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State of California Department of Justice
Tobacco Highlights 2003
- Press Release - November 9, 2003
The Office of the Attorney General Announces Agreement to Remove Tobacco Ads from News Magazines Sent to High Schools and Middle Schools
- October 30, 2003 -
Court upholds trial court decision that R.J. Reynolds violated California's tobacco sampling law. Confirms $14.8 million civil penalty against R.J. Reynolds.
View the Lockyer v. RJ Reynolds opinion, pdf.
- Press Release - September 30, 2003
The Office of the Attorney General Announces Agreement to Curb Tobacco Sales to Minors in Wal-Mart Stores Youth Smoking Deals Now Cover Top Retailer, Drug Store and Oil Company
- Press Release - July 29, 2003
The Office of the Attorney General Announces Agreement to Curb Tobacco Sales to Minors at ARCO Stations Deal Reduces Youth Access to Cigarettes at 1,250 Retail Outlets in California
- July 25, 2003 -
ARCO Assurance of Voluntary Compliance.
View the ARCO Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, pdf.
- July 25, 2003 -
Federal court dismisses lawsuit filed by tobacco giants
R. J. Reynolds and Lorillard which challenged constitutionality
of California tobacco education media campaign. Using tobacco
excise taxes to fund tobacco control media campaign does not violate
companies' rights to freedom of speech, fair jury, and due process.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company v.
Diana M. Bonta, Director of the California Department of Health
Services and Dileep G. Bal, Acting Chief of the Tobacco Control
Section of the California Department of Health Services Case No.
- View the Court's Order, pdf filed on July 22, 2003.
- View the Court's Order, pdf filed on July 23, 2003 (correcting a clerical error in the July 22, 2003 order.)
March 27, 2003 -
California Supreme Court denies R.J. Reynold's request for review of March 2003 Court of Appeal's decision in case involving outdoor advertising restrictions imposed by MSA. Lower court decision is now final. The company may not post billboards or other signs advertising its Winston sponsorships at auto race tracks more than 90 days before and 10 days after a sponsored event at the site. People of the State of California v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (2003) 107 Cal.App.4th 516, 132 Cal. Rptr 2d. 151.

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Coyotes fans only (hoping for at least 2 comments)
Coyotes fans only (hoping for at least 2 comments)
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I sure do hope they stay!
I dont think anbody in phoenix really cares if the coyotes stay or not
lol i know u did but are you getting it
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I think they will end up staying in glendale due to the way the owner has been a little sneak and went behind the NHL's back after an agreement and then filing for bankruptcy.So I hope the judge sees it that way.I love the coyotes and will be devestated if they get moved.******* you moyes!!
I'm in Arizona so I guess you could consider me a "fan", but really no one here really gives a crap about them. The management has failed to put a winner on the ice so no one wants to go see an average NHL team every year out in an undeveloped area.
i am not a coyotes fan ( i do like there jerseys though) but if they can't make money in arizona i dont think they should be there. I know they havn't put a good team on the ice, but i doubt even if they did have a playoff team that they could fill the jobing.com arena. On the other hand i hope Jimmy B. doesn't get them.
i am a huge hockey fan and am an Arizona native. I support my local teams as much as i can and hope the coyotes do end up staying. Although the coyotes are not doing well and Jerry decides to pull a plug of whitch he gave rights up on. Rules are rules and what Jerry did is strait up wrong. Obviously the coyotes arent the greatest team and have a lot of work to do before they can be a playoff team. I think they have a god shot after ysterdays hearing and what ammo was brought and what was submitted on behalf of the NHL and there side. One thing I must admit to feeling sorry for is the kid to be drafted by either the coyotes or Hamilton "somethings". My fingers are crossed.
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Austin Begins To Show Us What Broadband Competition Was Supposed To Look Like
from the unfamiliar-territory dept
While Google Fiber may never be a nationwide broadband presence, the company's entry into a handful of markets has at least given us a hopeful glimpse at what healthy broadband competition should actually look like. In Austin, for example, Google Fiber expects to start connecting users later this year, offering symmetrical 1 Gbps connections for just $70 a month. They also offer a free (what a concept) 5 Mbps tier if you pay a one-time $300 connection fee. Google's market entry in turn prompted AT&T to promise $70 1 Gbps connections in order to save face. More recently, a cable operator by the name of Grande Communications joined the fun, promising 1 Gbps lines for $65. Even Time Warner Cable, not known for aggressive or even pro-active deployments, is now offering 300 Mbps in Austin.
The result is a market that in fairly short order should show us what actual broadband competition in the United States was supposed to look like:
"Grande's entry suggests it isn't only large, national businesses that can compete when it comes to offering high-speed broadband. Austin is fast becoming the site of an arms race among broadband providers at a time when many U.S. communities are dominated by one or perhaps two companies. But there's a good reason for that: The city is already known for its forward thinking. Thanks in part to conferences like SXSW, university students and big health-care centers, Austin has become "a mecca for creative and entrepreneurial people," according to Google."Granted this isn't all sunshine and roses. It should be noted that at the moment nobody in Austin is actually signed up for a 1 Gbps connection yet. This being AT&T, their version of competition (since it's so unfamiliar to them) is also a little, uh, creative. The company will only offer you that 1 Gbps line for $70 if you agree to be snooped upon by AT&T's "Internet Preferences" deep packet inspection technology, which monitors and monetizes all of your browsing data. Otherwise you'll pay $100 a month, which AT&T amusingly insists is a "$30 savings." AT&T's 1 Gbps connections are also actually 300 Mbps connections until upgrades are finished later this year, and they're mostly being aimed at higher-end developments under the pretense of a broader deployment.
That leads me to the fact that while Google Fiber has resulted in some real competition in the very-limited number of locations they operate, they've also spawned a new phenomenon I've affectionately labeled "fiber to the press release." That's where a company proudly crows that they're offering 1 Gbps lines in a press statement, without actually saying where, when or to how many users. Our press being as they are, nobody bothers to actually ask those questions. This effectively has resulted in several companies proclaiming they're investing in cutting edge networks without actually, uh, doing much of that. The announcements are a bit theatrical in nature but tend to be entirely ambiguous when it comes to hard data (the branding for these phantom services, however, is usually lovely).
At the same time the 1 Gbps mark seems to have captured the nation's imagination, even if most people have no idea what to do with that much speed (which is a good thing). Still, Austin's going to see more robust broadband competition than 90% of the nation, and it's all thanks to a search engine that was pissed off about the state of broadband competition and decided to do something about it. Hopefully there are a few more deep-pocketed dreamers out there that are unwilling to settle, because the country needs a lot more help lighting a fire under all-too-comfortable mono/duopolies.


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"Whatever" remains the most annoying word or phrase in the English language, a poll indicates.
Almost one-third, 32 percent, of the adults surveyed selected "whatever." Another 21 percent picked "like" and 17 percent "you know."
"Just sayin" was the only other phrase to break into double digits at 10 percent. Another 9 percent picked "Twitterverse" and 5 percent "gotcha."
"Whatever" has now been in the top spot for four years running. But it has lost ground from last year when 38 percent found it most annoying.
Older respondents, non-college graduates and people with incomes under $50,000 were more likely to be annoyed by "whatever." Respondents under 45, college graduates and those with larger incomes tended to go for "like."
Marist surveyed 1,246 adults by telephone Dec. 4-6. The margin of error is 2.8 percentage points.


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|View Poll Results: Hanasaku Iroha - Episode 7 Rating
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|2011-05-16, 02:33
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I guess that's where the disagreement comes from,I completely understand where your coming from,but never once while watching this show have I felt like I'm watching a different show.Though I guess there's not much use debating the issue since that's pretty subjective.
From applejuice's blog
|2011-05-16, 02:41
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Seriously, now we're calling it an 'identity crisis'? From our eyes, maybe, but don't you think that the producers have had this in mind from the beginning?
"We want a show about drama that doesn't take things too heavily."
Look at the first episode. Ohana's mom eloping scene was probably the first where everyone thought: "Whut?...Ohana just took it in without any drama?" Also further in that episode with Minko was also a part where drama is supposed to play, but it had comedy mixed in instead. Of course, there were also true drama scenes in the episode with Ko confessing and grandma slapping.
Again, the people who are disappointed are the people who expected too much or something else than what it is, myself included. Episode 1 and 2 were too promising to not to. Come down to reality guys, this is a 26 episode show. That's a lot of episodes to fill with serious and fast paced story telling. You'll be at the end of your carefully made story before you know it.
|2011-05-16, 02:59
|Link #83
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
It's very much a heartfelt show, and hence what makes it great is actually the exact same thing that makes K-On! season 2 better than season 1. It just happens to do it much better than K-On's second season because its not just doing it as a way of applying a new coat of paint to an existing franchise. Plus, Hana-Saku has been building a storyline in a "mosiac" fashion each episode, likely setting up some decent drama later on.
It someone were to extract the best elements of K-On! and True Tears and combine them into one work, I imagine the result would look a lot like Hana-Saku Iroha.
(Yes, I did just bring K-On! into this... I can feel the laser sights on my back as I type.)
As for the comparison with Angel Beats - in my opinion, all of the elements in Angel Beats belonged there and it was time allocation that created so many issues. They needed to spend more time doing more stories like the one in episode 10 before moving on to the finale, and also building Otanashi's relationship with Kanade. Hana-Saku, by contrast, is a 26 episode show and is fleshing out Ohana's relationship with the inn and its other workers practically every episode.
|2011-05-16, 03:31
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Exactly, I don't know where this "identity crisis" but the aiming of this show has be quite clear to me since episode 1.
The simple fact that Ohana took things away it is without much drama, shows that this show was never intend to be the type of show that is conflict-filled emotional roller-coaster. And the tags & synopsis of the show as well as the manga adaption has always been stated as Ohana's work/grow-up experiences and the colorful characters around her.
0utf0xZer0's description of "sentimental" anime is probably a better description than my "healing" anime, and so far this is exactly what this show is and have been, in fact it has been textbook of those types so far. It's a show that has more similarities with K-On than say Angel Beat or Kanon. I best description would be a comedy version of Maria-sama ge Miteru without the yuri-goodness.
The way I see it right now, at most there will be 2 "maybe" 3 dramatic event that will impact Ohana, other than that it's just going to be about the simple daily lives of everyone in the hotel and the show ends with a happy, life-goes on type ending. Nothing overly-dramatic.
As for Kou, I really don't see how he'll impact the story. Is this is a romantic love show and Kou is the main character, then sure. But as someone pointed out he is way back in Tokyo and Ohana never seem to sees him more than childhood friend. The most I can see is that his visit causes someone to start to act on advancement toward Ohana and that could end up be one of the central conflict of the show.
Another potential drama point might be grandma's illness. Depends on how severe it is, it could lead to reconciliation between grandma and mom and flashes out exactly what causes them to grow apart in the first place.
But that'll pretty much be it and I expect more light-hearted, character-based episodes to the rest of cast in between.
|2011-05-16, 03:34
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Just to be clear, I was using the term "you" in a general sense when I wrote "It can be a bit jarring and leave you wondering what exactly the anime is aiming for overall."
I wasn't referring to you specifically there.
Reckoner earlier provided one good reason why some of us viewed it that way. Ohana was hit pretty hard by disappointment after meeting everybody at the Inn. She took Minchi's "Die!" comments pretty seriously, and she took everything kind of seriously, in my opinion. In my view, that gives everything a very serious and dramatic feel. I mean, Ohana is the main character, and so her reactions can and often will go a long way in determining how viewers will take what's shown on screen.
Anohana's approach, for example, is much less "mosaic" in nature, and much more consistent and methodical, with every episode tying into the last and the one before it.
The same was also true of how Madoka Magica approached its drama.
|2011-05-16, 03:41
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If only we can set up a poll to settle this. But i can't see Hanasaku Iroha a slice-of-life series. It can be drama, romantic, comedy, but no way that it's a slice of life. As i found an excellent point on how slice-of-life support to/should not have any conflicts, expositions, or denouements, on top of its "cut-out sequences" format
On Ko... maybe he comes here to finish his own role in this anime... the poor bastard gonna see his unrequited love being crushed to pieces *insert evil laugh*
But seriously, Ohana should not end up with one guy out of sympathy. She never notice him, and only started to concern after seeing his sympathetic self and realised the hardship on unrequited love (after looking at Minko). When she is accepted by everyone else in recent episodes, she surely did not concern much about Ko and his current state. But who know, PA showed their ability to pull pairing out from nowhere *coughangelbeatscough*. I won't be surprised if they just go out of logic to pull up some random romance
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|2011-05-16, 04:03
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Speaking of K-on, Nakochi's VA is doing a pretty good job, giving a nice 'please tease me' vibe with her voice.
(Which, in turn, reminds be of Clannad's Kotomi's (incidentally, voiced by Noto IIRC) patented 'Are you a bully?'.... Ahhhh.....*shudders*)
|2011-05-16, 04:13
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|2011-05-16, 04:27
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Forced comedy, tropes, exaggeration or slapstick comedy seems to be much better handled by Jun Maeda, I actually laugh at some of it.
Granted, I perfectly agree that Okada is better at laying groundwork for social commentary issues including relationships and romance than Maeda is. True Tears, Wandering Son, AnoHana and even Toradora to an extent all show this.
|2011-05-16, 04:40
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Not to mention Mari Okada actually has pretty good track record with her script works (Rozen Maiden, Fate/Stay, ToraDora, ARIA, The Book of Bantorra, True Tears, Kuroshitsuji,etc.) which led her to unusually heavy workload this year.
This year was not even half-way and she had already involved in script with GOSICK, Fracles, Hourou Musuko, AnoHana, and HanaIro and is the in charge of Series composition for all but AnoHana. Not to mention so far all of the series she involves in have received mostly positive feedbacks and acclimations from fans and critics alike.
|2011-05-16, 04:46
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 33
I'd just like to echo the earlier sentiment that this show is a different beast than True Tears or Ano Hana. It doesn't "have" to be like those shows to achieve "greatness". This show attempts an approach that showcases the mixtures of comedy and drama in its setting that, for me, is actually closer to real life than the two aforementioned shows have managed in their current states.
Yes this show isn't consistent in it's setting and it's tone, but that's exactly why I love it: it's not straight up drama or comedy all the time, instead showing that the lives of people isn't in a stagnant world of daily tribulations or daily wackiness. What it lacks in consistency it more than makes up for in dynamism, giving us human lives and the very varying events in it, which isn't only always sadness of gut-busting laughter. One of the reasons why I loved Toradora was because both the source material and Okada Mari knew how to blend both together and not getting trapped and pigeonholed into a specific genre.
|2011-05-16, 04:52
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Age: 26
Why do I say Hanasaku has an identity crisis? I'll add a lot more stuff later, but I'll describe episode 1 to you, and then I want people to try and link this episode with episodes 3 and 7. If this doesn't seem like a different show, well hopefully the rest of what I'll add will.
Episode 1
The show opens up with a scene of the daily apartment life of Ohana and her mother. We're shown from the getgo that Ohana has an irresponsible mother and that Ohana has to take care of the house work. Now often times this sort of thing is played to either a dramatic or comedic effect. A good example of it being more comedic would be something like Toradora.
What does Hanasaku do? Not overly dramatic, but it portrays it in a seemingly natural way, as if this is supposed to be the way Ohana's life is. Ohana doesn't necessarily seem happy with it, but there doesn't seem like much she can do to change the situation. We the viewers look at the situation and think, "Oh, her mother kind of sucks, she's irresponsible." Again, Ohana doesn't make a big deal of it, but does express visible dissatisfaction with her current home life.
From the very beginning, the show was presented in a lively manner, but also a pretty down to earth. Will it be more comedic? Will it be more dramatic?
These questions seem to be answered later on in the episode. We transfer from Ohana's house life to her life in school with her friend Kou. There is a moment of two of silliness (Corn at bottom of can scene), but nothing overly extreme in comedy. It was around here that Ohana gave a speech about how she finds her current life dull, how she'll probably follow a pretty pragmatic lifestyle without much else. She expresses a liking for something a bit more dramatic.
What happens almost directly after? Well Ohana's mother decides she wants to run away without her and sends Ohana to live with her grandmother. Now again, with Ohana's reaction to the matter, the drama of such a scene is played down quite a bit, but Ohana doesn't certainly approve. We're supposed to feel for her and her situation, but Okada does her best here to not let the emotions weigh down too heavily. OK, so they aren't going for flat break neck speed drama. But so far the show hasn't been all that comedic in nature, though it's a bit charming and funny at times. It's a rather down to earth, coming of age story as far as I can tell.
So then Ohana precedes to notify Kou of the development and then a confession scene happens. Unlike the scene before, there is a bit more emotion put into this and it leaves Ohana something to think about as she goes on her new life's journey. Now Ohana isn't constantly worried to death about these issues, but it seems like it's starting to build up as evident in her train scene.
However, with the birth of a new world before her, and the shining sun, she holds hope for the new life she's about to receive. Could it be that dazzling sparkling life she has imagined? When she gets to the hotspring inn, this seems to be anything but the case. The first thing that happens is she comes to the inn is get a death threat from a girl for pulling out her plants. Now this wasn't a highly dramatic scene again, but it was yet another obstacle emotionally speaking for Ohana. From the beginning of her new life, she wasn't welcomed.
She then meets with her less than friendly grandmother who treats her pretty harshly, by putting her to immediate work. The rest of the staff doesn't treat her that well either. She continues to try her best and well this leads to the slapping scene which doesn't really need an explanation.
Overall, the first episode wasn't overly serious, but it seemed like a very well grounded, coming of age story. What exactly about these other episodes (3 and 7 specifically) seems to be well grounded?
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|2011-05-16, 04:54
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
EDIT: You know, despite me still liking HanaIro overall and my changed reception that HanaIro was going to be relatively a relatively down-to-earth serious coming of age story to a light-hearted comedy with some dramatic elements, I still think the premise of the first two episodes was totally wasted. Imo, Okada should pick this up the elements from the 2 episodes, change the setting/characters a bit, sign a contract with Production I.G or A-1 Pictures, find a notaminA timeslot and try again.
|2011-05-16, 05:02
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 33
And again I'd like to echo one of our sentiments that life isn't always hell on earth, nor is it always sugar raindrops and sunshine. I favor a life full of it's ups and downs, shifting from the middle of the spectrum and back and forth through its ends, rather than one that's always running through life's gauntlets or life's sunny fields. What I see from this show is a girl experiencing the multitude of things it has to offer, the good things, the bad things, and even the absurd. That's good enough for me.
|2011-05-16, 05:08
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
|2011-05-16, 06:00
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Guess what time it is?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Age: 32
I feel at this point like HanaIro knows what it wants to be, after a schizophrenic start. It's strongly character-driven, and presents absurd hijinks as framing devices for character development. This probably wouldn't work if they didn't close out each episode with a kind of stone-faced sincerity that turns all the utter nonsense into a vehicle for a fairly standard coming-of-age life lesson. Life at the inn returns to normal, and you can almost feel the characters resisting the urge to turn to the camera and say "You know, I learned something today..."
Honestly, I could do without the goofiness, but it works in it's own way, and it no longer feels like the series is steering off-course. This clearly is the course, and the formula is being followed pretty exactly, whether it's what I wanted from the start or not.
|2011-05-16, 06:20
|Link #98
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Even in the 2 episodes you mentioned all of the characters are acting to their set personalities. Ohana isn't too disturb on finding out adult novel, Minko becoming overly sensitive when it comes to cooking. If anything the only inconsistency I can find was Nako instinctively dive in the sea to save the writer (forgot his name), but that was explained by having swimming being the only thing Nako has confidence on herself.
Other than that I don't really see deviates the other episodes. If you want to argue that the Servival Gamers and adult-novel freeloader is too out of whack. Well, Episode 4 introduces quirky Yuina who likes to imitating different dialog, Episode 5 has this unrealistic setting where a large hotel needs to barrow staff from smaller hotel (granted things like that do happen but usually in reverse). Takako from Episode 6 is as out of park character as anyone else in the series. As for Episode 2, it was an episode that sets up the personality of every characters and directly impacts how they reacted to events in 3 and 7.
And I think it's fairly clear on the direction of the show to be in. The premise of the show from the beginning have been exactly the same. And using the famous line from Seinfield, it a show about nothing.
Just like the majority of American sitcoms...
|2011-05-16, 07:05
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Location: France
Age: 31
The main difference between this episode and the first one is that the balance between the comedy scenes and the drama was overturned (more than overturned in episode 3 and 7, but the drama and character development is still there). The end result is exactly the same: what's in front of us is a heartwarming character driven slice of life anime with a few dramatic elements, whose main purpose is to be relaxing. And so far, it's doing it masterfully.
|2011-05-16, 07:12
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Isle of Passion (Paperback)
In 1908, under orders to defend a tiny, isolated Pacific atoll from an improbable French invasion, Mexican captain Ramon Arnaud, his young bride, Alicia, and eleven soldiers and their families set sail for the so-called Isle of Passion. In this dire, forbidding place, a viable community is created under Ramon's guidance and inspired by Alicia's dedication. But they are soon forgotten by a motherland distracted by political upheaval and the first rumblings of World War I. Left to the mercies of nature and one another--falling victim one by one to disease, hunger, lust, despair, and, ultimately, violence--the castaways who remain must find strength in the courage and steadfast resourcefulness of Alicia Arnaud, upon whom their collective survival now depends.
Based on true events, Laura Restrepo's Isle of Passion is a brilliantly rendered and dramatic tale of savage human nature--and one woman's determination to triumph over a harrowing fate.
Praise For…
"Restrepo charts a wide and intense range of human experience in this compelling story of castaways."
-Washington Post
Arguably [Restrepo's] best: a ripping yarn that recreates an obscure historical incident…. Vivid and entertaining.
-Kirkus Reviews
"This extraordinarily gripping novel communicates surprising lessons on the human condition. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal (Starred Review)
"[A] finely wrought work."
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I was working on a presentation on Addison's disease that the attending wants for tomorrow (I don't know why he had to pick a post-call day, we'll be in the hospital forever as it is) and took a break to surf the news.
Last week I discovered a series of books called The Shadow Children, starting with Among the Hidden, by Margaret Petersen Haddix. The books are set in a near-future dystopia, where several years of famine have led to a totalitarian government which has made it illegal to have more than two children, because a third would consume too much food. Third children are killed whenever they're found, along with anyone who's been protecting them. I thought the writing was decent for the age level it's aimed at (young teens); my main complaint was that the plot seemed forced. Who could imagine a modern, civilized country descending to killing children just because they're born third?
Apparently the British organization Optimum Population Trust is heading that direction. Here's their press release and summary of a report to be released today which essentially concludes that having children contributes to global warming. The key number seems to be three: If you have three children, you're helping to destroy the world. Having only two will, according to the OPT, save 750 tons of carbon dioxide (whatever good that does) over the ~80 years that that extra child might have lived.
As a member of a family with many children, and one who hopes to have even more myself, some day, I am astonished and infuriated by this report. Honestly, you know what? If the OPT is so concerned about how much carbon dioxide each living person produces, how 'bout they and their environmentalist buddies stop making hypocritical reports, and take some definite action: go jump off an iceberg ensemble, and let the rest of us enjoy our lives and our children without their fussing and worrying. Fifty years from now, it will be plain to see that they are no more than Chicken Littles running around, screaming about the sky falling, heading straight for the mouth of the hungry fox (big government). Jesus said that whoever offends a little child would be better drowned with a millstone. Logically enough, the OPT's goals (scroll down to population policy for the UK) include encouraging abortions. Would you enviro-Nazis please stop making CO2, already? Just stop. The edge of the iceberg is right this way!


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Hello, Seligne! Welcome to Wikitravel.
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Welcome and great work
Hi Seligne, Just wanted to drop you a note and say how I've admired your work here. If you have ever thought of becoming a volunteer administrator, please contact me and let's talk. Also: do you contribute on any other language versions?--IBobi talk email 16:01, 13 September 2012 (EDT)
Thanks much
I take that as high praise indeed, coming from you. I have no clue what a volunteer admin might do, but I am open to helping the wiki community in any way that I can. Frankly, I have reading ability in French and German, and, incipiently, Thai, but I am a newbie and have not gone poking around other language versions. In fact, figuring out how to reply to your communication is taxing my current skill set. I hope this makes it to you! seligne 17:37, 13 September 2012 (EDT)Seligneseligne 17:37, 13 September 2012 (EDT)
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Thanks for your message. Your contributions have been extremely valuable and I am really sorry if I have mistaken your explanation about the edit you made. I'll make sure to restore your post as soon as possible. Thanks, EDB 08:43, 26 October 2012 (EDT)
I'm sorry I could not really answer your question. --singaporeAlice 18:03, 29 October 2012 (EDT)
I admire the contributions you are making to South East Asian and especially Thailand articles, but I was rather puzzled by this edit and the accompanying edit comment you made: "WiFi is the preferred WT standard".
This is because, since 7 November 2007, the advice given at Abbrev.#Contact has been clearly different: "Wi-Fi is used for wireless internet using access points (hotspots)"
Does this advice to use Wi-Fi (with a hyphen) differ from advice given on some other policy page, please? --singaporeAlice 22:21, 16 November 2012 (EST)
IBobi is correct and I stand corrected. I went back and checked the record and I was discussing this issue with Felix505, who instructed me to go with "WiFi" as opposed to "Wi-Fi". My apologies to IBobi for not verifying this at the outset. seligne 21:46, 19 November 2012 (EST)Seligne
Baht or ฿ ?
I'm having second thoughts about changing baht to ฿ as our standard.
Here's why:
1) Colleagues tell me that ฿ is not very often seen in Thailand - บาท or บ is used instead
2) If it is used, Thai usage is to put ฿ after the amount - not before, as our current guidelines dictate
What do you think, Seligne?
I'd welcome hearing your thoughts here: http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel_talk:Currency&oldid=1955428#Baht_or_.E0.B8.BF_.3F --singaporeAlice 00:40, 17 November 2012 (EST)


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Press Release Archive
First Phase of 10-Year Master Plan — $16 Million Entry Plaza, Retail Shop and Restaurant — Unveiled Dec. 27 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
On Thursday, Dec. 27, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will unveil the first phase of improvements designed to dramatically enhance the guest experience. Those visiting during the holiday season will be among the very first to experience the attraction's brand new $16 million entry. The enhancements are part of a 10-year Master Plan developed by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessioner, Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, in partnership with NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
The new entry includes a grand plaza and fountain; ticket stations and self-service kiosks; will call, guest services and information stations; a retail shop; and a restaurant.
The new entry includes a grand plaza and fountain; ticket stations and self-service kiosks; will call, guest services and information stations; a retail shop; and a restaurant.
Seahawks and Sounders FC Select New Food and Beverage Provider at Stadium
RENTON, Wash. - The Seattle Seahawks, Sounders FC and First & Goal Inc. (FGI) announced today the selection of Delaware North Companies Sportservice, a global leader in sports hospitality, as the new exclusive food and beverage services provider at CenturyLink Field, CenturyLink Field Event Center and the WaMu Theater.
Delaware North Companies Sportservice and Texas Rangers Extend Partnership at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
BUFFALO, N.Y. and ARLINGTON, Texas (Dec. 18, 2012) – Delaware North Companies Sportservice, a global leader in sports hospitality, and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a long-term contract extension at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Sportservice has served as the Rangers' food and beverage provider since the ballpark opened in 1994, and took on retail services in 2012.
Delaware North Companies Helps Travelers with Last Minute Gift Ideas at Airports
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Dec. 19, 2012) – The holiday season is in full swing. For millions of people, that means it's time to pack the bags and shuffle off to the airport. If you got through security and realized that you forgot a gift for a loved one, there is still plenty of shopping that can be done – at the airport.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to Open Dec. 25 for the First Time; Free Child Admission with Paid Adult Dec. 17 - Jan. 7
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is celebrating the holidays by opening to guests on Christmas Day for the first time in 45 years, and offering a holiday gift to visitors: one child age 11 and under free with the purchase of a paid adult admission Dec. 17 through Jan. 7.
Delaware North Joins PRO*ACT as First Hospitality Partner In New Greener Fields Together™ Sustainability Program
BUFFALO, N.Y. and MONTEREY, Calif. (Dec. 4, 2012) – Delaware North Companies, one of the nation's largest hospitality groups, has signed an agreement to become the first major hospitality and foodservice company to join Greener Fields Together, the sustainability program recently launched by leading national produce distributor, PRO*ACT.
Delaware North Companies and the Jacobs Family Announce $1 Million Gift to Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship
BUFFALO, N.Y.,(Nov. 14, 2012) –Delaware North Companies and the Jacobs family declared their support for the Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship today with a $1 million gift.
When added to previous commitments from Western New York individuals, families, organizations and businesses, more than $17.5 million has now been raised locally to provide postsecondary tuition scholarships for graduates of Buffalo public and charter schools.
Delaware North Companies Debuts First Location of Food Network Kitchen at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (November 8, 2012) – Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, one of the nation's leading airport food service concessionaires and retail companies, in partnership with Food Network, today, debuted the nation's first airport outpost of Food Network Kitchen at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The grand opening celebration of the restaurant took place in Terminal 3, Concourse F, and was attended by city and county elected officials and dignitaries as well as by Delaware North Companies, Food Network and Broward County Aviation executives.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Offers Rare Opportunity For Guests to View Atlantis Inside its New Home
Beginning Saturday and continuing through Nov. 11, visitors to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will have a limited opportunity to see Space Shuttle Atlantis inside its new home.
Second Annual Great Barrier Reef Swim at Heron Island a Huge Success
AUSTRALIA (Oct. 29, 2012) – After a successful inaugural swim for 2011 that sold out within days, Oceanswims.com in conjunction with Heron Island held the second annual Great Barrier Reef Swim on October 18-22, 2012. Accompanied by well-known, highly respected coaches of elite swimmers and Olympians, ocean swimmers of all ages took part in the sold-out competition.


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Is it really a shocker, Mom, that daughter 'defriended' you?
Q: My daughter kept posting on Facebook stuff about her exercise/marathon program: shoes with toes, boxing stuff, running stuff, volleyball ... she is a professional, single woman with two kids under 10. After a while, I laughed to myself and posted: "changed my mind, maybe you should get married."
She "defriended" me.
Whaddayathink? In retrospect, she probably defriended me a long time ago ... for some strange reason, she resents me. So I haven't been in touch with her in months.
A: I think that when a mother mocks her adult daughter's interests publicly — and invokes what is traditionally one of the sorest possible subjects for extra, public laffs — and then is shocked, shocked! when it offends, the mother sounds awfully disingenuous. And frankly kind of mean.
Unless the daughter tends to find such ribbing funny. But, she doesn't, does she.
You seem to know the route for getting under your daughter's skin. It also seems as if your daughter marks that route clearly with slightly-too-loud (and therefore slightly defensive-sounding) announcements of her fitness accomplishments.
If she had written, then I'd ask whether she doth protest too much. But since you're the one who wrote, I'll ask you: Why not just say, "Yay!" then leave her be? Whence your impulse to tweak her, that's your "strange reason" right there.
Go ahead and ask about girlfriend's past connections
Q: After dating my girlfriend exclusively for 14 months, is it okay for me to ask the history between her and a male friend of hers? It is pretty obvious he is interested in her. He attends a class she leads that I often attend as well, and he and I are friendly. I just want to know if he is a former boyfriend, as one of her friends referred to him, but don't want to come off as the guy who controls her or is psycho-jealous. I think it's a fair question. I'm also curious if she still has contact with her ex, who lives across the country.
A: Of course it's okay to ask about both, as long as you don't demand intimate details or an undying loyalty oath. But it would have been more okay if you had asked her back when these questions first bubbled up. The mechanics of "psycho-jealous" aren't just in the curiosity, but instead in the timing and tone of the questions, as well as your investment in one outcome or another.
When they're part of the get-to-know-you process, such questions are a good way to learn about someone: "That guy in your class, is he an ex of yours, old friend, acquaintance from class ... ?"
When the questions come out 14 months into your relationship, on the other hand, and it sounds as if you're trying to phrase them just so, they suggest you have issues with these men and/or your girlfriend's ongoing contact with them.
Since you missed your opportunity to ask back when these men first entered the conversation, bring up the subject now by acknowledging that: "I should have asked this months ago, because I've been curious — (is Class Guy an ex)/(are you still in touch with Mr. Ex)?"
Straight questions and straight answers are rarely something to fear; dodging, from either side, is when alarms go into effect.


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Eric Hosmer named Kansas City Royals' nominee for 2013 Hank Aaron Award
Hall of Fame Panel Led by Hank Aaron Includes Roberto Alomar, Johnny Bench, Tony Gwynn,
Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray and Robin Yount
Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media announced that Eric Hosmer was named the Kansas City Royals' nominee for the 2013 Hank Aaron Award.
Hall of Fame Panel Led by Hank Aaron Includes Roberto Alomar, Johnny Bench, Tony Gwynn,
Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray and Robin Yount
Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media announced that Eric Hosmer was named the Kansas City Royals' nominee for the 2013 Hank Aaron Award.
Fans can vote exclusively online at MLB.com and the 30 Club sites. For the fourth straight year, a special panel of Hall of Fame players led by Hank Aaron will join fans in voting for the award, which is officially sanctioned by Major League Baseball and has recognized the most outstanding offensive performer in each League since it was established in 1999.
Hosmer enjoyed a breakout campaign, batting .302 with 34 doubles, 17 homers and 79 RBI. He led the American League with 60 multi-hit games, which were tied for the fifth-most in Royals history. The third-year first baseman ranked seventh in the league in hits (188), ninth in overall batting average (.302) and sixth in batting average vs. left-handed pitching (.323). On May 18, Hosmer was batting .244 with 4 doubles, a homer and 14 RBI, but since May 19, he hit .317 with a Major League-leading 156 hits, 30 doubles, 16 homers, 68 RBI and a .484 slugging percentage.
The Hall of Fame panel led by Aaron includes some of the greatest offensive players of all-time -Roberto Alomar, Johnny Bench, Tony Gwynn, Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray and Robin Yount. These Hall of Famers - who combined for 17,629 hits, 8,278 RBI and 1,723 home runs - have all been personally selected by Hank Aaron to lend their expertise to select the best offensive performer in each League.
Through October 10, fans will have the opportunity to select one American League and one National League winner from a list comprising of one finalist per Club. The winners of the 2013 Hank Aaron Award will be announced during the 2013 World Series.
"We knew all along that Eric has the capability of doing great things offensively, and it has been fun to watch him develop," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He was arguably the best offensive player in the American League during the second half of the year. His production was a big key as to why we had the best record in the league after the All-Star break."
"It is a great honor that Major League Baseball recognizes the most outstanding offensive performer in each League with an award in my name," said Hank Aaron. "The game is full of so many talented players today that I am thankful my fellow Hall of Famers and the fans assist in selecting the much deserving winners."
The finalists for the 2013 Hank Aaron Award are:
American League
Baltimore Orioles - Chris Davis
Boston Red Sox - David Ortiz
Chicago White Sox - Alexei Ramirez
Cleveland Indians - Jason Kipnis
Detroit Tigers - Miguel Cabrera
Houston Astros - Jason Castro
Kansas City Royals - Eric Hosmer
LA Angels of Anaheim - Mike Trout
Minnesota Twins - Joe Mauer
New York Yankees - Robinson Cano
Oakland Athletics - Josh Donaldson
Seattle Mariners - Kendrys Morales
Tampa Bay Rays - Evan Longoria
Texas Rangers - Adrian Beltre
Toronto Blue Jays - Edwin Encarnacion
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks - Paul Goldschmidt
Atlanta Braves - Freddie Freeman
Chicago Cubs - Nate Schierholtz
Cincinnati Reds - Jay Bruce
Colorado Rockies - Michael Cuddyer
Los Angeles Dodgers - Hanley Ramirez
Miami Marlins - Giancarlo Stanton
Milwaukee Brewers - Carlos Gomez
New York Mets - David Wright
Philadelphia Phillies - Domonic Brown
Pittsburgh Pirates - Andrew McCutchen
St. Louis Cardinals - Matt Carpenter
San Diego Padres - Will Venable
San Francisco Giants - Hunter Pence
Washington Nationals - Jayson Werth
Past winners of the Hank Aaron Award include: Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey (2012), Jose Bautista and Matt Kemp (2011), Bautista and Joey Votto (2010); Derek Jeter and Albert Pujols (2009); Aramis Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis (2008); Alex Rodriguez and Prince Fielder (2007); Jeter and Ryan Howard (2006); David Ortiz and Andruw Jones (2005); Manny Ramirez and Barry Bonds (2004); Rodriguez and Pujols (2003); Rodriguez and Bonds (2001-02); Carlos Delgado and Todd Helton (2000) and Manny Ramirez and Sammy Sosa (1999).
The Hank Aaron Award was introduced in 1999 to honor the 25th Anniversary of Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, and, at that time, was the first major award introduced by Major League Baseball in more than 25 years.


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Hello everyone, I just did an even problem in my book for practice but am not sure whether I am right or not.
The original problem was this: lim as THETA goes to zero, (cos@ -1)/(sin@)
Notice the @'s are supposed to be theta's.(Nod)
I started off by taking the conjugate, on top I ended up with
cos^2@ -1/(sin@)(cos@ +1), At this point I recognized there was a Pythagorean identity on top, so rewrote it as,
-sin^2@(sin@)(cos@+1), I was not sure where to go from here, but canceled one of the sin@ by virtue of the denominator. SO
-sin@/(cos@+1), I took the greatest denominator and applied it to top and bottom, and got, (-sin@/@)/(cos@/@ +1) THIS is where I am not sure whether or not to apply the @ UNDER the 1 or not, because then if I plugged in 0 it would equal infinity,which is probably wrong. So, the top and the bottom part go to 1 because of the limit rules, so I ended up with -1/2 as my final answer. Again, I am not sure if this is right or not. I appreciated anyone who takes their time to go through this.
This is a great website which I'm sure I will continue to use in the future.
Happy Easter everyone!(Hi)
Tried to use the symbols at the bottom but it messed up my equation, sorry.


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Expedia Verified Reviews
Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelJerusalem hotel with pool near the Old City
Popular property highlights
Near the holy sites
Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem is across the road from Independence Park, where guests can visit the Lion's Cave, believed to house ancient relics from the world's major faiths. It's a 15-minute walk to the city's holiest sites – the Western Wall, Temple Mount, and the majestic Dome of the Rock.
In-house beauty parlor
A session at the hotel beauty parlor will have even the weariest traveler looking and feeling great. There's an Italian restaurant with traditional kosher options and even an onsite synagogue. Guests can take a refreshing dip in the pool, work out at the fitness center, and unwind in the sauna.
City views, free WiFi
Every spacious, tasteful room offers a dramatic view of the Old City or modern Jerusalem, and some suites open onto private balconies. Guests can get online with free WiFi and watch a favorite cable show on the flat-screen TV with a drink from the minibar, before turning in to sleep on cozy bedding.
Languages Spoken
- English
Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem features a fitness center and an outdoor pool. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This luxury hotel also offers a library, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem has designated areas for smoking.
- Library
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of bathrooms - 1
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Snack bar/deli
- Shopping on site
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 270
- Number of floors - 22
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour health club
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Hebrew
- Russian
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Hair dryer
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Primavera - Onsite restaurant. Open select days.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center and an outdoor pool.
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Segway rental/tour nearby
Spa Services
The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures.
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- All citizens of Israel will be charged the national value-added tax
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: ILS 40 per night
Hotel Name
- Jerusalem Plaza Hotel
- Leonardo Hotel
- Leonardo Jerusalem Plaza
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- Leonardo Plaza
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- Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem
- Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem
- Jerusalem Sheraton
- Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Hotel Jerusalem
- Sheraton Jerusalem
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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UH Hilo to host international conference on Bush presidencyUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Director Media Relations
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will host an international conference to evaluate the recently concluded presidency of the nation's 43rd president, George W. Bush. The conference will be held July 29-31, 2009 at various locations on campus.
A number of internationally renown presidential scholars will discuss a wide range of topics, including: Presidential Power; War Powers; Executive Appointments; Law; Judicial Relations; Media and the overall Bush Legacy.
"Whether you supported or opposed President Bush, there's no question that his tenure in office brought about vast changes in the institution of the presidency," said Dr. Todd Belt, associate professor of political science and conference organizer. "This gathering will provide evaluations on numerous aspects of his presidency and their impact from some of the world's most knowledgeable experts."
Highlighting the conference will be the keynote address by Loyola Chair of Leadership, Dr. Michael A. Genovese, professor of political science and director of the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola University. Genovese will deliver an address entitled, "Sisyphus and Leviathan Meet Goldilocks and the Three Presidencies," which contrasts the constraints of the "routine" nature of much of what the president does with the expansion of presidential power during times of crisis.
Sessions will run from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 29, and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 30 and 31. Registration is $195.00 and includes entry into all plenary sessions, panels, the keynote address and meals on opening day. A special $50 Kamaʻaina discount will be offered to the first 50 Hawaiʻi residents to register prior to the July 15 deadline.
To register or for information on registration, contact the UH Hilo Conference Center at (808) 974-7555 or email email@example.com. For program-related information, contact Belt at (808) 974-7375 or email email@example.com.


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5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd., Hazelwood, Missouri - MO 63042
Phone number to St. Louis Outlet Mall mall
314 227 5900
Hours (mall)
Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 9:00 pm, Sunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm.
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I have a bad habit of making photocopies at libraries, courthouses, etc. and then letting them sit around and not getting them digitized or the data input into my genealogy database. Because of this, I'm sure I've paid twice for information that I already had or perhaps have worked on a problem that the solution was available in the stacks of paper.
I also want to try to get this family information organized between my Rootsmagic database and my online Ancestry.com tree. I would hate for some of this information to not be shared with others. I'm at the age where I'm starting to realize my own mortality, and don't want to not pass on what I've found.
I spent most of yesterday and today scanning the files, working through the piles that had been previously sorted by maternal, paternal and other lines. Slowly, but surely, my intention is to post the information to my blog, add it to the Ancestry tree, and then dispose of the paper. I'm getting tired of being a packrat for paper. Unless the document is an official copy of a birth certificate, I don't see the need to keep a copy.


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Results of a 2 x 2 Phase III Randomized Trial of Synchronous Chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) Compared to Radiotherapy (RT) Alone and Standard vs. Reduced High Volume RT in Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC) (BC2001 CRUK/01/004)
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: November 1, 2010
Authors: N. James1, S. Hussain1, E. Hall2, P. Jenkins3, J. Tremlett4, C. Rawlings5, M. Crundwell6, R. Waters2, R. A. Huddart2
1 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2 Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
3 Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
4 Brighton and Susgender University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, United Kingdom
5 South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation, Torbay, United Kingdom
6 Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
- No trials have been undertaken directly comparing cystectomy and bladder-preservation for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
- Chemo-radiation (bladder preservation) has been advocated for selected patients with muscle-invasive disease.
- ChemoRT regimens have resulted in OS of 50-60% at 5 years, OS with intact bladder of 40% , and 80% alive with intact bladder
- There are 2 main concerns about bladder preservation compared with radical cystectomy:
- Toxicity of radiation therapy on bladder function
- Field cancerization effect, whereby 30-50% of patients experience a local recurrence (~50% invasive and ~50% superficial), either in the area of tumor or in a different part of bladder
- As a result, when bladder preservation is selected, close surveillance is critical.
- BC2001, the trial presented here, tests the hypotheses that 1) synchronous CRT improves loco-regional control (compared to RT alone) and 2) reducing the volume of bladder irradiated to full RTdose reduces late toxicity without compromising tumor control.
- A pilot phase I/II study from the Birmingham group found a pathologic CR rate of 70% at three months and 1 yr PFS of 82% with 5FU/ MMC and concurrent radiation, therefore, the study group went forward with the Phase III trial described here.
Materials and Methods:
- Between August 2001 and April 2008, 458 pts were recruited
- This study is 2x2 factorial design, so is actually two trials in one. Due to the difficulty in accrual, the group decided to look at both chemo randomization for patients getting radiation and RT dose randomization
- Patients could be either double or single randomized to CRT vs. RT alone and/or to standard RT (sRT) vs reduced high-dose volume RT (rvRT)
- sRT: RT to tumor and whole bladder with 1.5cm margin
- rvRT: RT to tumor +1.5cm margin treated to 100 (+/-5)% target dose and remaining bladder to 80% target dose
- Patient eligibility included clinicalT2-T4a N0 bladder cancer, with no age cut-off
- 81% of pts were male, majority PS 0. Most pts were between 70-79; median age 73
- GFR > 25 ml/min
- More pts were randomized to the chemo/no chemo than the RT part of the study: (182 CRT vs. 178 RT; 108 sRT vs. 111 rvRT).
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to randomization was permitted.
- RT was 64 Gy /32 fx in 6.5 weeks or 55 Gy / 20fx in 4 wks (as per center policy)
- 60% of pts got 64Gy
- Chemotherapy was mitomycin C (12 mg/m2 bolus) day 1 of RT and 5FU continuous infusion at 500 mg/m2 during wk 1 and wk 4 of RT.
- The primary endpoint was loco-regional disease-free survival (LRDFS) with pts censored at second primary, metastasis, and death. Overall survival was not chosen as the endpoint because in this elderly population, the group expected deaths from competing causes
- Secondary endpoints included toxicity, quality of life, salvage cystectomy rate, cystoscopic local control, and overall survival (OS).
- Chemotherapy was administered as per protocol for 91% and 68% of CRT pts at wk 1 and wk 4, respectively.
- 30% received neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Overall, 49 (11.2%) pts experienced grade 3/4 RTOG toxicity during post-treatment follow-up which did not differ by treatment group:
- CRT: 12 (6.6%) vs. RT: 21 (11.8%), p = 0.07
- sRT: 11 (10.2%) vs. rvRT: 16 (14.4%), p = 0.31
- 95% completed RT as planned, regardless of whether or not they had concurrent chemotherapy. Adding chemo tended to increase grade 1-2 rather than grade 3-4 toxicity.
- There was no evidence of difference in LRDFS or OS between sRT and rvRT.
- With 40 months median follow-up, LRDFS was improved in the CRT group (HR = 0.61, 95% p = 0.01). Two-year event-free rates were 71% for CRT vs 58% for RT with no evidence of heterogeneity by randomized RT treatment group, RT dose/fractionation schedule or by use of neoadjuvant chemo.
- When OS at two years was examined, 63% were alive in the CRT arm, compared to 58% in the RT alone arm, with HR = 0.78. This difference did not meet statistical significance. (CI 0.57 - 1.05), p = 0.10.
- The overall cystectomy rate was 10% (46/458) with no differences between the randomization arms (but trend for lower cystectomy rate in chemo arm)
- CRT: 8.8% vs. RT: 12.4%; sRT 8.3% vs. rvRT 11.7%
- Indications for cystectomy were recurrence (n=35), late side effects of RT (n=2), and other/unknown (n=9).
Author's Conclusions
- In MIBC, CRT using MMC/5FU is well tolerated and significantly improves LRDFS compared to RT alone, providing a good bladder preservation rate
- Reducing the dose to uninvolved bladder has minimal effect on local control and toxicity (authors expected lower toxicity based on prior phase II data)
- Prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not affect outcomes in pts who got synchronous chemoRT
Clinical Implications
- This study shows that T2-T4 TCC is a systemic disease requiring multi-modality treatment.
- This is the largest study of chemoradiotherapy in bladder cancer, and based on these results, concurrent chemoradiotherapy should be the standard treatment for bladder preservation.
- 5 FU and MMC is well tolerated with concurrent daily RT and should be strongly considered, especially in who cannot receive cisplatinum
- These data support the concept that concurrent chemotherapy (given at a lower dose than adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemo), is a successful treatment strategy.
- Organ sparing CRT is appropriate for both non-cystectomy and cystectomy candidates, and early salvage for poor responders is important.
- Considering that the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy had no effect in patients who received concurrent CRT, it makes sense to treat patients with definitive CRT up-front; the neoadjuvant chemo approach may make sense in patients for whom there are concerns about ability to tolerate CRT


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A local family added 60 miles to a journey intended to honor the memory of Gina Bunch, a Houma wife and mother who died of breast cancer.
A local family added 60 miles to a journey intended to honor the memory of Gina Bunch, a Houma wife and mother who died of breast cancer.
Son Wayne Bunch and Gina's husband Billy, both of Houma, and daughter Amy Trahan of Lafayette traveled to Arizona to walk in the Susan G. Koman 3-Day for the Cure walk in Phoenix in Gina's memory. Her 52nd birthday would have been today.
The race sends thousands of people on a 60-mile walk through the city in hopes of raising millions of dollars for breast-cancer research and programs. Through their fundraising efforts, the trio raised $17,851 for breast-cancer research and advocacy to get to the race, according to Wayne Bunch. That's about $297 per mile walked.
They started their walk Friday and will end it today.
Billy Bunch will be carrying a flag in honor of his wife at the opening and closing ceremonies of the walk.
"It's going to be really emotional for us," Billy Bunch said. "She's been gone for three years, and when she was alive we would go to Relay for Life and support that. But she was diagnosed in March of 2009, and it just changed everything. This is us now. We're supporting it for other people."
Gina's cancer turned out to be an aggressive and rare type, and she lost her battle just six months after being diagnosed. She was 48.
The family began walking at Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events in Thibodaux and Lafayette in Gina's memory. But the family decided that this year they wanted to take another step further and enter one of the program's 3-Day for the Cure fundraisers. Participants must make a minimum donation of $2,300 each.
To get there, Wayne Bunch decided to launch a unique fundraiser that took off better than the family ever imagined. The family invited Terrebonne and Lafourche residents to prank each other by planting pink flamingoes in a friend or neighbor's yard in exchange for a minimum donation of $25. For another $25 donation, the family retrieved the plastic birds.
The "Flocking for Gina" fundraiser involved more than 300 homes and businesses.
"We had a lot of fun doing the flocking," Billy Bunch said.
He managed to finish planting flamingoes in one woman's yard right before she left the house to get the mail, surprising her.
"Everyone was so nice to us, and just laughed their butts off and really supported us," he said.
They ended up raising nearly $18,000 through the fundraiser.
Wayne Bunch took his support for breast-cancer awareness a step further, dying his hair hot pink in October in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
"I thought if I did that, people would come up to me and ask me what it was all about. And I accomplished that," he said.
The family has been getting ready for 3-Day for a Cure for months, stepping up their walking in anticipation for the approximately 20 miles they must walk each day during the race.
It peaked last weekend with a 12-mile walk, which took them from the downtown Houma twin spans to Schriever.
Wayne Bunch said he's excited to carry the torch for his mother. The family said they want to thank all of the businesses and families who helped them with the flocking fundraiser.
"She would think it was very awesome," Wayne Bunch said of his mother. "She would be proud we put in this much work and effort to make a bold statement about breast cancer and finding a cure."
You can learn about the family's experience at 3-Day For The Cure on the Flocking for Gina Facebook page.
Nikki Buskey can be reached at 857-2205 or email@example.com.


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The John Murray Show Friday 15 November 2013
A lively mix of entertainment, human interest and lifestyle, presented by John Murray.
White lies, fibs, untruths, whatever your definition is, almost most of us tell a few little white lies every day in our lives. Philosopher & Psychotherapist Stephen J. Costello joins John in studio to talk about lying & how it impacts on our lives, first a little report from John B Reilly who took to the streets of Dublin yesterday & asked people about their kind of lies!
'The Truth About Lying'by Stephen J. Costello is published by The Liffey Press.
If you fancy yourself as a singer, you are being called to Croke Park for a special night next month, where an attempt will be made to break a Guinness World Record. In studio with John is business & entrepreneur Richard Mulcahy the man behind the big event 'Stars, Choirs & Carols'. Also in studio are 'The Line Up' choir accompanied on piano by Carl Banks & musicial director Roisin Savage.
Stars, Choirs & Carols will see over 500 choirs gather together @ Croke Park, in aid of Cliona's Foundation & The Sanctuary, on Thursday 19th December 2013.
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This morning Donna Sheehan joins John to nominate twin brothers, Darryl & Declan Barry of Waterford Marine Search & Rescue who volunteer their own time to their organisation that run a suicide prevention patrol in Waterford City on Saturday nights, which saved 69 lives since 2010.
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Nothing quite singles out a member of the baby-boomer generation from the Xs and Ys as our differing attitudes to privacy.
True, it still seems to be common ground that it is beyond the pale for health professionals to email x-ray pictures to journalists of an eel lodged up the backside of a careless out-patient.
It's also still frowned upon for government departments to sloppily email confidential client files to complete strangers.
But tomorrow, when Auckland councillors sit down to consider creating a regional wide co-ordinated spy camera network from the CCTV set-ups inherited from the legacy councils, I suspect the big concern will be costs, not the inherent threat to individual privacy that such a proposal still worries an oldie like myself.
Even the executive summary sounds like an extract from George Orwell's novel, 1984. "The purpose of this report is to outline the issues and opportunities involved in using closed circuit television (CCTV) as a tool to improve public safety."
It's the saccharine Newspeak so beloved of Big Brother's helpers.
Orwell was writing from the ruins of a Europe not just shattered by the excesses of Hitler's totalitarian nightmare, but learning to co-exist with Stalin's equally monstrous regime. The Big Brother of Orwell's imagination, spying on and manipulating every citizen, was just a refinement on reality. As a result, if I spot a CCTV camera in a public space, I think Big Brother, get a proper job.
The generation Xs and Ys are more likely to raise their mixer cans and give it a drunken grin. And why wouldn't they? Chances are, they've already revealed the minutest details of their lives in an on-going serial on Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, then 25, summed up the change a couple of years ago when he claimed the rise of social networking online meant that people no longer have an expectation of privacy.
Privacy was no longer the social norm. "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people. That social norm is just something that has evolved over time."
With more than one billion people active Facebook users, a vast number of world citizens seem to agree.
Meanwhile, back in Auckland, if they can break away from their Facebooking and tweeting, Auckland councillors will be briefed on progress on developing guidelines for use of CCTV cameras in public spaces and a memorandum of understanding with the police. All the usual issues are there: privacy, who will pay, who will monitor, what will the information be used for, how long will it be stored and so on.
Regardless of my Orwellian fears, I still find the practical reasons advanced for more CCTV spying unconvincing. The officials tell the councillors "there is an increasing demand for CCTV as a crime prevention tool" and it "is an increasingly popular community safety tool that is seen to play a part in enhancing both perceptions of safety and crime prevention".
But note how they don't say spy cameras actually prevent crime. They just enhance the perception. In other words, people have been talked into believing they do prevent crime, so they feel safer.
An earlier report to councillors, in May this year, spelt out this difference between perception and reality.
While acknowledging CCTV systems in public spaces "are generally effective in increasing perceptions of safety ... the effectiveness of CCTV in actually reducing a wide range of crime in public places is questionable".
It pointed to United Kingdom research indicating "a modest effect on reducing crime in public spaces" and that CCTV was most effective in reducing crime in car parks. Australian research, the report added, indicates CCTV "is effective at detecting violent crime, [but] it is not an effective prevention tool."
This echoes other data such as the 2005 British Home Office research paper monitoring 15 spy camera installations that concluded they'd failed to achieve their goal of reducing crime and were "an ineffective" tool. The author of this research, criminology professor Martin Gill, said the installations had also failed to "make people feel safer."
We're told that Aucklanders do feel safer thanks to our installation, though where this judgment comes from is unclear. At the risk of whistling in a gale, could we at least have some real evidence. If we are to persevere with these expensive spy systems, can we actually have some proof we're getting value for money.


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The current Supreme Court is very friendly towards businesses acting badly.
The current Supreme Court is very friendly towards businesses paying them well.
Wow... and here I though both litigants were multibillion dollar businesses.
Microsoft is a very old and established enormous corporation. Microsoft has behind it decades and literally hundreds of billions of dollars of lobbying efforts. Political donations to both established parties combined with the politicized nature in the selection of judges and you got yourself a favorable judicial system.
In Europe, it's mostly illegal for any business to directly donate to any political party. The parties are often funded directly from tax revenue in relation to their seats in the parliament
literally hundreds of billions of dollars of lobbying efforts
I don't think you understand what the word 'literally' means. You're off by at least three orders of magnitude. And "very old"??? Ford is an old company, US Steel is an old company, Barclays Bank is a very old company, Hudsons Bay Trading is a very old company. Microsoft barely makes it beyond "not new".
The current Supreme Court is very friendly towards businesses paying them well.
Bribery remains the geek's all-purpose explanation for any legal or political decision he doesn't like. It's a sign of laziness if not impotence.
I think some of the issues had to do with the "appearance of corruption" - and even there the current court thinks millions of dollars in political contributions coupled with obvious enhanced access don't rise to the level of appearance of corruption. That leaves solid evidence of quid pro quo shennanigans, which will never be produceable. I.e., they've simply defined corruption away in order to rule the way their politics dictate. Except, of course, where their politics dictate otherwise (e.g. Bush v. G
They ruled unanimously against the NFL in their antitrust suit. This SCOTUS is very business friendly, but they aren't monolithic.
I'm not surprised by this ruling at all. The current Supreme Court is very friendly towards businesses acting badly.
What ruling? They declined to hear the case because there isn't a constitutional challenge.
I'm not surprised by this ruling at all. The current Supreme Court is very friendly towards businesses acting badly.
The Supreme Court is interested only in cases which offer the best opportunity to debate and decide substantial issues of federal constitutional law. The court receives around 10,000 petitions for a writ of certiorari each year. Seventy to eighty will go on to oral argument,
You can bet, that if the Microsoft antitrust findings weren't essentially dropped by the Bush justice department (after having been partially voided by a flaky accusation of judicial bias - for calling Bill Gates a liar in a magazine interview after he, you know, lied in court), they would've taken that one on appeal.
That phrase has quite a lot of bogus spin attached to it. They take something pretty mundane and turn it completely inside out. Based on the phrase as stated, you would think that Novell was expecting Microsoft to give up all of it's trade secrets when all it was really expecting was the details of a standard public interface.
This is just one of the many bad side effects of an overly expansive notion of "intellectual property" and of corporate privelege in general.
This is just one of the many bad side effects of an overly expansive notion of "intellectual property" and of corporate privelege in general.
You jumped to a pretty big conclusion there.
I think it's more applicable to say that this had more to do with Microsoft's ability to drag the case as long as possible and SCOTUS having little incentive to review a case that spans two decades with a dead product on one side and a dead corporation on the other.
I don't understand. If the interface was public, then by definition its details were shared. If there were details that were not shared, then those details were never part of the public interface contract, again by definition.
Is the problem that they didn't share the public interfaces with them with appropriate timing, or that they *thought* it should be a public interface when it wasn't, or something else I'm not getting?
or something else I'm not getting?
From the end of the actual trial. [theinquirer.net]
Apparently, WordPerfect for Windows 3.11 was not compatible with Windows 95. Novell was outraged that Microsoft did not retain whatever it was that WordPerfect required exactly how it was in 3.11. Novell asserted that Microsoft broke compatibility solely to give MSWord a headstart on Windows 95 systems, that changing unpublished system APIs had no other possible benefit for an operating system.
The Novel narrative is this:
Microsoft shared the interface with Novel during the beta, encouraging it to rely on it. Then, a few months before release, and after WordPerfect was already dependent on those interfaces, Microsoft changed them and declined to share the new ones with Novel. When Windows 95 finally came out, MS did, in fact, publish those interfaces, but by then it was too late for Novel to ship WordPerfect with Windows 95's launch.
Had MS not shared those interfaces to begin with, Novel could have worked with an internal implementation.
That all jives with my memory of the case from the 90s...
And I keep thinking the same thing today as I did back then, why would Novell have trusted MS in the first place?
Trust, but verify...
Because, at the time, Word Perfect was a big player. This was before Microsoft began bundling in a 'free' copy of Office with Windows (i.e. OEM deals that made it nearly impossible to buy a PC that didn't 'come with' MSOffice), which is what ultimately killed WordPerfect. But making them late to the Windows 95 party didn't help either.
Thank you.
Bottom line: If you shake hands with Bill Gates you had better count your fingers.
I'd agree with you about that behavior being malicious and "over the top"
If you volunteer information to a competitor and then it turns out the info you provided was bogus
I don't know what group of idiots was managing Novell at that time, but they screwed that company up just about every way that they could. They owned the PC networking space for years, there was nothing on the market with the capabilities or stability of Netware 3.1x for years and a Novell Netware certification was a ticket to the big paycheck. The move from Netware 3 to Netware 4 was years late, a huge amount of work, a complete paradigm shift, horrendously expensive, extremely risky, and notoriously fla
Your memory of AD and my memory are completely off. The first release of AD was horrible when compared with NDS.
I used AD before I used NDS, and remember an awful lot of head scratching while thinking "Why the hell did they do it this way?" Having used Windows first I also tend to do the same when trying to work on a Mac or Linux machine, a lot of it is just what one uses first.
NetWare had a lot going for it, it must have taken a lot of work to sabotage that much of a head start. There were several other companies in that same time frame where management insisted on maintaining revenue levels or not adjusting pri
Before AD, Microsoft started including the Exchange client with Windows, making it much easier to just use Exchange for email. And that required a Windows server. And once you have your first Windows server, well, it's just easier to go whole hog. All of which would be okay (i.e. legal), i guess, except the bit about bundling with Windows. But Windows' monopoly status hadn't been established yet.
As far as Mac's and Linux systems attaching to Windows shares. It took an antitrust action in the EU to guar
Actually you could attach Macs to an NT domain, it actually was a lot easier than plugging them into the Netware network IIRC. Of course that was when Apple still did all of their own OS work, rather than slap their GUI on someone else's kernel.
I'd agree with you about that behavior being malicious and "over the top"
... but then there's the question of whether or not it was legal. That's really all the court system is supposed to determine. It might be a fine line, but ultimately, I think the courts did the right thing here.
If you volunteer information to a competitor and then it turns out the info you provided was bogus
... it was still information you VOLUNTEERED. There would be a clear legal case here if Novell signed a deal to PAY for this
Their goal was to make Novell look so bad in the eyes of the consumer that nobody would ever trust the product again. This is pure maliciousness and way over the top.
Don't forget deliberately putting bugs into their conversion to/from WordPerfect format in order to push customers away from using both.
the details of a standard public interface.
Still, is a company *required* to give those details away? Its mine, i should be able to restrict its access if i want to.
to be fair, anything before Windows 95/NT4 was such crap you had to change API's to make the OS somewhat useful
Dragging out a case is not new.
I don't think this case was worth the risk of SCOTUS setting an accidental precedence. I'd like to think that SCOTUS was thinking along the same lines.
It is a corrupt group, almost always by a 5-4 margin.
Sherman Antitrust be damned, the fascists rule.
In their mind, world control is all that matters.
Care to share which 5 are corrupt and which 4 aren't, and with what evidence you reached that conclusion?
drag out the case long enough that it no longer matters, just because they have more money
So then this is basically the same as the Citizens United case, and many others that came before and after it? The law continuing to favor the wealthy is not news.
Big red is now dead red.
Same as the Old Oligarchy
We won't get fooled again
Meanwhile Google hasn't paid more than $1 billion in taxes to France, and almost all tech firms have done the same thing, not paying taxes to the US, based on legal fictions and tax havens (a fancy term for a way they can make the middle class pay for their infrastructure and legal protections without paying even 1/3 the tax rate you do).
Corporate tax is nothing but double taxation on shareholders, employees and indirectly customers of that corporation. US has the highest corporate taxes in the developed world, and corporations have duty to their shareholders to minimize that burden in whatever legal way possible.
"double taxation" -- cry me a river. By this stupid accounting, I'm quintuple taxed and I'm just a poor working stiff if I'm lucky.
US has one of the lowest effective taxes on corporations. And many of the fortune 500 companies pay 5% or less. Now if you are a small startup - taxes might be high, but you're not paying attention to who runs things.
And many of the fortune 500 companies pay 5% or less. Now if you are a small startup - taxes might be high
So if the tax rate is lowered and loopholes closed and the tax code simplified as the Republicans have been proposing for a long time, the revenue might be higher and the small startups will pay less?
loopholes closed and the tax code simplified as the Republicans have been proposing for a long time
Do you seriously believe that? Look at who porks up the budget with exemptions for corporate farms, weapons companies and fossil fuel industries. Each side has its pet industries, the Repugs may be "proposing" to simplify the tax code, but talk is cheap. They're not any better than the Dems on the subject, and considerably less honest about it.
Double taxation = taxing money when it passes from rich person to rich person. Doesn't apply to working people earning a living, sales taxes, etc.
In FDR's day, corporations paid around 35% of the tax burden -- now it's under 7% and dropping.
We can't "afford things any more for some reason" we hear from the media.
We are supposed to be "more competitive" by allowing H1B visas so we can import educated people to work. These same corporations pay less of the bill and we pay more for education -- and then compete with workers who get education from a socialist government.
The discussion that we "can't tax rich people and corporations otherwise they would l
We won't get fooled again
Recent election results point to the contrary, unless I missed how Obama and the Democrats are really sticking it to big business.
A long time ago.
Novell owned the network File/Print market and pioneered the e-Directory (NDS) environment. Microsoft was playing catch-up the whole way.
The biggest problem with Novell was that you couldn't develop applications on the Netware platform. Microsoft offered ISVs the ability to develop software on the platform (Windows) on which it would run. When Novell purchased Unix, I thought that they would fully integrate NCP (Netware Core Protocol) into Unix. This would allow ISVs to develop software on the same platform on which their software would run. Had they done so, Microsoft would have lost the server wars and been relegated to the desktop.
But Novell didn't do the necessary integration, and the rest is history.
As I recall, Word Perfect was better than Microsoft Word in almost every respect. In fact, Word Perfect 5.0 is probably better in many ways than the current incarnation of Word. Sigh.
tl;dr version: Novell killed themselves and Microsoft moved into the vacuum created when Novell imploded. The resolution of this lawsuit just puts the cherry on top of the whole mess.
As I recall, Word Perfect was better than Microsoft Word in almost every respect. In fact, Word Perfect 5.0 is probably better in many ways than the current incarnation of Word. Sigh.
Word Perfect was the quintessential DOS-era, character based, word processor, ported to every operating system known to man, each with its own fiefdom within the company.
Its struggles with the transition to a graphical UI did not begin or end with Windows --- and it stumbled badly as the word processor began to evolve into the integrated office suite. Almost Perfect [wordplace.com]
But Novell didn't do the necessary integration, and the rest is history.
The back story on what went on when Novell bought Unix is quite interesting. And was probably what prompted the anti trust suit. Story was that there were a few calls made when Novell proposed this idea. If Novell expected to ever work with a Windows platform again, the Unix plan would have to be dropped. Unix would have to be sold (to a Microsoft front company) and Noorda would have to go.
In the final analysis, the suit was probably dropped because there was no intellectual property for Microsoft to share
But WordPerfect for Windows crashed non-stop. I was in the IT department at a college at the time and my previous roommate was the head PC lab tech. When the college told us we had to switch to WP for Windows officially, our jaws dropped, because everyone knew it was a buggy piece of crap.
Yes. Yes it was. WP4Win was, in fact, a crashing bug generator rather than a word processor. That was quite annoying, IIRC.
Just press ctrl+shift+F7 to print! Word was about 300 times more usable than Wordperfect, even the DOS versions nobody used. It just led in market share, & people didn't want to lose file compatibility.
Just press ctrl+shift+F7 to print! Word was about 300 times more usable than Wordperfect, even the DOS versions nobody used. It just led in market share, & people didn't want to lose file compatibility.
As someone who relied on a word processor for much of my work back in the early-mid 90's, I remember what a piece of crap MS Word was back then. Word Perfect (with the caveat that WP4win was crap), while it did have its peccadilloes, was far superior to MS Word. Feel free to disagree. However if you do, you will identify yourself as someone too young to remember or as someone who just wasn't paying attention. That is all.
Word For Mac 5.1 was the watershed line. That was the first truly great version of Word. It still wouldn't do all the stuff wordpenis would do (sorry, that's what we called it back when I supported it, because it was such a PITA) but it was by far the most usable word processor with any significant functionality. Wordperfect avoided going WYSIWYG for a long time, with the users awfully smug about it even well after Aldus Pagemaker proved that they were idiots.
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By Jim Genia
It is physically impossible to walk into a Kevin James flick with high dramatic expectations. I mean, come on, this is the man who brought us such cinematic classics as Zookeeper, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. If you bought a ticket to anything starring the actor and thought you were getting a shoe-in for this year's Academy Award for Best Picture, you deserve to have your mullet set on fire. That said, James — who's long been a supporter of the UFC, and whose presence at Octagonside has been frequent and well-documented by Zuffa cameraman desperate for an eight-second cutaway shot of something even just moderately noteworthy — stars in Here Comes the Boom, a UFC-centric comedy that opens today. How is it? Well, it's no Gone with the Wind, but it'll do.
The premise is simple, and something we've seen a million times before: an apathetic dude starts to give a crap about something noble, and goes through hell to do some good for that thing he previously did not give a crap about. James is, of course, the apathetic dude, a high school biology teacher named "Scott Voss" from Boston, MA, who puts about zero effort into teaching and too much effort into trying to land a date with the school nurse (Salma Hayek, cleavage-alicious as usual). But when budget woes spell impending doom for the music teacher's job (played by a schlubby Henry Winkler — remember the Fonz? Yeah, he's dead now.), it's time for Voss to step up and do something drastic to plug up the school's fiscal hole. And hey, what better way to earn cash then to become a UFC fighter?Read More DIGG THIS


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Bill Mott trainee Marcavelly got stakes
racing at Keeneland off to a dynamic start on opening day when he
won the $150,000 Central Bank Transylvania for Zayat Stables on
"This horse has a good turn of foot," Mott said. "Once he got
rolling, he took off."
Under jockey Edgar Prado, the 3-year-old son of Johannesburg was
sixth at the start. He inched up to third on the backside and made
his move in the upper stretch, when he went to the front four wide
to take the lead from tiring front-runners Royal War Academy and
"He came out of the gate slow, but that may have been the best
thing that happened to him," Prado said. "He rated very kindly."
A $210,000 Keeneland September sales purchase in 2005,
3-year-old Marcavelly has three wins and two seconds for lifetime
earnings of $227,480. He ran one mile on the turf in 1:36.98,
winning by 3½ lengths and paying $6.40, $4 and $3.
In Jest paid $7 and $4.80 to place under Cornelio Velasquez, and
Cobrador returned $4 with Garrett Gomez. Sedgefield, second-place
finisher to Derby hopeful Hard Spun in the Lane's End at Turfway
Park and the favorite in the field of nine, faded to fourth after
dueling for the early lead.
"The horse broke good, but he never relaxed like the last
time," said Sedgefield's jockey, Rafael Bejarano. "I tried to get
him to feel comfortable, but he wanted to go to the lead. He was
pretty good, but not like last time."
Earlier in the day, 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide was
unable to break a three-race losing streak and finished seventh in
a field of nine in a $67,000 race.
The gelded son of Distorted Humor was in third under Velasquez
for the first half of the 1 1-16-mile test for 4-year-olds and
older. But he tired on the backside and faded by the time the field
hit the far turn.
Funny Cide was making his first start for trainer Barclay Tagg
since October and looking for his first win since July.
Rathor, with Kent Desormeaux aboard, won the race, paying
$14.60, $7.80 and $5.60.
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Brad Evans scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, giving the U.S. a thrilling 2-1 win over Jamaica at Kingston on Friday night that solidified the Americans' chances of qualifying for next year's World Cup.
Jozy Altidore put the Americans ahead in the 30th minute, but Jermaine Beckford tied the score off a free kick in the 89th as the U.S. again failed to hold a lead on the road.
Just over a minute into four minutes of stoppage time, Michael Bradley quickly played a corner kick to Graham Zusi, who gave the ball right back. Bradley faked around Alvas Powell and slid a shot to an Evans.
With three Jamaicans about 5 yards from him, Evans spun and beat goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts from about 10 yards. It was the first international goal for Evans, starting at right back because Steve Cherundolo and Timmy Chandler weren't available.
"They're dire moments." Evans said. "There's still work to be done. I think we can do better at certain moments and I think everybody will tell you that from the top down. So there's still work to be done. But three points, on the road, in a place we haven't won, is pretty special."
Starting a stretch of three qualifiers in 12 days, the U.S. (2-1-1) improved to seven points in the 10-game final round of the North and Central American and Caribbean region, trailing Costa Rica (2-1-1) on goal difference and ahead of Mexico (1-0-4) on goals scored. Costa Rico won 1-0 at home against Honduras and Mexico tied 0-0 at Panama (1-0-3), which has six points.
Honduras (1-2-1) has four points and the Reggae Boyz (0-3-2) have two, with little chance of reaching next year's tournament in Brazil.
The Americans host Panama on Tuesday in Seattle on Evans' home field with the Major League Soccer's Sounders and Honduras on June 18 at Sandy, Utah. The top three nations qualify for next year's 32-nation tournament in Brazil, and the No. 4 team meets New Zealand in a playoff for another berth.
The U.S. had been 0-4-1 in qualifiers at The Office, as Kingston's stadium is known, and the Americans had wasted leads in four of its previous five road qualifiers under U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann along with a 0-0 tie at Mexico, going 1-2-2 in those matches.
"It's a very, very difficult place to come in," Klinsmann said. "The game was a real fight. We at the end are the ones that have the three points. It makes traveling a little easier."
Coaching his 28th game since taking over from Bob Bradley in July 2011, Klinsmann started the same lineup in consecutive games for the first time with the U.S. But three in a row won't happen.
Jermaine Jones, the tough American midfielder, sustained a concussion during a corner-kick scramble early in the second half, and Altidore walked off gingerly in the 83rd minute and pointed to his left hamstring. Zusi will be suspended for one game for yellow-card accumulation after his foul led to a free kick and Jamaica's goal.
Bradley nearly scored in the second minute, sending a 20-yard right-footed shot off the post to the right of Ricketts.
Altidore's goal came after Zusi streaked down the right side, got by left back O'Brian Woodbine and crossed. Altidore split defenders Daniel Gordon and Powell and beat Ricketts with a header from just inside the 6-yard box.
It was the 15th goal in 58 appearances for Altidore, who combined with Zusi on the first goal in Sunday's 4-3 exhibition win over Germany at Washington, D.C., Altidore's first goal for the national team since November 2011.
Jamaica's Rodolph Austin beat the U.S. defense in the 39th minute and, with Evans trying to catch up, sent a shot from inside the penalty area off the post to goalkeeper Tim Howard's right.
Jones took elbow to the head from Gordon in front of the goal during a 56th-minute corner kick, stayed down for about two minutes and was groggy. He walked off the field with a person holding each arm, and Geoff Cameron replaced Jones in the 59th.
Zusi's foul led to Austin's free kick about 40 yards out, and an unmarked Beckford headed the ball in as Howard stayed on his line. In wasting an early lead during in the semifinal round last September, the U.S. allowed both Jamaica goals on corner kicks.