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text: Show Hide image Politics 20 September 2012 It's much better, actually, not to have done something you later regret. Or is it? Should I go to the party? Should I? Sign-up Something strange and unwelcome is happening to me: I am turning into a non-party person. Whereas once I would turn up, as the saying goes, to the opening of an envelope, last week I stayed home first, on Friday, for the launch of an Extremely Famous Author's book (name removed in order to protect your ears from the harsh clang of a name being dropped) and then, the next day, for the annual party of an old colleague and friend, which I haven't been able to go to for the past umpteen years, simply due to diary clashes and/or childcare duties. This was different to a big literary party. This was going to be a shindig attended by many people I love and have known for years and years (and yet still love them). Spruce almighty There were two snags, though: (1) it was being held south of the river, in Lewisham, and (2) I was feeling lousy. That kind of non-specific exhaustion lousy, where the eyes feel weighted in their sockets, like those of a creepy doll in a horror film, and there is a marked disinclination to travel to parts of London if either a train journey or a ruinously expensive minicab journey is involved. (You know civilisation has taken some kind of wrong turn somewhere when you discover that you can now fly to an airport roughly near Venice for less than the cost of a taxi ride within London.) So I get out my large-scale map of the city and, with the Hovel as the centre, draw a circle indicating the furthest border at which this party, which I really have been looking forward to going to, would have to be for me to haul my carcass out there. The circle's boundaries are around Swiss Cottage to the north and Soho to the south. Still, I reckon that maybe a spruce-up will help and I am disgusted with myself for such feebleness, so shower and shave and dress reasonably smartly . . . but no. I find that it is not enough to wash the tiredness from my bones. I try that old wheeze where you say to yourself something like: "It is much better to have done something and regretted it than not done something and then wondered for the rest of your life, blah, blah, blah." You know what? That saying is a crock and anyone who believes it or, worse, lives their life by it, is operating under profound self-delusion. I can think of any number of things I should not have done but have and very few things I have not done that I should have. Even the unambiguous pass made at me decades ago by a multimillionaire's daughter – on whom, moreover, I had the most enormous crush – I was right to turn down. Even more relevantly, I can think of many parties I have gone to that I have deeply wished I hadn't. So, the clock ticks, the half-hourly trains to Ladywell trundle away from Charing Cross and the window of opportunity slowly closes – and besides, Doctor Who is on and I am alone in the Hovel . . . It is that last that is the clincher and, I suddenly suspect, the real underlying reason why I am so reluctant to leave. For it is all very well living in fun Bohemia in central London but the downside of that is that I have to share accommodation. Yet, this evening, I have the run of the place to myself. You know what? When you're going to be 50 next year, living in shared accommodation, even with the most delightful companions, isn't fun or something to be particularly proud of. There are only four people on earth I would really like to live with and three of them are my children. One of the basic definitions of acceptable shared living arrangements is this: that you live with people who could, without their asking, use your toothpaste and you wouldn't mind in the slightest. Decline and fall I have been trying to pretend that this place is more my own these days: buying things to hang on the wall, tidying up, and so on. It is a mockery, a simulacrum of domesticity. As the autumn approaches, not only of the year but of my life, I start worrying about where I can really cosy up in without fear. (It's the prospect of new life that brings out the nesting instinct in women; it's the prospect of death that brings it out in men. Discuss.) So, what with one thing and another, I decide to stay at home, if an expression of humiliating inertia can be dignified with the word "decide", and spend an evening in, enjoying that exquisitely bitter cocktail of emotions – remorse, regret and self-pity – and by the time I realise I really ought to have gone to the party, it is too late. Still, Doctor Who was good, wasn't it? Nicholas Lezard is a literary critic for the Guardian and also writes for the Independent. 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The Faith Channel
The Faith Channel is an interfaith religious cable television ministry. Established in 1987, this unique channel was made possible through a generous grant from the Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. fund. The Faith Channel is operated by the unique partnership of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, The Baptist Consortium and the Louisville interfaith community.
The guiding mission of The Faith Channel is to:
♦ Communicate diverse religious beliefs to the community.
♦ Provide wholesome family entertainment.
♦ Provide a vehicle to share the vitality of the faith communities.
♦ Raise the moral and ethical consciousness of the community.
The Faith Channel is committed to high-quality, value-guided programming that respects the diversity of its members and will not accept programming that:
♦ Engages in proselytizing.
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♦ Engages in on-air solicitation of funds for a particular congregation or religious body.
♦ Endorses political candidates or parties.
The Faith Channel can be seen twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and is part of the basic service package offered by Insight Cable. The Faith Channel offers a variety of quality, locally produced programs as well as programming from national satellite sources including EWTN (Roman Catholic) and Family Net (Interfaith). The Faith Channel offers a rich mix of faith and values-based entertainment, music, drama, children's programs and public affairs programs in addition to inspirational bible study and worship services.
Faith groups represented on The Faith Channel include Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist, Presbyterian, United Methodist, General Association of Baptist, Jewish, Disciples of Christ, Eastern Orthodox, Episcopal, Lutheran, the United Church of Christ, the Salvation Army and many others.
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Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz talks with host Dr. Brian Reynolds about various topics on the television program, Conversations. Available on television, radio, and via webcast or audio/video podcast. Click here for links and more information. Also listen to Archbishop Kurtz praying the rosary here.
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A baby with hydrocephalus has extra fluid in and around the brain. This fluid is called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Most CSF is found in fluid-filled areas (ventricles) inside the brain. Its purpose is to cushion and protect the brain and the spinal cord.
Too much CSF can increase the pressure in your baby's head. This causes the bones in your baby's skull to expand and separate. The baby's head may look larger than normal.
Hydrocephalus is rare. It may be
caused by any of these problems:
This condition can be congenital. This means that your baby is born with it. Hydrocephalus can also happen later in life. Causes of this condition include:
Symptoms can occur a bit differently in each child. They can include:
The symptoms of hydrocephalus may seem like symptoms of other conditions. Make sure your child sees his or her healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
A healthcare provider may first spot this condition in your baby during an ultrasound in pregnancy. In many cases, hydrocephalus doesn't develop until the third trimester of the pregnancy. Ultrasounds done earlier in pregnancy may not show this condition.
Your child may be diagnosed with this condition after birth. Your child's healthcare provider will examine your child and ask you about your child's prenatal, birth, and family history. If your baby is older, your child's provider may ask if he or she is meeting milestones. Children with this condition may be likely to have developmental delays. If your child has a delay, his or her healthcare provider may check for underlying problems.
Your baby's head may be larger than
normal. Your child's healthcare provider will measure his or her head. This measurement
is called the head circumference. If your baby's head size isn't in the normal range, he
or she will have tests. These tests can confirm hydrocephalus.
This test uses sound waves to
create an image of the inside of the body. During pregnancy, this test can show the
size of the ventricles inside of your baby's head. It can also be used after birth
while the anterior fontanelle remains open.
This test uses large magnets,
radio waves, and a computer. Together, these show detailed images of organs and
structures inside your baby's body.
This test uses X-rays and computer technology to make detailed images of any part of your baby's body. These include bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are more detailed than X-rays.
Treatment will depend on your child's symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.
The goal of treatment is to reduce the pressure inside your baby's head. This can be done by draining the fluid. Your child may need medicine to remove the extra fluid. Some children need surgery.
In surgery, a doctor usually places a mechanical shunting device in your baby's head. This helps to drain the fluid from your baby's brain. The fluid is directed to another part of your baby's body, where it can be absorbed.
The shunt usually runs behind your baby's ear. The tubing goes under your baby's skin to the belly (abdomen), heart, or lung. Your baby's healthcare provider will decide the drainage location. This will be based on your baby's condition, age, and other factors. The belly is generally the first choice. A VP (ventriculoperitoneal) shunt is often used to direct fluid into the abdomen.
Sometimes surgery and shunts can cause problems. Possible complications include:
After surgery, your child's healthcare team will tell you how to care for your baby at home. They'll also tell you symptoms that are an emergency. If your child has these symptoms, call his or her healthcare provider right away.
Your baby's healthcare provider may suggest genetic counseling if you plan to have more children. Through counseling, you can learn about the risk for this condition in future pregnancies. You may also need testing during pregnancy to check for hydrocephalus.
Hydrocephalus can affect your baby's brain and development. Your child's outlook depends on how severe his or her condition is. It also depends on other brain and health problems your baby has.
The key to treating this condition
is getting it diagnosed and treated early, and preventing infections. Your baby will
need regular checkups to make sure his or her shunt is working right. Your child's
healthcare team will work closely with you as your baby grows.
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Older vehicles that do not possess an EU registration, require a minimum reflection area of 60cm² (just over 9in.²) on each of their mirrors. An European approval emblem is not absolutely necessary. Current scooter models are all registred according to EU legislation. The mirrors that are attached to them must have EU approval markings.
Mirrors that have less than a 60cm² reflection area or no EU approval markings are not meant for (leagal) road use.
The minimum number of mirrors required depends on the first day of registration
* "registered according to EU legislation" are vehicles since 01.10.2005. Check your registration certificate for the EU entry (digit K).


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He's eluded rescue attempts to free him in the past, but on Jan. 10, 2012, Park Service rangers notified veterinarians and volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center that the seal was spotted near Drake's Beach. On site, the Center's rescue crew assembled alongside volunteers from Point Reyes and were able to sedate the large subadult male seal (estimated to be between 700-1,000 lb.) in order to remove the thick red packing strap that was wrapped tightly around his neck.
"This field disentanglement is one of many northern elephant seals seriously harmed (injured) by negative human interaction, and one that we've been able to help," explained Dr. Bill Van Bonn, Director of Veterinary
Science at The Marine Mammal Center."It's what we all work for, and it's gratifying when it all goes this smoothly, especially after such a long time tracking this animal."
Once the packing strap was cut away, veterinarians evaulated and cleaned the wound, and with no further medical complications present, "Mr. Elusive" as he was nicknamed, returned back to the ocean.
Viewing of elephant seals during mating and pupping season at Año Nuevo State Reserve
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Houstonians rally for hit-and-run victim as killer is sought
As Houston police investigate a hit-and-run accident that claimed a bicyclist's life, an impromptu memorial to the young woman has appeared in Montrose where a driver left her mortally injured in the street.
Chelsea Norman, 24, left her job at Whole Foods Market, 705 Waugh Drive, at 10:17 p.m. Dec. 1 and a couple minutes later was struck by an unknown vehicle in the 1600 block of Waugh Drive.
An ambulance took her to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where she was pronounced dead Dec. 4, authorities said.
In memory of Norman, store employees are planning a ride on Dec. 8 from Whole Foods to her nearby apartment on Jackson Street, which they're calling "complete Chelsea's ride," said store team leader Elizabeth Brown.
"We're gathering in the parking lot at 10 p.m. Sunday and will start the ride at 10:17," she said. "Our focus is to raise driver awareness of sharing the road and respecting our cycling community."
Fellow cyclists and friends of Norman have also organized the "Chelsea Norman memorial ride for a safer cycling Houston," scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Whole Foods, 705 Waugh. Riders are asked to wear blue.
Sgt. Mark Cross of the Houston Police Department's vehicular crimes unit said Friday that investigators don't have any suspects yet but are following up Crime Stoppers tips that they hope will prove helpful.
"If anybody has any additional information on a vehicle or a suspect, we really want the public out there to call us and let us know," Cross said.
Private funeral services are to take place Dec. 7, while an outdoor community memorial is scheduled for 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Sabine Street promenade on Buffalo Bayou.
Norman's death has had a profound effect on her coworkers, Brown said.
"Here at Whole Foods we're a very tight-knit family," she said. "When one member is affected, it affects all of us. One of the most interesting things that has happened is the way she has pulled our store and team member base together."
At the time of the accident, Norman was headed for her apartment, a ride of five or six minutes, where her boyfriend, Whole Foods coworker Larry Villalobos, was waiting for her, Brown said.
Norman had moved to Montrose in the past couple months and was excited about being able to bicycle to the store where she had worked since July 2012, Brown said.
Norman worked in the specialty department, which features cheese, chocolate, coffee, beer and wine, and was especially passionate about wine, Brown said.
"She was incredibly knowledgable about wines and was passionate about not just wines but pairings with cheese and other foods," she said.
A native of San Antonio, Norman attended Canyon High School in New Braunfels and was a 2011 graduate of the University of Houston's School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, according to her Facebook page.
As an employee, Norman was fun to work with, Brown said.
"She was one of the kindest, most giving people, always in a great mood," she said. "She was always ready to do something spontaneous, outrageous, a little goofy."
Norman and her boyfriend had talked about going to Europe to visit organic farms, she said.
Anyone with information about the accident is urged to contact the HPD Hit-and-Run Unit at 713-247-4065 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
According to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, the primary cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.


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Certain business expenses may be deducted for income tax purposes under IRS regulations. All ordinary and necessary business expenses paid or incurred in the taxable year in carrying on a trade or business may be deducted.
But what if your client uses a home office? What are the rules then? As treated in Tax Facts Online, here are the answers:
If a client uses part of his or her home for a business, they may be able to deduct expenses related to that business use. The IRS has certain requirements to help determine if they qualify for the home office deduction.
Generally, in order to claim a business deduction for a home office, a client must use part of his or her principal residence exclusively and regularly as the principal place of business, or as a place to meet or deal with patients, clients, or customers in the normal course of a business, or in any connection with the trade or business where the business portion of the home is a separate structure not attached to the home.
For certain storage use, rental use or daycare facility use, clients are required to use the property regularly but not exclusively. Note that there are special rules for qualified daycare providers and for persons storing business inventory or product samples.
Normally, the amount that can be deducted depends on the percentage of the home used for business. The deduction for certain expenses will be limited if gross income from the business is less than total business expenses.
If a client is self-employed, use Form 8829, Expenses for Business Use of Your Home to calculate the home office deduction, and report those deductions on Form 1040 Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business.
If a client is an employee, additional rules apply for claiming the home office deduction. For example, the regular and exclusive business use must be for the convenience of his or her employer.
For further details and citations on this topic, we invite you to sign up for a 15-day free trial of Tax Facts Online by clicking here.
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New products introduced over the last week include a new emerging markets equity fund from Calvert; a new emerging markets debt fund from Aberdeen; impact-rated portfolios from HIP Investors and SNW Asset Management; and 10 additional funds added to the Nottingham platform.
In addition, Charles Schwab announced a new iPad app; Forward announced enhancements to its suite of asset allocation funds; and Jefferson National was recognized by Cerulli for its flat-fee variable annuity.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Calvert Investments Launches Calvert Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Calvert recently announced the launch of the Calvert Emerging Markets Equity Fund (CVMAX), subadvised by Hermes Investment Management Limited, based in London. CVMAX is Calvert's latest sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) mutual fund, part of a series of investment portfolios known as Calvert Solution Strategies.
CVMAX seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located in emerging market countries, using its sustainability and corporate responsibility criteria. The fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization size, but seeks to have market capitalization size characteristics similar to that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
2) Aberdeen Launches Emerging Market Debt Mutual Fund
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. announced Thursday that it has launched the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Debt Fund (A shares: AKFAX).
AKFAX invests across the emerging markets debt universe, including hard and local currency sovereign bonds and corporates, and is managed by Aberdeen's emerging market and sovereign debt team, led by Brett Diment.
3) HIP Investor and SNW Asset Management Launch Portfolios
HIP Investor Inc. and SNW Asset Management Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Seattle-Northwest Securities Corp.) announced a business collaboration offering clients impact-rated portfolios for municipal bonds and fixed income.
The portfolios, managed by SNW Asset Management and scored by HIP Investor, allows investors to see a quantified score of human, social and environmental impact realized by their investments. The new approach may also spur issuers of multimillion-dollar bonds toward more accountability and innovation as they seek to advance the well-being of their communities.
4) Nottingham Adds New Funds to Platform
Nottingham recently announced that it has added 10 new mutual funds from three fund families to its platform. The funds and their investment advisors are:
Arin Large Cap Theta Fund (AVOLX), Arin Risk Advisors, LLC; the ISM Non Traditional Fund (A shares: FMNTX, I shares: FMNRX), ISM High Income Fund (A shares: FMHIX, I shares: FMHRX), ISM Strategic Equity Fund (FMTSX), ISM Strategic Fixed Income Fund (FMFSX), ISM Global Alpha Tactical Fund (FMARX), ISM Tax Free Fund (FMERX), ISM Dividend Income Fund (FMDVX) and the ISM Premier Asset Management Fund (FMPMX) from FolioMetrix, LLC; and the Matisse Discounted Closed-End Fund Strategy (MDCEX) from Deschutes Portfolio Strategies, Inc.
5) Charles Schwab Expands Advisor Mobile Offering with New iPad App
Charles Schwab recently announced that the new Schwab Advisor Center app for the iPad is available for download. Advisors will now be able to access key client data such as balances, positions, and transactions from their iPads. The new app is customized for the tablet format, including large charts that offer insights into daily account movements and scrolling quotes that help advisors track the movements of the indices, stocks, and funds that are most important to them.
Advisors can further customize the app by adding stock and mutual fund quotes to the ticker at the bottom of the screen. The new position charts give advisors a snapshot view of how an account's equity or mutual fund positions are performing over the course of a day. They also show graphical representations both of recent changes in the price of all positions in an account and relative size of the position. Pop-up details for account balances and history allow advisors to access the data they need all in one view.
6) Forward Updates and Globalizes Its Asset Allocation Fund Series
Forward Management, LLC has enhanced its suite of asset allocation funds, reducing the number of portfolios from six to five and renaming them the Forward Global Asset Allocation Series. The aggressive growth portfolio has been pulled from the series and as of Dec. 3 will be renamed the Forward Multi-Strategy Fund (I shares: ACAIX; C shares: ACAGX; A shares: AGRRX; institutional shares: AAGRX), although its objective is unchanged.
The revamped series comprises five mutual funds with varying growth and income objectives, and is designed to provide bank trust departments and other financial advisors with a core portfolio solution that can be tailored to individual client needs. The five funds include: Forward Growth Fund (I shares: AGALX; C shares: AGGGX; A shares: AOGAX; institutional shares: ACGAX), Forward Growth & Income Fund (I shares: AGIIX; C shares: AGIGX; A shares: AOIAX; institutional shares: AGWAX), Forward Income Builder Fund (I shares: AIAIX; C shares: AIACX; A shares: AILAX; institutional shares: AIAAX), Forward Balanced Fund (I shares: ACBIX; C shares: ABAFX; A shares: AOBAX; institutional shares: ABAAX) and Forward Income & Growth Fund (I shares: ACIGX; C shares: AIGMX; A shares: AOLAX; institutional shares: AIGAX).
Forward has also updated the portfolio series by globalizing the mix of underlying funds for greater diversification and more exposure to global growth and income opportunities; shifting the basis for global portfolio weightings from market capitalization to GDP; increasing their slant toward alternative strategies and real assets; systematically adapting fund allocations to changing global conditions; and putting more focus on volatility management.
7) Jefferson National Recognized by Cerulli
Jefferson National was recently recognized by Cerulli Associates as the industry's "gold-standard in tackling fee-based structures" for creating the industry's first flat-fee variable annuity.
In their quantitative update titled Annuities and Insurance 2012: Evaluating Growth Capacity, Flows, and Products Trends, Cerulli highlighted Jefferson National's "best-in-class strategies of eliminating fees, appreciating how RIAs operate their business, and delivering an impressive technology platform that can be integrated into existing systems." The report further touted Jefferson National's transformation of the VA back to a tax-deferral product, coupled with an award-winning "distinctive distribution strategy."
Read the Nov. 2 Portfolio Products Roundup at AdvisorOne.com


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The Crisper Whisperer: Sweet Potato Salad with Chili-Lime Dressing Recipe
Cook through your crisper surplus with ease.
Note: You may know Carolyn Cope as Umami Girl. She stops by on Tuesdays with ideas on preparing fruits and vegetables.
Hi, Mom, it's me. Pretty good, thanks, but ay yi yi, I can't believe you still call me Sweet Potato. I mean, I'm 19. I'm choosing a major in, like, a month. (Just so you know, I'm leaning toward environmental philosophy right now.) I kissed another—oh, never mind. I just don't think any of that screams Sweet Potato, if you know what I mean. I guess it's kind of endearing, though.
Now a sophomore in college, Sweet Potato calls home and shows she's not all marshmallows and syrup anymore.
Anyway, I'm just calling to find out about plans for Thanksgiving? Are you guys picking me up or should I use your credit card to buy a train ticket or what? Oh, and is it OK if I invite Jewel and Garnet again? I think Jewel might have stopped talking about your cornbread stuffing for like a minute and a half last April, but I wouldn't sign my name to that. Oh, whew, thanks. I kind of already told them they could come. You're the best!
Oh, there is one thing. Garnet isn't eating any meat or dairy right now. That should be fine, right? She can eat, like, the green beans with mushrooms and a popover, I guess. Or wait, isn't there butter in those? Oh well, I'm sure you'll come up with something brilliant, right? You always do. I mean, you made me, didn't you? OK, Mom, love you, gotta run. Jonathan Safran Foer is speaking, and it starts in, like, two minutes. I'm so excited!
Sweet Potato Salad with Chili-Lime Dressing
Adapted from Epicurious.com many Thanksgivings ago, when I felt I had more to prove. Although this recipe might not have jumped out at me today, I'm thankful for the youthful torments that made it a lasting part of my recipe box. It's a great vegan option and would stand up well to the addition of some cooked French lentils or black beans if you doubled the dressing.
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 medium red bell pepper, diced small
- 4 scallions, white and green parts, sliced
- 1/4 cup minced cilantro leaves
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice, plus grated zest of 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Toss the diced sweet potatoes with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and some salt and pepper on a sheet pan. Arrange the potatoes in a single layer and roast until just tender, about 30 minutes. Let cool slightly and then transfer to a large bowl along with the bell pepper, scallions and cilantro.
In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, lime juice and zest, chili powder, cumin, a couple of generous pinches of salt, and some freshly ground black pepper. Pour the dressing over the salad; toss gently. Serve warm, at room temperature or even chilled. This salad can be made up to a day ahead and in fact improves with a little rest time.
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HARTFORD (AP) -- Former Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun and UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma were inducted Wednesday into the state's Hall of Fame.
The coaches, both already members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, had their names added to a wall that includes such Connecticut icons as author Mark Twain, lexicographer Noah Webster and baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson.
Calhoun guided the Huskies to three national titles in his 26 years at UConn before retiring after the 2011-12 season.
"It's really great," he said. "It only took me 26 years, but it took Mark Twain 150 to get into the Hall of Fame."
Auriemma, who coached his team to the program's eighth national title earlier this month, joked that he was there to represent actor Paul Newman, a 2009 inductee.
"It's unbelievably rewarding and humbling and you're grateful and appreciative anytime someone wants to honor you for what you've done," Auriemma said. "And certainly some of the names on that wall are some of the greatest names in the history of not just Connecticut, but in the history of their field."
The two other members of this year's class were Roger Sherman, a founding father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and toy maker A.C. Gilbert, best known for creating the Erector Set.
The small Hall of Fame is located in the state Legislative Office Building adjacent to the state Capitol
It was established in 2005 to recognize the outstanding achievements of people from Connecticut, both nationally and internationally. Only 16 people are members.
State Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr. said there is no doubt the two basketball coaches belong on that list for their work in motivating young people to become winners.
"They have lifted up our state university, not only for us to see, in terms of their accomplishments, but all across America," he said.
The induction ceremony coincided with the annual "Husky Day" at the state Capitol, which included a reception for the school's basketball and football teams.
As usual, lawmakers and staffers fawned over the players and coaches, many asking for autographs. Some brought basketballs to sign. Others brought their children with them in the hopes of getting a photo with a player or coach.
Several encouraged Shabazz Napier, a junior guard on the men's basketball team, to stay in school one more year.
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Could one of the world's most recognisable buildings have a double? It could. And it's quite a story.
One of the reasons we adore unique buildings is because they're just that: unique. Think about it. You're not going to find two examples of monasteries perched precariously on an Atlantic island. And there's little chance of a gas lit pub with Italian panelling and service buttons having a twin.
Until now, you may have also thought that the White House, silent star of Lee Daniels' film The Butler, was one of a kind. We've got news for you: it has a little sister.
And if you don't believe us, just ask the Irish president. He lives there.
Welcome to Dublin City. Welcome to one of Europe's largest city parks, the Phoenix Park, and welcome to the White House in miniature: Áras an Uachtaráin (House of the President).
Thanks to movies like Oprah Winfrey's The Butler, Roland Emmerich's Independence Day and countless news bulletins, the White House is instantly recognisable. And while the Irish President's abode isn't exactly a mirror image (many say that it is Dublin's Leinster House on which the White House template was based), it sure comes close. That angled three-point portico, those stoic Greek columns and those gleaming white-washed walls. Seeing double yet?
But get this: the Áras, as it's known locally, may be over 260 years old, but it has only housed Ireland's presidents since 1938. Author, historian and founder of the Facebook project Wistorical, Turtle Bunbury tells us who and what went before.
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"The Áras was built by the banker and architect Nathaniel 'Nat' Clements. In April 1751, Nat was appointed Chief Ranger and Master of Game for Phoenix Park, overseeing the deer sanctuary established by the Great Duke of Ormonde nearly a century earlier".
It was under this title that Clements built what was then known as Ranger's Lodge. This, as Turtle tells us, "became home to the British Viceroy and is now Áras an Uachtaráin – the residence of the President of Ireland."
Nathaniel 'Nat' Clements courtesy of Charlie and Sally Clements, Killadoon House
Since its build the Áras has come rather a long way. A gas line was connected to the building in 1852, and it took another candle-lit 56 years for electricity to reach its hallowed halls. The visits of Queen Victoria in 1856 and King George in 1911 also stirred Dublin's builders and architects into action, seeing East and West wings added respectively.
But the Áras isn't alone in the huge expanse of the Phoenix Park. Thousands of folks, including Beyoncé, have cycled through the 1752-acre spread, thanks to Paul McQuaid's Phoenix Park Bike Hire ("I've had tonnes of visitors come back from a cycle and ask me why we've got a mini White House in the park," laughs Paul).
The Walled Gardens, too, are a constant hive of digging, planting and growing that reaches fever pitch at the annual Bloom Festival each June. Ask any Dublin kid what the Phoenix Park is famous for, though, and they won't be long answering: The Zoo.
The Mini White House with a zoo. Kind of catchy, isn't it?
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COVID-19 cases count of Sri Lanka reached 981 as of 11.30 pm today (17) following the detection of 11 new patients, says the Ministry of Health.
Ten new positive cases of coronavirus were reported earlier today. Accordingly, a total of 21 cases have been confirmed
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LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, OCTOBER 18, 2010—Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Bette Korber is part of an international team of investigators working to design and implement the first human trial of a mosaic HIV vaccine candidate. The vaccine represents a novel strategy for fighting the virus that causes AIDS by attempting to address one of the most daunting challenges in HIV vaccine design: the virus's extensive genetic diversity.
The team and its efforts are being led by Duke University Medical Center under consortium leader Dr. Barton Haynes, director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI). The newly formed research coalition has begun designing an early phase safety trial to assess mosaic vaccines in humans. The trial will test the mosaic concept and could lead to the next generation of HIV vaccine candidates.
Traditional HIV vaccines are designed to stimulate the body's immune system to recognize naturally occurring stretches of specific amino acids in the virus' proteins. In contrast, mosaic vaccines are composed of many sets of synthetic, computer-generated sequences of proteins that can prompt the immune system to respond to a wide variety of circulating HIV strains.
Such vaccines have already been studied in animals and have shown some success in enhancing the breadth of immune responses. Results of those studies appeared earlier this year in Nature Medicine.
Haynes said the group will use the NYVAC vaccinia vector (derived from the vaccine to protect against smallpox) and DNA that contain a new set of artificial, computer-designed HIV genes in a Phase-I clinical trial to be supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Haynes says the consortium hopes to launch human trials by late 2012.
Korber, a senior researcher in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Theoretical Division, led the team that developed the mosaic genes.
"HIV's diversity is vast, and the mosaic gene design represents a novel vaccine design to directly tackle HIV diversity in human clinical trials," said Korber. "Based on computational models, mosaic vaccines were predicted to perform better than natural HIV genes; experimental studies in animals, which directly compared mosaic to natural vaccines, supported that prediction. We are excited to test this concept in humans."
The consortium includes many of the world's leading researchers and organizations committed to finding an effective vaccine to protect against HIV infection, including The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network, the IPPOX Foundation in Switzerland, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the NIH/NIAID Vaccine Research Center, Duke University and its Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Division of AIDS of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"Each member of this consortium is also a member of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, and this collaboration is truly a global effort to make progress on HIV vaccine development," said Haynes.
The NYVAC vaccine is being provided by Sanofi-Pasteur, which is a collaborator in the study. The clinical development of NYVAC HIV vaccines has to date been conducted in Europe primarily through the EuroVacc Program.
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Rally Report – Great Southwest Scooter Fiesta IV (GSSF)
11/30 – 12/2/2012
The Sky Island Riders have now been present at all four of GSSF's. This is my second rally report on attending this rally and, although there are many similarities between the events of this year's rally and last, there are also some interesting differences. As it would turn out, getting there and back would wind up being the most memorable parts of the rally.
We initially had 12-15 SIR's that were planning on going to Phoenix to the rally, but life happens and as we approached the end of November, we were down to 9. Because of work schedules and the like, we weren't going to be able to all ride in as a group. As a matter of fact, were would go to Phoenix in three groups: I would like the first group, leaving Friday afternoon, that would arrive in time for the first ride of the rally. Sean would lead a late Friday group that would arrive later Friday evening and, because not everyone could spend one or two nights in Phoenix, Warren was to lead a group that would leave early Saturday morning and return to Tucson that evening.
The first group ran in to trouble early on in our trip. First, we found out that Randy had a flat tire on his Burgman and wouldn't be able to make it at all unless he could find a tire somewhere. That left just 3 of us riding: me, on my Stella, Craig, on his vintage Vespa and Lee, a Buddy 170i. Outside of Marana, the Buddy developed mechanical problems and quit. Lee still has roadside assistance, so once he was in touch with them, he urged Craig and I to get on the road, so we did. The rest of the ride was uneventful.
We pulled into Chandler Vespa and began visiting with old friends and making some new acquaintances. We then had a group ride over to Joe's Real BBQ where eating was added to the visiting. As with last year, the rally had a large section reserved outside for us.
Joe's serving line closed at 9:00 pm and the second contingent of four SIR's arrived at about 8:50 pm. The great thing about this second group was that Lee (of the Buddy 170) was with them. I talked before about how cool scooter people are. Well, when Sean had found out the Lee's scooter wasn't working, he loaned him one of his for the duration of the rally! Now Sean, John, Annie and Lee were added to our ranks.
We talked and joked with the Phoenix folks until late, then headed to our hotel. During the evening, we had mentioned that, like last year, we were going to do a ride early Saturday morning. Last year one non-SIR joined us, this year there were several.
Saturday morning, we got up early and rode to Hacker's Cafe'. 9 of us had breakfast, then we rode out to Tortilla Flat. Last year we turned around at Canyon Lake , so this year we decided to ride all the way to Tortilla Flat. It made us late getting back to the rally, but it was worth it. Apache Trail (aka AZ-Route 88) is a great riding road. The road quality of Apache Trail is only fair because of the many potholes, but the scenery and many tight curves still make it worth the ride.
As mentioned, we were late returning to the rally and missed the chance to ride in the slow drags, but we were in time to enter our bikes in the scooter show. Sean entered his vintage Vespa P-200 in the "Ugly But Still Runs" category and won! That's the second year a SIR has taken that particular award. We also met up with the Warren and Penny.
Like last year, the next rally event was a ride out to Saguaro Lake. The road isn't as twisty as Apache Trail, but it's still fun. Once there, we spent the entire time out in the parking lot talking scooters. There was a lot of mutual admiration of scooters and eventually, the admiration turned into people taking test rides on each others' scoots. I got to ride a new Vespa 300 Super. Wow! That is a great bike.
Like last year, the SIR's had planned an evening ride around central Phoenix as well as dessert at the Sugar Bowl. Guy, from VespaAZ, suggested we meet him for dinner at a place called Carlsbad Tavern. We rode back to town via the Beeline Highway and had dinner. I think we all loved Carlsbad Tavern. The next time you're in Scottsdale around lunch or dinner time, you should go there.
We finished dinner, then rode to GR Herzberger Park (aka Arizona Falls) walked around and shot some pics, then took an adventurous ride along the steep, narrow roads of Camelback Mountain. From there, we rode into Old Town Scottsdale, to the Sugar Bowl. We had a great time there then returned to our hotel.
Sunday morning was a nice change from the earlier rallies. We went on a tour of four noteworthy coffee shops. At the second one, we got a very nice class on several different brewing methods. After the four coffee shops, the next event was to ride up South Mountain. Since we SIR's were riding back to Tucson after South Mountain, we hijacked the rally and made them stop for lunch prior to the ride.
We went to Matt's Big Breakfast, enjoyed that, then continued the rally and went up South Mountain. Last year, we stopped at nice scenic overlook, but this year we road all the way to the top. Like Apache Trail, South Mountain is very twisty and scenic. Road quality is good, although it is well traveled by law enforcement, so keep your speed down.
It was mid-afternoon when Sean, Craig, John and I said our goodbyes to the Phoenix group and headed toward Tucson. We didn't want to ride back through town, so we rode west until we hit 51st Ave, then turned toward Maricopa and would return home via Maricopa, Casa Grande, Eloy and Picacho.
The sun was setting as we left Maricopa. That's when Sean tells me "Things just got a bit more interesting. My headlight quit working." Oh boy! Stella's headlight is fair. Craig's Vespa's is anemic at best and it gets very dark out in the desert. Fortunately, John was on his Big Ruckus which also has big headlights. We positioned him at the back of the formation and he lit the way for all of us.
We stopped at Auto Zone in Casa Grande, where Sean bought a soldering iron, found the short in his wiring and repaired the headlight. I took the opportunity to replace the brake light bulb that had burned out on Stella on Friday. We then continued our cold, dark ride home. Everything seemed to be going okay until Craig's Vespa lost spark and died between Picacho and Marana.
The problem was quickly diagnosed and we started making repairs when an ambulance stopped to see if we were okay. We said we were fine and the driver asked if we needed some additional lighting. We said "sure" so he went back to the ambulance, turned their spot light and bright lights on so we had had plenty of light to work in. They also turned on their flashers so cars would see us. Big thanks go out from us to Southwest Ambulance.
The Great Southwest Scooter Fiesta IV was a memorable one. We got to see riders helping each other and sharing their expertise and even their bikes. We met some new friends and also took the opportunity to pass out flyers for our own rally, For A Few CC's More III, which will be held in the spring of 2013


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Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset will open its gates on Saturday 20th July for the Royal Navy's premier airshow. The Air Day, one of the Southwest's largest one day events, will offer an action-packed day out for all the family with thrilling flying displays and plenty to see and do on the ground. Whether you're a wide-eyed first timer or a seasoned air show veteran, be prepared for an amazing experience!
The award-winning airshow attracts over 35,000 visitors, significant UK/Foreign military participation and support from the world's leading aerospace companies. Over five hours of spectacular flying displays will include fast jets, historic warbirds, helicopters, formation display teams, aerobatics and will culminate with the world renowned Commando Assault Finale featuring troops, aircraft and pyrotechnics galore!
Throughout the day, families will also have the chance to enjoy plenty of ground entertainment including discounted entry to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, interactive military displays, Royal Marines Band, classic and military vehicle exhibitions, funfair, simulators, helicopter pleasure flights, trade stalls and much more.
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Marijuana in the Forests: A Localized Silent Spring in the Making?Comments
For this week's Forestry Friday post I want to follow up on last week's discussion of drug cartels destroying the forests of Mexico by bringing this story into the forests of California. A team of scientists at UC-Davis conducted a study about recent deaths in the population of the rare Pacific fisher, a member of the weasel family. What they found was disturbing. Essentially, the Mexican drug cartels are using a huge amount of rat poison on their hidden plantations in the Sierra Nevada. The rodents eat the poison, but they don't die immediately. As predators kill the still living rodents, they ingest the poison into their own system. It builds up and they die a horrible, painful death that turns their internal organs to mush. 79% of the fisher carcasses studied had rat poison in their system.
Of course, fishers aren't the only animals to eat forest rodents. Like other poisons, it moves up the food chain. The study worries about the impact of poison on other predatory mammals. The effect of this poison upon birds has not been studied, at least to my knowledge, but we can probably make an educated guess about that. This rat poison, which the cartels use in huge amounts (I've seen the original report with DEA pictures from raided pot plantations), also washes into streams and affects fish and other aquatic creatures.
Effectively, this poison enters the food chain in ways not dissimilar from DDT and other famous poisons. Of course, this is not widespread enough to truly cause a Silent Spring-type scenario, but on a local level, this rat poison could have an enormous effect on the forest ecosystem.
There are two logical policy moves that would help eliminate this problem. In the short term, the DEA needs to put its resources toward eliminating these cartel operations and away from the easier to find operations on the west coast. Second, we need to decriminalize marijuana. California will eventually decriminalize, over the objections of the pot growers themselves who profit off criminalization, but it has to be nationwide. Otherwise, the cartels still have reason to go into our national forests and tear up the environment in order to provide Americans' seemingly insatiable demand for the drug.
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Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects.
The Food and Drug Administration will ask a panel of outside experts on Wednesday whether the benefits of Amgen's Xgeva outweigh its risks, which included bone disease in about 5 percent of patients taking the drug. The agency posted its review of the drug online Monday morning ahead of the meeting.
Xgeva is already approved for preventing fractures in cancerous bones, and for osteoporosis, in a different formulation called Prolia.
Now Amgen has asked the FDA to approve the injectable drug as a preventive measure for men with recurring prostate cancer that is at high risk of spreading to the bone. Men must have also attempted and failed treatment with hormone therapy.
A 1,432-patient study conducted by Amgen showed the drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone by about 4.2 months when compared to patients who received placebo. While that delay was statistically significant, the FDA's reviewers questioned whether it is "an adequate measure of clinical benefit" for patients with prostate cancer.
FDA's review notes that the drug did not increase overall survival, with patients in the drug and placebo groups living about the same amount of time.
Additionally, five percent of patients taking Xgeva experienced the side effect of osteonecrosis of the jaw, in which the bone dies because of poor blood supply.
While the FDA staff does not openly recommend against the new use for the drug, they do quote from an editorial in the Lancet which said the company's findings on Xgeva "`do not support its broad use as a preventive agent for bone metastases in prostate cancer.'"
ISI analyst Mark Schoenebaum said the FDA's negative review was consistent with analyst expectations.
"As was generally expected by us and much of the Street, the FDA is critical of the data, questioning the clinical meaningfulness of the primary endpoint," Schoenebaum wrote in an email.
Even if the FDA ultimately approves the indication, Schoenebaum estimates modest U.S. sales of about $300 million. The FDA is expected to make its final decision by late April.
Shares of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen fell $1.80, or 2.6 percent, to $67.48 per share in morning trading.
Doctors use a variety of treatments and interventions to treat prostate cancer, depending on the speed of the cancer's growth and the patient's age, among other factors. Patients with fast-growing prostate tumors often receive hormone therapy to stop production of testosterone, which fuels cancer growth.
All of the men in Amgen's study had tumors that did not respond well to hormone therapy, but had not yet spread beyond the prostate. While there are multiple drugs for both early and late-stage prostate cancer, Amgen argues "there is a gap in the treatment plan for those patients" enrolled in its study.
Xgeva and Prolia, the osteoporosis formulation, had combined sales of $554 million in 2011, their first full year on the market.


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Back to the Bronx for more thrills
We earned ourselves another trip to the big city, to New York. It wasn't easy, but we made it happen. I'm so proud of this team, the way it keeps coming back.
The Angels are for real. I don't think anybody can doubt that now.
Man, I was going crazy out there in the seventh inning. They scored six runs to take the lead, and we came right back to get three and then held on. Hey, nobody said it was going to be easy, right?
That ninth inning got to me. My knee started hurting me. That hasn't happened all year. I guess it was the intensity of the moment. My heart was beating fast. It was very exciting — especially when Erick Aybar got under that last popup by Nick Swisher on the 3-2 pitch by Brian Fuentes and it was finally over.
We came out and played our game. We were aggressive right from the start. I'm not giving away any strategies, but A.J. Burnett, last time we faced him in New York, got ahead of us pounding the strike zone. We came out taking some good swings after Chone Figgins worked a walk to get us started.
Bobby Abreu stroked that double to center, which put two guys in scoring position. I got something I liked and drove it past Derek Jeter for two runs. That's a good feeling, us getting off to a good start like that. Then Vladimir Guerrero and Kendry Morales came through with hits, and we're up 4-0. I'm sure John Lackey liked that.
But we knew four runs weren't safe, not against that team. Lackey pitched great, man. I had a good view of that 3-2 pitch to Jorge Posada that was called a ball. It was a good pitch, man. People are asking about Lackey reacting the way he did, but if you don't react on a call like that, you shouldn't be here. It's a natural reaction, nothing bad or hostile about it. He thought he threw a strike and didn't get the call, and it was big. I don't blame John for reacting like he did. Any competitor would have done that.
That was a fight, a battle to the finish. Those guys never give up, and neither do we. That's why this is such a great matchup. There's a lot of mutual respect here, I think.
We know they've got Mariano Rivera in the bullpen, so it's important to get early leads and hold onto them. That's what we need to do against Andy Pettitte in Game 6 on Saturday. We're looking for another good effort by Joe Saunders, who really pitched well in Game 2 against Burnett in New York.
Joe is cool, and he likes the weather cold, being from Virginia. I'm pretty sure he'll get that kind of weather again. I don't think it'll be in the 70s, like it is in Southern California this time of year. But let's not get started about the weather again. The cold didn't beat us those first two games. We didn't make plays we usually make. We didn't play like the Angels.
Tonight, when we had to — we were the Angels, the team we've been all year. We've been on a mission to win this for Nick Adenhart's family, and that mission continues.
We got what we were after, a return trip to New York. Now we plan to make the best of it and force a Game 7. But it's one game at a time, one inning at a time, one pitch at a time.
I've got a headache right now. This excitement is getting to me. I can use a day to relax and get ready for another battle in the Bronx.
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Love you Tori! You have the fans behind all of you. Go Halos!
I think we can just call you guys the Cardiac kids starring the HART attack! Notice that our HART is like no other ……… IT"S ADENHART!!!
Bring us the game 6 win first and then we can talk about the rest of it!!
I'm still on a high from tonight's game.
You guys played like the Angels I've been cheering on all year and it was awesome to see you show all the naysayers what's up!
Could have done without the anxiety attack in the ninth there, but Fuentes held on, you were all alert and ready, and you did it.
I can't wait to see Game 6. It's true. Just one game at a time. And the pressure is on the Yankees, not on you.
Now that, tonight, that was Angels Baseball.
Let's do this!!! I love you guys! Let's show them what we're made of!!
Now that, tonight, that was Angels Baseball.
Let's do this!!! I love you guys! Let's show them what we're made of!!
I knew, I knew it, I knew it. I saw my Angels tonight. And you came out swinging – literally. (Take care of yourself, Torii. We need you! I saw you running the bases in that first inning and I could see something in the way you ran – it didn't look normal.)
So, get some much deserved rest, but don't let that dog stop flashing its teeth as you say. We're all still here waiting for a hero's return. You got Dodgers fans, Twins fans, I think even Phillies fans rooting for you so you know just because you will be at Yankee stadium, you have the nation cheering for you. One game at a time, no pressure, just do what you do. That's all. See you on Saturday! Go Halos!
One more comment, I ran into a few of our Angels family tonight and they had just come back from the game. It was awesome – they both had no voice left from screaming so much. Good job guys!
What an incredible game tonight! Torii, we'll see you back in Anaheim next week for the World Series!!!
Whatever happens though, I want you to tell your teammates that they've shown a whole bunch o' guts this postseason. There have been many times during this series where you guys could have just given up and said it wasn't meant to be, but instead you just keep fighting—it's exciting to watch!
The Angels have done Nick's memory, and all us fans, proud this year!
MN loves you. Wish you all the best as you head back to NY. You can do it!
Man! That was a great game. My nails were bleeding because this was such a nailbiter game. Torii, you definitely need some rest for New York, I hope your knee is going to be ok. GREAT GAME GUYS! Go and show the Yanks what's up! Love You Guys!!!!
What a fantastic game! You all came thru like the great team you are. We were at the game and the fans were wild!! I left my voice there! Be tuff in the Bronx, show them what you're made of. We will be back home cheering you on and sending some love.
I BELIEVE!!! I BELIEVE!!! I BELIEVE!!! THE ANGELS GOT IT DONE. IT WAS A BATTLE….BUT, IN THE END THE ANGELS GOT IT DONE. Please take care and keep that fighting focus at hand for Saturday. Keep believing….you have many fans that know the Angels can get it done. The Angels have won in NY and this is the time to prove it to yourselves…play hard and never let your guard down. It is a battle and all true Angel fans will be sending good vibes, support and prayers to you Torii and the entire team. You are a strong leader so keep you focus and keep Believing!!! GO ANGELS!!
As a long-time Angels fan I couldn't have been more prouder of my team than I was last night!
The view from the right-field bleachers was perfect and I want you and the rest of the team to know that we kept that big group of Yankee's fans, nearby, in check the whole game!
Even my wife, a good Muslim woman who knows nothing about baseball, was sitting at my side praying in Farsi for the team to win for the memory of Nick and his family.
I have never been to an Angel's game where the Rally Monkey has come out to support in the late innings and the eruption from the crowd (and my wife of all people!) was tremendous! I know why Derek Jeter hates that monkey so much!
Just remember, when you are in the enemy's camp in NY, that we are supporting you with every ounce of our souls and are shouting and screaming with every hit, defensive play, and run that the Angels produce!
I knew you guys could do it. I'm ready for game 6. Bring it home halos!!!
Love you Torii.
Way to go Angels. I've been saying for a few days now, "it's NOT over" and it's not. You guy keep fighting just like the team I've watched fight all year long. I could have done without the heart attack in the 9th but hey I'll take the win.
I'm so proud of you guys and honored to be an Angels fan. Go out there on Saturday and play your game. We're here at home cheering for you and pulling for you. We know you can do this. Get some rest today and be ready to rock that yankee stadium with a couple of Halo wins and bring it home to begin the world series.
Great win boys! Bring us game 6! One game at a time! I want to return to the big A for the World Series!!
Keep the momentum going Angels. Swing for hits not HR,that is your game and that is what got you past Boston and that is what will get you past the NYY.
Read Rev 3:7-8 (The Message to Philadelphia) When I did I thought about it like this. The Lord is not through with you guys yet, you still have an open door here and until the Lord moves you, you are to bloom right where you are. God Bless.
You don't read these….but if you do…there is nothing better than watching you climb the wall…this is your chance to do it…right here, right now… You have a chance to let Nick's name be remembered by the entire world forever…so climb the wall man!…This will be the highest one you've ever faced and the reward at the top will never be lost…we are counting on you. Let's Go A-Men!
Mr Hunter,
we have faith even when half the world doesn't! Rest today and go get em tomorrow we'll be there for the team till the end 🙂


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Ok, you guessed it (or you probably didn't), but I got a new 80's LCD game.
This time it's Neko Don Don! from a little known company called Takatoku Toys (I've never heard of them).
While it wasn't on my initial list of must haves, I tried the windows simulator here and had a great time. (It says you need some dll files, but it ran just fine extracted from the zip file).
Comparing the simulator to the real thing, the programmer did a great job. I just had a go now and the game-play is very similar, so if you're on a windows PC (or virtual machine) give it a go.
The example I bought was in absolutely mint condition, still in the box with all the inserts and instructions with strong LCD blacks.
I suspect the original owner left it in a cupboard for twenty six years without playing it at all, which maybe from a collector's point of view is justified, but to not play the games borders on criminal.
After station beers® with T & N, I couldn't wait till tomorrow and bought the required LR44 batteries to run the game from the 99 yen shop. (Actually 104 yen each for two. Apart from false advertising I was pretty pleased not having to wait until tomorrow).
This is one really FUN game. I'd say it's even better than the Bandai ones I have. So why did I buy it instead of just playing the sim?
I'm a big fan of old school things, and LCD is about as old school as it gets for computer games. Sure, if it was able to be played on my DS I probably wouldn't have got it and I'm definitely not going to power-up my laptop on the train just to play this.
So, for a night of beers this seems like money well spent.
Just to finish off, I want to thank the mothers for the sweets I got for teaching their kids. Yes, I work harder for food, AND I got notification for the special something from Yahoo Auctions.
Come to daddy..
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Neko Don Don!
Ok, you guessed it (or you probably didn't), but I got a new 80's LCD game.
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Rinehart still tops rich list
Gina Rinehart has held on to the top spot on Forbes Asia's annual Australian rich list despite falling iron ore prices eating into her $US17 billion ($A16.41 billion) mining fortune.
The latest who's who of Australia's wealthy types revealed that while $US1 billion ($A965.39 million) had been knocked off Mrs Rinehart's estimated fortune in 2012, she remained leagues ahead of her compatriot billionaires.
Casino operator James Packer recorded the biggest leap in fortune, with his net worth increasing by $US1.5 billion ($A1.45 billion) to $US6 billion ($A5.79 billion).
Mr Packer was Australia's third wealthiest person after his fortunes swelled thanks to the $A1.94 billion sale of Cons Media - his family's last major media asset - to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
Forbes described 2012 as the year when the Crown casino group chairman, and the youngest person on the list at 45, "came into his own".
Others weren't so fortunate.
Nathan Tinkler vanished from the list after having claimed the 26th spot in 2011 with a fortune of $US830 million ($A801.27 million).
The 36-year-old had made the front page of Forbes Asia magazine last year amid expectations he was about to become a billionaire after his Aston Resources merged with Whitehaven Coal.
But the price of coal sank, along with Tinkler's fortunes.
He is now fending off a range of creditors, who claim he owes about $A700 million.
Fellow miners also saw their fortunes flag, with Glencore International's chief Ivan Glasenberg's net worth falling to $US6.7 billion ($A6.47 billion) from $US7.2 billion ($A6.95 billion).
However the South African born 56-year-old, who became an Australian citizen in the 1980s, retained the number two spot on the Forbes list.
Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest had $US500 million ($A482.70 million) lopped off his net worth, taking it to $US4.8 billion ($A4.63 billion) and pushing him down the list two places to number five.
More fortunate was 89-year-old gaming entrepreneur Len Ainsworth, who returned to the list as a billionaire for the first time.
The head of Ainsworth Game Technology more than doubled his wealth in 2012 to $US1.03 billion ($A994.35 million) after the value of his company more than quadrupled.
Overall, the number of Australian billionaires rose by three to 23 in 2012.
For those hoping to make an appearance on the 2013 rich list, all you need is a cool $US620 million ($A598.54 million) to attract Forbes' attention.
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Clarkston novelist will share tips with aspiring writers Nov. 3
Modern terrorists working in partnership with a Mexican drug cartel? Yes, at least they are in the mystery "Freeze Frame 2016" by B. David Warner.
Warner will discuss his novels and how to write mysteries as part of the Clarkston United Methodist Church Speaker series on Nov. 3.
Warner, a Clarkston resident, worked with a former counter-intelligence military officer to get a feel for modern international terrorism and how organizations are working together for their own gain and against the United States. Without giving away the plot, Warner says "cheap drugs and easy access to the United States is the symbiotic relationship between the groups in his novel."
"The book is especially timely as it is based around a third party candidate for president who is likely to be elected unless the heroine can stop him," he said.
Warner wrote his first novel when he was in third grade.
"It had 13 chapters and the teacher typed it up and it fit on one page and gave it to all the students in the class," he said, adding he still likes to write in short chapters, much like James Patterson.
"I like to spike the interest at the end of the chapter so people will keep reading," said Warner. Warner says, "I like airport books, which have to catch your interest right away. In the first chapters of my books, I have a car chase in one and a mobster holding a main character at gunpoint in the other."
Some of the research for "Freeze Frame" was easy -- Warner used his career in advertising as the career of the main character in the book. Warner continues to work in advertising and communications while he writes. In his 40-year career, he has worked at such notables as Ross Roy and Campbell-Ewald agencies.
Warner's other book, "Dead Lock," is a historical mystery about the most guarded piece of real estate in the United States during World War II -- the Soo Locks. More than 7,300 United States troops were stationed at the locks because the majority of the iron ore used to make war implements passed through the locks and a Nazi bombing could have closed military manufacturing in the United States.
Warner, who says he loves northern Michigan, researched the occupation of Saulte Ste. Marie by the Army in 1942. He includes information on the huge barrage balloons, which were tethered at the locks to stop dive bombers and the hutments that housed five or six soldiers and their anti-aircraft guns.
"Dead Lock" begins in Detroit but heads north to the Upper Peninsula with lots of description of a 1940s road trip. The main character works at the Soo Evening News and Warner says he was able to interview a former employee who worked at the News in 1941.
Warner is working on his third novel, "Lady Killer," which is scheduled for publication in spring. The plot includes a serial killer, a sheriff's special investigator and a connection to the Oakland County child killings of 1976-77.
Warner advises aspiring writers to "take notes, begin anywhere, write with all your senses."
"If you are visualizing your plot, start anywhere," he says. "You can write about scenes at the end or middle of your plot -- you don't have to start at the beginning."
Warner's books can be found at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, on his website, bdavidwarner.com, and at the Kindle store.
B. David Warner speaks at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, at Clarkston United Methodist Church, 6600 Waldon Road, Clarkston. Tickets are $5; call 248-625-1600 or at the door.


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British bank Standard Chartered agreed Tuesday to pay a $340 million civil penalty to settle money-laundering charges brought by state authorities in New York.
The New York Department of Financial Services had accused the London-based banking group of conspiring with Iran to avoid U.S. economic sanctions by concealing transactions totaling $250 billion over nearly 10 years.
In a statement, the New York regulators said Standard Chartered (SCBFF) agreed that the transactions in question were worth at least $250 billion. Standard Chartered had previously claimed that the transactions involved amounted to only $14 million.
Standard Chartered is also being investigated for possible violations of U.S. sanctions by federal authorities, including the U.S. Treasury Department, which has yet to officially announce any charges against the bank.
"Our investigation continues," a Treasury spokesperson said in a statement. "Treasury will continue working with our regulatory and law enforcement partners to hold Standard Chartered accountable for any sanctionable activity that occurred."
Standard Chartered continues to "engage constructively" with U.S. authorities and any resolution will be announced "in due course," the bank said in a brief statement.
The settlement was announced one day before Standard Chartered executives were set to appear in New York. Chief executive Peter Sands was reportedly in New York Tuesday to negotiate the settlement.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement that the settlement "demonstrates the effectiveness and leadership of the new Department of Financial Services." The department's superintendent, Benjamin Lawsky, had come under fire for moving unilaterally against Standard Chartered.
Related: Why London bankers are shrugging off Standard Chartered threat
Cuomo said the department was set up in 2011 to oversee banks and insurance companies because New York needed a "tough and fair regulator" to help protect investors and consumers.
Under the settlement, Standard Chartered agreed to have a monitor installed in its New York branch for two years to evaluate the bank's money-laundering risk controls. The bank also agreed to have in house auditors installed on a permanent basis and have sate examiners in its New York branch.
In an order issued Aug. 6, Lawsky accused Standard Chartered of falsifying business and official records to mask transactions with Iranian customers that were subject to U.S. economic sanctions. In exchange, the bank allegedly reaped "hundreds of millions" of dollars in fees.
The United States and its allies have increased economic sanctions against Iran during the past few years in an effort to deter the Islamic Republic from developing its nuclear capabilities. Iran has argued that its goal is to produce energy, but U.S. officials say the Iranians are developing weapons.
The Treasury Department has imposed more than $2 billion in fines since 2005 on a number of foreign banks for violating U.S. sanctions, including a $617 million criminal fine against ING Bank (ING) in June. Lloyds Bank (LYG), Credit Suisse (CS), Barclays (BCS) have also been fined for laundering money for Iran, North Korea, Sudan and other nations under U.S. sanctions. HSBC (HBC) was accused in July by Senate investigators of failing to prevent billions of dollars in transfers for drug cartels and terrorist groups.
Related: Wells Fargo in $6.5 million SEC settlement over risk disclosure
Jimmy Gurulé, a former Treasury official who is now a law professor at Notre Dame, said he was disappointed with the relatively small penalty New York imposed on Standard Chartered.
The charges outlined in the state's order suggested that Standard Chartered may have committed criminal violations, although the New York superintendent does not have the authority to bring criminal charges.
"Once again, no bank official has been criminally charged or held criminally liable for violating U.S. economic sanctions involving Iran," said Gurulé.
The U.S. Treasury Department is continuing its investigation into potential violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran by Standard Chartered, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by CNNMoney.
The letter to a top U.K. Treasury official comes days after banking regulators in New York state accused London-based Standard Chartered of helping Iran avoid U.S. economic sanctions by concealing $250 billion worth of transactions over nearly 10 years.
Shares of Standard Chartered (SCBFF) rebounded MOREBen Rooney - Aug 8, 2012 5:38 PM ET
Shares of British banking giant Standard Chartered fell more than 23% on the London Stock Exchange Tuesday, one day after New York regulators accused the banking group of helping Iran avoid sanctions by concealing $250 billion in transactions over nearly 10 years.
On Monday, the New York State Department of Financial Services accused the London-based bank of conspiring to hide 60,000 transactions with Iranian clients, including the Central Bank of Iran, MOREBen Rooney - Aug 7, 2012 7:19 AM ET
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Celebrating 50 Years of Biba with Barbara Hulanicki at Bath in Fashion
I had been looking forward to styling this show for months. There were so many people involved as the clothes were original Biba pieces belonging to different collectors and one of the main collectors had worked with Barbara Hulanicki at Biba. It was such a privilege to work with people's personal archives. What was interestingContinue reading


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Stephanie says: "This is Sheldon. He was my first pet that we got after I moved out of my home. He's two, and very sick. It's breaking my heart because there are no vets in my area, and I cannot go home until Easter. So at this point we're just hoping and praying that he pulls through long enough for us to get him there. He's been my best and longest running roommate. He's the toughest, most devious and loving hamster I've ever known, and I think that's how he's getting by."
I'm sending Sheldon healing thoughts!
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