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Ryōkan (1758–1831) was an eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived in Echigo, Japan, as a hermit, most famous for his poetry and calligraphy.
- In the scenery of spring,
nothing is better, nothing worse;
The flowering branches are
of themselves, some short, some long.
- As translated in Haiku : Spring (1950) by Reginald Horace Blyth
- In this dream world
We doze
And talk of dreams —
Dream, dream on,
As much as you wish
- As translated in Lust for Enlightenment : Buddhism and Sex (1990) by John Stevens, p. 28
- You must rise above
The gloomy clouds
Covering the mountaintop
Otherwise, how will you
Ever see the brightness?
- As translated in Lust for Enlightenment : Buddhism and Sex (1990) by John Stevens, p. 117
- The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.
- Written after a thief robbed his hut, as translated in The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry (1993) by Stephen Mitchell, p. 162
- Late at night, listening to the winter rain
Recalling my youth —
Was it only a dream? Was I really young once?
- As quoted in One Robe, One Bowl : The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan (2006) edited by John Stevens, p. 71
- Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth. Truth and falsehood are two sides of the same coin. Neither accept one nor reject the other.
- As translated in 1,001 Pearls of Wisdom (2006) by David Ross, p. 36
- Easily moved by beauty—such is my nature.
I take a few phrases
and they just turn into poems
- As translated in Great Fool: Zen Master Ryōkan; Poems, Letters, and Other Writings (1996) by Ryūichi Abé and Peter Haskel, p. 117
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)Edit
- As translated by John Stevens
- Who says my poems are poems?
My poems are not poems.
When you know that my poems are not poems,
Then we can speak of poetry.
- Variant translation:
Who says my poems are poems?
My poems are not poems.
After you know my poems are not poems,
Then we can begin to discuss poetry!
- Variant translation:
- It's a pity, a gentleman in refined retirement composing poetry:
He models his work on the classic verse of China.
And his poems are elegant, full of fine phrases.
But if you don't write of things deep in your own heart,
What's the use of churning out so many words?
- Variant translation:
With gaudy words their lines are formed
And further adorned by novel and curious phrases.
Yet if they fail to express what is in their own minds
What is the use, no matter
How many poems they compose!
- "Zen Poetics of Ryokan" in Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry (Summer 2006)
- Variant translation:
- The winds gives me
Enough fallen leaves
To make a fire
- This world
A fading
Mountain echo
Void and
Zen Poetics of Ryokan (2006)Edit
- "Zen Poetics of Ryokan" in Simply Haiku: A Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry (Summer 2006)
- When you encounter those who are wicked, unrighteous, foolish, dim-witted, deformed, vicious, chronically ill, lonely, unfortunate, or disabled, you should think: "How can I save them?" And even if there is nothing you can do, at least you must not indulge in feelings of arrogance, superiority, derision, scorn, or abhorrence, but should immediately manifest sympathy and compassion. If you fail to do so, you should feel ashamed and deeply reproach yourself: "How far I have strayed from the Way! How can I betray the old sages? I take these words as an admonition to myself."
- The water of the valley stream
Never shouts at the tainted world: "Purify yourself!"
But naturally, as it is,
Shows how it is done.
- I have nothing to report, my friends.
If you want to find the meaning,
Stop chasing after so many things.
- Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places?
Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own hearts.
- The village has disappeared in the evening mist
And the path is hard to follow.
Walking through the pines,
I return to my lonely hut.
- The rain has stopped, the clouds have drifted away, and the weather is clear again.
If your heart is pure, then all things in your world are pure.
Abandon this fleeting world, abandon yourself,
Then the moon and flowers will guide you along the Way.


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Ford said November sales totaled 177,673, with retail sales up 12%. Small-car sales rose 76% to 26,848, as Focus sales rose 56% to 18,312. Overall, car sales rose 15%, trucks rose 4% and utilities rose 2%. Sales of the F-Series pickup, the best-selling U.S. vehicle, rose 18% to 56,299.
However, Fusion sales declined 24% to 15,125, as Ford introduced a new model. Lincoln sales fell 9.1% to 5,732. Escape sales fell 3.9% to 20,970, but Edge sales rose 4.7% to 10,142.
GM reported its highest November sales in the United States since 2007, with deliveries of 186,505 vehicles. Retail sales were flat and fleet sales rose 16%. Passenger-car sales rose 19%, crossover sales rose 9% and truck sales fell 11%. GM said it declined to match "unexpectedly high competitive incentive activity" in the pickup truck sector.
Buick sales rose 22% to 13,289 while Cadillac sales rose 30% to 14,517. Chevrolet sales were flat at 128,867.
Analysts were looking for a low double-digit sales increase for November. TrueCar.com forecast a 13% gain while Edmunds.com predicted an 11% gain and a seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate of 15 million, up from 14.3 million in October. Ford's Merkle said industry November sales were up about 10%. NoMerSo far, frenzy over the so-called fiscal cliff doesn't seem to have impacted auto sales, while Hurricane Sandy has stimulated demand for replacement vehicles.
"The East Coast's ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy helped drive the November SAAR materially higher, but it benefited our competitors more than GM, since they rely on the region for more of their sales," said Kurt McNeil, GM vice president of U.S. sales, in a prepared statement.
At Chrysler, four brands -- Chrysler, Dodge, Ram Truck, and Fiat -- all showed increases, ranging from 1% at Chrysler to 123% at Fiat. But Jeep brand sales fell 3%, reflecting the end of Jeep Liberty production in August and a lingering impact from Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast, a strong Jeep market.
Sales of the Ram pickup, the best-selling Chrysler vehicle, rose 23% to 24,337. At Dodge, Avenger sales rose 26% to 7,132 while the new Dart sold 4,489 units. But sales of the Chrysler 200 fell 9% to 7,371.
"Even with all the talk of a looming fiscal cliff, Chrysler Group is well positioned for a strong sales finish to the year," said Reid Bigland, CEO of Dodge Brand and head of U.S. sales, in a prepared statement. "We are expecting a strong December as the industry continues to recover from the East Coast hurricane and consumers continue to respond to our popular year-end Big Finish event."
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According to the Hindustan Times, the plaintiff says her husband made her quit her job, and took away her jewelry. But he didn't tell her he was impotent. When he hadn't slept with her after four months, she sued him for causing her "mental anguish." She's seeking almost $11 million.
The case is disturbing on its own, and would be especially upsetting if the genders were reversed — the idea that husbands are entitled to sex with their wives is behind a lot of excuses for marital rape. But of course, wives aren't entitled to sex with their husbands either, and the solution to the woman's problem seems to be a divorce (which she's already obtained), not a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. What's next — someone suing a partner for being bad in bed? Really, this case seems like a pretty great argument for premarital sex — or at least for discussing sexual issues before taking the plunge.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Six years after a deadly home invasion, officials still refuse to answer questions about the emergency response, and -- unlike other communities where notorious killings have occurred -- there apparently has been no formal review of the police department's actions.
Two paroled burglars broke into the Cheshire home on July 23, 2007, and killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, after holding them hostage for hours. Hawke-Petit's husband, Dr. William Petit, was severely beaten with a baseball bat but survived.
Hawke-Petit's family has been seeking answers from police ever since. They want to know why officers didn't enter the home before Hawke-Petit was strangled and the intruders set a fire that killed Hayley and Michaela.
"All I've ever wanted is for the truth to come out about this," Hawke-Petit's sister, Cynthia Hawke-Renn, said Thursday. "This was like our own personal 9/11. If 9/11 had happened to our country and there were no reviews that were done ... it's like 9/11 happened and everybody walked away and said 'oh well.'"
Questions about the police response resurfaced this week after HBO aired a documentary on the killings Monday and The Hartford Courant reported about audio recordings of police dispatch and phone calls it recently obtained.
Police Chief Neil Dryfe and Town Manager Michael Milone declined to comment about the police response. Dryfe joined the Cheshire department as chief in January 2011 after a long career with Hartford police. Milone was town manager at the time of the killings. A message seeking comment was left for former Police Chief Michael Cruess, who retired in 2010 after three decades with the department.
"To say anything about this is not going to serve any constructive purpose," Milone told The Associated Press.
The recordings obtained by the newspaper showed that a town hostage negotiator was told not to report to the Petits' home and that a police official initially had doubts about whether the family was in danger.
The Courant also reported, citing Milone, that police have never reviewed their response to the home invasion. On Thursday, Milone declined to tell the AP whether there was a review.
Police officials in other towns and emergency response experts said it's common for law enforcement agencies to review their responses to major crimes to see what they did well, what they didn't do well and how they can improve. But they said protocols and standards vary from department to department.
Reviews of police responses were ordered, for example, after the Virginia Tech shootings that killed 33 people in 2007, and the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shootings that left 12 people dead and 70 wounded last year.
"I think every person who's a true leader looks at everything they do and thinks, 'How could I do it better?'" said Jack Daly, chief of the Southington, Conn., police department and president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association.
Robert Cartner, director of training with the Doylestown, Pa.-based National Tactical Officers Association, said he believes most police emergency response teams at least talk about how they responded to a situation and what they can improve, but often there aren't any formal reports generated from those discussions.
Cartner, a retired police officer who lives in Oklahoma, said when a high-profile tragedy happens and there are questions about police actions, local officials often will order an outside review.
"They'll have an independent review basically showing the public that they're transparent," Cartner said. "I don't know why they (Cheshire officials) would not respond, and obviously they have a reason." He said the reason could include advice from town lawyers or a policy not to release that kind of information.
One of the main questions about the Cheshire police response has been why authorities didn't intervene before the two killers fled the burning house.
Police were first called at about 9:20 a.m. on the day of the killings when one of the killers, Steven Hayes, forced Hawke-Petit to go to the bank to withdraw money. A bank manager called police to say Hawke-Petit had just told a teller that her family was being held hostage at their home and gave her address.
Police went to the home within minutes and set up a perimeter. Hayes and the other killer, Joshua Komisarjevsky, fled the home around 10 a.m. in one of the Petits' cars, crashed into police cruisers and were arrested. Both were convicted of capital felony, murder and sexual assault and sent to death row.
Authorities have said Hayes and Komisarjevsky broke into the home in the early morning hours after following Hawke-Petit and Michaela home from a grocery store. Officials have said Komisarjevsky sexually assault Michaela at some point, and Hayes strangled and raped Hawke-Petit after they returned to the home from the bank.


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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Recently , another reply to me from A Fleetwood Mac guitarist
So , i wuz pissed... an on my ausdiocandy site i put this..........
(ok my urgent message wuiz pretty harsh , biut TRUE)
> Would some one pleeze write as fukk*ngg review of my S**T
> .. i dont care if ya say it's S**T or WHATEVER.. JUST SAY SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Goddam
> dontcha know, if folks come by my page an dont see a single good
> or straight up comment. d'ya REALLY think they'rte gonna lissen
> 2 any of my S**t......Honest..........Woulld You???C'mon.....
> have a heart................I dont need ego strokin.. i just
> need the TRUTH.. in PRINT....THANK YOU VERY MUCH
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so bob wrote.
Doc..Don't get upset by not getting"reviews"..I don't get "reviews" either...
Just go by how many listens you're getting......
I'll listen to some of your stuff and comment...but remember, most people won't take the time...It's like filling out online "surveys"...
people don't like to bother..
Bob Welch
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Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Blues Britannia: (21.00 to 22.30 yesterday) followed last week's BBC4 TV's Heavy Metal Britannia documentary, and was 90 minutes of excellent viewing. It traced how the blues records came into England and were picked up by the likes of Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Mick Fleetwood, Paul Jones, then the band's they spawned copying the music - The Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac, The Stones etc. A fair amount of time was given over to interviewing the black blues artistes; Champion Jack Dupree, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker etc; so it was another tiny speck of gold amongst the landfill of crap our TV programmes are. But it encourages me to read more books, so there is a plus side.
It may well be available via the BBC iplayer if you missed it.
posted by Alan Burridge at 12:10 AM
Who do you think are some great guitarists that are overlooked?
Like for me, Terry Kath (Chicago) is one of the many guitarists that got me playing but is sometimes overlooked by many. Who do think are some overlooked guitarists?
Its funny that you mention Terry Kath. I just posted a Youtube link here the other day of the song Free Form Guitar off of the Chicago Transit Authority album. Ive been a huge fan of those first few Chicago albums for many years that one in particular. I was in a band many years ago and we covered their song South California Purples great soloing by Terry!
Their cover of Im a Man was incredible too!
Terry Kath is best known for pioneering the hammer-on harmonic guitar technique. He was also worshipped by Jimi Hendrix after Jimi caught them in a live performance at The Whisky A Go Go in 1968.
Its so nice to see somebody mention his name in this forum.
Amazing guitarist, and definitely overlooked!
RIP Terry Kath.
Another guitarist in Terrys league back at that time was Phil Keaggy of the band Glass Harp. Ted Nugent was quoted as saying "I dont know what happened to that Phil Keaggy, he could have saved the world with his guitar" in Guitar Player Magazine.
When Jimi Hendrix was on the tonight show in the late 60s, Johnny Carson asked him, "what does it feel like to be the greatest guitarist in the world?" Jimi responded with, "I dont know, youd have to ask Phil Keaggy".
Phil was an incredilbe player, and another one of the many overlooked guitarists.
Heres a few others that dont seem to get much recognition:
Jim McCarty guitarist for Mitch Ryder Detroit/Wheels & Cactus
Steve Hillage guitarist for Kahn, Gong, Mike Oldfield, etc.
Steve Hackett Genesis
Eddie Phillips The Creation (first to ever bow an electric guitar)
Tony McPhee The Groundhogs
Dave Clem Clempson Colosseum, Humble Pie
Jorma Kaukonen Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, solo
Peter Kaukonen Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, solo
Peter Banks Yes, Flash, solo
Eddie Hazel & Ron Bykowski Funkadelic & Parliament
Darryl Stuermer played with Jean Luc Ponty, Phil Collins, etc.
Phil Manzanera Roxy Music
Jeff Skunk Baxter Steely Dan
Randy California Spirit
Uli Roth The Scorpions, Electric Sun
D*ck Wagner The Frost, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, etc.
Steve Hunter Detroit, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, etc
Paul Chapman UFO
Mick Box Uriah Heep
Jan Akkerman Focus, solo
Frank Marino Mahogany Rush, solo
Walter Rossi Charlee, solo
Adrian Belew King Crimson, Frank Zappa, solo
Mick Abrahms Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig, solo
Leigh Stephens Blue Cheer
Kazuo Flash Takeda Blues Creation, Creation
Elliot Easton The Cars, CCR Revisited
John Goodsall aka Johny Mandella Brand X, Atomic Rooster, etc
Lee Pickens Bloodrock, solo
John Nitzinger Nitzinger
Larry Reinhart Iron Butterfly, Allman Bros, Captain Beyond
Les Harvey Stone the Crows
Stan Webb Chicken Shack, Broken Glass, Savoy Brown
Phil Keaggy Glass Harp,
Adrian Gurvitz Gun, Three Man Army, Baker Gurvitz Army
Floyd Radford Edgar Winters White Trash, Johnny Winter, Tin House
Tom Verlaine Television
Dominic Troiano Bush (Canadian band), James Gang, solo
Bob Welch Fleetwood Mac, Paris
Ricky Medlocke Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Harvey Mandel Canned Heat, Rolling Stones, solo
Mike Pinera Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Thee Image, Ramatam, Alice Cooper
Kirby (no known last name) Stretch, Curved Air. Stretch also toured the US as the bogus Fleetwood Mac in the early 70s
Some great answers here, but I feel many of the guitarists mentioned are not overlooked at all and are very well known and respected musicians. Especially when it comes to the likes of Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore, Peter Green, Peter Frampton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pete Townsend, Frank Zappa, Eddie Van Halen, Martin Barre, Jeff Beck, and Steve Howe. No offense to the people that mentioned them but when have they ever been overlooked?
I could list many more guitarists that I feel are overlooked but theres a few anyways!
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Fleetwood Mac Poster from Fillmore West on 11 Feb 71: 21 3/16 x 28 3/16 Jake Pierres Medieval vision advertised Fleetwood Mac Steppenwolf and Its A Beautiful Day in three separate concerts sharing the Fillmore West and Winterland. Pierre was not a frequent poster artist and took the opportunity to sign his name front and center an unusual touch on Graham posters.
Price :$585
Wow! I have a Filmore West poster that I bought about 18 years ago. The bill lists:
Jr. Walker and the All Stars
Fleetwood Mac
Lee Michaels
Tony Joe White
August 5, 6, 7, 1969
I know I paid less than 70 dollars for it -- in mint condition! I bought it at a record convention, where I also got an original, very rare 1967 Monterey Pop Festival poster for $300. I had both professionally framed and they hang in my living room.
I recently saw a Monterey poster listed for $15oo! I'm not into fine art, or art as an investment, but I think I made a very smart purchase!
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Artist: PLAY Fleetwood MacAlbum:PLAY Mystery to MeTrack: PLAY Hypnotized
I know a crappy video(Hypnotized). This is one of my favorite FM songs, I guess coz it has some meaning to it for me. I heard & bought this record in 1973 while my ship was staying in Majorca, Spain for 2 weeks. My memeory is really fuzzy, but there is a nightclub/disco there, that is built in some caves overlooking the Med.
I spent a lot of my time there, talking to the DJ, dancing, drinking, even saw a bull fight, etc., anyway I first heard this song in Spain. On my ship, we had a little radio station (the size of a closet) that just broadcast on the ship only. I use to do the midnight to whenever I got tired shift coz no one else wanted it. So basically I was just spinning tunes to a couple of insomniacs drinking coffee & reading paperbacks in the mess room, but, hey I was happy. Even though the Navy provided records, I brought & bought a lot of my own albums to play. I think that is one way I kept my sanity for those 4 years. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the song as much as I do.
Release notes from Best Buy: Fleetwood Mac: Bob Welch (guitar, vocals); Bob Weston (guitar, slide guitar); Christine McVie (keyboards, vocals); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums).Additional personnel: Martin Birch (acoustic guitar).
Released in 1973 and now regarded as an important transitional album in Fleetwood Mac's long march towards superstardom, MYSTERY TO ME featured the lineup of Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, singer/guitarist Bob Welch and guitarist Bob Weston. The hiring of Welch had angered original guitarist Danny Kirwan and after a 1972 gig, the volatile Kirwan went berserk backstage and was fired.
On MYSTERY TO ME, the follow-up to PENGUIN (1973) and the band's strongest album in years, the luminous elements of the future Fleetwood Mac were falling in place; Bob Welch's rambling, mystical reverie "Hypnotized" became (and remains to this day) a rock radio standard.The Welch-Weston-John McVie-penned "Forever" grooves with an atypical African gloss, and the bluesy growl of Welch's "The City" lashes out at New York, contradicting Lindsey Buckingham's giddy city ode "Empire State" on 1982's MIRAGE.
Yet it is Christine McVie's thoughtful, majestic "Why," which unfolds from a backcountry fingerpick to a soaring poem of regret and passage, that marks the transition from early Mac (which officially ended with 1974's HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND) to one of the most influential Anglo-American bands of all time.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London.
The only member present in the band from the very beginning is its namesake drummer, Mick Fleetwood. Despite band founder Peter Green naming the group by combining his two former bandmates' surnames (Fleetwood, McVie) (from John Mayall's Bluesbreakersit was actually the title Green had given to a demo recording they had recorded while in Mayall's band), bassist John McVie did not play on their first single nor at their first concerts.
Keyboardist Christine McVie has, to date, appeared on all but two albums, either as a member or as a session musician. Christine also supplied the artwork for the album Kiln House.
The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green, (my favorite time) and from 1975 to 1987, with more pop-orientation, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
Nothing against the more successful lineup featuring Nicks and Buckingham but the original Fleetwood Mac was an entirely different band. Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John and Christine McVie's created a clasic sound that is unforgettable.
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From obscene and violent language scrawled on a public bathroom door to elaborate murals on a brick wall, graffiti appears in many forms. But it's all the same, if it's not on the artist's property- it's vandalism, and it's a crime.
Graffiti is often the first sign that gangs are taking over a neighborhood. Gangs- "taggers" act as messengers for the gang, use graffiti to mark their turf, advertise their exploits, and challenge or threaten rival gangs.
Graffiti gives criminals the impression that residents don't care about their neighborhood, and a neighborhood that doesn't care is an easy target for crime. Don't let this happen to your neighborhood- take a stand against graffiti and make sure graffiti is removed as soon as it appears. It takes persistence, but by working with law enforcement and other residents, you can keep your neighborhood clean and the effects of vandalism to a minimum.
The Price We Pay
- Schools pay millions of dollars each year to clean up graffiti, repair buildings, and replace vandalized equipment. That's money that could be used to buy better sports equipment or new computers.
- Local governments (and taxpayers- your parents, your neighbors, and even yourselves) pay the bills for broken street lights, stolen signs, and vandalized parks. We pay higher taxes and services are cut to pay for damage caused by vandalism.
- Businesses pass on the costs of vandalism to customers through higher prices. Some businesses are forced to move to different neighborhoods, taking good shopping out of your community.
More Than Money
- People feel angry, hurt, and sometimes frightened when something of theirs - a mailbox, a bike, a car door - is destroyed for no reason.
- Vandalism claims other victims as well - a car crash because stop signs were stolen; someone in need of help can't dial 911 because the pay phone is broken; people get lost because street signs are missing or covered with graffiti.
Who Vandalizes and Why?
Some vandals work in groups. You may even know some of the teens doing the damage - there's no one "type" of teen who vandalizes. He or she might be the smartest kid in school, or the kid who's always in trouble. Most vandals are young people - from grade schoolers to teens to young adults - who vandalize out of
- boredom
- anger
- revenge
- defiance
- association with friends.
Take Action
- Take pride in your surroundings. Vandalism cheapens your area and you.
- Learn about the costs and effects of vandalism by working with law enforcement, school officials, and community leaders. Teach what you learn to other teenagers and younger children.
- Start a clean-up crew at your school or in your neighborhood. Ask local businesses to donate supplies like paint and paintbrushes for covering graffiti, or tools and equipment for repairing vandalized property. Volunteer to help businesses and homeowners repair their property as soon as it is vandalized and paint over graffiti.
- Write articles for your school or community newspaper on the costs of vandalism and graffiti, their impact on school and other budgets for activities, and how the courts - juvenile and adult - treat vandals.
- Look for ways to use the talent and creativity of vandals in positive, nondestructive activities. Sponsor a mural contest at your school or a youth center. Encourage art supply stores and area businesses to provide large canvases and materials for kids to create murals inspired by themes like saying no to drugs, the importance of education, or celebrating diversity in your community. Ask local artists to attend and provide instruction and advice or judge a mural contest.
- Start a vandalism hotline in cooperation with law enforcement and school officials that lets callers anonymously report incidents of vandalism and gives tips about vandals.
- Work with your faith community to adopt a street or a park with your school, youth, or community group. Plant trees, bushes, and flowers. Repair equipment and install trash containers. Organize a monthly outing to clean up garbage and keep an eye on things.


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Just consider 2011's standout players -- Mobile's Paul Goldschmidt was named the circuit's MVP, and he ended the season entrenched at first base for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Even more dramatic was the rise of Most Outstanding Pitcher Matt Moore. The flame-throwing left-hander began the season with the Montgomery Biscuits and ended starting -- and winning -- Game 1 of the American League Division Series against Texas.
The following prospects are beginning the season on Southern League rosters, but who knows where the long and winding road of the 2011 season will take them?
Catcher: Christian Bethancourt, Mississippi Braves
If Bethancourt's ascent through the Braves system continues unabated, he may soon challenge the Phillies' Carlos Ruiz as baseball's premier Panamanian backstop. Despite the fact that he won't reach drinking age until the final week of the season, Bethancourt is entering his fifth professional campaign. He split 2011 between Class A Rome and Class A Advanced Lynchburg, hitting a solid .289 and, perhaps more importantly, showing considerably improved game-calling skills. The accolades only increased in the Arizona Fall League, where he was recognized as one of the circuit's Rising Stars and named to the All-Prospect Team. Now, after a strong Spring, the stage is set for Bethancourt to have a breakout year with the M-Braves.
First Base: Ian Gac, Mississippi Braves
Gac may not be considered a top prospect in the way others on this list might be, but he enters 2012 with an interesting back story and, potentially, a ton of upside. The 26-year-old has never played at the Double-A level, but he certainly doesn't have anything to prove anywhere else. Gac played for the Class A Advanced Winston-Salem Dash last season and proceeded to lead the circuit in both home runs (33) and RBIs (96) en route to being named MVP. Gac signed with the Braves as a six-year free agent this past November, and the organization is giving him the chance to establish himself at what is generally regarded as the Minor League's "make or break" level.
Second Base: Scooter Gennett, Huntsville Stars
A scrappy 5-foot-9 second-sacker who goes by the name of "Scooter" is bound to be a fan favorite, and that has certainly been the case in Gennett's first two professional seasons. He hit .309 with Class A Wisconsin in 2010 and followed that up last season with a .300 average and 167 hits for the Brevard County Manatees (tying a franchise hit mark in the process). The fast-rising 21-year-old went on to excel in the Arizona Fall League and raised his profile even further after hitting for the cycle in a Spring Training contest. Gennett is now expected to be an instigator at the top of Huntsville's lineup, utilizing his speed and savvy while further honing his still raw but undeniably considerable talent.
Third Base: Matt Davidson, Mobile BayBears
2012 marks Davidson's fourth professional campaign, and thus far he has proven himself to be a standout run producer. Last season he bashed 20 homers and drove in 106 runs as a member of the Visalia Rawhide, a fine follow-up to his .289-16-79 line of 2010. But as is often the case with young players, Davidson occasionally has trouble making contact. He struck out 147 times last season, and one of the 21-year-old's primary 2012 objectives will be to cut down on this number while remaining steady within the areas in which he already excels. Davidson has spent ample time at both corner positions during his Minor League career, but with Mobile it appears that the so-called "hot" one will be his primary place of infield residence.
Shortstop: Hak-Ju Lee, Montgomery Biscuits
Often touted as the premier position player prospect in the Tampa Bay organization, Lee is returning to Montgomery to open the 2012 season. His first go-round met with underwhelming results (.190 average and .582 OPS in 24 games), but that was a mere blip in a career that has thus far been characterized by ample success. The 21-year-old South Korean excelled over 400 Florida State League at-bats last season (.318, 82 runs scored, 28 stolen bases) while displaying a strong throwing arm and great range from the oft-demanding shortstop position.
Honorable Mentions: The Southern League is certainly stocked with shortstops this season, most notably Jackson's Nick Franklin (Seattle's first-round pick in 2009) and Mississippi's Andrelton Simmons. The former was ranked No. 51 on MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects list, with the latter coming in at No. 65.
Outfield: Brock Kjeldgaard, Huntsville Stars
Thirty-fourth-round draftees rarely elevate themselves to the upper echelons of their organization's depth chart, but Kjeldgaard has proven to be the exception to the rule. Last season the 25-year-old set career highs in home runs (24) and RBIs (76), although his output in both categories was consistent with what he's been able to accomplish throughout his four-year career. Strikeouts remain his Achilles' heel, though his 141 last season were actually an improvement over 2011's staggering 175. The native of Canada will begin this season back in Huntsville (where he played 61 games last year), but given his age, experience and recent success, his time there may be brief.
Blake Smith, Chattanooga Lookouts
Smith was selected by the Dodgers with their second-round pick in 2009, and he has proven a selection packed with power, hitting 39 home runs over the past two seasons, the last of which was spent in the colorfully named California League environs of Rancho Cucamonga. (While there, he slugged 16 home runs over just 293 at-bats). Smith followed the 2011 season with a stint in the Panamanian Winter League, where he was named MVP, and enters 2012 as MLB.com's No. 20 Dodgers prospect .
Matt Szczur, Tennessee Smokies
Szczur's oft-repeated back story is oft-repeated for a reason -- he was a running and receiving juggernaut on Villanova University's football team, and his first two Minor League seasons were truncated so that he could return to the gridiron. Baseball is now his full-time focus, and thus far he's performed admirably. Szczur split 2011 between Class A Peoria and Class A Advanced Daytona, and between the two stops he combined to hit 10 home runs and steal 24 bases over 447 at-bats. His accelerated path continues in 2012, as he'll man center field for the Tennessee Smokies. Oh, and it's pronounced "Caesar," like the Roman emperor.
Right-handed pitcher: Trevor Bauer, Mobile BayBears
As a cerebral hurler with a baffling array of pitches in his arsenal and an unorthodox delivery and training program, Bauer is bound to be one of the most attention-getting pitchers in the SL. That's especially true after one considers the fact that he was the third overall pick in the 2011 Draft after a dominant career at UCLA. The 21-year-old scuffled a bit during a brief trial run at Mobile at the end of last season, but now he'll get the chance to prove himself over the course of a full five-month campaign.
Honorable mention: Taijuan Walker, Jackson Generals
The No. 3 prospect in the Seattle system and 18th overall, according to MLB.com, Walker is still a raw talent, but what else would one expect from a teenage hurler? The 19-year-old dominated Midwest League batsmen in 2011 and will now get a chance to hone in his skills as part of an exceedingly talent-laden Jackson rotation.
Left-handed pitcher: Danny Hultzen, Jackson Generals
The Mariners' first-round pick in 2011 (second overall), Hultzen will be making his professional debut as a member of the Generals. He did appear in the Arizona Fall League, however, and his performance there provided a glimpse of what may be to come -- Hultzen averaged nearly one strikeout per inning and held opponents to a .225 average. He's ranked 16th overall on MLB.com's Top Prospect List. the Mariners have already affirmed their faith in his potential by signing him to a contract worth a minimum of $8.5 million over five years.
Honorable mention: James Paxton, Jackson Generals
While the Seattle Mariners have fallen on hard times as of late, the future looks bright. Paxton dominated over seven starts with the Generals in 2011 (1.85 ERA, 51 strikeouts in 39 innings), and MLB.com's No. 77 prospect joins Walker and Hultzen to form what could be the most promising rotation in Minor League Baseball.
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com and writes Ben's Biz Blog.


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While the wealth of the stock market exploded during the 1990s, the wealth of entrepreneurs fizzled. As the decade dawned, small firms held just over 59 percent of the $5.7 trillion in total value of U.S. businesses, according to a study by the SBA. By 2000, that share had fallen to 42 percent as soaring stock valuations more than doubled big public valuations during the decade.
A lot has changed since then, and one of the changes is a switch in the relative performance of small and big companies. The $11 trillion in big-company value seen in 2000 had slumped 25 percent to $8.3 trillion by the middle of 2002, the latest period for which figures are available. Meanwhile, small-company value had fallen just 4 percent, to $4.1 trillion. What happened? "Big companies have been hurt by the stock market. Most small companies are not public. That's why the small-business share rose the last couple of years," says Kathryn Kobe, chief economist at Joel Popkin and Co., the Washington, DC, research firm that conducted the SBA study.
If you're thinking this means investing in your own company is smarter than investing in the stock market, you're right. Not only have small-company values held up better than the stock market, but right now, formerly scarce and costly items such as labor, facilities and equipment are plentiful and cheap. As a result, entrepreneurs like Dave Ratner, owner of Dave's Soda & Pet City, a pet-supply retailer in Agawam, Massachusetts, are finding that investing in their companies has the allure once restricted to Internet IPOs. Says Ratner, 51, "Now's the time [entrepreneurs] can really build value in the company."
After more than a decade in which other forms of investment stole the limelight, business owners are only beginning to wake up to the hidden value in their own enterprises, adds Ray Manganelli, managing director at New York City management consulting firm Strategic Decisions Group. In his book, Solving the Corporate Value Enigma (Amacom), Manganelli says the average business creates only 60 percent of the value it is capable of creating.
Is that all bad? Not necessarily. That means entrepreneurs may be able to increase the value of their companies by 40 percent simply by paying more attention to it. "It's a tremendous prize," Manganelli says. "And that prize can be the difference between profit and loss, between surviving and folding."
Why Build Wealth?
Dean Dinas, senior economist and director of the Center for Economic and Industry Research for the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA), a trade group for valuation professionals, estimates only about 5 percent of small businesses have had a formal valuation done by a qualified professional. One reason is entrepreneurs are too busy running their companies to be concerned about the value of those companies. Also, some don't think they need to build or measure the value of their companies unless they plan to sell.
There are, however, dozens of reasons to know and increase your company's value, none of which have anything to do with selling it. Before you set up a buy-and-sell agreement with a partner, decide how much life insurance to buy as part of an estate plan, create an employee stock ownership plan, or apply for an SBA loan, you must have a documented value for your business, Dinas says.
Many entrepreneurs rely on balance sheets, income statements or a gut feeling to estimate their companies' true value. But balance sheets and other financial statements used in the daily operation of a business are only the beginning when it comes to valuing a business. Intangibles such as customer relationships and human resources don't show up on balance sheets but are essential to accurate valuations.
Value 101
The price the company might sell for on the open market is the basic value benchmark. This can be determined by examining recent sales of comparable businesses. But no two businesses are the same, and selling prices vary according to what the buyer is looking for. Ratner had his business formally valued in anticipation of an expected bid by a large pet supplies retailer to buy it. The value came in at what he expected and at what the bigger firm typically paid for acquisitions-about five times annual earnings. The prospective buyer didn't offer a bid on the company after all, because Ratner's low-cost, out-of-the-way areas didn't match the bigger company's practice of locating in high-cost, high-traffic spots.
Expected future cash flow is the most common basic benchmark for setting value. So, typically, you build value by increasing the amount of profit your business can be expected to generate in the future. That's how Robert LoCascio saved LivePerson Inc. from losing its listing on NASDAQ. LoCascio, 34, founded the live-chat customer service company and took it public in 2000. Despite never earning profits, shares in the company traded as high as $8 before the Internet bubble burst. Then they fell as low as 7 cents, and delisting loomed.
LoCascio made LivePerson profitable by acquiring an Israeli competitor that owned technology, which drastically cut his costs. "Our original cost of goods was about $600,000 a month," LoCascio says. "When we acquired the company from Israel, their cost of goods was $60,000 a month." A year later, shares in the 100-person New York City company were trading at 30 cents each, and early this year, they topped $1-a 14-fold increase in value despite poor market conditions.
You can also boost value by increasing sales or some derivative of revenues. Rory J. Cutaia's benchmark for valuing The Telx Group Inc. is revenues per square foot. The 34-person telecommunications company sells space in its New York City facility to large telecommunications companies and users who want to be able to connect easily and quickly to each other.
When the telecom market crashed, Cutaia, 47, was still able to increase revenues per square foot by finding ways to encourage his customers to do more business with each other. The techniques were as simple as hosting get-togethers for customers to meet each other and pitch their services, but it's worked well over the last two years. "Revenues have tripled, EBITDA quadrupled, and the company is much healthier," Cutaia says.
Unfortunately, healthier companies aren't always worth more. Because he's so deeply tied to the telecom industry, which has been in a steep and long-lasting decline, Cutaia figures his company may be worth less than it was two years ago. At the very least, he's not getting a good rate of return on the sales improvements he's making. "Our revenues have more than tripled over the past two years," he says, "yet our valuation has probably declined."
Cutaia is not the first entrepreneur to work to boost value only to see it stay the same or even decline. Ratner tried opening a new location he thought would appeal to another acquirer, but the new store didn't fit his operation, and he eventually had to close it.
Building value, notes Manganelli, is often counterintuitive. You may have to go against industry wisdom or sell off assets you would rather keep. Often, entrepreneurs find it's essential that they de-emphasize their own role in the business if they want to be seen as more valuable. Other times, they may need to terminate longtime employees and bring in replacements.
These days, it's important to be able to stand up to intense scrutiny when you do anything to increase value or place any value on your company. "Forensics and fraud [are] the hottest segments driving valuations," Dinas says. Part of the reason is the spate of high-profile blowups like Enron, where billions of dollars of value disappeared as a result of questionable or fraudulent accounting. Another cause is the introduction of new accounting rules that require re-examination of valuations used in mergers and acquisitions.
|What's It to You?
Think you don't need to build the value of your company because you don't plan to sell? There are dozens of reasons for entrepreneurs to be concerned about the value of their companies. Following are some of the most commonly encountered:
Source: National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
Building Wealth Now
The good news for entrepreneurs is that now is a fine time to invest in building the value of their companies. And it's not because other investment options are unappetizing at the moment. A few years ago, one of the biggest complaints of entrepreneurs was that they couldn't hire enough good people to expand.
That's not a problem now, says Nate McKelvey, CEO of CharterAuction.com, an online booking service for private jets, with 17 employees. "It's a fantastic time to find talented people," says McKelvey, 33. "When I started in 1999, anyone [who had] computer experience could make six-figure salaries. Those days are over."
Now, instead of paying inflated salaries, McKelvey can employ his company's value to build value, as he did recently by acquiring a smaller company loaded with talented employees in exchange for minority ownership in CharterAuction.com. The move preserved cash, encouraged the new personnel to accept reasonable salaries, and locked in talented people by giving them ownership.
Other entrepreneurs say now is a prime time to purchase low-cost inventory, finance capital expenditures at low rates, or improve internal accounting and management systems to boost your company's visible value. "Buy inventory now; buy equipment now," urges Ratner. "You can get fantastic deals on them, and interest rates aren't going to be this low forever."
Building value doesn't have to cost much money, much equity or even much time. Manganelli says the most powerful value-building systems are based largely on attitude shifts. The first and most important step occurs when a company's leaders start paying attention to deploying strategy, assets, operations and measurements in a systematic fashion with the goal of increasing value. Still, he says, "It is hard to do because it requires action on a lot of different planes."
But building value can be done, and entrepreneurs are waking up to the fact that the best place to make a killing in investments is right in their own companies. The stock market may be spent, but entrepreneurial companies have yet to see much of their value appreciated. "If you look at the glass as half-empty, it's a loss of value," Manganelli says. "If you look at it half-full, it's value to be gained."
|Giving Appraise
Thousands of people from all walks of life are willing and, to varying degrees, qualified to place a value on your business and help you to increase it. These include business brokers, investment bankers, accountants, attorneys specializing in mergers and acquisitions, and even more than 4,000 professionally certified valuation analysts. Not all valuations are the same. Bankers, for instance, may look mainly at the price a company's assets would bring if broken up and sold.
Business valuators can be found in every city and town, and their services are available for prices as low as nothing-investment bankers will often perform a valuation, the cost of which is built into the commission they hope to receive in a sale or other disposition of the business. The most important thing to look for is experience and credentials that match the reason you are seeking a valuation, whether it's for estate or succession planning, pending litigation or some other reason. You can find a directory of accredited valuators at www.nacva.com, the Web site of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.


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Liberty broke three pool records and one program record, as the Lady Flames downed Michigan State, 166-133, and fell to Illinois, 157-142, on Friday at MSU's McCaffree Pool. The Lady Flames are now 3-3 on the season, after competing against Big Ten opponents for the first time in program history. The Fighting Illini improve to 3-1 with two wins on Friday, while the Spartans are now 1-3. Liberty recorded eight event victories on Friday, including three from senior Emilie Kaufman and two by junior Meghan Babcock. The Lady Flames' quartet of sophomore Kendall Hough, Kaufman, sophomore Jess Reinhardt and Babcock won the 200 medley relay in a pool-record 1:42.90. Kaufman swam 1:02.27 to claim first place in the 100 breaststroke. She later touched the wall first in the 200 breast, in 2:16.68, with freshman Morgan Noonan placing fourth in 2:24.64. Kaufman also broke her own program 200 IM record, taking the victory in 2:02.98. Noonan took fifth in the 200 IM, in a lifetime-best 2:09.10. Babcock picked up her first individual win on the evening, clocking 23.16 for a new 50 free pool record. Senior Brye Ravettine finished third in the 50, going 23.70. Babcock then outraced all competitors in the 100 free, in 51.37. Hough swam 51.67 to place fourth. Reinhardt led a 1-2 Liberty sweep of the 100 fly, taking first in a pool-record 54.26. Senior Bethany Kennon came in second, at 56.09. Junior Emily Duff gained victory in the 200 back with a time of 2:04.42. Freshman Victoria Tschoke (2:07.58) followed in third place. Kennon pocketed a second-place showing in the 200 free in 1:52.66. Duff then finished second in the 100 back with a 58.20 clocking, followed closely in third by Hough, 58.33. Sophomore Kristin VanDeventer swam 5:02.73, good for second in the 500 free. Freshman Heather McCorkel went 5:05.03 to finish fifth. McCorkel registered a pair of lifetime bests at the meet, placing fourth in a best 1000 free time of 10:25.29. She later swam an all-time best while leading off the 400 free relay. Sophomore Courtney Fox placed eighth in one-meter diving with a season-best score of 220.58. Liberty's 400 free relay squads took second and third, respectively, in 3:30.41 and 3:31.14. The Lady Flames will return to Lynchburg to host Vanderbilt of the SEC on Nov. 8. Liberty's lone home meet of the season will begin at 5 p.m. inside the LaHaye Aquatic Center.


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For more than forty-five years the authorship of this self portrait was in doubt. But the newly discovered physical evidence supports the opinion of Rembrandt scholar Dr Ernst van de Wetering that the picture is largely by the artist himself.
The self portrait has been cleaned and examined at the Hamilton Kerr Institute. This included visual inspection under magnification, infra-red reflectography, x-radiography, raking light photography and pigment and medium analysis.
The wood of the panel was identified as being of the poplar/willow family and the pigments include azurite, smalt and bone black. These are all materials that Rembrandt and his pupils used.
Signs pointing more specifically to the master himself were found when cleaning and removal of the yellowed varnish revealed the original depth of colour and skilful brushwork. The signature – thought possibly to be a later addition – was discovered to be contemporary with the creation of the painting.
The infra-red and x-ray images showed how the composition was changed as the painting progressed, something that is again consistent with an original work by a master and not with a copy being made by an assistant.
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September 4, 2013
Amidst signals that the White House could ignore Congress if lawmakers vote no on military intervention in Syria, Senator Rand Paul demanded that Obama adhere to such an outcome during an appearance on CNN last night.
Emphasizing that the Constitution mandates that the legislature has the final decision on war, Paul stated, "I am proud of the President for coming to Congress but….he has to say he will adhere to our verdict, he can't come to us in theater and say you guys get to vote but it may not count if I don't like your vote – he can't do that."
Responding to claims by John McCain and John Boehner that a vote against military intervention in Syria would undermine the credibility of the United States and the office of President, Paul asserted, "I take my responsibility very seriously and I'm not too concerned about the President's public relations – I am concerned though about young men and young women who serve in our military and I vote as if it's my son or your son going to war."
"I can't send them to war to fight for stalemate, I can't send them to war with no clear military objective, and I can't send anybody to war when our goal is not victory. Our goal is stalemate, they've already said they don't even want to topple Assad, they just want a negotiated settlement after they blast him with a few bombs – I can't see anyone's son or daughter fighting for that," added Paul.
According to a whip list compiled by the Hill, current indications show that Congress will vote no on Obama's resolution to attack Syria. While the Senate vote is already in the bag, 44 members of the House are either "no" or "leaning no" compared to just 17 who are "yes" or "leaning yes". 31 Congressmembers are "undecided" or "unclear," according to the Hill.
However, as we highlighted on Monday, both Secretary of State John Kerry and another State Department official have indicated that Obama will go ahead with military intervention anyway even if Congress does not give the green light.
Senator Paul ridiculed Secretary of State John Kerry's assertion that cruise missile attacks on Syria would not be an act of war, remarking "to say this is not war is just plain not accurate," warning that so-called "limited strikes" could easily expand into a regional war.
Paul joked that Kerry's "guarantee" that Assad would use chemical weapons again if the US didn't attack meant that Kerry was now a "clairvoyant" and that people should start asking him for stock tips. The Senator argued that it was equally as likely that Assad would launch another gas attack or a strike against Israel if the US became involved.
During his testimony yesterday, Kerry refused to rule out using US ground troops in Syria, despite the administration arguing all along that this was not part of their plan.
According to Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith, the White House's draft resolution for military intervention which Congress is set to vote on next week is so broad that it would authorize boots on the ground as well as regime change and open ended war throughout the entire region.
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The new version of the series - co-produced by ITV in the UK, which gave us the original show - will be a six-hour miniseries that reboots the concept of Caviezel's nameless secret agent being kidnapped to the mysterious "Village," where people are known only by numbers and everyone is out to find out what secrets everyone else is hiding. Sir Ian McKellen has signed on to play main badguy Number Two for the entire run, replacing the revolving "Number Two of The Week" guest-slot of the original show.
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A new gene therapy could make a person's CD4+ cells resistant to HIV -- a method that, if successful, would eliminate the need for antiretroviral drugs for those living with HIV, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
HIV replicates by infecting a person's CD4+ cells, which the virus enters through the CCR5 receptor (or, in rare cases, the CXCR4 receptor) found on the CD4+ cell surface. Inactivating these receptors would block HIV from entering the cells.
The study, led by Matthew Porteus, M.D., an associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford, follows in the footsteps of Sangamo BioSciences' ongoing research using zinc finger nucleases to artificially disrupt the CCR5 receptor on the surface of CD4+ cells. Porteus and his team take that approach and go one step further.
A Stanford news release stated:
They used the same nuclease to zero in on an undamaged section of the CCR5 receptor's DNA. They created a break in the sequence and, in a feat of genetic editing, pasted in three genes known to confer resistance to HIV, Porteus said. This technique of placing several useful genes at a particular site is known as "stacking."
Incorporating the three resistant genes helped shield the cells from HIV entry via both the CCR5 and CXCR4 receptors. The disabling of the CCR5 gene by the nuclease, as well as the addition of the anti-HIV genes, created multiple layers of protection.
Blocking HIV infection through both the CCR5 and CXCR4 receptors is important, Porteus said, as it hasn't been achieved before by genome editing. To test the [CD4+] cells' protective abilities, the scientists created versions in which they inserted one, two and all three of the genes and then exposed the [CD4+] cells to HIV.
This testing was done in vitro, with the single- and double-gene modifications showing some protective immunity against HIV. However, the cells with triple-gene modifications were by far the most resistant, showing more than 1,200-fold protection against CCR5-tropic HIV and more than 1,700-fold protection against CXCR4-tropic HIV. The CD4+ cells that hadn't been modified were infected by HIV within 25 days.
Porteus views this as an important step forward in HIV gene therapy, but pointed out two potential drawbacks. The method is designed to disrupt the CCR5 and CXCR4 receptors, but it could possibly cause a break elsewhere in the genetic code, which could lead to cancer. Additionally, the cells may not accept the genetic modifications at all. However, Porteus believes both problems are technically surmountable.
While this method could eventually become a therapeutic vaccine for those already living with HIV, Porteus is unsure about its value as a preventative vaccine. "I think of vaccines as treatments that activate the immune system to eradicate the virus upon initial infection," he told TheBodyPRO.com. "Theoretically, one could use this treatment in high-risk individuals to give their immune system an HIV-resistant component. You would not want to do that in uninfected individuals until the process had been shown to be extremely safe in infected patients."
As to how he would apply this method in human patients, Porteus explained: "I think there are methods whereby you could modify a large number of CD4+ cells (maybe up to a billion). But that seems like a daunting task. An alternative approach would be to modify the blood/lymphocyte stem cells that give rise to CD4+ cells. Since each stem cell has the potential to give rise to many, many CD4+ cells, if you could modify the stem cell, then all of the progeny of that stem cell would be resistant. So I think modifying CD4+ cells is the shorter-term target, but modifying the blood/lymphocyte stem cells has the potential to be a more robust approach."
The researchers' next step will be testing the strategy in CD4+ cell samples taken from HIV-infected patients, and then moving onto animal testing, with the hopes of starting human clinical trials in three to five years.
The study was published in the Jan. 22 issue of Molecular Therapy, according to the Stanford release.


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The_Abbott wrote:gallantrabbit wrote:Just wondering when Anthony Hamilton (25 years as a pro) will realise that playing at the pace of a sick snail does not bnefit him. He is a breakbuilder. Breakbuilders flow. Surely he has more firepower than a virtually retired Wattana?? Seems not...
I think he's lost the video tape of his German win, where in the last session he played flawless flowing snooker... should dig it out.
Is his back giving him jip again?
Could be but haven't heard anything. Think he's just become a snail...whokeeps losing...
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"'I am emotional, this is my nature. I've always been like this as a player and coach. Sometimes I feel like I'm a player of Al Wasl. The sign was a message from my grandson and daughters in Manchester and Argentina and it means they support me in whatever I do. I apologise to the fan I hurt but I wanted the banner to be seen." [Sport360]
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The name Solem is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of the Britain and comes from the baptismal name Soloman, which was an ancient personal name. Baptismal names began to appear as surnames relatively late in the growth of the naming tradition. This is a little surprising, given the popularity of biblical figures in the Christian countries of Europe. Nevertheless, surnames derived from baptismal names grew in popularity during the Middle Ages, and have become one of the foremost sources for surnames. The surname Solem also has origins as a nickname for a man who was considered to be wise or fortunate.
The surname Solem was first found in Surrey where they were Lords of the manor of Caterham from ancient times. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Selham, a small village in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Seleham and literally meant "homestead by a copse of sallow-trees." [1]
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Solem research. Another 120 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1240, 1303, 1371, 1468, 1800, 1426, 1390, 1411, 1414, 1435, 1414, 1435 and 1541 are included under the topic Early Solem History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Solem has been spelled many different ways, including Saleman, Salman, Selman, Selyman, Seleman and others.
Notables of the family at this time include John Selman (died 1426), English politician, Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle (1390-1411); and John Selman (fl.1414-1435), English politician, Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle (1414-1435.)
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Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Solems to arrive in North America:


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3rd French soldier killed in Mali combat
PARIS — A French soldier has died in some of the most intense fighting thus far in the seven-week-old military campaign to push back a jihadist advance in Mali, officials said Sunday.
Parachutist Corporal Cedric Charenton was killed Saturday night in an assault in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains along the Algerian border, where the jihadists have retrenched as French troops have swept through the country's north.
He is the third troop to die since France began its intervention to dislodge the al-Qaida-linked militants on Jan. 11. The 26-year-old had already served in Afghanistan, Gabon and New Caledonia. Military spokesman Col. Thierry Burkhard said about 15 jihadists were killed in the fighting in the Ametettai Valley. He added that French forces destroyed three pickup trucks and seized a significant cache of munitions and arms, including automatic rifles and mortars.
Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement that the fighting was some of the most violent since the campaign began. Burkhard added that the fighters the French are currently facing are notable for their "fanaticism."
"Their goal is to inflict a maximum of losses on us and, in the positions that they hold, they fight without any intention of retreating, which inevitably means that they take very, very heavy losses," he said.
Burkhard said fighting was continuing Sunday in the area, which the jihadists were hoping to turn into their sanctuary. He acknowledged that the French would never be able to completely wipe out the jihadi forces in the area, but hoped to dismantle the forces enough to eliminate the threat they pose to the Malian government and population.
That's proving harder than initially thought. At one point, the French had indicated they would start pulling out troops this month, but as fighting has intensified, officials now say troops will stay in Mali at least until July.
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Higher education in Rwanda has been a priority during Anthony Vodacek's two-year tenure as RIT's Paul and Francena Miller Chair in International Education. Through strategic use of travel funding, Vodacek—whose tenure as chair ends in December—has created the potential for collaborative research opportunities and meaningful international experiences for students.
"In this last decade, I've seen enormous strides toward transforming Rwanda to a knowledge-based economy," Vodacek said.
Since 2008, Vodacek, a professor in RIT's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, has visited Rwanda nearly 20 times. His work there focuses on remote sensing and environmental research and has led to many contacts in higher education.
Vodacek's colleagues at the URwanda public education system invited him to work on proposals to build graduate centers through a World Bank program. URwanda was awarded four African Centers of Excellence in Higher Education, three of which named RIT as their primary international partner. They are the Centers of Excellence in Data Science, the Internet of Things and for Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science. RIT's role will be to provide teaching and research-supervision of MS and Ph.D. students and collaboration on joint proposals and journal articles.
The World Bank has established nearly 25 Centers of Excellence to promote graduate education in Africa. While graduate education is available on the continent, many students seek advanced degrees abroad in North America, Europe or Asia.
"The problem is that if they don't return, it's a significant brain drain," Vodacek said.
The total population in Africa is 1.2 billion, and more than 600 million are under the age of 20, Vodacek said.
Many students in this generation of African scientists, engineers and designers will be shaped by the World Bank's Centers of Excellence, and RIT's expertise will be part of their education, said James Myers, associate provost of International Education and Global Programs.
"RIT's global strategy focusses on being a leader engaged in the Centers of Excellence reflecting our strengths in science, engineering, technology and the arts," Myers said.
During the proposal process, Vodacek recruited Ernest Fokoué, an associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, and Scott Franklin, director of RIT's Center for Advancing Science/Math Teaching, Learning and Evaluation.
With Miller chair funding, Vodacek, Fokoué and Franklin traveled to Rwanda to establish research collaborations and present at conferences. In July, RIT co-hosted a scientific conference at the University of Kibungo, a small private institution, and met with the leaders of the African Centers for Excellence at URwanda.
"My own feeling is that Africa is going to be the continent of this century in a similar way the development of Asia marked the end of the last century," Vodacek said. "My effort as Miller Chair is to position RIT to contribute to development in Rwanda and ultimately across Africa."


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Senate Set to Vote on Yellen to Lead Fed
Janet Yellen should have reason to celebrate by the end of the day Monday, that is if the Senate breaks from recent practice and sticks to its plans.
If all goes as expected, the Senate will vote Monday evening for Ms. Yellen to become Federal Reserve chairwoman on Feb. 1.
But then again, Senate leaders had planned to confirm her by Dec. 20, the last day before they left town for their holiday recess. They ran out of time and instead put it at the top of their list of things to do when they reconvene this year.


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Sean, cooooool!!! I think I must have read wrong about when your trip was, my bad. You have revamped your Grandfather's rifle nicely it sounds. Knowing nothing of firearms, I can say no more, but I bet you have it right to your liking. He (is he still alive? I missed that in drawing from the cobwebs of my mind) woulda been/is, proud of you. Things that come from our ancestors are very special, I have a few from mine too, small things, that would only mean something to me -- and of course, memories. You have fun on that trip, safe travelling, and yep, yep, we wanna see some pictures. Have that glorious and awesome day, lovin' life, with great health. Cindi
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Khan, G.F., Moon, J., Rhee, C. & Rho, J.J. (2010). "E-government Skills Identification and Development: Toward a Staged-Based User-Centric Approach for Developing Countries". In Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, 20 (1), 1-31. Seoul: The Korea Society of Management Information Systems. Retrieved June 28, 2010 from http://apjis.or.kr/pdf/MIS020-001-1.pdf


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Sen. David Ige, D-Pearl City, says the state needs to revamp its IT job classifications in order to attract young technologists and improve project efficiency.
With almost 30 years of public service as a state lawmaker under his belt, Hawaii Sen. David Ige, D-Pearl City, has weathered a litany of political issues in the state. Although his time in the Hawaii Legislature draws to a close, Ige's passion for technology and desire to modernize IT operations are driving his campaign for governor.
In an interview with Government Technology, Ige spoke at length about his disappointment with IT efficiency in state government and why he thinks Hawaii's online health insurance exchange is having problems.
The following has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Government Technology: What technology issues were major factors in your decision to run for governor of Hawaii this year?
David Ige: We finally did establish the chief information officer position for state government, but I've been disappointed with the implementation of that office, as well as implementation of a lot of technology projects over the last four years. We funded at least $250 million of IT projects for various portions of state government and unfortunately … they've taken the money, hired a lot of consultants, but there has been very little change in the structure or organization of state government.
There really needs to be a transformation to embed technology and reorganize government, and I don't see it happening.
GT: It appeared Hawaii was making good progress on IT modernization by hiring Sonny Bhagowalia in 2011 as the state's first full-time CIO. So what's been happening on the inside to sour your opinion?
DI: There were some good strides made. But even when we passed legislation to create the chief information officer position, I knew that there needed to be a restructuring and redefinition of the IT positions in state government. For the most part, the job descriptions, pay levels, sequencing of promotions and other kinds of things for IT professionals in state government are so antiquated and off-scale that I knew … we would not make progress. And none of that [restructuring] has occurred in state government.
If you look at the key [technology] leaders, they're still on private-sector funds. They're not state employees. And the governor's office has had to implement a work-around, rather than really implementing the reorganization and restructuring of the information technology organization for state government.
Sonny never became a state employee. He was on a private contract for most of the time [he was here]. So … they really haven't gone through and done the hard work of reclassifying and redefining positions in a way that would provide ongoing continuity and flexibility that we know the whole industry has embraced.
GT: You and Gov. Neil Abercrombie had a televised debate earlier this month where you traded barbs over the Hawaii Health Connector. What's the issue and what approach toward the online health exchange will you take if elected governor?
DI: Hawaii passed the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act more than 30 years ago, which mandates that businesses provide health insurance for any employee working more than 20 hours per week. This has resulted in the uninsured in Hawaii being a very small population.
On the largest and grandest policy issue, I think that we should have sought the blanket exemption from Obamacare and then sought to see what components of the Affordable Care Act at the federal level made sense to be implemented in Hawaii. But the governor decided to embrace the whole act, and now we're trying to seek exemptions from those provisions that don't make sense.
GT: The Hawaii Health Connector has been blasted for having a number of glitches -- and having one of the nation's lowest enrollment numbers. Why has it been such a problem?
DI: We have the Health Connector trying to establish a program to cover the uninsured, and the state of Hawaii got $205 million in federal grants to implement that program. On the state side, the Medicaid program, we had gotten $24 million, most of that is federal money, to implement a Medicaid eligibility system, and those systems are really very similar in terms of function. They're a little different in terms of who is eligible, but they were developed totally siloed … because they had two committed pots of money.
I think that's what has caused the biggest problems in the operations of the Health Connector. Because the Medicaid eligibility system and the Health Connector system really do need to interface on lots of different things. And because they were designed and developed as two independent systems, the connections between them is what caused a lot of the problems and delays in the rollout of the Health Connector.
GT: Looking back at almost three decades as a state lawmaker, what legislation did you push through that you feel has had the greatest impact on Hawaii?
DI: The first clearly was the creation of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC). I had initiated that back in 1990, so it was more than 20 years ago. It was at a time when we had first discussed economic diversification and trying to help to build much broader technology industry in the state of Hawaii. And it really is an organization … really focused on venture capital and making private equity and risk capital available to entrepreneurs in Hawaii.
At the time that I had initiated that program, there were zero venture investments made in the state. So it was clear that access to capital was one of the things that prohibited technology companies from really expanding and becoming more vibrant part of our economy. At that point in time, we had a series of very successful technology ventures get started in Hawaii, but they left due to access to capital.
Today, we have a pretty active startup and seed capital program. It's small by Silicon Valley standards, but we probably have about 100 to 150 startups and $80 million of initial startup and seed capital investments made in the state now.
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Justice League Recap; War of the Independents Review
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Lower Saluda River Trout Study
Why is SCDNR studying the Lower Saluda River?
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) stocks approximately 28,000 trout (15,000 rainbows and 13,000 browns) in the Lower Saluda River in December of each year. These trout represent a put and take fishery, in which the fish are stocked in the river with the intention they will be caught by fishermen within the year. However, in recent years, anglers have reported that large trout are becoming more abundant in the river system. There are many factors that could be contributing to the increase in length and weight of caught trout. First, the Lower Saluda River has experienced improvements in the dissolved oxygen levels due to aeration improvements in the Saluda Hydro. Also, through cooperative efforts of South Carolina Electric and Gas, SCDNR and other stakeholders, a new flow program has been established that has resulted in improved available habitat for the trout.