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After a 2½-year appeal, McCullom Lake brain cancer plaintiff Joanne Branham will get a new trial.
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned a judge's decision to dismiss the case and grant judgment in favor of Rohm and Haas, whose Ringwood specialty chemical plant is accused in 33 lawsuits of causing a cluster of brain and pituitary tumors in McCullom Lake and the neighboring Lakeland Park subdivision in McHenry.
And because the judge has since been reassigned over an ethical gaffe, Branham will get a new one.
The case of Branham, who lost her husband, Franklin, to glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer in 2004, was the first to go to trial. She sued in 2006, along with two of her former neighbors, who were diagnosed with an even rarer type of brain tumor.
Plaintiffs' attorney Aaron Freiwald hailed the ruling Thursday. The case is being heard in Pennsylvania because the world headquarters of Rohm and Haas, now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., is based in Philadelphia.
"This is a terrific result, I think the correct and just result, and we are very excited about returning to the courtroom, and that Mrs. Branham and the other families have their day in court," Freiwald said.
Rohm and Haas' legal counsel did not return requests for comment Thursday.
The lawsuits allege that carcinogenic vinyl chloride and related compounds from the plant's operations fouled residents' air and groundwater.
While Rohm and Haas acknowledges that a plume of volatile organic compounds has leaked into groundwater from decades of dumping by the previous owners into an unlined 8-acre waste pit, they vehemently deny allegations that they reached or sickened residents. Past and present owners have been working for the past two decades to clean up the contamination plume.
Branham's case went to trial in September 2010. Five weeks into the trial, Judge Allan Tereshko angrily ended it over the expert testimony of plaintiffs' epidemiologist Richard Neugebauer.
After a two-day cross-examination in which the epidemiologist's testimony crumbled, Tereshko ended the trial, calling Neugebauer's report "an attempt to deceive the court" and "tantamount to fraud."
Tereshko in April 2011 disregarded Freiwald's request for a mistrial and sided with Rohm and Haas, dismissing the case.
The two appellate judges who issued Wednesday's ruling concluded that Tereshko clearly erred when he granted Rohm and Haas nonsuit, because Freiwald had three more experts to call. Nonsuit is typically granted when a judge rules – after the plaintiff rests – that the evidence presented does not support the claim.
The appellate court also reversed Tereshko's decision to strike the expert testimony of Sidney Finkelstein, a neuropathologist who testified that tissue samples from 10 of the plaintiffs share the exact same chromosomal damage and therefore a common exposure.
Tereshko originally had rejected Rohm and Haas' pretrial motion to dismiss, concluding that Finkelstein's report was based on accepted scientific principles, but changed his mind when he granted Rohm and Haas nonsuit. Finkelstein's report has since been published in a peer-review scientific journal.
Freiwald called the readmission of Finkelstein's report a significant victory. The court upheld Tereshko's right to strike Neugebauer's testimony.
"We have plenty of evidence that this is a brain cancer cluster, and plenty of evidence that the company is responsible for Mr. Branham's brain cancer, and the other [plaintiffs'] tumors, and that's going to be what this trial is all about," Freiwald said.
The appellate court denied Freiwald's motion for a new judge, but the ruling has since become moot. Tereshko earlier this year was transferred to family court after a separate appellate court panel chastised him for not disclosing his wife's employment with a law firm that represented an insurance company he ruled in favor of in a 2011 case.
One of the 33 plaintiffs, Darlene Jackson, is the older sister of County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock.
Jackson was diagnosed in 2009 with a pituitary tumor more than an inch wide. They grew up in Lakeland Park, and Hill had three other childhood acquaintances fall ill and sue.
Hill pushed several years ago before her chairmanship for a fresh look at the cases. She bucked county leadership and health officials, who since the first lawsuits had worked to downplay any connection between the chemical plant and any illnesses.
Northwest Herald investigations found significant problems with the county's efforts, such as a scientifically flawed epidemiology analysis and flawed attempts to reach out to other agencies for help.
The individual lawsuits originally included neighboring Modine Manufacturing Co., which records show contributed the industrial solvent trichloroethylene to the contamination plume. Racine, Wis.-based Modine denied any culpability, but settled out of court with plaintiffs in 2008 for undisclosed sums and paid to set up a medical monitoring program for McCullom Lake residents.
Tests of McCullom Lake's wells and air in 2010 and 2011 – paid for by Rohm and Haas – did not find the contaminants in well water, and found air contaminants well below federally accepted levels.
About this series
"Coincidence or Cluster?" is the Northwest Herald's ongoing investigation of the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits.

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Although Malvern Prep and Haverford School have been dominating the regular-season Inter-Ac League golf outings in 2013, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy has gotten the better of at least one Main Line team on the last two occasions.
On September 26 at Waynesboro Country Club, the Blue Devils finished ahead of Episcopal Academy, 240-245, and last Monday at Gulph Mills, SCH eked out another win over the Churchmen, 243-244.
In a format the league adopted in 2012, each school's team hosts the other five once during the regular season in a series of mini-tournaments. The regular boys' match play scoring format has been retained, with each team officially entering eight men and then combining the results from its six best rounds to arrive at a team score. At the end of the season, the top individuals will participate in a championship tournament at Merion's storied East Course.
In the four league competitions to date, Malvern and Haverford have each finished first twice and second twice, but one of the Friars' runner-up results was a tie with Episcopal, so the Fords currently hold a narrow lead in the standings.
Springside Chestnut Hill has been picking up some momentum recently, following a tie for fourth with Penn Charter in the league opener and a fifth-place finish in the second outing on September 16. After the initial tie with SCH, Penn Charter finished sixth in the next two encounters, and then came in fifth last week, tying Germantown Academy with a score of 251. GA had finished sixth, fourth, and then fifth in the first three Inter-Ac events.
Last week on Haverford's home course at Gulph Mills, Malvern made the most of beautiful weather conditions and blitzed the field, even winning easily over the second-place Fords, 219-230. On the par-35 front nine at this course, that means that the Friars' six scorers averaged just one-and-a-half strokes over par.
For the third time this season, senior Jack Grasso led the SCH contingent, shooting a 37, while ninth-grader Chris Dalglish came in with a 39. Dalglish, who was already playing with the varsity last season, had the Blue Devils' best round in the league's September 16 gathering, scoring a two-over 38 at Blue Bell Country Club.
The Giegerich brothers, senior Brian and junior Matt, each fired a 40, and rounding out the Blue Devils' team total were a pair of sophomores, Andrew Kasian (43) and Wyatt Smith (44).
The best score from this side of the Schuylkill was a one-over 36 by Penn Charter junior Owen Davis, while Grasso's round of 37 was matched by GA junior Jake Niedosik and PC eighth grader Brian Isztwan.
Also scoring for Charter were juniors J.B. Bradbeer and Hunter Gates, each with a 43, and senior Ben Plotnik, with a 44. Sophomore Henry Centeno and his freshman brother Joey each shot a 48, and one of those figures was used to complete the Quakers' team score.
After Niedosik, the scorers for GA were fellow junior Grant LaSorda with a 41, senior Drew Petersohn with a 42, senior Ross Godick with a 43, and junior Robbie Barnett and freshman Jack Petersohn, each with a 44.
At the top of the leaderboard, one player undercut par, and that was Malvern junior Michael Lamond, with a 34. Four others hit the par of 35 on the nose; seniors Michael David and Kevin McGeary of Malvern, and senior Cole Berman and junior Otis Baker of Haverford.


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Could you sort this person out Adam, I'm limited to a phone atm, illegal ads and links in their Sig - http://www.gamesforum.com/member.php?u=89203
it's so handy, i carry it about in the kitchen and everything i barely use on screen play anymore, wii u and xbox netflix! oh bliss
Killing beasties while they mind their own business. Dynasty Warriors isn't really my thing, I'll pass.
Tempted to set it up and play it whilst on the loo now though!
morally conflicted about what? there's a dynasty warriors game on it too, which i only recently realised and bought if thats your thing
I haven't set it up yet but l'll give you the code when l do. Just no space at the moment.
Not sure about ZombieU to be honest, it did look good, but kind've complex. I'll look into Pikman 3, it does look fun alright. I might like Mario 3D, not sure, not my favorite gaming series, but l did enjoy Galaxy. Might get Monster Hunter when it's cheaper, l liked the demo, but l was morally conflicted.
didn't know you had a wii u! What's your nintendo code thingy? Depends on what you're into really, Lego City is brilliant, like GTA/Simpsons hit and run, not played 101 yet. I'd definitely recommend Pikmin 3, it's a brilliant game even if you've never played the first two, it's great fun. Super mario 3D world is the best Mario game in ages, so colourful and great fun. Then there's monster hunter, which i've got but barely played it, same for Zombiu. but i reckon you'd love zombiu, you love your zombie survival games don't ya?
Yeah it feels really wrong incorporating a story into the Sonicverse, the first Sonic animated series pretty much summed up what Sonic is or should be. Just a laugh l did like Sonic Brotherhood though.
Pretty sure Sonic called him Robuttnik in the tv series. xD
I got a Wii U for Xmas can you recommend any game. I'm thinking of Wonderful 101 and Lego City Undercover plus Bayonetta 2, can't think of anything else till X comes out. I have Windwaker.
everyone called generations **** because it had no real story, but to be honest, it's a sonic game, you don't expect a good story yeah he does same goes for my cousins! I think it's because they're all well into their twenties so they know him as that
Sonic and the Secret Rings put me right off the Sonic series for a while. A Sonic sale came up a few weeks ago on live so l purchased the Sonic games which appealed to me. Generations was very nostalgic from what l played, and seem to put the series back on track. Disappointed to know they ****ed it up again.
I take it he knows him as Robotnik too, us fussy Robotniks basterds eh? xD


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September 2008 4x4 Tech Questions - Nuts & BoltsPosted in How To on September 1, 2008
Q I have a '79 F-250 with a 400M engine and four-speed manual transmission. The truck is lifted and has 36-inch Iroks and lockers front and rear. My problem is I burned the stock clutch up, so I put in what I was told was a better clutch and wrecked that in a couple months. Am I burning up clutches because these tires are too much for it, or do I just need the best clutch I can find?
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A Have you changed the axle gears to deal with the bigger tires? Or are you shifting gears a lot when the clutch is under water and mud? If it came apart that quickly I would say it was either severely abused or a bunk part to start with (or both). I would make sure you're running low gears like 4.56 to 5.13s to help the clutch. Try not to let a bunch of mud and slop get between the clutch and the flywheel by sealing up the bellhousing and only shifting when the bellhousing is above the mud line, and get yourself a good parts store replacement. I would go to the local parts store and get the stock replacement; dunking a high-dollar clutch in the mud isn't going to get a long life out of it, so you might as well run one that doesn't break the bank if you need to replace it every 12 to 24 months from severe mud use. And remember that even breaking in a new clutch with 200 to 300 miles of moderate use is difficult to do. It will still help the clutch live longer.
Q I have an '01 Dodge Dakota 4x4, and when I put on a brushguard on, it caused the front end to sag a little. I was wondering if cranking the torsion bars to bring it back up, or even going a little higher to level it out with the rear end, was a good idea?
Logan B.
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A The Dakota came with a front rake from the factory, so be sure your brushguard is added to that before you adjust the torsion bars. Adjusting the torsion bars isn't a bad thing as long as you do it in moderation. You should be able to raise the front slightly to return it to the stock rake after installing the brushguard. Just make sure you don't overcrank the torsion bar until you are hitting the droop stops and topping out (overextending) your shocks. You want the suspension to ride so the A-arms are in between the bumpstops and droop stops and the shock is in the middle range of its travel at ride height.
Q You have lost me when it comes to unit bearings. I read the article comparing unit bearings and traditional hub/tapered bearings and I thought that it was great that you gave pros and cons ("Small Wonder," May '08). You never really took a side on which was better though. Then I read the article about the custom axle for the Danger Ranger, where the "last axle you will ever have to buy" included unit bearings. What I don't understand is, why are some aftermarket companies, such as Spidertrax and Currie, embracing the unit bearing while others, such as Dynatrac, are building kits to eliminate them?
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A If you look at the benefits of a unit bearing, you'll see that they are fully enclosed, they bolt on easily to the knuckle, they are light weight, and they don't require any servicing. If you look at the downsides, they are expensive, they don't last forever, few allow the use of selectable front hubs, most older versions need the axle stub shaft to help hold them together, and you can't do any servicing to them to make them last longer the way you can with a rebuildable bearing style spindle and hub.
The major automakers undoubtedly went to the unit bearing for ease of assembly, ease of repair, and the fact that just about any person, robot, or monkey could install them on an axle whereas a rebuildable hub and spindle (RHS) requires an installer who can set proper bearing preloads and not damage seals. In fact the tolerances from the current factory OEM unit bearings are so high they can hardly be matched by someone servicing a spindle and hubs.
However, this does bring up the additional cost of a quality OEM unit bearing from a dealership versus a low-quality aftermarket part from some budget parts house, a fact that axle builders who use unit bearings will back up. One major advantage to an RHS is that the spread between the two bearings on the spindle should, hypothetically, deal with the leverage of big tires better. But when you look at the massive F-450/F-550 unit bearing used by Ford and the fact that it is designed for a 7,000-pound load, it starts to be a moot point. That said, the massive unit bearings in the Ford Super Dutys and the new unit bearings in the Jeep JK Wranglers are very different from those of older Jeeps, Chevys, Fords, and Dodges as over the years they have improved. There is also the argument that unit bearings will just fail one day and your wheel will fall off at highway speeds, but in reality there is going to be some noise when either a unit bearing or an RHS starts to fail, and simply jacking up the vehicle and checking for front-end slop, as you should do regularly with any modified vehicle, should let you know if either is in need of some work.
Also many people argue that unit bearings are more expensive and less common at parts stores than bearings and races. But should your bearing be ignored and eventually fail, then add in the cost of a new spindle and maybe a hub and the price difference starts to diminish. One big factor is that without selectable front hubs your unit bearing is going to diminish fuel economy because it will be requiring the front axleshafts to spin constantly.
I personally think the tide is changing from when rebuilding your hubs was king to the time of the unit bearing where you don't need to get as greasy. And even though there are kits to replace unit bearings with spindles and hubs, there are not yet kits to replace spindles and hubs with unit bearings. I run hubs and spindles on most of my vehicles, but I just built an axle in last month's issue and used the big Ford unit bearing because I've started to see some benefits. I often think "which part I would want if I was crossing the Amazon Jungle or the Sahara Desert and my life depended on it." The rebuildable hub would have been my first choice, but if I have a spare factory unit bearing with me, I know I can change it quicker, it doesn't take up any more space in my truck than a set of bearings, seals, and grease, and I can change it without getting sand or mud in the hub or needing a special spindle nut socket. I think it comes down to personal preference. I prefer the rebuildable style currently, but I'm learning to enjoy the easy unit-bearing lifestyle.
Q I just got a little promotion at work, which is great, but I had to transfer to another plant that is a 45-minute drive one way. I needed something good on gas so I sold my '92 Chevy K1500 (my daily driver and off-roader) and bought an '03 Ford Escape. Don't laugh at me yet, it still has four-wheel drive! I want to make it a little more capable off-road, maybe even get a little more power out of the 3.nothing V-6 (without sacrificing gas mileage). I've looked online but can't seem to find anything other than rice-burner stuff and this $20 mod chip that promises 50-plus horsepower, 50-plus lb-ft of torque, 20 mpg, and rocket boosters or something.
Josh B.
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A You have done what so many people are doing these days, selling their trucks or SUVs to buy newer fuel-efficient vehicles so they don't have to pay as much at the pump. The problem I see is that you now have a less-competent vehicle. It has all-wheel drive, without a low-range transfer case. I don't consider it a true four-wheel-drive, and I'm sure you are paying more on it than you owed on your '92 Chevy. Plus very few performance-enhancing upgrades will actually increase fuel mileage, especially if you want it to increase off-road performance as well. And many engine upgrades also require running premium fuel, adding more cost. I'm not saying get rid of the Escape now, but I am passing on your plight as an example to others. Don't sell your 4x4; rather, buy an old Honda Civic, Ford Pinto, or VW bug that gets good mileage and can be purchased for a lower buy-in cost, drive it back and forth to work every day, and then take your truck wheeling on weekends. You'll save money and you'll save wear and tear on your off-road truck (those big expensive tires will last longer).
Q I just bought an '06 Ford F-150 FX4. I'm new to the off-road scene. Plus I've been deployed to Iraq, and while I'm away I thought you guys could help me out with the best brands for a 4-inch lift kit, tires, and rims.
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A I can't usually give out recommendations on a product because I haven't had a chance to test every manufacturer's offering. However, back in 2004 (Race 150 buildup, Jan. through Apr. issues) we had a chance to work with a small fabrication shop known as JD Fabrication (760.740.0442, www.jdfabrication.com). While we were there they designed and began producing a long-travel front suspension for the '04-and-newer F-150s. This isn't so much a lift kit as it is a suspension system that will offer greater wheel travel, a wider track, and stronger front axleshafts. Also, when outfitted with fiberglass fenders, it has clearance for 37-inch tires. I will admit that this kit is a lot more expensive and involved than the normal off-the-shelf lift kit, but if you're looking for better off-road performance, this is the direction to go. As for tires and wheels, that is a personal choice everyone must make themselves, but I am fond of a mud tire on a 17-inch rim.
Q I would like to know what it would take to put a 4L80E behind the 6.2L diesel in my '83 GMC Jimmy. I plan on the 203 and 205 doubler from Off Road Design and I need a relatively cheap overdrive transmission that won't break. The truck rides on 38s.
Kevin B.
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A The 4L80E will bolt in right behind the diesel; it will give you a .75:1 overdrive and it is similar in strength to a TH400. If you find an early ('92-'99) one, then you can reuse the TH400 flexplate. It would be a good time to do the 203/205 doubler as the 4L80E is longer than your current trans, which is most likely a TH350 or a TH400 automatic and will require driveshaft and crossmember changes. You may need to look into a torque converter with a stall speed specific for a diesel however, or you could find a 4L80E from behind a 6.5L diesel. Also some sort of aftermarket transmission controller will be needed to make the electronic transmission shift properly.
Q My truck is a 3/4-ton '94 Dodge 4x4 with a Cummins. Once again my steering is wandering. The last time it was because of a recall steering shaft. It is worn out again, so I thought maybe somebody makes a tough conversion to replace this? It is like the track bar-replaced every six years.
Tom K.
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A Yep, call Borgeson (860.482.8283, www.borgeson.com). They offer a steering shaft that replaced the original shaft and rag joint with one that uses two needle-bearing U-joints.
Q I've been in love with the Jeep Scrambler (CJ-8) ever since I was about 12 years old. I think that this is the decisive Jeep and they never should've discontinued it. The larger 103-inch wheelbase conquers the CJ-7 with the extra cargo space for gear, but is still the solid Jeep CJ that history has grown to love. I've been helping my buddy over the years with the buildup of his '81 Scrambler that includes a Vortec swap, a lift kit, power brakes, and a complete body and engine wiring job. This project has been fun and is still ongoing after three to four years of work. Instead of following suit and doing a classic Scrambler buildup, I've been considering the option of building an AJ (aftermarket Jeep) out of the readily available and plentiful aftermarket Jeep parts out there.
Needless to say, there is enough support out there to build a Scrambler from scratch and have it be exactly as I would want it, done right, the first time. Is this an economically feasible option? With rusted-out Scramblers going on eBay for more than $5,000, I like the AJ option more and more. Do these thoughts betray my allegiance to the CJ legacy? Or would my AJ Scrambler help raise awareness about the strong CJ legacy as an epic tribute vehicle?
Kelly R.
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A I am writing this column in the midst of a wrench fest to get my Fun Buggy project finished for a major off-road trip. As such, I am trying to wrap it up after three years in the making and we're getting to "the point of a thousand little things." You may be wondering what all this has to do with your dream Scrambler project. Well, I thought it would be cool to build a vehicle from scratch. Now three years later, I know it is cool, but it is not easy and it is not cheap.
What you have to decide first is what exactly you want. If you want a Scrambler with mostly Scrambler drivetrain, then those rusted-out $5,000 Scramblers on eBay will have a bunch of good parts that you can start with, even if they need to be rebuilt. Either way your Jeep from scratch will require you to purchase every single nut, bolt, and wire, and those things add up quickly. I'm not saying don't do it. I am saying be ready for it to take a long time and cost more money than originally planned. In fact if you look at the rusted-out Scrambler and you realize that the frame may need to be replaced as well as the body and you would rather have an aftermarket drivetrain like an Atlas transfer case or a B&M automatic transmission, then starting from scratch is the way to go.
Not everyone can afford brand-new parts, and my advice on a budget-minded project is to get a vehicle that is running and build it up. When your project doesn't move under its own power for more than six months, it quickly burns up all your motivation. If you can drive it and slowly upgrade parts at the same time, you'll be amazed at how much more fun it is. Plus it's easier to spend money on a vehicle that you can actually drive-the paybacks are right there.
I know you love the Scrambler, but consider the long-wheelbase Jeep TJ Unlimited. This has all the benefits of the Scrambler-wheelbase is the same within an inch, they were only made for a few years so they might go up in value, and they are currently being ignored in the market. Plus these Jeeps are fuel-injected, were available with the locker-equipped Rubicon package, and have the classic Jeep round headlights and seven-slot grille, and the frame is way stronger than the old CJs.
However, if you set cost aside and look at value, I think building the vehicle from scratch is the way to go, simply because you will know the vehicle inside and out, and you'll have something you won't ever want to part with. It will take time and money, but you'll never forget the experience of building a vehicle from the ground up.
The guys from Superlift Suspensions (888.299.4692, www.superlift.com) would like to help you get started on your project with a set of their Superide Ten-stage velocity-sensitive shocks that continually adjust depending on terrain and vehicle speed. To keep vital axle parts protected, they are throwing in an eXtreme Ring Differential Cover Protector. Built from laser-cut 1/4-inch plate and designed to fit over the factory diff cover for additional protection, these zinc-coated protectors are available to fit most popular American trucks: Chevy, Ford, Dodge, and Jeep-including the complete Dana axle line.
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Glow-in-the-dark cockroach among top 10 new species
A glowing cockroach, a monkey with a blue behind and a meat-eating sponge snagged spots on a list of top 10 new species named in 2012, scientists announced Thursday.
In its sixth year, the Top 10 New Species list is compiled by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and is announced on the anniversary of the birth of Carolus Linnaeus. An 18th-century botanist, Linnaeus created the modern system for naming and classifying species.
'We look for organisms with unexpected features or size.'
- Biologist and research zoologist Antonio Valdecasas
The panel plucked the top 10 new species from more than 140 nominations; to be considered, the species had to have been officially named in 2012 and described with the appropriate code of nomenclature.
"We look for organisms with unexpected features or size and those found in rare or difficult to reach habitats," Antonio Valdecasas, a biologist and research zoologist with Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid, Spain, said in a statement. "We also look for organisms that are especially significant to humans those that play a certain role in human habitat or that are considered a close relative," added Valdecasas, who is committee chair for the top 10 species list.
Quirky species
One such creature with an odd feature is the glow-in-the-dark cockroach, named Lucihormetica luckae, whose luminescence may help the creepy-crawly mimic toxic click beetles and thereby avoid predators. In addition, a carnivorous sponge shaped like a harp also made the list. The sponge (Chondrocladia lyra), which lives nearly 2 miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, sports 20 barbed vanes that resemble a harp's strings. Once it captures meaty prey, the sponge envelops it in a thin membrane and slowly begins to digest the animal.
And then there's the monkey with the blue butt. Discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cercopithecus lomamiensis is more easily heard than seen. Apparently the Old World monkey performs a booming song at dawn. Even so, it does sport some striking features, including bare blue patches of skin on its buttocks, testicles and perineum, along with humanlike eyes.
Other quirky creatures that made it to the top-10 list include a nocturnal snail-eating snake (Sibon noalamina) found in a mountain range in Panama; a teensy frog (Paedophryne amanuensis) as small as 7 millimeters (0.3 inches) long and now considered the world's smallest vertebrate (an animal with a backbone).
Filling out the list is a black-hued fungus that threatens Paleolithic cave paintings, a tiny violet from the high Andes of Peru, an endangered shrub with emerald-green leaves and magenta flowers, and a new fossil species of hanging fly that mimics the leaves of a gingko-like tree.
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Aaron Ness knows he has to leave the University of Minnesota. The Islanders want their skilled second round pick from 2008 to begin his professional development as a defenseman. Now it's just a matter of the team and the player agreeing on the next step, and a contract.
Multiple sources tell Point Blank that Ness, who just concluded his sophomore season with the Gophers, is ready to turn pro - if the Islanders want him. A league source said the Islanders have not given up on Ness and hope to strike a low-risk Entry Level contract agreement so the 5-10 defenseman can play in the minor leagues.
A former powerhouse, the Minnesota hockey program has been a shambles the last few years under the direction of coach Don Lucia (yes, Garth Snow was very much publicly ahead of the curve on this one). The Gophers finished this season at 18-19-2.
Ness has regressed under the tutelage of assistant coach John Hill. At one time thought to be a lock for Team USA at the World Junior Championships, the strong-skating Ness did not even make it to the final round of cuts. Islanders prospect Matt Donovan, a fourth round draft pick now with the University of Denver, made the team. In 29 games this season, the offense-minded Ness had just two goals and ten assists.
According to a source close to the Minnesota team, Lucia is known for telling young players of the "horrors" of the minor leagues in an attempt to keep them with the Gophers. Ness's development has fallen off to the point where the pro ranks are his only option if he wants to give himself the chance of achieving his dream of playing in the NHL. His closest friend, Jordan Schroeder, has just left the school after signing a contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
Bridgeport of the American Hockey League is the likely destination, and the choice of Ness, but some time in the East Coast Hockey League is not out of the question for the struggling defenseman.
In a very rare college case, Kyle Okposo left Minnesota in 2008 in the middle of his sophomore season. Ness, for his own good, will likely leave now that his second year is over. The Islanders should be able to make arrangements.
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wchang necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 197 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
William Chang Photography
I'm a male 26 years old and I am a lifestyle wedding photographer based out of New York City. My main focus will be wedding and engagement photography. I do photograph portraits, family and lifestyle sessions also. My style of photography is very creative and modern and I need a logo that will represent my style.
My target audience is newly engaged couples. This applies for both brides and grooms.
A timeless elegant looking logo!
The logo should stay away from pictures such as cameras or flowers. Simple shapes and symbols are acceptable as are creative uses of letters.
I would like something unique, creative, edgy but still keeping the design simple. This logo will be carried on everything from website, watermarks on images, business cards, letterheads and other marketing material. I am currently getting my website and blog redesigned and should be ready within 1 month. Below are some references.
Old websites:
New website colors: gray and white (not my site, using for reference)
I am open to all creative designs and colors. I would like to see some designs with my initials "WC" or some creative shapes or fonts. What I do require is no graphics in my logo with cameras or flowers. I would like my full name in capitol letters.
Logo to be made available in the following file formats:
- Layered RGB file in Photoshop PSD and Fireworks PNG format as well as flat JPEG version,.
- Vector image for print, CMYK version of the file in either AI,
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Win 7 Security is one of the recent rogue security software being installed by Trojan FakeRean. This trojan chooses randomly from a list of names each time it is installed. It has the following list of names for Windows 7:
Win 7 Security, Win 7 Defender, Win 7 Defender Pro, Total Win 7 Security, Win 7 Smart Security 2010, Win 7 Internet Security, Win 7 Security Tool, Win 7 Antimalware, Antispyware Win 7.
A rogue security software such as Win 7 Security belongs to a family of software products that call themselves as antivirus, antispyware or registry cleaners and often use deceptive or high pressure sales tactics and deliberate false positives to convince users into buying a license/subscription. They are often repackaged and renamed. They do not actually remove malware instead many of them add more malware of their own. Users should not fall for the fake alerts and must not buy the scareware. They need to be removed immediately from your system.
Win 7 Security executable
The trojan dropper identified as SHA1:91b06687c5ef5ce690e7e0048843c4ee0d27b692 was about 204288 bytes in size. It is detected by over 75% of the antivirus engines available at VirusTotal.
This trojan drops a file named "ave.exe" with hidden and system attributes in the "local" folder in %appdata% folder. The file ave.exe in turn drops a file without extension named "y7V11" in various system folders. You may need to enable "Show hidden files, folders and drives" and disable "hide protected operating system files" in Folder Options control panel to view these files.
The trojan modifies the Windows registry so that:
- ave.exe is executed whenever a .exe file is run, it's a devious way to start with Windows and restart the trojan if it is killed via Task Manager.
- Sets Internet Explorer as the default browser and sets itself to start whenever IE is started.
- Hijacks Internet Explorer to display a fake security alert when run.
- Creates fake Windows Action Center and suppresses genuine Windows Action Center alerts.
- Disables Windows Firewall
Win 7 Security Aliases
This scareware is known by the following aliases:
- Win32/FakeRean
- Trojan.Fraudpack.Gen!Pac.5
- OScope.Trojan.0216
- Mal/FakeAV-BT
- Win32/Kryptik.DBC
- Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.aovc
- W32/FraudPack.fam!tr
- W32/FakeSec.B.gen!Eldorado
- Cryptic.BG
- Win32:MalOb-AL
- Win-Trojan/Xema.variant
- Trojan.Win32.FakeAV!IK
Typical Win 7 Security Scare Messages
Stealth intrusion! Infection detected in the background! Your computer is now attacked by spyware and rogue software. Eliminate the infection safely, perform a security scan and deletion now.
ALERT! System scan for spyware, adware, trojans and viruses is complete. Detected critical system objects. These security breaches may be exploited and lead to the following: Your system becomes a target for spam and bulky, intruding ads. Browser crashes frequently and web access speed decreases. Your personal files, photos, documents and passwords get stolen. Your computer is used for criminal activity behind your back. Bank details and credit card information gets disclosed.
Privacy threat! Spyware intrusion detected. Your system is infected. System integrity is at risk. Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords. Click here to perform a security repair.
Threat detected! Security alert! Your computer was found to be infected with privacy-threatening software. Private data may get stolen and system damage may be severe. Recover your PC from the infection right now, perform a security scan.
Privacy alert! Rogue malware detected in your system. Data leaks and system damage are possible. Click here for a free security scan and spyware deletion.
Win 7 Security Associated Files and Folders
- C:\ProgramData\y7V11
- C:\Users\All Users\y7V11
- C:\Users\malwarehelp_org\AppData\Local\ave.exe
- C:\Users\malwarehelp_org\AppData\Local\Temp\y7V11
- C:\Users\malwarehelp_org\AppData\Local\y7V11
- C:\Users\malwarehelp_org\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\y7V11
Some of the file names may be randomly generated. The term malwarehelp.org in the above entries denotes the name of the Windows user account in the test machine.
Win 7 Security Associated Registry Values and Keys
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\DefaultIcon
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\runas
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\runas\command
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\start
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\start\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Identity=1117626655
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\DefaultIcon
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\runas
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\runas\command
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\start
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\start\command
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet IEXPLORE.EXE
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command "C:\Users\malwarehelp_org\AppData\Local\ave.exe" /START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
The term malwarehelp.org in the above entries denotes the name of the Windows user account in the test machine.
Win 7 Security Associated Domains
This scareware was observed accessing the following domains during installation and operation:
- pc-livecare.com
- live-pccare.com
- windows-live-care.com
- win-live-care2010.com
- live-pc-care.com
- one-care-antivirus.com
- onecare-antivirus2010.com
- winlive-care21.com
- antivirus-one-care2010.com
- securitypccare.com
- win-live-care.com
- pc-livecare2010.com
- security-pccare.com
- cavertunelo.com
Note: Visiting the domains mentioned above may harm your computer system.
Win 7 Security Removal (How to remove Win 7 Security)
When removed improperly, the left over registry entries messes up the opening of .exe files.
Use an alternate browser like Chrome to download the following or use a removable drive to transfer them to the affected computer:
- Right click and save the registry file trojan_fakerean_exe_fix.reg, make sure that you are saving the file with a .reg extension.
- MalwareBytes's Anti-Malware
- CCleaner Slim version
- Double click to run the downloaded (trojan_fakerean_exe_fix.reg) registry file, Click Yes to merge the registry data. This will delete the offending registry keys blocking the .exe files.
- Install and run MalwareBytes's Anti-Malware. Go to the Update tab and check for updates. Once the update is completed, open the Scanner tab and choose a full-scan. Once the scan is completed, click "Show results", confirm that all instances of the rogue security software are check-marked and then click "Remove Selected" to delete them. If prompted restart immediately to complete the removal process.
- Turn System Restore off and on
- Install, scan and clean the temporary files with CCleaner Slim version.
You should now be clean of this rogue.
If you are unable to get rid of this scareware, please visit one of the recommended forums for malware help and post about your problem.
Win 7 Security Scareware — Video
Note: The Win 7 Security installation and removal was tested on a default installation of Windows XP SP3. The content provided in this article is not warranted or guaranteed by Malware Help. Org. The content provided is intended for entertainment and/or educational purposes. I am not liable for any negative consequences that may result from implementing any information covered in this article. The above information is correct at the time of my testing, it might change with time and or under different testing conditions.
FakeRean on Windows 7: Win 7 Security Tool Analysis and Removal, Win 7 Defender Analysis and Removal, Antispyware Win 7 Analysis and Removal, Total Win 7 Security Analysis and Removal, Win 7 AntiMalware Analysis and Removal, Win 7 Defender Pro Analysis and Removal, Win 7 Internet Security Analysis and Removal, Win 7 Smart Security 2010 Analysis and Removal


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Wrestling: Wapak pins its way past Roughriders
ST. MARYS — Wapakoneta convincingly beat what Redskin head wrestling coach Jason Rostorfer called the best Western Buckeye League foe his team has faced this season, 49-27, on senior night at Memorial High School on Thursday night.
The Redskins scored four straight pins in the upper weight classes midway through the match to take control.
"Getting pins is always huge," Rostorfer said. "Having those older guys in the upper weights that are solid like that and get us bonus points, it's huge for us. It paid off. It was 49-27 and it was mostly on bonus points."
Wapakoneta at St. Marys Wrestling photos:
"If you're going to give up pins, you're going to have to come back and get some pins," St. Marys head coach Larry Gruber said.
At 170 pounds, Holden Hengstler barely staved off a pin in the first period before recovering to pick up a pin of his own against the Riders' Luke Lemmerman at the 2:20 mark.
Wapak's Colton Brown pinned St. Marys' Spencer Knous at 182 pounds at the 2:53 mark.
At 195 pounds, Alec Brown of Wapak pinned St. Marys' Neil Perry at the 4:57 mark.
Wapak's Jared Carpenter finished off the Redskins' dominance in the upper weight classes with a pin of St. Marys' Chance Hicks at the 3:45.
"We really needed those pins, too," Rostorfer said. "We preach to our guys, it's not the points, it's how we wrestle. I didn't think we wrestled real well. We gave up some crucial points when we shouldn't have. To St. Marys' credit, they're by far the most competitive team we've faced."
St. Marys' Ryan Slife pinned Wapakoneta's Tyler Dulebohn at the 2:54 mark to give the Roughriders six points at 160 pounds.
St. Marys senior Logan Simons pinned Wapakoneta's Will Rankin at 2:31 to get the Riders back in the win column. Wapakoneta led 33-15 as the weight classes flipped back over to 103 pounds, where St. Marys' Kalob Chaney pinned Adam Hamel at 5:27 to get the Riders to within 33-21.
Returning state qualifier J.T. Martin earned a 26-11 technical fall win over St. Marys' Garrett Hower at 113 pounds.
Wapak's Dylan Plaugher pinned St. Marys' Keyton Liming at the 1:56 mark at 120 pounds.
St. Marys' Austin Quellhorst pinned Wapakoneta's Gage Moore at 126 pounds at 3:55 to pull the Riders to within 43-27.
Wapakonta's Jordan Kaeck finished the match off with a pin at 132 pounds against St. Marys' Boston Hensley at 1:59.
Wapakoneta scored the first nine points of the match.
At 138 pounds, Wapak's Dallas Ambos earned a 12-5 decision over St. Marys' Chris Swanson.
The Redskins' Nathan Valentine followed with a pin at 145 pounds over St. Marys' Dakota Knous.
St. Marys got on the scoreboard with an 8-5 decision at 152 pounds in favor of the Riders' Jaden Heitkamp, who trailed most of the way against his opponent Justin Dauch before scoring the go-ahead move with 15 seconds left. Wapak led 9-3.
St. Marys honored its four seniors — Morgan Fenwick, Chris Swanson, Neil Perry and Logan Simons — before the match.
(Editor's Note: The original story incorrectly stated that Wapakoneta's Tyler Dulebohn pinned St. Marys' Ryan Slife at the 2:54 mark. Slife pinned Dulebohn.)


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* Name: [[User:Sgallagh| Stephen Gallagher]]
* Name: [[User:Sgallagh| Stephen Gallagher]]
* Email:
* Email: @fedoraproject.org
== Current status ==
== Current status ==
Revision as of 20:35, 23 February 2012
Feature Name
KRB5 Credential Cache Move
This Feature changes the default location of Kerberos credential cache from living in /tmp/krb5cc_UID_XXXXXX to being /run/user/$USERNAME/krb5cc
- Name: Stephen Gallagher
- Email: email@example.com
- Name: Dan Walsh
- Email: email@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: 2012-02-23
- Percentage of completion: 10%
Detailed Description
Packages that create Kerberos credential caches on behalf of a user (real or system) will need to change where this cache is stored.
Benefit to Fedora
The reason is to make credential saving a bit more predictable while at the same time avoiding races. Along the road we also gain a little bit more security by the fact that /run is a tmpfs and therefore cached credentials are automatically removed if the machine is shut off.
For daemons that use a keytab to kinit because they act as clients (as opposed to just server that accept kerberos connections), it may be needed to add a configuration snippet in their configuration file under /etc/tmpfiles.d so that /run/user/<username> is created with the correct permissions (700) and user ownership.
For example, httpd would add the following line to the /etc/tmpfiles.d/httpd.conf:
d /var/run/user/apache 700 apache apache
If you know your daemon requires a credential cache file and does not specify one on its own but instead relies on the default location, then you should open a ticket in bugzilla and add the necessary configuration to tmpfiles.d
How To Test
1. Verify that when logging in through SSSD or pam_krb5 that the credential cache listed by 'klist' is FILE:/run/user/$USERNAME/krb5cc 2. Verify that applications such as apache (used with mod-auth_kerb) put their credential caches in /run/user/$SVCUSERNAME as well
User Experience
The end-user experience should be minimally changed. The most noticable effect will be that credential caches will not survive a reboot (this is a security enhancement, preventing a stolen system from being accessed for still-valid credentials).
This list is not (yet) complete:
- sssd
- mod_auth_kerb
- sshd
- nfs-utls
Contingency Plan
Reverting to the original behavior will be possible, though non-trivial. Our current plan is to land this feature very early in the F18 process (some pieces are already landing today on 2012-02-23) so that we have the maximum amount of time to work out any issues.
- No relevant documentation
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CFP: [Cultural-Historical] "In the Shadows of Empires"
"In the Shadows of Empiresâ€:
The 2nd International Conference on Asian American and Asian British
Date: November 28-29, 2008
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Organizer: Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
The word "Asian†has different meanings in the United States and Britain.
Whereas in British English "Asian†refers to people from South Asian
countries, particularly from India, Pakistan, and Bangladeshâ€"and people
from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen as "other Asiansâ€â€"in American
English it refers predominantly to people from East Asia, namely Japan,
Korea, China, despite the admission of Southeast Asians, South Asians, and
West Asians to the pan-Asian family in recent years. "Asia,†Spivak
recently claimed, should be imagined as "one continent in its plurality,â€
rather than the designation of a regional identity based on racial
consciousness and self-empowerment. Indeed, Asian as an ethnic identity is
remarkably plural and unstable, because Asia as a continental imagination
is tied to the cartographical imaginations of both the European and
American empires. "Asian†thus bears the history of imperialism as it
attempts to carve out a critical space within the multicultural setting of
Britain and the U.S.
How differently are "Asian†and "Asia†as imagined in Asian American and
Asian British literatures and how do these multiple, discrepant, and at
times contradictory articulations enable us to confront, engage, and
produce in the shadows of empires? How is it possible to conceive of
"Asia†and "Asian†as one in plurality and as a position without identity,
without falling into the exhausted tropes of solidarity and coalition? How
do Asia and Asian workâ€"together and in disjunctureâ€"as signifiers, tropes,
politics and perhaps as methods for working through the problematic of
"culture and imperialism†that Said left us? How do we, as intellectuals,
comparativists, and critical scholars, write and rewrite Asians and Asias
in the shadows of empiresâ€"not only British and American but also Japanese
and Chineseâ€"in an era of re-regionalization and neo-imperial formation?
The Institute of European and American Studies at Academia Sinica, Taiwan,
invites papers from scholars in literary and cultural studies to face,
contemplate and theorize on the shadows of empires in Asian American and
Asian British literatures in critical and comparative lenses. The
conference understands imperialism as a haunting presence in both Asian
American and Asian British literatures manifesting itself in such issues as
comfort women, the Hiroshima bombing, Hawaii sovereignty movement, the
Okinawa Diaspora, U.S.-Filipino entanglements, the partitions of India and
Pakistan, South Asian immigration and cultural production in Britain and
Canada, the ongoing war on "terror†in many parts of Asia, and even in such
sports as cricket, football, boxing, and baseball. Imperialism functions
as what Jameson calls the "history of the present†that shapes and
conditions the consciousness and cultural production of Asian American and
Asian British subjects. To claim and write about Asia and Asian is to
confront the shadows of empires that tail our precarious present. We
welcome papers that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:
ï¬ immigration and diasporas,
ï¬ the Asia-Pacific wars and memories,
ï¬ nationalism and globalization,
ï¬ affect and community,
ï¬ inter and intra-Asian connections,
ï¬ Afro-Asian and Latino-Asian encounters
ï¬ performance and identity
ï¬ transnationality and citizenship
ï¬ multiracial subject and transnational adoption
ï¬ pedagogy and critiques of disciplinary formation
Please send your paper abstract (not exceeding 300 words) and brief CV (one
paragraph identifying your name, institutional affiliation, areas of
interests, and contact info, and a list of your representative
publications) to Andy Wang (wchimin_at_sinica.edu.tw) by April 30, 2008.
Decisions on acceptance will be announced by May 31, 2008. There is no
registration fee, and a small budget, pending approval, will be provided to
subsidize the cost of accommodation for paper presenters. All conference
attendees, however, are advised to secure travel funding from their own
institutions. If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.
From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
more information at
Received on Tue Mar 18 2008 - 00:43:30 EST


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All Three Schools Undefeated in Ivy League
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale will head to Princeton this weekend to take on the Tigers and Harvard in the Bulldogs' toughest meet of the year. Harvard and Princeton have dominated the Ivy League for the last couple of years, and the Bulldogs will be looking to knock them off their pedestal. Yale comes into the meet 6-1 in dual meets and 4-0 in the Ivy League. Harvard and Princeton both come in with undefeated records. Harvard is 5-0 having faced only Ivy opponents and Princeton is 4-0 also having faced only Ivy opponents.
The last time Yale, Harvard and Princeton met, Harvard won the meet with Princeton coming in a close second. The Bulldogs lost to Harvard 232-87 and to Princeton 209-110. The issue last year was depth as Yale would often only score points with one swimmer, while Harvard and Princeton were scoring with multiple swimmers. Senior Susan Kim was the only swimmer to win an event at last year's meet, when she won the 100-yard breaststroke and nearly won the 200-yard event as well.
The Bulldogs are coming off their first dual meet loss of the season. Yale fell in a nail biter to Navy last weekend by a score of 151-149. Navy won nine events to Yale's seven, and, most importantly, won the deciding 400-yard freestyle relay to finish out the meet. Yale came into the final event winning by two points, and led for the first 390 yards, but Navy overtook Yale in the last 10 yards to claim the event and consequently the meet. Kim won three events on the day: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM. Sophomore Emily Dominski and freshman Alex Forrester also each won an event. The real stars of the day were the divers. Yale won both diving events, sweeping the one-meter diving. But the highlight of the meet was sophomore Rachel Rosenberg and freshman Paige Meneses qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships.
This year's meet will take place in Princeton's DeNuzio pool. The pool was built in 1990 as one of the fastest pools in the nation. It has stands to hold 1,700 spectators which they filed when Princeton hosted the 1999 Ivy League Championships. It has since then hosted a number of Ivy and EISL championship races.
The meet will take place over two days beginning Jan. 30.
Report filed by Charles Moor e '10, Yale Sports Publicity


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Author Notes: When my sister and I were thinking of soda fountain creations, our ideas revolved around iconic flavors and colors of the 1950s. After brainstorming the myriad of soda fountain treats, we couldn't think of a more fitting indulgence than the classic ice cream sundae. We settled on one of our favorite ice cream flavors, peppermint, which also happens to be a lovely shade of Cadillac pink- sure to win the Pink Ladies' approval.
In keeping with Rizzo's remarks that pink can never be "too pure," we've brought pink in touch with its devilish side by introducing touches of fudgy darkness: chocolate cookies and sticky, molten swathes of chocolate sauce. . .
This one's for Frenchy. ;)
- Sydney
Food52 Review:
Candy-striped peppermints might make you think Christmas (and, sure, the consolation prize that comes with your dinner check) -- but we think the cooling rush of mint and sweetness is a boon for summertime, especially when you layer it into ice cream: we're talking cold squared. With dark hot fudge and all the other indulgent garnishes -- the crushed peppermints, whipped cream, chocolate cookies and curls -- this would win hearts at a kiddie birthday party, or a grown-up one. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 6-8
Pink Peppermint Ice Cream
cups whole milk
1 1/4
cups heavy cream
large egg yolks
cup sugar
roughly 1/2 cup of chopped peppermint candies (We like King Leo peppermint sticks)
pinch salt
teaspoon peppermint extract (the best quality you can find)
about 1/3 of a package of chocolate cookies (We like Nabisco's Famous Chocolate Wafers), roughly broken
Devilish Hot Fudge Sauce
tablespoons heavy cream
tablespoon butter
tablespoons granulated sugar
2 1/2
tablespoons dark brown sugar
pinch sea salt
tablespoons corn syrup
cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
1 1/2
ounces of chopped dark chocolate (chocolate chips work fine too-about 1/4 cup)
splash pure vanilla extract
Pink Peppermint Ice Cream
- Heat the milk, cream and peppermint candy in a large pot over medium heat, until the peppermints are dissolved, and the mixture is steamy.
- Meanwhile, beat the egg yolks, sugar and salt in an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment for about five minutes (the yolks should be very thick, pale and glossy).
- When the milk mixture is ready, add a small amount of it to the egg mixture, whisking all the while so as to not scramble the eggs. Add the rest of the liquid gradually as the mixer continues to run, creating a homogenous mixture.
- Pour the mixture back into the pot, and cook slowly over medium heat--stirring constantly--until the mixture registers 170 degrees on a candy thermometer. Whatever you do, do not let the mixture boil.
- As soon as the custard is ready, pour it through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl, in order to remove any coagulated egg bits.
- Stir in the peppermint extract, and allow to cool. Chill until very cold, at least four hours.
- Churn in an ice cream maker, according to manufacturer's instructions.
- During the last minute of churning, gently fold in the broken cookie pieces.
Devilish Hot Fudge Sauce
- Heat the butter and cream to a boil in a small saucepan.
- Add the sugars and corn syrup, stirring constantly.
- Add the cocoa and salt. Stir well.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix until melted.
- Off the heat, add the vanilla extract.
- Sundae time! Also have ready: Freshly whipped cream (cream, a spot of confectioner's sugar and vanilla). Extra chocolate cookies, for garnish. Dark chocolate curls, for garnish. Peppermint sticks, for garnish. For assembly: Alternate scoops of ice cream with fudge sauce, and broken chocolate cookies. Crown with a cloud of whipped cream, drizzle with a few ribbons of fudge, and sprinkle with an abundance of chocolate curls. Complete the look by parking a swirly, twirly peppermint stick in the top. Now try not to inhale . . .
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On Amor:
"I'm so old!"
"I'm so bloody old!"
"Old people can't even hear."
"This is terrible."
On Les Mis:
"Do I have to rub dirt on my face?"
Some kids (and their parents, but that's kinda bleak to think about maybe?) re-enact the nine nominated Academy Awards film in this super-accurate send-up. AMERICA!
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Will 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Do Its Female Characters Justice?
When the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII was finally revealed on Tuesday after months of rumors and speculation, the Internet's reaction quickly switched from one of excitement to one of confusion. "Hang on a second," everyone said, "where are all the women?"
Of the seven new actors added to the franchise, only one of them, Daisy Ridley, is a woman. And while her inclusion means that Episode VII has twice as many female leads as the original trilogy (thanks to Carrie Fisher reprising her role as Princess Leia), the female population of that galaxy far, far away is desperately lacking in representation. Director J.J. Abrams does seem to be attempting to balance out the cast, though, as The Hollywood Reporter revealed that he's still looking for another female lead, and though no information has been released about the role yet, some are speculating that it could be the same part that producers met with Lupita Nyong'o about just before the Oscars.
But just opening up more roles for women in the franchise isn't enough to fix the standing issues with its female characters. The films' lack of women has long been a point of contention among fans and critics, many of whom were hoping that Abrams would diversify the universe when he took the helm. But the quality of female roles is just as much of a problem as the quantity of women present. Thus far, none of the films have featured more than one female lead, and while she was given plenty of depth attention, her like-gendered supporting players were one-dimensional and got a minimal amount of screen time. All of which means that even though we might be getting another female lead, there's still no way to predict how well Star Wars VII will handle its female characters. There hasn't been much in the Star Wars cinematic universe to suggest that this new character will be just as three-dimensional and compelling as the one that Ridley is set to play, or vice versa.
There's no doubt that Leia is a great female character, but the few other women who appeared in the films were as well-rounded or interesting. Similarly, Padme Amidala was given plenty of attention in the Prequel Trilogy, but it's hard to name another female character off the top of our heads that had the same amount of depth or development (maybe Yaddle). The odds are stacked against Episode VII when it comes to female roles, and even though Abrams seems to be taking steps to bring more women into the franchise, he doesn't have the greatest track record with multiple interesting female characters either.
His most recent sci-fi franchise, Star Trek, does have a great female lead in Uhura, who is just as complex and engaging as the men she works with on the Enterprise. The other female characters, however, haven't fared as well. The two only two other women who played a major role in the films' plots both unnecessarily appeared in their underwear: Gaila, the green girl who spent the night with Kirk, and Carol Marcus, whose nudity was used to liven up a bit of exposition. Even though Carol played a much larger role in the film than Gaila did, she was primarily there as a plot point to help reveal Admiral Marcus' betrayal and give his battle with the Enterprise an added layer of emotion. That lack of dimension frustrated many fans, who felt that she didn't add anything to the film overall and were insulted by the fact that her primary function was to look pretty. It would have been easy to give Carol some depth – after all, she's a science officer whose father turned out to be the enemy – but it seemed as if the films didn't think they could support two interesting female characters.
Abrams' TV shows haven't done much to disprove that theory, either. Even though Alias centered on the compelling, complex Sydney Bristow, there weren't any other female characters that received the same kind of attention. Most of the female characters that did play a major role on the show died, leaving Sydney surrounded by a supporting cast of men. His most recent show, Fringe, also had issues with developing female characters, as Astrid's personal life and background weren't explored with much depth, despite her being one of the leads on the show.
None of this bodes particularly well for the way female characters will be handled in Episode VII. Since she was cast first, it's likely that Ridley's character will be playing the Leia-role this time around, while the character that has yet to be cast will be more of a secondary, supporting lead. Based on the way those female supporting roles have been treated by Abrams and the Star Wars franchise, it's hard to feel a great deal of confidence that we'll see a second woman with just as much character development and depth as Ridley's.
It's easy to find blockbusters that are filled with female characters that exist to play the hero's girlfriend or add some sex appeal to what would otherwise be a film dominated by guys. Star Wars has the opportunity to put female characters at the forefront of a major franchise, characters that are just as interesting and exciting and complex as the men. To simply ignore that opportunity in order to stick with the "one woman" rule that the original trilogy established is pointless and it's insulting to the legions of female fans who have waited to see more women given the chance to shine in these films. The Expanded Universe is filled with well-written female characters, many of whom, like Mara Jade and Jaina Solo, are fan favorites. Star Wars fans want to see more women brought to the forefront of the series, both in numbers and in complexity.
The news that Episode VII plans to add more female characters is a good thing, even if it does feel a little bit like damage control right now. But just casting more women isn't enough if it means that most of them are relegated to looking pretty in the background. We want to be excited about the film and the new female characters, but it's hard to muster up any enthusiasm for the same old thing we've seen already in blockbuster after blockbuster.


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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — There is a new call for the Robert Mueller to step down from leading the Special Counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, this time from the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal.
In an opinion piece published this week, The Wall Street Journal called on Mueller to resign, citing new revelations that the FBI may have may have worked with the Democrats to spread Russian disinformation against Donald Trump.
"It is no slur against Mr. Mueller's integrity to say that he lacks the critical distance to conduct a credible probe of the bureau he ran for a dozen years," the Journal's editorial board wrote. "He could best serve the country by resigning to prevent further political turmoil over that conflict of interest."
The call marks a significant change in tone from the nearly universal praise of Mueller when he was first appointed to lead the special counsel investigation in May.
"This was somebody Donald Trump was seriously considering putting into his own administration," explained Democratic strategist Harrell Kirstein. "What he ultimately is going to be judged by is what he delivers at the end of it."
The concern over Mueller has been linked to a Washington Post report this week that the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee helped pay for research that went into the infamous Trump dossier. That dossier, written by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, suggested that Trump's campaign had colluded with Russia and that Moscow had compromising information on Donald Trump.
The report also contained information indicating that the FBI agreed to pay Christopher Steele for the information on Russian election interference and that the former British spy had shopped his dossier on Trump to other foreign intelligence services. At the time, the FBI was being led by James Comey, who was fired by Trump in May.
Former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka agreed that Mueller should step aside, arguing that he cannot be an impartial investigator because of his previous relationship with Comey when the two worked together at the Department of Justice.
"His closeness to James Comey and the fact that he was implicated to the sale of uranium and CFIUS [the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]," Gorka said citing a controversial deal approved by nine government agencies, including the State Department, then run by Clinton. The deal authorized a Russian-owned company to receive significant ownership of U.S. uranium mining rights.
Despite a Justice Department corruption investigation into the Russian company, the deal was approved in 2010. At the time, Robert Mueller was director of the FBI, a fact that has raised questions among critics.
President Trump has repeatedly attacked the Russia investigation as a "witch hunt," but he and members of his Justice Department have denied plans to fire Mueller.


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Not news here in North California, where some sources have reported this as the hottest Summer ever recorded, and I've woken up to the smell of smoke most every morning since early July.
Trapped indoors for weeks, with a severe Summer case of cabin fever, it now sounds like I timed my trip to the Bay area earlier this week just right.
No matter where you go in California this Labor Day Weekend, you'll have to contend with hot weather. Temperatures will be near record levels from 105 to 111 degrees.
Michelle Mead is with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. She says there's a strong ridge of high pressure that has parked itself over the state.
"Basically it means the air is very stagnant or we don't get a lot of flow moving through," says Mead. "So it cuts off the delta breeze which we all know is Mother Nature's air conditioner, so that is going to be cut off for a time."
A crazy-quilt of excessive-heat warnings, watches and advisories, along with Red Flag warnings of high fire danger and air quality alerts because of smoke from wildfires, blanket the region from Washington state to Southern California and as far east as Montana.
The Sacramento region is under an excessive heat warning through Monday night. Mead says that means there's a high risk of heat-related illnesses for everybody, not just sensitive groups.
"Even very healthy folks. You know, we kind of take for granted that 'I'm in good shape, I can go out and run at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.' This is one of those scenarios where you're going to want to rethink that. When it gets this hot, even folks in really good condition can be impacted by heat exhaustion."...
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/0 ... labor-day/
Casio is also predicting an all-time high demand record will be set this PM:
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Karmin vs. Lana Del Rey – Who Had the Better 'SNL' Performance?
In one corner, we have Karmin, the musical duo that performed 'Brokenhearted' for the 'Saturday Night Live' crowd this weekend. Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan got their start by becoming YouTube sensations, much like Lana Del Rey. Speaking of…
In the other, we have Lana Del Rey, who was the musical guest on 'SNL' a couple weeks ago and was harshly criticized for her performances of 'Blue Jean' and 'Video Games.'
So, who had the better performance on the 'Saturday Night Live' stage? Watch both their performances below and vote in our poll.
Karmin performs 'Brokenhearted'
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LETTER: Texas needs new representation in Congress
Fellow Texans: there is no place in the government of a Free People for an institution like the dreaded IRS. Yet not one of our elected congressmen has taken any action to relieve us of the IRS's action or abolish it. It was congress that granted the IRS its great power over us. Many Americans believe there is a vast conspiracy among congressmen to preserve both the income tax and IRS in order to maintain the power and wealth they have through them.
Mexico once tried to hold us down and render our hope of freedom empty; remember the Alamo? All Texas' patriots please vote in the primary of the incumbent and throw the traitor out. Vote for Satan himself, if you must; at least Texans would recognize who and what he is. Texas needs a completely new and fresh representation in congress. That goes for senator Cronyn too.
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An AHR Forum on History in the Digital Age
Shortly before this article went to press we learned of the death of our friend and colleague, Roy Rosenzweig. As a vice president of the AHA's Research Division (which oversees the AHR), as a member of the editorial board, as a moving force in the founding of the History Cooperative, as a pioneer in the field of digital publishing, and as contributor and cherished adviser, Roy's influence on this journal has been immeasurable. There will be many tributes to Roy's contributions across the profession. In a future issue of the AHR we would like to add to these tributes with our own, a forum on "History in a Digital Age," a subject where his work was pathbreaking and his vision truly prophetic. In anticipation of this project, we invite members to submit proposals for articles that discuss the ways in which digital technology has reshaped the writing, researching, and teaching of history. In addition, we will be interested in articles that demonstrate the potential for the new technology by including a significant digital component or web-based content in the presentation itself.
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At 226 Causeway St., the café is located between the historic North End and the TD Garden, home of the Boston Celtics. A street-level storefront, the building houses many businesses and organizations in the floors above.
Cafés are one of a number of ways we hope to engage consumers more directly in the years ahead. Here on Causeway Street, we are able to showcase the fruits of the enormous effort our farmer partners invest in growing the highest quality coffee, tea and chocolate. From time-to-time we have special presentations from farmers as well as "cuppings" led by our roasting and quality control staff.
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In the city, a bumper crop is something you get when you idle too close to the taxi in front of you in traffic. It never really meant a surfeit of glorious produce, which then brings about the pleasant dilemma of how we are to dispose of our bounty. No, that type of bumper crop belonged in the corner of my head right next to the wood nymphs and faeries, while I satisfy myself with what finds its way to our groceries and city markets.
But times are a-changing as more consumers see the need to: 1. Have fresher produce, untouched by chemicals (and in the process getting closer to the source of where our food comes from), and 2. Support our smaller local farmers (who are really such champs…go local farmers!). Small organic farms/farmers are forming cooperatives and groups to get their products to us. Concerned consumers are working directly with smaller farmers (who perhaps cannot afford to come all this way) to make available the treasures they offer.
So now, aside from the small farmers I see at my markets, and religiously try to support (especially if they show some spunk in trying to grow herbs not commonly available), it is not surprising that emails announcing "Organic tomatoes!" needing to be sold in 10-kilo batches filter down the food chain to little ole me. Organic, native tomatoes, grown by a newbie organic farmer, "grown using local community labor at fair wages"…would I be interested to buy? That would be a resounding yes! 🙂
We got a tomato-buying group together (10 kilos is a bit of a stretch for C and I no matter how much we like tomatoes) and placed our order of half red, half green tomatoes. I was thrilled when they arrived…truly looking all rosy and cheerful from a life without chemicals. We left for Hanoi the next day so my tomatoes had to take a nap in the fridge (I know, I know, but we had no choice) while we were away. When we got back I was faced with the tomatoes, at this point having to all be used without further delay.
Ah! The "pleasant dilemma of how we are to dispose of our bounty"…this is how we solved it…
Pickled Green Tomatoes
(adapted and pieced together from various recipes)
- Green tomatoes, about 1 kilo
- 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 bay leaves
- Black pepper
– Place vinegar, water, sugar, salt, bay leaves, and pepper in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for a couple of minutes.
– While you are bringing the pickling solution to a boil, slice your tomatoes into quarters lengthways. Stuff the slices into clean/sterilized (I boil them) glass jars.
– After the pickling solution has boiled for a couple of minutes pour into the jars with the tomatoes until about 1/2 or 1/4-inch from the top, making sure all the tomatoes are covered. Cover and let cool.
– When cool, place in the fridge. Let it rest for about a day before eating. Serve with smoked, grilled, or fried fish. A nice condiment to add to your hamburger sandwiches too!
Tomato Chutney
(adapted from Modern Classics 1 by Donna Hay)
- Ripe tomatoes, about 500-600 grams, roughly chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper
– Simmer everything (except the salt and pepper) in a saucepan or a deep frying pan, uncovered, for about 30 minutes or until thickened. Mine took longer than 30 minutes…about 45 minutes – 1 hour until it was nice, thick, and sticky.
– Add salt and pepper to taste, stir, and simmer a bit more, about 5 minutes, then take off the heat.
– Immediately pour into cleaned/sterilized jar/s, cover, and turn sealed jar upside down until cool.
– When cool, turn right-side-up and store in fridge. Serve with savory tarts or pies, or use as relish in ham/roast chicken sandwiches.
Oven-roasted Tomatoes
(adapted from Falling Cloudberries by Tessa Kiros)
- Ripe tomatoes, about 1-1.5 kilos
- Olive oil for drizzling and for storing
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and lightly crushed
– Preheat the oven to 200C (400F). Line a baking tray with aluminum foil and brush with oil. You can use a tray or a jelly roll pan, or even a cookie sheet that's got a little sides.
– Slice the tomatoes in half lengthways and place snugly side by side in the baking tray, seeded side up. Drizzle with some olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
– Bake for around 15 minutes or until you see the tomatoes sizzling and coloring, then lower the temperature to 150C (300F) for another 1 1/2 hours until they are a little shriveled but not completely dried out. I lowered it to 170-180C and kept it for about 2 hours until I liked the way they looked. They will look similar to the sun-dried tomatoes you get in the store but meatier and not as dried – and tons more gorgeous 😉
– Leave tomatoes to cool then transfer them to a clean/sterilized jar. Place the 2 garlic cloves in the jar and cover everything with olive oil – you can add more herbs and/or spices in here if you like. Store in the fridge.
All recipes were adapted to the tomato quantities we had and are very flexible. Note also that I do not follow any approved procedures for sterilizing and canning. These are immediately refrigerated and consumed shortly after. They are not for long-term storage.
C is loving the pickled green tomatoes…having it as a siding (or what he likes to call pampaganang espesyal) with tinapang bangus (smoked milkfish). The tomato chutney still waits in the fridge for an occasion to trot its sweet-and-sour-y goodness out. My favorite of the bunch though is the oven-roasted tomatoes! The slow-roasting essentially concentrated all the tomatoes' sweetness and intensified its flavor exponentially. I have used it in salads, pasta, and in one delicious tomato/mozzarella/basil tart! And it is so easy to make! I use the oil it is soaking in as well, adding it to pasta sauces and salad dressings.
I've got more local purveyors lined up to try out – this time for fruits and dairy products. My palate is tingling in anticipation 🙂 Go out and support your local farmers today!I'm submitting this homage to tomatoes and the valiant small farmers who grow them to Weekend Herb Blogging, that wonderful event that celebrates everything that plants can give us 🙂 WHB was created by Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen and this week's round is hosted by Laurie of Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska.


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And we're back!
The quick excuse for my absence? Some seriously ugly nausea and exhaustion for the last four months has bumped this blog to a back burner, as much the rest of my life. But in nineteen more weeks John and I should have a baby girl. Everybody's telling me the puking is worth it, and that I might even forget about it once Baby Josie's here, so there you go. At least now I want to drink coffee again.
As if tax season and pregnancy weren't enough, I've given myself nineteen weeks to get the first draft of the first Harvester book finished. I'm at 43k right now, so it's not entirely unthinkable, although since I've yet to hit that momentum stride, most mornings it seems a lofty, ridiculous goal. But I am able to get up at 5 am these days, when I couldn't a month ago, and I consider that a terrific step forward. I'm intending to use this blog as a check-in for wordcount and momentum, at least weekly, and hopefully that will help me get back in the swing of things. Plus, it's a place to complain about the issues I'm having.
For example, blocking. That's been on my mind a lot, given the mistakes I made with the three books before this. All were YA, so not only am I having to do a lot of revising as I actually go in order to keep this from being too Harry Potter, but there where there was previously (in the last books) a lot of waking up in the morning, getting from one place to another, going to sleep, etc…now there's just me staring at the page, wanting to avoid that issue completely. Problem is, in a lot of places I just don't know how, especially when Heloise's City is every bit as much a character as her. So that might be an issue I grow with, or I let it be ugly and wrong as I write, and then go back and fix upon revisions – which is easier said than done.
In the meantime, some worthwhile links:
- My pal Brooke Bolander's wild woman tale is up at Lightspeed.
- This Lev Grossman article, which vastly encouraged me. I have such strong opinions when it comes to books (and short stories, for that matter) and this was written so eloquently that I found a good deal of encouragement in it, both for the state of the market and the eternal why-do-people-like-the-shit-they-like question.
And because this is Valentine's Day, some four-legged love.


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Stir-Fried Chicken with Holy Basil
Reprinted with permission from Bangkok Street Food by Tom Vandenberghe and Eva Verplaetse. Copyright © 2010. Published by Lannoo. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
Read more: Bangkok Street Food's Stir-Fried Chicken with Holy Basil
- Yield:serves 2 to 3
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:15 minutes
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 8 ounces chicken breast, boned and chopped in small pieces
- 2 big red chiles, chopped finely
- 2 handfuls of holy basil (bai krapao)
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons water or chicken stock
Heat the wok on a medium heat. Add oil and garlic, stir-fry for
a few seconds. Turn on the heat and add the chicken. Add chilli
and half of the basil. Stir-fry for 1 minute, add fish sauce, sugar and
water or stock. Turn down the heat on low. Add the rest of the basil,
stir-fry for a few seconds and serve on rice.
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We compete for prizes ... for promotions ... for parking spaces.
We compete to see who's fastest ... who's strongest ... who can eat the most hot dogs in 10 minutes.
"Competition makes the world go 'round," write Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman in their book, "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing," to be published Tuesday.
Still, many of us are ambivalent about it. We may praise the competitiveness of some (say, certain popular athletes), disparage the competitiveness of others (say, certain obnoxious colleagues) and deny that we ourselves are competitive at all (in order to suggest what nice people we are).
All of us compete to some extent. "But we have different makeups that make us different types of competitors," Bronson says. As it turns out, age matters. Gender matters. The gene for one particular enzyme matters. And that's just for starters.


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The retail sales industry sells finished products to end-user consumers. This broad swath of the economy includes stores that sell clothing, shoes, electronics, computers, furniture, appliances and hardware, as well as department and convenience stores, mail order and vending machine companies and shopping malls.
The industry's leader in terms of federal campaign giving during the 2014 cycle was Uline Inc at almost $5.1 million. Following Uline in campaign contributions were home improvement and construction supply giant Home Depot at nearly $2.9 million, the ever-popular Wal-Mart at over $1.8 million, and Amway/Alticor Inc at around the same amount.
Since the 1990 election cycle, the retail industry has given more than $219 million to federal candidates and parties, giving 59 percent of that total to Republicans.
The retail industry spent a record $57.5 million on lobbying in 2014. The top spenders during that year were CVS Health at nearly $14.8 million, Wal-Mart Stores at $7 million, and the International Council of Shopping Centers at over $3.6 million.
Trade and import policy, taxes, antitrust and labor and workplace laws are among the top issues for the retail industry in Washington. One piece of legislation that the Inernational Council of Shopping Centers has lobbied heavily on in 2015 and in years past is the Marketplace Fairness Act. The bill would allow sales taxes to be collected in a given state during a transaction originating from online and catalog retailers, though only after that state has simplified its sales tax laws.
-- Alex Lazar
Updated August 2015
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Damaged #5 Earns A 4.5/5 Rating
(02/02) Unleash the Fanboy features Damaged #5 in this week's review series.
Nerd Reactor Sizes Up Damaged #5
(02/01) "If you're a fan of action flicks and cop thrillers," you'll definitely like Damaged.
Top Hat Sasquatch Reviews Damaged #5
(01/30) Top Hat Sasquatch takes an honest look at Damaged #5.
Playback:STL Reviews Damaged #5
(01/27) Damaged is "a good example of how to use genre conventions skillfully."
Nerdlocker Reviews Damaged #5
(01/27) The crew at Nerdlocker weigh in on Damaged #5.
Preview Damaged #5 at Kitty's Pryde
(01/23) Preview Damaged #5 and learn how to win Damaged #1-5.
Bad Haven Praises Damaged #5, Features Contest
(01/23) Damaged #5 is "another great issue that will leave you wanting more."
Damaged #5 Does Not Disappoint
(01/23) Comic Buzz gives Damaged a 9/10, calling it "a great comic."
Damaged is a "Must-Read"
(01/23) Damaged "gives Frank Castle a run for his money!" says The Pull Box.
Damaged #5 is Another Solid Issue
(01/23) Damaged is "coming together well," according to Fandom Post.
Comics Anonymous Cheers Damaged #5 On
(01/19) It's possible Damaged could just be too good, raves reviewer G-Man.
Preview Damaged #5
(01/17) Preview the first ten pages of Damaged #5, out this February 1st.
ComicBookMovie Gives Damaged A 4.25/5
(01/17) Damaged is "executed with flawless precision."
Damaged is "A Ripping Good Read"
(01/09) Comics Cavern calls the creative team behind Damaged "a match made in comics heaven."


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Designer da tutto il mondo stanno presentando le loro proposte per APZ23 per il design di logo - custom.
This newly formed interactive agency is in need of a logo. The logo will be used on a simple web site to and business cards to start as well as company letterhead. We will eventually invest in a web site and other company brochure materials.
Drive Action Digital
The Drive Action Digital is a newly formed digital marketing agency made up of senior level executives who have worked for larger agencies in the past. Our success and reputation has always been directly attributed to our honesty, sincerity, trust and integrity. We believe that these core values are exactly what the marketplace needs in this time of economic uncertainty and conservative spending. Our business objectives are to bring high quality digital marketing services at very aggressive prices to companies of any vertical and size. We don't just want to work with the big marque brand names. In fact, we take great pride in helping the mid market companies take their businesses to the next level.
We will be providing services such as web design & development, search marketing, mobile marketing, display advertising, email marketing and network service & support.
We are in need of a logo that can be used on cards, letterhead and a website. And while I recognize that the company initials are DAD, I would like to try and avoid the company to be referred to that way.
- clean
- simple
- professional
- trustworthy
- works on white background
- no DAD logos please
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