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A new prostate test called Prolaris could prevent unnecessary biopsies, surgery, radiation treatments and anxiety by predicting whether a tumor will be aggressive or slow-growing.
Prolaris analyzes genes from a patient's prostate cancer to determine if any treatment or additional treatment is necessary. CAMC Urology is now using Prolaris to help spot cancers that pose an immediate risk.
"As a clinician, I advocate for evidence-based medicine," said James P. Tierney, DO, vice chief of urology at CAMC. "The Prolaris test accurately tells me if a patient has an aggressive prostate cancer or not and guides my treatment decisions. I must ask the same question for every patient: should I use surgery or radiation, or should I use active surveillance and watchful waiting? Prolaris helps me answer these critical clinical questions."
Historically clinicians relied on the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test and the Gleason score as primary tools to measure the activity of prostate cancer. Although these tests are helpful, they do not individualize the characteristics of a patient's prostate cancer. Prolaris provides that critical piece of additional information by helping to determine how aggressive the cancer is.
Prolaris is a normal RNA-expression test that directly measures tumor cell growth characteristics for stratifying the risk of disease progression in prostate cancer patients. Prolaris provides a quantitative measure of the RNA-expression levels of 31 genes from the patient's prostate sample or biopsy related to the progression of tumor cell division. Low-gene expression is associated with low risk of disease progression in men who may be candidates for surveillance, and high expression is associated with a higher risk of disease progression in patients who may benefit from additional treatment.
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, behind only lung cancer. One man in 7 will get prostate cancer during his lifetime, and one man in 36 will die of the disease.
Prolaris has been proven to predict prostate cancer specific disease progression in 11 clinical trials with more than 5,000 patients.
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More than 900 Leaders Gather in Washington, D.C. to Salute Football Legend Tiki Barber and Nation's Top Educators
Outstanding individuals, organizations recognized for commitment to public education
WASHINGTON - February 11, 2008 -Legendary football great, literacy champion, author and broadcaster Tiki Barber was among the extraordinary individuals honored Friday evening for exceptional contributions to public education at The NEA Foundation's 13th annual Salute to Excellence in Education Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Hosted by local NBC affiliate (WRC-TV) anchor and reporter, Lindsay Czarniak, the red carpet-themed gala drew more than 900 guests—including education and corporate leaders and government officials—who celebrated the men and women who work in America's public schools.
Barber accepted the prestigious NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, presented each year to an individual who demonstrates exemplary public education achievements and a continued commitment to advancing education issues.
Barber is a dedicated supporter of literacy campaigns, has co-authored with his brother four successful children's books, and has partnered with Scholastic Book Clubs to pilot a contest designed to motivate students to read and write. He also serves as a board member for the Children's Miracle Network and the Fresh Air Fund and is a member of the Leadership Council of the Robin Hood Foundation.
"As a product of a public school education, as a champion of literacy and as a parent, I know that a good education can make all the difference in the world," said Barber. "Every day, in 97,000 schools around the nation, our public school teachers are working smart and working hard to prepare young people with the skills and knowledge they are going to need to thrive and succeed in the 21st century. These champions of education deserve our attention, our praise and our thanks."
In addition to The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, more than 50 awards were bestowed upon the nation's top educators, most notably Lynette Wayne, the recipient of The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence.
Selected from five national finalists, Wayne, a first- and second-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Hastings, Minn., received a total of $35,000 from The Foundation for her achievements and contributions. The award, which carries a cash prize of $25,000, honors creative instructional expertise, attention to diversity, community engagement, advocacy for the profession and leadership in professional development.
Each of the five finalists received The Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, which included $10,000 and financial support from The Horace Mann Companies to attend the gala. All nominees for the award received The I CAN Learn® Award for Teaching Excellence and funding to travel to the gala from I CAN Learn® Education Systems.
"Our annual gala pays tribute to these men and women whose extraordinary accomplishments are examples of what is possible in public education," said Harriet Sanford, president and CEO of The NEA Foundation. "But we remain committed to helping all educators realize their own potential.
By investing in public education through grants and other programs, The NEA Foundation is working to inspire and enable teachers to prepare every child to learn and thrive in a rapidly changing world. This is our mission. It is what drives us every single day."
"We are all impressed by the level of talent exhibited by all the awardees. NEA and its 3.2 million members congratulate the gala awardees and organizations for their contributions and the pivotal roles they play in advancing public education issues," said Reg Weaver, NEA president. "Efforts such as these are not only commendable, they are critical in making good on our commitment to providing great public schools for every child."
Note to Editors: High resolution, downloadable event photos are available at www.nea.org/presscenter/neagala2008.html
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers. For more details, go to http://www.nea.org/ .
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The NEA Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization created in 1969 by the members of the National Education Association and sustained by contributions from educators, corporate sponsors and others. The NEA Foundation offers grants and programs that support educators' efforts to close the gaps in student achievement, increase classroom innovations, salute excellence in education and provide professional development.
For more information, visit http://www.neafoundation.org./The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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Because every aspect of human civilization crashes together inexplicably in the thought bouillabaisse that is the internet, Deviant Art user JoshWMC has given the Disney Princesses a fighting game makeover.
If this ever became a real game, someone would have to hire Celine Dion to cover Stan Bush's "Fight to Survive" for the arcade cabinet's "insert 25¢" screen. Wrestler Aurora and muay thai Belle are my favorites, as both of those films were sorely lacking in underground martial arts tournaments. I certainly hope the boss of this game would be Ursula the Sea Witch, who has used the past twenty-odd years to become a Krav Maga master.
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Williams' late 3 lifts Jazz over Spurs 99-96
Mo Williams' 3-pointer at the buzzer lifted the Utah Jazz to a 99-96 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday night, snapping the Spurs' five-game winning streak.
Paul Millsap led Utah with 24 points and 12 rebounds, Al Jefferson scored 21 points and Gordon Hayward added 19.
The Jazz trailed by eight with a little more than 4 minutes remaining but fought back. Williams' winning shot was his only 3 of the night and he finished with eight points on 3-for-9 shooting from the field.
Tim Duncan and Tony Parker each scored 22 points to lead the Spurs, who swept the Jazz out of the playoffs in the first round and had won 11 of the last 12 meetings.
Danny Green's 19-footer gave the Spurs a 96-94 lead and Millsap tied it with 40 seconds left.
Millsap's offensive rebound gave the Jazz the final shot. Williams made it and turned and ran toward the other end of the court only to be mobbed by his teammates.
It was the biggest win of the season for Utah, which was coming off a road victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
This one went back and forth.
Patty Mills' 3-pointer and a driving layup by Tiago Splitter put the Spurs ahead 80-75, and Parker's 3-pointer gave San Antonio a six-point lead midway through the fourth.
They led by eight after Boris Diaw's 3 with a little more than 4 minutes remaining.
The Jazz fought back as Jefferson hit a 16-footer and Randy Foye scored on a fastbreak layup. Jefferson's steal and jam tied it at 94 with 1:47 left.
Green gave the Spurs a 96-94 lead and Millsap tied it on his 11-footer in the lane.
Parker missed a 21-footer and Williams had his first chance to win it but his 25-footer missed. Millsap was there to grab the rebound with 8.3 seconds left.
After the Jazz had to call time out because they couldn't inbound, this time they got it to Williams, who took several dribbles and let it fly..
The Spurs trailed by nine entering the second half, a stark contrast to the first game the teams played Nov. 3 in San Antonio. In that game the Jazz trailed by 19 but outscored the Spurs 35-17 in the third to get even before losing by 10 at the end.
On Wednesday, the Spurs opened the second half with a 20-11 run, as Parker's fastbreak layup tied it at 64 with 3:18 left in the quarter.
The teams were tied at 71 entering the fourth.
Both teams came in on a roll, with the Jazz having won three straight. The Spurs had won five straight, including a 134-126 overtime win Monday at Houston.
The Spurs led by 10 points twice in the first quarter as Duncan started strong inside and Danny Green couldn't miss from outside.
The Jazz fought back behind a pair of 3-pointers from Foye then got a spark from the energizing second unit. The highlight was a block from behind by Gordon Hayward as Gary Neal attempted to jam on the fast break.
The Jazz went on a 14-7 run to open the second quarter and took the lead on Millsap's 19-footer with 6:29 left in the half. Jefferson's three-point play on a fastbreak gave Utah a seven point lead, and Millsap's layup capped a 7-0 run to put the Juzz up 53-44 at the break .
Millsap made his first five shots and was 6 of 7 at halftime with 13 points.
NOTES: The Jazz social media site proclaimed Wednesday "John Stockton Day" because of the number worn by the Jazz great. "It was fun watching him. If he was playing I'd just be staring at him, and Karl (Malone)," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said before the game. Stockton holds the Spurs' opponent record for most assists in a game, with 28 at Salt Lake City on Jan. 15, 1991. Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said Stockton was one of the "toughest competitors I played against and with as a teammate." Jazz CEO Greg Miller tweeted that he had a `nice visit with Stockton on this 12-12-12" and thanked him for all he's done. ... Jazz F Derrick Favors was back after missing the previous five games with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. He was averaging 9.3 points and 7.5 rebounds and had a team-leading 32 blocks. He played (6 minutes in first half) and finished with six points and four rebounds


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North Korea's rocket victory has deep consequences
After several failures, including one this spring, North Korea successfully launched a satellite into space Wednesday, an achievement met with cheers in Pyongyang and trepidation almost everywhere else.
North Korea says it wanted a satellite to help track the weather and send back data. But the United States, South Korea and their allies see the Unha-3 rocket that launched it as a potential weapon, theoretically capable of delivering high-impact munitions as far as California.
Even traditional backers Russia and China expressed worry about the launch. Moscow had urged Pyongyang to cancel the space bid and Beijing conspicuously withheld its approval.
Here are some key points about the launch:
The Unha-3 is a three-stage "carrier rocket" with a range that experts estimate is about 10,000 kilometers (6,300 miles).
That was enough to get the Kwangmyongsong satellite into orbit - a historic victory for North Korean scientists who had four failures since 1998, including April's first-stage flameout 90 seconds after launch.
Getting a satellite into orbit is an extremely tricky undertaking, requiring all of a rocket's complex systems to operate at peak efficiency. Over the weekend North Korea had extended its window for liftoff by a week, until Dec. 29, citing an unidentified technical problem with the first stage of the rocket.
Winter is also a complicating factor. Weather hazards such as lightning, strong winds and freezing temperatures could have stalled a liftoff because they can interfere with the rocket's trajectory and its sensitive electronic components. But North Korea overcame all those potential pitfalls.
North Korea calls it a satellite launch, but others see it as a covert test of missile technology.
The same launching mechanism used to send a satellite into space could be employed to send a long-range missile tipped with a nuclear warhead to targets as far away as Los Angeles.
North Korea has tested two nuclear devices since 2006, and is likely trying to find a way to mount an atomic warhead on a long-range missile. That requires miniaturization technology that experts say it has yet to master.
The United States, South Korea and Japan deployed naval destroyers equipped with missile defense systems around the Korean Peninsula. Japan and South Korea also prepared, but did not use, Patriot missiles to intercept any debris that may have fallen on their territories.
The United States, South Korea and Japan are expected to seek tougher U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korea for its launch. The Security Council will hold closed-door consultations on the launch Wednesday, according to the U.N. Mission for Morocco, which holds the rotating council presidency.
Existing sanctions ban North Korea from buying or selling materials used for nuclear and missile development. They also include a freeze on the assets of individuals and organizations involved in such development.
Japan has banned North Koreans from entering the country and stopped trade between the sides as part of its own sanctions against.
Six-nation negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for aid fell apart in early 2009. A February deal for the United States to provide food aid in exchange for a freeze in nuclear and missile activities collapsed after the North's April launch.
The launch helped North Koreans mark the first anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 17, the end of a year celebrating the centenary of the birth of national founder Kim Il Sung, and the rise of young leader Kim Jong Un.
It also comes soon before President Barack Obama begins a second term, soon after China's once-a-decade change in leadership and a point when South Koreans and Japanese are deciding who will lead them.
Nowhere was the North Korean missile launch watched more closely than in South Korea, which holds presidential elections Dec. 19.
The launch could boost the chances of Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party over Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae-in, because Park is seen as taking a harder line toward the North. However, both Park and Moon have promised to soften the hardline approach of departing President Lee Myung-bak. Lee's get-tough approach on Pyongyang over the past five years has been widely regarded as a failure.
Japan has elections of its own on Sunday. The launch could provide an opportunity for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan to flex his muscles as a vigilant defender of Japanese interests, but polls show that the DPJ is highly unpopular and likely to lose to the rival Liberal Democratic Party.
In China as well, the launch puts pressure on newly installed leader Xi Jinping, who must tread a fine line between defending the interests of longtime ally North Korea and showing the United States and others that Beijing can help restrain what many see as a rogue state.
When it became known that North Korea was planning a launch attempt just eight months after a spectacular failure, some experts were skeptical. Something went spectacularly wrong in the April launch - perhaps a problem in the rocket's fuel system - and eight months is not much time to make fixes in the world of rocket science.
Pyongyang also seemed challenged by its own history. Before Wednesday, every time it tried to launch a multi-stage rocket, something different went awry. Sometimes the issue was in the first stage; sometimes it came later. That inconsistency led to doubts among outside observers over whether North Korea was learning enough from its mistakes to be successful.
Wednesday's launch went as planned. The first stage burned out and fell in waters off the west coast of South Korea in about 2 minutes. The second separated 4 to 6 minutes after the launch, then splashed down in the Pacific off the northern Philippines. The third traversed the atmosphere after boosting the satellite into orbit, some 10-11 minutes after liftoff.
Even getting two stages of the rocket to work would have marked a clear improvement from April. Wednesday's launch also well exceeded North Korea's third launch effort in 2009, which experts say had been the country's most successful attempt.
Two of the three stages pushed the 2009 rocket over the Pacific. The third stage failed, and, despite North Korea's claims of success, no satellite was put into orbit, the U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
North Koreans say they expect the satellite, dubbed the "Lode Star," will collect and send data on things like weather and crop conditions around their country.
Enav reported from Taipei, Taiwan.


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But there's more to the real Vivian Vance. The Vance who didn't always gel with her famous costars. Whose personal life wasn't always picture-perfect. Who at one point succumbed to the stress of stardom and had a nervous breakdown.
An exhibit debuting this weekend at the Albuquerque Museum (2000 Mountain NW) opens a window on the life of Burque's most famous TV actress. Everybody's Neighbor: Vivian Vance runs March 29 through Jan. 31, 2015. It features family photos, news clippings and wardrobe pieces, including a beautiful green rhinestone hair comb Vance sported during her vaudeville days. Visitors will also see Vance's Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series—Vance was the first-ever recipient of that award in 1954.
Though Vance spent her earliest years in Oklahoma, her family later moved to Albuquerque's South Valley. She joined them here in her late teen years and fell in love with the Duke City.
And the Duke City fell in love with her.
Vance performed in the very first show at Albuquerque Little Theatre (ALT) in 1930. Immediately sensing her star potential, the community in 1932 conducted some old-school crowdsourcing: After her performance in The Trial of Mary Dugan, they gave Vance the ticket money so she could travel to New York and try to "make it big."
Their faith in Vance paid off, and she never forgot that support. She continued to perform in plays here and helped raise money to build the balcony at ALT.
"It demonstrates the appreciation she had for Albuquerque and the people of New Mexico that she continued to give back all those years," Slaney says. "Even though she didn't live here, she was still our neighbor."
But if fate had taken a different turn, none of us would be talking about Vivian Vance. After years on the New York stage, she moved to California and was performing at the La Jolla Playhouse just as Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball were casting for "I Love Lucy." The woman they initially wanted to play Ethel Mertz was unavailable, so one of the show's producers recommended Vance. Desi went to see her perform and instantly knew she was Ethel.
Lucy, however, wasn't convinced—Vance was too young and too pretty for the part. Hollywood lore has it that Ball required Vance to dress in frumpier clothing and gain about 20 pounds so as not to outshine her. Yet over the years, the pair went from frenemies to true friends.
And though she was thrilled with the success of "I Love Lucy," Vance didn't want to be defined by her role as Ethel Mertz.
"Vivian was always fighting the fact that she was the sidekick of the star," says Slaney. "I think that is why the theater was so important to her; she wanted to be acknowledged as a star in her own right."
Slaney says Vance's frustration and the stress of constantly performing took their toll. The star had a lot of unexplained pain and ultimately suffered a nervous breakdown.
"She lived with the knowledge that continual performing could send her over the edge," Slaney says. "She freely admitted in the '50s that she spent at least a couple of years in therapy. That's why she felt it was so important to volunteer to help mental health organizations."
Here in Albuquerque, Vance visited women in homes for the mentally challenged. "She would listen as they talked because she knew how important it was for people with mental illness to know that somebody was hearing them," Slaney says.
Through her joys, struggles and four marriages, Vance remained close to her family, especially baby sister Lou Ann Graham, now 88 years old. Graham, herself an actress and drama teacher, approached the museum about hosting the exhibition.
"Viv really loved New Mexico. I hope that her spirit is around and sees [the exhibit]. I think it will please her a great deal," Graham says. "The fact that she is remembered this long ... it was 50 years ago for heaven's sake, but 'I Love Lucy' is still running. It is amazing to me how many people still love that show and still love her."
The free opening reception happens March 29 from 2 to 5pm and includes the Vance Players, a theater troupe formed by Graham, performing scenes from shows throughout Vance's diverse career.
"One reason I'm doing that is to show people that 'I Love Lucy' isn't the only thing she ever did," says Graham. "She never stopped acting on stage until she got sick."
Diagnosed with cancer in 1973, Vance decided to take things easy, focusing on commercial work and guest appearances after she finished treatment.
"That's when she did the ... ads as Maxine the Maxwell House Coffee Girl," Slaney says. "It was an important time in her life to learn that she could get these commercial contracts and make a living that way. The goal was to reduce stress in her life and spend more time with her family."
It was Graham who helped take care of Vance in her final years. She's worked tirelessly in the decades since to ensure that the star's legacy continues. Slaney says it's a legacy we can all learn from.
"The morals of the story are: It takes time to achieve your dream; you have to have patience. Remember who you are," she says. "I think Vivian spent her lifetime working on learning who she was. And she never forgot where she came from. Don't forget who helped you along the way."


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We just received the following from Love Film in the UK. This may work out nicely for all of us given the time zone difference. At 00:01am GMT Tuesday 13th September means 7:00pm East Coast USA on 12th September
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Google now supports bitcoin currency conversion. You can now simply go to Google and write "1 bitcoin in usd" or "1 btc in usd" and Google will display current exchange rate for Bitcoin.
In fact, it will give you Bitcoin rates for any currency that it is supporting in normal currency conversion.
Oh and you can do USD to BTC too
I tried to find out which exchange rate or symbol it is following to get current exchange rate but their disclaimer does not disclose from where they are sourcing bitcoin rates as of now.
When we try to compare the current rate showing in Google with other exchanges it looks like it is more closer to Bitstamp. But it can be just coincidence for the time being and I am sure it is taking in account more than one sources based on their volume.
In case some one wants Let me Google that for you link :
It was very late night and I was still watching movie on my TV. It was my favorite movie, "Ratatouille". While watching that movie I heard something which made me realize what Bitcoin needs in India, or for that matter everywhere.
Bitcoin is very new, innovative and complex concept that challenges lot of perception. If you will try to understand it with your prefabricated assumptions of currency or value or laws, I am sure you will have tough time to understand it. It is human behavior that we try to resist changes and if we see Bitcoin as change or replacement to existing currency or monetary system we will not be able to digest or accept what new it is offering.
In my opinion Bitcoin is fresh new start with clean slate in value transfer and distributed consensus system. It is so unique in its underlying concept where you do not need trusted third party to transfer value because the whole network acts as third party. In simple terms you do not need a centralized mediator like bank to send money as network itself works for you as intermediary.
Allow me to quote some awesome lines panned in the movie Ratatouille when a critique named Anton Ego writes about a rat cooking Raratoulie for him.
Anton Ego : In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the *new*. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.
Bitcoin is the rat offering most delicious ratatouille ( banking, payments and remittances industry ). All it needs a bit of love from critiques ( Investors, regulators, Governments ) to breath, blossom and nourish, may be in watchful manner (regulations ). May be this innovation can provide you means to achieve at least banking to unbanked goals.
Payment systems are really one sector that can help themselves with innovation. What innovation we have seen in last few decades in banking and payment industry ? Credit cards ? Online transfers ? Lets compare the innovation in these sectors with Telecommunication, computing, automobile and 700 other sectors. We will see comparatively they are not as innovative as other sectors. Is there any reason behind it ? Regulation. No I am not trying to say that this sector needs relaxed regulation. All I am saying is Bitcoin can be one medium to pump new innovation in these sectors.
Bitcoin does have its own set of issues, but than which system is perfect. Every system evolves to its native market with the time and countries, laws, people adapt it, change it as per their requirement. We all know what happened with Internet Telephony.
For the sake of it, even in a very controlled manner, give this rat a try and may be we all will be able to see an Indian worker sending money to his family from outside of India feeling happy because his family got the money less than 1 minutes with very negligible fees.
gitExtensions GitExtensions is a GUI, Visual Studio plugin and shell extensions for Git.
Problem :
Whenever you use newly installed GitExtensions to pull ne repo from remote repo you may face below error.
Syntax error near unexpected token '('
Below is full error log :
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe" push --recurse-submodules=check
--progress "origin" refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master
\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\"
get: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\"
get: -c: line 0: `\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\" get'
\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\"
erase: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\"
erase: -c: line 0: `\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\" erase'
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://<username>@bitbucket.org/<username>/<repo>.git/'
Solution :
The problem is syntax error in default gitconfig file. You can find default config file in C:\Users\<UserName>\gitconfig
Try to find entry below for [credential] section. It looks like below
helper = !\\\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\\\"
Notice the 3 slashes after ! in the start of entry and 3 slashes at the end of the entry. Remove two unnecessary slashes so it will look like this :
helper = !\"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitCredentialWinStore/git-credential-winstore.exe\"
Go and run your command again, it should work.
Problem : When you try to commit a large size file or trying to commit huge amount of data in single commit you may face this issue. This issue can also be encountered when you are trying to move your source control from other tools like VFS, SVN to git as you will have to move your existing source files in huge commits. Normally you are greeted with below error codes :
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 413
$ git push origin master
Username for '<HOST>: <USER_EMAIL>
Password for 'http://<USER_EMAIL>@<HOST>':
Counting objects: 3322, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3010/3010), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3322/3322), 29.87 MiB | 8.07 MiB/s, done.
Total 3322 (delta 2379), reused 371 (delta 249)
error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 413
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: recursion detected in die handler
Everything up-to-date
Solutions : Try below solutions as the problem can be caused by several factors :
1) Change protocol from http(s) to git/ssh
Try to move your repo's remote connection url from http(s) to git/ssh. You can add remote for your repository using add remote command.$ git remote add origin [email protected]:username/project.git
2) Increase git http post buffer size
2) Increase git http post buffer size
The next place to look is git http buffer size settings. To increase git http post buffer size
you can use below command in your git command prompt
git config http.postBuffer 524288000
3) Increase server (nginx) buffer size
If above does not work than you should be now looking at web server buffer size. git over http will use some kind of web server to process http requests. For example in GitLab it will be nginx by default. To increase buffer size in nginx you need to change the config parameter client_max_body_sizeAdd it to /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab on ( in Ubuntu ). In CentOS it be should in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.
http {
# ...
client_max_body_size 16M;
...# }
Change client_max_body_size to whatever you want.
Recently I was trying to connect to Google Plus using invite. it always gave me 404 ( Page not found error ).
While sadly looking at this page, I have noticed something different in the title bar of this page. It says
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1
instead of ( I guess )
Error 404 (Not Found)!!!
Also I think that the previous Google 404 error page was much more detailed then this one. This one looks good in terms of design, but just saying 404 that's an error, and That's all we know does not much help the user.
Everyone wants Google plus invite, to see what Google has done with Social Networking after failed attempts of Buzz, Wave etc.
Thanks to one of my good friend, I got the invite today, and attempted to check it.
But whenever I tried to login/connect to Google Plus I always greeted with 404 ( Page not found error )
A quick Google of this issue revealed that lot of other people are facing same issue
After reading lot of good things about the Google plus effort this is really disappointing.
This post I am compiling as a refernce material for me and other enthusiasts trying their hands on Windows Phone 7.
I want to start it by quoting first paragrpah of Windows Phone 7 book by CHARLES PETZOLD
Sometimes it becomes apparent that previous approaches to a problem haven't quite worked the way you anticipated. Perhaps you just need to clear away the smoky residue of the past, take a deep breath, and try again with a new attitude and fresh ideas. In golf, it's known as a "mulligan"; in schoolyard sports, it's called a "do-over"; and in the computer industry, we say it's a "reboot."
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Excel is excellent. No doubt about that. But excellence does not mean that, it will not have glitches. So Excel also have few !!!
Recently, We wrote a small data migration utility for our clients which reads data from Word file and store it in excel. The entries included Credit Card numbers which has 16 digits.
In all surprises, Excel was doing magic. When you enter a number greater than 15 digits, Excel rounds it off and you get zeros padding the end of your number.
Example :
Enter the number
234587654567123456 in Excel
and you get this
Excel supports 15 digits of precision in its cells. Credit card numbers are usually 16 digits.For identifying numbers, you should enter them as text. To enter a number as text, precede the entry with an dash (-) or format the cell as Text (Format>Cells>Number) before you enter the number.
Note : Tested and replicated in Excel 2007, Excel 2010
Godaddy Virtual Dedicated machine, Windows server 2008, PLESK 9.3, New Web application setup and I was greeted with below YSOD.
Problem :
As the error message said, Access is denied. It means that the user account under which asp.net is running is trying to access resource without having sufficient permissions on that resource.
Solution :
1. Login to your Virtual Machine using Remote Desktop ( mstsc )
2. Go to "C:\plesk\etc\DiskSecurity" folder
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This beautiful Benetti was always regularly maintained. Engines were refitted 5 years ago, all batteries are new. Equipped with Rodriquez stabilizers. The layout consists of 3 twin berth guest cabins all with heads, spacious owner cabin aft ensuite bathroom and crew area in the bow (one single berth cabin and a bunk bed cabin with head). Saloon, fully equipped galley and wheelhouse with access to the fly bridge.
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This is a place to post sightings and news for the Naturewatch group of Great and Little Abington in Cambridgeshire, UK. See below for more details and information on how to join.
Saturday, 23 May 2015
Reed Warbler at Granta Park - and report of a Cuckoo
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At their meeting on 9 April 2005 the members approved this revised version of the aims of Abington Naturewatch:
- To monitor and record the wildlife (fauna & flora) within the borders of the Abingtons;
- To encourage protection of our wildlife, maintain its quality and foster its diversity;
- To promote awareness of the richness, potential and problems of the natural environment of the Abingtons;
- To cooperate in improving access to the local natural environment for the benefit of all Abington villagers.
The organisation is informal and communication is by email if possible; members are notified of events from time to time. Contact details are maintained by a small "project team". There is currently no membership fee as costs are covered by voluntary contributions at events.
Members are encouraged to report notable sightings of flora and fauna within the Abingtons to the appropriate sector coordinator and an illustrated record is published annually.
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Drinking alcohol can lower blood sugar levels to the point of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), causing serious symptoms. Keep careful track of your blood sugar levels when drinking alcohol. This is because certain diabetes medicines, including insulin, also lower blood glucose levels. If blood glucose levels are too low, or if your stomach is empty, don't drink alcohol.
The symptoms for drunkenness and hypoglycemia are similar. Symptoms may include fatigue, disorientation, and dizziness. To make sure you get proper medical care for hypoglycemia, carry a card, wear an ID bracelet, or wear a necklace indicating that you have diabetes.
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Miscreants have created a Trojaned version of a Windows mobile game that makes expensive international phone calls from compromised smartphones.
Pirated versions of 3D Anti-terrorist action, a first-person shooter developed by Beijing Huike Technology in China, and uploaded onto several Windows Mobile freeware download sites, come with a nasty add-on courtesy of Russian virus writers. Compromised phones start attempting to silently make expensive international calls without user involvement, as reported in a thread on the XDA-Developers' forum, featuring the experience of a UK victim of the Trojan.
Analysis of the malware by Finnish security firm F-Secure reveals that the malicious code initiates several phone calls to international premium-rate numbers. Presumably VXers receive a percentage of the resulting revenue.
In any case, F-Secure Mobile Security has been updated to detect and block Trojanized versions of this game. Other anti-virus firms can be expected to follow, though the best defence is not to download copies of the game in the first place, of course.
A full write-up of the threat, complete with screenshots, can be found in an informative blog posting by Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, here.
Using illicit copies of mobile games to trick users into downloading malware has happened before, albeit infrequently, and is far from restricted to Windows mobile devices. F-Secure compares the latest Trojan mobile game to a game called Mosquitos from six years back that bit users of Symbian smartphones by sending premium-rate SMS messages. ®


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Bus Scheme is a Scheme written in Ruby, but implemented on the bus! Every programmer must implement Scheme as a rite of passage; this is mine. Note that all the implementation of Bus Scheme must be written while on a bus. Documentation, tests, and administrivia may be accomplished elsewhere, but all actual implementation code is strictly bus-driven. Patches are welcome as long as they were written while riding a bus. (If your daily commute does not involve a bus but you want to submit a patch, we may be able to work something out regarding code written on trains, ferries, or perhaps even carpool lanes.) Bus Scheme is primarily a toy; using it for anything serious is (right now) ill-advised. Bus Scheme aims for general Scheme usefulness optimized for learning and fun. It's not targeting R5RS or anything like that. == Install * sudo gem install bus-scheme


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Top Gear's back! Top Gear's back! And for all you people that hate football and/or don't ever feel like leaving your house to drink beer with people you only barely have an association with, the first episode of Season/Series 21 is here. Oh goody.
In this episode:
- The boys (who are actually all old curmudgeonly men), set out to prove that the hot hatches of their youth are better than the hot hatches of your youth, you young whippersnappers
- Top Gear has its own police department
- Some guy from some show called Downton Abbey. Never heard of it.
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FACETIME- Civil career: Pathfinding Garber engineers his exit
Dr. Nicholas Garber may finally get some rest. After writing over 80 publications and reports, co-authoring a textbook, receiving numerous awards, and teaching on three different continents, he has retired at the age of 74 after thirty years at UVA as a Professor of Civil Engineering.
Instrumental in diversifying the engineering school, Garber came to UVA on sabbatical from the University of Sierra Leone after a phone conversation with Dr. Lester Hoel, a former mentor/professor at Carnegie Mellon and UVA's then Civil Engineering chair.
"After one year, they offered me an associate professor position," says Garber, "and I stayed for 30 years."
When the Sierra Leonean first came to Charlottesville in 1980 (after several years designing infrastructure for his native nation), he was the first African-American professor in the Department.
"I feel honored and privileged," Garber explains, "but at the same time I was slightly disappointed when I first came. I didn't see any black students in my classes."
After voicing his concerns to the Department chair, Garber was sent to personally recruit African-American engineering students from 1981-1982. In 1986, UVA launched it Center for Diversity in Engineering order to increase recruitment and retention of "underrepresented students."
And Garber notes that he has seen the major changes in the makeup of the students and faculty.
"When I first came, says Garber, "it was all white men. Now, there is a good representation of minority students and minority programs."
In 1996, Garber became the first African-American to serve as Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, a position he held until 2002. In 2005, he was named the Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering and, in 2009, the Director for the Center of Transportation Studies.
And study transportation he did. His highway safety reports impacted Virginia legislation, including the General Assembly's decision to re-establish a uniform speed limit in 1994. Moreover, his research into red-light or "photo-red" cameras was used in 2005 to ban such devices–- as well as to reinstate them in 2007. (Garber explains that while the cameras may increase the total number of crashes, they appear to decrease the number of potentially lethal "t-bone" crashes.)
"He was a great colleague and a safety expert," says Dr. Michael Demetsky, the current Civil Engineering department chair. "He was the conscience of the graduate program. He made sure that highway safety was an important part of all transportation projects."
Garber attributes his success to the support of his wife and kids, his friendship with Dr. Hoel and his family, and his membership at Trinity Episcopal Church.
For the first time in 30 years, UVA open its doors this fall without Garber, but he hopes his efforts will not be forgotten.
"I hope that I'm remembered as a person, not as a black man, but as a person who has made significant contributions in educating civil engineers that will build the infrastructure of the U.S. and abroad."
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Wow! Interesting, seems like a great person with an interesting story. Good role model for immigrants.
This article points out the problems with the PC term African American. Dave Matthews, a native South African, is an African American by the definition used here, but the Hook never refers to him that way.


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hi, i know this is a very old thread but i really like this cabin drawing. would it be ok if copied it on my own boat. i have a 23ft sailing cat i may convert to a power boat.
@The Q , thanks. :) I'm not worried about the head being chopped off - that's a "known fault". It's the hardware under the boom scraping flesh off my bald skull that I dislike. When I raced...
Nice looking boat, There are several ways to avoid a vang chopping your head off.. look on this thread post 144 Show your dingy sailing.......
The lines are elegant and the fan tail is distinctive and appears well mannered as an ocean cruiser. I like everything about this boat from the shallow bilges and plumb bow to the deep toe rails...
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Join us on a mountain hike on snowshoes, and experience the fjord from above!
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Hampton Union, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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HAMPTON -- The dropout rate for Winnacunnet High School is slightly down from the prior year, but is still higher than any of the surrounding area's high schools.
A report from the state Department of Education (DOE) released last week shows that 39 students were considered "dropouts" during the 2007-08 school year.
In contrast, Portsmouth High School had 15 dropouts, while Exeter High School had 16 during that school year.
Winnacunnet School Board member Richard Goodman said while the numbers are down slightly, the board won't be satisfied until the number is zero.
"One of our prime goals is to reduce the dropout rate to zero," Richard Goodman said. "We are working at that.
"We hope to show further progress and become a leader in the state in getting to a point where we have as few dropouts as possible," Goodman said.
According to figures released by the DOE, the total enrollment at Winnacunnet High School in the fall of 2007 was 1,314 student. Of the 43 students who left during the year, four were considered "early exits" because they went on to earn their General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
Due to better data on what students do when they leave high school early, the department is now calling students who leave school, but continue to work on a diploma or certificate as "early exits." Students not immediately continuing with their education are labeled as "dropouts," and in Winnacunnet's case the number was 39.
Winnacunnet school officials said they have been working on lowering the high school's dropout rate since the 2005-06 school year, when 67 students left without completing their educational requirements.
In 2001-02, the four-year cumulative dropout rate at Winnacunnet was 17.2 percent. For 2007-08, the rate is 11.3 percent, the Department of Education indicated.
The school implemented Freshman Seminar and the Credit Recovery Program last year in an attempt to make transition to the cooperative high school easier for students coming from sending districts. This year, the school added the Jobs for America's Graduates program, paid for with grant money, which is a dropout prevention program.
Leslie Dolleman, head of the school's guidance department, said earlier this year all of these programs have helped and the number of dropouts is going down.
"I think all of these programs are having a positive effect and are making a difference even though it may not show," Dolleman said. "But the reasons why students drop out are as varied as the students themselves."
Dolleman said several students who failed to graduate last year opted against returning to get their diploma, while others who moved out of the area failed to enroll in another district.
Two students dropped out after attending school for just one day, while another two left to enter a Job Corps program.
The group of students that Dolleman sees as having the greatest possibility of dropping out is transfer students, who represent 10 percent of the student population at the school.
"What we find is that students who move into the district are the students that leave school more often," Dolleman said. "Those are the students I'm most concerned about because they have a hard time connecting.
"I don't know if it's because they're not academically prepared or if it's an economic or a social problem," she said.
One way the school is trying to keep these kids in school is by assigning a counselor to work with students who transfer into the district.
Statewide the drop-out rate has also decreased, according to DOE statistics.
In 2001-02, the four-year cumulative dropout rate was 15.1 percent. For 2007-08, the rate is 11.3 percent.
The department says the falling rate means that 600 more students stayed in school and graduated.
DOE Commissioner Lyonel Tracy said overall high schools have shown steady improvement. Some schools have made exceptional progress, he said, cutting their rates by half.
Officials said the number of dropouts throughout the state should decrease dramatically after a new law takes effect this September that will raise the age at which students can drop out from 16 to 18.
The new law requires students to have a plan for completing their education before leaving traditional classroom instruction. The plan could include work study, night school, preparing for a high school equivalency test or participating in alternative programs.


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Air travelers must also determine if they need a rental car. Airports around the country cater to these specific travelers and the Tampa International Airport is no exception. This travel hub on Florida Gulf Coast strives to make the transition from plane to rental vehicle as smooth as possible for visitors to the airport.
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Tampa International Airport has grouped the major car rental companies in near the baggage claim areas. Regardless of the baggage claim area assigned to your flight, the car rental desks are only a short trip across the walkway.
The airport is host to eight major car rental companies that include Enterprise, Hertz and Budget. If you opt to use the services of a local rental company, Tampa International allows a number of locally based companies to have courtesy shuttles to their pick-up locations.
A Simple Form Leads to Great Savings
Rentalcar.com offers travelers a simple method to compare prices from the major car rental companies. Travelers can enter their dates and times of arrivals and departures to check the rental costs for the vehicle they may need.
Discounts Abound
Are you a member of AARP or AAA? Your membership in these and other organizations may offer discounts on vehicle rentals from many major companies. Issuers of major credit cards may offer ways to save on rentals for their account holders.
The brave men and women who serve in our nation's branches of the military may be able to obtain discounts from the major rental companies as well as local agencies.
Age Matters
The minimum age to rent a vehicle is usually 25. Special consideration may be given to those aged 18 to 25 if they are on official military or government business. Businesses who require their employees to travel often make special arrangements with rental agencies to accommodate younger employees.
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Five ways you can have fun this weekend:
On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots square off in Super Bowl 49. To get you and your family ready for the most-watched sporting event in America, we have some activity suggestions you can do in the days and minutes leading up to the big game. Just don�t get so involved in the activities that you forget to watch the game (and the commercials)! Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. EST on NBC.
1. Movie night
Want a good football movie to get you in the mood? There�s a film for any type of fan: football movies females will like (�Jerry Maguire�), football classics (�Friday Night Lights�), football comedies (�Waterboy�) and more. Here are our top suggestions:
- �Any Given Sunday� (1999)
- �Brian�s Song� (1971)
- �The Express� (2008)
- �Friday Night Lights� (2004)
- �Invincible� (2006)
- �Jerry Maguire� (1996)
- �The Longest Yard� (1974)
- �Necessary Roughness� (1991)
- �Remember the Titans� (2000)
- �The Replacements� (2000)
- �Rudy� (1993)
- �Waterboy� (1998)
- �We Are Marshall� (2006)
- �Wildcats� (1986)
2. Hold your own Super Bowl
This one works for adults or kids, and everyone involved is sure to have a good time � hold a tournament by playing �Madden� (or another football video game), with the champion winning a predetermined prize (we suggest a gift certificate to a theater or something in that vein). Or even better, if you know someone who has one of those classic electric football games, hold a tournament with that. The game, for those who might not know, is a metal field that vibrates when it�s turned on, and the football figurines jerk and drift around the field. More often than not, hilarity ensues, and this game is all about luck, so contestants of all ages are on an equal playing field.
3. Games for kids and the young at heart
To get your children in a Super Bowl mood or to keep them occupied during the actual game, plan some games they can play. There are a host of options out there (simply Google �kids� Super Bowl games� and you�ll get an idea), but a couple suggestions are:
- Bingo: Make your own football bingo sheets (or print some out from online), and replace �bingo� with �touchdown� or some other football term. There are many ways to football-ize this game, so get creative.
- Charades: Play charades as usual, but have all the words be football-related. Some examples are �pass,� �tackle,� �touchdown� and �field goal.�
4. Super food
No matter if you�re hosting a party or not, why not whip up some food that�s specific to the teams or the location? Another option is to get creative with cookies or cupcakes � you could make some using the team logos.
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Find a good party or settle into your couch and prepare for several hours of great TV. Even if you�re not a football fan, you�ll likely get a kick out of the commercials, which often seem to be the highlight of the day. And if you�re not even interested in those, many channels are running shows that might appeal to the non-football fan.
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Venus Express set for transport to launcher assembly building
The Venus Express spacecraft and Fregat upper-stage rocket have been prepared by the Russian launcher team for the transfer to the final launcher assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
At 11:30 UT, the spacecraft and upper-stage rocket inside the 'fairing' (together called the 'upper composite') were put on the train in the integration building at Baikonur.
The distance between the two sites is approximately 40 kilometres and the journey will take around five hours. The train with its precious freight has to observe a very strict speed limit.
The day before, 17 October 2005, the payload 'fairing' was successfully installed on the composite of the Fregat and Venus Express. The fairing is the white aerodynamic nose cone which protects the spacecraft from damage during the rocket's ascent.
This whole unit had to be tilted from vertical to horizontal and, with both the spacecraft and the upper-stage rocket being fully fuelled, the activity was classified as hazardous.
With all this completed, the Russian specialist launch team proceeded with the installation of the fairing. The fairing was installed horizontally, and was slowly moved until eventually it covered the spacecraft as well as the upper stage.
When finally it made contact with the 'Interstage' section, which constitutes the interface between Fregat and the Soyuz three-stage launch vehicle, the Russian team could install the hinges and pushers that will control the jettison of the fairing a few minutes after lift-off.


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The Chicest Trends Spotted on the Streets at London Fashion Week 2011-02-22 09:32:05
10 Fall Trends Spotted at London Fashion Week
10 Fall Trends Spotted at London Fashion Week
The Fall trends we saw on runways at New York Fashion Week seem to have infiltrated the minds and wardrobes of stylish gals across the pond. It just goes to show that making the jump from runway to the street isn't that hard, particularly when you have inspiration like these lovely ladies. Click our slideshow to see Fall trends in action.
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This year"s New York Produce Show, scheduled for Dec. 10-12, will focus on "Celebrating Fresh" as it meets for its fourth year.
The show"s activities are scheduled for the New York Hilton Midtown and the Pier 94 convention center.
Attendance at the show, which is co-sponsored by the Short Hills, N.J.-based Eastern Produce Council, is again expected to be high and convention organizers reported high preregistrations.
In late October, organizers said registrations were running 15% higher than the same time last year.
Last year"s show attracted around 3,000 participants and even more people are expected to pack this year"s show, said John McAleavey, the council"s executive director.
McAleavey said many retailers and other buyers he visited with at the Oct. 18-20 Produce Marketing Association"s Fresh Summit 2013 expo in New Orleans inquired about the New York show.
He said the day after he returned home, he took calls from four retailers wanting to register.
"This show has become one of the largest produce shows in North America," McAleavey said. "It"s very popular, and we are getting people from all over the country and the world participating. Each year it seems to get bigger."
This year, more than 400 companies are expected to exhibit their wares.
The show attracted 400 last year and 300 in 2011.
Retail and foodservice buyer participation is also strong.
Council president Paul Kneeland, vice president of produce and floral, seafood and meat for Kings Super Markets LLC, Parsippany, N.J., said retail and foodservice buyers account for about 30% or more of the show"s participants.
"The penetration of buyers, the ones that attend our show, is high," he said. "That percentage is high for a show. A lot of it"s due to the area and the strength of the Hunts Point and the Philadelphia markets, which attracts the buyers.
"That really tells you the value of the show. We"re growing and expanding and seeing more and more interest from exhibitors."
A change for this year"s show involves returning the hotel to the New York Hilton Midtown at 1335 Avenue of the Americas.
The consolidation from the two hotels at last year"s show to a single hotel should be of logistical benefit to attendees, Kneeland said.
The show begins Dec. 10 with an opening cocktail reception at the New York Hilton Midtown.
Earlier in the day, a pre-show event, a Global Trade Symposium, is scheduled.
The session covers produce importing and exporting in "A View from America"s Gateway to the World."
All of the pre- and post-expo festivities and sessions are scheduled for the hotel for Dec. 10 and Dec. 12.
On Dec. 11, the keynote breakfast and retail panel, chef demonstrations and educational micro-sessions are scheduled to coincide with the expo at the Pier 94 convention venue on 54th Street and West Side Highway.
Industry tours and a foodservice forum are scheduled for Dec. 12.
The Ideation foodservice forum plans to help operators better run their businesses, Kneeland said.
"One of the things we are challenged with in the industry is that the focus used to always be on the retail buyer," Kneeland said.
"This show brings in foodservice buyers. This just enhances the show and strategically, from the council"s standpoint, we"ve made a decision to start focusing a lot more attention on the foodservice buyers as they"re buying from the same vendors as the retail buyers. We"re offering the knowledge they need to help run their businesses."
Additionally, lingering effects from Hurricane Sandy, which struck the Northeast Oct. 22-31, 2012, affected the convention site during last year"s show.
At that show, the pier wasn"t at full power and the convention site closed the parking garage, which couldn"t run its elevators.
A couple of months after that storm"s anniversary, Kneeland said he doesn"t expect similar issues.
"There"s been a lot of talk around the area about Sandy," he said. "Ellis Island just opened the other day."
Produce Business magazine also sponsors the show.


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Pocketknives no longer can down a plane: Our view
Early reactions to the government's decision last week to allow small knives and other objects banned after 9/11 back on to planes might be summed up in two words: "Huh?" and "Why?"
"It's insanity," said the leader of one flight attendants' union. Air marshals and 9/11 families objected as well.
Passengers, meanwhile, were left scratching their heads at the Transportation Security Administration's choice of objects to allow. Why pocketknives, golf clubs and hockey sticks but not toothpaste, shampoo or bottled water?
The answer: Pocketknives and clubs can no longer bring down a plane; a small container of liquid can.
After the 9/11 hijackings, virtually every pointed object — from nail clippers to scissors — was banned. But in the dozen years since, much has changed.
Cockpit doors are now fortified, and passengers have proved repeatedly that they'll attack anyone wielding a weapon, as those aboard United Airlines Flight 93 so heroically did on 9/11. Airport screening, meanwhile, has intensified. The TSA collects 750,000 banned objects a year. Many others still get through, of course, but not enough that terrorists could be confident that a 9/11-like plot would succeed.
Because of that progress, the TSA wants to shift its priorities, zeroing in on the most dangerous objects and focusing more attention on suspicious passengers and somewhat less on what they're carrying.
This is not a new idea, just an extension of an old one. In 2005, scissors with blades less than 4 inches and 7-inch screwdrivers were allowed on board. If anything, those sound more dangerous than folding knives with blades barely more than 2 inches long. Yet, says TSA Administrator John Pistole, billions of people "have traveled without a single incident." Even the Association of Professional Flight Attendants acknowledges they "haven't presented a major problem."
The terrorists themselves have essentially validated the policy. Post-9/11 plots have used explosives.
Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber" of 2001, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber" of 2009, succeeded in getting bombs on board but were foiled by passengers and crew. Another al-Qaeda plot involving an explosive device was stopped last spring by Saudi and U.S. intelligence.
That is where TSA's focus belongs.
Scanners can spot explosives or liquids in places they shouldn't be, such as a cavity in a golf club, says Pistole, but they can't distinguish a benign liquid, such as shampoo, from one that could blow up a plane. Sensibly enough, the unpopular liquids ban is likely to stay in place until technology makes it unnecessary.
Whether people really need to bring the newly permitted items on board is another question, but as a matter of convenience, not security, it is one for the airlines to answer. They've made the TSA's job much harder with checked-baggage fees that encourage fliers to drag as much as possible into cabins, slowing boarding and cramming overhead bins. If they don't want hockey sticks and such compounding the problem, they're free to ban them, and perhaps they should. Better yet, they should ditch the burdensome baggage fees and go back to the simpler, fairer pricing plans of yesteryear, making flying more pleasant as well as safer.
As for the TSA's new rules, they're less odd and arbitrary than they first appear. If Pistole is right about the scanners, then the rules make sense. They at least show an effort to balance passenger convenience against the need for security — a shift that many fliers would say is overdue.


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Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder. It causes a person to have cycles of extreme mood changes that go beyond normal ups and downs. A person with bipolar cycles between periods of feeling elated, energized and excited with periods of feeling sad and depressed. For this reason, it's also known as manic depression.
Depression affects your body, mood, and thoughts. It also affects the way you eat and sleep, think about things, and feel about yourself. It's not the same as being unhappy or in a "blue" mood. It's not a sign of weakness or a condition that can be willed away. Treatment is often needed and is key to recovery.
Bipolar affects equal numbers of men and women. But, women tend to have more symptoms of depression than of mania. Bipolar often begins in the teens or early adulthood.
The cause of bipolar is not known. Experts agree many factors seem to play a role. This includes environmental, psychological, and genetic factors.
Bipolar tends to run in families. Researchers are still trying to find genes that may be linked to this disorder.
While each person may experience symptoms differently, the following are the most common symptoms:
Depressive symptoms may include:
Manic symptoms may include:
To diagnose bipolar, your doctor will ask about your symptoms. You may have both depressive and manic symptoms to a varying degree. The symptoms of bipolar may look like other mental health conditions.
Always see a health care provider for a diagnosis. A diagnosis is made after a careful psychiatric exam and medical history done by a mental health professional.
There is no cure for bipolar, but treatment works well for many people. Treatment may include one or a combination of the following:
In most cases, consistent, long-term, treatment is needed to stabilize the mood swings.
You can also take steps to help yourself. During periods of depression, consider the following:
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your health care provider:
Vidant Health can connect you to health care professionals to help you understand your condition and guide you through the treatment process. Let's chat.


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A highly strategic political game is being played out right before our eyes between the leader of the old-school liberal Democrats and the leader of the new-school socialist Democrats. When Bill Clinton atoned for his sins in a New York City joint fundraiser with Obama, all I heard was "This Obama guy is no Bill Clinton".
Don't misunderstand Clinton when he calls Romney qualified and praises Romney's business record. Clinton is not giving up on his party affiliation. If anything, he is trying to convert his party back to what it was before Obama. Dick Morris is likely right when he insinuates that Clinton doesn't want four more years of Obama. But Clinton doesn't necessarily want to see his party fail. Nor does he want to lose the power and influence he has amassed for himself in the DNC. He just wants to see Obama fail.
That is why Clinton's endorsement was not a call to support Obama, but a veiled warning to stay home in 2012. Clinton reminded the crowd that he is the one who gave them four balanced budgets. Contrast that with Obama who has increased the deficit by a trillion and a half dollars every year in office, and whose wildest dreams of a budget won't balance even ten years after he leaves office. Every Obama budget has been voted down bi-partisanly as outlandish to both Republicans and liberal Democrats. Nothing says "vote for the guy who's added $6 trillion to the deficit" like an endorsement from someone who's record is the polar opposite. Clinton flaunting his budget record in his Obama endorsement was no mistake or gaffe.
Now, Clinton is not a deficit hawk. He is not pro-austerity, and he certainly is not a conservative. Anyone who has been alive long enough knows that it was Newt Gingrich who dragged Clinton kicking and screaming into those balanced budgets. But Clinton's perception of himself is as a non-socialist compassionate liberal who cut spending and saw it work.
Clinton cannot support Romney. First, Clinton is not a conservative. He opposes Romney on social issues. He doesn't really agree with Romney on fiscal issues. Second, Clinton has no higher ambition at this point than to maintain what he has: his life as a Democrat celebrity. An actual endorsement of Romney would destroy the Clinton dynasty.
But at the same time, Clinton knows what works and what doesn't. Even he can look at the Obama record and see what danger our country is in if the new-school socialist Democrats win. Setting aside Clinton's personal and racial beef with Obama, he understands what Obama's out of control spending will do to the Democrat party's legacy, and by extension his own, if Obama is given another four years to outspend revenues by over a trillion a year.
If Obama is smart, he will find a way to keep Bill Clinton in whatever corner of the country he has kept Joe Biden for the last four years. However, don't count old Slick Willy out yet. Obama may be about to get schooled by the original campaigner-in-chief.
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Marian Hossa scores twice, Blackhawks beat Blues 5-2 for 4th win in 5 games
ST. LOUIS - The Chicago Blackhawks' stars pushed aside the St. Louis Blues and streaking goalie Brian Elliott.
Marian Hossa scored twice, and Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews added goals in Chicago's 5-2 victory Saturday night, the Blackhawks' fourth win in five games.
"We got contributions across the board," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "We had some timely goals from the right guys. A big win for us."
Hossa scored on a power play and short-handed for his first multi-goal game of the season.
Michael Frolik also scored for the Blackhawks, coming off a 5-4 shootout victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night in Chicago.
"We knew we were going to have to weather the storm in the beginning," said Toews, Chicago' leader with 16 goals. "I felt we did that really well."
David Perron, returning after missing 97 games because of a concussion, and Chris Stewart scored for St. Louis. The Blues lost for the second time in two nights.
Elliott fell to 10-2 and had a six-game winning streak snapped. He hadn't allowed more than two goals in his 11 starts, had stopped 239 of his previous 249 shots and came into the game leading the NHL in goals- against average (1.31) and save percentage (.951).
Elliott said he was screened on three of the goals.
"Sometimes they hit you and stay out, sometimes they go in," Elliott said. "I don't think we played the kind of hockey that we wanted to. We just have to learn from tonight. It's not the end of the world."
Chicago goalie Ray Emery outplayed Elliott, making 23 saves. Emery improved to 4-1-1 with his third career win over St. Louis in three starts.
The Blackhawks scored three straight goals to erase a 2-1 deficit.
Sharp broke a 2-2 tie with a power-play goal late in the second period. He has 13 goals, including eight in the last nine games.
Hossa, who has 11 goals, tied it at two with the Blackhawks' fourth short-handed goal of the season.
"I was thinking pass first, but the defenceman took the pass away," Hossa said. "I had an open window to shoot at. I was getting a lot of shots tonight and it felt good."
He added a power-play goal 1:17 into the final period.
Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith had two assists each, and Frolik scored an empty-net goal.
Perron scored 6:51 into the game on his third shift. He was sidelined by concussion-like symptoms after a high hit by San Jose's Joe Thornton on Nov. 4, 2010.
"It's a good feeling to score a goal anytime in the NHL," Perron said. "And much more so when you miss that amount of time."
St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock was impressed with Perron.
"He's really going to help us out," Hitchcock said. "About four more just like him and we'll be fine."
Perron took 25 shifts and played 19:05.
St. Louis fell to 8-2-3 under Hitchcock.
NOTES: The game was the second of six meetings between the teams this season. ... St. Louis has at least one point in 11 of its last 13 games. ... The Blues beat Chicago 3-0 on Nov. 8 in Hitchcock's first game in St. Louis. The Blues have 19 of a possible 26 points under Hitchcock. ... Chicago improved to 8-6-1 on the road.


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Renee C. Redman is a sole-practitioner in New Haven, Connecticut where she focuses on immigration and business litigation. She also teaches immigration law as an adjunct professor at UConn. Her prior positions include executive director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, and legal director of the ACLU of Connecticut. Until 2004, she practiced commercial litigation with Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP in New York City. She clerked for the Immigration Courts in New York City and Newark, New Jersey, and the Honorable Warren W. Eginton of the United States District Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut.


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What a difference 10 days can make.
Back then, DoubleLine CEO and CIO Jeffrey Gundlach warned investors to think twice about the "metaphysical certitude" of many analysts, who saw a rosy equities market and expressed a " giddy" distaste for gold.
Fast forward to Friday's trading, and experts like Gundlach — along with those at Vanguard and other investments group — appear to have been right on the mark.
The U.S. equities markets fell more than 1% both Thursday and Friday over concerns regarding slower growth in China, along with political problems in Turkey, Argentina and Ukraine.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) tells the story. It's down about 1% year to date.
What's up? SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) has improved 5% so far in 2014, while the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has soared 12%. (Gundlach had pointed to miners as a potential winner for this year in his Web-based outlook talk.)
After moving aggressively into equities, especially in the second half of last year, "investors may view gold as part of a way for them to balance risk affecting their portfolios this year," said Juan Carlos Artigas, head of investment research for the World Gold Council, in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.
"Plus, people realize that risk is not going away, and gold — as a strategic asset — can be a component of their risk management strategy," Artigas said.
In contrast to the 5% jump in GLD, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) is up a modest 2% in January. The Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL), though, is on a tear — rising about 11% in early 2014.
Other areas that are heating up include those with a focus on natural gas. The United States Natural Gas ETF (UNG) has rocketed 10% in January.
To some market watchers, commodities aren't getting the attention they deserve. They did rally from 2001 to 2011, but weakened after that. Now, however, it's "probably in our best interest to not only care, but really take a good look at them," said J.C. Parets, president of Eagle Bay Capital, in an online report Thursday.
Downside Movement
Not all commodity plays have turned the corner. The S&P Global Natural Resource ETF (GNR) has declined 2% year to date, as has the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG).
But it's the emerging-market plays that are really hurting.
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) is down 6% as of Friday, as is the iShares MSCI BRIC ETF (BKF).
The iShares MSCI China Index Fund (MCHI) has dropped closer to 7% year to date.
On the upside, the ProShares Ultra-Short MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEV) has improved 12%.
In addition, the ProShares Ultra-Short China FTSE 25 (FXP) has jumped 18% through trading on Friday — a strong start for those with a bearish take on 2014 in China, just a week ahead of that country's Lunar New Year.
Check out Gundlach Looks to 'Giddily Despised' Investments in 2014 on ThinkAdvisor.