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This will not take another stab at analyzing last week's antics of your favorite Chicago boor.
This will not quote another Hall of Fame player or Bears teammate criticizing Jay Cutler for comportment unbecoming a franchise quarterback.
This will not include any attempts to interpret Cutler's body language or parse anything he said Wednesday at Halas Hall, not even Cutler snapping at a photographer, "Are you gonna sit there the whole time?"
As Cutler might say dismissively, you can Google prima donna and figure out what compels athletes like him to diss professionals doing their jobs and dodge responsibility as only he can.
This will look forward to Cutler's capacity for resilience, not back at his regrets.
"It is a dead issue,'' Cutler declared of his sideline altercation with left tackle J'Marcus Webb against the Packers.
Oh, what a slow, painful death it was. But Cutler is exactly right. The time has come for the Bears to try to instill peace across J-Webb Nation and move on to a happier place. They cannot approach it any other way publicly or privately.
Besides, Cutler's last blowup matters much less than his next one will in the context of the 2012 season. And, rest assured, Cutler will blow up again. If neither fatherhood nor the Bears surrounding Cutler with everything he wanted in the offseason failed to change an educated, articulate 29-year-old, I doubt anything can.
A man has to consider his behavior wrong before he changes it and I am not convinced the Vanderbilt grad can spell w-r-o-n-g. Nobody will know if Cutler truly learned from his mistake in Green Bay until the next sign of trouble. That group of people waiting to find out might include Cutler's teammates, 15 of whom are spending their first season in Chicago and conceivably still wondering about their so-called leader.
Wide receiver Brandon Marshall can step forward admirably, as he did Wednesday, to support his buddy and suggest players in the locker room believe in and still "love Jay.'' But it is fair to wonder if Marshall spoke for the consensus. Cornerback D.J. Moore's comments stood out partly because, until Marshall was heard, no teammates defended Cutler as strongly as Moore criticized him.
The way the season started with a 41-point outburst against the Colts, it appeared a big question this year would be how the Bears would handle success. But after a humbling loss to the Packers punctuated by Cutler's meltdown, the Bears have given us more reason to wonder how they will respond to failure.
How will Cutler react the next time adversity strikes and all eyes are on him? Anybody who says they know is guessing. Realistically, we won't find out until the Bears visit the Cowboys Oct. 1 for "Monday Night Football,'' or perhaps later against playoff-caliber teams such as the Lions, Texans or 49ers. We aren't likely to learn much Sunday at Soldier Field.
Which is why this "defining week'' for the Bears — what Robbie Gould called it Tuesday night during his weekly show on WMVP-AM 1000 — probably won't reveal as much about the Bears' character as they will want us to believe. Applaud Gould for candidly framing the Rams game so dramatically, but remember whom the Bears are playing. Funny how well teams can bond against opponents who went 2-14 last year.
The Rams have a fine young quarterback in Sam Bradford and a high impact new coach in Jeff Fisher but have no business coming within 10 points of the Bears. Not considering a Rams offensive line weakened by injuries might start its third-string left tackle, former Arena Football League player Ty Nsekhe. Not forgetting that the Bears still have a roster good enough to threaten the Packers.
"It's pretty early for a defining week, you know?'' center Roberto Garza agreed. "But it's a big game.''
It is for offensive coordinator Mike Tice, who was outsmarted by Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers, abandoned the running game and alarmingly never adjusted to a simple "2-man,'' coverage. It is for running back Michael Bush, a backup in name only as he fills in for the injured Matt Forte. It is for left guard Chilo Rachal, making his first start in place of Chris Spencer on an offensive line that gave up seven sacks. It is for Webb, who can begin proving he isn't the NFL's softest 6-foot-7, 333-pound starter.
It really isn't for Cutler, who could throw for 300 yards and three touchdowns Sunday without answering the essential question he created for himself: Can he keep it together if things start to fall apart against a good team?
That issue will stay alive until Cutler kills it with composure he too often lacks.
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Frustrated Rural Colorado Counties Want to Secede as 51st State
'New Colorado' and 'Lincoln' are names being considered for the possible state.
Oct. 7, 2013 -- Eleven rural Colorado counties are threatening to secede and have put a 51st state initiative on their November 5 ballots, claiming that the government has no respect for their rural lifestyles.
"It really started with the last legislative session being the straw that broke the camel's back between the rural and urban divide," 51st State Initiative leader Jeffrey Hare told ABCNews.com.
"The two things that stood out were the gun control legislation and the alternative energy mandate that was forced upon the rural parts of the state," he said.
Hare, 44, is the father of three daughters and works in software security. He lives in Greeley, Colo., and said he got involved with the initiative in an effort to give his daughters a better future.
He believes that rural communities have "lost their voices" to urban growth.
"It stems back to years and years of neglect and, in some cases, outright hostility towards the rural parts of the state," he said.
The 11 participating counties are home to around 350,000 people, Hare said. It would be the smallest state in the country.
"The new state would have a much thinner state government in terms of authority and push things down to a local level," he said.
"North Colorado" was one of the first names to be considered for the new state, but didn't feel right because it would be a new state, not an extension of Colorado, Hare said. "New Colorado" is now one of the names being floated, along with "Lincoln" and "Liberty."
Hare also denies the notion that the secession movement is a partisan issue.
"In the rural part of the state, it is almost 50/50 Democrats versus Republicans, so this isn't really a Republican or Democratic concept," he said. "It's more of a rural/urban divide."
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper acknowledged that rural communities are hurting, but said it is not because of issues like guns or energy.
"There may be a political agenda behind secession I don't get, because when I think of Colorado it means all of our diverse communities and people," Hickenlooper said in an email statement. "I can't imagine Colorado being Colorado without the Eastern Plains."
"If this talk of a 51st state is about politics designed to divide us, it is destructive," the governor wrote. "But if it is about sending a message, then I see our responsibility to lean in and do a better job of listening."
Hare knows the process could be lengthy, but believes a change must happen, whether it's statehood or restructuring states to have more local authority.
"It has to work out in the long run because there's this ongoing disenfranchisement of rural communities," he said. "The dialogue may take a while. There's an educational process that has to happen for urban legislatures that don't really understand the desire for self-government and self-determination that people have in rural communities."
Steve Mazurana, professor emeritus of political science, at the University of Northern Colorado doesn't see secession succeeding anytime soon, but sees the need for a larger conversation.
"I think it's a long shot," he said. "Historically, many secession attempts have taken years, maybe decades. The odds are against a 51st state."
"They do have a point, to an extent," Mazurana said. "Rural folks and rural values just need much more consideration down at the state capitol."

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 1986, Texan Ron Woodroof was diagnosed with HIV and given 30 days to live. When receiving the news, the rodeo-lover argued with the doctor, saying only homosexuals got such a disease-and he was as straight as they came.
Matthew McConaughey, as Woodroof in the based-on-a-true-story "Dallas Buyers Club," out this Friday, is magnificently cringe-worthy as this very scene plays out in the film.
"We had to go all the way unabashed with that," said McConaughey in a recent interview to promote the film. "I would go as far as I could with the stuff that Ron thought, which was the stuff that made people go 'You bigot, racist.'"
But the beauty of Woodroof's story, and McConaughey's ability to portray him, is in its arc: Following his diagnosis, Woodroof illegally imported drugs from other countries to counteract the effects of HIV and AIDS because of the lack of treatments in the U.S. approved by the Food and Drug Administration. He also became friends and business partners with a transgender named Rayon, played by Jared Leto.
To immerse himself in this role, McConaughey read Woodroof's diary and listened to hours of taped conversations between Woodroof and "Dallas Buyers Club" screenwriter Craig Borten.
"I saw a guy who was a dreamer and who was lonely, isolated, and who could never finish anything," said McConaughey. "He was aimless and the irony is it took him having HIV to help him find a goal."
To look the part of the gaunt Woodroof, McConaughey lost over 45 pounds. The first time the actor saw himself on-screen, he thought, '"Whoa, you look like a reptile, man.' I didn't feel like I was watching me."
But sacrificing his good looks for the role "was not a huge concern," said the 43-year-old. "There is something valuable to not being able to use certain things that may be a strength. You use other instruments."
While losing the weight, the actor said his family's reaction was subtle. "They saw me every day. But there was one day when Vidy goes 'Why is your neck like a giraffe?'" he added with a chuckle, remembering his 3-year-old daughter's reaction to his shrinking physique.
Wife Camilla Alves "helped me stay controlled," added McConaughey of his minimalist diet, which included meals like a 5 oz. piece of fish and a cup of vegetables. "But I found some sort of sick pleasure in doing all the cooking. I also needed less sleep and my memory was incredibly sharp."
But McConaughey was soon back to his 182-pound frame to play a finance fast-talker in Martin Scorsese's upcoming "The Wolf of Wall Street" and a detective in the HBO series "True Detective," premiering in January.
Grittier roles, including 2011's "Killer Joe," and 2012's "The Paperboy" and "Mud," demonstrate McConaughey's versatility, and there's talk "Dallas Buyers Club" could score him an Oscar nomination.
"I'm very excited about that possibility," he said. "I feel that it is more than fair to judge art. If that happened that's wonderful."
Follow AP Film Writer Jessica Herndon at https://twitter.com/SomeKind


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Packers running back Johnathan Franklin's career over after injury
Green Bay Packers running back Johnathan Franklin's NFL career is over after a neck injury he suffered last November.
Coach Mike McCarthy made the announcement after Thursday's final minicamp practice, saying he had "unfortunate news" about Franklin, who joined the team as a fourth-round pick out of UCLA last year and was injured on a kickoff return against Minnesota on Nov. 24.
"All the information has come in, we've had a chance to sit down and talk to Johnathan the last couple days. He will not be back with us," McCarthy said. "I can't say enough about him as a person. He's as classy of a young man that's walked through these doors."
Franklin carried 19 times for 107 yards and a touchdown as a rookie last season. His biggest game came at Cincinnati on Sept. 22, when pressed into action because of injuries to Eddie Lacy and James Starks. Franklin carried 13 times for 103 yards but lost a fourth-quarter fumble that was returned by the Bengals for what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown.
Franklin's agent, Kenny Zuckerman, told ESPN.com that his client would be waived by the team and that Franklin would visit other doctors "just to get peace of mind."
Franklin posted a message to his Twitter account Thursday confirming the career-ending nature of the injury.
"I have been ruled out of returning for the 2014/15 season and returning to play in the NFL," Franklin wrote. "But I understand God knows what he is doing and for now he has another platform for me to step upon. I ask that you all pray for me during this transition."
The news hit Franklin's teammates hard, including defensive end Datone Jones, who played with Franklin at UCLA and has known him since the two were high-schoolers in the Los Angeles area.
"He's not just a football player to me, man. He's a brother," Jones said. "We shared a special bond at UCLA. It was a special brotherhood. When I found out the news, for me, I didn't really care about the injury anymore because I knew he was OK in that area. But I wanted to see where his mind was at. His spirits were up, he felt like God had opportunity for him."
Franklin, who was UCLA's all-time leader in both career rushing and all-purpose yards, talked openly in the past about wanting to someday be the mayor of Los Angeles. On the day he was drafted, he spoke about his passion for his hometown and the opportunity to someday make a difference there.
"I grew up in a rough neighborhood. I saw so many kids from the inner city fall into trouble. You see a lot of negative things happening," Franklin said at the time. "And I said, 'You know what? I think I want to have an impact on the community and the city.'"


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Nokia's Lumia 920 flagship Windows Phone looks promising, but the camera isn't quite what everyone was hoping for. Where as Nokia's 808 PureView phone packed a massive 41-megapixel sensor and mostly served as a proof of concept for the PureView tech, the Lumia 920's sensor is 8.7-megapixels, which Nokia says can capture 5x-10x more light that other sensors.
As Nokia pointed out last week, PureView is not a single technology or spec. So the tech in the Lumia 920 could function in an entirely different manner than what we saw in the 808. In fact, this iteration of PureView seems more focused on superior low light performance than anything else, which could be the most important thing for the average consumer.
And on the upside, the phone is equipped with what Nokia calls a floating lens. The benefit for you the user is image stabilization not only for photos, but also for video—especially video. Remember this teaser? This is likely what Nokia was teasing and it seems pretty excited about this new tech.


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Sparky, the World Series and the offseason
CHICAGO — What's up, everyone?I finally made my way back to Chicago and
thought I'd share some things with you all. Man do I love this city,
even though I'm freezing my butt off!
Unfortunately, yesterday the baseball community lost a true legend. Sparky Anderson
was a great man and will truly be missed. I was lucky enough to watch
Sparky manage my favorite teams and player of all-time. Growing up in
Venezuela, the only games I was able to watch were those of the
Cincinnati Reds teams of the '70s (especially the '75 and '76 teams) and
my favorite player, Dave Concepcion. I was also fortunate enough
to play against him when he was in Detroit and would be blessed one day
to have as many rings as he does. A lot of people have been asking me
if I have any Sparky stories, so here's something I remember — even
though it might be hard for some of you to believe it. Sparky Anderson
intentionally walked me twice in my career to pitch to Sammy Sosa.
Yes, the same Sammy Sosa who hit over 600 home runs — although back
then he still had his Jheri curl and was a little darker (hahaha). Sparky was a great baseball man and will be missed.
I want to congratulate the San Francisco Giants, especially Aaron Rowand, Juan Uribe and Bruce Bochy.
My experience at FOX was awesome, and I can't thank everyone enough.
But seeing those guys celebrate is what makes me excited to come to
work. I hope I can do it again some time soon. I love this game so much,
I want to be around it whenever I can. Both the front offices of the
Giants and Rangers need to be applauded. I got to the World Series in
'99 with the Braves and know what it feels like to lose. It takes a lot
to get there, and those guys should be proud. I watched a little of the
parade in San Francisco and it was great. those guys won because they're
carefree spirits. They play the baseball I like to play.
Now that I'm back in Chicago, I plan on seeing a couple of Bulls games like I did last night. (Thanks to all the fans who came up and said hi.) I live close to the United Center and enjoy supporting the young kids they have, like Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose. Plus, I have always been a fan of basketball.
also want to go see a Bears game, but I'm not sure it will be here in
Chicago. Us Latinos will freeze out there in this weather. I am planning
on heading down to Miami to see them play the Dolphins. It will be a
lot warmer, but don't worry, I will be rooting for the Bears. When I'm
in Miami, I enjoy golfing a lot and watching my youngest son, Ozney,
play at his Junior College. I think I'm going to crash at his place and
make him cook for me or something (hahaha). I have a lot of good friends who live in Miami in the offseason. I play golf with Joey Cora a lot and get to see Freddy Garcia
and his kids, who are a part of my family. Even though we try to relax,
we always end up talking about baseball. we Guillens live baseball
24/7, and I even named my dog "DH" after my good friend Harold Baines.
I hope you all got a chance to check out the Jimmy Kimmel
joke about me. If not, you can look at my previous post. It's very funny
stuff. I read all your questions and comments, and I love it, so please
ask me anything. Don't be scared (haha). Maybe you guys can
teach me something. It never hurts to listen to advice. Now it's time to
go relax this offseason with a little music, the beach, and of course
baseball because the chaos never stops!
Talk to you guys soon, very soon.
— Ozzie
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Spring Training, Payne Park, I remember seeing you and the team . Sparky and his Tigers came to play there and I managed a simple hello and got a great photo of Sparky.
I'm a Sox fan but I live near Detroit and I saw Sparky manage many times. I loved the man and all he did for sick kids (CATCH charity) . He reminded me of old managers I read about like Leo Durocher and Casey Stengel, especially Casey.
Hey, Ozzie..did you really hate playing in Comiskey Park, 1989 and 1990…were the clubhouse and facilities really that bad, as you waited for the new stadium to open?
I enjoyed seeing you on FOX..watched every pitch as always, especially 2005.
Hola Ozzie mi nombre es Martin Medina y te conozco desde que yo era un chamo. Mi pasion por el baseball viene desde que yo era nino y una de las personas que me hizo admirar el baseball fue mi abuelo, un gran fanatico del baseball y de los tiburones. Recuerdo una vez en Valencia tu estabas en las gradas y me hizo ir hasta ti para pedirte un autografo con su tarjeta personal. Recuerdo claramente que la firmaste sin ningun problema y luego yo mismo se la di a el. La guardo en su cartera y nunca paro de mostrarla a todo el mundo. Ojala algun dia pueda tener algun autografo tuyo para poderlo conservar en memoria de mi abuelo. Ahora vivo en Minnesota, USA y lo primero que hice cuando volvi de Venezuela fue ver un juego en el nuevo parque entre los Twins y los White Sox. Hopefully I can see you again next season here in Minneapolis and finally has your signature.
Take care and keep doing a good job.
Martin Medina
I'm looking forward to the "chaos" to start up again when pitchers and catchers report. I'm sure that it wears you down when you have to continuously have conversations with Kenny about difficult personnel decisions he has to make. Golf with Joey, Freddy, etc. sounds great. I'm glad that Joey's still with us, but sorry he lost out on the manager's job. He deserves a shot – maybe after the next White Sox Championship?
Sparky was also great. I never had any special knowledge of him, but he struck me as one of the great old school managers who was a natural leader. Obviously, he also used his exceptional baseball instincts. He also gave a lot of credit to his players. These qualities remind me of you, Ozzie.


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Are you certain you need more than 2K of RAM? Have you used all the usual tricks of storing constants (including audio files) in PROGMEM?
- More than 4K of SRAM- More pins (I/O) than atmega328p- DIP package- Support in the IDE and libraries etc..====== Atmega644p or Atmega1284p... Here is a datasheet for the atmega1284p http://www.atmel.com/Images/doc8059.pdf. 644p and 1284p are essentially the same, just different flash/SRAM size.And here is the core/bootloader for the 1284p "family". https://github.com/maniacbug/mighty-1284p
Quote from: dc42 on Nov 17, 2012, 04:18 pmAre you certain you need more than 2K of RAM? Have you used all the usual tricks of storing constants (including audio files) in PROGMEM?Yup, I'm storing all font arrays in Progmem. Audio is on SD card and I'm using Adafruit's wave library, I'm not sure if that data can be stored it Eprom...
SD card is fine for storing the audio. But the Adafruit doc says the library for that wave shield needs around 600 bytes. So I'm puzzled that 2K isn't enough. Are you certain you have all of the actual font arrays in PROGMEM, not just some top-level pointers to them? Or are you knowingly using a lot of RAM for something else?
char *var = "HELLO";serial.print("HELLO");
Or the 1284, which I assembled on a breadboard here:http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=11637This has somewhat more RAM (16 Kb) and somewhat more program memory (128 Kb).
Build your code with the verbose option so you can locate the .elf file.Then run nm on the .elf to see your symbols to be able to identifywhat is using your RAM.See the nm man page for more details buthere is a sample useful command to get you started:avr-nm -n -C -S *.elf > nm.outIn the nm output, the symbols with "B" near the bottom are the ones using up bss (RAM)(This won't show the literal strings).You can also get useful information from the objdump command.--- bill
It's not really a clone if it's a different chip, more like a spinoff.. I needed more ram when using the ENC28J60 ethernet chips. The TCP stack is in ram, rather than in the chip, so it takes most of the ram. So I used the Teensy++ 2.0, really cheap, uses the Arduino IDE just like I'm used to, and has like 8k of ram. Though nowadays, I'd use the Teensy 3.0, it's got 16k of ram and is cheap as dirt.
Thanks for the tip! I was wondering if it was possible to see how much RAM will program take before loading it to the chip. I assume all these options are not available via standard IDE tho? I couldn't find verbose, etc. What do I need to be able to run all these commands? Some kind of AVR studio? Will it be compatible with .ino/.pde sketches and libraries I have?
I was wondering if it was possible to see how much RAM will program take before loading it to the chip.
From a post I saw a week or so ago, I have a feeling that the new version 1.5 IDE does report the amount of RAM allocated statically by your code.Using dynamic memory allocation (including the String class) is a bad idea in small embedded systems.


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Lenawee United Way board members met Jan. 19 and established funding priorities for 15 programs. The funding cycle will begin in April and continue through July 2012.
Priority issues identified in the agency's community investment process includes basic needs, financial stability and health.
Last month, 26 volunteers representing a cross-section of the community reviewed 25 proposals from 22 county agencies.
The following proposals were approved for funding:
• Adrian Medical Clinic (Family Medical Center) $35,000;
• Childcare (Adrian Community Preschool) $20,000;
• Children's Advocacy Program (Family Counseling & Children's Services), $50,000;
• Citizenship and Community Life (HOPE Community Center), $35,000;
• Club-based Mentoring (Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee), $17,000;
• Complete Approach to Self-sufficiency (Community Action Agency), $45,000;
• Counseling Voucher Program (Catholic Charities/Family Counseling & Children's Services), $45,000;
• Daily Distributions (Associated Charities), $45,000;
• Family Support Program (Child Care Network), $20,000;
• Homeless to Home Ownership (Habitat for Humanity), $20,000;
• Housing First (Lenawee Emergency & Affordable Housing Corporation), $50,000;
• Lenawee Dental Clinic (Family Medical Center), $45,000;
• Legal Advice and Representation (Legal Services of South Central Michigan), $25,000;
• Workers on Wheels (Goodwill Industries), $30,000;
• Youth Start (Goodwill Industries), $18,000.
In 2002 United Way of America encouraged local United Ways to approach funding through "community investment." It called upon United Way agencies to focus on specific community-minded issues and to work with nonprofit groups to reach measurable goals.
In 2007, the Lenawee United Way board of directors voted and approved a community investment model for Lenawee County. This model invests in agencies and programs that show marked improvement and measurable results over time, with specific goals linked to priority areas.
Community investment is described as engagement and participation, with a focus on critical human service needs in the community among the economically disadvantaged. Using this model allows donor dollars to have a greater impact on the recipients and gives donors the opportunity to do more with their contributions.
The Lenawee United Way fund-raising campaign continues through the next few months with final totals to be announced in June at the annual meeting.
The mission of Lenawee United Way is to mobilize community resources to create a measurably better life for the people of Lenawee County.
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MARIETTA, Ga. -- The homemade poster was the beginning of an unlikely dream.
Battling Stage 4 kidney cancer, 23-year-old Laura Stallings made the decision to skip chemotherapy to attend Chipper Jones' last home game of the regular season.
Her poster, proclaiming her decision to skip treatment, was not only seen on the big board, but around the country.
She was a mystery woman until 11Alive tracked her down to her Roswell home. And when the Braves heard about Laura, they offered her tickets to the Wild Card game.
The season ended that fateful night for the Braves, but not for Laura.
The folks at WellStar Kennestone Hospital arranged for Laura and two other patients to have a private meeting with Chipper at the hospital.
Laura said it was a dream come true and that she got an answer to a burning question -- had Chipper seen her poster that day?
She said the first thing Chipper said when he met her was, "You're the girl with the poster."
Laura is struggling as she endures treatment that has yet to beat back the cancer. To make ends meet, she has turned to her true love, art. To see Laura's art, go to facebook.com/orangeribbonart.


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Some jurisdictions have similar restrictions on recreational marijuana shops, strip clubs, etc. "Must be N yards from a school, daycare..."
I wonder if a first amendment violation came to the same court if the ruling would be upheld?
I wonder if there's an opportunity for tribal land. At least up where I am, liquor, tobacco and fireworks are popular on indian reservations. However legally since they are not taxed, you may not leave the reservation in possession.
It's one of those wink-wink type things. But the point being that tribal land would be exempt from your city/county council rules.
possibly. That would be a many hours of driving from the major metropolitan areas.


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Treatment of Difficult to Control Focal Epilepsy With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01745952
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 10, 2012
Results First Posted : April 26, 2016
Last Update Posted : April 26, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Epilepsies, Partial
|Device: figure-of-eight active rTMS coil Device: round active rTMS coil Device: sham rTMS coil (figure-of-eight)
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Background and study aims
Epilepsy is a disease that causes repetitive seizures. In 60% of people with epilepsy, these seizures start in a small zone of the brain (focal or partial epilepsy). This zone can be in the depth of the temporal lobe (mesial temporal lobe epilepsy) or in another brain region (neocortical epilepsy). Even with optimal medical care, up to 30% of people with epilepsy continue to have seizures.
The investigators will treat people with neocortical partial epilepsy with a technique that delivers magnetic waves (transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS) to the region that causes the epilepsy. The investigators have good reasons to believe that there will be fewer seizures during several weeks after treatment.
Who can participate?
You have neocortical focal epilepsy. A doctor who specializes in epilepsy made this diagnosis. You had at least one seizure recorded while in an epilepsy monitoring unit. You had an MRI scan of the brain. You can deliver us all the results of the tests you had.
You continue to have more than 4 seizures a month. You tried a least two different schemes of anti-epileptic drugs as prescribed by your doctor and those schemes were well tolerated. Nevertheless this never cured the seizures.
You are older than 16 years. You don't plan to become pregnant during the study. You need to faithfully continue your treatment as prescribed by your doctor and don't change the drugs you take from at least 4 weeks before the study until 8 weeks after the last TMS session. You need to be able to keep a diary of your seizures.
What does the study involve?
You will need to come to the hospital every weekday during two consecutive weeks, every three months during nine months for the TMS-treatment. So you will have three treatment sessions. You will have a brain scan (FDG-PET) before the first treatment and after each session.
The magnetic pulses will be delivered differently during each of the three treatment sessions: once on a rather small area of the brain, once on a larger brain area and once using a dummy coil, i.e. you will have two active treatment sessions and one dummy or placebo session. The investigators will not tell in which order they deliver the treatments.
- What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
The investigators have good reasons to believe you will have fewer seizures in the weeks following the active treatment.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|11 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Multimodal Image-guided Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Refractory Partial Epilepsy.
|Study Start Date :
|November 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2015
Experimental: figure-of-eight active rTMS coil
rTMS is administered using the figure-of-eight active coil, at 90% of the resting motor threshold over the epileptogenic region, in trains of 500 pulses with a total of 1500 pulses per day, during weekdays on two consecutive weeks.
Device: figure-of-eight active rTMS coil
navigated rTMS over epileptogenic focus using figure-of-eight active rTMS coil
Experimental: round active rTMS coil
rTMS is administered using the round active coil, at 90% of the resting motor threshold over the epileptogenic region, in trains of 500 pulses with a total of 1500 pulses per day, during weekdays on two consecutive weeks.
Device: round active rTMS coil
navigated rTMS over epileptogenic focus using round active rTMS coil
Sham Comparator: sham rTMS coil (figure-of-eight)
rTMS is administered using the figure-of-eight sham coil, over the epileptogenic region, in trains of 500 pulses with a total of 1500 pulses per day, during weekdays on two consecutive weeks.
Device: sham rTMS coil (figure-of-eight)
commercially available placebo coil that provides slight sensory stimulation and discharge noise without stimulating cortical tissue
- 50% Responder Rate After Active rTMS Treatment Compared With Placebo Treatment [ Time Frame: week 12 after each intervention ]Number of participants achieving a 50% or greater reduction in seizure frequency from baseline
- Percentage of Seizure Reduction After Active rTMS Treatment Compared With Placebo Treatment [ Time Frame: week 12 after each treatment ]Seizure frequency was recorded in patient diaries and reviewed with the neurologist/epileptologist (outcomes assessor) at visits 12 weeks (+/- 1 week) after each intervention. The average weekly seizure rate was calculated and compared to baseline frequency over all participants.
- Alteration of Brain Activation as Measured by 18-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) on Individual Patient Level [ Time Frame: within one week after the last treatment day of each session ]Alterations were assessed by visual inspection of PET scans generated by subtracting the baseline individual PET scan from each of the follow-up scans. The subtraction PET scans were overlayed on the anatomical MRI of the patient and the focus of stimulation determined and an sphere with a 1cm radius around this point was analysed.
- Difference in Seizure Reduction Using Different Coil Types [ Time Frame: 9 months ]any difference between the four conditions (baseline/ figure-of-eight treatment/ round coil treatment/ sham treatment) based in negative binomial model for count data
- Questionnaires: Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31), Global Impression of Change-scales, Visual Analogue Scale, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale [ Time Frame: before the first treatment of each session and at the last evaluation visit ]
- Quality of life in epilepsy (QOLIE-31): self-report (if cognitive faculties allowed) questionnaire of emotional well-being, social functioning, energy/ fatigue, cognitive functioning, seizure worry, medication effects & overall quality of life. Range 0-100, with higher numbers indicating better quality of life.
- Global impression of change-scales (score 1-7, with 4 no change and lower/higher numbers implying grade of improvement/worsening) and Visual analogue scale (0-10: no problem to horrible): self-report or parent report about effect of treatment
- Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSR): structured interview about suicidal risk
- change in QOLIE scores considered better/worse are based on cut-off reported in DOI 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.12.023 For global impression of change, the scoring was <4, 4 or >4.
- Drop Out-rate [ Time Frame: during the 9 months of the study ]exclusion by investigator was due to necessity to change drug regimen due to toxicity
- Adverse Event Rate [ Time Frame: during the 9 months of the study ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years to 75 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- fully characterized refractory unifocal neocortical epilepsy (i.e. the epileptogenic zone is well defined)
- on a stable drug regimen for at least one month,
- able to complete a seizure dairy either by the patient or by a significant other
Exclusion Criteria:
- Metal in the head including deep brain stimulators, aneurysmal clips, ventricular shunts, cochlear implants, ossicular reconstruction of the middle ear…
- pacemaker, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
- psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and other non-epileptic spells
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01745952
|University Hospitals Leuven, department of Neurology
|Leuven, Belgium, 3000
|Principal Investigator:
|Van Paesschen Wim, MD, PhD
|Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
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|First Posted:
|December 10, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|April 26, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|April 26, 2016
|Last Verified:
|January 2015
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team this guy up with a magical crawdad and an idol and you have an awesome tanking team. Sunlight, photosynthesis, bark skin > wish, mists, surge > demolish, shield is all you really need. I went straight 10/10 with this line up. The last battle left the entire team at 2000+ health. Once you can get sunlight up and a wish to go off on him then photosynthesis will keep him topped off whilst bark skin is a great damage reducer and ok damage dealer. Fights take a while though.
The best way I found of getting up onto the cliffs was to buy a golden glider (5 charges) from thr vender at the celestial court (ku-Mo) swim/ run out to sea until my flying mount can fly again lift up as high as I needed turn around to the island, move forward dismount and use the glider. You can then glide to any part of the island with no problems !
I just confirm Kobh info - a really easy place to farm these is the UTGARD CATACOMBS. As long as you are 85+ you can survive in there indefinately. Much easier for those of us with spec that let you deal with multiple mobs at one time. I used chain lightening. becasue the spawn rate is so fast it took me 10mins to get a rare.


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Robyn Waugh, a former Sarasota mortgage broker who helped members of the Craig Adams flipping fraud conspiracy get more than $14 million in loans, will not spend any time behind bars.
She is the 11th member of the conspiracy — and the fifth real estate professional — to receive no jail time for their roles in one of the largest flipping fraud cases in Florida history.
U.S. District Court Judge Mary Scriven said she took Waugh's clean criminal record and letters from Waugh's friends and family into account in determining the sentence. But what seems to have made an even greater impression on the judge was that the former FBI agent who led the investigation into the Adams gang and one of the prosecutors who tried the case testified on Waugh's behalf.
Both former FBI agent Leo Martinez and Assistant U.S. Attorney Cherie Krigsman said that Waugh had been prepared to testify for the government in the trial involving three of Adams' co-conspirators.
She also provided additional information that could lead to at least one more indictment.
"She provided information that we found to be positive and productive," Martinez said. "It is there to be used if the agents and prosecutors now handling the case choose to pursue it."
Martinez, who retired in August, said that to his knowledge the case remains open.
So far, 22 members of the conspiracy have been indicted for helping Adams and his co-conspirators defraud lenders by artificially inflating real estate values through bogus property flips and by lying on loan applications to obtain more money than would otherwise be possible.
Over an 11-year period, Adams and as many as 70 associates participated in more than 150 suspicious real estate deals and obtained more than $200 million in loans.
Waugh is the 21st member of the group to be sentenced.
That leaves only Charles Scott Abel, who will appear before U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on Feb. 20.
Guilty plea, apology
When it was her chance to speak, Waugh said she deeply regretted her actions.
"I have two children — ages six and eight — and I try to teach them every day to make good decisions," Waugh said. "I'm here to apologize to you — and to my friends and family — for failing to follow my own teachings."
Waugh pleaded guilty to processing a $1.79 million loan for one of Adams' associates that contained fraudulent information of about the borrower's income. Waugh said she knew the information was false. She then compounded her crime by passing the same information to another bank, which provided the borrower with another $350,000.
"I don't know why I used such poor judgment," Waugh said. "At the time I was under a great deal of stress."
Just as she was processing the loan in April 2007, Waugh said, her infant daughter developed an aggressive tumor on her eye that has to be surgically removed.
"This is in no way an excuse," Waugh said. "It is just to say that at times of great stress, even the strongest person needs to take a step back. As the sole provider for my family, I felt I couldn't."
But what Waugh did not tell the court was that the fraudulent loan mentioned in her indictment was not the only loan she made to Adams and his associates. Court records show that she helped members of the conspiracy get 10 loans totaling $14.5 million while working for American Home Mortgage in 2006 and 2007.
"Prior to the spring of 2006, I had not heard of Craig Adams," Waugh said. "I saw that he was a top five producer and I was excited. I wish someone had warned me about him."
During his three days on the witness stand in March 2012, Adams said Waugh was one of a dozen loan officers who played a critical role in his decade-long crime spree.
Mortgage bankers and brokers were the ones who knew what income and asset information to put on loan applications to make sure members of the conspiracy could get loans to finance their bogus real estate deals.
Six of those bankers and brokers have now been indicted in the case: Michael Edward Bangasser received a 15-month sentence, while Mark Leetzow and Jonathan Glucker received a year and a day.
Craig Whitehead, Scott Schuhriemen and Waugh received probation.
No jail time for Sarasota mortgage broker in flipping case
Robyn Waugh, a former Sarasota mortgage broker who helped members of the Craig Adams flipping fraud conspiracy get more than $14 million in loans, will not spend any time behind bars.


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After a tough 2-1 defeat against Pali Blues on Wednesday, Vancouver Whitecaps FC women continue their three-match California road trip this weekend with matches against LA Strikers on Friday, June 29, and a clash with Santa Clarita Blue Heat on Sunday, July 1.
Friday's match kicks off at 7 p.m. PT and will be streamed live at www.livestream.com/kidzsportszone. Sunday's match kicks off at 2 p.m. PT. Follow the action on the official Whitecaps FC Twitter and Facebook pages.
Despite a setback against the first-place Pali Blues, the 'Caps can be pleased with their improved play of late. Prior to Wednesday, the Blue and White had been on a five-match unbeaten run.
Striker Jenna Richardson will look to continue to build momentum from her first goal of the season on Wednesday, while Mele French will also be eager to add to her four goals so far. Danielle Johnson, meanwhile, will be keen to build on her W-League Team of the Week performance in defence.
LA will be well rested as they will have not played since Sunday night, when they fell to Colorado Rapids Women 2-0.
The Strikers lost 3-1 to the 'Caps in a match earlier this month at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam.
One player the 'Caps will have to keep an eye on is Australian international Amy Chapman. The Aussie, 25, is a fast, relentless attacker that tallied impressive stats last season for the Strikers.
Santa Clarita, who sit in fourth place in the W-League's Western Conference, will be looking to move further up the standings as they lie eight points behind Seattle Sounders FC Women for the final playoff spot.
The Blue Heat will be looking to exact revenge on the 'Caps after Vancouver captured a 2-0 victory over the Blue Heat last weekend in Surrey.
The home team will not only look to take advantage of a road weary 'Caps squad, but they will look to start their season-ending five-match home stand off on the right foot.
Whitecaps FC women return home for their final home match of the season on Sunday, July 8, at 4 p.m. PT at Minoru Park in Richmond, as the 'Caps will look to exact some revenge on intra-provincial rivals Victoria Highlanders FC after Victoria beat them in the season opener.


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Trion Worlds takes its massively-multiplayer online role-playing game expansions seriously. Tripling the size of the game's landmass, adding 10 new levels and four new classes, guild and player-housing; if Storm Legion's massive influx of new content doesn't satisfy you, you probably shouldn't be playing Rift.
While I am not a big Rift player at the moment, I am extremely impressed by the scope of the game's first true expansion pack. Since release Trion Worlds has done a remarkable job of supplying new free content to players on a regular basis, but this, this might be the most ambitious expansion pack I've ever seen for an MMO.
As the Queen of Storms, Crucia, prepares to unleash the full force of her fury on Telara, Trion gives players two brand new continents to tame and defend, every inch packed with story-driven quests. As Crucia's Storm Legion pours through the Infinity Gate, both Guardians and Defiant alike will huddle in fear behind the gates of the island city of Tempest Bay. They'll join together to fight massive new creatures that tear at the very land itself. They'll bitch about other MMOs in general chat.
Each of Rift's four core professions gets a new soul, four new roles to play in the battle to achieve ten new experience levels. They'll don decorative capes, decorate their own special dimensional spaces, and space out while building up their crafting skills to Grandmaster level.
If you're still with me, then you're probably excited enough to hit up the link to the official Storm Legion page for more information. Expect plenty more to be revealed leading up to the expansion's fall release.
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Student or Learner
I have a very limited contact with the English slang, which makes it difficult for me to understand certain processes. I've been noticing in the recent years that the preposition "on" has gained some kind of new function. So it seems to me at least. I was trying to remember as many examples as I could before starting this thread, but I feel I didn't do very well. What I could remember is
to be hating on somebody
to perv on somebody
to pig out on something
Not very much but I feel it's just the tip of the iceberg. What is interesting to me about these phrases is that it would seem perfectly logical to coin them without the "on". I've also heard phrases which I thought were estabilished and without the preposition, like "stand somebody up", with "on" added:
She stood up on you.
Am I right in thinking that there is a trend to turn transitive verbs and phrases into intransitive ones by adding "on" and to coin new verbs this way? If I'm right, is it limited to slang, internet slang or American internet slang? Is there a reason for this trend? Could you explain the function of this "on" to me?
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I saw "to be hating on somebody" a couple of days ago. It was the last straw that made this camel start a thread.
So you don't feel "on" has gained any special function?
Now that I think about it, I have heard a few things, but not the ones you say. I'm thinking about "crushing on" to mean "to have a crush on."
But then, unless my 14-year-old tells me, I wouldn't know what kids are using these day. I"ve only started to used "epic fail" recently and it's on it's way out, I'm sure.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
But let's look at one page:
"There is always someone whining about something and hating on someone who doing it."
"So can you admit you be hating?"
This page could have elements of AAVE. One clue is the absence of 'is' in "who doing it", or as in, say, "He a bad man!" or "He be a bad man!"
It's useful to look for other non-standard usages in texts which have a phrase that sounds strange.
PS: I see now, from his YouTube video links and his home page that he's using elements of black English.
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The author of that page says the following:
I got the idea from reading the text that hating on seems to be a higher degree than hating alone- maybe involving words or action rather than merely feeling it. I have asked the writer whether I am barking up the right or the wrong tree.There are so many levels to hating it's ridiculous
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if you were "hating on" somebody... that term is often used by troublemaking teens...etc, people who are up to no good. Those kinds of things are usually said before they end up in a fight. So "hating on" is an emotion you might feel, that would drive you to act.
"I don't know why he's hating on me"...
Where "on" is used like that in other instances just phases me. It kind of sounds like being lazy and not wanting to use proper English.
to be hating on somebody
This is definitely American English, and it's typically used by African Americans and their extended communities. In my estimation, the formation emphasizes the transgression involved because it places the two individuals in a physical hierarchy (the book on the table) in which one person is above the other. It utilizes a similar construction to a few pre-existing phrasal verbs, such as: to lean on, to spit on, to hit on (just to name a few).
The construction is not a feeling, but is instead an evaluation of someone's actions as being negative and disrespectful.
I feel "to perv on somebody" and "to stand up on somebody" work in a similar fashion, in that they highlight the transgressive nature of the action.


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Esoteric Artists Gather for Exhibition in London: From May 19th through the 25th in London an international collection of esoteric artists will be on display in a special exhibition sponsored by Fulgur Esoterica, publisher of the Abraxas journal. Entitled "I:MAGE," the show boasts a impressive lineup of artists, both classic and contemporary.
"Fulgur Esoterica is pleased to present I:MAGE, a week-long exhibition showcasing the best international artists working in the emerging category of esoteric art. More than 16 artists will exhibit their work at Store Street Gallery, Bloomsbury, London, from Sunday 19 May to Saturday 25 May 2013. The week will culminate with the publication of a special issue of Abraxas titled, Charming Intentions: Occultism, Magic and the History of Art. Select Papers from the Cambridge University Conference, December 2012. The common thread between these artists is the internalisation of esoteric themes and the externalisation of the mythical, the magical and the mysterious in their many forms. Ranging from the post-1940 work of progressive women such as Ithell Colquhoun and Steffi Grant, to the contemporary dark symbolist wanderings of Agostino Arrivabene and Denis Forkas Kostromitin, and the exploratory audio-visual practices of NOKO, I:MAGE promises to be a landmark exhibition."
In addition, famed London esoteric book store Treadwell's will be hosting a range of talks, presentations, and discussions during the exhibition, and Abraxas will be publishing a special edition of its celebrated journal for the show. I've been in contact with Fulgur Esoterica, and hope to soon bring you an interview about the show. If you're around London, I'd highly recommend attending this exhibition. I surely would if I could.
Llewellyn Titles Win Independent Publisher Awards: Llewellyn Worldwide has announced that four of their published titles have won an "IPPY," from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The four titles largely deal with various New Age topics (with one book being about sexuality), none are a the esoteric/Pagan titles the publisher is largely famous for.
"The 2013 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPYs) were revealed via an announcement on their website. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in New York on May 29. Our Llewellyn winners are below: Our Children Live On, by Elissa Al-Chokhachy (Bronze, Aging/Death & Dying), The Awakened Aura, by Kala Ambrose (Silver, New Age [Mind-Body-Spirit]), The Good Energy Book, by Tess Whitehurst (Bronze, New Age [Mind-Body-Spirit]), Great Sex Made Simple, by Mark A. Michaels & Patricia Johnson (Gold, Sexuality/Relationships). In addition, one book from Llewellyn's Midnight Ink imprint was also a winner (Hide & Snake Murder, by Jessie Chandler took Gold in the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Fiction category)."
Congratulations to Llewellyn Worldwide and the authors on this recognition! You can find out more about the awards, here.
New Orleans Celebrates First Ever Pagan Pride Day: There are many Pagan Pride Day events each year, and while each brings its own local charm and significance to this movement, some firsts stand out. Such is the case with the first Pagan Pride Day being held this September in New Orleans, Louisiana. Being that this is a first for New Orleans, a place steeped in a history of cultures meeting and connecting, the event will include practitioners of Vodou, spiritism, and other syncretic traditions.
"While it is always a joy to to bring together the Pagan community with entertainment that appeals to their tastes, the over-arching goal of this day is to develop a dialogue between Pagans and non-Pagans in a city with deep (and overlooked) Pagan roots. It is also our great pleasure to include this city's syncretic spiritual systems (i.e. Voudon, First Nation spiritism, Thelema, etc.) in our celebrations as well, so that we might bridge more gaps in New Orleans. Our theme of "spiritual gumbo" is meant to reflect our deep reverence for ALL the beliefs that make this city one of the most unique in the world."
The event will feature Selena Fox, The Dragon Ritual Drummers, Edain McCoy, Christopher Penczak, and more. They are holding an IndieGoGo campaign to cover their festival's ambitious first-year roster. So, if a New Orleans Pagan Pride festival is something you'd like to see happen, you should check it out, and add your support.
In Other Pagan Community News:
- An Internet-based television show produced by and for Wiccans called "Magick" is starting up. The concept? "It's a supernatural show based on Magick, featuring steampunk elements, folklore, divination, and the occult. Our story follows four practicing witches who "fall down the rabbit hole" into an alternate reality, only to discover there's more to magic then they thought possible."
- In a move that will probably surprise no one, scandal-plagued New York City Councilman Dan Halloran has announced that he won't be running for re-election. You can read all of the The Wild Hunt's coverage of Halloran, including the recent allegations of fraud and bribery, here.
- The Maetreum of Cybele, Magna Mater is still being denied property tax exemptions by the town of Catskill, New York. They plan to continue to fight. You can read all of The Wild Hunt's coverage of the Matreum, here.
- The NYC Wiccan Family Temple is gearing up for WitchsFest USA 2013 this June. They are looking for authors, merchants, and performers to join them. You can apply at their website.
That's all I have for now, have a great day!


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While the United States wrangles over immigration policy, Brazil has already made up its mind about immigrants. It wants more – as many as 6 million more.
They're needed, said Brazilian officials, to accelerate Brazil's development.
"In a globalized world, we need not only the flow of goods and services but also the flow of minds,'' said Brazil's Secretary of Strategic Affairs Ricardo Paes de Barros. "We're not after population; we're after talent and human capital. By opening society, we can accelerate the development process."
For a country that once prided itself on its immigrant past, Brazil now has one of the lowest rates of foreign-born citizens in the world.
"Brazil has become very, very closed to immigration,'' said Paes de Barros. "We used to pride ourselves as a nation made by immigrants. But that just isn't true anymore.''
Brazil's so-called "big migration" came in the second half of the 19th century. Between 1888 and 1929 – excluding World War I – more than 100,000 immigrants arrived annually with Italians leading the way, followed by immigrants from Portugal, Spain, Germany, the Middle East, Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine. At first they came to work Brazil's coffee plantations but then they were needed on the factory floor as Brazil rapidly industrialized.
There also was brisk migration from Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. But after that, with the aim of preserving the Brazilian identity, immigration quotas were created and the torrents of new arrivals slowed to a trickle, except for a brief spurt after World War II.
A century ago, Paes de Barros said, 7.3 percent of the Brazilian population was foreign-born. Now that figure has dropped to just .3 percent. In contrast, the 2010 U.S. Census found that nearly 13 percent of the U.S. population was foreign-born.
"We want to get up to at least 2 percent – perhaps 3 percent,'' Paes de Barros said in a telephone interview from his office in Brasilia. With a current population estimated at 199 million, Brazil is potentially in the market for as many as 6 million immigrants.
"And it's OK if foreigners come temporarily and then want to go back to their home countries,'' Paes de Barros said. "We prefer to think of it as knowledge-sharing, not a brain drain.''
Another reason more immigrants are desirable is that fertility rates have declined rapidly since the 1960s, resulting in slower population growth. Brazil is still a relatively young nation, demographically speaking, but that will start to change around 2025. At that point, people of working age will start to decline with the elderly accounting for a higher percent of the population.
Even though the number of work visas Brazil has granted foreigners has increased in recent years, the administration of President Dilma Rousseff realizes more needs to be done.
Getting a work visa can be cumbersome. It can take many months and, in some cases, as many as 19 documents must be submitted at a Brazilian consulate, said André Sacconato, research director at Brazil Investments & Business, whose acronym is BRAiN. It serves as a catalyst for the consolidation of Brazil as an international business and investment center and it has conducted studies for the government on the impact of immigration.
Paes de Barros said the administration hopes a combination of streamlining policies and procedures for work visas as well as legislative change will make Brazil more welcoming to immigrants.
Among the ideas under consideration are broadening the types of work visas, extending work visas to family members of foreign workers so they too can hold jobs in Brazil, making the application procedure less costly and more friendly, and allowing foreign workers "conditional" visas while an investigation to show there are no comparable Brazilian workers available is pending.
Brazil has already begun to eliminate some of the red tape needed to get a work visa by allowing the digital submission of some materials.
Paes de Barros said he'd also like to see the National Congress pass a resolution encouraging migration and a law creating an agency or commission with a stated goal of increasing migration.
"The details are still being worked out,'' he said. A working group of government agencies and universities met monthly last year to review immigration policy and come up with suggestions on how to improve it in coming decades, not just in response to the country's record-low unemployment.
What Brazil needs now are engineers — especially chemical, mining, and electrical engineers, and doctors, architects, and technical workers, said Sacconato. What it doesn't need are more lawyers and people with degrees in social sciences, he said.
"The developed world needs to export professionals,'' he said. "Young people that have just graduated need work.''
Especially acute is the shortage of engineers needed not only in Brazil's mining, and oil and gas industries but also for large-scale road, infrastructure and communications projects.
Brazilian universities are currently graduating 40,000 engineers annually but there is a need for 60,000 new engineers each year, said Sacconato.
While representatives from the oil and gas industry say they've found it relatively easy to get visas for skilled professionals, workers from other sectors report more difficulties.
An English environmental consultant, for example, worked under the table while trying to obtain a visa. "The job went really well but the problem was getting the visa,'' said the worker who asked that neither his name nor the company where he worked be revealed because of his illegal status.
He gave up his visa quest in frustration after spending what he called "a huge amount of money" on notarizing documents and flights to England to try to secure a visa and returned home after paying a fine for overstaying his old visa.
He said his employer hired him because of his fluency in English and knowledge of a green building certification currently used in Great Britain.
Brazilian authorities turned down his application, the worker said, because they determined he didn't have enough professional experience. "It was overly protectionist,'' he said. "I was working for a small start-up in an industry that is growing and very necessary.''
But Rosangela Gomes, vice president of G-COMEX, a Rio de Janeiro-based company that recruits labor for the oil and gas industry, said as long as a foreign worker meets the criteria set by a potential employer, it generally takes only about a month to secure a visa.
"The oil companies generally are very demanding. They don't approve candidates who don't have the right profile,'' she said.
"Since 2006, with the discovery of the pre-salt [offshore, deep-water oil finds], there was a lot of interest from the government to attract investors to Brazil," said Mariângela Moreira, director and founder of Mundivisas, an immigration consultancy in Niteroi, a city across Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro.
The government, she said, realized it needed to have clearer rules on immigration so investors would feel more secure about sinking their money into Brazil. "The interest of the Dilma government is really to update this as quickly as possible,'' said Moreira. "I think [the government] is very much in favor of giving visas."
Last year Brazil gave 73,022 visas to foreign workers — but just 8,340 of them were permanent visas. Still that was well ahead of the 42,914 visas granted as recently as 2009. The number of visas granted to professionals also is up dramatically since 2009.
U.S. residents received the most work visas — 9,209, followed by workers from the Philippines, Haiti, the United Kingdom, India, Germany, China and Italy.
The Ministry of Labor noted that the 4,706 visas for Haitians were humanitarian-based due to disruptions caused by the 2010 earthquake and didn't reflect a long-term trend. Last year, thousands of Haitians who crossed the border from Peru after a complicated trip from their homeland began crowding into small towns in the Brazilian Amazon.
Despite the increasing numbers of work visas being granted, "it's still a very small flow of people,'' conceded Paes de Barros. "We need millions of people.''
Taylor Barnes contributed to this story from Rio de Janeiro


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Forget Friday's employment report. A better economic indicator just might be the one that kicks off Wednesday night: the National Football League.
Although attendance at NFL games last season was down, some major markets such as New York, Dallas and Boston showed improvement—indicating the US economy is recovering, according to an analysis by ConvergEx that came out Wednesday.
Even so, "it's likely the American upper-middle class is still feeling the pinch from a weak economy," ConvergEx said.
The software and technology services firm believes NFL attendance is an unusual but accurate bellwether of economic activity. So as the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys prepared to face off on Wednesday night, the firm sifted through a combination of ticket prices, sales and fan demographics to take the pulse of the U.S. economy.
Like most other economic readings, ConvergEx analysts found a mixed bag in its study. Although stadium attendance fell to an average 64,706 last season, down about 4.5 percent from the record in 2007, attendance in the NFL's largest markets have tracked improvements in the broader economy.


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MONTREAL, Quebec – Real Salt Lake (5-5-2, 17 points, West #2) lost a heartbreaker on Saturday afternoon, giving up two late goals to fall 3-2 to the Montreal Impact (6-2-2, 20 points, East T-2) at Stade Saputo.
Captain Kyle Beckerman put RSL up 2-1 with a 77th minute goal, but the Claret-and-Cobalt couldn't hold the lead, with Montreal FW Marco Di Vaio equalizing from an offside position in the 80th minute before Impact DF Matteo Ferrari found the winner in the 93rd.
RSL – which beat the New England Revolution 2-1 on Wednesday night – is 1-1-0 through the first two games of its three-game road trip. The Claret-and-Cobalt will close the trip next Sunday, May 19, when it will take on Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center.
Real Salt Lake began the game brightly, registering chances in the third and sixth minutes before going ahead through a Ferrari own goal in the seventh. DF Lovel Palmer created the opportunity, collecting a Beckerman through ball on the right flank before ripping a long-range shot that deflected off of Ferrari inside the box and into the back of the net.
RSL nearly made it 2-0 in the 15th minute. MF Sebastian Velasquez danced around a few Montreal defenders in the right side of the box, eventually hitting a low cross to the near post that slipped into the middle of the area. FW Olmes Garcia pounced on the loose ball, firing a right-footed shot with his first touch that somehow deflected off of the leg of Montreal GK Troy Perkins and out for a corner kick.
The game stayed wide open throughout, with Montreal getting a good look at an equalizer in the 17th. MF Felipe found MF Justin Mapp wide open in the right side of the area but Mapp – who had RSL GK Nick Rimando caught off his line – cut back into traffic on his left instead of shooting with his right and saw his shot blocked.
Real Salt Lake had another chance in the 24th minute. MF Javier Morales slipped FW Devon Sandoval into the right side of the area, but the rookie striker couldn't keep his shot on frame, driving his effort over the bar from 15 yards out.
Felipe brought the Impact level in the 39th minute. Mapp collected a DF Jeb Brovsky through ball on the right wing, racing forward for a couple of touches before hitting a cross into the middle. Felipe made a hard-charging run through the box to get to the ball, slotting home inside the far post from eight yards with his first touch.
Felipe's equalizer took the sides into halftime. Like it did in the first, RSL started the second half well, with Morales forcing Perkins into a good stop with a shot from distance in the 47th before Beckerman ripped a 25-yarder inches wide of the right post in the 48th.
Montreal hit back with an opportunity of its own in the 50th minute. FW Andrew Wenger got free on the right wing, dribbling into the box before cutting back on his left foot and firing a low shot that a diving Rimando held.
The match settled down after that, with both sides battling in the midfield and struggling to create chances until Beckerman reclaimed the lead for RSL in the 77th. The goal came off of a Morales corner kick, with Garcia flicking a header from the near post to DF Chris Schuler at the penalty spot. The ball eventually made its way to Beckerman left of the spot, with the Claret-and-Cobalt captain toe-poking a 10-yarder past Perkins and inside the near post.
Unfortunately, RSL's lead was short-lived, as Di Vaio controversially equalized just three minutes after Beckerman's goal. DF Maxim Tissot started the play, dribbling through the middle of the RSL defense before finding Wenger at the top of the box. The 2012 MLS SuperDraft No. 1 pick flicked Di Vaio through in the left side of the box for a scuffed finish off the near post and in. Replays showed that Di Vaio was in an offside position when Wenger played him through.
RSL had a golden opportunity to retake the lead in the 85th minute. Substitute FW Joao Plata – who had only come on seconds earlier – was played behind the Montreal defense by Javier Morales, but the Ecuadorian couldn't beat Perkins, who came well off of his line to deny Plata's shot from 15 yards.
That miss would come back to haunt RSL in the 93rd minute, when substitute MF Blake Smith's corner kick squeaked through multiple players before falling to Ferrari for a solid right-footed finish from just inside the spot.
Real Salt Lake will now return to Utah, where it will put in a full week of training ahead of next Sunday's match at Western Conference foe Chivas USA
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Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 2-3 MTL
- Real Salt Lake's starting back line of DF Chris Wingert, DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe, DF Chris Schuler and DF Lovel Palmer had never played a match together before Saturday's game. Regular RSL DF Tony Beltran was rested on Saturday and did not start while regular DF Nat Borchers missed the match due to illness.
- Real Salt Lake was also without injured FW's Alvaro Saborio and Robbie Findley on Saturday. The starting striker pair of FW Olmes Garcia and FW Devon Sandoval was the ninth starting forward pair that RSL has used in nine games this season.
- Real Salt Lake MF Luis Gil did not play on Saturday. Gil, who is nursing a bit of a right ankle injury, had started all 11 have RSL's matches prior to Saturday's loss. RSL DF Chris Schuler is now the only Claret-and-Cobalt player to start/feature in all 12 of the Utah side's MLS matches this year.
- Real Salt Lake DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe returned to the 18 on Saturday after missing RSL's last two matches while attending to a family matter. The fourth-year center back went all 90 minutes for the Claret-and-Cobalt on Saturday.
- Before Saturday's game, the last time that Real Salt Lake conceded three goals or more was on July 14, 2012, when the 10-man Claret-and-Cobalt lost 5-0 at the San Jose Earthquakes. Allen Chapman was the head referee in both matches.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 1 1 2
Montreal Impact 1 2 3
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Mateo Ferrari (Own Goal) – 7'
MTL – Felipe (Justin Mapp, Jeb Brovsky) – 39'
RSL – Kyle Beckerman – 77'
MTL – Marco Di Vaio (Andrew Wenger, Maxim Tissot) – 80'
MTL – Mateo Ferrari (Blake Smith) – 93'
Misconduct Summary:
MTL – Hassoun Camara (Yellow; Foul) – 29'
RSL – Ned Grabavoy (Yellow; Foul) – 40'
RSL – Nick Rimando (Yellow; Argument) – 91'
MTL - Sanna Nyassi (Yellow; Argument) - 91'
MTL – Matteo Ferrari (Yellow; Excessive celebration) – 93'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2): Nick Rimando; Chris Wingert, Chris Schuler, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Lovel Palmer; Kyle Beckerman (C); Ned Grabavoy, Sebastian Velasquez, (Khari Stephenson, 69'); Olmes Garcia, Devon Sandoval (Joao Plata, 85')
Substitutes not used: Josh Saunders (GK), Tony Beltran, Carlos Salcedo, Luis Gil, John Stertzer
Montreal Impact (4-4-2): Troy Perkins; Maxim Tissot, Hassoun Camara, Matteo Ferrari, Jeb Brovsky; Justin Mapp (Sanna Nyassi, 86'), Patrice Bernier (C), Felipe (Collen Warner, 89'), Andres Romero (Blake Smith, 73'); Andrew Wenger, Marco Di Vaio
Substitutes not used: Evan Bush, Wandrille Lefevre, Dennis Iapichino, Sinisa Ubiparipovic,
Referee: Allen Chapman
Referee's Assistants: Corey Parker, Jason Cullum
4th Official: Mathieu Bourdeau
Attendance: 14,578