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Santa Ana-like turbo breezes are expected to batter the L.A. basin. The mightiest winds are expected Sunday night into Monday with gusts possibly exceeding 80 mph in some mountain areas.
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With the wind comes an elevated fire risk, likely power outages, and possible property damage across the region. Dangerous sea conditions and a high risk of rip currents are also expected.
At a mountaintop weather station near Pyramid Lake, winds approached hurricane force Saturday morning at 67 miles an hour. Lancaster and vicinity are looking at 60 miles per hour gusts come Saturday afternoon. Reduced visibility is possible due to blowing sand and dust.
Area airports, including LAX, could also be affected by cross winds.
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The cow-calf industry looks much the same today as it did 100 years ago. Horses are still largely used to round up the cattle that graze on rolling pastures and miles of wide-open spaces. The cowboy may carry a smart phone, and his beef cows might be more efficient, but the concept is still the same -- cattle convert grass into protein that humans can consume.
On the other end of the beef industry chain – at the packer level - things have changed a little bit. As the industry becomes more consolidated, the tight-margin business of packing plants has eliminated many companies, leaving four major players -- Tyson, Cargill, JBS and National Beef.
According to High Country News, "About 35 million cattle are slaughtered in the U.S. annually by 60 major beef-packing operations processing around 26 billion lbs. of beef. Four firms control over 80% of all the beef slaughtered."
Read about these four major players here.
Knowing how tough the processing and retail end of the cattle business is, it's rare to see a smaller company attempt to enter the scene, and many have tried and failed. However, that's exactly what Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen, SD, is trying to do. The grand opening has been pushed back multiple times over several years, but producers who signed up to be a part of the South Dakota Certified Program have patiently waited to be able to market their cattle through this value-added, age-and-sourced verified program.
These producers' hopes were buoyed this week when the The Jamestown Sun reported some progress in the right direction for Northern Beef Packers.
"The Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen is being allowed to slaughter more cattle after passing a city inspection. The long-delayed plant earlier received permission to slaughter up to five cattle to test equipment. The American News reports that the city is allowing the plant to ramp up to slaughtering 200 cattle on both Thursday and Friday. Plant officials have not said how many cattle they are actually slaughtering."
According to the report, the plant cost more than $109 million to build, and construction started in 2007. There have been several problems that have delayed the opening, including financial issues with investors, flooding and lawsuits. If opened, Northern Beef Packers will be able to process 1,500 cattle/day, with cattle coming in from the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.
If opened, what do you think of Northern Beef Packers chances of success in this tight-margin business? If so, would a value-added program like South Dakota Certified benefit producers in the area? Any bets on if the plant will open before 2012 concludes?


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Makers of cars and mobile electronics are pushing a tempting vision of the future, one in which you can stay fully connected while driving. In the name of safety, they provide hands-free wireless setups for your cellphone, so you can talk with both hands on the wheel. The latest additions are voice-to-text systems that let drivers send and receive texts and e-mails without looking at a screen. Some high-end cars even have touch screens with interfaces for finding restaurants, reserving tables and buying movie tickets while on the road.
Has all this made the impulse to stay connected while driving any safer? According to a new study, definitely not.
The study, conducted by University of Utah psychologist David Strayer and sponsored by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, compared driver response in different situations. Listening to the radio or audiobooks was judged mildly distracting. Talking on a hand-held or hands-free phone or to a passenger was more distracting, with hand-held conversations the worst of these. But voice-
activated systems to send and receive texts and e-mail were the worst kind of distraction.
The fundamental problem is that safe driving demands attention, but multitasking divides our mental resources. "Just because a new technology does not take the eyes off the road does not make it safe to be used while the vehicle is in motion," Strayer wrote in the study.
His data show that talking to the voice-to-text system is more cognitively demanding than talking to a person, leaving less brainpower for driving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says distracted drivers killed more than 3,300 people in the United States in 2011. In April, the agency recommended that manual text entry and the display of text messages or Web content be blocked in all moving vehicles.
A previous study by Strayer found that talking on a hands-free phone was more distracting than talking to a passenger riding in the car. In 2002, a British Transport Research Laboratory study found that drivers talking on hands-free sets reacted more slowly to events than drivers who were just over the drunk-driving limit. (Driving simulators were used in that study, not actual vehicles.) And in 2005, Australian researchers found that drivers using both hands-free and hand-held cellphones were four times as likely to crash as those not on the phone.
Safety rules in many countries have fallen far behind the research, which has confirmed the obvious dangers of drivers' taking their eyes off the road to text on a hand-held phone. In the United States, a series of accidents has helped push 41 states to ban texting while driving. Six other states ban only younger drivers from texting. Only 11 states have banned drivers from talking on hand-held phones. There are no bans on hands-free talking or texting by using Bluetooth or other connections.
"It's time to consider limiting new and potentially dangerous mental distractions built into cars, particularly with the common public misperception that hands-free means risk-free," says AAA President Robert Darbelnet. The group wants to limit voice controls to "core" tasks such as operating windshield wipers and climate control, and to disable voice-to-text systems when moving.
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Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In October, we read Joe Hill's novel Horns. Jump into comments to get started talking about it!
For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here's how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the meeting is in session. That would be the post you're reading right now. Then everybody talks about the book in comments for a few days, starting right now.
It's likely that Hill will drop by and speak to us about the novel early next week. I'll post a call for questions for him later this week — keep an eye out for it!
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The establishment media is keeping the Sandy Hook shooting story alive as Democrats scurry to force through legislation outlawing semiautomatic firearms the government considers military assault weapons.
On Tuesday, CBS News reported that police in Connecticut say the suspected shooter, Adam Lanza, "was in direct competition with Norwegian mass-shooter Anders Breivik" and "was motivated by violent video games and a goal of killing more 'easiest targets' than the 77 people killed by Breivik near Oslo in July 2011."
After killing 77 people in Oslo in 2011, Breivik was described as a xenophobe "Nordicist" who hates Muslims and multiculturalism. "The murderer from Norway did not, it would seem, come out of nowhere," commented Der Spielgel. "Rather, he had found an ideological home among those seeking to cleanse Europe of Islam and multi-culturalism." Following his rampage targeting white Norwegians, the corporate media linked him to nationalist political parties in Britain.
Lanza, on the other hand, was described as a recluse suffering from Asperger syndrome, a high functioning form of autism. It is said he also played video games obsessively, including Call of Duty and Starcraft, according to corporate media accounts.
Both federal and state governments have exploited the Sandy Hook shooting and Lanza's purported mental illness to push legislation outlawing an entire class of firearms and mandating mental health screening for firearms owners and purchasers.
In January, Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff Richard W. Stanek was trotted out by the Obama administration to underscore the argument that mental health checks should be required for Americans who exercise the Second Amendment.
"What the more realistic discussion is, 'How do we target people with mental illness who use firearms?'," said Republican Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan a few days after the Connecticut shooting.
Government bureaucrats have reacted to violent video games in predictable fashion – they are calling for a "sin tax" to be imposed on the popular form of entertainment.
Debralee Hovey, a Republican State Representative from Connecticut, has proposed a 10 percent tax on video games and a mandatory rating scheme. "I would love to have the industry step up and say, 'We don't need a law. We don't need a tax. But we are willing to do a PSA for these games,'" she told Variety.


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I hope no-one minds that I set up a little bit of the metalab wiki to work on the reprap project.
This is a robot (3d printer) that I hope to have done for Roboexotica 2007 - "Festival for Cocktail Robotics" which starts this Friday. The noble goal is to be able to print out shot glasses!
Fellow metalab guys know already from Paraflows 06 that RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper.
If you would like to help that would be great. I'll be at metalab every night all week, but feel free to contact me.
Here are the parts of the project. If you can help on them, great!
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- Non-Metric and metric drill bits and taps
- 3 Stepper motors beefy ones would be good, but if you just have an old printer we could probably extract them.
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The meeting webcast can be accessed at the following web address: https://collaboration.fda.gov/aac122012/ At the access page sign in as a guest. No password is required. For more info click here.
- 8:00 AM EST: Meeting Opens
- 8:20-9:50 – Hemispherx Presents
- 10:20-12:00 – FDA Presents
- 1-2:30 Public Presents
- 3-5:00 – The Committee answers the FDA's questions and then votes.
The FDA released its background report and its list of committee members and, if you want to compare the two, the Agency was even-handed; the report was highly critical and the committee members they picked boded well for Ampligen chances..
Harshly Critical Analysis
We knew FDA Advisory Meetings can be intense, rough environments. With the FDA background report on Ampligen you can count that as confirmed. This is not going to be easy for Hemispherx..
The FDA analysis of the Ampligen trials, focusing on methodological issues, mistakes and what it believes are inadequate efficacy and safety data does not, on the face of it, appear to bode well for Ampligen and the market agreed with the stock shaving off half its value the day the report was released.
FDA reports do tend to highlight negatives, not positives which makes sense given the way the meetings are set up; the sponsoring drug company presents its data in its best light, then the FDA does its best to poke holes in it, and then the independent review committee decides.
In the meantime be prepared for a difficult hearing. These FDA Advisory hearings have been described as 'blood baths' from which few companies and drugs escape unscathed.
The long and rather tattered history of Ampligen at the FDA since 1988 is outlined. The first interagency transfer to a new department occurred in 1992. The long gap between the first proof of concept trial (1990-1991) and the confirmatory trial (1998-2004) probably demonstrated how difficult it was for Hemispherx to raise the money needed to carry out the second trial.
Ampligen's New Drug Application (NDA) submitted on Oct, 2007 was refused filing because it was missing study reports, ECG and laboratory data, case report forms, 'dose ranging', 'inconsistent statistical plans', clinical pharmacology data, carcinogenicity data and
In Nov 2009, however, citing inadequate effectiveness and safety data, drug-drug interaction data, carcinogenicity data, anti-drug antibody information and inadequate analytical methods the FDA told Hemispherx, among other things, to conduct a new clinical trial; something which was beyond Hemispherx's means.
"Your two main studies (AMP-502 and AMP-516) do not provide adequate evidence of effectiveness or safety."
In 2012, after being moved to another branch of the FDA, Hemispherx requested to be allowed to re-analyze the data from the second, larger, confirmatory trial. The agency was leery about this approach stating "It would be unusual for this type of data to provide adequate evidence of efficacy." but allowed the process to continue forward stating the efficacy issues would be addressed at the final review.
Two Trials
The FDA will be relying on evidence from two trials; AMP-502 and AMP-516. (The agency is, unfortunately, not using confirmatory data generated from patients who continued on the drug after the trial because that data was not placebo-controlled.)
First Trial (1990-1991) – The first study (502) involving 92 patients demonstrated significant increases in functioning (Karnofsky Performance Score (KPA)) and ETT (time on treadmill).
Problems had occurred. After finding that the original exercise protocol was too difficult, however, Hemispherx changed the protocol and eliminated the first seven patients from the analysis. ( If those patients are included in the analysis the significantly positive effects disappeared. )
The trial was originally supposed to last for a year but after an interim analysis it was stopped after 24 weeks. The FDA drew attention to the fact that the statistical analysis plan was written and dated 16 years after the completion of the study and later noted 'multiple protocol violations' including patients restarting their other medications during the trial had occurred.
Second Trial (1998-2004) – The second larger trial (516) designed to confirm the first trials results failed to show significant increases in self-reported functioning or ETT. Recently Hemispherx re-analyzed the data using patients with lower disease duration (1-10 years) and dichotomous branching techniques and received significantly positive ETT results but still no significant changes in self-reported functionality, daily living, SF-36 or symptom scores.
Hemispherx found that the percent of patients reaching 25% and 50% increases from baseline was significantly increased in patients receiving Ampligen and that patients with lower duration illness (<10 years) were more likely to benefit. Despite reports in the literature that lower duration patients (< 2 years) do tend to respond better the FDA found 'no scientific rationale' for the lower duration analysis and advised caution in interpreting them.
Several issues were reported including using median KPS values for some patients and minimum median values for others. Hemispherx also chose to use any response (ie the best response recorded) during the duration of the trial for its endpoint instead of set responses at the end of the trial.
The re-analysis was helpful but the FDA questioned whether these types of re-analyses are suitable for determining efficacy suggesting they are better suited for 'hypothesis testing'.
Due to the nature of analyses conducted after data unblinding, the Agency generally considers post-hoc analyses to be hypothesis generating rather than forming the primary basis of efficacy for an application.
Hemispherx was caught in the first study with an exercise protocol that was apparently wiping the participants out. In the second , larger 'confirmatory' study Hemispherx had to analyze the results differently to get positive results in the exercise testing but not significantly positive results in self-report tests. Changes in protocols and analysis are often red flags to reviewers and questions were raised why a protocol and analysis would work in one trial and not the other.
It was rough stuff but a Hemispherx rep appeared unflustered and confident that the company was ready to respond to the FDA's report.
Tough Subject – With its subsets and its vague definition ME/CFS is a difficult field to test any drug in and drugs that practitioners say have positive results in some patients have failed to achieve them in placebo-controlled trials. If the disorder is larded with subsets then the results of any major trial of a drug that works probably should appear like Hemispherx's did; that is, it should have weakly significant results because of the patients in the trial who have a different type of disorder altogether. We should also know of people who had excellent results (we do) and doctors who prescribe the medication to targeted patients should have good results (they do).
The FDA must realize that it's facing an unusual challenge in a disorder that is so poorly defined. The background report did not take into account the possibility of subsets watering down the study results but the Committee is made of several members who are well aware of this problem. Dr. Unger of the CDC, for instance, has publicly stated she is sure this is true and is engaged in a study that should help ferret them out.
Indeed a recent analysis suggested the subset problem meant Hemispherx started its trial with one of its hands tied behind its back. Throw in the fact that it's a small company with limited resources and you probably get what we see; midstream changes that attempt to account for new information and re-analyses to target possible subgroups.
Ampligen's trials had no way to account for this meta-population problem beyond looking for interesting trends within the data set. And that is what they did… No one seems to know what an appropriate biomarker for the general CFS population is, but the FDA is holding Ampligen up to an unrealistic standard nonetheless. In the end, HEB did find statistical support that Ampligen provides a biologically meaningful impact on the lives of at least some patients with CFS.
The problems facing Ampligen-or any putative therapy for CFS for that matter, is that the underlying cause(s) are unknown. As a result, there are quite possibly distinct sub-groups within any potential CFS study population with markedly distinct pathophysiologies, and hence
Hemispherx has reported that tens of thousands of doses of Ampligen have been given without issue but the FDA will rely on the results from 'only' 567 patients of which 'controlled data' are available for only 162. The FDA stated that for drugs intended for long-term treatment they would like at least 1,500 people exposed to the drug for short term periods and 100 for over a year.
Here, too, the FDA cited numerous issues including serious adverse events not reported, marked laboratory abnormalities not reported, miscoding of adverse events and reasons for patient discontinuation of the trial and incomplete/misleading data presentation. Some serious adverse events that resulted in hospitalization were not reported. The discrepancies were enough for the FDA to call into question the data from all the trials.
On the other hand, the side effects that showed up more in patients receiving Ampligen (flu-like symptom, chills, vasodilatation, shortness of breath ) were not particularly significant. Other more serious side effects did occur but not more significantly in patients receiving Ampligen but the Agency expressed concerns about them.
Overall, the Agency has concerns regarding the reliability of the safety database for Ampligen, based upon lack of appropriate documentation and reporting. While review of the safety database for Ampligen suggests that the drug induces a systemic inflammatory reaction with a number of serious events of concern, the lack of reliable reporting prevents any accurate assessment of frequency. The key safety issue for discussion at the advisory committee meeting is whether conclusions can be drawn from the data as it stands …
Hemispherx will explain why the safety data is sufficient and why oversights, omissions, etc. occurred and why they shouldn't bear negatively on the review.
COMMITTEE MAKEUP – the Good News
Taking the committee makeup into account one analyst predicted a close but positive vote. At least six people have history with chronic fatigue syndrome and I would be very surprised if Komaroff, Marshall weren't strong yes votes and the others strongly leaning towards yes. If those six vote yes they're two votes away from a tie vote and three from a majority vote. For me, I think Marshall can be very persuasive once he gets going J.
- Dr. Philip Bautista
- Dr. Robert Lahita – Rheumatologist – research focus: lupus; latest article – novel treatments for lupus
- Dr. Tuhina Neogi – Rheumatologist, Epidemiologist – research focus: osteoarthritis and gout
- Dr. Peter Peduzzi – Biostatistician
- Dr. Irwin Russell – Rheumatologist associated with Fibromyalgia Research and Consulting in San Antonio, Texas – research focus- fibromyalgia; one study on duloexetine
- Dr. Larry Borish – NIH grant recipient – allergic reactions in CFS
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- Dr. Anthony Komaroff (MD) – ME/CFS expert
- Dr. Gailen Marshall (MD, Ph.D) – CFSAC representative
- Alaine Perry (MPH) – Patient representative – CFSAC representative
- Dr. Mathew Rudorfer (MD)
- Dr. Sean Hennessey (Ph.D)
- Dr. Elizabeth Unger (Ph.D) – Chief of CDC CFS research
- Dr. James Ware (Ph.D)
The harsh FDA report was produced by statisticians with little knowledge of the disorder but the FDA also produced a committee with a core of members with extensive knowledge of ME/CFS. The Committee vote is the key. Will Hemispherx and the patient advocates be able to convince the committee members to overlook a harsh FDA report? We'll see.
The vote will come at the end of the day. The committee members will be asked to vote all at once so that the members are not influenced by the others votes.
The FDA will take everything into account and release its decision on Feb 2nd. They could approve the drug outright (not likely to happen), approve it with conditions, ask for more studies or just slam the door on the drug.


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|MRS. JANE ROBERTS -- 1809--(?) -- "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here."
Mrs. Roberts was the wife of the first African President of Liberia. She was an American as was also her distinguished husband, Joseph Jenkin Roberts, a Mulatto born in Virginia in 1809. He went to Liberia in 1829 and engaged in trade. At the death of Thomas H. Buchanan, as Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia, Mr. Roberts was appointed Governor of the Colonization Society of America and held the office for six years. He was at the head of the Liberian force in its war against the Golah Chief, Gatumba.
During his governorship Mr. Roberts visited the United States and made a good impression and met the lady who later became his wife. As a result of his visit an American squadron visited the Coast of West Africa. Governor Roberts found the English and other foreigners unwilling to pay customs duties, on the ground that Liberia was not an actual government and had no right to levy duties on shipping and foreign trade.
A crisis was reached. In 1846 the Colonization Society resolved that it was expedient for the people to take into their own hands the management of their affairs and severed relations which had bound Liberia to it.
The Liberians themselves called for a Constitutional Convention which began its sessions June 25, 1847.
On July twenty-sixth the Declaration of Independence was made and the Constitution of the Liberian Republic was adopted.
"The flag consisted of eleven stripes alternately red and white; the field, blue, bore a single white star. It is suggested that the meaning of the flag is this: The three colors indicate the three counties into which the Republic is divided. The eleven stripes represent the eleven signers of the Declaration and the Constitution; the lone star indicated the uniqueness of the African Republic."
The election was held in October and Joseph Jenkin Roberts, the governor of the Commonwealth was elected to the new office of President of the Republic. One of his earliest acts was to visit Europe in order to ask the recognition of the new nation by European countries. The first to recognize the Republic was Great Britain in 1848; the second, France in 1852; the United States in 1862. In 1858 Mr. Roberts was appointed president of Liberia College. In 1862 was sent to Europe and appointed Belgian Consul.
In 1872 he was re-elected president for the fifth time. President Roberts was a superior man in intelligence and moral integrity. His excellence in conversation and elegance of manners rendered him popular in the Courts of France and England.
During his long and eventful public life, he was ably assisted by his excellent wife, the subject of this sketch.
Mrs. Roberts graced the Executive Mansion with ease and dignity. She spoke English and French fluently and in all respects was well-bred and refined. She accompanied her husband on many of his visits and was the recipient of great attention wherever she appeared. She had the distinction of being twice presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria, once with her husband on the Queen's royal yacht. At the conclusion of that visit to England, the President and Mrs. Roberts were courteously returned to Monrovia on the British war-ship Amazon.
Her second appearance before the British Queen was no less interesting. An African woman by the name of Martha Ricks, famous for her patch work quilts, had for twenty-five years been piecing an intricate pattern, which
Thus a generation passed until at last it was finished and Aunt Martha unfolded a most beautiful creation. A quilt which showed a complete coffee tree all in green and yellow on white ground--its branches and leaves perfectly formed, the flowers at the root of the leaves and its berries--exquisite in tracery and workmanship.
The design was so unique and true to nature that it was admired by all who saw it.
The laugh was turned, but how was the Queen to get it? "I shall take it to the Queen myself," said Aunt Martha. Again the joke went around--"Aunt Martha's going to take her quilt to England," they laughed and joked. Mrs. Roberts saw and admired the quilt, heard the story and the way was found. She and Aunt Martha embarked for England carrying the much prized quilt. On reaching London a meeting was arranged and Aunt Martha stood in a palace and had the joy, after years of patience and perseverance, to present in person her quilt which was graciously accepted by that noblest of sovereigns, the Queen of Great Britain and Empress of all India, Victoria Regina. Today the workmanship of this humble African woman adorns a niche in the art collections of Windsor Castle. Mrs. Roberts and Aunt Martha, the latter laden with gifts from the royal household, were returned to Monrovia, by her majesty's command, on a special ship with royal escort.
On reaching her home, Clay-Ashland, a great concourse of people, men, women and children were at the wharf to greet Aunt Martha, while Sunday school scholars sang a song of welcome.
The writer during a visit to London in 1910 met Mrs. Roberts at the home of Mr. William Archer the first colored
Mrs. Roberts, notwithstanding the weight of ninety-one years, was clear in mind and wonderfully active. She related the story of Aunt Martha among other incidents of interest. She was in England on official business.
In previous years she had secured considerable money to erect a hospital in Monrovia and was endeavoring to enlist the support of English friends to supplement the same through generous gifts.
Whenever Mrs. Roberts went abroad she was spoken of as "the sweet old lady who looked so much like the Queen."
She passed away in London, never returning to the land of perpetual verdure, the country she loved so well and to which she had given the best years of her life to redeem.


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When you made the decision to sell your house, your next decision was probably should I do it myself, or hire a realtor. Either way, there are certain things a seller needs to do in order to sell your house fast. Hopefully you did the basics like spruce up the yard, create some curb appeal, fix obvious repairs, and keep the interior clean and uncluttered.
If you did all that and the house did not sell, you are probably in the expired listings camp, and it may be time to start thinking outside the box.
If you did not get any offers, or sufficient showings, you first have to look at your listing price. Your realtor should have done that, but if you are trying to sell it by owner, make sure you used realistic comparable sales.
What is a comparable sale? According to licensed appraisers, a comparable should have the following: closed within the last 90 days, be within 300 square feet or the subject property, be within 1/2 mile, and be of like kind (1 story vs 2 story). So step 1 is to make sure your house is priced correctly. Keep in mind that even if you have your house priced near comparable sales, the condition and location of your house versus those comparable sales makes a big difference. If the other houses have updated kitchens, bathrooms, roof, a/c, flooring, etc. and your house doesn't, buyers will tell you are overpriced. If your house backs up to a fire station and the others don't, buyers will expect a discount.
If you think you are priced correctly, and you still didn't get any offers, then you may want to consider another method of selling your house. If you really want to sell your house fast, then you need to make it easy to buy. One way to do that is with a lease purchase. If you have some flexibility, and don't need cash from the sale immediately, a lease-purchase may solve your problem.
I know what you're thinking. The last thing you want to do is become a landlord. You have probably heard all the horror stories about dealing with tenants. Everyone seems to know someone who has had a bad experience. Usually the problem can be pinned down to one thing, improper screening of the tenant. So what if there was a way to ensure you didn't get a bad tenant? Is that possible? In addition, what if you could get full market value for your house, sell without a realtor commission, and not have to worry about repairs and maintenance?
If that all sounds good, you should educate yourself as to the pros and cons of doing a lease purchase. Stay tuned to learn more about how a lease purchase works in the next article.


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To say that magnesium is important in health and medicine is certainly an understatement. Magnesium is required for over 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Today's dietary intake is woefully deficient in this essential mineral with Western diets containing more and more processed foods and longer transport times. Not only is magnesium lost through these processes but foods rich in the mineral do not appear as often in our diets as they used to (wholegrains, nuts, seafood, dark green vegetables). The result is that normal consumption levels are only half they were 50 years ago! Magnesium Oil offers supplementation in a completely natural, safe and easily absorbable way. By applying Magnesium Oil either topically or in a soak, magnesium is well absorbed than when taken orally.
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While other seals at the castle are rambunctious creatures, korez seals are more reserved. These companions are friendly enough towards their magi, but prefer to remain in the frigid Arkene, rather than the castle. In the north, these creatures spend their days hunting for food, and rarely leave the water. When they do, it is to rest, and even then they chose not to go on land. Instead, they rest on icebergs, almost as if the cold does not affect them. As summer approaches and some icebergs begin to melt, korez seal move farther north, where the weather is still bitterly cold. There, the icebergs never melt, and the korez seals hold mating rituals once a year. In the depths of winter, when icebergs can be found even along the edges of the Arkene, these seals are slightly more adventurous. Some venture down to the lake, and the warmer weather seems to have no ill effects on them. When waters are spelled to be colder for korez seals, they stay for a while, but eventually leave for the Arkene. If a magi has any business that takes them up north, they'll usually travel near their korez seal companions. These seals act as guides to their magi, and offer them fish they have caught. Sometimes korez seals even lead a boat to an interesting area or some rare eggs.
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Networking giant Cisco Systems says it will acquire BroadHop, a Denver-based company focused on network management products used by service providers. The announcement was made in a corporate blog post; financial terms were not disclosed. BroadHop will be integrated into Cisco's Service Provider Networking Group, and its team will report to Shailesh Shukla, VP and general manager of Cisco's Software and Applications Group.
Cisco to Acquire BroadHop
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Hey, it's not easy being Beelzebub's sidekick. Just ask Ozzy Osbourne. Though he will always be best known for his work in Black Sabbath, he hasn't recorded a new studio album with fellow founding members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler since the '70s – until now. "13" (Vertigo/Universal) is the first Sabbath album with Osbourne, Butler and Iommi in 35 years.
In between, Ozzy's solo career has been mostly about self-parody, aside from his collaborations with the late guitarist Randy Rhoades. Now back where he belongs, Ozzy is showing the effects of drug abuse, his once-cutting voice reduced in range and power. Iommi also has had his share of health problems, undergoing cancer treatment in recent years. More bad news: Sabbath drummer Bill Ward is sitting this one out due to a contractual dispute. His replacement, Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk, hits with appropriate authority, but lacks Ward's swing.
And yet, that dark backdrop may have contributed to this album's brooding authority. The early Sabbath was steeped in blues and jazz, and with the encouragement of producer Rick Rubin, the quartet tries to reinvigorate that spirit on "13," with five of the eight tracks stretching past seven minutes. Wilk does an adequate job on these extended tracks, but it's the vitality of Iommi on guitar and Butler on bass that impresses. They evoke the band's classic sound on "End of Beginning," "Live Forever," "Dear Father," "God is Dead?" and the blues-saturated "Damaged Soul," which could've been lifted from Sabbath's sludge-metal tarpit, circa 1970-71. Iommi reconfigures his classic "N.I.B." riff on "Loner," stretches out with a menacing solo on "Age of Reason" and provides a jazzy, acoustic change-of-pace on "Zeitgeist."
As for Ozzy, he goes for numbed-out desolation rather than the mighty, double-tracked roar of old, singing like a Medieval hunchback locked in a dungeon. "When will this nightmare be over?," he moans, perhaps flashing back to his reality-TV show. Butler's lyrics find their perfect match in Osbourne. In these songs, the singer wrestles with demons – psychosis, self-abuse, existential dread – with which he's had considerable personal experience. It makes "13" something a bit more credible than just a souvenir for a reunion tour.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — LinkedIn shares took a hit on Wall Street on Friday as analysts cautioned that the professional social network may not see the same kind of gang-busters momentum that just recently turned it into a Wall Street favorite.
LinkedIn US:LNKD shed more than 5% to $152.35 a day after the company reported a loss and put out a weaker-than-expected out look. The stock has fallen nearly 30% since the year began.
Higher expenses were one culprit as LinkedIn devotes more resources to expansion, highlighted by its recent push into China. But analysts also point to signs of deceleration in what had been a juggernaut of an Internet company.
To be sure, LinkedIn is still widely considered a social networking powerhouse, largely because it is not just another social network. Much of what drew investors' attention was LinkedIn's impressive growth in its hiring and market services geared to helping companies find and recruit new talent.
"The company faces little competition in its core talent solutions market, and we believe sponsored updates could continue to drive upside through the year," Needham analyst Kerry Rice told clients in a note. "While higher investment levels reduce leverage in the near-term, we expect innovative products to reduce the friction related to connecting members with job opportunities and drive incremental future revenues."
Rice kept a buy rating on LinkedIn, telling clients, "We continue to recommend LinkedIn to investors given its market leadership and clear path for long-term growth."
Wedbush analyst Shyam Patil said he remains optimistic about LinkedIn's trajectory, but cut his price target to $170 from $185, telling clients in a note, "We see limited near-term upside in the shares."
RBC Capital's Mark Mahaney argued that "revenue and metric trends continue to decelerate, but at a much more modest pace."
"This has been a tough year-to-date for LinkedIn bulls, including us," he told clients in a note.
He noted that LinkedIn's stock had dropped 26% since he upgraded the shares in late February, "which means our upgrade was either wrong or premature. We believe/hope we were premature."
"We still believe that LinkedIn's fundamentals are among the strongest in the group," Mahaney continued. "Yes, revenue continues to decelerate, but the rate of deceleration is clearly slowing."
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Blog by Kirsten Jack, Acting Head of Smart Technologies, The Climate Group.
This blog is part of a short series of posts that sets out to profile some of the LLGA | Cities Pilot the Future (previously the Living Labs Global Award) success stories, as well as current open challenges for LLGA 2013.
LLGA is a global call for solutions that brings together cities to implement solutions that will improve the lives of their citizens. The Climate Group chairs the panel of experts that assess the sustainability of each solution that is submitted. Our work with LLGA is part of the Agile Cities program, which aims to connect cities, citizens and innovators to drive accessibility, efficiency and growth.
In the blog series I explore how innovative solutions for economic development, energy efficiency, mobility and information products can each play a role in supporting cities that are at the forefront of the clean revolution.
You can submit solutions for LLGA 2013 current challenges until January 31.
LLGA has an history of tackling transport and movement challenges. Good examples include Santiago de Chile, Lavasa (India) and Barcelona, three cities that both found -- and are piloting -- solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of city transport through LLGA. I explore these cities further below.
Transport challenges are also central to the work of Agile Cities, the initiative which aims to connect cities, citizens and innovators to drive accessibility, efficiency and growth. This is because:
In this year's LLGA there are three major challenges which focus on transport:
Maringá, Brazil, is looking for alternative metropolitan transport solutions to equip the city for continued, sustainable growth. As a metropolitan region of 700,000 inhabitants, the city is looking for comfortable and attractive alternative solutions to public transport and local mass metropolitan and regional transportation, to become an increasingly sustainable and expanding region.
The City of Aalborg, Denmark seeks solutions to getting the right information to the right people at the right time through media, to avoid traffic congestion when the Limfjord crossings are blocked. The City of Aalborg is the fourth largest city in Denmark, with a population of 130,000. The Limfjord splits the city in two, with the major part being on the southern side. The tunnel and the road bridge carry approximately 100,000 cars, 35,000 on the bridge and 65,000 through the tunnel, every day. However, incidents in and around the tunnel and bridge can cause unexpected infrastructure collapse and delays, while routine maintenance is also necessary at times. Aalborg's challenge is to filter and deliver the available data in an innovative way directly to road users, so they can change their plans in the event of road blockage.
Finally Boston, USA, is looking for ways of sustaining street utility castings in a bike- and car-friendly way, in order to reduce the bumpiness of roads and hence improve their usability for cyclists and other road users. Data collected from 60,000 trips on Boston's Street Bump app tells us that Boston's road bumpiness is primarily driven by metal castings that are no longer flush with the road. Boston is therefore looking for new designs for castings that, at a low cost, can better withstand the pressures of heavy traffic and tough winters. They are also looking for designs or technologies that can make the road smooth again, while minimizing destruction of the surrounding asphalt surface.
The main benefits for cities participating in a pre-procurement program like this, are shown by the successful LLGA Pilots that are in progress or are already completed. A number of highly impactful and solutions are currently being trialed, including:
Barcelona, Spain: BitCarrier's CitySolver showcase was announced winner of the Barcelona category at the living labs global award 2011. CitySolver's visualization platform allows the clients to get real time traffic information on different routes defined. Information regarding travel times, average speeds, and traffic volume is delivered to users and managers directly; sensors can be installed on existing urban furniture and do not require street closures or other expensive roadwork. Since the announcement, Bitcarrier worked with the Urban Lab team of 22@ Barcelona to plan the implementation of a pilot as part of a larger consortium. Winning the Living Labs Global Award was critical to gain visibility and build trust with Barcelona's city officials, creating the reference that CitySolver is indeed a new, viable and efficient solution for managing and controlling urban traffic. Seven months after selecting CitySolver, the City invested into a larger deployment of the traffic sensor system based on the successful pilot.
Lavasa, India: Skybus, is the smart "à la carte" microbus service that takes passengers where they want at the time they want, sharing the trip with other passengers with similar trips. The skybus SaaS platform manages web and mobile trip requests, allocates them to vehicles and adapts routes in real-time, taking passengers to destinations in the fastest possible way. Personalized, convenient and low-cost, skybus is the sustainable alternative to private car for commuting, especially suited for those who live and work in peripheric areas, or as a smart complement to expanding the reach of existing public transport networks.
From San Francisco to Santiago de Chile, LLGA is also bringing SFPark to South America. SFpark is the first comprehensive demonstration of a parking-based approach to congestion management to reduce traffic congestion and transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. SFpark uses innovative technology to generate real-time parking space availability information and conduct demand-responsive pricing. SFpark also adjusts rates based on demand to find the lowest hourly rate possible to achieve the right level of parking availability to make parking easier, and to incentivize alternative use of public transport at peak times.
Tomorrow I will be blogging about economic development, for the final installment of the LLGA success stories blog series. Read my other blog posts that focus on economic development, energy efficiency and information products.
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2011 Kids' Choice Awards: Sofia Vergara
The great thing about Nickelodeon's orange carpet is that stars get a chance to show off their casual side. For Sofia Vergara, that means wearing dark skinny jeans with a flowy, sparkling navy blue top. Shimmery accessories and peep-toe pumps give it a dressier feel, while a cascade of waves and a subtly smoky eye lend a touch of the sexy. (What else would you expect?) What do you think of Sofia's look?
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Features of DeskSave 7.0: Saves the icon layout according to current user and screen resolution Restoring works properly, even if 'Auto Arrange' or 'Align to Grid' (Windows XP) is activated Accepts command line parameters Auto restore at resolution change or program start Starts with Windows, if desired New: Import and export function New: Undo after restoration New: Provides backups of current and saved layouts New: Supports English and German language Optional shell extension for the desktop, thereby easy access to functions without background process Very small size (DeskSave.exe: 66 kB, Shell extension: 68 kB) No setup routine, just unpack the archive and DeskSave is ready Easy deletion of all saved layouts and all settings, DeskSave is completely removable Supports Windows 9x/NT/2000 and XP
I am not sure I completely followed all of the requests, but it brought together an intriguing idea. What if the "zones" were created such that a smallish zone (maybe the top half of the screen for example) was shortcuts to other zones. Then say two or three zones taking up the lower half would change based on the shortcut selected. Then you could go to the "Work Zone" for example, and the lower half would show work related shortcuts on the left and documents and other data links on the right. Then you could quickly switch to the "Play Zone" to play your tower defense game, for example that would be in the lower left zone when it replaced the "work" icons. Sort of a partial virtual desktop.Just a thought to any interested in such an idea...Personally, I just use FARR and am done with it. -steeladept (June 27, 2007, 12:26 PM)
I use FARR as well but if you cant remember the name of that seldom used programme ...-tomos (June 28, 2007, 01:08 AM)
Quick History"Fences", originally "Desktop Icon Organizer", was started in 1999 as a tool to help standardize desktops across PCs, back in the author's high school "web-editors club" computer lab. (Screenshots from / download the 2003 prototype edition) It wasn't until 2007 when the idea was first publically announced and brought for discussion around the web. About a year later the program finally got its chance at a Vista-compatible remake, and in 2008 Stardock proudly announced its new product, "Stardock Fences"!
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This plugin allows administrators to globally disable comments on any post type (posts, pages, attachments, etc.) so that these settings cannot be overridden for individual posts. It also removes all comment-related fields from edit and quick-edit screens. On multisite installations, it can be used to disable comments on the entire network.
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Часто задаваемые вопросы
Nothing happens after I disable comments on all posts — comment forms still appear when I view my posts.
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The plugin tries its very best to hide this (and any other comment-related) messages.
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Go to the edit page for the post you want to disable comments on. Scroll down to the «Discussion» box, where you will find the comment options for that post. If you don't see a «Discussion» box, then click on «Screen Options» at the top of your screen, and make sure the «Discussion» checkbox is checked.
You can also bulk-edit the comment status of multiple posts from the posts screen.
I want to delete comments from my database. What do I do?
Go to the tools page for the Disable Comments plugin and utlize the Delete Comments tool to delete all comments or according to the specified post types from your database.
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- PHP 7.4 Tested
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- Add warning notice to Discussion settings when comments are disabled
- Bugfix: Some dashboard items were incorrectly hidden in multisite
- Compatibility fix for WordPress 3.3
- Added the ability to remove links to comment admin pages from the Dashboard, Admin Bar and Admin Menu
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Discovery Channel to Unveil the 'Holy Grail' of Paleontology in 'SECRETS OF THE DINOSAUR MUMMY'
- Found Almost Fully Intact, 'Leonardo' Reveals How Dinosaurs Lived 77
Million Years Ago -
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 10 -- 'Leonardo' was found in
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We know what he ate for his last meal. What makes this so impressive?
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