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Ancient viruses that function in early human development may play role in cancer
The St. Laurent Institute, a non-profit medical research institute focused on the systems biology of disease, today announced in a study published in the July edition of Genome Biology, that genetic matter, previously ignored by the scientific community, may play an important role in cancer. The study, "VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer" found that novel non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient viruses, participate in the biology of stem cells, and in the development of cancer. Importantly, the group of researchers from U.S., Europe and Russia found that the elimination of these vlincRNAs caused the death of cancer cells.
"Understanding this previously ignored part of the human genome, its role in human development, and how it may be taken over by disease, opens a new frontier in science with important implications for medical advances," said Philipp Kapranov, Ph.D., lead researcher at the St. Laurent Institute. "Future research into the role and function of vlincRNAs holds promise for both highly targeted diagnostic tests and more precise cancer treatments.
Up to 98 percent of human genomic matter is known as "junk" or "dark matter" non-coding DNA, and had for years attracted little interest among scientists who doubted its role in human health and disease. Recent research has begun to identify that part of that non-coding DNA is used by the cell to make RNA such as vlincRNA, highly tissue-specific RNA chains of unusually large lengths, many of which are only found in embryonic or cancerous cells. VlincRNAs found in these two types of cells tend to be expressed based upon genetic signals from ancient viruses that invaded our ancestors' genome millions of years ago and were gradually "domesticated" over evolutionary time. The number of vlincRNAs expressed by these domesticated viral sequences correlates with both embryonic development and malignant cancers.
"St. Laurent Institute has adapted true single-molecule sequencing technology to global transcriptome analysis, providing state-of-the-art technology for the measurement of the output of the human genome," said Georges St. Laurent III, Scientific Director of the St. Laurent Institute. "Based upon this technology, we now have a greater understanding of transcriptome regulation, with potential to lead to therapeutic targets and better disease diagnostics."
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The observational study published in Genome Biology utilized publicly available and unpublished data sets to find 2,147 vlincRNAs that cover 10 percent of the human genome, suggesting that their production is a common, yet undiscovered, feature of human DNA. The vlincRNAs were shown to be present in cancerous cells as well as stem cells and normal human tissues. Certain types of vlincRNAs, especially those triggered by the signals from domesticated ancient viruses, are seen at specific stages of normal development.
Researchers found that some of these vlincRNAs are co-opted by cancer-associated transcriptional programs. Importantly, removal of these RNAs causes the death of cancer cells providing a clear direction for the development of therapeutics and better diagnostics for cancer patients. VlincRNAs may contribute to the regulation of gene expression in the nucleus of the cell. Future study of vlincRNAs may illuminate the biological principles that link together stem cells and cancer.
Dr. Kapranov, Genomics Team Leader at St. Laurent Institute, first discovered large scale production of non-coding RNA from human genome in 2002 as reported in Science.
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California tax revenue is running $2.4 billion ahead of expectations, but Gov. Jerry Brown cautioned Tuesday that the windfall would go to offsetting higher-than-expected health care costs and an underfunded teachers' pension system.
In the revised budget plan that Brown released Tuesday, the governor projected $107.8 billion in spending from the general fund, the state's main account for paying day-to-day operations, bringing total state spending to $156.2 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1. That's $1 billion more than the general fund plan Brown proposed in January.
An increase in tax revenue has Democrats in the Legislature demanding more spending to restore previous funding cuts to social services.
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However, Brown said California can expect about $1.2 billion in additional costs this year for Medi-Cal, the state's health insurance program for the poor, which saw 1.4 million more enrollees than the state projected in January. Brown's office said the additional cost will climb to $2.4 billion in the next fiscal year as even more people enroll due to an expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
"People will say, 'You aren't spending enough on this program or that program, or helping low-income people.' California is going the extra mile in terms of health care," Brown said.
The governor also set aside $450 million to help pay for the growing obligation of public school teacher pensions. The state Legislative Analyst's Office has estimated the liability is nearly $74 billion.
"That was a commitment they made years ago, but they didn't pay for it," Brown said.
Brown's record-high spending plan will be debated in the Legislature. While the governor pleads caution with new spending, he has not let up on his campaign to use money from pollution credits to finance the building of the high-speed rail - which some Democrats, led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, now oppose.
The budget also adds $142 million to address California's drought for expenses such as firefighting, emergency response, water management, wildlife preservation and food assistance, primarily for farmworkers who lose their jobs.
The debate over spending priorities now starts in earnest, with a spending plan deadline of June 15.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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– Route 346 in Berlin, long a catch-all corridor for an array of uses, has seen
a trickle of redevelopment turn into a flood in the last few years, triggering
a virtual renaissance of the road also known as Old Ocean City Blvd.
least eight projects are in the planning stages or under construction on the
1.3-mile stretch of busy road from Main Street east to Route 50. Projects
slated for the street include a print shop, medical offices, a Mexican
restaurant, retail space, offices and homes.
industrial sites are cheek by jowl with residences, professional offices with
small businesses. The Route 346 corridor is home to Worcester County's only
hospital, Atlantic General, two veterinary clinics, a dog food factory a
barbershop, two banks, gas stations, shopping centers and more.
road is a desirable spot, developers say, in close proximity to schools, major
roads, the hospital and the resort.
a great location for some growth," said developer Bill Herbst, who is in the
midst of work on a project mixing retail and office space with an additional
location for his La Hacienda Mexican restaurant.
Troy Purnell, who has a number of different projects in the works along the
corridor, has pitched a large, mixed-project to replace the former Tyson
chicken plant.
think it's zoned properly. It is a business corridor. I think it's a place to
be right now," said Purnell.
Planning Commission Chair Pete Cosby called the gateway to town a "natural
place" for new development.
a major access point to Berlin," Cosby said.
Gulyas, owner and developer of the under construction Ace Printing location and
business park, said she bought the land because of the neighborhood. The
availability of utilities attracted her as well, she said.
development such as her project will improve the neighborhood, said Gulyas.
said Route 346 is prime for commercial development.
think it's a great location. Berlin's a great area, and is in need of some
other businesses that area serves people from Pittsville all the way to Snow
Hill, West Ocean City and Ocean Pines," Herbst said.
said he did an extensive marketing study of the West Ocean City to Berlin
corridor in determining the right site for his additional La Hacienda location.
In the end, he chose the corner of Routes 818 and 346 for the public utilities
attached to the land. "We've got water and sewer which we absolutely have to
have," Herbst said.
Jerry Canakis, who once planned to build a medical office facility on the
roadway, said the corridor is ideal because it's close to the hospital. Rather
than develop his property, Canakis has put the site up for sale or lease.
one is the proximity to the hospital. Another reason is the accessibility. It's
not on a highway," said Canakis. "It's getting to be a nice area for business,
a business district if you will."
the eight projects in the pipeline, all are commercial or mixed use. Only two
have a residential component.
is strong," said Purnell. "I think it's a trend across the country to do a
combination, to do mixed use."
industrial uses continue to inhabit Route 346, many see the tone of the street
changing to a more user-friendly mix of smaller businesses and offices
alongside homes.
The near complete
medical building at the corner of Route 346 and Healthway Dr. will be joined in
the future by a pain management office and the Purnell professional offices,
anticipated to attract medical professionals.
"The hospital's
growing," said Canakis.
is little vacant land on the street, which means that much of the new
construction will occupy sites already in use, and should not require
additional town services.
say that the changes will enhance the neighborhood and make better use of the
highest and best use of that Nelson Avenue property is not a parking lot," said
Purnell, who plans to build town houses and offices on the site.
on Route 346 is not a new trend, with a few properties here and there
redeveloped from residential to businesses in the last several years. Recent
years have also seen the expansion of the Barrett auto dealership and the
conversion of local homes into businesses.
planners would like to take advantage of what they predict will be continued
change on the street by imposing some aesthetic considerations on the new
construction. The Berlin Planning Commission would like to require sidewalks,
bike trails, rear parking, large street trees and establish architectural
a great idea. Your responsible developer wants that," said Purnell.
recently completed Bank of Ocean City branch, in a new building of traditional
Berlin design, is a shining example of what the town would like to see on the
is anticipating the day when sidewalks come to the corridor.
"I really think it'll make
a nice walking community, which is what we're looking to do," she said.
Cosby said it will not be
easy to get that look without a corridor plan, and with several projects
underway, the lack of an official plan could be problematic.


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Baby Boomer and Senior Fair
In the spirit of intergenerational harmony, the Road Runners from SeniorNet at FSL, L.I. took part in the April, 2009, Baby Boomer and Senior Fair. The event took place at the Middle Island Public Library and was sponsored by NYS Assemblywoman Ginny Fields, 5th Assembly District and Friends of Middle Island Country Public Library. It was a great opportunity to spread the word of SeniorNet's accomplishments and future plans.
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'He thinks we're dumb'
Former President Bill Clinton was in Ohio this morning, campaigning for President Obama, and reflected on this week's debate. Clinton mentioned the voter who said he'd supported Obama in 2008, but added he's not as optimistic as he was four years ago.
Clinton told Ohioans, "I thought he was going to cry because he knows that it's not fixed." The Romney campaign seems to think that's wildly important, distributing the clip of the comment, and issuing a statement that reads in part, "We agree with former President Bill Clinton. The economy has not been fixed under President Barack Obama."
The year-long effort on Team Romney's part to build up Clinton's credibility continues to amaze me.
The Romney campaign is excited about Clinton conceding that Obama has not finished fixing all the problems he inherited from his Republican predecessor. Of course, this isn't exactly groundbreaking – Obama says this all the time – and as Romney himself has conceded many times, the economy has improved since the president took office.
But notwithstanding the few seconds Romney enjoyed, take a look at what else Clinton says in the clip about Mitt Romney: "He thinks we're dumb."
"This guy ran Bain Capital and is a business guy, and he's hiding his budget? That ought to tell you something. Well, he's hiding his taxes, too, but he's hiding his taxes in the years when he earned ordinary income. He's given us two years when he was just running for president. And, he's hiding whether he would have signed the Lilly Ledbetter act. He's hiding everything. He doesn't want you to think about him. He wants you to think, 'Oh this economy is terrible. I'm a jobs guy.' And as President Obama said in the debate, if I brought you a deal to Bain Capital and I said, fund my new business, I'll give you the budget sometime in the future, just trust me on that, you wouldn't give me one red cent, and we should not give him one vote on that."
Romney keeps elevating Clinton, giving him unrivaled credibility and stature, as a way of positioning him as the good Democrat, and Clinton keeps explaining to people that Romney does not deserve and has not earned their support.


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Pictured is a pre war German made candy container in the form of a house, with Santa in the chimney. The house is made of wood and cardboard and is painted white. When the top is removed this reveals the container section which would be used to store candy or money as a small gift. Pictured with the container is a 1922 Reichmark. During this time individuals and families worked in a cottage industry making items such as this, as well as ornaments for export to the U.S. Many of these items were destroyed due to anti German sentiment during the war.


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The more I think about it, the more I have a feeling I have to change my design but here's the problem, anyway.
I have a templated class. This class has a static class member variable, which is a templated stl_container. Then there is a class derived from this one that tries to call this member variable in a source file, but results in a linker error. Here's some simplified code:
This gives me a linker error saying it can't find "container" being called from "do_something". Which, if I think about it, makes sense because there is no other object file for it to link from.Code:// in a header file template <typename T> class A { static stl_container<T*>* container; }; class B : public A<MyClass> { void do_something(); }; //in a source file //memory allocation for "container" is in different source file void B::do_something() { do_something_to(container); }
So I can think of one solution which would be to dump the definition of "do_something" into the class body so it doesn't have to resolve the linking error. But I've got other non-class functions that have to access "container" so that's a no go.
So how do you declare, allocate and use a templated static class variable? Is it possible?
I need this thing to be static because "class A" is a actually a node in a graph structure that links to other nodes in the graph and info on the overall graph (kept in the container) can be updated by any node.


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It was one of those RARE saturdays when I had nothing on the diary. So much so, had planned a pok kuat session for later that night, (dead gin...I still need players, hallo, anyone out there). Then inlaws called to say they were at the Gardens, so we decided to join them for dinner. My inlaws love Penang, and visit a couple of times a year, so they have a pretty good preconception what Penang food should be.
To be honest, (bracing oneself for the onslaught), I find Penang hawker food overrated. That chendol in that alley, that supposedly famous Cha Kueh Teow, ..... it's good la, but really, I'm sure if you look hard enough, there's are other fare, probably in KL even, that's just as good, if not better.
I've been meaning to try the Delights of Gurney Drive, on the 3rd floor of the Gardens, a glorified but comfortable food court of sorts, offering a dizzying array of delights from Penang. So I was quite pleased to finally have the chance to dine here.
The orr chien, aka known as Cholesterol Platter Deluxe, was quite good. Egg, and oyster. Two of God's most wonderful culinary creations. Well, the oyster portions were generous, and rather plump. I'm not sure where the golden standard is in Penang, but for what it was worth, it tasted rather good. Then again, how wrong can you go, with oyster and egg. It's like botching up bread and butter.
So yeah, whatsit now? RM4.50 a bowl? This particular one was la, at any rate. Argh, just talking about chendol has given me cravings. [Pops head out the window to see if pasembor van is around] I notice these fancy smancy coffee shop cendols have santan thick enough for you to stand your spoon in... (hor, can see in the background ya, the standing spoon). The caramelly gula melaka is usually very fragrant, and viscous. Incidentally, I hate those red kidney beans. And I hate places that serve ABC with that instead of our traditional red beans. DEATH TO THE KIDNEY BEAN! Bring back the azuki, I say.
The acid test that is to become the mother of all benchmarks, Penang Char Kueh Teow. Checklist. Chinese sausage, check, kerang, check, prawns, check, taugeh, check, kueh teow, check, egg, check, age old residue of gunk from 50 year old wok, NO CHECK. Aitelyu, that is why all these high class places cant replicate hawker food in its full glory. The armpit sweat, the years of tempering with the wok, the saliva, ...... the absence of all these condiments ensure that hawker food in fancy places are never the same.
The good news is, for most dishes in Gurney Drive, they've now come up with two sizes, large, and not large. And its a large differential. Eg, my intestines, is about RM12 for large, and RM8 for not large. For RM4 more, I'm wondering if its more meehoon, or intestines, or soup.
But things like CKT, only one size.
Well, do check it out, it's not too bad.


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For me, last week was probably one of the worst weeks ever. Now, I'm very thankful to have my job, but when I was in Phoenix last week producing a daily newspaper for a conference, I felt like everything was conspiring against me as production bounced from one miserable headache to another.
I won't bore you with details, but let's just say that everything that could go wrong did. And because I was spending countless hours on the phone with New York tech support, I hardly ever stepped out of my hotel room to soak in the cacti, mountains, palm trees and piercing Arizona sun. I know, I shouldn't complain—at least I have a job that sent me to Arizona, but still—it was frustrating fiddling with technical difficulties when God's natural beauty beckoned to me right outside.
That said, there were some highlights to the trip. First, I finally got to experience the marvelousness that is Phoenix Ranch Market. If you ever have the opportunity to go to Phoenix, this is a must stop. Imagine a gigantic grocery store, filled with all sorts of Mexican ingredients. Everything from quesillo to cow heads. Not to mention aisle upon aisle filled with chiles, chocolates, chorizo and a host of kitchen tools such as tortilla presses, molinillos and molcajetes. But even more exciting, there's a huge food court within the store, with a torta stand, a taco stand, people frying up gorditas, huraches, quesadillas and hot plates filled with simmering meats and lardy-refried beans. And right beside this bountiful buffet is a stream of freshly made tortillas flowing along a conveyer belt—even though it was behind glass, they were so close I was tempted to pluck one and eat it warm. But I restrained myself and instead ordered a carnitas taco, spiced with a bright and fiery tomatillo sauce that made me smile.
Another bright spot in the trip was getting to see Al Gore speak at the conference on Saturday, the day after he was named the winner of the Noble Peace Prize. Now this was a conference for marketers, and Gore was there in the guise of salesman not statesman, so sadly he uttered nary a word about his recent honor. (Though he wasn't above poking fun at his participation in a "recovering-politician"10-step program. He conceded that he's on step number nine.) Instead he touted the benefits of Current TV, his cable network comprised of much viewer-created content, including some of the ads. The speech felt a bit odd in light of recent events, and he looked tired, but nevertheless it was a thrill getting to see and listen to him in a small venue.
The computer problems never sorted themselves out and while the daily paper made it to press each night, it was such a trial that by the time I arrived back in New York City on Sunday night I was spent. And very, very hungry. In times like these, you need something soft and comforting. So I decided to whip up a batch of pudding. But not just any pudding—what I craved was the sweet satisfaction that comes from a luscious, chunky mouthful of banana pudding.
As I have mentioned, I've been experimenting with making homemade vanilla wafers for my banana pudding, but sadly, I still haven't hit upon a recipe that tastes just right. I guess Nabisco has ruined me with its unique crisp cookies. Nothing I baked even came close to the pleasantly rough texture and snappy crunch of Nilla Wafers. But I did come upon a solution that I found quite tasty—replacing the store-bought wafers with homemade chocolate cookies.
I happened to have some chocolate cookie dough on hand, so after roasting a banana in the oven for about 15 minutes, I slid in a cookie sheet dotted with this rich, dark dough. Whipping up the pudding takes no time thanks to the miracle of corn starch, so in almost half an hour I was situated on the couch, tucking my spoon into a big bowl piled high with silky pudding riddled with bananas and chocolate cookies. Like baby food, this dessert didn't require much effort or thought—it was simply a much-needed bowl of comfort and cheer.
While I love warm banana pudding, this is something that improves with age. After a night in the refrigerator, the cookies go soft and blend into the pudding, making for a creamy, cake-y eating experience. So the next day I had it for breakfast, a wonderful way to start the day.
Traveling is always an eye-opening experience, but I'm glad to be home. And while the work I did in Phoenix was difficult, after a few days and a few bowls of banana pudding, the stresses from the trip are fast fading from memory.
Banana pudding
- 1 whole banana in its skin
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 bananas, peeled and cut into thin slices, crosswise
- 24 chocolate cookies
- Place the whole banana in its skin on a parchment-paper lined sheet, and roast in the oven at 400° F for 15 minutes or until the skin blackens.
Remove the roasted banana from skin and lightly mash with a fork. Set aside.
- Place the milk, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan, mix well with a whisk, and heat on medium, continuously stirring. When liquid comes to a boil, let it boil for 30 seconds, add the mashed banana, and then turn down the heat to low and continue to stir until mixture is thick.
- Beat the egg in a separate dish with a couple of tablespoons of pudding, and then incorporate egg mixture into pudding. Mix in the vanilla and butter. Remove pudding from heat.
- You can either make individual pudding cups or one big pudding dish, but here's the general procedure for assembly: layer some of the sliced bananas and cookies in a dish, and then pour some pudding over bananas and cookies until dish is half full. Repeat layers and then stick some of the cookies on top in a decorative flourish.


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Skip to comments.Bin Laden Sends Greetings to D.C. Protesters?
Posted on 01/18/2003 1:02:17 PM PST by conservativecorner
A spokesman for a pro-Muslim group offered greetings to tens of thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. on Saturday in the name of the "Mujahadeen," a term that has come to be closely associated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network.
Dr. Ghazi Khaksan, spokesman for the for the Council on American Islamic Relations, took to the podium near the end of the rally to read a poem packed with criticism of the Bush administration.
"Tell Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Tony Blair to stop colonizing Middle East oil through blood and warfare," he told the crowd. "We're all against weapons of mass destruction. But let's compare. Who has them stockpiled in the Middle East - only Israel, I declare."
Near the end of his poem, Khaksan announced, "I bring to you salaams and greetings from the Mujahadeen at CAIR," an apparent reference to the Council on American Islamic Relations, whose spokesman Ibrahim Hooper defended bin Laden two months ago as being no worse than Rev. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.
Websters Collegiate dictionary defines Mujahadeen as: "a person who wages jihad, Islamic guerilla fighters esp. in the Middle East."
In December top Al Qaeda official Sulaiman Abu Ghaith invoked the Mujahadeen to threaten further terrorist attacks on the West.
"The Christian-Jewish alliance will not, God willing, be safe from attacks by the mujahadeen," he warned, according to the New York Post. "The alliance's installations and facilities everywhere will be subject to attacks."
After his reference to the Mujahadeen, Khaksan added somewhat incongruously, "Ten million Muslims and Arab American, like you, are truly patriotic and deeply care for America's welfare."
In a November interview with WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg, Hooper defended bin Laden, saying he were no worse than Falwell and Robertson.
"They're the equivalent of our Osama bin Laden," he charged, before asking rhetorically, "Why did Osama bin Laden send planes into the World Trade Center? What possible reason? The only thing you can think of is that he wanted to create a permanent divide between the Muslim world and the West. And that's the same thing these guys want to do."
Hooper then added, "Given the right circumstance, (Falwell and Robertson) would do the same in the opposite direction."
Minutes before Khaksan offered greetings from the bin Laden connected group, Imam Mousa Masjid Al-Islam called for the overthrow of the U.S. government, before leading the peace protesters in an Islamic chant.
"It's revolution time, brothers and sisters. We gotta get rid of this system," Al-Islam said. "The people of the world (are) waiting on us," he added, warning that the world's problems "will never be solved as long as we have these greedy murderers and imperialists like George Bush and George Bush, Jr. sitting in the White House "
Then the Imam led the crowd in an Islamic chant specifically addressed to what he called "the 1.5 billion people in the world" who would understand its meaning.
"When I say Takbia, you say Alhaam hu Akhbar," he exhorted the protesters, who repeated the phrase several times. It could not be immediately learned what the Imam's coded message to the world's Muslims meant.
Other luminaries addressing the anti-U.S. demonstration included Black Panther-turned New York City Councilman Charles Barron, Democratic Congressman John Conyers and presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton.
The permit they were granted allowed for 20,000. Crowd counting has lost all meaning since the Million Man March and MM Mommies March. The numbers were greatly inflated in both events. That staunch liberal stalwart, The Washington Compost was reporting tens of thousands descending on the city before the first bus even pulled in to a parking lot. Take it all with a grain of salt.
I walked out back to get some firewood a while ago and was glad to be back inside after a few minutes. I'd say walking around stoned on a cold day might be dangerous to varios liberal body parts.
"It's revolution time, brothers and sisters. We gotta get rid of this system," Al-Islam said. "The people of the world (are) waiting on us," he added, warning that the world's problems "will never be solved as long as we have these greedy murderers and imperialists like George Bush and George Bush, Jr. sitting in the White House "
Need a legal opinion here. It it being a traitor to advocate the overthrow of our Government?
I wonder how many of the protestors are having second thoughts now? I know several people who are doing the "peace" thing, and they certainly would not support bin Laden or any call for revolution.
I think the organizers have misled a whole bunch of people as to what their real agenda is.
Anyone advocating a change of the US government by
unconstitutional means is subject to arrest a prosecution.
I hope the Justice Department was listening.
Before about 1963 ... yep. It was called sedition.
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The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students may have used a gun that disappeared from his grandfather's barn, a longtime neighbor of the couple who helped raise the suspect said Wednesday.
The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students may have used a gun that disappeared from his grandfather's barn, a longtime neighbor of the couple who helped raise the suspect said Wednesday.
The gun was noticed as missing after Monday's shootings and fits the description of the pistol that reportedly was used to kill three students and wound two others at Chardon High School, said Carl Hendersen.
He is a retired police officer and former Geauga County sheriff, as well as a longtime neighbor of the grandparents of suspect T.J. Lane. He said he has spoken to the grandfather about the gun.
Lane's grandfather believes the gun is the same, "because the gun was there the day before, in the barn," said Henderson, 74, who says he's been friends with the boy's family for nearly 50 years.
A law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said the gun used in the shooting, a Ruger .22-caliber Mark III target pistol, was bought legally in August 2010 from a gun shop in Mentor, Ohio.
The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said Lane told authorities he stole gun from his uncle. It wasn't clear Wednesday whether the gun might have been the same one missing from the grandfather's barn.
The grandparents feel terrible about what happened and have no explanation for the teen's alleged role in the shootings, Henderson said.
Lane came from a broken family but seemed to heal over time, said Henderson, who added that the boy began living with his grandparents off and on several years ago. He didn't know where he stayed when he wasn't with them.
"T.J. was a very fine person," Henderson said. "Nice-looking man, very friendly, spoke to you, carried a conversation with you."
Another neighbor on Wednesday described T.J. Lane as a normal boy who excelled in school and played outside often with his sister, building snow hills and skateboarding, a family friend said Wednesday.
Steve Sawczak said he never would have allowed his own grandchildren to play nearby if he thought anything was wrong with suspect T.J. Lane.
"We're all absolutely stunned," Sawczak said. "He's an average kind of kid."
Sawczak, 58, a pastor who has worked with troubled children, said he never saw hints of what was coming. A next-door neighbor of Lane's grandparents for almost 25 years, he said the couple, who have custody of the teen, gave Lane a healthy place to live. They often took them to school events.
"They are in shock," Sawczak said. "They are absolutely devastated."
At Chardon High, the faculty parking lot was jammed Wednesday as teachers returned to the school for the first time since Monday's shooting, with grief counselors on hand if needed. Parents and students are encouraged to return to the school Thursday, and classes resume Friday.
Hundreds of residents turned out for a vigil Tuesday evening at St. Mary Catholic Church to pray and hear Scripture readings, while overhead banners from a rival high school contained signatures from other students showing their support.
Lane, 17, admitted taking a pistol and a knife to the 1,100-student Chardon High and firing 10 shots at a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table, prosecutor David Joyce said.
Lane, a thin young man described by other students as extremely quiet, appeared briefly in juvenile court Tuesday. He spoke little, and a judge ordered him held for at least 15 days.
Prosecutors have until Thursday to bring charges and are expected to ask that Lane be tried as an adult. He will probably be charged with three counts of aggravated murder and other offenses, Joyce said.
Joyce described suspect Lane as "someone who's not well" and said the teen didn't know the victims but chose them randomly.
Killed were Demetrius Hewlin, 16, Russell King Jr., 17, and Daniel Parmertor, 16.
An 18-year-old girl who was hurt in the shootings was released from the hospital Tuesday and was home with family. The girl's family declined to comment Wednesday. The second injured teen remained in serious condition at a suburban Cleveland hospital.
Both sides in the legal case are under a gag order imposed by the judge at the prosecutor's request. The judge also barred media outlets from taking photos of the faces of the suspect and some of his relatives.
The Associated Press transmitted photos and video of Lane that were shot before the hearing. The AP and at least one other media outlet, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, plan to challenge the judge's order Wednesday.
Sanner reported from Willoughby, Ohio. Associated Press writers Pete Yost in Washington and Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus contributed to this report.


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As hard as it may sound, there is a POSITIVE article out from TheStreet.com about Sirius. Ok, well not POSITIVE, but not negative either. Basically states that once in a while you need to take a calculated risk, and in the writer's opinion, that calculated risk right now is Sirius.
Could Cramer and GS be turning around to load up on the stock? Who knows.
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A new startup specializing in explanatory animated videos is launching in Seattle this week — and for a group of people taking the entrepreneurial plunge, it would be hard to imagine a more appropriate first project than this video.
The startup, called What Now? Exactly! made this animation for the formal debut this week of the Startup Foundation, an initiative launched by Seattle-based Startup Weekend in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
What Now? Exactly! is a partnership of writer and producer Jen Zug, the president and CEO; strategist Bryan Zug; and illustrator Andrew Imamura, the art director for the startup. The Zugs and Imamura met while working as contractors at another Seattle animation company, lilipip.
"As contractors, we bumped into each other on several projects and soon realized we had the perfect chemistry for cooking up some great animated explanations. This gave us the entrepreneurial itch to start our own thing," explains Jen Zug in an introductory post.
She adds, "That's why I'm so excited about our first client, The Startup Foundation. It's their mission to help folks like us do what we did – plant a flag in the community and start something new."
Also working on the new venture are illustrator Yas Imamura and animator Linda Spain.
The startup's name, What Now? Exactly, speaks to the growing trend of videos that give clear, watchable explanations of complex topics. Online giants such as Google and Twitter have helped to popularize these types of explanatory animated videos.
Seattle has become a hotbed for experts in the field, with another firm, Common Craft, recently launching a new business model around its videos.
Bryan Zug explains that companies sometimes get so caught up in their own internal language that they have a difficult time explaining the value of what they're doing to the outside world. The videos are an antidote to that.
As he puts it, "It's great that you have 50 features, but what's the real problem you're solving?"


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There is also a Pre-Test Briefing and a Pre-Test Familiarization Period. You will be required to complete all phases of the test in sequence.
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Central Florida students hospitalized after eating German candy
Daytona Beach middle school students complained their hearts were racing
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Two Volusia County middle school students were rushed to a hospital on Wednesday after eating some vitamin-enriched candy from Germany.
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A Volusia County School District spokeswoman said a boy took the candy, called Nimm 2, to Hinson Middle School in Daytona Beach on Wednesday and shared it with two 12-year-old girls.
The two seventh-grade girls then complained their hearts were racing and a school nurse called 911.
Paramedics transported both students in an ambulance to a nearby hospital.
District Spokeswoman Nancy Wait said the girls were taken to the hospital as a precaution and underwent several tests. The girls returned to school on Thursday, Wait said.
Wait said the boy brought the candies from home and there did not seem to be any sort of malicious intent involved.
Nimm 2 is touted as Germany's best-known candy. According to the company's website, they are fruit flavored gummies, full of juice and vitamins.
The company's website says the candies are called Nimm 2 because you only need to eat two a day for a vitamin supplement.
The district does not know how many candies the girls consumed before becoming ill.
Although there's no school policy against taking candy to school, Wait said the boy will be disciplined because the incident caused a disruption.
Hinson Principal Julian Jones sent a recorded message to all parents Wednesday afternoon, notifying them about the incident and asking them not to send candy to school with their students.
"We would also like your support reminding students that it is not advisable to eat candy, or other things that you are not familiar with," said Jones.
Nimm 2 candies have been sold in Germany for decades. They are available for purchase over the Internet, but Local 6 could not find them readily available in local stores. Local 6 also did not find any other reports of people getting sick after eating the candies.
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Profiles: 51st District Assembly candidates
Rep. Howard Marklein (R) v. Maureen May-Grimm (D)
Howard Marklein: Certified Public Accountant
Maureen May-Grimm: Lands End, IBM
Where they stand
Among the 51st Assembly District's major employers, Lands End recently laid of 199 workers in its call center as more orders come in online. The candidates were asked by News 3 anchor Eric Franke what they could do, if anything, to influence job growth and creation.
Howard Marklein: "LandsEnd is a huge employer as you mentioned in our district, the economic footprint goes from one end of my district to the other and its provided substantial incomes for families in the area for many many years. In terms of what we do I guess I've been working with the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development board. They've had sessions within the area, to help employees improve their skills, look for opportunities and hopefully the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development board is also working with Lands End trying to keep as many of those people that are or will be laid off in other positions in the company."
Maureen May-Grimm: "I used to work at Lands End. Many of the people impacted have been working 20, 30 years on the phones. And as we know a big reason for this downshift, is because people aren't calling in orders anymore, they're ordering over the internet, technology is changing. So these folks are going to need re-training quite possibly enter the jobs that are needed today. And we've had significant cuts, 30 percent to our vocational schools. That's a problem. We need to invest in that so people who are hit with this can get the re-training they need."
For video on this story, visit the video section
We asked each of the candidates we interviewed about Act 10, the budget repair bill backed by Governor Scott Walker that ultimately ended the bulk of public employee collective bargaining rights.
Marklein recalled leaving a meeting when he learned that all of his benefits as a state legislator would only cost him $89 a month, he felt "something just didn't seem right". Marklein voted for Act 10 and said "people may not like that, but I do think it's fair".
May-Grimm has a opposing view and wants to see Act 10 revisited in the next legislative session. She believes that being a "tough negotiator" is the way to set a bar establishing public employees should pay more, but that they should not lose their bargaining rights.


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Tributyltin (TBT). Antifouling paint for ships hulls which is toxic to marine life and prohibited by some nations for use on small craft. [1]
This is the common definition for tributyltin, other definitions can be discussed in the article
Antifouling paints containing TBT (tributyltin oxide and tributyltin fluoride) are much more effective and long lasting than mercury or copper based antifouling paints. They were first painted on ships in the 1970s and were subsequently also commonly used net enclosures of mariculture installations.[2]
TBT concentrations ranged from 1 ng/l in boat free areas to levels above 600 ng/l near marinas. Levels above 1 µg/l can be reached in heavily polluted marinas. Such concentrations which are toxic for mollusk larvae, have caused recruitment failure of scallops and oysters in the affected areas. TBT also causes a variety of sublethal effects at much lower levels. Concentrations of 10 ng/l can cause reduced growth and shell thickening in oysters, which reduces the size of the animals inside, making the oysters unmarketable. Another sublethal effect of TBT is the development of an nonfunctional penis in females, a condition called imposex. The oviduct and the female genital opening are eventually overgrown by the developing penis and are blocked so that the eggs can not be laid. The affected populations decline and can eventually become locally extinct. Awareness of these effects resulted in an international ban to apply TBT on ships starting from 2003, and the obligation to remove all TBT on ships by 2008.[2]
Mammals, birds, crustatians and fish seem to be able to break down TBT. Therefore there is little or no risk for biomagnification of TBT.[3]
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In true star style, Elizabeth Taylor arrived at her funeral 15 minutes late… at her own request. The exquisite star was laid to rest, Thursday, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California during a private funeral for family and friends.
But her casket did not arrive until 15 minutes after the event was scheduled to start. "She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," a family rep said in a statement, according to People.com.
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Comedian Freddie Starr is mounting a High Court challenge over the way prosecutors and the police have handled sex crime allegations against him.
Starr, 71, has been on bail since November 2012 and since then has been rearrested three times over claims made to detectives from Operation Yewtree, the inquiry launched after abuse claims against Jimmy Savile.
Today (February 12) his lawyer Dean Dunham said the performer had been told that a charge or release decision would be made by today at the latest, but instead he was bailed again until April.
Mr Dunham said: "Freddie Starr returned to the police station today as this was the date that he was re-bailed to. Whilst at the police station one further allegation was put to Mr Starr who responded accordingly. It should be noted that this further allegation is not new and that it was an allegation made to the police previously, who at the time took the decision not to question Mr Starr about the allegation.
"In January 2014 we wrote to the police and Crown Prosecution Service to express concern for the amount of time that the investigation was taking and to put them on notice that we believed that the decision to keep Mr Starr on bail was unlawful.
"Both the police and CPS responded by saying that a decision whether to charge or release would be forthcoming by 12 February 2014, at the latest. We are therefore disappointed that this has not transpired and as such Mr Starr will now be filing an application in the High Court for Judicial Review in relation to the conduct of the police and CPS."
Starr was first arrested in November 2012 over allegations linked to Savile, and has been arrested another three times over additional claims that have no link to the late DJ.
Scotland Yard did not name the performer, but released a statement that said: "Today 'Yewtree 2' was further arrested after returning to a police station to answer bail. The arrest relates to further allegations made to Operation Yewtree, which falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'others'. We are not prepared to discuss further."
The inquiry has been divided into three strands - claims involving Savile, those involving Savile and others, and those involving others.
Starr's first arrest was under the first strand, and his second, in April last year, third last month and fourth today were under 'others'.


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Congressional leaders prepared for what was looming as a make-or-break White House meeting on the fiscal crisis Friday afternoon as top aides said they were exploring a scaled-back proposal that would prevent tax increases on household income of $400,000 or below.
The potential compromise, which was in the early stages and far from a certainty, was emerging as the top four Congressional leaders — Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader; Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader; Speaker John A. Boehner; and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader — were set to meet with President Obama as a group for the first time in weeks to try to reach a resolution as Congress headed toward a rare New Year's Eve session.
Congressional officials say staff-level talks between the White House and the Senate Republican leader are centering around a deal that would extend all the expiring Bush income tax cuts up to $400,000 in income. Some spending cuts would pay for a provision putting off a sudden cut in payments to medical providers treating Medicare patients. The deal would also prevent an expansion of the alternative minimum tax to keep it from hitting more of the middle class. It would extend a raft of already expired business tax cuts, like the research and development credit, and would renew tax cuts for the working poor and the middle class included in the 2009 stimulus law. The estate tax would stay at current levels.
It would not stop automatic spending cuts from hitting military and domestic programs beginning on Wednesday, nor would it raise the statutory borrowing limit, which will be reached on Monday. Congressional aides said those issues would be dealt with early next year in yet another showdown.
White House officials denied that any such offer was developing and said that the president was sticking with his insistence that household income only up to $250,000 would be protected from tax increases.
While neither side was confident of any agreement, some top lawmakers said there was still a chance of a breakthrough that could at least avoid the most far-reaching economic effects. "I am hopeful that there will be a deal that avoids the worst parts of the fiscal cliff; namely, taxes' going up on middle-class people," Senator Charles E. Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, said Friday on the "Today" show on NBC. "I think there can be. And I think the odds are better than people think that they could be."
Democrats from high-tax, high-wealth states have pressed the White House and their leaders to accept a threshold higher than the president's $250,000, but they appear ready to accept anything that can pass.
"I have a very practical standard to apply: whatever threshold we need to avoid the fiscal cliff," said Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent from Connecticut.
Much of the legislative attention was focused on Mr. McConnell as Democrats pushed him to provide assurances that Republicans would not use procedural tactics to block any measure that the Senate might consider. House Republican leaders have already said they would be willing to consider whatever legislation the Senate could pass when the House convenes beginning Sunday afternoon. If Republicans chose to erect hurdles to any legislation, Congress might not have sufficient time to advance a measure before the deadline on Tuesday.
Mr. McConnell was well aware of the Democratic efforts to put the onus on him. "Make no mistake: the only reason Democrats have been trying to deflect attention onto me and my colleagues over the past few weeks is that they don't have a plan of their own that could get bipartisan support," he said on Thursday.
But he also said he was willing to review any proposal that would come from the White House and then "we'll decide how best to proceed."
"Hopefully there is still time for an agreement of some kind that saves the taxpayers from a wholly preventable economic crisis," he added.
As it awaited a proposal on tax and spending issues, the Senate did make some progress on other legislation, sending the president a renewal of antiterrorism surveillance laws and advancing some relief for states and communities hit by Hurricane Sandy this year.


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A long line of Colorado homebrew hobbyists have turned their pastimes into professions.
The economic downturn has fed that trend in the cases of many new breweries like Strange Brewing and Wit's End Brewing Company.
And for many, it's a satisfying switch.
"I don't miss much about my old job," Patrick Crawford of Denver Beer Co tells Channel 9 News' resident homebrewer Kyle Clark.
Clark spotlights a few Denver brewers who made the jump in his latest segment.


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I like to go to church
I like to go to church.
I like the happy songs we sing,
I like to go to church.
I don't know when I learned that song but I was humming it as I walked home from church yesterday. It had been a good morning in worship, with an emphasis on prayer that pervaded the entire service and made me want to say, "Amen!"
And speaking of prayer…
Since I started talking about the missional church at First Baptist five years ago there has been some discussion about where that mission takes place—inside or outside the building. Sometimes the people who are on mission inside the building—teaching Sunday school, working with children's choirs, serving Wednesday night supper—complain that all the attention is being focused on the mission outside the building—helping the homeless, building Habitat houses, and tutoring in the elementary schools.
Well of course it's not either/or, it's both/and, but in an effort to get us thinking outside the walls of the church and get us working in the community I have necessarily drawn attention to that part of our mission, and the church has responded enthusiastically, so enthusiastically that in my less faithful moments I begin to wonder if there will be anybody left inside the building to sing the hymns or teach Sunday school.
So, here's the prayer I'm praying these days:
Lord, I want you to fill up the pews of this church until they are overflowing with people who love you and love to sing your praises.
I want you to fill up the offering plates until they are overflowing with gifts given back to you in tearful gratitude.
I want you to fill up the classrooms with disciples who are eager to learn, leaning forward in their seats, open Bibles on their laps.
I want you to fill up the hallways with people who greet each other with hugs and laughter, where every Sunday feels like a family reunion.
I want you to fill their hearts with love, fill their souls with faith, fill their minds with truth, and fill their lives with every good thing you have to give until it overflows this building and spills out onto the streets of this city and into every surrounding suburb.
I want you to pour yourself out through your people until your Kingdom comes, and your will is done, in Richmond as it is in heaven.
Now, that's the kind of prayer that gets at the "both/and" problem, and gets at it in a Kingdom way. There is no lack of abundance in God's kingdom. We don't have to choose between being on mission inside the building or outside.
We can do both.


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"Sit tall in the saddle hold your head up high keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky…" July 21 and 22 | 12pm-4pm
Giddy up, it's time to bring the wild, wild West back into the Sierra! Throw on your best pair of cowboy boot, and saddle up for a rustlin' afternoon at High Camp! This event is a mountain top Western-style celebration for the whole family!
You'll enjoy events ranging from pony rides to a petting zoo and even live music by Forget the Roses.
Free entrance to Wild Wild West Weekend with the cost of an Arial Tram Ticket. 12pm to 4pm, High Camp, Squaw Valley.


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Employers are "embracing benefits planning and combining traditional benefits communication with financial planning to help employees," Liz Davidson, CEO and founder of Financial Finesse, said in a webcast on Tuesday.
One of the most common questions to Financial Finesse's employee hotline is how the Affordable Care Act will affect employees, Linda Robertson, a senior financial planner at Financial Finesse, said on the call.
Robertson said that as a result of the ACA, one in four companies are predicting an increase in premiums in 2013. "The good news is that there is an expanded focus on wellness incentives, and a full one in four companies are actually predicting an increase or more of a focus on expanding their wellness incentives."
"Over the last few years, there's been a huge increase in premiums, over 131% for family coverage," Robertson said. Historically, 66% of employees had access to employer-sponsored health care coverage, now that's fallen to 63%.
Another common question is on target-date funds and managed accounts. "Employees are not recognizing that the TDF itself is a vehicle for allocating assets appropriately. It's far too common that they will choose the target-date fund among other investments and end up with an allocation that can be very different from what they were expecting or hoping for based on their risk tolerance," Davidson said. "Employers are really struggling with striking a balance between making these options available, especially the managed accounts, and making sure they're not overpromoted or that employees are unaware of the fees associated."
Davidson stressed that employees are very engaged and responsive with the benefits process and more likely to make behavioral changes if it "starts with them." She noted that employees have been demonstrating for several years that they can't depend on their employers for financial security and that they have to take responsibility for it. "We've been seeing increasing recognition of that fact, but this recent quarter, Q1 2013, we really saw a tipping point in terms of employees embracing this idea, not only accepting that their employers aren't going to completely take care of them, but embracing the idea that this is in their control."
Another indication that employees are shouldering more responsibility for their financial situation is their use of wellness programs. "Among a stable client base, we've seen double the utilization of our financial wellness programs."
Davidson added that there are "plenty of workplaces" where the majority of workers are using financial wellness tools on an ongoing basis. "That was unheard of a decade ago. A decade ago, utilization, if you were lucky, was five to 10% of employees."
Long-term behavior has yet to be changed substantially, though, Davidson acknowledged.
Robertson identified several challenges from an employer's perspective. "We're still seeing employers looking at cost containment, whether that's passing on some of the costs of increased premiums to employees, or perhaps reducing the benefits themselves."
That particular challenge leads directly to another: disgruntled employees unhappy about higher costs and fewer benefits. "There are some that have reached that level of acceptance where they're making changes proactively, whereas there are some that are still at that anger stage, and these are the ones you need to worry about. Even though they're a minority, they're probably a vocal minority."
Other challenges include operating with a lean benefit budget and a tougher legal environment.
To meet those challenges, Robertson said they're seeing employers increase communications with employees regarding benefits. "We're seeing a lot of employers who are increasingly using total rewards statements to look at it from a holistic point of view and put together all the benefits so employees can see how it impacts their own personal financial situation." Customized and targeted benefit statements are also popular.
The most important return on investment for better benefits communication, Davidson said, is the reduction in the number of employees who delay retirement. "Employees who no longer want to work—they're not engaged, they don't want to work but they have to for financial reasons—this group of employees ends up costing the company a lot of money, both tangibly and intangibly," she said. Those costs include the difference in salary a company pays an older worker compared with a younger counterpart, higher health care costs and the presenteeism and drop in performance and productivity they suffer because they don't want to work.
Davidson stressed that not all employees will experience that drop in productivity and value to their company as they near retirement. She related a story about a law firm Financial Finesse recently spoke at where some of the partners were in their 80s and still highly engaged in the firm. "In their case, they don't want to retire and they're a net asset to the firm, but that is not the reality for most employees."
Second, benefits communication helps retain talented employees. Davidson said 94% of employees say benefits are an important reason to stay with their company. "The more they appreciate, understand and maximize the value of their benefits, the more likely they are to stay, and intellectual capital makes it incredibly important to retain talented employees."
Finally, employers can realize lower health care costs when their employees understand the value of their benefits. "There's significant connection between health care costs and decreases in financial stress and better adoption of health and wellness programs," Davidson said.
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A two-alarm fire last night at a Main South three-decker displaced seven people.
Firefighters responded to calls of a house on fire about 8 p.m. at 8 Florence St. They found heavy fire coming out of the first-floor windows, District Fire Chief Frank D. DiLiddo III said.
While crews were setting up, the fire started breaking through the windows on the second floor and traveling up an interior stairwell to the third floor, District Chief DiLiddo said.
He said crews made a very aggressive attack.
"We were able to keep it to the left side of the building," he said. "There is heavy smoke damage to the right, but fire damage is confined to the left side."
Jeanette Latorre, who lives on the first floor with her 14-year-old son, said she was taking a night class when she got word of the fire.
"I was at school and my sister-in-law called me to tell me the house was burning," Ms. Latorre said. "So I just ran here to find the house burning. I did not exactly know what happened. I still don't know what happened."
Ms. Latorre said her sister-in-law and her daughter live on the second floor and another sister-in-law and her son and daughter live on the third.
"My sister-in-law told me she was sitting watching TV like she always does in the living room and, all of a sudden, she heard the alarm go off. So she ran downstairs," Ms. Latorre said. "My son said he tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher that we have on the first floor, but it ran out."
Huddled around her family across the street from the smoldering building, Ms. Latorre thanked God that everybody got out of the house safely. "The house is a house. The things inside are replaceable," Ms. Latorre said. "I'm just thankful that we're all OK."
District Chief DiLiddo said it was too early to determine a cause or origin of the fire. There were no injuries.


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Achalasia is a rare disease that causes difficulty swallowing foods and liquids. The tube that connects the back of the throat to the stomach is the esophagus. In achalasia, the muscles that cause the esophagus to contract and push food down toward the stomach don't work properly. The contractions become weak and not coordinated, and the end of the esophagus where it passes into the stomach develops tightness and narrowing.
Achalasia effects men and women equally. In some cases, there may be a family history of achalasia. Although doctors know that achalasia is the result of abnormalities of the nerve cells that supply the esophageal muscles, the cause of these abnormalities is not known.
Symptoms usually develop gradually and get worse over time:
Vomiting undigested food
Difficulty swallowing
Loss of weight and failure to gain weight
Pain or burning in the chest
Coughing spells after eating
Bad breath
Doctors may suspect achalasia if a child's symptoms have lasted for several months and are getting worse. The best way to make a diagnosis is to look into the esophagus and to do special types of tests that take pictures and measure pressures inside the esophagus while a child is swallowing. These tests include:
X-ray. A chest X-ray may show widening and fluid in the esophagus.
Endoscopy. A flexible telescope is passed into the esophagus.
Esophogram. Pictures may be taken while the child swallows a thick liquid that shows up on X-rays.
Manometry. Pressures may be measured inside the esophagus as the child swallows sips of water.
Achalasia usually continues to get worse if it is not treated. Because there are no drugs that help, surgery is almost always recommended.
One type of surgery is called balloon dilation. A special type of balloon is passed through an endoscope and inflated to stretch the tight muscles where the esophagus narrows as it meets the stomach. This procedure does not work as well in children as it does in adults, however, and it usually does not result in long-term relief of achalasia.
The best treatment for children is a procedure known as an esophagomyotomy. This surgery may be done through a laparoscope or as an open procedure. It allows the surgeon to cut the muscles in the tight junction at the end of the esophagus. The procedure is a laparoscopic Heller myotomy. This lets food pass through to the stomach and relieves symptoms of achalasia about 95% of the time. The procedure is considered safe with long-lasting results for children.
Many surgeons will complement this procedure with an anti-reflux procedure known as a fundoplication. In this procedure, a portion of the upper stomach is wrapped around the lower esophagus to prevent acid reflux from the stomach into the esophagus after the lower esophageal sphincter has been cut.
If your child has difficulty swallowing or other symptoms of achalasia, especially if the symptoms have been present for several months and seem to be getting worse, talk to your child's pediatrician. Achalasia is a rare disease in children, but once a diagnosis is made, surgical treatment is usually quite effective.


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Getting here is an adventure in itself and part of the way is driven in a specially equipped mountain bus that takes you into the rugged wilderness, safely crossing rough roads and glacial rivers.
Arriving in Þórsmörk, the bus stops at the Volcano Huts in Húsadalur, where there is a restaurant and you can get information about the best hiking trails in the area. From there you can easily access the hiking trails and spend the day walking along marked trails in the beautiful volcanic landscape of Þórsmörk.
Those who would rather relax and take it easy during the stop in Þórsmörk will find plenty of sights close to the bus stop in Húsadalur and can even head for the sauna and small pool, before heading back with the bus at 4pm.
Join us on this tour to Þórsmörk and experience beautiful scenery, mountain roads and river crossings, hiking and nature discovery in one of the most beautiful places in Iceland.
Tour duration: 08:00 – 19:35
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Quote: Do you think it is possible to believe something is morally wrong yet recognize that criminalizing it is bad public policy? That is what we are really talking about here: criminalization. The "pro-life" movement is really a pro-criminalization movement.
Quote: Making abortion illegal will not stop people from having them. People in the US had abortions before it became letgal; all over the world, wherever abortion is illegal, people still have abortions.
Quote: I alwasy want to ask: how much prison time would you have a women aerve because she got an abortion?
Quote:Making ANYTHING illegal never stops it from happening.
Quote: I find it hard to correlate armed self defense of you or your person from mortal danger to a purposeful murder of an innocent child in the womb.
Quote: That's very true, but the reason we make things illegal is to make some effort through the legal system to stop the damage of the particular action in question from harming society.
Quote: The danger from disarming the society is that it leaves people less able to protect themselves.
Quote: As you said, even if guns were outlawed, someone would find a way to either acquire one or make one... and in a "perfect storm" scenario like that, you'd find the recurring instances of what happened at Virginia Tech.
Quote:As i said before i am all for people being licensed to carry. All i want is strict laws on issue and training.
Quote:In Israel are regular citizens (not soldiers or police) allowed to carry weapons? I've heard both yes and no.
Quote: That's a good question and in hindsight seems like a reasonable solution. But there is something wrong with the thought process, you double smash the innocent citizen.
Quote: You can't punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty.
Quote: As i said before i am all for people being licensed to carry. All i want is strict laws on issue and training.
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Quickly group signals as buses and automatically create bus element ports with single click actions in Simulink®. These bus element port blocks provide a simplified and flexible way to use bus signals as inputs and outputs to subsystems. The Bus Element blocks are equivalent to an Inport or Outport block combined with a Bus Selector or Bus Creator block. They allow for great flexibility of wiring, as well as easy specification of grouping by name and coloring.
Using bus element ports reduces signal line complexity and clutter in a block diagram by allowing you to access a bus port through many individual blocks that can be placed closer to where they are being used, rather than tying them all to a single Outport or Inport block. They also make it easy to change the interface over time as you are designing it because they can be moved around the diagram independent of each other. Overall, bus element ports make models easier to create, but also easier to read and share.
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Just last week, TED launched it's new education initiative, TED-Ed on YouTube. For those not familiar with the organization, TED is a conference-turned-nonprofit that is well known on the internet for their 18-minute-or-less TED Talks–high quality videos of public speakers discussing "ideas worth spreading". TED-Ed plans to zero in on education by working with teachers and animators to publish lessons, which are a fraction of the length of a TED Talk. According to their site, "TED-Ed's mission is to capture and amplify the voices of great educators around the world."
With that said, TED-Ed is also accepting nominations for educators and animators to work with the new initiative (you may nominate yourself). They are also accepting suggestions for future lessons.
Currently, there are 19 videos listed on the TED-Ed YouTube page. The categories include "Awesome Nature", "How Things Work", "Playing With Language", "Questions No One (Yet) Knows the Answers To", and "Inventions that Shaped History". Fast Company reports that there has even been hints of interactive tools in the future.


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Meaning a sadhana associated with Mahavairocana requires the Mahavairocana empowerment, so if you have the empowerment, then you should be able to do the sadhana, even without a teacher (the text itself, as I have seen, may not say you need a teacher).eijo wrote: You've never said what you mean by "legitimate", and a better answer would hinge on that.
Basically I'm saying you fulfil the requirements as a text states (not external expectations), rendering the practice legitimate. I looked at one sadhana that simply states you need the empowerment.
In any case, it all seems quite subjective and up in the air. At your own risk, so they say.