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The Middle Kingdom awakes
China is using the Olympics to showcase it's emergence on to the world stage as a major power.
It is clearly putting its best foot forward. But it is also demonstrating, through its stifling of dissent and the questionable qualifications of some of its athletes, as it steps on to the world stage it will be playing by its own rules.
Historically, China has been known internally as "the Middle Kingdom," placing itself between heaven and all the other nations of the earth. Despite several centuries in which it clearly was a third-rate country, psychologically it has always maintained a certain superiority complex.
When the communists came into power in 1948 China remained a backstage player on the world scene for a very long time. But after the deaths of the original ruling circle, the new leaders of China began embarking on a major change in emphasis. Political purity of communist thought and military might became secondary in favor of economic reform. The military has gotten much smaller, but qualitatively much better, in part due to the growth of Chinese infrastructure.
When Hong Kong was reabsorbed into China (the British lease ran out), the government allowed Hong Kong to continue it's "capitalistic" ways and quickly learned that capitalism could power an economy far better than communism. Over the years, the more "modern" government began allowing "free enterprise zones," similar to what had been allowed in Hong Kong, to be established in other major Chinese cities. Slowly, those zones were expanded, until now at least half of the Chinese economy is allowed to operate under some form of capitalism.
Over the last ten years, I've watched that growth with alarm. Anybody who has ever lived in or visited Hong Kong, as I have, knows that the Chinese are the world's greatest capitalists when given a chance. They make the Japanese look like clumsy backwoods businessmen.
They are tough, hard bargainers who can operate on much lower profit margins than almost anybody else in the world. Frankly, I kept hoping China would remain a communist economy. The longer they did, the longer they wouldn't become a threat to the United States.
But it has come as no surprise to me to see China explode economically. It's one of the reasons you can't afford to buy gasoline here anymore as China quickly is buying up all the world's oil to deal with the number of cars on its road, which are rising at phenomenal rates.
China is developing a rapidly growing middle class, something it has never really seen ever before in its history. And they want the same thing the middle class in every other country of the world wants -- cars, good housing and toys (read TVs, computers, etc.).
In the end, this will probably mean the downfall of the communist government, in the same way that it did for the old Soviet Union. But that's not going to happen soon. The historic cultural systems of China fit well into the current communist bureaucracy (and it's form of government can really best be described as a bureaucracy gone wild -- it's the bureaucrats who are really in power).
The current leadership has two main goals. The first, is to bring its people up to a western style standard of living within the first quarter of this century. They're a long ways toward achieving that goal already.
Their economic power already has an enormous influence on the world economy (1.3 billion people will do that). It cares little for "balance of trade." Whatever helps China has absolute priority over the concerns of any other nations. And it's economic arm is reaching out to take control over western democracies. It now owns, for example, nearly a trillion dollars of U.S. debt, most of in the form of U.S. Treasury notes.
It's second objective is to reclaim Taiwan by 2048, peacefully if it can, by force if it must.
It may be quite a while before China is capable of projecting military power beyond it's immediate borders (one of the marks of a true superpower), but it is rapidly gaining the military might and force structure to reclaim Taiwan by force if it has to.
This is rapidly going to put the United States between a rock and a hard spot. As we become more dependent of China economically (and we will, if for no other reason than it's the biggest consumer market for our goods out there), our military alliance with Taiwan will become more and more uncomfortable for us in terms of realpolitik. And while we have the best military in the world now, there are signs that the infrastructure in the United States that helped create that military are beginning to fray.
Much of our strength has been in our emphasis on R&D. But less and less of our economy is being directed to maintaining our technological edge, and fewer and fewer of our students are graduating in fields that would help us keep it. The reverse is true in China, where R&D is increasingly supported and more and more scientific papers are being written by Chinese than the rest of the world combined.
Look at one tiny example. Within the next five years the United States will become entirely dependent on our "good friends" the Russians to put an American in space. And after that we'll have a gap of at least five years in which we will no longer be a spacefaring nation. But the Chinese have become one and may beat us back to the moon.
The competition between the United States and China at the Olympics is just the tip of the iceberg and the forerunner to what is looming as a major clash for world leadership.
And as the rest of the world is suddenly discovering, as the curtain is being pulled back on the world to get a close look at the real China of today, the "Middle Kingdom" is going to be a force to be reckoned with.
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Rose McGowan Tattoo on her ShoulderOne of Rose McGowan's most distinctive trademarks is a tattoo of a beautiful raven-haired pin-up girl on her shoulder, which she got done at the mere age of 12! It is perhaps a symbol of to her love of Old Hollywood and the female icons of the time. Rose has revealed that the image actually comes from a design that her grandfather had painted on the side of his WWII plane. The tattoo has also been visible in a number of her movies, mainly her early "bad girl" roles. Rose has been in the process of removing the tattoo from her back since 2004 and it is barely visible today. "Now I am trying to remove it. It is very expensive and painful. See, it has become a kind of blue spot," she says.
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Paris Cookin' Leek Soup
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I love your aquarelle..makes the leeks look posively regal in my opinion~ReplyDelete
I do love them..and should by them more often..The famous Dr Mercola:) Isn't he in many people's conversations?
Nutrition.. vitamins..dental.. the list goes on and on..
I think you had M.Poulet minuterie before?
I have a wee one too..they are photogenic in the kitchen..and makes one smile.
Your stitched together towels are a great idea!
Bon Appétit!Replies
Yes I dropped the dear Doc for a number of years and recently picked him up again. He can be fear-inducing 1st thing in the morning but anything that gets me up out of my chair is worth it.Delete
Ummm....sounds good! I will have to make it. Guess what? I also own the same tea towels! Great minds...similar spirits.ReplyDeleteReplies
They're gorgeous aren't they!Delete
We have such good taste don't we ;))
So glad I never used them.
Soup de Poireaux one of my all time favourites. Loved the way you sketched the Leeks to look like palm trees, with the statues leaning against them.ReplyDelete
Hope I will taste your leek soup that looks delicious! I didn't t know it was special from here...thanks for the information. Ah ah ah !ReplyDelete
Carol, your header painting shows how leeks can have such a romantic side. The picture is very witty!ReplyDelete
And here's a funny coincidence. When the rain stopped, the sun came out and temperatures rose way above freezing this afternoon, I went out for a walk round my neighborhood to take care of a few errands.
As I reached for some Italian flat leaf parsley at the market, I saw a beautiful display of leeks just below my arm. I admired those leeks, but did not buy them. Tomorrow, I will return and buy some so that i can try my very own version of the soup you've so deliciously decribed.
I was so overcome by the experience of afternoon sunshine and blue sky I also forgot to buy the tulips I'd had on my list. The list was in my pocket. I didn't need to wear gloves.
Spring will come. xoReplies
Wow Frances.Delete
It has been a long, hard winter in New York.
I'm glad to hear yr getting a break enfin!
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Big Merci Marsha!Delete
I completely missed the word play on the poster and I love radis.
If you were in the US, you could make a fortune right now selling hot soup :)ReplyDelete
I like your style of cooking - wing it.
I'm glad that the chicken reminds you to get up every 15 minutes, but why, I don't know!
The soup looks good, I hope that it tasted good!Replies
When you sit drawing or painting all day you forget to get up except to the refrigerator.Delete
Sometimes I fall asleep over my drawings from the inertia.
Then I make an ink splat...
Having entertained Les Vegetarians many times, I have made my share of vegetarian stock...and nothing makes veggie stock like leeks! Always, always at least one but better with 2 leeks!ReplyDelete
Lovely! I often put potato in onion and leek soup, and add herbs and milk, and then it makes a balanced meal in itself. I always puree it though, I like the texture better that way!ReplyDeleteReplies
I added a dollop of creme fraich at one point but it's fine too without. There are so many variations on this theme. I want to try mussles and leeks next.Delete
I wonder if we worry too much about getting enough protein. After all most desserts have eggs, milk and life-saving chocolate. Who needs a main course?Delete
And thanks for commenting on my blog, your interesting remarks are much appreciated.ReplyDeleteReplies
I found you c/o Buster...a real taste of London!Delete
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CLICK on the recipe and it will get bigger.Delete
Or go to the DR. MERCOLA red link below to access the recipe page. But I really didn't follow it too closely you'll notice. A lot of poetic licence going on here.
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I tried a dollop of creme fraich one time and then didn't bother.Delete
No cream at all, since I wasn't blending it to a purée.
I liked the refreshing taste of the vegetables on their own.
- Elaine1:22 PM
This soup sounds delicious- and I just love botanical patterns on napkins, placemats, etc...so spring!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Well if your bouquet of the moment is parsely, it certainly doesn't hurt to eat off botanicals.Delete
Forrest green is the accent color here anyway.
All I need is a stag or two to get the full effect ;))
- carolyn3:36 PM
Fabulous. I love the figures on the towels and your paintings, especially the figures and leek trees! I will be picking up mushrooms and leeks today. Looks delicious as well as healthy. What is that cool little pen or brush? Water color pen?ReplyDeleteReplies
Aquash water brush penDelete
Amazon has them and every art shop these days. Not pricy at all and good for travel.
Jaques Pépin says there is nothing like a leek and I agree. I am going to try the celery root today because I have never tried it before. If it is not to my liking I am going with potato leek.ReplyDelete
I love your posts and your work. It always makes me smile.
Hello, love,ReplyDelete
I have to give this a try. I am all about soup these days and this does tempt me. besitos, C


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I don't really think any of the Trading Card Pets are that good. They certainly aren't must haves. Murkalot is still (post nerf) ok. Landro's Lil XT with heartbroken can be interesting. But neither of those is used in any strat I'm familiar with in the Celestial Tournament. Of the store pets Lil' Ragnaros is a 5 star standout for PVP. Cinder Kitten is used in at least one Celestial Tournament Strat and the Pandaren Monk gets some ok PVP play.
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Making the Biggest Telescopes Even Bigger
The two giant Keck Telescopes sit high atop an extinct volcano (called Mauna Kea) on the "Big Island" of Hawaii. Telescopes (except for radio telescopes) do better if they are as high up as possible. That way, they have less air to look through to see the stars.
Each of the telescopes uses a curved mirror to gather light from the night sky. Each mirror is 10 meters (about 33 feet) across. That's about the width of a tennis court! The mirrors are big because the bigger (and more perfect) the mirror, the better the image the telescope makes.
The Keck Telescopes are the largest optical instruments in the world!
Even better, the two mirrors can be used together to look at the same object in the sky. The images must be combined very precisely. But that combined image is MUCH better than one telescope alone could get. The image is almost as good as if it were made with a telescope mirror as wide as the whole distance between the far edges of the two telescopes' mirrors. In the case of the Keck Telescopes, this distance is 85 meters (280 feet). That's a mirror almost the length of a football field across! Can you imagine the domed roof you'd have to build over that?
This technique of combining the images from more than one telescope is called interferometry (in-ter-fear-AH-muh-tree).
NASA is hoping to make even better use of this technology by adding four more smaller telescopes on top of Mauna Kea. These four proposed "outrigger" telescopes would each have mirrors about two meters across. They would be placed in very precise positions. Then their images would be very precisely combined with the images from the big Keck Telescopes.
The "aperture" is the light-gathering part of the telescope, like the mirror. "Synthesis" means putting together. So this new telescope would be a giant "aperture synthesis telescope." It would be known as the Keck Interferometer.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (February 22, 2006) - The Lady Bucs (15-8, 11-5) will begin their final home stand of the season Thursday night, as Mercer (11-12, 8-8) comes to Memorial Center, for a 7 p.m. tip off. ETSU has faired well at home this season, posting an 8-2 overall record in Johnson City, 6-2 in the A-Sun.
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Mercer closed out January with a big conference win over ETSU, which moved the club to 7-3 in the A-Sun. February hasn't been as kind, however, as the Bears have dropped five of their last six contests. Most recently, the Bears tumbled in their latest home stand, losing to both Campbell and Gardner-Webb. The Bears' lone A-Sun win since Jan. 28, was a 60-55 win over Stetson. Sarah Russell leads Mercer in scoring with 11.6 ppg. Russell totaled 11 points and nine rebounds in the first meeting against ETSU. Russell is also the Bears' top rebounder, corralling 6.6 rpg. Another thorn in the Lady Bucs' side in the first meeting was Erin Keller, who nailed a career-high four three-pointers for a team-high 12 points. Keller currently averages 6.7 ppg. Guard Sally Skeldon also gave the Lady Buc backcourt fits in
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Mercer picked up the 61-57 win in this season's first meeting to take the 3-2 advantage in the all-time series. The Bears battled back from a late second-half deficit, sinking three clutch free throws in the game's final 47 seconds, to top the Lady Bucs on Jan. 28, in


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When a recycling executive comes before town planners with a proposal to open a scrapyard, he or she can expect to be questioned at length about its operations.
Scrapyard operators may be one of the few businesses that will take over a brownfield industrial site and improve it. They'll help clean up the mess that a manufacturer or chemical producer left behind when it pulled up stakes and moved overseas, where environmental rules often are easier to live with or don't even exist.
Today's scrapyards are paved to prevent toxic substances from draining through the ground and polluting the water table; storm water retention basins are installed to prevent runoff from contaminating a nearby stream or river; and the perimeter of the yard is fenced and in many cases lined with trees and other landscaping to hide society's discarded waste like old vehicles and appliances.
Despite the good recyclers do, few people want to live next door to a scrapyard or an auto dismantler. That's understandable; these places are not as attractive as parks and woodlands. But in some instances, the scrapyard was on the fringe of a town or city when that site was undesirable land—before urban sprawl brought housing developments and shopping malls.
For the most part, scrapyard operators try to stick to the industrial regions of a city. After all, if they are on the wholesale side of the business that's where many of their customers are located. That's also where local zoning codes allow them to operate, where they can employ workers and turn a profit for their owners. In the process, they make much of society's refuse reusable and recycled into new products. Most scrap metal is not dumped in a landfill with materials that have little or no recovery value.
It sounds like something most towns and cities would be satisfied to have. Right? Wrong.
Today, when many of the scrap industry's entrepreneurs go before town planners, one of the first questions they have to answer is: Are you going to install a shredder? A "yes" frequently draws an immediate "no" from local politicians. Elected leaders depend on votes, and if there are enough hostile residents in the meeting room they realize that they could be out of office in the next election by approving the scrapyard and a shredder.
Several years ago, one scrapyard in Minneapolis was barred from installing a special type of shredder called a Kondirator. The yard sued and collected millions of dollars from the city for the grief it caused by continually putting up hurdles to block construction. That was hardly a wise use of taxpayers' money, was it?
The scrap industry has been progressive in terms of helping other industries to make use of old metals. It has devised new ways to process those metals and make them more valuable to steel mills and foundries. In some instances, it may require no more than a torch or a saw to cut the metal apart so steelmakers and foundries can use it in their furnaces.
But this also is an industry where ingenuity has helped to make scrap metal processing more economic and more productive. The most obvious example of that ingenuity is a shredder. Some people still refer to them as auto shredders, since that is what they were initially developed to do—tear vehicles apart, quickly and cheaply.
These days, though, the machine developed to take a car apart also shreds old appliances, metals from demolition work and whatever else can be fed into it. And the newer machines do more than recapture the ferrous metals with magnets. Many are equipped with high-tech systems that recover much of the nonferrous metals as well.
The higher horsepower machines with wider beds can do the work more efficiently and have been replacing smaller shredders built 20 or 30 years ago. Unfortunately, they also are noisier and spit out more dust, and have made not just the next-door neighbors unhappy but also the folks a few blocks away. Water sprayers are used to minimize that problem, but even such preventative measures are not sufficient for some towns and their residents. In one Texas town, where a $4-million machine began operating less than a year ago, residents, politicians and state environmental officials are up in arms about odors, noise and dust.
So what's the next step? Indoor shredders? There already are several machines that operate that way. Some processors, realizing that they might be too close to residential areas, opted either to build an enclosure for the shredder or install it in an existing unoccupied factory large enough to accommodate it. Is this the only answer to the complaints about noise and dust? Probably not. Some also can be equipped with hoods, for example.
One thing is certain: shredders are not going away even though there are some who believe there are now too many on the American landscape. Unfortunately, this is no longer just a nimby (not-in-my-back-yard) response. It has broadened to become a not-even-in-our-town outcry.
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Most markets are quiet this Veteran's day as the bond market is closed. The focus amongst traders and investors is clearly the fiscal cliff situation. If the U.S. government gives the market confidence that they can come to a resolution on how not to put the brakes on a re-awakening U.S. economy, we think the equity markets can reverse their recent sell-off and head back to 2012 highs, and thus the U.S. bond market prices would potentially see a sell-off.
The recent sell-off in the U.S. equity markets isn't for want of good economic data, it is more the result of the forward-looking nature of the markets. Markets trade off of the perceived view of the future, not the past. Thus, equity and bond markets are focusing on their perceptions of how the fiscal cliff scenario will resolve. It can be tough to imagine a real extended bond-market sell-off when QE policies are clearly in place, but stranger things have definitely happened.
In commodities news, the grain futures markets continue their overall bearish tone this morning with soybeans getting hammered this morning, down around 2%. Corn is down almost 1%, and wheat is currently down 1.07%. Soybean futures recently broke their 200-day moving average on the heels of Friday's production increase from USDA.
We focus our deeper analysis on the US 10-year futures (DEC12). In 12 months, this market has seen a significant rally, and is now consolidating at the area of recent highs. We have drawn an important supportive trendline going back all the way to October 2011. The 10-year market is still above this support line currently, although has spent more time recently closer to this line. If it does break this line, we look for the first support level of right below 132 to be hit, and then for a sell-off to 130. The truth is, we believe the technically speaking the bond market is a tough call now. It could definitely continue to rally based of recession fears because of the fiscal cliff and additional geo-political uncertainty.
However, no one rings a bell at the top (famous trading aphorism). This market could be ripe for a sell-off just because no one is really expecting it. We think the next major fundamental piece of data for the bond market (besides economic data) is speculation on who will replace Bernanke as the time gets closer to that event.
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Manchester police officer pleads innocent to charge he assaulted wife
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MANCHESTER - Manchester police officer Adam Beland, 28, pleaded innocent Wednesday in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to two charges of simple assault.
Beland is accused of approaching his wife from behind and shoving her two or three times and of placing his left arm around her neck and pushing her out the door of his Country Club Drive apartment.
Beland is free on $1,000 personal recognizance bail, with conditions barring contact with the alleged victim and barring him from going to a Waterford Way address. Trial was set for April 29.
Manchester Police Chief David Mara said Beland, who has been a Manchester police officer for seven years, is suspended without pay pending resolution of the charges. Mara also said the case has been sent over to the Hillsborough County Attorney for review.


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It is hard to read Remedy and Reaction, Paul Starr's remarkable chronicle of the hundred-year effort to legislate universal health insurance in the United States, without recalling Robert Gibbs's tortured quip that Democrats who've denounced the Obama White House for having knuckled under to Republican principles or intimidation "ought to be drug-tested." Nobody with a sense of history—that is, nobody who reads Starr's book—could doubt how sensible and brave was the president's effort to drive the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 through Congress. Nobody with a feel for the present moment should doubt how imminent is the threat to the act, how urgent it is for progressive Democrats to rally around Obama—and without all the condescending qualifications that "independents," who flock away from allegedly weak or incompetent leaders, interpret as contempt.
Starr, who teaches at Princeton and, with Robert Kuttner and Robert Reich, founded The American Prospect, has written 300-plus pages of tightly woven policy description, narrative and polemic; but one needn't be a wonk to benefit from the tutorial or detect an occasional sigh between the lines. Literary scholars speak of a pathetic fallacy, the idea that inanimate objects have intentions and feelings. Starr makes clear that various political commentators have been susceptible to a somewhat different fallacy, pathetic in its own way, that America's desires can be fathomed through polling and that the president must somehow be at fault if a desire is not fulfilled, as though flawed legislative institutions, entrenched political forces, conflicting popular incentives, regional rivalries and sheer corruption do not shape political outcomes.
Starr learned his lessons the hard way. He closely advised the Clintons on health strategy in the early 1990s (he still knows and has debriefed key Congressional staffers). The centerpiece of Remedy and Reaction is a long section, full of illuminating asides, on the frustration of the Clintons' plans. Starr shows that, even as Bill Clinton submitted his bill to Congress, some 70 percent of voters subscribed to the principles embodied in the legislation he proposed. Yet the bill didn't come close to being enacted. True, Clinton was losing altitude by then, but to suppose his failure was largely a matter of leadership—you know, that he didn't use his bully pulpit forcefully enough, the sort of gripe heard relentlessly on MSNBC, the Huffington Post and Daily Kos about Obama and the "public option"—is to suppose that willows really weep.
Obama's actions were cannier than Clinton's, but they also amounted to a profile in courage. When Obama came into office, Starr explains, only 11 percent of Americans thought reform would have a "negative personal impact," but by August 2009 this segment of the population was trending to 31 percent. Both Rahm Emanuel and Joe Biden were urging retreat. Starr writes, "Obama not only resolved to go ahead; in September and again in the new year, the president took charge of the effort to steady the health-care initiative and prevent it from careening off the tracks." Nor was the final bill anything less than what might reasonably have been expected, filling as it did the negative space left by four generations of government programs and serial compromises. Starting with clean sheets of paper was never realistic when one-sixth of the economy was at stake.


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Blue Jays 11, Phillies 6
R.A. Dickey and Cliff Lee struggled in the poor weather. Ryan
Howard and Jose Reyes found the playing conditions to their
Howard hit a two-run homer off Dickey and Reyes and the Toronto
Blue Jays touched up Cliff Lee in an 11-6 victory over the
Philadelphia Phillies in cool, blustery conditions Saturday.
Both starters went three innings in their second exhibition
appearances. Dickey allowed three runs in the first on four
consecutive hits – doubles by Kevin Frandsen and Michael Young,
Howard's shot and a single by Domonic Brown.
"They were just aggressive early in the count and got some
balls up in the air," the right-hander said. "Today, if you got a
ball up in the air, it was probably going to go somewhere."
Despite his homer off Dickey, Howard is pleased the reigning NL
Cy Young Award winner was dealt from the NL East rival New York
Mets to Toronto in a seven-player offseason trade.
"I'll let the AL East go ahead and deal with him over there,"
said Ryan, grinning.
The left-handed Lee, who won the 2008 AL Cy Young Award with the
Cleveland Indians, gave up two first-inning runs on doubles by Jose
Reyes and Melky Cabrera and a single by Edwin Encarnacion. Emilio
Bonifacio tied it at 3 in the second with a solo home run.
Reyes added a three-run homer off losing pitcher Tyler Cloyd in
the fourth. Carlos Ruiz and Erik Kratz also had home runs for
"I missed up in the zone a few times, obviously, with the
wind," Lee said. "Physically, I feel great. It's just a matter of
honing it in a little better."
Dickey will leave Sunday with new batterymate J.P. Arencibia to
join the United States team in the World Baseball Classic.
"It's huge," Arencibia said of the opportunity to become more
familiar with Dickey and his dancing knuckleball. "It's tough to
leave because there's still other guys that I would love to work
with, but it also is good to be able to go out there and play with
him and get to know him better."
Shortly after the pair return to spring camp, they will learn
who will work behind the plate when Dickey begins to deliver his
knuckler in the regular season.
"It's an awful tough pitch," Jays manager John Gibbons said.
"When the games start counting and that guy's sitting in scoring
position on third base, you don't want that ball going back to the
Arencibia wants the role, but Gibbons gives the edge to Josh
Thole and Henry Blanco as former teammates of Dickey with the
"They're all learning my nuances and they know what to look
for," Dickey said. "I'm comfortable with all of them, so it gives
Gibby a lot of latitude to be able to put in there who he thinks is
the best fit for that day."
NOTES: RHP Josh Johnson allowed a run in two innings for the
win. . Toronto OF Colby Rasmus has not played since being scratched
Thursday with soreness in his right (non-throwing) shoulder. He
will not return before the Baltimore Orioles visit Tuesday. . Jays
INF Mark DeRosa sat out after experiencing back discomfort Friday.
He might play against a Phillies split squad Sunday. . The
scheduled starters are LHP Rickey Romero for Toronto and RHP Aaron
Cook for Philadelphia. . Ford "Moon" Mullen, who was the oldest
living Phillies alumnus at 96, died Thursday night. The former
second baseman played 118 games for the club in 1944, his only
season in the major leagues. . Shirley Cheek, wife of late Toronto
broadcaster Tom Cheek, was honored with a pregame introduction. Tom
Cheek, who called 4,306 regular-season games in a row for the Jays,
was posthumously awarded the 2013 Ford C. Frick Award and will be
enshrined in Cooperstown in July.


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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
Quote from: junebug72 on June 10, 2013, 07:11:13 AMWe have telescopes that witness big bangsUmm, no, dear. We don't.
We have telescopes that witness big bangs
You do not believe in dragons and unicorns? Seamen always had a lot of imagination but the "Water Unicorn" exists. It is just a whale but what do you think goes through a persons mind after a year in a tub. Dragons, fairy tale. Of course I know that men and dragons never lived together if you refer to dinosaurs that in some species look astonishingly exact like a dragon. But that was found out a long time later. I wait to see what pops up next. Afterall until the earth was declared a ball there was a lot of evidence for the contrary. Mass extinction was the idea of a few fools they told me when I attended school. Now we all know what the meteorites did. Who knows, maybe god shows up afterall. Until then, no worshipping though.


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A new Federal Aviation Administration grant is allowing Akron-Canton Airport to merge a sustainability study with its master plan work.
Akron-Canton Airport officials will spend the next year seeking ways to reduce the amount of energy used by the facility.
Earlier this month, the airport received a $234,000 sustainability grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The grant was one of 20 distributed around the country.
The grant will be paired with the airport's master plan program. Akron-Canton has been working on the master plan since last year and hoped to wrap up the work early next year. Adding the sustainability project likely will stretch development of the master plan to the end of 2014.
"This comes at a good time," Richard B. McQueen, the airport's president and chief executive officer, said of the sustainability grant.
The airport originally had hoped to include a sustainability study with the master plan, but the FAA wasn't prepared for the studies. Once the agency was prepared to launch the sustainability studies, the FAA contacted Akron-Canton and offered the additional grant, McQueen said.
Incorporating the sustainability study into the master plan makes the planning process more efficient.
While working on the master plan, the airport already has studied the terminal, the airfield and private aviation operations. With the sustainability grant, work can begin on energy efficiency, waste management and ways to reduce the facility's carbon footprint, McQueen said.
When it comes to energy efficiency the airport can consider using alternative power sources, such as solar panels, cogeneration or geothermal. The airport also could reduce air pollution by converting shuttles to natural gas.
But changes, McQueen said, also must be accepted by the airlines, car rental companies and other businesses that operate at the airport.
The airport and FAA are spending about $2 million on the combined master plan and sustainability study. FAA money accounts for 90 percent — $1.53 million for the master plan — of the cost, while the airport provides the remainder.
The work comes in the midst of the airport's CAK 2018 improvement plan. It covers 10 years and calls for 10 different improvement projects through 2018, McQueen said.
Past projects include a new building for safety equipment and redesigning the security screening area.
Next year, the airport plans to realign the entrance road and reconfigure parking. The goal is to improve traffic flow and efficiency. McQueen said the airport is working on the design with Hammontree & Associates. Plans for 2015 are to redesign the ticket area at the front of the terminal.
McQueen said the new master plan will cover 20 years, taking it until 2034. The airport staff also prepares a 10-year plan every year.
Although the airport's passenger growth has taken a hit this year following the loss of Frontier Airlines flights, McQueen expects to see passenger use begin climbing in 2015.
A new plan will anticipate passenger gains, McQueen said. "It's going to be very valuable moving forward."


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All over but the shouting in Kansas
The Kansas Board of Education hearings on proposed revisions to the state science standards, which were widely condemned as a kangaroo court or show trial, commenced on May 5, 2005 in Topeka, Kansas. Testifying before three antievolutionist members of the board, a parade of witnesses expressed their support for the so-called minority report version of the standards (written with the aid of a local "intelligent design" organization), complained of repression by a dogmatic evolutionary establishment, and claimed to have detected atheism lurking "between the lines" of the draft science standards. Conspicuously absent from the hearings were representatives of the scientific community, who honored the call of the grassroots pro-science organization Kansas Citizens for Science. Kansas scientists, educators, and concerned citizens were not idle during the hearings, however, holding a separate event outside the hearings to provide informed commentary to the media and the public at large.
In the hearings, Topeka civil rights attorney Pedro Irigonegaray provided the only critical voice, asking pointed questions with the aim of documenting dubious motivations and lack of relevant expertise. The first major media story to appear after the first day of the hearings highlighted instances in which witnesses admitted under his probing that they rejected, or were ignorant about, such basic scientific facts as the age of the earth (approximately 4.5 billion years) and the common ancestry of humans and apes. According to a later story, although most of the witnesses accepted the correct age of the earth, most rejected common ancestry. A further embarrassment came when, after a witness admitted that he had not read the full draft standards, board member Kathy Martin consoled him by saying, according to the Wichita Eagle, "Please don't feel bad that you haven't read the whole thing because I haven't read it myself." The Associated Press reported "groans of disbelief" from the audience.
With the exception of such embarrassing moments for the witnesses and the boards, the proceedings were evidently dull. Writing for the Kansas City Star, David Klepper noted that "[a]lthough there was a full house at the start, most left well before the hearing ended." Apparently, lectures on "primordial soup, fruit fly mutations and whether humans are related to worms" did not hold the interest of the audience. Not even the prospect of the "intelligent design" luminaries testifying, including Michael Behe and Stephen C. Meyer, convinced the bulk of the media to stay for the third day of hearings. Afterward, with the antievolution testimony over, the media paused for analysis. Nationally, the highlight was the Washington Post's May 8 editorial "Kansas evolves back," which observed "[T]here is no serious scientific controversy over whether Darwinian evolution takes place. Intelligent design is not science. Whatever its rhetoric, the public questioning of evolution is fundamentally religious, not scientific, in nature."
Due to the scientific boycott of the hearings, the only person to speak on behalf of the draft science standards May 12 was Pedro Irigonegaray, who devoted his ninety minutes to criticizing the proceedings themselves. The Wichita Eagle reports that he described the hearings as "a gigantic waste of money" -- the costs are estimated to be in excess of $17,000 -- "and an insult to Kansas teachers with great potential for harm to teachers and students." He warned that if the board were to accept the so-called minority report version of the draft science standards, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the decision might result, since it embodies a "narrow, sectarian, theological view of science that conflicts with mainstream Christianity and many other faiths." And he questioned the impartiality of the three members of the board present, as well as their competence to assess the testimony of the witnesses. Irigonegaray further irritated the board members by declining to answer their questions on the grounds that he was not appearing as a witness; Kansas "intelligent design" activist John Calvert refused to shake his hand.
What's next for Kansas? Observers in the state say that it was clear even before the hearings that the sole point of the exercise was to provide political cover for the antievolution faction on the board to override the consensus of the committee of scientists, science educators, and citizens appointed to revise the science standards. Judging from the press coverage, it failed. State Board of Education Chairman Steve Abrams -- himself a creationist -- told the Lawrence Journal-World that he hopes for a set of revised standards to be approved in the later summer, but he did not specify whether it would be the draft version or the so-called minority report version. NCSE executive director Eugenie C. Scott commented, "The eyes of the nation will be on Kansas in the next few months. We hope that the board of education will do right by the children by adopting the scientifically accurate and pedagogically appropriate draft science standards as submitted by the writing committee." It may be all over for the shouting, but expect plenty of shouting.


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Who are the 50 greatest science fiction characters in television history? We answer that question with the latest edition of Hero Complex: The Magazine, which will be distributed for free at the doorstep of Comic-Con International this week in San Diego.
We've printed up 100,000 copies of the glossy magazine for fans headed to the world-famous pop culture expo — but if you're not headed to the San Diego Convention Center you can also pick up a copy at six comic book stores: Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles; the Earth 2 Comics in Sherman Oaks and Northridge; and any of the three Midtown Comics in New York City.
The choice we made for our cover portrait is completely logical: Mr. Spock of the USS Enterprise as portrayed by Leonard Nimoy on "Star Trek" in the 1960s. How many other Starfleet names are on the list? What 1940s character gets special recognition for service to the sci-fi universe? Who is the only nonfiction name that made our list? Is Superman really a sci-fi character? In the "Firefly" vs. "Battlestar Galatica" comparison, which show finished first? We only had room for one doofus alien on our list — so was it Mork, Beldar Conehead or Alf?
Also in the issue, Neal Kirby, the only son of Marvel pioneer Jack Kirby, writes an exclusive, candid and evocative essay about his late father's 1960s glory years. He writes: "I think about Dad a lot lately, especially when I see Thor, Captain America, Magneto, or the Hulk on a movie poster. My father drew comics in six different decades and filled the skies of our collective imagination with heroes, gods, monsters, robots and aliens; most of the truly iconic ones are out of the first half of the 1960s, when he delivered masterpieces on a monthly basis. I treasure the fact that I had a front-row seat for that cosmic event."
The issue features the work of key Calendar writers from Los Angeles Times (Steven Zeitchik and Rebecca Keegan among them) and their focus is on the biggest movies of the moment. Keegan writes about "Brave" and the changing portrayals of princesses; while Zeitchik catches up with Rhys Ifans, the man behind the Lizard in "The Amazing Spider-Man." This issue also features my interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the hitman with a time-traveler problem in "Looper" and a new Gotham city lawman in "The Dark Knight Rises." And we celebrate this year's 25th anniversary of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," with both a Jonathan Frakes interview and a trivia challenge that beams you back into Federation space.
— Geoff Boucher
'Amazing Spider-Man' No. 121 still echoes
'Annihilator': China sizzle or Stan Lee fizzle?
Growing up Kirby: An essay by Jack's son
Marvel in Civil Rights era: Panthers and Cages
Romita's 'Spider-Man' more amazing than ever
'Avengers': Mystery villain's creator speaks out
Ifans: Spidey is like…'Hamlet'?
Damon Lindelof: Why Spider-Man sticks
Marc Webb feels 'responsibility to reinvent'
Spidey at 50: The strange tale of 'Amazing Fantasy'
Raimi: 'I would have done everything differently'


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Friday, September 22, 2017
Jayanthi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology
Department of Pediatrics
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Rama Jayanthi, MD, earned his undergraduate and medical degree from the Ohio State University. He completed a surgical internship at the University Hospitals of Cleveland followed by urological training at the Albany Medical College, in Albany, New York. He subsequently completed his pediatric urology training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He joined the medical staff of Columbus Children's Hospital in July, 1994. Dr. Jayanthi is certified by the American Board of Urology, and is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Urological Association. He also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Urology at the Ohio State University Medical Center.
His clinical and research interests include all aspects of pediatric urology but have most recently focused on promoting and expanding minimally invasive surgical techniques in children. These include the development of a comprehensive laparoscopic program for the management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction, duplex renal anomolies and vesicoureteral reflux. He has a personal interest in international health and frequently travels overseas to teach pediatric urologists and surgeons in developing countries medical and surgical management of complex urological problems.


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As the entire Oldsmobile brand nears the end of its production life this year, the 2004 Oldsmobile Silhouette four door minivan takes the brand out in style. With seating capacity for up to seven, the Silhouette features a 185 horsepower 3.4-liter V6 providing plenty of power for highway get-up-and-go as well as robust cargo room for plenty of gear. The Silhouette comes equipped with a laundry list of equipment, including front bucket seats, front and rear air conditioning, keyless entry, cruise control, power windows, steering, mirrors and locks and ABS brakes.


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Quote Bizlet:Quote JaneDoe:Quote oltllover: Sonny has always said he doesn't want his kids involved in the business but what if Sonny sides with Michael in this Kiki thing and Morgan feels betrayed and since Kiki is a Jerome maybe he teams up with them. just a thought. :)
Ooooh.... interesting theory! That could very well happen, but I'm not sure Morgan and Kiki's relationship will survive long enough for him to team up with her family? Unless... he does it because she doesn't want anything to do with them either and she's with Michael. Now a scenario like this could help me to like them ALL more. >)
Ava does seem to like him in a motherly sort of way.
Well, if by some change of mind,Sonny allows Morgan to be in the business, this will make Michael mad because he has wanted to be on the inside to and Sonny refused. This would create all kinds of drama. Adopted child verses blood child, Morgan already played that card, it would not surprise me to see Michael do the same if Morgan is allowed to be in the business with Sonny.
I would also like to see what Carly does, and how she reacts if she sees Morgan start to look more at Ava as a mother than her. She will want to hurt Ava. I could see Morgan going to the other side though either out of his inability to recognize when he is being played, or out of anger for his father not wanting him in the business, or Morgan could just do it out of spite. There are a lot of ways this could go for him, and both families.


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On Aug. 1, 2013, the President of Brazil, Dilma Roussef, signed the country's new anti- corruption law: Law No. 12.846/2013 (Anti-Corruption Law). The law became effective on Jan. 29, 2014 and, for many, may indicate a new era in the ways of doing business in the country. Brazil, long-believed to be a country with significant issues arising from corruption, was ranked 69th out of 176 countries and territories in Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index. The Anti-Corruption Law, which applies to business organizations, foundations, or associations and foreign companies with an office, branch or subsidiary in the Brazilian territory, signals a shift from Brazil's previous focus on individuals and for the first time creates potential strict liability for companies who participate in acts of bribery. In other words, those prosecuting the law will not need to prove that the company had a specific intent with regard to violation of the law.
Liability under the law can be premised on the following "wrongful acts":
- Promising, offering, or giving an undue advantage, directly or indirectly, to a public official, or a third person related to the official
- Financing, sponsoring, or in any way subsidizing, the performance of a wrongful act under the law
- Using another person or entity as an intermediary in order to conceal the company's real interests or the identity of the beneficiaries of the illegal act
- Obstructing or interfering with the investigations, audits, and the general work of public agencies, entities, or officials
The Anti-Corruption Law also contains provisions that specifically address government tenders and contracts. In this context, the law prohibits:
- Thwarting or defrauding the competitive nature of a public tender process
- Preventing, hindering, or defrauding the performance of any act of a public tender process
- Removing or attempting to remove a bidder by fraudulent means or by the offer of any type of advantage
- Eliminating a public tender or the resulting contract
- Creating a fraudulent entity to participate in a public tender and/or enter into a contract with the government
- Illegally benefiting from modifications or extensions of a government contract
- Manipulating or defrauding the economic and financial balance of government contracts
There are important differences between the Anti-Corruption Law and the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Unlike the FCPA, Brazil's Anti-Corruption Law is not limited to acts involving foreign officials; it prohibits bribery of both local and foreign government officials. Another key difference concerns the element of intent. The FCPA requires the government to prove that the defendants intended to engage in illegal conduct. The Anti-Corruption Law, in contrast, imposes strict liability for offenders. As a result, Brazilian authorities do not need to show that a person or company intended to violate the law—the fact that a bribe was paid to a public official is sufficient to establish liability.
"Unlike the FCPA, Brazil's Anti-Corruption Law is not limited to acts involving foreign officials; it prohibits bribery of both local and foreign government officials."
The Anti-Corruption Law sets forth various penalties for noncompliance, but unlike the FCPA, it does not impose corporate criminal liability. Rather, the penalties under the Anti-Corruption Law are limited to administrative and judicial sanctions. Administrative sanctions may include a fine of up to 20 percent of the offending company's gross earnings for the financial year prior to the initiation of administrative proceedings. If it is not possible to determine the value of the company's gross revenue, the law permits the prosecuting agency to fine the company between R$6,000 (around $2,700 USD) and R$60,000,000 (around $27,000,000 USD). The liable entity must also publish the condemnatory decision, at its own expense, through a means of communication widely circulated in the area where the violation occurred and the entity conducts business. However, if a company is found liable after administrative proceedings, it does not preclude the commencement of judicial proceedings. Judicial sanctions may include loss of assets, rights or valuables directly or indirectly related to the wrongdoing; partial suspension or interdiction of activities; compulsory dissolution of the company; and prohibition from receiving incentives, grants, or other forms of public funding.
Companies that conduct business in Brazil should enhance their compliance programs to ensure that their employees are educated on anti-corruption policies and, in particular, trained on compliance issues related to public tenders and government contracts. The existence of a robust compliance program will help prevent violations of the Anti-Corruption Law from occurring in the first place and will also be a factor taken into consideration by Brazilian authorities when determining which sanctions to impose after a company is found liable under the law. Article 7 of the Anti-Corruption Law expressly assures that the "existence of internal mechanisms[,] procedures of integrity . . . as well as the effective enforcement of codes of ethics" will be taken into account when applying sanctions." Other factors that will be considered include, but are not limited to, the seriousness of the offense, the advantage gained or intended by the offender, the degree or risk of damage, and the company's cooperation with the investigation. Given that the majority of corruption cases are linked in some way to the use and retention of third parties, this is a critical area where companies should look to enhance or refine due diligence policies. The Anti-Corruption Law, like the FCPA, prohibits acts committed by a company through a third party, so companies should make sure that the third parties acting on their behalf are aware of and compliant with relevant anti-corruption laws and company policies.
"Given that the majority of corruption cases are linked in some way to the use and retention of third parties, this is a critical area where companies should look to enhance or refine due diligence policies."
Additionally, the Anti-Corruption Law allows Brazilian authorities to enter into "leniency agreements" with companies that voluntarily disclose violations of the law. Eligibility for leniency is similar to the leniency guidelines of the U.S. Antitrust Division, which require that the company must be the first to report the corrupt conduct and that the conduct must cease immediately. The company must also acknowledge the conduct and fully cooperate with the government. In the event of a leniency agreement, the company's fine will be reduced by up to two-thirds, and the company will not be required to publish the condemnatory decision and/or become banned from receiving incentives, grants or other forms of public funding in the future.
A version of this article originally appeared in InsideCounsel on February 12, 2014.


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STOCKTON - San Joaquin General Hospital officials are considering using private collection agencies to bring in some cash from the $381 million in bad debt accumulated over the years from patients skipping out on their medical bills.
STOCKTON - San Joaquin General Hospital officials are considering using private collection agencies to bring in some cash from the $381 million in bad debt accumulated over the years from patients skipping out on their medical bills.
These are bills racked up by people who could pay them, officials said. The hospital does provide health care to those who can't afford to pay for it. But those aren't the hospital's only patients, which includes people who have insurance or money to pay their bills.
The hospital's advisory board on Wednesday recommended putting $250 million in debt out to bid in the hopes a collection agency would pay a fraction of the cost and infuse the county hospital with some much-needed cash.
"They're sitting in accounts receivable, so to speak, gathering dust, and we'd be able to get so much on the dollar for them," said Alan Germany, San Joaquin General's interim chief financial officer.
The hospital's Interim Board of Trustees agreed to recommend that the hospital work with other county departments to put the bad debt out to bid. But, before it can be done, discussion at the interim board's meeting showed there would be details to iron out.
At the hospital board's meeting, there was also some discussion brought by the public about the possibility of a gap between the hospital's image as a safety-net hospital and its bidding out the unpaid bills to a collection agency.
It could put somebody in "an endless loop of a commercial collector can't escape from," said Ann Mooney, a field representative for Service Employees International Union Local 1021.
"In this community where foreclosures are abundant, where bankruptcies are abundant ... We're concerned in this community, particularly, that the county would pursue something that in anyway would contribute to our crisis of foreclosure."
But any money that could be brought in by selling the debt - even if it's pennies on the dollar - could be put to use for future patients, Trustee Don Wiley said. "Those would be dollars that would sustain the mission of the hospital and allow us ... to continue to operate," he said. "It kind of works both ways."
Selling off bad debt is common for hospitals to do, even safety-net providers, Germany said.
He notes San Joaquin General has a financial assistance office that works with patients. It collects information, including about incomes, to determine if patients qualify for programs that pay for health care. "We go through an exhaustive process there," Germany said. "There are a variety of funding sources."
The bills that make up the debt had already gone through the hospital and the county's collection process. It was unclear how much that debt would actually be worth.
Trustees and officials did wonder how much the hospital could expect to receive selling off the bad debt, or if there would be any buyer at all for such old debt.
Contact reporter Zachary K. Johnson at (209) 546-8258 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/johnsonblog.


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This weekend, several members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took to the slopes of Sochi as they competed in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Snowboard slopestyle
Torah Bright and Jessika Jensen competed in the snowboard slopestyle discipline this weekend and finished seventh and 13th overall, respectively.
The inaugural slopestyle event included three jib sections with rails for the athletes to ride and three large jumping hills.
Bright, 27, of Cooma, Australia, who trains in Salt Lake City, had advanced directly to the finals from the qualifying run.
In her first ride, she put down a score of 64.75. On her second run, she received a 66.25, which included a front-side 360-degree turn with a smooth landing and 900-degree turn with a bobbled landing.
She was seventh overall and is planning to compete in Wednesday's halfpipe competition and snowboard cross on Feb. 16.
Bright posted a picture with gold medalist Jamie Anderson on Twitter and Instagram.
The top four riders in the women's snowboard slopestyle semifinals moved up to the finals.
Jenson, 22, of Rigby, Idaho, competed in the semifinals and had a smooth first run, including a 540-degree turn on the first jump and front-side 360 with a board tap for a score of 72. She was fourth after the first run.
On the second run, her score was the one to beat for riders wanting to get in the top four. Jenson completed a nearly flawless 540-degree double grab and a front-side 360, but she slipped on the final landing on a backside 720-degree jump, giving her a score of 50.50.
She ended up in fifth in the semifinals and 13th overall.
At the bottom of the second run, she made a heart with her yellow-gloved hands and yelled: "I heart Idaho!"
"Even though I missed finals by 1 spot, I had the most fun yesterday in semis!" Jenson posted on her Facebook page. She added her congratulations to Anderson and all of the women who competed, and thanked family and friends who supported her. "I hope to have another Olympic experience in South Korea! I heart IDAHO!"
Alpine skiing: men's downhill
Steven Nyman of Sundance was first down the course during Sunday's men's downhill competition.
His time was 2.09.15 and he was in 27th.
The downhill is a steep 2.17-mile course with a drop of more than 3,500 feet with turns and four jumps with speeds of more than 70 mph.
"Tough day at the office. I tried my best to tackle that beast but she got the best of me," Nyman posted on Twitter and Instragram, adding his congratulations to bronze medalist Kjetil Jansrud of Norway and gratitude to supporters. "It means a lot to me. And a big thanks to my Mom for flying all the way to russia to see me hurtle my carcass down the mountain."
Nyman and Erik Fisher, also of Idaho, both had to earn a spot in the men's downhill race
Fisher posted on his Facebook page that "Once again I had to fight thru an injury to try and make the final 4 spots and could not quite do it."
He mentioned a knee injury and that he would be getting an MRI.
"I'm proud of what I accomplished," he wrote, adding: "Nyman is a very good friend of mine and I hope he kills it!"
Kate Hansen, 21, of California, was 10th after the first two runs in the women's luge competition on Monday.
In the first run, she was third down the track and had a time of 50.794 seconds with a top speed of 130.4 kilometers per hour. In the second run, her time was 50.581 seconds and her top speed was 131.9 kph.
Each luger gets four runs down the track, all four times are added together and the one with the lowest overall time wins.
The next two runs for Hansen and the 30 competitors will be on Tuesday.
Hansen, a Brigham Young University sophomore, competed injured when she earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. She also won her first World Cup event on Jan. 25 in Latvia. She's the 2013 national champion.
Click here for a list of members of the LDS Church competing in Sochi.
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This beaded bag is made of black velvet with a multi-colored floral beaded decoration, blue beaded fringe, and red cloth trim. An Iroquois artisan made this bag in the 1880s as part of the tourist economy. The shape and style reflect the tastes of EuroAmerican Victorian women for bags with flares, flaps, and reverse contours. Iroquois beaded bags had been made in more square and rectangular shapes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. This new style was also smaller and more decorative. While made primarily for sale, Iroquois people wore these as part of traditional dress as well.
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The tiny Florida congregation at the center of a controversy over burning the Muslim holy book on September 11 was virtually unknown until announcing its intention several weeks ago.
The Dove World Outreach Center has a long history of anti-Muslim views and has clashed with local civil rights and interfaith groups for its public display of those sentiments. Some in the community have picketed near the church property in protest.
For the past two years, the congregation has erected anti-Muslim signs on its property. Last year, some members sent their children to school wearing T-shirts that proclaimed "Islam is of the Devil." They were sent home by school administrators for dress code violations.
The non-denominational Christian church, which has just 50 members, is located in the town of Gainesville, Florida, which has a population of more than 100,000. Gainesville also is home to the University of Florida and its 50,000 students.
The church also preaches an anti-gay message. Earlier this year, it posted videos and signs condemning an openly gay candidate for mayor of the town where the congregation is located.
Members of the Dove World Outreach Center also have joined another fringe group called the Westboro Baptist Church - an anti-gay congregation from the state of Kansas, that is known for disrupting the funerals of U.S. soldiers. Westboro Baptist also preaches anti-Islam, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish and anti-Hindu messages. It has burned copies of the Quran in the past.
The founder of the Florida church, 58-year-old Terry Jones, is a former hotel manager who worked as a missionary in Europe for 30 years. He led a small congregation in Cologne, Germany, until 2008, when the church asked him to leave.
The U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of free speech to every citizen. After the Florida congregation announced plans to burn the Muslim holy book on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, there was worldwide condemnation and appeals from political and religious leaders to abandon those plans.
Local fire authorities refused permission for the congregation to build an open-air bonfire. Police said they would not be allowed to intervene unless a fire were set.


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PG-13 � Thunderous explosions, dizzying falls and much destruction of property figure in this third installment of the � so far � consistently fun films based on the comic book character Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), the rich-as-Midas inventor of the Iron Man robotic warrior suit. Teens will savor the witty mayhem. The villains now looking to destroy Stark -- and the O.S. government -- are a scientist gone power mad, Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), and his apparent boss, the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), a creepy terrorist with a ponytail and a penchant for showy television threats. After his near-death experiences in Iron Man 2 (PG-13, 2010), Stark, with his glowing mini-reactor for a heart, has trouble sleeping. Though in a happy romance with his corporate whiz Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), he�s frustrated that the government won�t let him in on efforts to stop the Mandarin, who has already killed many innocents. Scientist Killian has a process that can transform his thugs into indestructible fighters without robotic suits. When injured, their bodies turn molten, then regenerate. The action is big and bold in 3-D, but the best fun emerges from little smart-alecky scenes between Stark and a kid named Harley (Ty Simpkins) whom he befriends after crash-landing near a small town.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Most of the mayhem, from explosions to fist fights, is thunderous and destructive, but not graphic. A group of people are sucked out of a damaged Air Force One and seem to be falling to their deaths. A key character plunges into a raging fire. Another chugs a lot of beer. There is very little profanity. Tony Stark engages in lots of mildly naughty verbal sexual innuendo. A flashback implies he spends the night with a fellow scientist, Maya (Rebecca Hall).
�Midnight�s Children� Unrated, but would likely be a mild R -- With its heady blend of history, drama, atmospherics and magic, �Midnight�s Children,� which takes place in India and Pakistan between 1917 and 1977, will be a lot for most high-schoolers to take in. It contains too much mature material for middle-schoolers. But for those interested in history and other cultures, the film tells an often transporting tale of a protagonist and a family buffeted by history and love lost and found. Yes, there�s a whiff of bookishness, but this movie is never dull. It is based on author Salman Rushdie�s beloved 1981 novel. He wrote the screenplay and does the voice-over narration for director Deepa Mehta. The narrator/protagonist is Saleem Sinai (played as an adult by Satya Bhabha), born at the stroke of midnight in August 1947, when India threw off British colonial rule and split from the largely Muslim regions, which became its enemy, Pakistan. Saleem tells the roiling tale of his Indian Muslim family, starting with his grandparents in 1917. He explains that he was born to a beggar couple, but switched at birth by a nurse. Throughout his upper-middle-class childhood, Saleem communes magically in his head with other �Midnight�s Children� born at the hour of independence. One, Parvati, is a witch who later becomes Saleem�s love and transports him to safety during wartime in her basket of invisibility. Another, Shiva, is a thug who becomes powerful in India.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The film depicts war violence, such as bombings, torturous interrogations and the brutal bulldozing of a slum full of people in a fairly intense, yet nongraphic way. There are muted sexual situations and brief semi-nudity.
�The Reluctant Fundamentalist� R; Limited Release � Part thriller, part character study and not fully successful at either, this ungainly film from director Mira Nair (based on a novel by Mohsin Hamid) deals in mature themes, but is a relatively understated R. High-schoolers 16 and older interested in the wider world and America�s place in it may find �The Reluctant Fundamentalist� intriguing, despite its messiness. A wary young Pakistani college professor named Changez (Riz Ahmed) meets in a Lahore cafe with Bobby (Liev Schreiber), a U.S. journalist while nearby U.S. intelligence operatives keep watch. Is Bobby also a spy? Is Changez a terrorist or terror sympathizer? A visiting American professor at the university where Changez teaches has been kidnapped by Islamist radicals and Bobby wants information. What unfolds is the convoluted story, told by Changez in flashback, of how he, the son of a Pakistani poet (Om Puri), went to Princeton on scholarship, was hired (by a smooth Kiefer Sutherland) as a financial analyst at a big Wall Street firm, and had big success downsizing companies. He has an affair with Erica (Kate Hudson), a photographer, in the film�s most cliched subplot. Then Sept. 11 happens. Changez gets hassled and humiliated by police on New York streets, by security men at the airport, and even by Erica. The film cuts back and forth between his long backstory and the interview with Bobby. Misunderstandings lead to violence and regret at the film�s climax.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The film has brief moments of violence, some of it lethal, but not excessively bloody. A photo shows a dead man whose throat has been cut. The scene in which Bobby is strip-searched at JFK Airport is very uncomfortable. He and Erica have a couple of nonexplicit but steamy bedroom scenes. Some characters use strong profanity, drink and smoke pot.
�The Big Wedding� R � Under-17s probably won�t want to see it anyway, but just in case, �The Big Wedding,� while a tired and wholly predictable comedy, contains too much bawdy sexuality for most high-schoolers. Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton play a long-divorced couple, Don and Ellie, who see each other again during their adopted son Alejandro�s (Ben Barnes) wedding weekend. Susan Sarandon plays Don�s live-in love Bebe, with whom Don originally cheated, breaking up his and Ellie�s marriage. Alejandro�s biological mother from Colombia (Patricia Rae) is a devout Catholic, so he asks Don and Ellie to pose as if they�re still married. Bebe, though hurt, tries to be a good sport about it. Alejandro�s sister (Ana Ayora) starts to seduce Don and Ellie�s other son Jared (Topher Grace), a doctor who has sworn to remain a virgin till he marries. Then Don and Ellie fall loudly into bed, which hurts Bebe more. Their daughter Lyla the lawyer (Katherine Heigl) arrives with marital woes. The priest, Father Moinighan (Robin Williams) tries to stay above the fray. And Alejandro�s fiancee Missy (Amanda Seyfried) has parents (David Rasche and Christine Ebersole) who only seem normal. It�s occasionally amusing, but mostly just warmed-over fluff from other films.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The film includes brief female nudity, a few explicit sexual situations, strong profanity and sexual slang, and drinking.
�The Angels� Share� Unrated but very R-ish; Limited Release � Far too profane and full of crude behavior for under-17s, �The Angels� Share� is nevertheless a pretty terrific and edgy little comedy for college-age filmgoers on up. British director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty make gritty films about working-class life. This one�s a boisterous comedy. Set in Scotland, it has subtitles because the accents are so strong. Robbie (Paul Brannigan), is a Glasgow street tough who has served time for violent behavior. He�s being sentenced to community service for a lesser offense as the film opens. Robbie longs to escape the life he�s in. His devoted girlfriend (Siobhan Reilly), raised in more middle-class circumstances, is pregnant and he needs to prove himself. The social worker running Robbie�s community service group is a kindly chap named Harry (John Henshaw). He takes Robbie and his feckless new community-service pals Rhino (William Ruane), Albert (Gary Maitland) and Mo (Jasmin Riggins), to visit a whiskey distillery. Robbie, it turns out, has a gift for discerning between single-malt scotches. He�s found a career as a taster. He just needs to commit one little crime to break into that world.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The language, subtitles and all, is scathingly profane. Robbie�s friends, even when doing nothing, engage in crass and downright unhygienic behavior. The film includes a couple of quick but harsh fist fights. Characters drink and smoke. Some also use drugs.


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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales says his personal wealth has jumped by $100,000 since taking office, thanks to all the gift ponchos he's received.
The leftist leader said Friday in the town of Ckochas that he's been given some 500 handmade ponchos, which he estimates cost about $200 a piece.
Controversy has simmered around reports of Morales' personal wealth ballooning while in office. Official filings show Morales' declared assets increasing from $240,000 when he took office in 2006 to $389,000 in October. Known as the country's first indigenous president, Morales earns an annual salary of $28,000. He remains one of the region's lowest paid presidents.
Morales said Friday he wasn't to blame for receiving gifts from the public.


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DETROIT, MICH—Chez-Zara, a local espresso bar, has opened for business on the ground floor of the Madison Building, located at 1555 Broadway Street in downtown Detroit. The Detroit-based company will offer espresso drinks, organic teas and pastries from Detroit's Avalon bakery from its 900-sq.-ft. store.
Rock Ventures purchased the abandoned Madison Theatre in January 2011. Originally designed by C. Howard Crane and constructed in 1917, the 55,000-sq.-ft., five-story building underwent extensive renovations.
Today, the Madison Building houses more than 25 digital start-ups and creative companies, with retail on the first floor. Madison opened in October 2011 and is now 100 percent full with more than 125 people working in the building.
Chez-Zara's lease was brokered by Bedrock Real Estate Services L.L.C., Rock Ventures' full service real estate firm, specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing commercial space.


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Regional Policy on
Attendance at Coach Clinics
Introduction. Region 76 has always encouraged coaches, whether head coaches or assistant coaches, to attend clinics to improve their skills as coaches. Our goal is for every coach to have received training appropriate to the division in which they coach and also certain universal training applicable to all coaches. The training requirements are mandatory, as is compliance with AYSO's Safe Haven program. The requirements apply to both head and assistant coaches
AYSO National republished its national coaching certification and training policy and went into full effect on August 1, 2009. The National policy technically applies only to AYSO coaches and assistant coaches who wish to coach in the National Games, concurrent secondary play competitions or nationally sanctioned AYSO tournament.
However, our region is implementing the policy for all coaches, as modified below. Division directors may request waivers from the Regional Coach Administrator but our intention is not to grant them except in rare or unusual circumstances.
Basic requirements:
- eAYSO REGISTERED - All volunteers must register in eAYSO. Instructions for registering can be found on our Region 76 website: http://www.ayso76.org/volunteer/eayso.cfm.
- Frequency: Every Year
- AYSO's SAFE HAVEN - All volunteers without exception must have taken Safe Haven. Region 76 will allow volunteers to take AYSO's Safe Haven online at www.aysou.org.
- Frequency: Only once
- AGE APPROPRIATE COACH CERTIFICATION - All coaches must be certified in the age division they will be coaching. A higher age division coach certification will not allow you to coach a lower age division. This is achieved by taking a Coach Course. You may enroll in a coach course by visiting www.eAYSO.org, log in with your credentials and click on "Enroll to take a class." Use the search filters to search for the appropriate class and register.
- Frequency: Once per Age Division
- U6-U12 Coaches, Assistant Coaches, and Youth Trainers must take the appropriate U-6 Coach Course to U-12 Coach Course.
- U14 Coaches, Assistant Coaches, and Youth Trainers must take the Intermediate Coach Course.
- Prerequisite: U-12 Coach Certified
- U16-U19 Coaches and Assistant Coaches must take the Advanced Coach Course.
- Prerequisite: Intermediate Coach Certified
- EXTRA Coaches and Assistant Coaches must be certified one level above the age appropriate certification level. For instance, if you are coaching a U12 Extra team, the Coach and Assistant Coach must be certified at the Intermediate Coach Level.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Jeff Gross and Ji Lee
Coach Administrators
August 2012


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Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Our laboratory studies the interaction of host cells with intracellular pathogens, with a major focus on the apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. We are interested both in understanding the adaptations employed by the parasite to manipulate its intracellular environment, and also in exploiting these interactions as tools for the investigation of important issues in mammalian cell biology. One area of focus is the modification of host mTOR-dependent functions by T. gondii. These functions include the regulation of protein synthesis and cell cycle progression (dependent on mTOR complex-1) and the control of cytoskeletal organization and migration (dependent on mTOR complex-2). We have linked several effects of T. gondii on these functions to mTOR pathways, and a goal of our current research is to elucidate mechanisms by which the parasite controls these signals. Additional areas of focus include parasite regulation of host cell autophagy and apoptosis.
Wang, Y., Weiss, L. M. and Orlofsky, A. (2010) "Coordinate control of host centrosome position, organelle distribution and migratory response by Toxoplasma gondii via host mTORC2", J. Biol. Chem. published online March 17, 2010.
Tomita, T., Yamada, T., Weiss, L.M. and Orlofsky, A. (2009) "Externally induced egress is the major fate of Toxoplasma gondii during acute infection", J. Immunol. 183: 6667 – 6680.
Wang, Y.,Weiss, L. M. and Orlofsky, A. (2009) "Intracellular parasitism with Toxoplasma gondii stimulates mammalian-target-of-rapamycin-dependent host cell growth despite impaired signalling to S6K1 and 4E-BP1", Cell. Microbiol. 11: 983-1000, 2009.
Wang, Y.,Weiss, L. M. and Orlofsky, A. (2009) "Host Cell Autophagy Is Induced by Toxoplasma gondii and Contributes to Parasite Growth", J. Biol. Chem., 284: 1694-1701.
Orlofsky, A. (2009) "Toxoplasma - induced autophagy: a window into nutritional futile cycles in mammalian cells?" Autophagy, 5: 404-406.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Actor Leslie Carlson has died aged 81.
The veteran actor passed away on 3 May (14) at his Toronto, Canada home after a battle with cancer.
Carlson's acting career spanned 38 years, and he was best known for playing villain Barry Convex in director David Cronenberg's 1983 sci-fi horror Videodrome.
Carlson went on to star in three more Cronenberg films, including The Dead Zone, The Fly, and his short film Camera.
He also starred in movies including 1974's sorority horror Black Christmas, High-Ballin', and A Christmas Story.
Carlson also appeared on the small screen with credits including 21 Jump Street, The X-Files, Highlander, Rookie Blue, and a recurring role on Disney's period drama Road To Avonlea.