were A Super Hero, My Theme Song Would be: Superman by Goldfinger
Tim J. @timjoyce
Hometown: North Arlington
Favorite Player: Zach Parise
Greatest Devils Moment: 2003 Stanley Cup Championship, Game 7.
Andrew M. @amordzynski
Hometown: Livingston, NJ
Best Devils Moment: Martin Brodeur's 552nd win
Edward F. @WraithGD
Hometown: Howell, NJ
Favorite Player: David Clarkson
Greatest Devils Moment: Martin Brodeur scoring his first goal against the Montreal Canadiens
If I Could Be Any Super Hero, I Would Be: Captain Marvel … SHAAZAM!
Jonathan W. @ProducerJon
Hometown: Union, NJ
Favorite Player: Claude Lemieux
Best Devils Souvenir: My dad's old goalie gloves, signed by almost a dozen players from Cam Janssen to Chico Resch.
If I Could Be Any Action Hero, I Would Be: 1980s Kurt Russell (he might as well be a real action hero)
Greatest Devils Moment: Scott Stevens… "You're next."
Kevin M. @kmart890
Hometown: Toms River, NJ
Devils Fan Since: As long as I can remember
Favorite Players: Brodeur, Elias, Stevens
Greatest Devils Moment: JUST making the cutoff for the Ken Daneyko signing when he brought the Stanley Cup to Point Pleasant the summer of 2003.
Marcelo M. @celoz0828
Hometown: Orange, NJ
Favorite Player: Patrik Elias
Greatest Devils Moment: Watching the Game 6 OT game vs. the Rangers with my 5 year old nephew.
Best Devils Souvenir: Authentic Kovalchuk Jersey signed by the team.
Rudy A. @radametz
Hometown: Edison, NJ
Devils Fan Since : April 12, 1988
Favorite Devils Souvenir: My customized retro jersey that now has 10 Devils autographs, with more to come.
If I Could Be Any Action Hero I'd Be: Iron Man – Engineer, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist
Tim C. @fullmetal2405
Hometown: Edison, NJ
Favorite Player: Martin Brodeur
Greatest Devils Moment: 2000 Cup win. That was the first year I played hockey and it really got me into the sport and got Devils Red and Black pumping through my veins (I mean the red was already there, but STILL). Henrique's OT winner has to be right up there, too.
If I could Be Any Superhero, I would be: Toolshed. FEAR MY SAFETY GOGGLES.
Jen T. @jenwrite
Hometown: Garwood, NJ
Favorite Player: Scott Stevens
Devils Fan Since: Attending my first Devils game in person in 1994.
Favorite Devils Moment: Being at the Rock for Henrique's OT goal in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Rangers
Kathie RJ. @8PMReservation
Hometown: Morristown, NJ
Favorite Player: I'm a Hockey Mom so just like my kids, I can't pick a favorite.
Greatest Devils Moment: Being at the Rock for the Eastern Conference Finals/Game 6 against the Rangers. Magic!
How do you become a general? I have followed these guys since 1987 and would love to help in any way.
Agreed. Give me a job as a General. Been playing hockey and following the Devils my whole life. Favorite moment for me was being at the playoff game when Marty scored his 1st goal against the Habs.
Agree^^^ I want to know how to become a general as well, for as long as I can remember I have been a huge Devils fan and would love to write about events and the team in general.
^^^^ I think this is it: http://devils.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=69093
Dear General's team
Had we started the season someone said that the Devils make it to the finals, we would, I think probably all just shake their heads. And now today, we're all a little disappointed that it did not quite make it. I am proud of the accomplishments of our team.
I am a Devils fan from Switzerland (47 years young 🙂 and follow the games via ESPN America and some great websites.
A web site stands out because of course! It is the Devils Army Blog! You are doing a great job. Her provides sound, objective, and is also in difficult situations the right words!
But I would like the entire Army team to thank. Keep it up … 😉
Best regards from Switzerland


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Confirmed reservations that are cancelled 8-14 calendar days prior to the start of class will be granted a credit with ASM International which can be used within one year of enrollment for use towards an ASM education class less a $75 processing charge. After a period of one year, if the credit has not been used, the registrant will forfeit the entire payment amount.*
Confirmed reservations that are cancelled 7 calendar days or less prior to the start of class will not be refunded. In addition, no-shows will not be refunded.*
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It is the responsibility of the class registrant to ensure that a valid email address has been supplied and email filter settings are not preventing delivery of emails from ASM International—email communications will be the primary channel of communications leading up to the start of classes.
It is highly recommended that refundable airline tickets are purchased only after verifying that the class will run as scheduled by contacting the ASM Member Service Center (440.338.5151, ext. 0 or firstname.lastname@example.com). ASM International is not liable for any fees associated with a participant having to reschedule airline reservations due to a course cancellation.
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ASM SelfStudy courses must be ordered in the name of the student.
Payment for SelfStudy Courses can be made using a student's credit card or any corporate card.
Students registered for SelfStudy courses receive a confirmation email and link to the Learning Management System (LMS) where they can download and print their lessons and return to take their examinations. (No printed materials are mailed to students).
Because the course is managed through the online Learning Management System, ASM can only extend the Member Price to registering students who are already ASM Members. (Members purchasing for non-members is not possible in the LMS).
Upon successful completion the student prints their own certificate of achievement from the Learning Management System after completing the post-course survey.
Refund Policy for Online Courses, Self-Studies and DVDs
For all On-line, SelfStudy and DVD purchases sales are considered final. However a full refund may be given if requested in writing to ASM International Education within 30 days of purchasing an Online or SelfStudy course. However, if the ASM International records demonstrate that the student has accessed more than 2 lessons online within those 30 days then no refund will be issued.
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The IRS permits an income tax deduction for educational expenses, including registration and materials fees, cost of travel, meals and lodging; which is undertaken to:
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NATO Week in Azerbaijan highlights 20 years of partnership
The annual NATO Week in Azerbaijan opened with a conference at the NATO International School of Azerbaijan on 1-7 July. A ceremony also took place in the capital Baku to mark the official opening of the second NATO-sponsored mine-clearing project in the country. This year marks 20 years since the start of Azerbaijan's partnership with the Alliance.
Various aspects of the international community's approach to crisis management were the main focus of the conference, which brought together over 50 participants from 17 countries. Discussions also highlighted the positive experience of Azerbaijan-NATO partnership and the perspectives for deepening cooperation.
The conference was hosted by Gaya Mammadov, Deputy Head of the Department of Security Issues of the Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador of Romania to Azerbaijan, Daniel Chiobanu. (The Romanian embassy is currently the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Azerbaijan.)
Other key speakers included James Appathurai, the Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, and Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim, Head of the Mission of Azerbaijan to NATO, and Kęstutis Jankauskas, Lithuania's Permanent Representative to NATO. Mr Appathurai and Ambassador Ibrahim underlined progress in the NATO-Azerbaijan partnership, highlighting in particular Azerbaijan's valued contribution to the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan. Mr Appathurai also explained the important outcomes of NATO's recent Chicago Summit.
The Summer Session at the NATO International School of Azerbaijan ended with a simulation game, where participants played the role of decision makers within NATO.
Expertise in clearing dangerous munitions
The official ceremony on 5 July to open the mine-clearance project in Jeyranchel was also attended by diplomats and high-level officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov.
Like a previous project in Saloglu, the three million euro Trust Fund project is being conducted by the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the former NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) which was recently subsumed under the new NATO Support Agency. Work on the project got underway in April 2012 and is expected to be completed within 28 months. Jeyranchel, located in northeastern Azerbaijan near the Georgian border used to be the site of a Soviet Army live firing range, which now lies abandoned and unused, littered with unexploded munitions that pose a risk to the local population. (For more information on this project see link to article in margin.)
ANAMA has with the assistance of NATO and the United Nations developed considerable expertise in humanitarian mine clearance and the safe disposal of unexploded munitions. Since 2009, it has conducted training in this area for experts from Afghanistan, Georgia, Jordan and Tajikistan.
NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation
Azerbaijan's relations with NATO date back to 1992, when the country joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council). Azerbaijan joined the Partnership for Peace (PfP) in 1994.
Over the years, defence and security-related cooperation has increased with Azerbaijan's participation in the Partnership Planning and Review Process since 1997. The country's decision to develop an Individual Partnership Action Plan with NATO in 2004, sharpened the focus of cooperation on reform and institution building.
The country's support for NATO-led operations is another important area of cooperation. Azerbaijan currently contributes troops to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and, in the past, it also actively supported the operation in Kosovo.


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ces1948 If we have any of those in my area of Florida I am not aware of them. Perhaps the closest thing would be Cowboys Steak and BBQ in Stuart and Ft. Pierce.
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Route 11 IN Charlottesville it's the very old school Aberdeen Barn! http://www.aberdeenbarn.com/
lleechef Never had a good "neighborhood" steakhouse anywhere I lived.
rumaki When I lived in Old Town Alexandria (Virginia), one of my favorite places for steak was called the Charcoal House, on the north side of town. The neighborhood-type restaurant had a neat mural that completely covered one wall in one of the dining rooms -- my recollection is that it was (inexplicably) of a mountain range (the Grand Tetons?). I remember enjoying many steaks (and steak sandwichese, at lunchtime) there. It was sold, I assume, and reconfigured into a completely different restaurant/lounge at some point before I left Alexandria in 1999, called the Stardust or something like that.
TJ Jackson I dont think we really have anything inbetween, aside from a few places that are local that happen to have a steak on the menu, which is not the sort of place I think you are talking about There is a joint on the west side named Maury's Tiny Cove that *might* be an exception, but I've never been there.
Twinwillow Here in Dallas, we seem to have a "tony" steakhouse on every corner. But the "best in class" seem to be: 1-Pappas Steak house 2-Bob's Steak and Chop House (Omni Hotel location) 3-Al Biernat's
Texascajun In the small town of Avinger (approximately 10 miles from me) is the 5 D Cattle Company Steakhouse. They put out some of the best steaks ever and its really a roadfood restaurant. The owner is a great man. If I could post a link I would.


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Israeli media is speaking about the land invasion in the upcoming days while the resistance groups in Gaza continues in launching rockets against Israel forcing Israelis to hide in shelters. Of course there are no shelters in Gaza.
Egypt opens Rafah crossing expectationally for Palestinian injured , to be precise for the critical cases only. A group of Leftist activists are trying to organize a quick medical aid craven to Gaza. I do not know if it is going to pass or not. Here is a live update for the latest attack on Gaza


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Font Variation for Japanese Hiragana "ri"
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- Lauri Ranta said...
It's not just hiragana, but the default substitution fonts for kanji also become Chinese. And if the normal font is serif, the substitution font for hiragana can be LiSong Pro, which has a single stroke り.
If Japanese is above Chinese, for example TextEdit in plain text mode displays Chinese text using a mixture of characters from Japanese and Chinese fonts.
- February 10, 2013 at 8:47:00 AM MST
- Tom Gewecke said...
Lauri -- You are right, of course, and that points out the problem facing a Japanese user who wants a two stroke "ri", since all the default Hiragino fonts are single stroke. It seems they have to manually switch to Osaka if they want to avoid Chinese Kanji. I will modify the article a bit. I've not seen Japanese users complaining about Chinese Kanji, but Chinese users get very annoyed by Japanese Kanji and I've done a couple blog articles on that in the past.
- February 10, 2013 at 10:00:00 AM MST


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Priority one was a type of communiqué used within the Federation, including Starfleet, that noted messages of high priority.
In 2257, the USS Enterprise under the command of Christopher Pike made a priority one distress call which was answered by the USS Discovery. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")
In 2269, Uhura sent a priority one call to Governor Bob Wesley of the planet Mantilles to warn him of the danger of an approaching cosmic cloud. (TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing")
In 2285, Captain J.T. Esteban instructed his communications officer to send a coded priority one message for Starfleet Commander. In his message he stated: "Federation science vessel Grissom arriving Genesis Planet, Mutara sector, to begin research. J.T. Esteban, commanding." (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
Prime Minister Nayrok sent the USS Enterprise-D a priority one message on a priority channel, after Roga Danar escaped from the ship and captured an Angosian police shuttle. (TNG: "The Hunted")
In 2366, Captain Jean-Luc Picard received a priority one message on a secured channel from Admiral Haden concerning the Romulan defector Alidar Jarok. (TNG: "The Defector")
Later that year, the Enterprise-D's mission to contact the living spacecraft "Tin Man" was classified as priority one. The Enterprise was to observe minimum contact procedures. (TNG: "Tin Man")
The same year, Reittan Grax sent a priority one message from Betazed to the Enterprise-D to inform them about the disappearance of Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi and William T. Riker. (TNG: "Ménage à Troi")
The following year, Data sent a priority one message to Worf ordering him to arrest the brainwashed Geordi La Forge in order to prevent him from assassinating Governor Vagh. (TNG: "The Mind's Eye")
In 2369 the Federation runabout USS Rio Grande received a priority one broad band distress signal from the Kobliad transport Reyab. (DS9: "The Passenger")
Admiral Nakamura sent a priority one message to Captain Picard in 2370. Worf was ordered by Picard to send the message to Doctor Crusher's office in sickbay. Nakamura informed Picard that he initiated a fleet wide yellow alert, because Starfleet Intelligence has picked up some alarming reports from the Romulan Star Empire. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
In 2372, Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax received a priority one message from Starfleet Intelligence which stated that the Klingons placed Orbital defense systems in Cardassian territory. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")


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A multistate probe of alleged manipulation of interest rates threatens to leave banks liable for billions of dollars in estimated state and local losses from the scandal, even as they settle with national regulators.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is helping lead a probe into claims that banks rigged global benchmarks for borrowing, adding to investigations by other authorities, including the U.S. Justice Department. Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc agreed yesterday to pay about $612 million to U.S. and U.K. regulators to resolve their claims.
"The damage to public entities is a matter of great concern to state and local governments," Schneiderman said in an interview. "These were allegations of really despicable conduct." More than 12 states are participating in the probe, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because he isn't authorized to speak publicly.
States have joined forces as banks reach settlements to resolve liability tied to Libor, or the London interbank offered rate. Barclays Plc in June agreed to pay 290 million pounds ($454 million), and in December, UBS AG agreed to pay 1.4 billion Swiss francs ($1.5 billion).
By acting together, state attorneys general can amass potentially large claims against banks and gain leverage in any settlement negotiations, said Stephen Houck, an attorney at Menaker & Herrmann LLP and a former chief of the New York attorney general's antitrust bureau. Antitrust law allows states to seek triple damages.
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"It certainly gives them more clout," Houck said about states working with one another. "If they can bring all their claims together they're representing a very large group of plaintiffs."
Global authorities have been investigating claims that more than a dozen banks altered submissions used to set benchmarks such as Libor to profit from bets on interest-rate derivatives or make the lenders' finances appear healthier.
Libor, a benchmark for financial products worldwide, is created from a survey of banks conducted each day on behalf of the British Bankers Association in London. Lenders are asked how much it would cost them to borrow from one another for different periods in various currencies.
Libor manipulation that kept the benchmark artificially low cost states and local governments about $6 billion on interest rate swaps, according to an estimate by Peter Shapiro, a managing a director at Swap Financial Group in South Orange, New Jersey. Those swaps are used to hedge interest-rate risk, with governments paying a fixed rate in exchange for variable payments based on Libor.
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Any investments in floating-rate securities tied to Libor also would have paid less in interest if the rate was suppressed. Shapiro said he doesn't have an estimate for those damages.
"One of the challenges going forward is not necessarily whether the index was manipulated but to determine the degree," said Nat Singer, a Swap Financial managing director. "Municipalities know they were shortchanged, but they don't know by how much."
Last year, 49 states and federal agencies reached a $25 billion settlement with five U.S. banks after attorneys general began an investigation into claims of fraudulent foreclosure practices by mortgage servicers.
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Besides New York, 10 states confirmed their involvement in the Libor multistate investigation, including California, Florida, Colorado, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Subpoenas have been issued to more than a dozen banks in the investigation, including Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., HSBC Holdings Plc, and Societe General SA, a person familiar with the probe said last year.
Ed Canaday, a spokesman for RBS, and Michael O'Looney, a spokesman for Barclays, declined to comment about the state investigation. Karina Byrne, a UBS spokeswoman, said in an e- mail that the bank has disclosed that states are investigating.
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Banks have already been sued by municipal governments including the city of Baltimore and San Diego County.
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Banks will want to settle with a "critical mass" of states so they can avoid the potential cost of litigating in many states, said Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit and a former federal prosecutor.
"They're a force to be reckoned with," Henning said about the state attorneys general. "When states band together, this is where you get the multimillion- and multibillion-dollar settlements."
Schneiderman declined to go into detail about the states' investigation. Determining the damages is "quite complex," he said.
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Today Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, convened a hearing to investigate sexual assault in the military. The hearing includes testimony from individuals who have been victims of rape and sexual assault while serving, and is the first Senate hearing to examine sexual assault in the military in almost a decade.
This hearing comes on the heels of yet another tragic example of the military's failure to protect victims and hold perpetrators of sexual assault accountable. Earlier this month, a Lieutenant General at Aviano Air Base, Craig Franklin, overturned the aggravated sexual assault conviction of Lieutenant Colonel James Wilkerson, who had been sentenced to a year in military prison and a dismissal from the Air Force by a jury of his peers.
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Muller is well-known for his bestselling books, the latest of which is "A Life of Being, Having and Doing Enough." His other books include "Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in Our Busy Lives," "Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood," "Learning to Pray: How We Find Heaven on Earth" and "How, Then, Shall We Live? Four Simple Questions that Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives."
A graduate of the Harvard Divinity School, Muller spent the past 35 years working with people suffering from abuse, alcoholism, poverty, illness and loss. He was senior scholar at the Fetzer Institute, a member of the extended faculty at the Institute for Noetic Sciences and has received several awards for his work with those in need. He continues to work with select individuals as a private spiritual director and mentor.
The labyrinth installation is located outside the first-floor atrium. As a "universal design" path, it is accessible to persons of all abilities. Nayt Boyt, who graduated from WMU with a bachelor's degree in creative writing and a minor in holistic health in 2011, designed the labyrinth for his Lee Honors College thesis. The design is based on the labyrinth in the 13th century Chartres Cathedral in France. The bricks used for the installation were salvaged from the former Galilee Baptist Church in Kalamazoo around 2005. Labyrinths have been walked for centuries for contemplation, reflection, wholeness and balance.
The Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness Program was established in 1982 as the Specialty Program in Holistic Health Care—one of the first of its kind in the nation. Since then it has innovated and evolved, responding to new discoveries in the discipline and emerging health care trends. The new name, Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness, continues that tradition, expressing the program's vision and mission today and for the future. Course offerings in the program's graduate certificate and undergraduate minor encourage personal growth through self-assessment, authentic expression and active participation in health.
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While President Obama wants to grant women access to free birth control, this guy thinks women ought to pay more for access to contraception -- $1,500 per year more, to be precise.
It's true. Forbes.com contibutor Tim Worstall, who himself admits that the idea sounds "entirely absurd," argues in a recent column that because of the pollutive effects of contraceptive pills, women should be charged a tax of £1,000, or $1,500, to help fund upgraded sewage treatment systems.
Worstall writes:
The basic problem is that the hormones in the pill itself, the hormones which produce the desired contraceptive effect, then end up in the sewage system as part of the normal function of kidneys and bladders in human beings. Those hormones are then not captured by the standard sewage treatments and end up being released into the fresh water of the area. Where they are believed to cause sex changes in fish.
The hormone in question is called ethinyl estradiol (EE2) and is the main active ingredient in birth control pills, according to the Guardian. The hormone causes fish to develop both male and female traits, therefore inhibiting population growth.
It would cost the EU £30 billion, or more than $46 billion, to remove the hormone from rivers, streams and other drinking supplies in England and Wales alone, the Guardian reports.
It's not just the UK that's being polluted by the contraceptive pills. According to a story that ran in the Guardian in 2010, more than 80 percent of male bass fish in Washington D.C.'s Potomac River exhibit female traits, likely the result of drugs and chemicals deposited in the water. A 2009 report found that one third of the fish tested at 111 sites across the U.S. were "intersex," or exhibited both male and female traits.
Worstall dismisses the idea of making pharmaceutical companies pay for the mess their products create, saying that such a move could cause women to have to pay more for contraception, to the tune of £1,000 per year.
"It is their [women's] choice to use the pill," Worstall writes. "However, their choice of method of doing so imposes costs on the rest of us, upon the society at large."
Worstall's point of view has caused quite a raucous across the blogosphere.
Jezebel's Cassie Murdoch writes:
Fingers crossed that we all keep in mind that contraception is a society-wide issue, not a women's issue. If men want us to take the pill so they can sex us up without worrying about polluting the world through overpopulation, then they should also share the burden of paying to protect the environment from our resultant toxic pee.


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Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III has clearly learned from last year.
Not only that he has to know when to say when, but that he has to keep emphasizing the well-worn talking points to make sure everybody understands that he understands them.
"I'm doing great," Griffin said at an American Cancer Society benefit yesterday, via the Washington Post. "Knee feels fine. It's about taking it slow. Each day is a better day."
Yesterday was the four-month mark in his recovery from knee surgery, and the message keeps coming through that he's going to be more careful with his body in the future.


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Friday, December 9, 2011
Support Fukushima by buying its whisky
Whisky fans in Japan wanting to do their bit for quake and nuclear accident-hit Fukushima prefecture could do worse than invest in a pure malt whisky from Sasanokawa distillery. Although Sasanokawa`s XXV Cherry Whisky is not new to the market, I think the cute barrel design is (see above).
Sasanokawa distillery is based in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, which is inland from the main tsunami-hit areas and about 40 miles from the stricken Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant. Nevertheless, it did suffer significant damage in the March 11 quake including damage to a storage tank, warehouses, a chimney, plumbing and stocks (as these photographs show).
Sasanokawa and its Cherry Whisky brand have been consigned to the footnotes of the Japanese whisky story on Nonjatta. I have mentioned the distillery a couple of times, but never really spent much time on the subject (despite getting quite a few inquiries about them in comments and emails). That needs to be put right. Cherry Whisky is actually a significant name in the development of whisky culture in Japan. Sasanokawa is an old sake and shochu making house, dating back to 1765, but they started making whisky in 1946 and built themselves into quite a force in the postwar whisky market in northeast Japan, prevalent enough to rival Nikka or Suntory in the region. One of the firm`s more recent interventions, helping Ichiro Akuto to save stocks from the old Hanyu distillery and therefore enabling him to launch his Ichiro's Malt brand, was genuinely significant for preserving diversity in the Japanese whisky world.
The XXV brand was launched in the 1980s by Yamazakura, another company that was later bought by Sasanokawa. I think it commemorated the 25th anniversary of that company`s move to a new location in Asaka district. According to the Rakuten page I have linked to, it is made from 10 year aged malt made under the old regulations that used to divide Japanese whisky into grades. It may contain a considerable amount of imported malt. One reference I found was talking about a 6:4 ratio of imported whisky to the company`s own whisky and the designation of it as "pure malt" rather than single malt does imply more than one source. As usual with these Japanese "ji-whiskies" it is all a bit difficult to understand, but, anyway, it is 6,280 yen for 720 ml.
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Treatment after lumpectomy in small estrogen negative tumors
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My wife has undergone a lumpectomy for a 0.8cm nodule, sentinel lymph nodes were clear. Pathology stated that the estrogen and progesterone receptors were less than 10% positive. We find very little information beyond the fact that tamoxifen probably will not help. Is there as clear a course of therapy in these cases as there is for the er/pr positive patients?
Julia Draznin Maltzman, MD, Attending Physician at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, responds:
First let me reassure you, that your wife's tumor appears to be at an early stage. Although I cannot make direct recommendations in your specific case, I can discuss the standard of care for patients in this circumstance. The first and most important treatment is surgical resection (lumpectomy) of the breast cancer which has been completed. However, the risk of local recurrence after a lumpectomy is quite high and radiation therapy to the breast is certainly indicated. A consultation with a radiation oncologist to discuss this therapy should be arranged for all patients after a lumpectomy.
Most of the existing data assessing the benefit of chemotherapy is in patients with primary tumors larger than one centimeter. Of course, each patient's situation is assessed individually, but most women with a primary tumor that small do not gain a tremendous benefit from systemic chemotherapy. The decision on weather or not to offer chemotherapy is one where the risk of relapse is weighed against the benefit of chemotherapy and its potential side effects. In other words, most women with a tumor that small are cured with the lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy and the benefit of chemotherapy is much smaller than its potential side effects. Doctors go through the same thinking process when recommending hormonal therapy. If the tumor were hormone receptor positive, most physicians would offer Tamoxifen. Tamoxifen is easy to take, has few side effects and has potential benefits. However, if the tumor is ER/PR negative, as in the case you describe, the benefits of Tamoxifen are very low indeed. Physicians tend to think that exposure to another drug in a situation where that drug is not helpful is probably not the best option.
You are correct in your assessment, there is no clear course of therapy for women with small tumors that are not hormone responsive. Many of my patients are very frustrated when they are not taking chemotherapy or hormone therapy as they think they are not doing everything they can to make sure they get rid of their disease. What patients should do after completing radiation therapy is have very close surveillance and follow up, eat right, not smoke and drink alcohol in moderation. Living sensibly is the best defense against all diseases!


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Yesterday, Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank traveled to Chicago, Illinois to deliver remarks at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), hosted by the Association for Manufacturing Technology. Acting Secretary Blank discussed the importance of manufacturing to boosting U.S. economic growth, job creation and exports and highlighted the administration's continuing efforts to build things here and sell them everywhere.
Blank noted that President Obama has been committed to U.S. manufacturing since his very first day in office, and shared three key facts that show manufacturing is making a comeback. First, after a decade when America lost six million manufacturing jobs, we've now added more than a half million back since January 2010. These are good-paying jobs that strengthen economic security for the middle class. Second, our manufacturing output is up 20 percent since 2009–with big growth in areas like cars and car parts. Third, manufactured exports have increased in nearly all industry categories, jumping over 36 percent from 2009 to 2011.
After finishing her remarks, Blank toured the floor exhibits. She stopped by the Local Motors exhibition to hear about their crowd-sourced car. The Defense Advance Research Project Agency challenged Local Motors, a small company based in Chandler, Arizona to design a vehicle in four weeks and build it in three months. To meet this deadline Local Motors crowd-sourced the vehicle design, selected one of the over 162 high-quality designs that came in and then built it ahead of schedule.
Acting Secretary Blank departed IMTS and traveled to Cree-Racine in Racine, Wisconsin, a local manufacturer of energy-efficient LED lights. They recently formed a partnership with a distributor in India and last year won the President's E-Award for their success in increasing exports. Because of that success, they're expanding their facility and creating nearly 500 more jobs in Wisconsin.
Acting Secretary Blank then traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she spoke with local business leaders about steps that can be taken to grow the American economy and create jobs. Her remarks focused on the importance of increasing consumer spending, spurring innovation in manufacturing, increasing business investments in the U.S., and growing U.S. exports. She drew attention to a joint venture between five federal agencies, the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce, the National Science Foundation, and NASA, and local manufacturers for a pilot project that is focused on additive manufacturing.
Additive manufacturing, often referred to as 3D printing, is a new way of making products and components from a digital model, and will have implications in a wide range of industries including defense, aerospace, automotive, and metals manufacturing. Like an office printer that puts 2D digital files on a piece of paper, a 3D printer creates components by depositing thin layers of material one after another using a digital blueprint until the exact component required has been created. The Department of Defense envisions customizing parts on site for operational systems that would otherwise be expensive to make or ship. The Department of Energy anticipates that additive processes would be able to save more than 50 percent energy use compared to today's "subtractive" manufacturing processes.
This pilot institute will set a research agenda, driven by private sector needs. It will encourage researchers and entrepreneurs to take risks, test prototypes, fail quickly and get back up to try again. This is a great public-private partnership, with funding from the Federal government, two states and many manufacturers. The Department is tracking this pilot closely, to learn how best to help fund and establish these sort of public-private collaborations all over the country.
In addition to highlighting manufacturing, Blank outlined steps needed to grow the American economy and create jobs. She focused on the importance of increasing consumer spending, increasing business investments in the U.S., and growing U.S. exports. She also highlighted the need for U.S. investments in infrastructure and education to build an economy to last.
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Molding leaders
The Fort Hays State University Department of Leadership Studies thanks the communities across northwest Kansas for your support of our program and students over the past 20 years. We have grown from a program with approximately nine students in 1993 to a program being offered to more than 2,000 students across the world. As you may know, students in our program enroll in a Field Work in Leadership Studies course (LDRS 310). The purpose of this interdisciplinary course is to help move the students from the study of leadership to the actual participation in a leadership project.
As part of LDRS 310, students are asked to serve as citizen leaders in a local community project of their choice in conjunction with an existing organization. Course activities include: recognizing a community problem, working with other concerned citizens to develop a plan of action, and implementing that plan. This is an academic service-learning course which is a culmination to the Leadership Studies program core courses. Service-learning combines the benefits of meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning and guided reflection. We hope that you and your organization will consider working with a LDRS 310 team in the future.
From 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 13 at Memorial Union, we will be hosting a workshop for our current and potential new community partners. Whether your organization has worked with our LDRS 310 teams for many semesters or you would like to learn more about ways to partner with our department, please plan to attend. Department faculty will be present to facilitate discussion on the LDRS 310 class outcomes, as well as discuss previous and potential project ideas. We hope that you will join us. Thank you for your support of the Department of Leadership Studies and the community.
Jill Arensdorf, chairwoman and assistant professor, FHSU Department of Leadership Studies


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Charis makes the tea for Waffle to try, using Woof Brew herbal tea bags for dogs
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What do you get for the dog that has everything this Christmas? How about herbal tea?
Customers of a new St Ives firm are literally lapping up the range.
But the people behind Woof and Brew are not barking mad, they have set their sights on a piece of the lucrative pet food market which is worth £2.7 billion a year in the UK alone.
And behind the fun idea of herbals tea bags for dogs there is a serious message that the drinks contain anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals designed to keep pets in the peak of health.
Having sampled a glass of Posh Pooch – which gives your dog substance and style – I can assure readers that it tastes perfectly pleasant to humans too.
It contains devil's claw, skullcap, astragalus, lime flowers, orange flowers, lavender and rose petals and tastes not unlike a cup of camomile.
I did not sample Ha-Pee Lawns, which is designed to prevent urine burns in your grass.
Woof and Brew was set up by Steve Bennett, whose job title is sales dog, Lisa Morton, whose title is brand bitch, Nick Gandon and Tony Kinch.
Steve, who had previously worked for a tea shop, made the jump between the health-giving effects of herbal teas on humans to the potential for dogs.
The drinks are sourced from a top tea firm and use high-quality herbal ingredients which are left intact for maximum benefit and are not ground up in the way some herbal teas for humans are. They also have biodegradable bags.
Lisa said: "We launched at Crufts in March this year to see how it would be received and it went down pretty well and it has just gone on from there.
"As well as an impressive response from the UK market we also now have stockists in Holland, Jersey, Singapore and have supplied to America, Spain and Germany and have had inquiries from Canada, Australia and Japan."
The firm, at The Dog House, Free Church Passage, launched with five products for adult dogs, senior dogs, skin and coat, performance and fresh breath and has since added Posh Pooch and Ha-Pee Lawns. There are even Christmas gift boxes.
Lisa said: "It is a fun thing, but underneath that there is the serious point that it is all about getting goodness into dogs."
She said the tea was made in the normal way with 250ml of boiling water, left to infuse for four minutes and a further 750ml of cold water added.
The drink could then be put in the dog's bowl or poured over food.
Lisa said it had also been made into ice cubes and jellies.
Woof and Brew has joined the Movember campaign – which highlights male cancers with moustache-growing stunts – by adding moustaches to pictures of owners' dogs photographically.
It raised £175 in its first three days.
Lisa said: "Movember is a good fit for us because it is a lot of fun but underneath there is a serious message and it is a very good cause."//


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10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
This week's collection includes fields of blossoming tulips seen from the window of an airplane as it flies over the Netherlands; Iranian school girls attending a parliamentary debate in Tehran; and a ballerina performing at a fair in Cuba.
This gallery contains photos published April 9-16, 2015.
See the latest AP photo galleries: http://apne.ws/TXeCBN
The Archive: Previous "10 Things to See" galleries: http://apne.ws/13QUFKJ
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GROWERS finishing up harvest know the immediate ramification of high fuel prices. But high fuel prices will reach much further this year than just the cost of filling a combine or tractor tank. Several companies have announced price increases, and economists estimate deeper cost troubles.
Natural gas prices are expected to spike this winter with the Midwest taking a big hit. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that natural gas prices may be 71% higher than they were last year, according to Wally Tyner, Purdue University ag economist. The big share of the price increase is due to overall higher prices, and a small portion is due to the expectation that this winter will be colder than last year's. The only good news, Tyner says, is that gas supplies are adequate and there will be no shortage.
BASF plans to increase prices for its U.S. product lines, including crop protection products. BASF CEO Klaus Peter Loebbe says the company has taken "significant actions over the last few years to drive down costs," but the recent record increases in feedstock and energy costs require price changes for the company to maintain a healthy business.
Syngenta Crop Protection has announced an average 3% price increase for its 2006 crop protection products. Rob Neill, Syngenta Crop Protection marketing, says the company has resisted price increases for five years. But the tremendous spike in prices of many raw materials including natural gas has forced the company to bump prices to its customers. Neill says that the increase in the price of crop protection products will be modest compared to price increases for other ag products such as fertilizer.
Dow Chemical Company CEO Andrew Liveris released a statement saying that the company has "no choice but to ask our customers to pay more for our products in order to safeguard their supplies in the future." He credited the "persistently high price of oil and natural gas, exacerbated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina" for causing the need to increase product prices.
DuPont also plans a price increase for its products. The chemical company reported that every $10 increase in the price of oil adds $2.6 billion to the U.S. chemical industry's variable costs, according to Dow Jones Newswires.


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Gazette-Journal Classified Ads reach more people in Gloucester, Gloucester Point and Mathews each week than those of any other publication sold in the two counties.
To place a classified ad:
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It's Time to Review Your Life Insurance
When was the last time you looked at your life insurance coverage? Why not do it now? Life insurance can be a remarkable estate planning and tax-saving tool. If you have no life insurance, or have not reviewed your policy lately, you may want to be aware of your options and be prepared.
Around 40% of Americans have no life insurance. A 2014 LIMRA study on insurance trends in the U.S. found that ownership of life insurance policies for Americans hit its lowest level since 2004. LIMRA's study shows 39% of men and 43% of women without so much as the least expensive type of insurance coverage, term life coverage.1
Married men aged 35-54 who had life insurance dropped more than 10% from 2004-10. Men in this age bracket are usually in or near their peak earning years, and about half of them are fathers. Even more alarming, a third of new parents admit they have insufficient life insurance coverage, yet only about 40% try to increase coverage within two years of the birth of their first child.1
One possible reason? People seem to overestimate the cost of life insurance. A survey the following year shows consumers tend to exaggerate the expense of life insurance and tend to minimize the risk of unexpected death and value of the death benefit to survivors.2
Life insurance is not just for families. Despite what you see in commercials, families are hardly the only context in which life insurance matters. Many under or uninsured individuals do not have children and wrongly assume they have no need for life insurance, but it can be a vital financial strategy for empty-nesters who want a comfortable retirement lifestyle.
Life insurance can benefit your business. Business owners can use a buy-sell agreement funded with life insurance to allow the surviving business owners to buy out the interest of a deceased owner at a previously determined share value. Key-person insurance can also aid a business if a core employee passes away. Businesses may fund buy-sell agreements and key-person insurance with pre-tax dollars, making these moves truly tax-efficient.
Which policy is right for you? How do you choose? The differences between whole life, term, and variable policy types can be significant. Consider if any of the following potential life factors apply to you:
You are married and your spouse depends on your income
You have children
You have an aging parent or disabled relative who depends on you for support
Your retirement savings and pension will not be enough for your spouse to live on
You have a large estate and expect your heirs will owe estate taxes
Life insurance protects your loved ones financially after you die. The proceeds from a life insurance policy can help them adjust to life without your income, meet funeral and other final expenses, which can run into thousands of dollars.
Permanent life insurance offers a death benefit plus the opportunity to build cash value over time. There are tax perks: not only are the death benefits from the policy received tax-free, but the cash value has the opportunity to grow tax-deferred during your lifetime, and loans taken against the policy's cash value aren't subject to federal income tax as they aren't considered cash distributions.3
Life insurance can be part of your plan to build wealth. There are cash-rich life insurance policies with tax-advantaged savings features that offer you the potential to earn interest based on the gains of an equity index. Others permit you to direct a percentage of your premiums to investment sub-accounts which may generate tax-free earnings. These policies can be useful when it comes to business continuation and employee benefits, retirement planning, education planning and estate planning.
Are you adequately insured? Are you using life insurance smartly? Life insurance is like the Swiss Army knife of estate planning: there are so many ways you can use it as you plan to pursue your goals. Whether you simply need to insure yourself or need to protect your estate through sophisticated planning, it's time to think about life insurance - and all the ways it can potentially help you financially. Learn More by downloading the Life Insurance Guide.
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2 - limra.com/Posts/PR/News_Releases/2015_Insurance_Barometer_Study_Finds_Americans_Continue_to_Overestimate__Cost_of_Life_Insurance.aspx [4/15]
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TWO TRAINS RUNNING Comes to Syracuse Theater, 1/30-2/10
In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's 20th Century Cycle plays.
Join us for a free, intimate, insightful and entertaining pre-show talk in the Sutton Pavilion led by members of the cast. One hour prior to curtain.
SUN, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m.
SAT, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m.
THURS, Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Post-Show Panel Discussion SUN, Feb. 3 after the 2 p.m. matinee performance
Join us for an insightful discussion on "August Wilson's Women: Wives, Mothers & Children of Incarcerated Black Men" moderated by SU Law Professor Paula Johnson, featuring guest panelists Vincent Love (President of 100 Black Men of Syracuse), Helen Hudson (Mothers Against Gun Violence), and Omanii Abdullah (Jail Ministry)


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