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What another great day we had despite the yucky weather.
Thank you to all of the lovely people who came in search of gems and vintage treasures from our hard working and talented stall holders.Their displays were inspiring and beautiful with so many tempting items...
Two for Joy, Shady Lady, Eliza Tootsweet, Bubs bears
Rachel Eardley
Sandy's lunches were delicious and well recieved, such a shame we could not have been sitting outside though!
The cakes were splendid and I drank plenty of freshly brewed coffee!
As usual I received tonnes of positive comments and praise on behalf of the stallholders and even had a call from a local business thanking me for the increased footfall!
I look forward to getting together another thoroughly decent bunch of folk together again for another
Buttercross Vintage Market in Somerton on September the 8th 2012


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Ben Johnson,The White House Watch
Three years ago,many well-meaning Americans suspended concerns about Barack
Obama's experience,judgment,and associations in order to vote for an
"historic"president. To paraphrase H.L. Mencken,they got one —good and hard. Friday
night,for the first time in history,Standard &Poor's downgraded
the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. The United States earned the top rating
the moment such rankings began in 1917 —which means we maintained our AAA rating
through the Great Depression,stagflation,malaise,and the 1982 recession. Thirty
months of Barack Obama,and it is gone for the first time in history. Change we
can believe in!
The retrogression is neither surprising nor is it the only "historic"first
The One has perpetrated against the United States. Obama cajoled Congress for
weeks that it had to pass a debt ceiling compromise by August 2 to avoid just
this occasion. But as Rep. Tom McClintock,R-CA,pointed
out,"The purported cuts,even if realized,are far below the $4 trillion
deficit reduction that credit rating agencies have warned is necessary to
preserve the Triple-A credit rating of the United States government."S&P
used precisely this language in its statement
about downgrading the United States,saying the resultant cuts fall "short of the
amount that we believe is necessary to stabilize the general government debt
burden by the middle of the decade."It faults political gridlock and the lack of
"containment"of entitlements. The same administration experts who insisted GOP
sellouts on the debt compromise would stave off Friday's downgrade also insisted
passing a stimulus plan
would hold unemployment below eight percent.
Even less surprising is the fact that the Obama administration actually
believed its rhetoric could stop the inevitable. When Standard &Poor's began
hinting at its actions,anonymous officials began a whisper campaign that the
agency's math was off. Jake Tapper reported
Friday evening,"Because of the pushback,the Obama administration is preparing
for the downgrade but is not 100% positive it's going to happen,officials said.
And if the downgrade does happen,officials are not sure when it will
happen."S&P downgraded the U.S. hours later. Choosing talk over action has
consequences,at home and abroad.
The consequences of his actions are unknown and foreboding. The new credit
rating may cause inflated interest rates to trickle down to states and
localities,or make all borrowing rates rise.
Economic growth would shrink the importance of the national debt —but such
growth is not expected as long as Obama is president. Economists expert growth
in debt,and its attendant economic disintegration,in the years to come. Under
most estimates,debt would amount to 88
percent of GDP in ten years. S&P warns under its pessimistic
scenario,debt will reach
101 percent of GDP in 2021. (AFP news service reported on Wednesday,that
U.S. borrowing topped
100 percent of GDP.) Carmen Reinhart of the Peterson Institute for
International Economics testified
before the House Budget Committee in March that growth begins to slow noticeably
once debt crosses the 90 percent threshold. The European Central Bank suggested
negative impacts begin at the 70-to-80 percent level. Even the adoption of the
debt compromise spooked the stock market,causing a decline for nine out of the
past ten sessions,a streak not seen since
1978 when Jimmy Carter was president.
The other two ratings agencies,Moody's Investors Service and Fitch
Ratings,are not likely to follow suit…at least,not
yet. However,Moody's has warned
the ratio would have to come down to 73 percent by 2015 "to ensure that the
long-run fiscal trajectory remains compatible with a AAA rating."For its
part,S&P warned "a higher public debt trajectory than we currently assume
could lead us to lower the long-term rating again,"to AA,putting us on par with
such economic powerhouses as Spain
and Qatar.
You Wanted Obama to Make History? He Has
This slide toward mediocrity is only the latest of a string of historic
firsts in Obama's presidency. Yes,Obama was the first black president. He has
been called the first….


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Senate panel approves UIL sports for homeschooled students
The Texas Senate Education Committee has endorsed a bill allowing homeschooled children to participate in University Interscholastic League sports and activities.
Tuesday's 7-1 vote referred Senate Bill 929 to the full chamber for consideration.
But the committee only approved it after including an amendment that the measure expire in four years - thus requiring the Legislature to either then reauthorize it or scrap it altogether.
The bill is sponsored by McKinney Republican Sen. Ken Paxton and Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels.
Public schools have resisted allowing private schools into the UIL - even for sports other than football or basketball - amid fears of recruiting.
Though students who are homeschooled are in different situations than those attending private schools, opponents have voiced some of the same concerns about this bill.


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Using Fischertechnik Sensors with the VEX Cortex
From ROBOTC API Guide
Tutorials → Using Fischertechnik Sensors with the VEX Cortex
|The VEX Cortex is an incredibly powerful and versatile microcontroller. Part of what makes it so versatile is the basic 3-pin system (Power, Signal, Ground) it uses for inputs and outputs.
When coupled with a powerful programming language like ROBOTC, the VEX Cortex allows you to connect all types of third-party sensors (and actuators) with little or no effort. Taken from the VEX Wiki, any analog sensor can be connected to the Cortex as long as its characteristics align with the following:
Likewise, any digital sensor can be directly connected to the Cortex as long as its characteristics align with the following:
|All of the basic Fischertechnik sensors meet these qualifying characteristics, making them perfect candidates for use with the VEX Cortex!
Analog Sensors Example: Fischertechnic Photoresistor
|Based on the VEX Cortex Schematic, the SIGNAL line in the ANALOG INPUTS bank is closest to the USB Port in the center of the Cortex, with the +5 VOLTS line next, and finally the GROUND line. The Fischertechnic analog sensors only have two output pins, and we'll be connecting them to the SIGNAL and +5V lines.
|In the picture below, we used the connector pins that come with the Fischertechnik system to connect the photoresistor to male-to-male jumper cables, which can be plugged directly into the Cortex. Note that with these basic analog sensors, polarity does not matter; it only matters that you use the SIGNAL and +5V lines on the Cortex.
|With the sensor properly connected, configuring it in ROBOTC is no more difficult than any of the official VEX sensors. In the Motors and Sensors Setup, on the VEX 2.0 Analog Sensors 1-8 tab, give the sensor a name and choose from Potentiometer, Light Sensor, or Line Follower for the sensor type. Any of these three types will work, as they are set up to return the raw A-to-D (Analog-to-Digital) values from the sensor. The Gyro and Accelerometer sensor types perform additional calculations on the raw sensor data, making them inappropriate choices for a basic analog sensor like the photoresistor. The VEX Light Sensor is the most similar to the Fischertechnik photoresistor, so it's the logical choice.
|The values from the photoresistor can be used in your ROBOTC programs just like any of the other sensors – using the SensorValue[] command. The ROBOTC Natural Language commands like untilLight() and untilDark() will also work!
#pragma config(Sensor, in1, FTPhotoresistor, sensorReflection) //*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*// task main() { while(SensorValue[FTPhotoresistor] < 2000) { //Code } }
|Also, just like any of the official sensors, the value from the Fischertechnik sensors will appear in the ROBOTC Sensors Debug window!
Digital Sensors Example: Fischertechnic Touch Sensor
|Unlike the photoresistor, the touch sensor has three pins and we'll need to be careful about how we plug them into the Cortex. We'll need to plug the pin labeled 1 into the GROUND line on the Cortex, the pin labeled 2 into the SIGNAL line, and the pin labeled 3 into the +5V line. Failure to do so can result in the sensor always reading 1, always reading 0, or having the values reversed (0 = pushed, 1 = not pushed).
|Below is a picture of the sensor connected to the Cortex. Note that all three lines are used, and that the Fischertechnik connectors were again used to connect the sensor to jumper cables.
|The Fischertechnik touch sensor can be configured as a Touch Sensor or Digital Input in the ROBOTC Motors and Sensors Setup window.
|The values from the digital touch sensor can be used in your ROBOTC programs just like any of the other sensors – using the SensorValue[] command. The ROBOTC Natural Language commands like untilLight() and untilDark() will also work!
#pragma config(Sensor, dgtl4, FTTouch, sensorDigitalIn) //*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*// task main() { while(SensorValue[FTTouch] == 0) { //Code } }
|And the Sensor Debug window will display whether the sensor is pressed in or released:
|As you can see, connecting third-party sensors to the Cortex and making use of them in ROBOTC isn't much more complicated than using any of the official sensors. Happy programming!


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While a Canada without poor people may sound like a pipe dream, in fact it is an achievable goal.
So says Conservative Sen. Hugh Segal, who makes an argument for a poverty-free country in the Literary Review of Canada. It's worth noting that Segal, a former chief of staff to Brian Mulroney appointed to the Senate by Paul Martin, is more Red Tory than Harper-style Conservative.
Accordingly, the Ontario senator argues, a guaranteed annual income is as worthy a Canadian project as Medicare.
He says it could be arranged by way of a tax credit through the income tax system, to top up income of anyone falling below Statistics Canada's Low Income Cutoff (LICO).
LICO for a single person is about $22,200; for a family with three children, roughly $47,000.
"In other words," writes Segal, "being poor would become a problem we all buffered in the same way as we buffer all Canadians relative to health care."
He estimates the annual cost at about $10,000 per person.
But when all the billions now spent on health care and heavily stigmatized welfare payments — to alternatively address needs of the poor — are subtracted, the net cost to government would be zero.
"The cost to our Canadian economy of poor Canadians dropping out of school, getting sick faster, staying in hospital longer and living shorter lives than the rest of us is in the billions."
Imagine what a guaranteed income might have meant to the Downtown Eastside women murdered by Willie Pickton.
Wally Oppal, in a recent report on the murders, drew a direct link between poverty and the women's plights.
Cost savings to governments would indeed be real, according to a study cited by Segal, carried out by University of Manitoba health sciences professor Evelyn Forget.
Forget tracked an 8.5-per-cent drop in hospital visits among a sample group of farm families in Dauphin, Man., who were part of a 1970s-era federal experiment guaranteeing minimum incomes in case of crop failures.
That experiment also rendered invalid a notion that guaranteed incomes prompt recipients to quit work to become couch potatoes.
"The efficient and humane thing to do is to take the example of Dauphin and learn from it," writes Segal, noting Ottawa wouldn't need a new bureaucracy to deliver guaranteed incomes.
"We have the (tax) system in place."
That said, Segal tells me, when it comes to selling his idea, "I cannot report large progress with the present government or the provinces."
That may be because promised cost savings to government treasuries aren't precisely measurable, and wouldn't be immediate. And the fiscal burden of a guaranteed income would be borne by Ottawa, through the Canada Revenue Agency, while savings would go to the provinces, which finance health and welfare programs.
Deficit-burdened governments aren't likely to embrace the Segal proposal.
But the good news is that Canada's poverty levels have been declining.
Statistics Canada, back in 1969, put the poverty rate as high as 20.8 per cent of Canadians. Today, it's 9.4 per cent.
According to the CIA's World Fact Book, poverty in the U.S. afflicts 15.1 per cent; in the United Kingdom, 14 per cent; in France, 6.2 per cent.
An October study by the University of Waterloo's Canadian Index of Well Being Network, meanwhile, notes that in the two years following the 2008 recession, Canadian living standards dropped by 24 per cent.
Alas, a guaranteed income for Canadians is a lot like getting rid of the Indian Act, simplifying the Tax Code, or abolishing the Senate. All great ideas that governments never get around to executing.


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Red Sox celebrate street dedication of "Arthur's Way"
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Red Sox pay tribute to Arthur D'Angelo, owner of The Souvenir Store and founder of '47 Brand
BOSTON, MA - The Red Sox and Mayor Thomas M. Menino today dedicated a street to Arthur D'Angelo, owner of Twins Enterprises, The Souvenir Store on Yawkey Way, and founder of '47 Brand, a company that produces licensed apparel for Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and over 650 colleges.
The private road, which intersects with Yawkey Way in front of Fenway Park, was named "Arthur's Way." It is adjacent to the Souvenir Shop. D'Angelo, 86, was also honored during a pre-game ceremony at Fenway Park, throwing the ceremonial first pitch.
In 1939, at the age of 12, Arthur D'Angelo and his twin brother Henry immigrated to Boston from their native Italy. They made their Fenway Park debut selling 2-cent newspapers that year, the same year that another rookie, Ted Williams, was taking center stage at the ballpark.
The twin brothers graduated from selling newspapers to shining shoes and selling flowers and ice cream outside Fenway Park. In 1947, after the Red Sox won the American League Pennant in '46, the twins began selling Red Sox pennants, believed to be the first ever sold in Major League Baseball. Their "Twins Enterprise" is now known as '47 Brand, commemorating the year their business began.
After the street dedication, the D'Angelo family and the Red Sox presented a check from '47 Brand of $1,422,547 to Mayor Menino for The One Fund, the charity formed to assist the victims and family members affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy of April 15, 2103. The Red Sox and '47 Brand partnered to create the iconic B Strong baseball caps and t-shirts whose proceeds benefited the One Fund.


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Face of the Day: Peach & Plum
- Uploading a new video for Beauty Vlogcast! About time! :)
- Getting a headache... I didn't have coffee this morning- wonder if it's caffeine withdrawal.
- Loving our new fully functional heating system. I've been having fun with the fully programmable thermostat (fun with the thermostat? Did I just say that? lol)
- Got a couple of new things from Sephora thanks to a birthday gift card from my brother... plus a few new drugstore things... would you like to see a haul video?


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Q: According to reports, Liu He, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs met with US President's major economic aides on March 1. Please give us more details on that.
A: On the afternoon of March 1, Liu He, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, who is on his visit to the US, had constructive and helpful consultations with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The two sides had candid exchange on key issues in bilateral economic and trade relations, which would create necessary conditions for in-depth cooperation going forward.
Q: Russian President Putin yesterday made his annual State of the Union Address to the Parliament. What's your comment on that address? He said that Russia has developed intercontinental underwater drones and new nuclear-capable missiles and successfully tested the new hyper-sonic aviation and missile system. I wonder if China has any comment on that and does China have any concern that the new arms would lead to the new arms race between Russia and the United States?
A: We have seen relevant reports. Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his annual State of the Union Address in which he reviewed the achievements Russia has made in recent years while laying out an array of new goals and plans for the future. We are happy to see that Russia has achieved social stability and economic growth and improved its people's welfare under President Putin's leadership.
We noted that President Putin said in his address that Russia has established strong, friendly and equal relations with the absolute majority of countries, and Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is one example. We agree with President Putin's high praise of China-Russia relations and believe that a mature and stable China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is an exemplar of today's state-to-state relations, one with enduring vitality as it is built on equality, mutual trust, mutual support, common prosperity and lasting friendship and serves the fundamental interests of our two countries and peoples.
China stands ready to work with Russia and the international community to build a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation, and contribute to peace, stability, development and prosperity of the region and the world beyond.
As for how to perceive these newly developed weapons President Putin mentioned in his address, we have noted some reports on the US State of the Union Address recently released and on its new Nuclear Posture Review. We believe that peace and development is still the themes of the times, and maintaining global strategic stability requires the concerted efforts of all parties.
Q: Coinciding Director Liu He's visit, the US side let slip that it would plan on bringing heavy tariffs on steel and aluminum imported to the US. Many other countries have expressed their displeasure at such acts. I wonder what is China's reaction to that?
A: Like what I said just now, Director Liu He had candid exchange with the US side on key issues in bilateral economic and trade relations during the visit.
China has repeatedly stated its position with regard to US' investigations and trade remedy measures as you mentioned. Head of the Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau of Ministry of Commerce Wang Hejun has pointed out that the US has launched over a hundred anti-dumping and countervailing measures on most imported steel and aluminum products, providing overprotection for its domestic products. In recent years, the global economic recovery has been sluggish and the steel and aluminum industries in various countries are facing difficulties. At present, the foundation of the global economic recovery is still not solid. All countries should cope with the situation together and work with each other to explore solutions instead of taking trade restrictions unilaterally and profiting oneself at the expense of the neighbor. China urges the US to exercise restraint in using trade protection tools and comply with multilateral trade rules so as to make positive contribution to the international economic and trade order.
Q: This year has witnessed a momentum of amelioration on the Korean Peninsula. With talks resumed between the DPRK and the ROK, the DPRK has sent several delegations to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and ROK President Moon Jae-in also said he would send a special envoy to visit the DPRK. On the other hand, the US and the ROK could possibly launch a joint military exercise in the wake of the Winter Olympics. How does China look at the situation on the Korean Peninsula for now and how does it think of the way out for the Korean Peninsula in the next stage?
A: Since the very beginning of this year, the DPRK and the ROK have taken the opportunity of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games to conduct exchanges and active interactions, leading to amelioration of the tension on the Korean Peninsula. We have noted that the ROK said it would send a special envoy to the DPRK and the DPRK and the US have also showed willingness for talks. China welcomes and supports these positive developments. The international community should also continue to encourage and support such moves so as to ensure that the efforts to improve the DPRK-ROK relations will lead to a direct dialogue between the DPRK and the US and a comprehensive dialogue aimed for settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue at an early date.
China always stands for realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, upholds peace and stability on the Peninsula and is committed to resolving the issue through dialogue and negotiation. China has repeatedly pointed out that the essence of the Korean Peninsula issue is about security. Sanction itself is not the end, and only dialogue makes the fundamental way out for resolving the security concerns of various parties and the ultimate settlement of the Peninsula issue.
The development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula since the beginning of this year fully shows that the suspension of the DPRK's nuclear and missile activities and of the US and the ROK's large-scale joint military exercises is conducive to easing tensions, building up mutual trust and creating conditions for dialogue. We hope that the international community will step up political and diplomatic efforts and that the relevant parties of the Korean Peninsula issue can make political decisions as soon as possible, advance dialogue by lowering the threshold and taking synchronized and small steps, promote the negotiation for realizing the denuclearization in tandem with setting up a peace mechanism of the Korean Peninsula, and make due contributions to the political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue respectively.
Q: The USS Carl Vinson is due to arrive in Vietnam on Monday. It is the first visit by a US aircraft carrier to Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. This display of US military force in the South China Sea and Vietnam's apparent welcoming of US presence in that area seem to be sending a message to all countries involved in the South China Sea disputes. How does China view that visit?
A: We have no problem with other countries carrying out normal exchanges and cooperation, including ones in the military field. The US is a major country, commanding great influence and shouldering important responsibility for world peace and security. Vietnam is an important country in the region and an important neighbor to China as well. We hope that exchanges between the two countries would contribute to regional peace and stability in a positive and constructive way, instead of adding any unsettling factors.
Q: It is reported that the Myanmar government and relevant ethnic armed groups have planned to hold the third meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in early May, according to a decision of the Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) on the nationwide ceasefire agreement on February 28. What is your comment?
A: China always supports the efforts made by all parties in Myanmar for domestic peace and national reconciliation and has been playing a constructive role in that regard. We hope that all parties in Myanmar could resolve their disputes peacefully through dialogue and consultation so as to realize a nationwide ceasefire at an early date and create favorable conditions for achieving lasting peace.
Q: China Daily said today that if the US was to pass the new bill which will encourage high-level exchanges between the US and Taiwan, including at official level, this might trigger the Anti-Secession Law which would allow Beijing to use force to stop Taiwan from attempting an independence. Is this a view that you agree with?
A: We usually make no comment on the opinions made by the media. I already made clear China's stern position on this issue yesterday. I would like to stress again that the one-China principle is the political foundation of the China-US relationship. We urge the US side to adhere to the one-China policy and honor the commitments it made in the three joint communiqués, stop pursuing any official ties with Taiwan or improving its current relations with Taiwan in any substantive way. It must handle Taiwan-related issues cautiously and properly so as to avoid causing any major disruption or damage to the China-US relations.
Thank you for joining us today. Wish you a happy Lantern Festival!


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The Run Cap is a Lightweight and compressible five-panel cap with a soft, comfortable visor that is ideal for sun protection on the trail. The adjustable elastic band closure is matched with a breathable moisture-wicking sweatband for all-day comfort, and reflective logo elements provide high-visibility well into the evening.
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Crown, Undervisor and Adjustable strap: 92% Polyester, 8% Elastane
Inner sweatband, side mesh panels: 100% Polyester
Care Instructions
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A story about an upcoming Hello Kitty exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum published Tuesday by the LA Times informed people all over the world that "Hello Kitty is not a cat," but the issue is much more complex than that.
The famed Sanrio character is about to have a big month in Los Angeles to celebrate 40 years. Not only will the city open the "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" exhibit in early October, but two weeks later the first-ever Hello Kitty Con will also open in LA's Museum of Contemporary art.
In anticipation of the events the LA Times contacted University of Hawaii anthropologist Christine R. Yano, who has studied the Hello Kitty phenomenon in depth, to uncover a few misconceptions of the beloved character. Among them, that Hello Kitty is a cat.
Yano told the publication she was "corrected very firmly" while preparing her texts for the upcoming exhibition because she referred to Hello Kitty as a feline.
"That's one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty."
In fact, there is a lot more to Hello Kitty than meets the eye. Her description on the Sanrio website claims she lives in the suburbs of London, England, is a Scorpio, weighs around three apples, and loves to bake cookies, make origami and collect little stars.
But Yano's revelations shocked to a point that Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft decided to further investigate the non-catness of the character. After contacting Sanrio's Tokyo headquarters, Kotaku was told that saying Hello Kitty is not cat would be "going too far" but that claiming she is human would be just plain wrong.
"Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat. Hello Kitty is a personification of a cat."
Thus, even though Hello Kitty has a pet cat and walks like a two-legged creature, she is a cat in the same way Disney's Goofy is a dog, yet not a pet dog like Pluto.
For those who are still skeptical about Hello Kitty's identity, Kotaku pointed out that Hello Kitty didn't have a name when she first appeared on a 1974 coin purse. The pouch, however, did have the word "Hello" above the character's image. In time, Sanrio decided to name the cartoon Kitty after one of Alice's pet cats in Through the Looking-Glass.


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|Iron Mountain Incorporated
|Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.,
|Eastman Kodak Company
|3D Systems
|Pegasystems Inc.
|U.S. Bancorp
|Fox Networks Group
|Millennium Health
|Unishippers Global Logistics, LLC
|Cogentix Medical, Inc.
|Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
|Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
|Boyd Corporation
|Mittleman Investment Management, LLC
|Sonus Networks, Inc.
|Veracyte, Inc.
|Control Point Associates, Inc.
|Northwest Hardwoods Inc.
|Sunlight Financial
|CTI Foods
|Personal Capital
|BDNA® Corporation
|Smith & Associates
|Hunt Mining Corp.
|American Healthcare Investors
|Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.
|Verifi, Inc.
|Hecla Mining Company
|Calamos Investments
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Iron Mountain Incorporated [BOSTON] (NYSE: IRM) announced that Roderick Day, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company due to personal reasons. He will be replaced by Stuart Brown, who will be the company's new Executive Vice President and CFO when Day steps down. Brown has served as CFO since 2011 for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. From 2006 to 2011, Brown was CFO for DCT Industrial Trust Inc. Additionally, Brown served as chief accounting officer for Federal Realty Investment Trust from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that time, he held a variety of positions with Royal Ahold, as well as corporate accounting and controller roles for Ahold's U.S. companies, Stop & Shop and Giant Food, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent five years in public accounting with Deloitte.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced that Stuart B. Brown, the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be resigning. Terry Harryman, the Company's Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller for the past four years, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer.
Nasdaq Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced that Michael Ptasznik, a 20-year veteran of TMX Group Limited, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ptasznik joins Nasdaq from TMX Group Limited where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2002. Prior to his appointment as CFO, he held senior positions including Vice President, Finance & Administration and Director, Financial Planning & Analysis.
Eastman Kodak Company [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] (NYSE:KODK) announced the appointment of David Bullwinkle as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Bullwinkle replaces John McMullen as CFO. Bullwinkle joined Kodak in 2004 and has worked in several financial management roles at the company including Worldwide BU Controller, Assistant Corporate Controller and External Reporting Manager. Most recently he has served as the Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, Director of Investor Relations and Vice President, Finance at Kodak since 2010. Prior to joining Kodak, Bullwinkle worked as the Manager of Financial Reporting at Birds Eye Foods, Inc. and previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1996 to 2002 in various roles including serving as an Assurance Manager.
3D Systems [ROCK HILL, South Carolina] (NYSE:DDD) announced that John N. McMullen will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. McMullen succeeds David Styka in the CFO role. Styka will remain with the company to provide operational and financial support to Management. McMullen most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kodak. Before that, McMullen led a 32-year career at HP and its acquired companies, Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation. His positions included Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Treasurer of HP, Chief Financial Officer of HP's Imaging and Printing Group, and Vice President of Finance and Strategy for Compaq's Worldwide Sales and Services Group. Since 2011, McMullen has served on the Board of Directors and as Audit Committee Chair of Vocera Communications.
AccuWeather announced the appointment of Steven Hickson as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously CFO of Latin American Pay Television Service (LAPTV), a pay television joint venture owned by 21st Century FOX, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, and MGM. Prior to that he managed at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. He began his career in finance as a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG.
Pegasystems Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PEGA) announced it has appointed Ken Stillwell as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. He joins Pega from Dynatrace, where he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Dynatrace, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer at SOVOS, where he managed a number of operational functions in addition to his duties as CFO. Mr. Stillwell also brings five years of financial leadership experience at PTC, where he served as the divisional CFO within the product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) segment.
U.S. Bancorp [MINNEAPOLIS ] (NYSE:USB) announced that Terry Dolan, currently vice chairman, Wealth Management & Securities Services, has been appointed to vice chairman and chief financial officer, replacing Kathy Rogers. Dolan has been with U.S. Bank for nearly 18 years and has been in his current role as vice chairman, Wealth Management & Securities Services since July 2010. Prior to his current role, he served as executive vice president and controller at U.S. Bank.
Fox Networks Group [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: FOXA) announced that longtime CFO Del Mayberry will retire after more than three decades with the company. Ravi Ahuja, who currently serves as FNG Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Development, has been named Mayberry's successor. Ahuja came to Fox from Virgin Entertainment Group where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Virgin, he was an Associate at McKinsey & Company in New York and Los Angeles. He is currently on the boards of Roku and YES Network and has also served on the LA Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry.
Millennium Health [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Michael Keane as chief financial officer. Most recently, Keane was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Genomatica. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and board member at wind energy company Clipper Windpower, Inc. Keane previously held chief financial officer and executive positions with Computer Sciences Corporation, UNOVA, Inc., Western Atlas Inc., and Litton Industries after beginning his professional career as a certified public accountant for Price Waterhouse.
Unishippers Global Logistics, LLC [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Robert Rodgers will join the executive team as the new CFO. Prior to joining Unishippers, he spent six years at Orbital ATK, most recently serving as VP and Corporate Controller. Previous to ATK, he spent five years at Lockheed Martin in various business management and financial roles as well as fourteen years in various finance roles at GE Capital.
Cogentix Medical, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CGNT) reported that Brett A. Reynolds has rejoined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He joined Uroplasty in 2013, which was merged into Cogentix Medical in 2015. Brett came to the Company after serving in various senior positions over a span of ten years, including Chief Financial Officer, with Synovis Life Technologies. Prior to Synovis, he served in executive financial positions at Chiquita Processed Foods and Deloitte & Touche.
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced that Kevin R. Lindwill join its management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Arena, Mr. Lind was at TPG, most recently as a Principal at TPG Special Situations Partners and initially at TPG-Axon's Pharma Partners group. Mr. Lind started his career in various capacities as a healthcare investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. [NEW CANAAN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: BWFG) announced that Ernest J. Verrico, Sr., its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, has tendered his retirement notice. Mr. Verrico was named Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company in September 2009 and served as the Chief Operating Officer from 2010 until 2013. Mr. Verrico came to Bankwell as a member of the executive management team, holding several executive positions at First Union National Bank of CT and Cornerstone Bank, and prior to that, a six year career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADVM) announced the appointment of Leone Patterson as chief financial officer (CFO). Ms. Patterson joins Adverum from Diadexus where she was chief financial officer responsible for all financial, administrative, legal and risk management functions. Before that, she was CFO at Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2012 until 2014. Previously, Ms. Patterson was vice president and global corporate controller of NetApp from 2010 to 2012. She was vice president of finance at Exelixis from 2007 to 2010. Before Exelixis, Ms. Patterson served as vice president of global business planning and analysis of the Vaccines and Diagnostics Division of Novartis AG from 2006 to 2007. From 1999 to 2006, she held several positions, including vice president, corporate controller at Chiron. She also worked in the audit practice of accounting firm KPMG where she held various positions including senior manager.
Boyd Corporation [MODESTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Eric K. Struik as Boyd's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer for Erickson Incorporated. Prior to Erickson, Eric was VP of Finance for Remy International.
Mittleman Investment Management, LLC [NEW YORK] announced that Stephen G. Bondi has joined the firm as Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bondi joins the firm from van Biema Value Partners, LLC where for the past 6 years he served as Chief Operating Officer and was co-head of the company's operational due diligence efforts. Prior to van Biema, Mr. Bondi served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer for Asset Alliance Corporation for 10 years. Before joining Asset Alliance, Mr. Bondi spent nearly 18 years with GAMCO Investors, Inc., starting with the firm in 1982. While at GAMCO, Mr. Bondi held several executive and board positions, including Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration of GAMCO as well as President of Gabelli Securities, Inc., the parent company to their alternatives business.
Sonus Networks Inc. [WESTFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SONS) announced that Mark Greenquist has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Susan Villare, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, will fulfill the duties as interim Chief Financial Officer while the Company considers both internal and external candidates.
Veracyte, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: VCYT) announced the resignation of Shelly D. Guyer, the company's chief financial officer.
Thycotic [WASHINGTON] has hired Kathy Moore as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Thycotic, she was the CFO at Allied Telecom Group. She held executive roles at Razorsight Corporation, Wisor Telecom and Innovectra Corporation, prior to Thycotic.
Control Point Associates, Inc. [WARREN, N.J.] announced that they are welcoming Jason Shapiro as their new Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining CPA, Shapiro was Controller of IEEE. Prior to joining IEEE, Jason served as Chief Financial Officer at Iron Eagle Group, an energy & infrastructure company that he founded. Mr. Shapiro was previously Vice President of Macquarie Capital Fund, Macquarie Group's Private Equity Group. Prior to Macquarie, Mr. Shapiro was at UBS Investment Bank.
Northwest Hardwoods Inc. [TACOMA, Wash.] has named Frederic Jung as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining NWH, Frederic was the chief financial officer at Arizona Chemical, for nearly 8 years until its recent sale to Kraton Performance Polymers. Prior to joining Arizona Chemical in 2008, Jung was with Nalco Company, where he served in a variety of successive leadership positions, including most recently as corporate controller.
Sunlight Financial [TEANECK, N.J.] announced the appointment of Barry Edinburg as Chief Financial Officer. Edinburg, a former executive at Kilowatt Financial and Fortress Investment Group, joins Sunlight from Spruce Finance where he was the Chief Financial Officer.
Vyze [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that John Whitmarsh has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Whitmarsh was the CFO for Zenoss Inc., a provider of unified IT monitoring and management solutions for physical, virtual and cloud-based IT infrastructures. He also held CFO roles at Century Payments (Worldpay), Misys Transactions Services (Allscripts), Digital Motorworks (ADP) and MessageOne (Dell).
CTI Foods [WILDER, Idaho] announced the appointment of Raymond (Ray) Silcock as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ray led the global Finance and Accounting organization of Diamond Foods, Inc. Prior to joining Diamond, Ray was SVP & CFO of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Other roles have included serving as CFO of UST Inc. and CFO of Swift and Company. From 1998 until 2005, Ray was CFO of Cott Corporation. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of progressively more responsible roles at Campbell Soup Company where he worked from 1979-1997.
Personal Capital [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Mike Armsby as CFO.
CommerceHub [ALBANY, NY] announced the appointment of Mark Greenquist as Chief Financial Officer. Greenquist succeeds CFO Bob Marro, who will remain with the company as an advisor. Before CommerceHub, Greenquist was CFO of Sonus Networks. Prior to Sonus, he held a variety of senior leadership positions, including CFO at Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited). Before Siemens, Greenquist served as President and CEO at Telcordia Technologies, Inc. until its acquisition by Ericsson in 2012, and held leadership roles at Symbol Technologies, Agere Systems, General Motors and Delta Airlines.
BDNA® Corporation [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that veteran financial executive Dave Pomeroy has joined the team as chief financial officer. Pomeroy joins BDNA with more than 20 years of experience in finance, including holding senior finance positions at Apple, Yahoo and Microsoft. Before joining BDNA, Pomeroy served as the chief financial officer at Symphony Communication Services. Pomeroy also served as the chief financial officer for Rhythm NewMedia.
Smith & Associates [HOUSTON, TEXAS] announced the appointment of Jason C. Fowler to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the company, Fowler spent most of his career at Guaranty Bank and then Texas Capital Bank in Houston. Last year, Jason took on the role of Senior Vice President in Texas Capital's Energy Banking Group. He began his banking career at Guaranty Bank in 2001.
Hunt Mining Corp. [LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.] (TSX-V:HMX) announced the appointment of James N. Meek to the position of Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). Mr. Meek has worked for mining companies including ASARCO Incorporated for 17 years, ascending from Metallurgical Account to Accounting Manager; Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. for over 10 years, including 5 years as Treasurer and Manager of Budget and Forecasting; Sterling Mining Company for almost 4 years in the position of CFO and Romarco Minerals Inc. for 1 year in the role of CFO.
American Healthcare Investors [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Brian Peay has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Peay joins American Healthcare Investors from Veritas Investments, Inc., where he served as chief financial officer. Peay previously served in a series of management positions with Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc., ultimately as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Peay began his professional career in 1988 with real estate public accounting firm Kenneth Leventhal & Company, which merged with Ernst & Young in 1995.
Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. [GARDNER, Mass.] (OTCQB: PEYE) announced that Jack P. Dreimiller, the Company's Chief Financial Officer since 2008 and from 1992 to 2005, has decided to retire from the Company. The Company also announced that Donald A. Major has resigned from the Board of Directors and has been appointed the new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dreimiller has agreed to assist with the transition. Mr. Major has experience in numerous companies, including various senior executive positions as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Major has performed consulting services in a variety of situations since October 2007. Previously, Mr. Major was CFO of multiple medical device companies, including BioPlasty, Inc., Uroplasty, Inc., and Advanced Bio-Surfaces, as well as non-medical companies including Digital Excellence, Inc. and Advanced Duplication Services, Inc. From 1983 to 1991 Mr. Major performed professional audit and tax services with Grant Thornton's Muskegon, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota offices.
Verifi, Inc. [LOS ANGELES, CA] announced the hiring of industry veteran, Ronald B. Cushey as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cushey most recently served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Hulu. Prior to Hulu, Mr. Cushey was the Vice President of Finance, Control & Administration at Sony Network Entertainment (SNE). He joined SNE from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Previously he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of various entertainment and media companies including, LIVE Entertainment, The Hollywood Stock Exchange and Nelson Holdings International Ltd./Nelson Entertainment Group.
Hecla Mining Company [COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho] (NYSE: HL) announced that Lindsay Hall has accepted the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, following the retirement of James Sabala. Recently, Lindsay was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Goldcorp Inc. and prior to that held senior financial positions at Duke Energy Corporation.
Calamos Investments [NAPERVILLE, Ill.] has appointed Thomas Herman as Chief Financial Officer. Herman joins Calamos from Harris Associates, where he was CFO and Treasurer for the past six years. Previously, from 2004 to 2010, he was SVP, CFO and Treasurer at Ariel Investments.


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2 charged in home invasion, triple slaying
12-year-old child injured trying to protect mother
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters-Baker said two people have been charged in a home invasion and shooting that left three people dead.
Maria Hernandez, 48, her boyfriend, Tomas Dominguez, and Hernandez's 20-year-old son, Antonio Hernandez, were killed in the shooting last Friday. The 20-year-old's hands and mouth had been duct taped.
A 12-year-old boy was shot and suffered critical injuries. Police said the boy, who turned 13 the day after the shooting, had stepped in front of his mother to try to protect her.
Antonio Cervantes III, 32, of Independence and Kevin M. Finley, 33, of Kansas City have both been charged with first-degree murder in the case. They will make court appearances on Monday.
Police said a witness told them the men came into the garage, tied up Antonio Hernandez and asked where the drugs where.
Tomas Dominguez used to date Cervantes' mother, according to court documents, and Cervantes had gone to the house with the intention of robbing him. Police said Cervantes said he had robbed Dominguez before.
Peters-Baker's news conference was scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Prosecutors said it was delayed by about 30 minutes because they were waiting for a judge to sign off on the charging documents.
Neighbor Curt Kneisley said he was relieved to know that there had been arrests and charges.
"I'm still stunned that all of this has happened but really glad that there's a strong investigation going on," he said.


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Mr. Gezundheit: (sneezes, blows nose) "Yeah, I caught this cold from my wife."
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Genetics 101
Mr. Gezundheit: (sneezes, blows nose) "Yeah, I caught this cold from my wife."
8 comments:
- Community RN said...
LOL... well it does run in the family....
- December 23, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Kat's Kats said...
::head:laptop:: Well, that's what you get when you marry cousins!!
- December 23, 2010 at 9:49 PM
well at least you learned that the STUPID runs in the family. i don't know how the heck you chart that so you'll be warned next time you see one of them - is there a secret medical acronym for "not very smart"?
- December 23, 2010 at 10:00 PM
LMAO, thats some nasty X-linked recessive s###
- December 24, 2010 at 1:49 AM
"But I gave her the clap, so it all evens out."
- December 24, 2010 at 4:28 AM
- Nurse Bukowski said...
Why is diarrhoea hereditary? Because it runs in your jeans. Ho Ho Ho.
Nurse Bukowski
- December 24, 2010 at 5:47 AM
- The Mother said...
I will never forget a lecture in my residency when the immunology prof hypothesized that the MHC complex (then HLA, but I'm dating myself, yet again) evolved for the purpose of keeping people in close quarters from passing colds back and forth.
Those of us who had kids just howled.
- December 24, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Unknown said...
On the outside, I'm groaning at Nurse Bukowski's joke. Because I'm all mature and stuff. But on the inside, I'm laughing like a 10-year-old boy. **snicker**
- December 24, 2010 at 3:37 PM


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Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
New American
April 1, 2013
Despite failing to be adopted by consensus vote on last Thursday, the Arms Trade Treaty's (ATT) civilian disarmament agenda marches on.
In an interview with The New American in advance of Thursday's ill-fated final plenary session of the conference at UN headquarters deliberating the Arms Trade Treaty, a member of the U.S. delegation said the they were prepared to vote in favor of adoption of the gun grab.
They never got the chance, however, as Iran, Syria, and North Korea objected to the treaty, declaring it to be too favorable to the interests of the United States.
That point is debatable.
As I reported from the conference, the text of the treaty mandates several infringements on the right of people to keep and bear arms as protected by the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
For example, the Preamble of the Arms Trade Treaty points to the United Nations Charter as the source of guiding principles upon which the agreement is based. Citizens of the United States, however, recognize God as the source of all rights they enjoy. Not even the Constitution claims to be the giver of rights; it is merely the protector of them.
The ultimate American statement on the issue of the provenance of rights was written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
The UN would see the Declaration of Independence replaced by the Declaration of Human Rights and would have the Creator replaced with government as the source of rights.
Take, for example, the principle of the ATT declaring the "inherent right of all States to individual or collective self-defence [sic] as recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations."
States have no "right of self-defense." In fact, states have no rights at all. Men have rights and they may cede a portion of the protection of those rights to government. This is a provisional grant, revocable at the will of the people.
Ironically, moreover, it is in defense of tyranny of the government that individuals typically need to collectively exercise their natural right of self-defense.
Should those who govern ever exceed the boundaries drawn by the people around their power, the people retain the right — the natural right — of self-defense.
Furthermore, no document — not even the Constitution — grants rights. Rights are given by God and societies may draft constitutions in order to protect those rights from assault by government.
Again, the words of Thomas Jefferson pronounced in the Declaration of Independence establish the American position:
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their CREATOR, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. [Emphasis in original]
Regardless of the promises of its advocates, the Arms Trade Treaty violates not only the Second Amendment, but also the American concept of the source of rights and the right of the people to defend themselves against the "long train of abuses" of any government.
President Obama will not be deterred, however. Not by the Declaration of Independence, not by the Second Amendment, and not by the failure of the ATT conference to adopt the treaty by consensus.
Peter Woolcott, president of the conference and ambassador from Australia, ordered the treaty sent to the Secretary General of the United Nations for presentation to the General Assembly for its approval.
The Obama administration is determined to make that happen.
During a phone conference held after the vote, the U.S. lead negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Countryman, reaffirmed the president's support for implementation of the treaty.
"We look forward to this text being adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in the very near future," Countryman said. "It's important to the United States and the defense of our interests to insist on consensus. But every state in this process has always been conscious of the fact that, if consensus is not reached in this process, that there are other ways to adopt this treaty, including via a vote of the General Assembly."
Later, Countryman predicted that barring any further alterations to the text, the General Assembly vote on the gun control treaty within days.
Predicting that the president would take such a tack in order to accelerate his drive toward the absolute disarmament of civilians and the establishment of a government monopoly over all means of armed resistance, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) declared his intent to stand in defense of the right to keep and bear arms.
The most recent collapse of ATT negotiations should serve as a wake-up call to the world's democracies of the inherent flaws in the U.N. treaty process that puts us on level ground with dictatorships who abuse human rights and arms terrorists.
In the coming weeks, I anticipate ATT supporters will seek new avenues for treaty adoption, such as the U.N. General Assembly. Given the apparent support of the Obama Administration for the ATT, members of the U.S. Senate must continue to make clear that any treaty that violates our Second Amendment freedoms will be an absolute nonstarter for ratification.
As The New American reported recently, Moran is the chief sponsor of a resolution, S. Con. Res. 7, that enjoys bipartisan support from 32 co-sponsors. Moran's measure declares that it is the sense of Congress that "the President should not sign the Arms Trade Treaty, and that, if he transmits the treaty with his signature to the Senate, the Senate should not ratify the Arms Trade Treaty."
Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) has offered a companion measure in the House.
Both the Moran and Kelly resolutions declare that the Arms Trade Treaty "poses significant risks to the national security, foreign policy, and economic interests of the United States as well as to the constitutional rights of United States citizens and United States sovereignty."
The measures also points out that UN gun grab "fails to expressly recognize the fundamental, individual right to keep and to bear arms and the individual right of personal self-defense, as well as the legitimacy of hunting, sports shooting, and other lawful activities pertaining to the private ownership of firearms and related materials, and thus risks infringing on freedoms protected by the Second Amendment."
Others of Moran's colleagues are riding to the defense of the right to keep and bear arms, as well.
On March 23, the Senate approved a measure sponsored by Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) "to uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty." By a vote of 53-46, the Senate passed Inhofe's amendment to the budget bill.
While all these events auger positively for the future of the Second Amendment, Americans must remain vigilant. The treaty may still be approved by a majority of the UN General Assembly, and regardless of the outcome of that vote, President Obama is intent on executing its unconstitutional mandates, seizing control of all privately owned firearms and ammunition.
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Fourth Global Influenza Seroepidemiology Expert Meeting (CONSISE)
A two-day workshop of CONSISE (the Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology) took place back-to-back with the global influenza conference Options for the control of influenza.
Novel coronavirus: Whole genome sequence published by HPAArchived
On 13 November 2012, the Health Protection Agency published the whole genome sequence data from the second case of respiratory disease associated with a novel coronavirus who was hospitalised in England.
Updated guidance on novel coronavirus by WHO: surveillance, applied epidemiological studies and clinical guidance
The WHO has recently updated a number of its interim guidance documents for the novel coronavirus including clinical management (11th February) and the case definition for reporting (19th February);
Ongoing outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
An article published on 21 June in the New England Journal of Medicine describes a healthcare associated outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) infection in the Al-Ahsa region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus neutralising serum antibodies in dromedary camels: a comparative serological study
A study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases on 9 August 2013 by Reusken et al identified antibodies to MERS-CoV in camels both in Oman and Spain. A total of 50 out of 50 (100%) sera sampled from Omani camels and 15 of 105 (14%) of sera from camels from Spain had antibodies against MERS-CoV. Sera from European and Chilean sheep, goats, cattle and other camelids had no such antibodies.
MERS-CoV isolated in a bat
The authors conclude that bats might play a role in human infection although this does not exclude the possibility of other hosts.
Possible animal reservoirs for MERS-CoV need further exploration
No neutralising or cross-reacting antibodies were found in the sampled human population.
IHR Emergency Committee alerts to continued and significant public health risks posed by MERS
The current nosocomial outbreaks, of MERS, in Riyadh and Amman are the latest reminder of the need for healthcare systems to be prepared.
Epidemiological update: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), 4 July 2013
Since the last ECDC update on 17 June 2013, 13 new confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and two deaths have been reported by the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia.
Epidemiological update: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
By 22 November 2013, 160 cases of MERS have been reported. All cases have either occurred in the Middle East or have direct links to a primary case infected in the Middle East.


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July 18, 2011 -- Looking to lower your blood pressure? You might want to add more soy or low-fat dairy to your diet.
A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet that replacing carbohydrates with protein from low-fat dairy and soy can help reduce blood pressure.
The study is the first to directly compare the effects of vegetable protein, dairy protein, and carbohydrates on hypertension.
Study participants who took low-fat protein supplements derived from either milk or soy had lower blood pressure readings than participants who took carbohydrate supplements.
While this difference was modest, the researchers say it could mean a 6% drop in stroke deaths and a 4% drop in deaths from heart attack.
"Our study suggests that partially replacing a high-carbohydrate diet with soy or low-fat dairy may be beneficial for blood pressure," study researcher Jiang He, MD, PhD, of Tulane University tells WebMD.
Impact of Soy and Low-Fat Dairy on Blood Pressure
About 75 million Americans have high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association.
Some earlier studies have suggested that eating a diet rich in low-fat dairy products can lower blood pressure.
The most well known of these studies was the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet study. It found that lowering sodium, limiting red meats and sweets, and eating two to three daily servings of low-fat dairy could reduce hypertension.
But other studies have not shown the association and some others have even suggested that a high-carbohydrate diet lowers blood pressure.
In an effort to better understand the impact, if any, of dietary protein and carbohydrates on blood pressure, Jiang He and colleagues conducted a study involving 352 patients with prehypertension or moderate hypertension (systolic blood pressure ranged from 120 to 159 and diastolic of 80 to 95).
Each study participant took powdered supplements of soy protein, milk protein, or refined carbohydrate in liquid twice a day for eight weeks. Milk and soy supplementation delivered 40 grams of protein daily, while the protein in the carbohydrate powder was negligible.
After a three-week "wash out" period the participants were put on another supplement for eight more weeks, followed by another three-week period without supplementation and another eight weeks on the third supplement.
Each participant took all three supplements over the course of the study, and since the powders looked and tasted the same, neither they nor the investigators knew which one they were taking at any given time.
The supplements were formulated to allow the researchers to compare the effects on hypertension without changing other dietary influences on blood pressure, including sodium, potassium, and calcium.
Blood pressure readings were taken three times at each of two clinical visits before and after each eight-week treatment phase.
Substituting Soy, Milk Protein for Carbohydrates
While no change in diastolic pressure was seen, milk protein supplementation was associated with an average lowering of 2.3 points in systolic blood pressure, and soy supplementation was associated with a 2.0 point reduction, compared to carbohydrate supplementation.
The study, which was funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, appears in the Aug. 2 issue of Circulation.
Nutritionist and American Heart Association spokeswoman Rachel K. Johnson, PhD, MPH, tells WebMD that the study offers solid evidence that substituting soy or milk protein for carbohydrates can have a modest impact on blood pressure.
Johnson, who is a professor of nutrition at the University of Vermont and chair of the American Heart Association committee on nutrition, says one way to do this is to substitute soy milk or low-fat milk for sugar-sweetened beverages.
"We know that sugar-sweetened beverages are the No. 1 source of added sugars in the American diet, and several studies suggest that drinking fewer sugar-sweetened beverages can lower blood pressure," she says. "To me, this is just another nail in the coffin of these beverages."


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Nashville star Hayden Panettiere and her fiance boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko are expecting their first child together Us Weekly reports. "Hayden is totally pregnant!" a source tells the magazine. Hayden, 24, and Wladimir, 38, first began dating in 2009 and broke up in 2011 only to get back together in 2013.
Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko are expecting their first child together!
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A General Hilbert Space Approach to Wavelets and Its Application in Geopotential Determination (1999)
A general approach to wavelets is presented within a framework of a separable functional Hilbert space H. Basic tool is the construction of H-product kernels by use of Fourier analysis with respect to an orthonormal basis in H. Scaling function and wavelet are defined in terms of H-product kernels. Wavelets are shown to be 'building blocks' that decorrelate the data. A pyramid scheme provides fast computation. Finally, the determination of the earth's gravitational potential from single and multipole expressions is organized as an example of wavelet approximation in Hilbert space structure.
A Nonlinear Galerkin Scheme Involving Vector and Tensor Spherical Harmonics for Solving the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equation on the Sphere (2004)
This work is concerned with a nonlinear Galerkin method for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation on the sphere. It extends the work of Debussche, Marion,Shen, Temam et al. from one-dimensional or toroidal domains to the spherical geometry. In the first part, the method based on type 3 vector spherical harmonics is introduced and convergence is indicated. Further it is shown that the occurring coupling terms involving three vector spherical harmonics can be expressed algebraically in terms of Wigner-3j coefficients. To improve the numerical efficiency and economy we introduce an FFT based pseudo spectral algorithm for computing the Fourier coefficients of the nonlinear advection term. The resulting method scales with O(N^3), if N denotes the maximal spherical harmonic degree. The latter is demonstrated in an extensive numerical example.
Spline functions that approximate data given on the sphere are developed in a weighted Sobolev space setting. The flexibility of the weights makes possible the choice of the approximating function in a way which emphasizes attributes desirable for the particular application area. Examples show that certain choices of the weight sequences yield known methods. A convergence theorem containing explicit constants yields a usable error bound. Our survey ends with the discussion of spherical splines in geodetically relevant pseudodifferential equations.
The Earth's surface is an almost perfect sphere. Deviations from its spherical shape are less than 0,4% of its radius and essentially arise from its rotation. All equipotential surfaces are nearly spherical, too. In consequence, multiscale modelling of geoscientifically relevant data on the sphere involving rotational symmetry of the trial functions used for the approximation plays an important role. In this paper we deal with isotropic kernel functions showing local support and (one-dimensional) polynomial structure (briefly called isotropic finite elements) for reconstructing square--integrable functions on the sphere. Essential tool is the concept of multiresolution analysis by virtue of the spherical up function. The main result is a tree algorithm in terms of (low--order) isotropic finite elements.
By means of the limit and jump relations of classical potential theory with respect to the vectorial Helmholtz equation a wavelet approach is established on a regular surface. The multiscale procedure is constructed in such a way that the emerging scalar, vectorial and tensorial potential kernels act as scaling functions. Corresponding wavelets are defined via a canonical refinement equation. A tree algorithm for fast decomposition of a complex-valued vector field given on a regular surface is developed based on numerical integration rules. By virtue of this tree algorithm, an effcient numerical method for the solution of vectorial Fredholm integral equations on regular surfaces is discussed in more detail. The resulting multiscale formulation is used to solve boundary-value problems for the time harmonic Maxwell's equations corresponding to regular surfaces.
A: New Wavelet Methods for Approximating Harmonic Functions; B: Satellite Gradiometry - from Mathematical and Numerical Point of View (1995)
Some new approximation methods are described for harmonic functions corresponding to boundary values on the (unit) sphere. Starting from the usual Fourier (orthogonal) series approach, we propose here nonorthogonal expansions, i.e. series expansions in terms of overcomplete systems consisting of localizing functions. In detail, we are concerned with the so-called Gabor, Toeplitz, and wavelet expansions. Essential tools are modulations, rotations, and dilations of a mother wavelet. The Abel-Poisson kernel turns out to be the appropriate mother wavelet in approximation of harmonic functions from potential values on a spherical boundary.
An Adaptive Hierarchical Approximation Method on the Sphere Using Axisymmetric Locally Supported Basis Functions (1996)
The paper discusses the approximation of scattered data on the sphere which is one of the major tasks in geomathematics. Starting from the discretization of singular integrals on the sphere the authors devise a simple approximation method that employs locally supported spherical polynomials and does not require equidistributed grids. It is the basis for a hierarchical approximation algorithm using differently scaled basis functions, adaptivity and error control. The method is applied to two examples one of which is a digital terrain model of Australia.
For the determination of the earth" s gravity field many types of observations are available nowadays, e.g., terrestrial gravimetry, airborne gravimetry, satellite-to-satellite tracking, satellite gradiometry etc. The mathematical connection between these observables on the one hand and gravity field and shape of the earth on the other hand, is called the integrated concept of physical geodesy. In this paper harmonic wavelets are introduced by which the gravitational part of the gravity field can be approximated progressively better and better, reflecting an increasing flow of observations. An integrated concept of physical geodesy in terms of harmonic wavelets is presented. Essential tools for approximation are integration formulas relating an integral over an internal sphere to suitable linear combinations of observation functionals, i.e., linear functionals representing the geodetic observables. A scale discrete version of multiresolution is described for approximating the gravitational potential outside and on the earth" s surface. Furthermore, an exact fully discrete wavelet approximation is developed for the case of band-limited wavelets. A method for combined global outer harmonic and local harmonic wavelet modelling is proposed corresponding to realistic earth" s models. As examples, the role of wavelets is discussed for the classical Stokes problem, the oblique derivative problem, satellite-to-satellite tracking, satellite gravity gradiometry, and combined satellite-to-satellite tracking and gradiometry.
The satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) problems are characterized from mathematical point of view. Uniqueness results are formulated. Moreover, the basic relations are developed between (scalar) approximation of the earth's gravitational potential by "scalar basis systems" and (vectorial) approximation of the gravitational eld by "vectorial basis systems". Finally, the mathematical justication is given for approximating the external geopotential field by finite linear combinations of certain gradient fields (for example, gradient fields of multi-poles) consistent to a given set of SST data.
This paper presents a method for approximating spherical functions from discrete data of a block-wise grid structure. The essential ingredients of the approach are scaling and wavelet functions within a biorthogonalisation process generated by locally supported zonal kernel functions. In consequence, geophysically and geodetically relevant problems involving rotation-invariant pseudodifferential operators become attackable. A multiresolution analysis is formulated enabling a fast wavelet transform similar to the algorithms known from one-dimensional Euclidean theory.


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Girl ruled incompetent in 'Slender Man' stabbing
A Wisconsin judge ruled Friday that a 12-year-old girl is mentally incompetent to currently stand trial for allegedly stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character Slender Man.
But after she receives psychiatric treatment, Morgan Geyser, who has been charged as an adult, will likely stand trial for attempted murder, Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren decided after hearing from two doctors.
She will be treated in a hospital or juvenile detention facility, and the judge will review progress at a Nov. 12 hearing. If doctors can't ready her for trial in a year, she could be sent to a treatment center.
Geyser and her friend Anissa Weier are accused of plotting for several months to attack a playmate in a ritual linked to the fictional character. Weier's case is proceeding to trial.
The unidentified girl was stabbed at least 17 times May 31 in woods near the girls' homes outside Milwaukee and left for dead. One wound narrowly missed her heart.
The victim was found by a passing bicyclist and is recovering at home.
The girls told police that after the killing they had planned to go live with Slender Man in his mansion in a northern Wisconsin forest, court records show.
Geyser's attorney and two doctors said previously that she was mentally incompetent.
A state forensic doctor testified Friday that Geyser told her in June that besides Slender Man, she sees and hears unicorns, the Harry Potter character Voldemort and other things.
"Despite our very serious conversation, she would laugh almost hysterically," and was almost always moving, said Brooke Lundbohm.
A defense psychiatrist testified that Geyser cared more about her relationship with Slender Man than about possibly going to prison. She said she communicates telepathically with Slender Man, and feared he would harm her family if she revealed too much about him.


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Review and Pictures of the 2012 Fall Couture Versace Show
2012 Paris Couture Fashion Week: Versace
2012 Paris Couture Fashion Week: Versace
With front row attendees like Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, and Lea Michele, it's safe to say the line to nab a piece of Donatella Versace's Fall '12 Couture collection for the next red carpet appearance will be a lengthy affair. The show — held at the prestigious Ritz Paris where her brother Gianni Versace showed his couture shows for many years before his death — turned up the volume on what the Italian fashion house does best: jaw-dropping minidresses and gowns. The collection was filled with Versace's signature glamour and glitz as a rainbow of pastel hued looks made their way down the runway. If the sheer corset dresses and scarf print minis weren't enough, Donatella's penchant for over-the-top decadence was proven in her flourish of studded wide belts, strappy high heel pumps, statement cocktail rings. Look closely and you can see all intricate fabric techniques she utilized like weaving patent leather together into a leather jacket, creating delicate sheer cutouts, and our favourite, a glittery mesh detail we're dying to get our hands on. More details from the collection below, then check out the complete collection.
- Trends: High slits, sheer cutouts, metallics
- Colours: Yellow, green, pink, purple, gold, light blue.
- Key piece: The diaphanous printed gowns with high slits are perfect for a red carpet event.
- Accessories: Strappy pumps, wide embellished belts, and statement rings
- Who would wear it: Girls who want to turn heads like Katy Perry, Rihanna and Selena Gomez.


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Bumped! Where's Playing it Straight?
Just when things were heating up for a local musician and actor named Sharif on Fox's reality show Playing it Straight, the network pulled the show. But Sharif tells his fans not to fret.
"Fox loves the show," writes Sharif on his website shariffans.com, "and thinks it's one of the most creative shows they've had in a long time."
Airing the show at 8pm Friday night, however, proved unwise.
"It was up against all the basketball games," writes Sharif.
Official Fox Broadcasting Co. spokesperson Scott Grogin did not return the Hook's calls by deadline, but an inside source at Fox confirms Sharif's optimistic claims.
"The ratings were not doing well," the source claims.
For those who missed the first three segments, here's the scoop:
The show, scheduled to run for eight consecutive weeks, places an attractive single woman, 21-year-old Jackie, on a Nevada ranch along with 14 hunks from whom she must pick her favorite. The catch? Some of the men are gay, though all are acting straight. If Jackie's gaydar is finely tuned and she picks a straight guy, the pair split a million bucks. If a gay guy tricks her into choosing him, he walks away with all the money and leaves Jackie empty-handed.
In the first two episodes, Sharif seems like the underdog, competing against loud, self-confident he-men. At the end of each episode, the men perch nervously on hay bales in a hokey barn as one by one, Jackie calls them up to announce whether they will stay or go. Sharif survives the first two eliminations, but remains a background player while infighting and backstabbing among the other suitors intensifies.
But Sharif makes his move in episode three, serenading Jackie during an overnight camp-out, and then getting to sleep on the floor beside her bed to protect her from an insect.
This doesn't go over well with the bucks back at the campsite.
"I'd like to cut his fingers off," snarls a hugely annoyed Chris in response to Sharif's rising stock.
Will we ever know if Sharif is the winner? When will we find out whether he's straight or gay?
"It's coming back sometime this summer," says the Fox source, "and I'm assuming it will be shown in its entirety."
No re-launch date has been scheduled, but Sharif himself believes this is the best thing that could have happened.
"The fact that they want to re-launch the show and spend millions more promoting it shows that they have total faith in it. In the meantime, I'll be touring with my new album and waiting for summer to roll around," he says.
Does that sound like the voice of a winner?
We'll just have to wait and see.
Sharif says he'll be back.