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Justin Myers, an Oakdale graduate, has been fighting a mysterious illness that was discovered when he was in junior high. The Oakdale Leader has followed Justin's journey through several stories, including when he received his restored 1969 Chevy Camaro through the Make-A-Wish program. After eight years of frequent blood transfusions for what they can only determine is Pure Red Cell Anemia (partial bone marrow failure), Justin is showing signs of major organ failure. His liver is in Stage 3 Fibrosis due to iron overload, which drops his odds to 70-75 percent. Treatments are no longer effective but they have found a bone marrow donor. He will undergo a bone marrow transplant sometime in the next six weeks, after which, he will spend six weeks in Stanford University Hospital. He must live by the hospital for six months, and his mother will not be able to work for a year in order to care for him.
Justin is expected to be admitted in mid-June to early July.
The doctors are encouraging pet therapy but to board the dogs at the hospital is as expensive as renting an apartment. The dogs will also have to undergo training as they are not allowed to lick or jump on him.
Exercise is important, even with his limited ability and the medical team has encouraged Justin to use the Wii or the Xbox Kinect. Justin has an Xbox and a Playstation 2 but still needs the Kinect.
Although Justin's father has good insurance, the coverage does not extend toward living expenses that are associated with the move to live by Stanford for Justin and his mother. Justin is hoping that the community of Oakdale will be able to help him. His family is not just looking for monetary donations, even though that would help him in this difficult time, but he could use movies, games, emails, encouragement, and of course, prayers; anything that will help keep his spirits up.
Justin's father has set up an account at Bank of the West in Oakdale for donations under the name "The Justin Myers BMT Fund" in care of Rocky Myers; account No. 026793083.


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Deutsch Projects 2%-3% Growth For Yellow Tail, Is Bullish On Sangria, Big Bold Red ExtensionsDecember 12, 2013
Despite competing in a still-difficult Australian wine category, imported wine leader Yellow Tail has seen an acceleration in growth this year. The brand was up 2.5% by volume in Nielsen channels in the 26 weeks through November 9, and Peter Deutsch, CEO of importer Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, tells SND that he expects progress to continue at approximately the same rate going forward.
According to Impact Databank, Yellow Tail was flat at 8.3 million cases from 2009-2010, then inched ahead 0.6% in 2011 and 1.5% in 2012. A 2.5% increase in calendar 2013 would take the brand past 8.7 million cases. Among the wines currently driving gains for Yellow Tail are new extensions like Big Bold Red and Sangria, which both rolled out this year. In the company's next fiscal year, beginning in April 2014, Deutsch believes those two labels have potential to reach a combined 1 million cases.
Yellow Tail's improving performance comes as the Australian wine category still works its way through a difficult period. The strength of the Aussie dollar—one of the major challenges Australian exports have faced in recent years—remains an obstacle. After trading at $1.05 as recently as this past April, the Australian dollar weakened to around $0.90 in July, but hasn't budged since. Deutsch says the currency situation has basically gone from "horrible to lousy" over the past year.
Echoing other Australian players who see a tilt toward higher-priced, higher-margin wines as a way to combat the foreign exchange problem, Yellow Tail producer John Casella last year floated the idea of introducing a new wine around the $10 mark—about $3-$4 above Yellow Tail's core label. Deutsch now says those discussions remain "unresolved," citing the fact that "Australia at $10-$15 is still a very tough category in the U.S." Yellow Tail does compete in that price point with its Reserve extension, which fell by nearly a third to 67,000 cases in 2012, according to Impact Databank.Subscribe to Shanken News Daily's Email Newsletter, delivered to your inbox each morning.
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Someone is killing poachers in Tennessee's Appalachian foothills, and Canadian journalist Alexis Jule wants to investigate. So she wangles an assignment to show up before hunting season begins, hoping to get her bearings and talk to the locals. Her first interview is with a female hermit. But Faye Carson turns out to be like no hermit Alex could have ever imagined. Faye is also a chief suspect in the murders, and Alex finds herself navigating the rocky terrain of falling in love with a woman at the center of a murder investigation.
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Father of Salvation Army leader charged with child sex offences
Ray Pethybridge has been charged with 14 sexual offences. Several of these offences were allegedly perpetrated against underaged girls.
Pethybridge (whose son is a high ranking member of the Salvation Army) worked in hostels that provide homeless individuals with accommodation.
Evidence shared with the Royal Commission found the Salvation Army covered up Pethybridge's offences, telling him: "in light of a written statement from a young woman … you are not to attend court or represent the Salvation Army in any way until you have had a conversation with Major Peter Farthing."
This was from a letter written in 2006.
The Salvation Army covered up Pethybridge's offences for ten years before he was finally charged.
Anglican Officials slammed by the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission has called out former Anglican Bishop Roger Herft's response to allegations of child sexual abuse as "weak, ineffectual and showed no regard for the need to protect children from the risk that they would be preyed upon,"
Counsel assisting Naomi Sharp's 276-page submission announced there was a "failure of leadership" in the Newcastle Anglican Church.
Leaders and members of the church created and fostered a culture of secrecy and conspiracy. The Royal Commission has found Bishop Herft "mishandled the allegations of child sexual abuse made against two of the most senior and domineering priests in the diocese".
The Royal Commission also found Bishops Holland and Appleby both ignored allegations of sexual abuse when they could, going to great lengths to protect the 'reputation of the church' when they were unable to ignore the allegations.
British priest stole church money to live life of luxury
A British Catholic priest has stolen over £50 000 from his parish to go on holidays and eat expensive foods with his housekeeper, with whom he was in a relationship.
Parishioners had brought up concerns about Father John Reid's spending in 2013, just 4 years after he had joined the parish.
Father Reid's spending increased dramatically in the areas of General Administration, Housekeeping and Hospitality – primarily due to his spending to support his housekeeper and her two daughters.
An investigation was launched and Father Reid was removed from his post, after finding that he had disbursed over £113,000 to himself. He used this money to live a life of luxury (contrary to canon law).
Father Reid was arrested in 2014 on a suspended sentence. He has to pay the diocese £50,000 in full, plus £5,000 for the cost of the audit within three months.
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Burnley v Manchester City | Saturday 12:30 | BT Sport 1
Tough game to assess this. Burnley's 4-0 defeat at the hands of West Brom on Monday night was manna from heaven for the data geeks. They'd been screaming down our lugs for weeks now that the Clarets were over-performing on their shots numbers and it certainly came home to roost on Monday.
Next up for the gritty side are title favourites Man City and it will be intriguing to see how Sean Dyche's men react to their Monday spanking. As usual, the odds guide me towards my decision.
The thing is with Man City at the moment they're just not cruising down the Premier League road. It's been an odd October and November with just two wins from their six league games.
Pep Guardiola's side managed to take all three points last weekend but it was hardly emphatic as they slouched past struggling Crystal Palace 2-1 aided by the hitherto ostracised Yaya Toure.
Man City are simply not a side I can trust at short prices and bookmakers have chalked them up at 1/3 here against a side with a fantastic home record this season.
It's too short for me of course but one thing to consider is City's stronger form away from the occasionally maligned Etihad. The title favs sit top of the away table with five wins from six games. Their only slip up came at Spurs in a performance that will rank as one of the finest under Mauricio Pochettino, so let's not be harsh there.
So that simply leads me towards Both Teams To Score here. We know City are proficient away from the Etihad and have notched in 11 of their 12 Premier League matches this season while the stats also shine on Burnley.
The Clarets lie in the Top 4 of the home table after four wins from their seven matches at Turf Moor. Goals have come in five of their last six games there and they've gone Over 1.5 in three of the last four.
You could certainly make a case that Monday's humbling defeat at the hands of West Brom might damage the spirit and belief that the shrewd Dyche has harvested but at 9/1 I'm happy to chance them to oblige on a secondary market.
Leicester v Middlesbrough | Saturday 15:00
Now that a place in the Champions League Last 16 has been secured via the group winners position Leicester can focus back on the Premier League. There's a general assumption in the media that they'll scoot up the table on the back of this but it's not a cert for me.
Having said all that, while the feels are still alive from their brilliant night on Tuesday I think they'll put up a good performance here against a buoyant home crowd.
Naturally it's the price that draws me in. 9/10 looks attractive for a side with just one Premier League home loss in the last 14 months. That loss of course came last time out against West Brom but it really was a blip in the grand scheme of things.
Middlesbrough deserve a lot of plaudits for the way they've been exceptionally hard to break down recently. They haven't lost by more than one goal in over two months and have squared up to four of the Top 5 in that period.
Hull, Swansea and Burnley await Middlesbrough before the death of 2016 and that spells a great opportunity for Aitor Karanka's side to jump up the table as we hit the halfway mark of the season.
So while there's certainly lots to like about Boro I'm going to oppose them here and get with the champions at 9/10. It's a price I'm not willing to ignore while the good vibes hang around them.
Liverpool v Sunderland | Saturday 15:00
I took a bit of a pounding last week when opposing Sunderland in their six pointer against Hull. A 3-0 win for the Black Cats was not what I expected but in truth I was delighted for David Moyes.
This looks a gruesome challenge though as he takes his troops to Anfield (a place he's historically struggled at) to take on a Liverpool side with no defeat to their name in over three months.
I still feel it's going to be a fruitless, ugly few months for Sunderland and David Moyes and the positive bubble of the last three weeks should get pricked here.
In fairness, as always with Liverpool, it's a nightmare trying to side with them as they get priced up so short and 1/5 is hard to get aroused by. Even backing them -2 on the Asian Handicap only offers quotes of around 4/6. But the thing is, Sunderland rarely get hammered.
In 13 Premier League matches this season the Black Cats have gone down by more than one goal on only three occasions. Everton and Arsenal are the only sides to take them out by more than two goals.
Of course, Liverpool can be electric. We saw that against Watford and Crystal Palace recently but they looked a lot flatter last week against Southampton in a nothing-to-be-ashamed-of 0-0 draw against Southampton.
David Moyes has intimated he'll be setting up his side with an emphasis on staying strong and not conceding and it's not silly to suggest they can keep it tight like they did against Man City on opening day and against Spurs in September.
Summing up, I'll take the 11/10 on a Liverpool win in a match involving three goals or fewer. Six of Sunderland's eight league defeats have come in this way and I'm hoping it occurs again on Saturday.
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Burnley v Manchester City – Both Teams To Score (9/10 Marathon Bet)
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A New York City councilman asserted Thursday that when it's all over, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat and not Rep. Charlie Rangel will emerge the victor in the 13th Congressional District.
While City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez isn't jumping to any definitive conclusion yet, he isn't yet conceding that Rangel is the winner of the tightly-contested race that is currently separated by a little more than 1,000 votes with 94 percent of precincts reporting.
"We believe that at the end of this process, the numbers of this election will be completely different from the numbers provided on June 26," Rodriguez told 1010 WINS.
In addition to the remaining 6 percent of votes that must still be counted, officials haven't counted about 2,300 affidavit ballots, which are those from voters whose names were not on the rolls when they came to vote.
Rangel declared his primary victory Tuesday night, telling supporters "I'm so grateful."
"I was pleased to see that a lot of people knew me, there was a connection," he said, adding that his incumbency helped. "When you're there for four decades, it's kind of hard for you to not be known by most people."
Meanwhile, Rodriguez also blasted the state Board of Elections for delaying the rest of the counting and wants an investigation.
"We are calling for federal monitors to come and see what's going on at the New York City Board of Elections," he told 1010 WINS. "I hope that the Board of Elections or anyone that has anything to do with the Board of Elections can correct any error that happened."
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Black collective Christmas: Preachers, politicians, performers are our gifts
The collective gift of Ava DuVernay, Maya Angelou, Tyler Perry, Michael Jackson and Will Packer is the gift of creative power. The collective gift of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Dorothy Height, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, and HBCUs is the gift of intellectual prowess. The African American community has always benefited when we understood it was important to give a gift to ourselves first.
Michael Jackson's gift was a voice heard around the world, and recognized on every dance floor, but he was seriously misunderstood and vilified in some quarters before his death. The Rev. Al Sharpton eulogized Jackson, but those who didn't understand the artist and didn't stand by him during his trials and tribulations were not there. But there were those who were there to recognize his genius and praise his gifts. Jackson left gifts that we will have forever as long as we can hear his music and watch his dance moves.
We don't seem to understand the sacrifices by numerous activists and civil rights icons like the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Malcolm X, Dr. King, and more recently, members of the Black Lives Matter movement in using their collective genius to advocate for justice for our community. It is a precious gift that we ought to rejoice in. That's something to shout about. To take pride in. To be grateful for.
We must move beyond just being singers or athletes or entertainers. Not that those gifts shouldn't be celebrated. It's that we should yearn to achieve more than that, collectively. There are other gifts to recognize and extol. We are inventors. We are the creators of phenomenal resource programs. We are wizards of science. We are engineers and doctors, and collectively, we must begin to understand that we deserve much better gifts. Like the the gift of respect. The gift of not killing one another. The gift of loving one another. The gift of being a good parent. The gift of being a good friend. The gift of reading a book aloud. The gift of a forgiving heart.
Let's choose gifts collectively that is life-giving, life-affirming and life-sustaining. So when we hear a song like Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," we can say that those were the bad old days. We can say there are no longer too many of us dying, and mothers are no longer crying, because we have collectively decided to give ourselves the best gift of all — peace.


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Gobsmacked: Celebrating Me Birthday Month with a Giveaway!
For the month of May, I'll be givin' away a signed copy of my France, a Love Story, along with a surprise: a signed copy of a book by another author who … I'll just keep ye guessin'.
Here's me instructions: leave a comment on me blog, and your name goes into the end-of-the month drawin'. The more comments, the better your chances. If you subscribe by email, send your name and comment to valinparis (at) earthlink (period) net. If ye wish me to post yer comment to me Captain's Log, tell me, and it's done!
Bonus! Every captain needs followers and here's how to serve yer captain. Bring a mate on board Gobsmacked by having them sign up to receive me blog. For every mate you bring aboard, your name goes into the drawing three times. I'm using the pirate's code of honor for this. Just tell me you signed 'em up. No cheatin' now or it's the gangplank!
The Deep: Captain Val's Answers to Last Week's Questions
Last week, I wrote 'bout how a writer's job resumé offers nothin' but a skeleton of their experience. Writers ha' to dig deep into personal experience to understand human nature and create living, breathing, believable characters. Some authors might disagree, but they don't sail on my ship.
That's why I suggest asking more personal questions of authors at readings. Depending on the nature of the book ('cause you want to ask pertinent questions, not superficial, sensationalistic ones), the questions can be related to what the novel or memoir brings to the surface for you emotionally.
Here's where I dive in deep water. Remember the questions I posed from last week?
"Ha' ye ever been close to dying?""Ha' ye ever taken a dark road and been lost?""What terrifies you and why?"
As promised, I'll ask 'em of meself and tell ye how they relate to life and work. A'right?
Ha' ye ever been close to dying?
Job experience in me twenties: drive-in restaurant waitress, telephone switchboard operator, movie theater ticket sales person, keypunch operator for a woolen mill (Ah, that dates me!)
Life experience and answer to the question:
Aye. At age twenty-three, I was beaten and had a knife put to me throat by a bi-polar, alcoholic Vietnam Vet who I was divorcin' at the time. I've used that fear and aspects of the experience in me writin'. I've also used the characteristics that kept me alive—strength, determination, resilience, and street smarts. I learned first hand about PTSD, what war does, how it effects families, what violence looks and feels like, and can empathize with those who continually face the threat of violence and death during war and at home.
Ha' ye ever taken a dark road and been lost?
Job experience during my thirties: artist, editor of a literary arts magazine, graphic artist, cultural resource coordinator for the arts
Life experience and answer to the question:
No. I' be lost a time or two, but ha' ne'er taken a dark road. Even when I was wi' me ex-husband, we had a child, traveled, and moved to Oregon from the East Coast. My son and Oregon were my greatest gifts from the ex, and I troll those waters, too, for me writing. The dark always yields to the light.
What terrifies you and why?
Job experience from forties onward: strategic planner at a community college; graphic designer and illustrator; writer
Life experience and answer to the question:
Nothing terrifies me, not after the experiences of my twenties, after the death of my best friend in high school, the suicide of my father, the terror of my ex. I follow me passion, have a terrific family, live in paradise, have the love of a great man, and if anything would frighten me, it would be the thought of losing any of my family, especially outliving the young 'uns. But I don't live there. I do however explore the possibilities, using those fears in the current work in progress "Parallel Crossings" where the five-year-old daughter of the main character is kidnapped by her ex-husband, and the girl is never found. That's how I work the whole bloody thing into a story.
To show you scallywags what happens with authors when you ask questions like the ones above, I contacted Erika Dreifus, author of the brilliant debut short-story collection Quiet Americans. The connected stories about the Jewish experience during and after the Holocaust are so different and rich with characters who feel so real, I had to ask Erika the following question. Her answer follows.
Have you ever had a personal tragedy that gives you a strong empathy for your characters and what they had to endure?
"I think that the opposite situation may be true, that the immense good fortune and privilege with which I have been blessed are what have attracted me to the characters, themes, and events in Quiet Americans. It is because I find it so difficult to envision coping with the challenges that are woven into the stories that I have tried so diligently to do exactly that: envision. Then, too, the fact that certain characters and circumstances are so closely modeled on my beloved grandparents and what they did, in fact, have to endure does add a strong dose of personal connection to the mix."
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So there ye ha' it! All told, if ye do one thing this month to celebrate me birthday, go to an author's meet and greet, reading, or signing. No bones about it. They put their whole life into their work, and we benefit.
From the Gobsmacked ship to yours, a hearty hi-ho!
Captain Val
Coming Up!
May Giveaway!
"Platform, Flatform"
"A View of My Writers Room Wall: What Inspires Me"
"Oh, Google, My Name is …"
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THE IMAGE of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 for me sums up the China of today. A highly repressive and nasty state, every bit as class ridden as the rest of the capitalist world.
Yet in 1927 workers in China were poised to change the world through a revolution they led. AndrŽ Malraux's brilliantly written novel, Man's Estate, describes this. It is based on his experience as a committed communist, as he witnessed the great events in China in 1927.
There is a wonderful description of the effects of a general strike as one of the capitalists finds himself without his chauffeur. He watches in amazement as 'all around shopkeepers and workmen were pouring out. The general strike was beginning.
'This wasn't like the Hong Kong strike, developing gradually, with a kind of tragic intensity-there was a military precision about it. As far as he could see, not a shop remained open.'
The line coming from the Communist International, now in the hands of Stalin, was flawed and treacherous. It called on the communists to hand their weapons over to the Kuomintang, nationalists who upheld the bosses' property rights.
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BEIJING, July 12 (TNS): China is willing to play a constructive role in improving relations between India and Pakistan in the wake of ongoing tensions between the two countries on the Line of Control (LoC), said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang on Wednesday.
"The conflict is occurring near the LoC in Kashmir. This will not only harm the peace and stability of the two countries but also peace and tranquility of the region," he said during his regular press briefing in Beijing when asked what role China could play to defuse tensions between Pakistan and India on Kashmir.
He said, "The situation in the Kashmir has attracted attention of the world community. Both India and Pakistan are important countries in South Asia and we hope that relevant sides can do more things that are conducive to peace and stability in the region and avoid escalating the tensions."
When asked to comment that the Organization of Islamic Conference's Council of Foreign Ministers has strongly condemned India for the tensions in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) and called upon India, United Nations to implement Security Council's resolutions on Kashmir, he said, "We have noted the relevant report."
Responding to a question about current border standoff between China and India in the Sikkim section, he reiterated his demand and asked the Indian side to withdraw its troops from Chinese territory and properly settle this dispute at an early date. "We once again require India to withdraw border troops to Indian side of boundary and properly settle this dispute at an early date," he added.
He said, "China has pointed out many times the illegal trespass of Indian border troops on mutually recognized borderline on China territory. The current trespass is different in nature from the frictions happened in the undefined sections of the boundary."
"The Sikkim section has special historical background and this is only defined boundary between China and India and it is totally different from the undefined boundaries in the East, Middle and West parts," he added.
He said, "As per the 1890 Convention, the Sikkim section has been defined and it has been recognized by both China and India governments."


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Q&A: Finding New Ways to Beat Staph Infections
As different strains of staph evolve and become increasingly resistant to common antibiotics, such as penicillin, researchers are looking for new ways to treat these infections. Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, published a recent study in the Journal of Infectious Disease about a cell receptor called A-Disintegrin and Metalloprotease 10, or ADAM10, that could give doctors a new way to fight these infections. I spoke to her about how staph does its damage, and how turning off this receptor could lead to more effective treatments.
Are there good ways to treat staph infections now, or are we losing ground?
I would say losing ground is the best way to think about it. There are certainly strains of staph in the community as well as in the hospital that are resistant to the antibiotics that used to be the front-running, very potent antibiotics. These are the so-called methicillin-resistant, or MRSA, strains. Now drugs like penicillin, which used to be a real workhorse, aren't useful for many of these strains. The nature of the disease that the damage both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant staph can cause is quite significant, so sometimes even if you have a good antibiotic, the patient can be so ill that you're challenged to treat it successfully.
How does a staph infection attack the body?
Staph is one of the most interesting bacteria that cause infections in humans, because essentially any tissue in the body can be affected. For instance, if a bacterium can cause infection in the lungs, it may only need a certain set of strategies that help cause infection. Staph aureus can cause infection anywhere in the entire body, so it has a really elaborate toolbox. It can fight off immune cells in the bloodstream; it can injure the blood vessel wall; it can creep through the blood vessel wall and get out into the tissue and injure the tissue once it arrives in this location. If you have staph in the blood, it can end up in the lung, or the brain or in the joints – the bug has a phenomenal armamentarium of tools that all work together in some manner to attack the human tissue.
Is that toolset something unique to staph aureus?
There are certainly other bugs that can cause a spectrum of disease in different tissues, but staph is the one with the broadest range of capabilities. And that makes it hard to treat as well, because treating an infection in a joint is different than treating an infection in the lung. Treating an infection in the middle of a bone is really different than on the skin. The clinical problem posed by staph is unique and challenging.
In your new study you found out that a cell receptor called ADAM10 helped staph do its damage in cells. How does this work?
The bacteria make a toxin, which is essentially a weapon that's shot out of the bacteria, almost like a bullet. When it hits the host cell, it pokes a hole in the cell. ADAM10 is the dock for the toxin on the host cell. The toxin has to have a way to stick to the host cell and find the right place to be active, so ADAM10 is that molecular beacon where the toxin binds.
Did you already have an idea that ADAM10 was involved in this process?
The toxin itself has been studied for close to 100 years. It had been unclear whether there was a receptor and what it was, so we just identified that about two years ago. In the intervening time we've started to really understand how ADAM10 works as a toxin receptor. The interesting part of the story is it's not just a docking site. It's not just that the toxin sees it and sticks to the receptor; it actually uses the receptor for its injurious purposes.
So how can knowing this lead to a better way of fighting staph infections?
I think the big paradigm shift with this research is that we can now actually target the host by disabling the functions of ADAM10. Sometimes it's hard to target the bug itself with vaccines. There is currently no vaccine available for staph – the development of such a vaccine has been the most elusive goal in the field. What we see for the first time in our study is that if you disable ADAM10 you can disable the toxin, because the toxin absolutely requires the action of ADAM10 for its evil purposes. So you could target ADAM10, which is fairly constant among humans. Your ADAM 10 is probably identical to mine and to everyone else's in my laboratory. It becomes a different way to think about changing the disease spectrum.
What could you do then to short circuit ADAM10 in the cells?
ADAM10 works like a pair of molecular scissors. When it's active it can cut other proteins. There are inhibitors that prevent ADAM10 from acting like this pair of scissors, essentially like tying a rubber band around the end of them so they're not going to open and cut anything. That's a strategy that we've demonstrated as useful in three different types of staphylococcal disease, and it's amenable to small molecule drug development.
Another strategy is that you could conceivably make an antibody that would block the ability of the toxin to stick to ADAM10. You would eliminate the activity of the toxin because it doesn't have a dock anymore. So there are a couple of different modalities, both of which are achievable with current molecular approaches to therapeutics.
Is there a downside to blocking ADAM10? Does knocking it out cause problems?
I feel pretty comfortable in the concept of targeting ADAM10 for infection, because the therapy is time-limited. It's short term. Your window of opportunity to intervene for a severe infection is one to three days. Since the cells in the body regenerate their proteins, even if you knocked ADAM10 out for two or three days in every tissue, I suspect that the individual would be fine. This strategy would allow the person to get a leg up on the infection, and then once they survive they'll start to make more ADAM10 again. So whatever ADAM10 you've disabled will be gone and new protein will be available for use. This margin of safety is borne out both in our animal studies and in prior human clinical trials targeting ADAM10 for other reasons.


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Redirected from Black English Vernacular
A linguistics professor at Washington University created the term in 1973, then detailed it in his 1975 book, Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks[?].
It was, briefly, a controversial topic in the United States, mainly over its linguistic status. Proponents of various bills across the country, most famously in a unanimously-passed proposition from the Oakland, California school board on December 18, 1996, desired to have Ebonics officially declared a language or dialect. Doing so would affect funding- and education-related issues. Other opinions on Ebonics range from it deserving official language status in the US, to it being dismissed in precepts consistent with racism, while many non-linguists doubt its status as a distinct language or dialect. Proponents of Ebonics-education believe that African-American students would perform better in school if textbooks and teachers acknowledged Ebonics as a different language or dialect from standard[?] American English. Most linguists and education-experts believe that it is easier to learn literacy skills in one's native tongue and then transfer it to a different language or dialect. No proposal suggested actually teaching Ebonics; rather, teachers were encouraged to accept that some or all of their students have a non-standard dialect as their native tongue, and to teach standard English not by proscribing non-standard characteristics, but by treating the issue as a need for education in translation. Ebonics also clarified the speech of black students for teachers. For example, it showed that the dropping of the final -d or -t from past participles was not, as many educators had believed, a sign that black English avoided the simple perfect (since speakers of Ebonics use irregular preterites appropriately).
As a language develops, its use by isolated and diverging people also becomes isolated and divergent. "Ebonics" is largely based on the Southeastern American-English accent, an influence that has no doubt been reciprocal as the dialects diverged. The traits of Ebonics which separate it from standard English include: Changes in pronunciation along definable patterns, distinctive slang, as well as differences in the use of tenses. Some of the changes can be traced to common similarities among West African languages.
Sociologists, linguists and psychologists generally believe that it is common for oppressed people (as, for example, African slaves in the Americas) to adopt a radically different dialect from their oppressors. This is done to subtly rebel against the oppressor and his culture, and to differentiate themselves, as well as to foster pride among their community. Slaveholders, and white Americans of more recent years, generally considered the changes in speech to be due to inferior intelligence. While many aspects of Ebonics seem like simplifications of standard American English, there are unique aspects that help make Ebonics as complex as any other language or dialect.
Characteristics of Ebonics The most distinguishing feature of Ebonics is non-standard tense aspects, which can indicate the habitual nature of the performance of the verb. In standard American English, this can only be expressed using adverbs like usually.
Some of these characteristics, notably double negatives and the use of bin for has been are also characteristic of general colloquial American English.
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Will Richardson explains that, in the not too distant future, reading will no longer be considered a solitary pursuit. It's a shift in literacy, he suggests, that teachers need to be attuned to--and can perhaps take advantage of.
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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 5, 1 Nov 2011, p. 909 - 912
f Challenges of Establishing the Correct Diagnosis of Outbreaks of Acute Febrile Illnesses in Africa: The Case of a Likely Brucella Outbreak among Nomadic Pastoralists, Northeast Kenya, March–July 2005
An outbreak of acute febrile illness was reported among Somali pastoralists in remote, arid Northeast Kenya, where drinking raw milk is common. Blood specimens from 12 patients, collected mostly in the late convalescent phase, were tested for viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens. All were negative for viral and typhoid serology. Nine patients had Brucella antibodies present by at least one of the tests, four of whom had evidence suggestive of acute infection by the reference serologic microscopic agglutination test. Three patients were positive for leptospiral antibody by immunoglobulin M enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and two were positive for malaria. Although sensitive and specific point-of-care testing methods will improve diagnosis of acute febrile illness in developing countries, challenges of interpretation still remain when the outbreaks are remote, specimens collected too late, and positive results for multiple diseases are obtained. Better diagnostics and tools that can decipher overlapping signs and symptoms in such settings are needed.
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'Making a Murderer' update: Dassey freed, Avery's lawyer files new motion
On Friday 12th August, Judge William Duffin asserted that Brendan Dassey, Steven Avery's co-accused, should either be freed or face retrial within 90 days.
Duffin found that both the 5th and 14th amendments to the US constitution had been infringed in Dassey's case. The 5th amendment guarantees the right to a fair trial, as well as asserting the defendant's right to silence and self-incrimination. The 14th amendment covers due process and equal protection under the law. Duffin ruled that repeated assertions during Police interviews that Dassey 'had nothing to worry about' constituted false promises:
"These repeated false promises, when considered in conjunction with all relevant factors, most especially Dassey's age, intellectual deficits, and the absence of a supportive adult, rendered Dassey's confession involuntary under the Fifth and 14th Amendments"
The judge made specific reference to use of the idiom "honesty is the only thing that will set you free", a phrase frequently used during interviews. Dassey's low IQ and learning impairments meant that he had difficulty telling idioms (which we routinely take as not being literally true) apart from regular speech.
Kathleen Zellner files a motion requesting access to test evidence
"Mr. Avery is requesting, and is willing to pay for, the most comprehensive, thorough, and advanced forensic testing ever requested by a criminal defendant in the State of Wisconsin"
On August 26th Steven Avery's lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, filed a motion for post-conviction scientific testing, stating that the testing will "once again, prove that he did not commit the crime for which he has been convicted". The 154-page document is available for download (click here).
Probably the single most damning revelation for the Police is the submission of a report (exhibit C in the document) which states that the Police seized Teresa Halbach's RAV4 on November 3rd 2005. The report comes from the Manitowoc Sheriff's office and was written by Detective Dave Remiker. We already know from the trial testimony that Officer Andrew Colborn ran a check of the RAV4's number plate, mentioning that it was '99 Toyota.
At trial Colborn was unable to account for why he would have asked the despatch operator to run the licence plate, nor why he confirmed to the operator the make and year of the car. According to the State's version of events, the RAV4 was not located for another two days when it would be found partially obscured on the Avery property on November 5th.
Officer Colborn is the person who takes the call about Gregory Allen being the perpetrator in the original crime Steven Avery was accused of, whilst Detective Remiker was one of the investigators who managed to find bullet fragments on the garage floor four months after the original search was unable to find anything. Remiker was reprimanded by superiors for failing to keep a record of who was visiting the jury during their sequestration at Avery's second trial despite being tasked to do that.
Whilst it does not name names Zellner's motion does cast doubt on other individuals, although it's clear who is being refereed to. "Individual A" who reports that he saw a large fire at the Avery residence can only be Joshua Radandt, who gave a statement to police to that effect; the redacted statement is attached as an exhibit. Zellner's motion states that Individual A gave a statement relating to a large fire before anyone knew that the body had been burned; that the statement was materially incorrect in respect of the placing of the burn barrel; and that it was impossible to see Avery's backyard from where the observation was supposedly made.
Similarly, "Individual B" was said to have misrepresented that a broken light on the RAV4 had been damaged some months before Ms Halbach's death. The light was found inside the back of the RAV4 and Zellner contends that the perpetrator or someone else connected with the crime must have placed the light there. A DOJ report affixed to the motion makes clear that Individual B must be Ryan Hillegas, Halbach's ex-boyfriend. Hillegas (as Individual B) is also said to have accessed the Avery property during the public search by giving a false name.
Both Individual A and Individual B accessed the Avery property on November 7th, after it was closed to the public. The motion states that the victim's bones were planted on the 7th before being discovered on the 8th. Whilst Radandt and Hillegas are not specifically named, the motion does say that the full theory of third party involvement will be made public once testing is completed and it looks likely that they will be implicated in Halbach's murder in some way.


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At the restaurant of God there are no add-ons, no a la carte for what He wants from us. He made this clear to the Israelites when He gave them the 10 commandments through Moses and Aaron. I mean the top ten are pretty clear and pretty darn good at covering everything:
That list is pretty definitive. I can see why God commanded them not to even try adding to them and not to take away anything. Because He worded them perfectly too. He didn't need to nit-pick. He knew these simple rules would last eons. He knew these would apply to all people, all situations.
And Jesus came to reinforce that these are the only expectations of God. Not a bunch of rules humans decide need to be added or subtracted to define our purposes. Nope.
What GOD ORDERS. These are what we need to do each day.


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Yep the first ever FWIS is next weekend!
For those who may have not noticed the Upcoming event link:
WHAT: A day of Music, Picnicking , and Games in at the Gibson Ranch park near Sacramento.
Vulpine Soundworks is going to be providing music throughout event.
The BBQ basics such as hot dogs and hamburgers as well as some drinks will be provided. If you want something else you are encouraged to bring it along for yourself or to share.
All attending are invited to partake in games such as:
- Giant Ball toss
- Duck Duck Goose
- Dance off
- 30 sec art switch
WHEN: October 3rd 2009, From 12pm to 7pm
WHERE: Gibson Ranch park located in the northern Sacramento metro area.
How much does it cost?
$10 per person (charged by us. Preregister or bring cash)
$5 per vehicle (charged by park. you have to bring cash for this)
more details:
We're currently asking for $10 per person to cover the costs associated with the event. Also the park charges a Vehicle entry fee of $5 per vehicle so carpooling is recommended, and we're looking at alternate parking nearby for those who need to drive alone but would like to meet up with someone to share the vehicle cost. On site we will only accept cash as payment.
The event website is up and running along with preregistration so go check it out.


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In 1860 a Commissioner of Mines was appointed and inherited responsibility in 1861 for the administration of the goldfields and regulation of mining activities from the Chief Secretary (VRG 26).
For a brief period from 14 November 1861 to 27 June 1863, there was neither a Commissioner nor a Minister of Mines. During this period the Postmaster General was responsible for mining. In 1863 a Minister for Mines was again appointed, inheriting responsibility for miners leases and surveys from Lands (VRG 18) in 1865 and 1864 respectively. From 1865 to 1880 the Minister was also responsible for rural water supply and from the early 1870's to 1880 for Schools of Mines which became associated with the Water Supply (VRG 36) and Education (VRG 35) portfolios. For a brief period, 1891 to 1893, the Mines portfolio acquired responsibility for State Forests. This responsibility was inherited from and passed back to Lands (VRG 18).
During the 1870's and 1880's increased responsibility for safety standards in mines, mining accident relief funds and the credentialing of mining officials such as surveyors, mine managers and engine drivers was assumed. From 1909 to 1911 the Minister was also responsible for the operation of the State Coal Mine (VA 720), a responsibility inherited by the Ministry of Railways (VRG 32). In the 1950's and 1960's the Minister became responsible for the regulation of petroleum exploration and production, investigation of groundwater resources and for the transport and storage of hazardous materials.
Between 1860 and 1977 the prime functions associated with this portfolio were:
investigation of the State's geological structure, mineral wealth and groundwater resources
provision of technical services, financial assistance and information to the mining industry
licensing of mining activity
supervision of the safe working of mines, quarries, pipelines and on and offshore petroleum installations
regulation of the manufacture, transport and storage of hazardous materials such as explosives and inflammable liquids
In 1977 the Minister for Minerals and Energy (VRG 47) assumed responsibility for all mining functions.
Historical Background of Mines Function
Administration of the goldfields was based on a series of Goldfields Acts dating from 1853 when an "Act for the better management of the Goldfields", 17 Vic., No.4, was passed. This Act provided for a system of mining leases and licences to be administered by the Commissioners of Crown Lands, who were also known as Goldfield Commissioners. Earlier legislation (e.g. the 1851 and 1852 Acts 15 Vic., No.15 and 17 Vic., No.1) had made provision for the Commissioners to regulate mining on "waste lands of the Crown". In 1855 the licensing system introduced in 1853 was replaced by a system of miners' rights administered by Local Courts which operated in designated districts, and had similar powers to a Court of Petty Sessions (18 Vic., No.37). Members of the Courts were elected by holders of miners' rights in the district. These arrangements were further refined by the 1857 Act 20 Vic., No.32 which set up a more complex administrative and judicial structure within specified Mining Districts comprising Mining Boards, Mining Wardens and Courts of Mines.
The Mining Statute 1865 (No.291) and later Mines Acts extended this system to the regulation of all mining activities, providing also for the appointment of various District mining officials, including Mining Officers, Registrars and Surveyors. The 1865 Statute also introduced provisions relating to mine safety. These provisions were subsequently extended to include inspection and control of mines, their managers and engineers, mining equipment and equipment operators, mine ventilation, drainage and sludge abatement. (For more detail see in particular the Mines Acts 1890 (No.1120), 1897 (No.1514), 1907 (No.2127) and 1958 (No.6320).) Specific provision was made for coal mines in the 1909 Coal Mines Regulation Act (No.2240), which also provided for the establishment of a State Coal Mine.
During the Gold Rush period local administration was paramount. However from the 1860's increasingly the regulation of mining and associated functions became centralised in the Department of Mines (VA 2719) and its successor agencies the Department of Mines and Water Supply (VA 2720) and the Mines Department (VA 612). Regulation of mining activity through the system of miners' rights continued to operate through locally constituted Mining Districts and their officials until 1975. Following the passage of the Mines (Amendment) Act (No.8805) claim registration was centralised and became the responsibility of a single Mining Registrar located at the Mines Department (VA 612). By 1975 local Mining Registrars were frequently post office or police officials who were only concerned with claims registration, not the wider range of functions they had historically administered. The Mining Boards had been abolished in 1914, while the judicial system based on Wardens and Courts of Mines was finally dismantled in 1969 and incorporated in the Magistrates and County Courts jurisdictions. For information about local Mining Districts and Courts of Mines, see VRG 25 and VRG 4 respectively.
Geological Survey
By 1855 the Geological Survey had been associated with the administration of public lands. It remained within the Lands portfolio (VRG 18) until 1858 when responsibility was transferred to the Chief Secretary (VRG 26). In 1861 responsibility was transferred to the Commissioner of Mines but in 1862 when the Postmaster General (VRG 21) became briefly responsible for the Department of Mines (VA 2719), the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey (VRG 18) assumed responsibility for both mining and geological surveyors until 1864 and 1867 respectively, when responsibility was resumed by the Minister of Mines.
Rural Water Supply 1865-1880
Early attempts to provide water supplies for rural Victoria were made as a result of a mixture of local initiatives through the establishment of Water Trusts from the 1850's and government action on the Goldfields. The Gold Fields Royal Commission of Enquiry reported in 1862 that the development of mining in certain areas had been considerably hindered by the failure of the Government to provide the water required to make mining viable. During the early 1860's two sub-departments of the Board of Land and Works (VA 744) were responsible for aspects of the provision of water supply to the goldfields. In 1860, the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) was provided with funds for expenses relating to the preparation of reports as to sites and plans for reservoirs but by 1861 responsibility for the survey of water supply areas had passed to the Public Works Department (VA 669) and in 1864 to the Department of Mines (VA 2719) which from 1863 was also responsible for the Keepers of Public Reservoirs on the goldfields.
From 1860, the Public Works Department (VA 669) was responsible for the construction of dams and reservoirs and for the construction and maintenance of storm water and sludge channels on the goldfields.
In 1865 the Minister for Mines became responsible for regulating water supply to the goldfields and from 1867 for water supply works on the goldfields, inheriting these responsibilities from Lands (VRG 18) and Public Works (VRG 28) respectively. Gradually from the mid 1860's, the Minister also acquired other responsibilities for rural water supply, including administration of loans to local water trusts. Statutory responsibility for rural water works rested with the Board of Land and Works (VA 744) under the Waterworks Act 1865 which gave the Board the power to construct rural waterworks, purchase land, levy charges and lease or sell works. The Public Loans Act 1865 empowered the Board to provide loans to local water trusts for waterworks. The actual administration of these statutory provisions was undertaken by the Victorian Water Supply Department (VA 2787) which operated from 1865 to 1889 as a sub-department of the Department of Mines (VA 2719). In 1880 the responsibilities of the Minister for Mines relating to rural water supply were inherited by the Commissioner of Water Supply (see VRG 36). The Board of Land and Works (VA 744) has been included in VRG 30, the Mines Group for the period 1867 to 1880 because of its statutory responsibilities relating to rural water supply and the role of the Victorian Water Supply Department (VA 2787) as the Board's operational arm for the rural water supply function.
State Forests and Nurseries
Responsibility for this function was shared by a number of portfolios until 1909 when the Minister of Forests assumed responsibility for the Department of State Forests (VA 534). Until that time, responsibility had been exercised by:
Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey prior to 1875
Minister for Agriculture (VRG 34) 1875-1890
Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 1890-1891
Minister of Mines (VRG 30) 1891-1893
Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 1893-1899
Minister for Forests 1899-1900
Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 1900-1903
Minister of Agriculture 1903-1904
Minister of Mines and Forests 1904-1909.
For convenience each of the Ministers responsible for forests from 1900 to 1909 has been placed in the Forests Group (VRG 41) for the period of their responsibility for this function.
Until 1908 the Departments of Agriculture (VA 618), Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538), Mines (VA 2719), and Mines and Water Supply (VA 2720) were at various times responsible for State Forests. In 1908 the Department of State Forests (VA 534) was established. Until it became a department of state in its own right in 1938, it functioned as a sub-department of the Mines and Water Supply Department (VA 2720) until 1909 and thereafter of the Mines Department (VA 612). The Department of State Forests (VA 534) has therefore been included in both Mines (VRG 30) and Forests (VRG 41) for the period 1908-1918. The Department of Mines and Water Supply (VA 2720) and the Mines Department (VA 612) have also been included in the Forests Group (VRG 41).
Brown Coal Mining
In 1917 the Victorian Government appointed a Brown Coal Advisory Committee to investigate and report on the commercial utilization of brown coal with particular reference to the generation of electricity. The Committee consisted of the Managing Director and Chief Engineer of the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. (F.W. Clements) the Chief Electrical Engineer of the Melbourne City Council (H.R. Harper) the Chief Electrical Engineer of the Victorian Railways (W. Stone) and the Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria (H. Herman) who was chairperson. The Committee was convened by the Minister of Mines on 13 June 1917 and presented its report on 25 September 1917.
The Committee recommended that a brown coal mining and electricity generating complex be established near Morwell and that power be transmitted to the City. The Committee further recommended that a body of Electricity Commissioners be appointed to control the scheme. This recommendation was adopted and the Electricity Commissioners Act 1918 was given Royal Assent on 1 January 1919. The Commissioners were responsible to the Attorney-General (VRG 19) and on 26 November 1919 they submitted to the Minister and Parliament a report entitled The Utilization of Brown Coal and Water Power for the Production of Electrical Energy. The report recommended that the scheme to develop brown coal mining and electricity generation near Morwell be immediately proceeded with and in consequence the Electricity Supply Loan Act 1919 (No.3029) was passed.
Land was acquired and the first Annual Report to 30 June 1920 outlined progress on the provision of coal mining equipment, the design and tendering for electrical plant and equipment, the provision of railway facilities in consultation with the Chief Engineer for Railway Construction and the development of a township to accommodate the workers, in conjunction with the architectural staff of the Public Works Department (VA 669).
Under the State Electricity Commission Act 1920 (No.3104), the Electricity Commissioners became the State Electricity Commission of Victoria from the date of that body's first meeting which was 10 January 1921 (Government Gazette 7 January 1921, p.55). For more information, see VRG 19 Law and VRG 47 Minerals and Energy.
Location of Records
There have only been patchy transfers from the central departmental administration but they include long runs of mining title records. There have been few transfers from associated agencies and statutory authorities. See also VRG 25 Mining Districts and VRG 4 Courts.
See also List of Holdings 2nd edition 1985, sections 3.6.9 (Forests), 3.13.2 (Mines), 3.21.12 (State Coal Mine) and 3.23.2 (Rural Water Supply).
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This module covers the pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of anaphylaxis.
Price: $20 Members, $30 Nonmembers
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Expiration Date: May 31, 2018
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is not supported by commercial interests.
Target Audience
• Practicing allergists/immunologists and other physicians who care for allergy patients
• Fellows in allergy/immunology training programs
• Allied health professionals in the field of allergy and immunology
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this module, participants should be able to:
• Discuss recent advances in the treatment of anaphylaxis
• Explain recent theories regarding the pathogenesis of anaphylactic reactions
• Prevent episodes of anaphylaxis
Core Competencies
The following core competencies will be addressed:
• Patient Care
• Medical Knowledge
Phillip L. Lieberman, MD
Clinical Professor Medicine and Pediatrics
Department of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, TN
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Phillip L. Lieberman, MD
David A. Khan, MD
Charles J. Siegel, MD
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William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.
At his home in Cambridge in 1811, he fell through a hole in time and found himself trapped in the netherworld of the Yssgaroth. He met the Seventh Doctor when the Doctor went through another hole in the Althosian system.
They visited Whitechapel during the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888, and 20th century England. Eventually he was returned to his home via the Doctor's TARDIS. (PROSE: The Pit)
In 1783, Blake made an engraving of his brother Robert's painting Approach of Doom. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
Blake was one of the guests at Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding in Cheldon Bonniface on 24 April 2010. (PROSE: Happy Endings)
While in Switzerland in 1963, the Fifth Doctor jokingly told Nyssa that he, along with Walt Whitman, might have been a Time Lord. (AUDIO: Winter for the Adept)
Behind the scenes Edit
- Although not openly credited to William Blake, the opening verse of his poem, "The Tyger", is read aloud by Tommy in the television story Planet of the Spiders. However, Tommy's recitation of the poem does not feature in the 105-minute compilation repeat of the story, as broadcast Friday 27 December 1974.


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Your PSPP pension is a great investment in your own future. It also lets you plan for people who are important to you. When you pass away, your beneficiaries might be entitled to different death benefits. The pension option you choose when you retire can affect that benefit.
That is why it is very important you keep your beneficiary information up to date.
More about death before retirement
More about death after retirement
A spouse or partner is automatically first in line for any PSPP benefits if you pass away, unless they complete a waiver. It is important to let us know who your beneficiaries are even if you have a pension partner, in case you both pass away at the same time or if your spouse or partner dies before you.
Who Can Be A Beneficiary?
People or charities can be beneficiaries. If you name a charity, use the full name and charitable organization number instead of a person's name.
If you are naming a minor or a dependent adult, you may want to name a trustee to look after the funds on their behalf. If you do not name a trustee, a trustee from Alberta's Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee may be appointed.
You can use your Will to tell us who your beneficiary is, although the pension designation in the Will needs to identify PSPP or your employment-based pension plan.
You should occasionally review who you have named as a beneficiary. You can update your beneficiaries on mypensionplan.ca.
You may also want to consider getting independent legal and financial advice when you are making these decisions.


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Sapp Bros. & Stirk CNG Partnership
The most important aspect of developing an infrastructure of CNG stations is to provide the customer service and location access common to retail petroleum stations. Stirk Compressed Natural Gas has the privilege of partnering with the most prominent truck and travel center in the Central Plains, Sapp Bros. Travel Centers.
Sapp Bros., Inc.
Sapp Bros., Inc. is a collection of 16 full-service, friendly travel centers; primarily located on Interstate-80 from as far west as Salt Lake City, Utah to Clearfield, Pennsylvania in the east. Sapp Bros. is also a leading petroleum wholesale distributer with a robust offering related to refined fuels, lubricants, oil, propane, diesel exhaust fluid, compressed natural gas, kerosene, additives, solvents, and many other associated products, services, and equipment.
Currently, our Lincoln, NE, Columbus, NE, Commerce City, CO and Council Bluffs, IA travel centers offer fast fueling CNG pumps and dispensers.
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Bacon and Beer Festival to Debut in San Francisco
Bacon and beer, a match made in heaven for many, hogs the spotlight Sunday, August 25 as San Francisco plays host to its first-ever Bacon and Beer Festival.
The event, organized by Eat Boston and Bison Organic Beer, started in Boston four years ago and has now expanded to Denver (hosting its second event later this year) and San Francisco. "We were looking for a city on the West Coast and knew some people at Bison Organic Beer (based in Berkeley)," said festival founder Aaron Cohen. "We were chatting with them about it and it seemed like they would make a good fit. Plus, the Bay Area obviously has an amazing food and craft beer scene, so it was always on our list as a possibility."
"…the Bay Area obviously has an amazing food and craft beer scene" – Aaron Cohen
Cohen said those going to the event can expect the obvious—bacon and beer. "Each restaurant and brewery will have a station in the ballroom," he says. "Attendees can go table to table or dart across the room, crossing places off their list. Most of the breweries will bring two or three varieties of beer for sampling. In the past, we've had some wild bacon dishes, like bacon cotton candy, a bacon burger slider with quail egg and pork belly ramen. We're excited to see what Bay Area chefs and brewers have in store for San Francisco."
Bacon for the event will be provided by Zoe's Meats, a company based in Santa Rosa that provides cured-meat products to consumers and a number of Bay Area restaurants, with an emphasis on community and environmental awareness.
Along with the great food and beer expected at the event, it benefits a great cause, Sprouts Cooking Club, which works to connect kids and teens with local chefs and food. It also works with teenagers and young adults, offering a Bay Area branch of Jamie Oliver's In-Restaurant Apprenticeship program, which gets apprentices ready for a job in the restaurant industry.
Cohen said although the first year is usually the most challenging, he hopes to make the Bacon and Beer Festival an annual event in the Bay Area.
Participating Restaurants:
21st Amendment Brewery
Ace Wasabi's Rock-N-Roll Sushi
American Eatery/Prather Ranch Meat Co
Bacon Bacon
Bluestem Brasserie
Brass Knuckle
Farmer Brown
Kettle Potato Chips
KRAVE Jerky
Memphis Minnie's
T-REX BBQ Restaurant & Bar
The Blue Plate
The Fairmont San Francisco
The Girl & the Fig
The Whole Beast
Thirsty Bear
Tina Tamale
Zoe's Meats
Participating Brewers:
101 North Brewing Company
21st Amendment Brewery
Alaskan Brewing Co.
Ale Industries
Almanac Beer Co.
Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
Black Diamond Brewing Company
Bison Organic Beer
Calicraft Brewing Co.
Drake's Brewing
Green Flash Brewing Co.
Half Moon Bay Brewing
Highwater Brewing
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Knee Deep Brewing
Pacific Brewing Laboratories
Peak Organic Beer
Pine Street Brewery
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Shmaltz Brewing Co.
Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
Stone Brewing Co.
ThirstyBear Brewing Co.
Tioga Sequoia
Uncommon Brewers
Photo Credit: Cyclone Bill via Wikimedia Commons
View some of the participating Brewers


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Western Lake Superior Sanitary District's (WLSSD) enabling legislation and subsequent legislative action give WLSSD broad powers to provide wastewater treatment services and plan and provide for future growth in the service area.
The first time your home or commercial property is connected to the sanitary sewer, you will be charged a connection fee. Modifications that increase wastewater flow also requires a fee.
The Capacity Availability Fee (CAF) is a fee charged by WLSSD on all new sewer connections and construction projects that will result in expanded use of the sewer system. The CAF helps to meet the needs of future growth in the WLSSD service area by funding construction and maintenance of WLSSD's sewer system. The CAF is typically paid at the time a building or plumbing permit application is submitted for new construction or remodeling.
Fees must be paid before permits will be issued by your city or town.
A quick overview of the CAF fee explaining how it is derived and what types of work require a CAF determination.
A robust document detailing CAF and instructions for determining fees, including a worksheet to help guide users through the process. WLSSD staff conducts all commercial CAF determinations and makes final decisions on Capacity Availability Fees.


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Fourth human foot found in B.C.'s Strait of Georgia
Could be remains of plane crash or slaying, but police can't say
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- For the fourth time in less than a year, a right human foot has been found off one of four islands in the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.
Police said Friday that they do not know if there are any links among the feet.
Speculation in the region is rife, including that the feet were from slaying victims or that they were the remains from a plane crash. Police have not reached any conclusions.
Police said a passer-by found a human foot Thursday in a shoe on Kirkland Island in the South Arm of the Fraser River.
"It's certainly a mystery we intend on solving," police Constable Annie Linteau said. "It's certainly very unusual."
Last August, a foot was found inside a man's Reebok sneaker on nearby Gabriola Island, just a few days after another foot was discovered by beachcombers on Jedidiah Island.
The remains of a fourth right foot were found Feb 8 on the east side of Valdez Island.
There is no evidence to suggest that the foot -- or any or the previous three-- was forcibly removed, Linteau said.
"All four were wearing socks and were in a running shoe," Linteau said.
Two of the feet are size 12. Police have not released the size of the others.
There has been speculation that the feet may have come from a plane that hit the water three years ago, killing five men off Quadra Island. Only one body was recovered.
The victims' families paid for the plane wreckage to be pulled from the depths, but there were no bodies inside the wreckage.
Linteau could not comment on whether the feet were from the crash victims.
"That's something we are exploring, as well," she said.
B.C. Chief Coroner Terry Smith said DNA profiles have been taken from the first three feet. He could not comment on the investigation or the new finding.
The fourth foot is now at his office, Linteau said.
Linteau said missing persons files also are being examined.
Curtis Ebbesmeyer, a former professor of oceanography at the University of Washington who studies floating objects, said when the third foot was found that the feet could have drifted as far as 1,000 miles.
Ebbesmeyer said it may not be a coincidence they were found in the same area. He said left shoes and right shoes often tend to wash up at different times at different places because they float differently.
He added that there are beaches that collect mostly rights and others that collect mostly lefts because the winds or currents sort out left and right foot wear.
Ebbesmeyer speculated that the feet belong to people who have disappeared while out on the water.


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The new year has started with a publicity boom for the Dubrovnik region. After reports in the New York Times Travel section and the popular Condé Nast publication come yet more international media. The Huffington Post website has released an article entitled "30 Things to Do in Europe Before You Die," and the Dubrovnik region features twice on the list.
At number fifteen on the list the Huffington Post recommends seeing the island of Korcula, "See in the half new year on Korcula Island, Croatia." The half new year is a celebration, as the name would suggest, half way through the year and is held in the old town of Korcula. And in twentieth position on the list is Dubrovnik and once again it's the HBO serial Game of Thrones that causes interest, "Play out your Game of Thrones fantasies in Dubrovnik," writes the Huffington Post.
The top three suggestions in the article are to ride a bike around Amsterdam, sip a coffee in Paris with a view of the Eiffel Tower and in third place swim in the crystal clear waters surrounding the Amalfi Coast in Italy.


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Posted by Pamela on January 05, 2007
In Reply to: Ape around posted by alisha on January 04, 2007
: what does it mean to ape around?
To ape around (and also "to monkey around") means to act in a way which shows that you don't take a situation seriously. It comes from the playful and often silly way that chimps and other apes behave. I also wanted to say that, while I was happy to help you the other day, I was only able to do so after a big effort from everyone (including Bob) led you to finally say what you were confused about. By asking for my help in particular you might have made other people feel that their help wasn't appreciated (and they did give you a lot of help). It would be a pity if you missed out on their knowledge because they thought you were ungrateful. Pamela
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How do you transition to Lean when you're running a job shop?
It's not the same as repetitive manufacturing!
While the philosophy of "lean" is universally applicable, the techniques and emphasis will vary from industry to industry. A job shop has its own set of uniqueness's. We'll broadly address some of them here. We welcome your comments and additions.
Use flow cell equipment arrangement when / where applicable. Move partial lots between operations where possible.
In most job shops there is a portion of the product line that allows for the use of "Group Technology" and "Cellular Production." Products are grouped into "families" based on the similarity of their processing steps / production machines (Group Technology).
Cellular manufacturing means to physically identify and relocate this equipment into a "cell" such that this family of parts can easily flow from machine to machine: i.e. create a factory within a factory.
The big gains come not from the reduction of travel distance as much as the reduction of set-up times (the products have similar physical attributes and therefore generally reduce the set-up effort), and from the ability, at times, to "partial" the lot and move items to the next sequential operation before the entire lot is completed on the prior operation.
There are obvious significant advantages to cellular operations: Less inventory, shorter lead times, reduced material handling (and the associated damage), reduced set-up effort which can allow for smaller batch sizes, etc. There can also be savings in the non-value adding administrative activities such as job tracking and labor collection: The cell is treated as an individual work center. Creating cellular operations is a significant part of our "Just Do It" approach.
Not all products will lend themselves to cellular manufacturing. And, often, the typical routing will involve one or more "monuments," i.e. one-of-a-kind equipment that can not readily be replicated or moved. This generally relegates the cells to contain only a portion of the entire routing.
When this is the case, our approach is similar to that of any other type of manufacturing: Cut the lead times, Cut the lot sizes, and Demand on-time completions.
Cutting the lead times is typically done via the scheduling system. Cutting the lot sizes will obviously drive a concerted effort to reduce set-up costs. And the "on-time all the time" initiative will require several parallel initiatives: refined shop loading, and the "rubber factory".
Some job shops have scheduling systems that allow for easy "what if" analysis. The scheduler loads in each new order, and the system shows the new load profile for the impacted pieces of equipment. The scheduler then has the ability to move operations, as required, to provide a "reasonable" schedule. Note that the system will also reschedule all downstream operations when an upstream operation is moved.
The illustration above shows a typical load profile for a category of interchangeable equipment. The scheduler uses this information to assure valid order promising and to generate an achievable schedule for the people in operations. This is a crucial first step in making a job shop function reliably, minimize the cost of expediting, and reduce the need for a "daily production meeting." There is not much reason for a daily meeting if the schedules are reasonable, and operations consistently and reliably accomplishes them.
Where such a system capability is not available, we have worked with clients to create a more manual, but serviceable, system to take its stead.
The "Rubber Factory" concept provides for capacity flexibility. This is an entire subject in itself. Suffice it to say that it involves more flexible work hours, extensive cross training, etc. The rubber factory provides for considerably more ease in scheduling: producing what the customer wants, when he/she wants it.
We now have a "doable" schedule, utilizing reduced lead times, and hopefully reduced lot sizes as well. The "On-Time" requirement is, in most shops, a matter of management deciding to do it!
We use a simple mantra: "The day ends when the schedule is done. NOT the other way around." Rocks will be exposed during this process. And the resolution of those rocks will improve customer service and eliminate waste.
It is worth noting that cutting lead times and lot sizes WILL likely increase accounting production costs, at least in the short term. However, it will generally have a positive impact on cash flow, via inventory reduction, both in WIP and in finished goods. We used the term "accounting costs" because they typically exlude the hidden overhead and indirect costs that long lead times and large lot sizes necessitate. We advocate that this cash windfall caused by inventory reduction be used to overcome any cost inhibitors: set-up costs, scheduling capabilities, cross training, et al.
Many job shops have issues with fully loaded equipment. If you are a 24 x 7 operation, you may be able to pay for needed additional capacity via permanent inventory reduction. If you are not 24 x 7, you might gain capacity and flexibility by increasing your "available hours".
This has been, by design, a brief overview of job shop lean. There is a wealth of additional circumstantial information. If you would like to discuss your specifics, write or call. There's no charge, and we'll try to be helpful.
Also, if you have comments, send them along. We'd love to hear from you.
Jack Harrison
Senior Partner
The Hands-On Group
(407) 299-5245
One approach that has worked for me is to get the management of the jobshop to do a PQR$T Analysis of their business (P= products or parts they have made, or plan to make, Q = quantity of each product or part that was produced, R = routing that each part follows, $= sales or profit margin for each product or part that was produced and T= order frequency). Often, if the ERP system has the data available, it is good to combine the Q and T for each product or part that was produced in order to see if it is a "Runner", "Repeater" or "Stranger". How one fulfils orders for a "Runner" is not the same as for a "Stranger". How easy is it to get this data?
An approach to adopting/adapting Lean for jobshops that has worked for me is to separate the principles from the methods/tools that are used. The principles of Lean are universal but the tools are not. That being said, some of the standard Lean tools are easily relevant in jobshops whereas others should not be used. My top candidate for a Lean tool that should be used is workforce and leadership engagement. As for a Lean tool that ought not to be used (only because I personally use a different method made possible by some software we have developed) is Value Stream Mapping. After all is said and done, the 5-step Lean Thinking Process that was first proposed by Jim Womack and Dan Jones applies equally well in jobshops, just do not try to implement using the tools that are typically applicable in repetitive assembly.
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