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An article on the Bills' website says DE Mario Williams "has become a near-dominant force on the defensive line since he had his surgical procedure on his left wrist."
The Dolphins' problem is pretty simple: The offense doesn't score enough points.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick said injured WR Julian Edelman is going to be tough to replace: "Julian's had an opportunity to contribute offensively," he said. "In the kicking game, he's done a good job for us as a returner. He's also done a good job for us on kickoff coverage. Offensively, he's done a good job with the ball in his hands on screens and routes where he can run it, reverses and screens and things like that."
The Jets have extended their local radio contract.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh recalls learning about Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III when his brother, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, talked about recruiting them to Stanford: "Andrew Luck and RGIII. Both out of Houston. Both 4.0 students, and Jim talked about these two guys are both going to be stars some day."
Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer spent 13 years as an assistant coach with the Cowboys, but he says preparing to play them this week is no different from preparing to play any other team.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is closing in on the halfway point as it counts down the 100 best players in Browns history.
Steelers fans are grateful to the Ravens' coaching staff for not involving RB Ray Rice in the offense during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game.
The Texans are ahead of the pack in the race for the best record in the AFC, but their schedule isn't easy the rest of the way.
The Colts signed LB Jamaal Westerman to the active roster, activated G Seth Olsen from short-term injured reserve, placed LB Justin Hickman on injured reserve, signed RB Alvester Alexander and TE Dominique Jones to the practice squad and released CB Isaiah Green and TE Martell Webb from the practice squad.
Some players on the Jaguars paid a visit to kids battling cancer.
The Titans added OL Kyle DeVan and T Daniel Baldridge to the 53-man roster and signed G Chris Scott to the practice squad after placing T David Stewart (leg) and S Robert Johnson (foot) on injured reserve.
Broncos QB Peyton Manning's stats are better this year than they were in his final season in Indianapolis: He has a better completion percentage and passer rating and is on pace for more touchdowns and fewer interceptions than in 2010.
The Raiders say preparing for this year's Broncos is like preparing for Manning's Colts.
Chiefs QB Brady Quinn and RB Jamaal Charles are getting recognition for their big games on Sunday.
Chargers RT Kevin Haslam is getting credit for stepping up and playing well when unexpectedly being thrust into the offense on Sunday.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says his team should be playing better defense.
Said Giants DE Justin Tuck of the way the Redskins attacked them: "This offense puts so much stress on the defense that it's hard to do the things we were able to do against the Packers."
Losing to the Redskins had Giants coach Tom Coughlin in a bad mood.
Now that it's obvious the Eagles are going to fire coach Andy Reid, local papers are running increasingly harsh commentaries about the soon-to-depart coach.
One study shows that the Bears are the most engaged team in the NFL when it comes to their social media presence.
Perfect attendance at school earned 18 students a lunch with Lions LB Justin Durant.
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said it was "real disappointing" to learn that RB Cedric Benson was lost for the season.
Vikings QB Christian Ponder is engaged to ESPN sideline reporter Samantha Steele.
Said Falcons WR Roddy White of clinching the NFC South, "We've won the division before, so it's not that big of a deal, you know what I mean? When coach said, 'Congratulations,' nobody was woo-wooing or nothing like that, which is good. We've got our eye on the big prize."
Younger players will get more playing time as the Panthers close out a disappointing season and build for the future.
Saints offensive line coach Aaron Kromer was reportedly a finalist for the Boston College head-coaching job, which ultimately went to Steve Addazio.
Said Bucs G Jeremy Zuttah of RB Doug Martin struggling, "We've got to do a better job of getting him to the second level."
Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt's seat is getting warmer, and his inability to find a decent quarterback is the reason.
Although 49ers RB Frank Gore is wearing a brace on his injured wrist, he says it won't affect him on the field.
Rams CB Janoris Jenkins' fumble recovery for a touchdown was just the second time this season that the Rams have recovered an opponent's fumble.
By one measure, Seahawks QB Russell Wilson played the best game by any rookie quarterback in the last two decades on Sunday.


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Suds wrote:The vastly superior team wins again.
At this rate, only rain and England choosing to take their foot off the pedal can prevent a series whitewash. It's two Ashes series running where England look way too good for their opponents.
If either Cook or Pieterson fail, there's Bell, Prior, or Root. If Broad is off-target, there's always Swann and Anderson. And In reserve, there's Bresnan, Finn, Tremlett and Panesar.
What a team. But let's also hope the Aussies can compete more. It's better they lose every Test by close margins than by these tonkings.
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text: high school sports Study: High School Athletes at High Elevations Suffer Fewer Concussions By Marci Krivonen • Dec 10, 2013 Creative Commons/Flickr/U.S. Army Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health have found high school athletes competing at higher elevations suffer fewer concussions than their sea-level counterparts. The reason: a phenomenon attributed to physiological changes in the brain that causes it to fit more snuggly in the skull. The results showed a 31 percent decrease in concussion rates among athletes playing at 600 feet above sea level, and higher. Aspen Public Radio's Marci Krivonen spoke with Dr. Dawn Comstock. She co-authored the study.


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Autism Speaks participated in the launch of GAPH-Bangladesh and co-hosted a conference — "Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia" — together with the Bangladesh government, the Centre for Neurodevelopment & Autism in Children (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University), the World Health Organization (WHO), and WHO's South East Asian Regional Office (SEARO). Andy Shih, Ph.D., vice president of scientific affairs for Autism Speaks, provides more background in 'Autism Speaks Goes to Bangladesh.'
Here is the official press release, International Conference Launches Revolutionary South Asia Autism Network.
Several news outlets provided coverage of the "Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia" Conference. Here are some major headlines:
Sonia Gandhi for South Asian partnership on autism (The Hindu)
Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi on Monday praised Bangladesh's "path breaking innovations" in micro-finance, education, women's empowerment and public health as she underlined the need for a partnership in South Asia to provide affordable services to millions of autistic children. Read more.
Meeting on autism begins in Dhaka (BBC)
A two-day international conference on autism has begun in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Experts and policy makers from around the globe will focus on promoting awareness on autism in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries. Read more.
Recognise gifted kids as persons: Sonia (bdnews24.com)
The first-ever international conference on autism in the region has kicked off amid tight security and with high hopes of generating 'greater awareness' on the plight of the 'gifted' children. Read more.
Sri Lanka's First Lady speaks at the autism conference in Bangladesh (ColomboPage)
Sri Lanka's First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa addressed the two-day international conference on autism that began today at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Dhaka to seek ways to enhance autism related services in Bangladesh as well as in the South Asian region. Read more.
Meet'll promote autism cause, says Saima (bdnews24.com)
As Dhaka is ready to host the region's first-ever international conference on autism on July 25 and 26, the child psychologist who envisaged the high-profile meet regards it as a 'way forward for autism awareness'. Read more.
Better care for autistic children (The Financial Express)
Autism is a disease specially noted in children that afflicts sufferers with varying degrees of mental impairment. Cases of autism are not uniformly the same. Some autistic children are seen to have reasonable intelligence to produce even average results in examination. But others are seen to be performing too poorly in academics from their mental handicaps. One similarity seen among autistic children in their varying degrees of mental capacities is the inability to communicate or form relationship with others. Read more.


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January 09, 2013 08:15 ET
Standard Improves Communications, Lowers Costs for Translations
PROVO, UTAH--(Marketwire - Jan. 9, 2013) - MultiLing, a translation services provider specializing in intellectual property (IP) and technical materials translations for multi-national enterprises, today announced it is sponsoring the Linport translation packaging standard. Linport - the Language Interoperability Portfolio Project - is an open, vendor-independent format that can be implemented by many different translation tools to package translation materials. With a large cash donation, a percentage of marketing support and ongoing input to help define the standard, MultiLing is helping to bring the standard to market to improve communications among parties involved in translations and help eliminate the extra, administrative costs of packaging and converting translation projects.
"During a typical translation project, too much is spent on tasks other than translations, including handling files, communicating, converting formats, resolving questions, etc.," said Jeremy Coombs, vice president of operations management, MultiLing. "Being able to send a tool-independent package is one of the biggest advances the translation industry needs and it's something that no one or no organization has actually addressed until this point."
The Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission; the Brigham Young University Translation Research Group, and Interoperability Now! are collaborating to define the Linport project to form a single industry standard, with ongoing support from the GALA Standards Initiative. Linport combines two important functions: a standard container architecture for translatable data and metadata about translation requirements. Together, these two components ensure that translatable materials and their translations are delivered in a tool-independent format that includes the business data needed so that translations match customer requirements.
"MultiLing's support came at a time when we needed it most," said Alan K. Melby, the director of BYU's Translation Research Group and a member of the board of directors of the American Translators Association. "Creating a standard that will benefit the entire industry can be costly, so MultiLing's donation will pay for various requirements, including funding ongoing development of reference software, the continued updating and renewal of the Linport website, and other incidental expenses to keep the operation going."
The Linport Project, which is hosted by LTAC Global, has an unrestrictive membership policy, meaning participation is open to all with no required membership fee. Members can join the discussion on the mailing list and come to Linport events. In addition to MultiLing, tool vendors such as Multicorpora, Lingotek and Terminotix, and content owners such as Hewlett Packard, are also supporting Linport. Other companies can get involved in defining - and eventually implementing - the standard by contacting email@example.com or visiting http://www.linport.org.
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Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar crack open the mailbox for listener reaction. This week, they catch up with guest Christine Ha, the legally blind champion of the TV show MasterChef. They sift through a pile of tweets, emails, and Facebook messages about a breastfeeding professor.
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Benjamin Hebert is on the brink of completing a hat-trick of Challenge Tour victories this season, but faces a nervous wait to find out if he is the champion because of a change to the draw in the final round of the Rolex Trophy.
Yesterday's third round was cut short due to thunderstorms, leaving 16 groups to return this morning. As a result, the fourth round had to be played with exactly the same draw as the third round in order to finish on time, so Hebert was in the clubhouse with a five under par 67 some five hours before the end of play, having teed off from the tenth at 8.10am.
Englishman Sam Hutsby, teeing off at 8.30am, had a one shot lead at the start of the final round, and extended that to two strokes at one stage, but his bid to stay level with Hebert at 19 under par – or even go one better - unravelled at the seventh – his 16th – with a bogey, which was followed by a triple bogey eight at the eighth for a level par 72.
That left Jorge Campillo the only other threat from the morning groups, but having reached 18 under par after 15 holes he was unable to birdie any of the last three to match Hebert's effort.
Hebert won back-to-back titles in the Credit Suisse Challenge and the English Challenge earlier this summer, and if he makes it three later today he will automatically gain a European Tour card for the rest of this season and 2012.
"I am very happy because I had a great finish," said the 24 year old. "I putted brilliantly on the back nine. I holed a putt from 15 metres on the sixth, then one from five metres down the hill on the eighth for par as I'd hit my second shot in the water with a three wood. So that was crucial.
"And on the ninth I hit it very close with my approach and had an easy birdie putt. It was not easy out there with all the water on the course. Now we will wait and see what happens. I'm not nervous because I've done all I can.
"Sam and Jorge came close, but now someone will have to shoot very low this afternoon to get to 19 under, which will be very difficult as it's tough out there."
Florian Praegant needs to card a 65 to reach 19 under, while Tommy Fleetwood needs a 64.
If Campillo finishes second, it will be the third time he has come runner-up this year. He said: "I knew I had to birdie the last to go level with Benjamin, but I was in the rough for my second shot and it was 180 yards to the flag and a really tough shot.
"It left me with a 35-footer for birdie which only just missed. The 16th and 17th are also tough to birdie and I couldn't manage it there.
"I played really well today and I'm happy, but it's disappointing to miss out on winning again. However, in the past it has felt like I lost it; today it feels like I played well but someone else was a fraction better."
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Anyone reading between the covers knows the shelf life of books has changed, and now there's a new digital bestseller—the eBook.
Will books and the printed word survive? Yes, say Toronto-based celebrated author Margaret Atwood and "Wired" magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, keynote speakers for the Future of Reading symposium which will be held at RIT from June 9-12.
They will be joining renowned experts in publishing, language, literature, graphic arts, typography, media technologies and library science—to discuss how technology's new digital formats can lead to a possible shift in the way we read and communicate.
"Books are not dying; more were published last year than 10 years before," says Atwood, who has written more than 40 books. "And the Toronto library system is enormously used; it's the second most used library in North America."
"So it's not reading that's dying, it's not books that are dying, it's not written texts that are dying—those texts just may be presented in different forms. Reading is far too valuable to human beings to disappear."
As a master of futuristic plots, Atwood taps into the "what if's" of societal trends and stretches them to logical and chilling conclusions. In "The Handmaid's Tale," her subjugated women cannot hold jobs, make money, read or write, and in "Oryx and Crake" and "The Year of the Flood," she offers a frightening landscape where science, corporations and society have run amok.
"I call it speculative fiction because I don't write about anything that hasn't already happened, somewhere, sometime," Atwood muses. "It's not hard to come up with ideas—I read the papers and magazines; I look at what people are inventing.
"As for the future of reading, I say don't burn books yet. I'm not pleading their venerable history, the beauty of design, the tactility of the page, but three reasons to keep paper books—solar flares, electronic shortages and Internet overload."
Atwood believes electronic information is very fragile and you can't trust it; she has two wonderful electric typewriters in her basement in case everything crashes.
"You wouldn't put your last will and testament on the computer without a backup paper copy and that's why there will always be books in physical form," she says.
Although clay tablets, papyrus and parchment were media of the past, Anderson says ink and pixels can live harmoniously side-by-side.
"The book as we know it is not broken," Anderson says. " But there are those people who don't frequent bookstores or libraries; they are of the generation that if it's not in Google, it doesn't exist. So digitization brings books into their lives by making it easy."
Neither Atwood nor Anderson own eBook readers.
"I'm a traditionalist when it comes to books, my house is filled with bookshelves and my five children enjoy them as much as I did when I was their age," says Anderson, author of "Free: The Past and Future of a Radical Price." "They read them together, curl up with them, take them to bed, and have an innate sense that books have a differentiated role in an information-glutted landscape and still stand out as a special experience."
Anderson founded the online site BookTour.com, now a subsidiary of Amazon, which serves as a directory of author events and a one-stop tool for authors to market and promote their books. His newest venture is "Wired" magazine's launch of a tablet-based reading application with Adobe, which comes out this June and promises to be "the game changer."
"Our long-form journalism, photography, info-graphics and design is lost by the automizing tendency of the Web browser and HTML, so the tablet offers the visual power of print and interactivity to recapture the immersive experience that a print magazine can grant but with the distribution and economic advantages of digital."
Both authors believe physical and digital books are mutually inclusive and readers will switch back and forth as we do with all other communication devices.
"Books aim to offer depth rather than breadth and a protracted experience rather than a canopy-like skim, so evidence suggests book reading is different than the online reading experience in terms of brain wiring and that on some level, the generation growing up online is losing an aptitude for a deeper, more sustained experience," Anderson notes.
"Information does train us to focus on superficiality so sometimes we need a vacation from the Web and a book can present that."
Meanwhile Atwood theorizes a different ending. "Books are something you can still read by candlelight after the grid is blown up. With no television, no computer, no phone, you'll be glad you kept a few."


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"Many of us have had outdoor offices this week."
Haiti Remittance Situation Difficult, WOCCU Reports
January 28, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In a country where remittance income comprises nearly 25% of the gross domestic product, the loss of facilities and availability of only intermittent power and Internet services are making it difficult for family and friends to send much-needed cash home to Haiti.
Prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake that leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti received close to US$1.3 billion in remittance income annually, according to Saul Wolf, remittance manager for IRnet®, part of World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU) for-profit subsidiary, WOCCU Services Group. Logistical issues caused by the disaster have made getting cash to Haiti an enormous challenge at a time when it's needed most.
"The earthquake, which has driven an increased need for liquidity, has also made cash delivery extremely difficult, especially to people in rural areas," said Wolf. "Remittance programs require an IT infrastructure, and any that were located in Port-au-Prince were probably destroyed."
|Fonkoze staff process remittances for Haitian earthquake victims in their open-air office after the firm's headquarters building was destroyed.
Remittance delivery organizations such as Fonkoze, a partner with WOCCU in the Haiti Integrated Financing for Value Chains and Enterprises (HIFIVE) program, have found ways around the problem, most likely using a back-up server located elsewhere and relying on intermittent Internet access, Wolf said. Fonkoze is Haiti's largest microfinance organization and serves roughly 200,000 people, primarily in rural areas. With its building destroyed in the earthquake, Fonkoze was forced to set up operations in an open-air courtyard near the rubble of its headquarters, according to Greta Greathouse, WOCCU chief of party for the HIFIVE program.
"Many of us have had 'outdoor' offices this week," said Greathouse. WOCCU's Haiti program recently moved to temporary office space since the earthquake destroyed its Pétionville facilities. Greathouse has signed a lease agreement enabling WOCCU to move into new permanent office space within 30 days.
Logistics aren't the only problem Haiti's remittance recipients face, Wolf said. Individuals carrying cash in any amount become targets for thieves in a disaster environment. The fact that many such recipients no longer have homes and are forced to sleep outside simply compounds the problem, he added.
"Prior to the earthquake, we had planned to work with local partners like Fonkoze to help increase market competition and lower prices for remittance senders and recipients in Haiti," Wolf said. "Now we will simply have to wait and see."
|WOCCU's Pétionville headquarters was destroyed by tremors during Haiti's earthquake.
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Florida now ranks as the 2nd-best state for business, according to a survey conducted by Chief Executive magazine. Chief executives gave Florida high standards for its business-friendly tax policies, regulatory structure and workforce quality. Texas ranked No. 1.
Unfortunately, Florida does not come anywhere near 2nd-best in several categories that actually track real economic progress statistically.
The Florida Legislature's Office of Economic and Demographic Research released an updated report this week titled Florida: An Economic Overview. The report used real economic data, often ranking Florida with other states, usually near the bottom of the pack. Here are some takeaways:
-- Florida' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ranked 40th in the nation in real growth with a gain of 1.4 percent. For comparison, Texas had a GDP growth of 2.8 percent.
-- Florida's per capita personal income grew 3.5 percent in 2011 over 2010, ranking the state 45th in the country with respect to state growth. Florida was one of only five states where earnings are below their 2007 or 2008 peaks.
-- Florida's unemployment rate in March was 9 percent, also putting Florida at the back of the national pack. According to EDR, only four states had a higher unemployment rate than Florida. Florida was tied with three states: Georgia, Mississippi, and New Jersey. While the unemployment rate here is moving in a positive direction, it has a long way to go to catch up to Texas, which is sitting at 7 percent.
-- Florida's foreclosure process takes an average of 806 days, which is 47th worst in the country. Florida, by far, has more loans currently in stuck foreclosure than any other state.
-- In terms of the number of monthly foreclosure filings, Florida ranks 49th worst. Only four states have a higher foreclosure rate.
More from the report:
"--The job market will take a long time to recover – about 746,100 jobs have been lost since the most recent peak. Rehiring, while necessary, will not be enough.
-- Florida's prime working-age population (aged 25-54) is forecast to add over 2,600 people per month, so the hole is deeper than it looks.
--It would take the creation of about 1 million jobs for the same percentage of the total population to be same percentage of the total population to be working as was the case at the peak."
Florida's economy puts President Barack Obama and Gov. Rick Scott in the same boat, as both would like to take credit for things improving in the Sunshine State. Republican contender Mitt Romney would like to bag Florida's 29 electoral votes, so he has made a point of highlighting Florida's economic woes. Meanwhile, Scott is highlighting his business-friendly agenda, and using reports like the one in Chief Executive magazine to show that it's working.


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The fire department is reminding motorists to "move to the right for sirens and lights."
Capital City Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal Daniel Jager said there have been several instances lately where drivers haven't seen fire trucks and engines en route to an emergency.
"The other common issue is that people do not always move to the right side and come to a stop," Jager said. "They move to the left lane, they move to the right lane, and then they keep driving. This is not the proper way to yield to emergency apparatus."
State law requires motorists to slow down and pull to the right when emergency vehicles are approaching.
Jager said taking any other action, such as stopping in the lane of travel or moving to the left, is dangerous since the drivers of the emergency vehicles travel in the left lane and anticipate that motorists will move to the right.


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SACRAMENTO — Let's cut through all the baloney being spread in California's tax brawl and go straight to what's basically at stake.
At stake, at least in the near future, is whether public school funding will be slashed from kindergarten through the universities.
If Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 passes — and receives more votes than wealthy attorney Molly Munger's Prop. 38 — K-12 schools and community colleges will be spared $5.4 billion in budget cuts. Plus, the two university systems won't be dinged $250 million each.
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If, however, voters reject Prop. 30 on Nov. 6, those education cuts automatically will be triggered by the current state budget that was enacted in June by the governor and Legislature.


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February 8, 2011 > How to answer the door safely
To open or not... that is the question.This week several neighborhood email groups have reported unwanted solicitors. Here are some tips on how to handle neighborhood soliciting.The City of Fremont has a Commercial Solicitations and Peddlers Ordinance requiring a permit for commercial door to door sales and services. The Ordinance requires solicitors/peddlers to submit an application, photo, finger prints and successfully complete a background check prior to obtaining a permit from the City. Once approved, the City will issue the applicant an identification card, which shall contain the name, address, and telephone number of the permittee and his employer or the business entity he represents. It will also contain the expiration date of the permit.The Ordinance requires a permittee to carry their permit with them at all times and show it upon request while soliciting. Non-profit organizations are exempt from the license requirement, but they too must still carry a letter that describes their activity from their club or organization. The municipal code, Chapter 4, sections 5-4100 - 5 - 4116 can be viewed on the City of Fremont website at www.codepublishing.com.Follow these steps to learn how to deflect door-to-door solicitations:If someone comes to your door with or without a permit, you are not obligated to engage in a conversation or open your door. Call out or look through a peephole or window before opening your door to anyone.Post a "No Solicitors" sign on your front door. If a solicitor arrives on your front step unannounced, yell through your firmly closed door, "read the sign." If you feel that the solicitor is out of compliance with the City's Solicitation/Peddler Permit Ordinance and/or if you feel that the activity is suspicious, call the Fremont Police Department's non-emergency number at (510) 790-6800 and press option 3. After you call the Police Department notify your neighbors through your local email group or via your Neighborhood Crime Watch Street Roster of the suspicious activity.Never open your front door without care. There is no dishonor in an unopened door-even when the person on the other side reportedly represents a charity that helps unwanted puppies, undernourished kids or saves whales. Burglars commonly ring the doorbell to see if anyone is home before breaking and entering. This is why it is important to let them know you are home. You can also leave a radio or TV on to give the appearance that someone is home. Do not let anyone in your home that you do not know. It's much more difficult to rid yourself of them once they are inside; it's also potentially dangerous. Only after you have verified the solicitors permit and feel that it is safe should you open your door. Talk about these tips with your kids and make sure they never open a door to an unknown guest.Many solicitors have good intentions and are not harmful, but unfortunately it's not always easy to spot con artists. They invade homes through the telephone, computer, and mail; advertise in well-known newspapers and magazines; and come right up to your front door. Most people think they're too smart to fall for a scam, but unfortunately the opposite can be true. Solicitors should be treated as uninvited guests and not allowed to bully their way into your home or pressure you into supporting their charities.Remember your safety always comes first.


text: I'm Dr. Michael Rosenthal, professor of family medicine at the Department of Family Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. And some of my work here centers on childhood asthma. I have a lot of interest in community-based approaches to chronic illnesses. I work with a number of colleagues and community partners to help identify children in the city that may have asthma, get them to services and care, and actually support them and their parents in their everyday lives.


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This delicious trifle recipe was my grandmother's. I remember Mother telling me stories from her girlhood—especially how her mother would make an enormous dish of this dessert for Saturday night dinners, when they often had guests. If there were leftovers, they'd have that trifle for dessert every night that week until it was gone! Nowadays, on our dairy farm, this recipe always goes over big with my husband and six children.
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- 1 prepared loaf pound cake or 1 package (10-3/4 ounces) frozen pound cake, thawed
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- 1 package (3 to 3-1/2 ounces) regular or instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2-1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- Slivered almonds
- Maraschino cherries, halved
- Slice pound cake in half horizontally. Spread with jam and replace top of cake. Slice cake into nine pieces. Line the sides and fill the center of a 2-qt. glass serving bowl with cake pieces. Prepare pudding with milk. Cool if necessary. Pour over cake. Chill. Beat cream and sugar until stiff; spread over cake and pudding. Chill at least 4 hours. Garnish with almonds and cherries. Yield: 8-10 servings.
Originally published as Grandma's English Trifle in Reminisce January/February 1992, p37
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Splashtop has released a new version of its instant-on OS that is based on the Chromium browser and could shorten PC boot times to just a few seconds. The latest version of the Splashtop OS, now in beta, is a lightweight version of Linux that allows users to surf the Web, access online applications or check e-mail almost instantly after switching on a PC.
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Future splashtop will be based on MeeGo, which is not a limited OS.
Funny how everyone always likes to say how awesome something will be in the future. Evaluation is done on what exists *now*, not what *might* exist. Once something changes, we can re-evaluate it then. When and if Splashtop does become based on Meego, then talk about how awesome it is. Until then, what's the point of using Splashtop over something more capable?


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The fourth annual Cuts for a Cause to benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center is scheduled for Thursday, April 7 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. at Ned Devine's in Boston.
This year, like last, Bruins forward Shawn Thornton is teaming up with 98.5 The Sports Hub to present the event, which was begun several years ago by former Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward.
Prior events allowed fans to witness the likes of Thornton, Tim Thomas Patrice Bergeron and other nicely coiffed Bruins players getting their head shaved by a generous bidder. This years list of Bruins participants will be released when the bidding opens Monday, March 21.
Tickets to the event can be purchased for $20 by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com beginning Wednesday, March 9 at 9:00 a.m. The admission ticket includes the chance for fans to meet players and enter raffles. Depending on availability, $25 tickets might be available at the door the day of the event.


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Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes loan signing Wilfried Zaha will not be ruffled by speculation linking him with a return to his former club Crystal Palace.
Cardiff host Palace on Saturday in a Barclays Premier League relegation battle, and Solskjaer has questioned the timing of this week's reports regarding Zaha, who moved to Wales from Manchester United in January.
"We have had Wilfried coming on (against West Brom last Saturday), making an impact and - surprise, surprise - Palace want to sign him this week," Solskjaer said.
"I would like to sign him if we can. Wilf is a good player, but I don't think he is being drawn into this situation where it is suddenly brought up that his former club want to sign him just as he faces his old team. Palace is his past."
Cardiff are currently three points adrift of 17th place and safety with just six games left.
Defeat against Palace, currently 16th, would effectively leave them with one foot in the Championship, although they are fresh from salvaging a point at West Brom six days ago through an injury-time equaliser.
"We see it as an opportunity for us to claw our way back in on Palace," Solskjaer added.
"I don't go into a game worrying - there are enough worries in life - but, of course, it is an important game.
"We are running out of games. We have to go out there and give it a go and do what we can to get those three points.
"It's important to go into the game with the right temperament and the right excitement and anxiety levels. A cup final is a chance to win something, and this, for us, is a chance to get back into it.
"The end of the game last week I hope was a turning point. It was key. To be down like that and come back gave us a massive boost.
"This is the biggest (game) for me as Cardiff manager. I always prepare the same. This is the main game now. It's very exciting."
Cardiff have scored three goals in each of their last two home games - beating Fulham before losing against title-chasing Liverpool - but Solskjaer knows Saturday's clash is likely to be a cagey affair, especially given the high stakes.
"If we score three against Palace I will be very surprised," he said. "They defend with their lives and put their bodies on the line. Palace won't give us an easy ride anywhere on the pitch."
Solskjaer, meanwhile, confirmed that Craig Noone is fit for selection this weekend after missing the last three games because of a groin injury.
Palace boss Pulis has fond memories of watching Cardiff as a child but will not go easy on the Bluebirds this weekend.
Palace are five points clear of their hosts after a 1-0 win over Chelsea and will all but seal a second successive Barclays Premier League campaign if they follow that up with a victory in the Welsh capital.
Pulis, who replaced Ian Holloway at Selhurst Park in November, has taken the Eagles from the bottom of the league and now looks like keeping them afloat while one of his boyhood favourites continue to tread water.
"I watched Cardiff when I was a young boy and I also watched Newport when I could," he said.
"If I didn't have games on a Saturday, if I wasn't playing for the YMCA then we would jump on a train and if we could we would get to Cardiff.
"That was when (John) Toshack was playing, (Ian) Gibson was in midfield, and they had a very, very good team.
"My dad took me to watch Cardiff on a Tuesday or a Wednesday evening when they played Real Madrid when there were 50,000 people in the stadium."
With Pulis' long-standing connection to the club, the 56-year-old does not want to see Cardiff drop out of the top flight but insists there will be no favours from his players.
When asked if he wanted to see Cardiff go down, Pulis said: "Not at all.
"It was wonderful to see Cardiff get promoted to join Swansea, I was disappointed that Wrexham didn't get promoted into the league but it was lovely to see my home-town club (Newport County) get promoted back.
"Last year was a really good year for Welsh football and I want it to thrive, it is important for the nation that sport in Wales thrives.
"It is a fantastic club and a great city. I hope, along with us, that they stay in the Premier League but there will be nothing given from us on Saturday."
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Sue Clowers
Sue Clowers, 69 of Benton passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011.
She was born January 19, 1942 in Dell, Ark., to Edison and Hazel Riggs.
She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ Church. She was a homemaker and dearly loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Sue is survived by her husband, Wendell Clowers of Benton; son Wendell Corin Clowers and wife, Anita of Benton; daughters Gina Larhonda Walker and husband, Fred of Fresno, Calif., and Melinda Suzette Shaw and husband, Lyle of Benton; brother Glen Riggs and wife, Carolynn of Winterpark, Fla.; sister Shirley Wooldridge and her husband Winston of Paragould, Ark.; grandchildren Kriston, Tara, Brian, Amanda, Nicki and Cameron and great-granddaughter Caitlin.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at Peaceful Haven Funeral Home with Dr. Glenn Riggs, Bro. Tim Wooldridge and Pastor Jim Gardner officiating.
Interment will follow in Old Union Cemetery Steel Bridge Road at Bland Loop Benton, AR 72015 with Dean Wooldridge, Keith Wooldridge, Russell Riggs, Sammy Riggs, Brian Wooldridge, and Kurt Brinkley serving as pallbearers.
Visitation will be noon until service time on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Peaceful Haven Funeral Home in Benton.
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Wow. It feels bananas to finally be in that place where we can introduce you to the first episode of the new House of Style. It's the sort of momentous thing where you want to uglylaugh with bugged-out eyes because you're so relieved and happy that it's done and delivered. The premiere is clearly a big deal so we pulled out all the stops and flew to Paris to follow our hosts Joan Smalls and Karlie Kloss for the final week of shows during fashion month. For the uninitiated, it goes—New York, London, Milan, and then Paris—so by this point, it's basically a miracle that the girls are still so excited and energized as they haul their butts from show to show to party.
We also sat and talked with each about what it means to be working on HOS (that's what the cool kids are calling it but not for hashtags and SEO BTW FYI ICYMI FTW) and how their personal styles evolved from the time they were kids to now (spoiler alert: they were darling but recount grim tales about what it was like to be a full foot taller than their prom dates) and how they keep their heads screwed on straight during the hectic weeks.
Joan Smalls and Karlie Kloss are the new hosts of 'House of Style.'
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It's funny because you can actually monitor Karlie and Joan's spirits oscillate throughout the day but between the countless appointments and cab rides, you can always peep dramatic spikes when they're stoked to walk a particular show and get to spend time interviewing their favorite designers.
As you know from the thousands of words I've barfed into the internet, I've watched the bejesus out of the archival seasons of the classic MTV show and I have to say (and sure, I am wildly biased) there are sparkly little moments where they remind me of Cindy in the early episodes. Here's the thing, we see Joan and Karlie in ads and editorials and they're such successful, accomplished, beautiful women but when they talk and goof around you're instantly reminded of how legitimately young they both are.
They get slightly nervous at points but my goodness if they're not SO sincere and sunny and it's just lovely to watch them get geeked about people we'd geek about, like, photographer Mario Testino (who you'll remember from our Milan episode in season 4 [and, well, his entire STORIED, SPRAWLING, STUNNING CAREER]).
For the Stella McCartney show that Joan opens (squeeeee!), our hosts go backstage to talk to the designer and it's awesome to see how impressed and proud Stella is of the girls. It's also wonderful to see the new guard talk to House of Style favorites like the legendary designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
Joan Smalls and Karlie Kloss.
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As some of you may know, for this 2013 Spring season, the French national treasure created a series of ensembles that paid homage to iconic musicians from Grace Jones to Michael Jackson. For what it's worth, Joan Smalls serves phenomenal Sade realness because they both have THE PERFECT lips and eyebrows. There's this moment when Joan mugs with Jourdan Dunn and Anais Mali where you cannot DEAL with how exquisite everyone is. Another thing you need to know: Karlie plays a sensational, hammy Boy George and David Bowie and you love watching her WORK her face off. It is adorable.
Then it's off to party with fashmaves like Anna Dello Russo and Alexander Wang at M.A.C. & Carine Roitfeld's "Le Bal." Our hosts are scantily clad in black cocktail dresses. Joan in Gucci and Karlie in Wang. There's a great deal of peek-a-boo action in the cut-out ensembles and it's one of those times that you're reminded of how, indeed, the girls are internationally celebrated models because their bodies are unfrickinbelievable.
Look it, we know that this is a new era. We're not trying to be all things to all people. We realize and even appreciate that there will be those whose hearts belong to House of Style classique forever and ever amen, but we're gonna shoot the moon to bring you something shiny and fresh with some ladies we're excited to hang with. Get into it and let us know what you think if you love it. And if you don't, write it on a wee bit of paper and wad a piece of gum in it and pitch it into the trashcan. Love you. Mean it. Always.
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BEING named Dubbo's Australia Day Sportsperson of the Year won't change Jane Fardell all that much.
This week she'll be back running 200 kilometres around Dubbo as well as longer distances on the bike and swimming as well.
To get through that workload she's up and away at 4am and it goes day in, day out.
She's working hard on endurance work as she builds up to what should be an extraordinary 2013 in sport.
Later this year she'll be heading off to Moscow in Russia as a member of the Australian team for the World Marathon Championships.
Her personal best time for a marathon is two hours, 37 minutes, but she admits to chasing a personal best (PB) every time she races and won't be happy until she gets under 2:35.00.
The more difficult the task the more she seems to thrive on the challenge.
Saturday at Victoria Park in front of an Australia Day crowd was out of Fardell's comfort zone, but receiving the award was one that she will cherish.
"It's wonderful to win the Australia Day award and there are a lot of people over a lot of time that have helped me get to the level that I'm currently at," she said.
"Most important are my mum and dad who have been my most wonderful supporters through the good times and the bad times.
"This year is going to be busy and tomorrow (Sunday) I'll be back competing for the Dubbo Triathlon Club in the interclub series here in Dubbo.
"In the build up to Moscow I'm going over to Europe in five or six weeks time for a number of events including marathons and half marathons.
"We're still working out a race schedule but it looks as though I will be away for about a month or so.
"For now my main focus is on endurance training and my triathlon work is helping in that regard - longer running, longer riding and swimming.
"And then later on there will be speed work as I get closer to going away."
Competing overseas won't be foreign to Dubbo's best known and most travelled athlete.
She ran in the Paris Marathon last year and winning the Sydney Morning Herald half-marathon increased her chances of Australian selection.
Then she went to Melbourne and qualified for the World Championships.
From a young schoolgirl who dominated the Dubbo Rotary Zoo Run for several years Fardell's come a long way and there are still more kilometres left to be run.
Jane Fardell is indeed a worthy Australia Day sport award winner and hopefully more success will come her way as the year unfolds.


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By Karen Hepburn, Toronto Sunday Sun, 4th September 1988
"This one's for you!" said singer Gil Moore from behind his raised drum kit before Triumph broke into the walloping rocker Allied Forces in the Kingswood Theater last night.
And he obviously spoke for vocalist/guitar hero Rik Emmett, bassman Mike Levine and keyboard player/guitarist Rick Santers, who gave the audience of about 10,000 a unified power rock punch.
From the moment the local trio-cum-quartet hit the smoking stage along with a few heart-stopping explosions, their youthful fans were on their side, cheering and clapping in acceptance.
The gold and platinum record holders offered material from their latest LP Surveillance and such older releases as Rock and Roll Machine, Just A Game, Thunder Seven, The Sport Of Kings and Allied Forces.
Somebody's Out There, Tears In The Rain, Never Say Never and Lay It On The Line were just some of the beautifully executed highlights.
Rik Emmett delivered stinging, biting, and electrifying guitar breaks throughout the show; and soared in a long, but eventful mid-show solo.
His fingers were fret dancing and his facial expressions funny as he presented a tapestry of colourful lead pieces, demonstrating his talent and instrumental maturity. It wasn't a surprise when he received an instantaneous standing ovation.
Emmett, Levine, Moore and Santers all shone in their effort to give their supportive Toronto fans an unforgettable event.
Concert openers Brighton Rock also packed an emphatic rock punch, showcasing tracks from their upcoming second album Take A Deep Breath.
The local quintet, fronted by the handsome, charismatic Gerry McGhee was well received, but didn't return for the encore the audience demanded. However, the spirited band did depart with an entertaining Power Overload, which McGhee sang carrying a small boy on his shoulders.


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Rojo Mexican Bistro has quietly closed its store at the Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton Township, the second anchor restaurant to leave the outdoor shopping center this year.
"Yes, they did in fact close last Sunday evening," Melissa Morang, marketing director for the mall, confirmed in an email on Sunday afternoon, referring to Rojo's July 6 departure.
A message on the restaurant's answering machine indicates Rojo owners plan to relocate in a new location on M-59 later this summer or the early fall, but provides no additional information. The company's website makes no mention of its closure.
Rojo's three locations in Oakland County -- Birmingham, Novi and Rochester -- are still open.
Rojo Mexican Bistro was founded in 2008 by Joe Vicari, president and CEO of the Andiamo restaurant group, and Dan Linnen, a former partner in the venture who opened the first Rojo in Novi.
Linnen has since purchased the other Rojo outlets. He completed the purchase of the Rojo at Partridge Creek last October, according to Dominic Vicari, a former general manager at Rojo, and the son of Joe Vicari.
Linnen could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
Rojo made its debut at Partridge Creek in 2011, along with the former Andiamo Lakefront Bistro on Jefferson Avenue in St. Clair Shores. The St. Clair Shores location became a Captain Jack's Lakefront Bar in 2013.
Rojo officials in the past said there was a void in southeastern Michigan for midrange Mexican food. Rojo boasted 100-plus tequila choices and was known for its tableside guacamole.
Workers at competing restaurants at Partridge Creek said they were told Rojo had trouble paying its rent in recent months.
That was the same reason the Tin Fish restaurant/nightclub at Partridge Creek shut down this past winter. It has been vacant since then, as mall officials say their leasing team continues to explore options to fill the space.
On Sunday, Morang did not comment on what would happen to the Rojo location, but other workers in the mall say they've heard rumors that both a Cheesecake Factory and a Royal Oak-based pub Blackfinn are coming to Partridge Creek.
In May, the Detroit Free Press reported B Spot Burgers was planning to open at Partridge Creek, but mall officials have declined to comment on any of the reports.
The 612,000-square-foot mall that has 90 stores and restaurants was sold by Taubman Centers of Bloomfield Hills, along with a handful of other shopping centers, earlier this summer.
Greenwich, Conn.-based Starwood Capital Group acquired the open-air mall for $1.4 billion, according to Taubman.


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The book was in a 5/$1 pile and didn't appear to make good reading since the last pages were missing. I didn't want perfect scissor cuts so I turned to a trusted old trick for perfectly straight yet torn edges: a wet paint brush. Wet a small brush and draw your line, then tear in about 5 seconds for a perfectly ripped edge.
Not too perfect, not too full, just the perfect amount of holiday dazzle for the minimalist in me!


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Summerlin and Lorthridge advance to Semifinals
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March 7, 2003
Senior Ben Summerlin and junior heavyweight Derrell Lorthridge both advanced to the semi-finals of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Wrestling Championships on Friday when they were victorious in their quarterfinal matches.
Lorthridge won a 6-2 decision over Mike Lodato from Hofstra while Summerlin earned his 12th pin of the season in just 1:34 over Sacred Heart's Wayne Oakley.
However, as a team the Monarchs lost their five other matches to drop to eighth in the team standings with just 10 points. Hofstra has taken the lead after the first day with 27 points.
Competition will begin on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
125 Weight Class Pat Flynn, Hofstra WBF Brian Kibler, James Madison 0:24 Aaron Suranofsky, George Mason DEC Zach Makovsky, Drexel 4-3 Bobby Stinson, Rider DEC John Starkes, Old Dominion 4-1 Andy Bricker, Campbell DEC Mike Galorenzo, Boston U 5-4
133 Weight Class Ricky LaForge , Hofstra WBF Jason Slutsky, Boston U 3:40 Jon Huesdash, James Madison WBF John Gartiser, Binghamton 4:48 Jason Cucolo, Sacred Heart MAJOR Chris Buckner, Old Dominion 14-1 Joe Cristaldi, Drexel MAJOR Luke Francis, Campbell 9-1
141 Weight Class Mike Messina, Sacred Heart MAJOR Chris Lazartic, Drexel 21-10 Joey Rivera, Boston U OT Matt Homenick, Hofstra 2-1;tb Pat Diez, James Madison DEC Adam Bricker, Campbell 4-3 Josh Ruff, Binghamton WBF Dan Smith, George Mason 2:24
149 Weight Class Jon Masa, Hofstra WBTF Derick Schoenly, James Madison 21-6;3:37 Mark Laramee, Sacred Heart OT Mark Cartella, Drexel 3-1;sv Jason Holder, Boston U MAJOR Matt Hartigan, Wagner 15-6 Rob Becker, George Mason MAJOR Joe Pollard, Rider 10-1 Mike Patrovich, Hofstra MAJOR Brendan Mance, Drexel 15-5 Joe Privitere, Binghamton MAJOR Justin Blumenthal, Boston U 10-2 Rob Belville, Sacred Heart WBF Dennis Whitby, Old Dominion 4:49 Derek Jenkins, Rider DEC Brian Consolvo, James Madison 8-3
165 Weight Class Noel Thompson, Hofstra MAJOR Matt Ulrey, Old Dominion 12-2 Josh Fultz, James Madison WBF Adam Rees, Campbell 2:26 John Robinson, Rider DEC Richard Appau, George Mason 10-7 Leighton Brady, Boston U DEC Ron Wright, Sacred Heart 11-5
174 Weight Class Ralph Everett, Hofstra DEC Jon Carlisle, Campbell 6-3 Ben Summerlin, Old Dominion WBF Wayne Oakley, Sacred Heart 1:34 Carl Schmidt, Drexel DEC Bob Pizzuto, Rider 5-1 Seth Cameron, James Madison MAJOR Ben Schliens, Boston U 9-1
184 Weight Class Brad Christie, Hofstra DEC Nick Webster, George Mason 8-3 Jerome Joe, Binghamton OT Adam Wright, Old Dominion 5-4;tb Dave Colabella, James Madison DEC Mike Robinson, Rider 3-1 Ed Strauss, Boston U DEC Derek Venne, Sacred Heart 11-6
197 Weight Class Chris Skretkowicz, Hofstra WBTF Derman Lewis, Binghamton 15-0;7:00 Greg Sawyer, Rider DEC Chad Grant, Boston U 6-2 Chris Jones, Drexel MAJOR Steve Kodish, James Madison 11-0 Anthony Reynolds, Sacred Heart WBF Josh McConnell , Campbell 1:46
285 Weight Class Mike Carroll, Drexel WBF Nick Cadmus, Binghamton 4:16 Courtney Howard, Boston U DEC John Miller, Sacred Heart 3-2 Carmelo Marrero, Rider DEC Matt Coffey, James Madison 6-2 Derrell Lorthridge, Old Dominion DEC Mike Lodato, Hofstra 6-2


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Head coach Cameron Rast, on game: "Today was one of our best overall performances of the year. We moved the ball really well and dictated the play pretty well. In the second half we really started to get in behind them and we were rewarded for that. I am happy with our play today."
Rast, on play of goalkeeper Joseph Buttitta: "Joe has been excellent the past few games for us. He made some big saves for us Friday to preserve that tie and again today he kept us in the lead with his play in the second half. We feel very confident with him back there right now."
Freshman Sean Danzeiser, on goal: "I got a nice ball through and I saw the goalkeeper starting to come. I thought that I should just try it and I was able to chip it over him and into the net. I was happy when it hit the back of the net."
Danzeiser, on team's play: "We moved the ball very well today and we were trying to break them down all game. The midfield did a great job at getting everyone involved and keeping the ball flowing. We were able to spread them out and get some good attacks going. Overall, we are very happy to get a win here and head home."


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Forbidden Fruit
Story of the Eye
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What we call pornography has many guises, and it may seem a long way from the dark, patrician pleasures of the Marquis de Sade to the topless, bottomless, endless promises of Forty-Second Street. Roughly the same distance, perhaps, as there is between literary pornography like Story of the Eye and The Story of O and the flood of current films with titles like Steam Heat, Hot Honey, Love in Strange Places, and Pussycat Ranch. And yet all pornography, high and low, hard and soft, innocent and morbid, inhabits a world of fantasy. It makes dreams visible or legible. "Experiences aren't pornographic," Susan Sontag wrote in a remarkable essay in 1967, "only images and representations are."
There is a very slight begging of the question here. Experiences certainly can be obscene, even if they can't be pornographic. What exactly would we call the behavior of people who performed in fact some of the more murderous deeds found in pornographic fiction: throttling a man to death while mounted upon him, for example, as a woman does in Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye? Still, Sontag's comment provides an essential clarification. Pornography is meant to remedy the deficiencies of reality, and no one is clearer about this than its vendors. A movie theater on Broadway claims to be screening "the hottest fantasy flick ever made." A show on Seventh Avenue offers "the fantasy to end all fantasies." And a recent issue of Playgirl announces "fantasies you dream of…and some you'd never dare to dream."
The business of pornography doesn't seem mysterious. Sexual fantasy, like almost anything else, can be made into a commodity, and it is likely that it will be marketed as long as there is anyone to buy it. The purveyors of pornography, I take it, are motivated by the respectable and entirely unfantastic wish to make as much money as possible. But we may still wonder about the needs which nourish the business.
There is a notion about that pornography is simply a reflex, the natural result of our muddled and hypocritical thinking on sexual matters. If the muddle and the hypocrisy were done away with, the argument goes, there would be no more trouble, there would simply be rampant and healthy sexuality all over the place, with a few sad folks sitting it out because they couldn't find partners or insisted on having peculiar problems of their own. This is nonsense not because it's utopian, or because we can't clear the air about sex—we have cleared the air in many respects, and any escape at all from the long Victorian hangover is an achievement—but because sexuality is inextricably entangled with the rest of our lives, and because new freedoms are always caught up in new restrictions. We need quite a few of the taboos we keep breaking—we break them, in part, to make sure they are still there.
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Drill Bits?
Posted 14 January 2012 - 08:05 PM
Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:09 PM
For mild and hardened steel I have found Champion Carbide to be heads and shoulders above anything I have available here in town.
Luckily we stock them at my work. So I get a screaming deal.
Ive got a complete set of XGO BlackGold bits by Champion, have had them for 3-4 years now, abuse the hell out of them, and have yet to break one, or overheat/ruin one. They really are outstanding bits.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:12 PM
And, a drill bit sharpener....
Edited by bheinen74, 14 January 2012 - 10:16 PM.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:18 PM
I realize I will probably need several types for different jobs, and Champion and Bosch are some good recommendations I can start with. I have also had good luck with a few Hitachi singles I have picked up at a local hardware place in a jam.
My friend (30 years in the military) can pick up any drill bit broken or not off of the floor and a quick pass on a bench grinder and it will cut through anything:clap: I haven't even got the drill doctor down yet:rolleyes:
Edited by Crazyeights, 14 January 2012 - 10:22 PM.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:34 PM
Same, my dad can take broken bits and make them drill better than new with his bench grinder. He was a mechanic professionally for 41 years at the same GM garage though. He can take pretty much any bit and make it sharp. He gave me a drill doctor, cause it was never beneficial to him, they don't sharpen as well as his self ability with a grinding wheel, eye/hand/feel.\
It is really only the very tip end blades that do the cutting, and once you get that down to how, no biggy, I wish i would learn someday. Maybe i will ask him for a session of doing some of my old bits that i tend to ruin. He also gave me a bench grinder on a stand. I used the drill doctor once, but it is a pain to figure out, i would rather know how to use the grinder wheel.
Edited by bheinen74, 14 January 2012 - 10:37 PM.
Posted 15 January 2012 - 12:48 AM
Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:08 AM
Posted 15 January 2012 - 01:05 PM
BOSCH. best i have used..made in Germany.
And, a drill bit sharpener....
Bosch bits are not made in germany.
Most are made in China. Some are made in the USA.
Hey, the Chinese ones are without a doubt made with STEEL that CAME from the USA
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Liberty, with 15-20 record, earns NCAA berth
- Article by: PETE IACOBELLI
- Associated Press
- March 10, 2013 - 1:35 PM
CONWAY, S.C. - John Caleb Sanders had 27 points, Davon Marshall added 20 off six 3-pointers and Liberty defeated Charleston Southern 87-76 to win the Big South Conference tournament and reach the NCAA tournament with a 15-20 record.
The Flames opened the season 0-8 and reached 20 losses in their next-to-last regular season game. But Liberty got hot at the right time with a five-game winning streak, the last four at the conference tournament to gain their first NCAA trip since 2004. The Flames's .429 winning percentage is the lowest for an NCAA tournament team since Oakland (Michigan) had a 12-18 record (.400) in 2005.
Marshall, the tournament's MVP, and Sanders got things going in hurry over top-seeded Charleston Southern (19-12) with 3-pointers in the first 90 seconds — and the Flames barely lost their outside touch. Marshall was 6 of 7 from beyond the arc and Liberty finished 9 of 18 on long-range baskets.
Saah Nimley had 18 points to lead the Buccaneers, who as the Big South's regular-season champs will play in the NIT.
The Flames and their cheerleaders rushed the court when the game ended, the players piling on top of each other in celebration. And why not since Liberty was among the longest of longshots to be cutting down the nets in this one.
Liberty will try and pull off a Big South tournament double later Sunday when its top-seeded women's team takes on Longwood for that NCAA berth. The Flames women have won 14 of the past 16 Big South tournament titles.
The Flames fell behind for a final time, 40-37, on Arlon Harper's 3-pointer with 18:10 lead. That's when Sanders' jumper started a 17-7 run the next six minutes to take control. The charge was capped by Marshall's long 3-pointer that put Liberty ahead 54-47. The lead eventually grew to 14 points as the Bucs could not match Liberty's success from the field.
Charleston Southern was just 9 of 28 from behind the arch and Nimley, who made the all-Big South Conference team, was just 1 of 7 from three. The Bucs finished with five players in double figures.
Charleston Southern came in the tournament's top seed and would have hosted this final under the Big South's old home-court format. The league began a three-year deal to play at the recently opened, $35 million HTC Center on the campus of Big South member Coastal Carolina — about 10 miles or so west of South Carolina's Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach resort area.
The Buccaneers hadn't been to a Big South final since 2005 and last won in 1997, also the last time they advanced to the NCAA tournament. They got to the championship by defeating Winthrop in the tournament opener and rallied from 5 points down at the half to oust VMI, 71-65.
Liberty was next to last in the Big South's six-team North Division. That's when the Flames found their game, topping host Coastal Carolina in the opening round before knocking off one of the tournament favorites in High Point, 61-60, in the quarterfinals. The Flames led throughout against High Point, taking a 19-point lead and holding on.
Liberty kept the run going on Saturday with a win over Gardner-Webb.
The Flames didn't let up against Charleston Southern. Sanders, the team's leading scorer this year at 13 points a game, nearly reached that mark with 12 points in the period while Marshall added 11.
Tavares Speaks hit a bucket as the halftime buzzer sounded that put the Flames ahead 35-34 heading into the break. Speaks ended the game with 18 points.
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Ok, wait, let me see if I have this logic right. He knows why STBX divorced you - because, while he bullies people into paying his way and mooches all over, that's fine, but you don't then pick up the tab for something you had nothing to do with afterward? Right? That's a reason for STBX breaking up with you rather than you breaking up with him?No, he is not right.
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LYmphadenectomy After NeoAdjuvant Chemotherapy (LYANA)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01724944
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified November 2012 by Prof. Giovanni Scambia, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : November 12, 2012
Last Update Posted : November 12, 2012
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
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The purpose of this study is to determine the role of lymphadenectomy in advenced ovarian cancer patients at the time of interval debulking surgery after neoadjuvant chemiotherapy.
Moreover it is a prospective trial, aimed to investigate the prognostic role of sistematic lymphadenectomy in terms of percentage of micrometastases detected, morbidity (complications rate), progression free interval, overall survival, recurrence pattern.
|Condition or disease
|Advanced Ovarian Cancer (Stage III or IV) After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
|Procedure: Systematic pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy
|Phase 1 Phase 2
In patients with advanced ovarian cancer (FIGO stage III-IV), a percentage between 50% and 80% had lymph node metastases at diagnosis, mainly in para-aorto-caval (48 %) and iliac areas (49%). In 1988, FIGO has included lymph node metastasis in stage IIIC, although some authors argue that only node involvement constitutes a clinical course different from IIIC cancer patients with abdominal diffusion.
Although it has been demonstrated that lymphadenectomy is technically feasible and relatively safe in this subset of patients, however, it is burdened by a certain percentage of complications including limphocyst, lymphedema, hemorrhage, ranging from 6% to 45%. In addition, the actual therapeutic role is still controversial and it is not clear whether this surgical procedure should be part of the staging of these tumors. Retrospective studies have shown a benefit on overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer who underwent lymphadenectomy associated with optimal debulking (residual tumor <1 cm). In a recent publication by SEER is found that the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery for advanced ovarian cancer is an independent prognostic factor.
In the literature there is only one prospective randomized study on lymphadenectomy in advanced ovarian cancer without node lesions macroscopically observed (bulky nodes) during the first surgery. The authors reported a significant benefit in terms of disease free survival (DFS), but not in terms of overall survival (OS) in patients who underwent systematic lymphadenectomy and who had a residual tumor <1 cm. Patients with intra-abdominal residual tumor <1 cm could theoretically not benefit from a systematic lymphadenectomy since most of lymph node metastases undetectable to intraoperative assessment are smaller than 1 cm.
About 20% of ovarian cancer patients stage III-IV, however, are not operable at the time of diagnosis because of the spread of the disease. In these cases, the gold standard treatment consists of submitting the patient to Interval Debulking Surgery (IDS) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The prognosis of these patients compared to those who are subjected to primary surgery, with the same residual tumor after surgery, is currently a topic of controversial debate. Recently, a multicenter, randomized EORTC showed no difference in prognosis between primary surgery and Interval Debulking Surgery in a population stratified by residual tumor. There are few retrospective studies that consider the presence of lymph node metastases in patients undergoing Interval Debulking Surgery: the percentage of lymph node metastases in this subset varies from 37.5% to 75%.
The purpose of the study is to assess whether systematic pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy should be part of standard surgical procedures in patients with ovarian cancer who underwent surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with intra-abdominal residual tumor <1 cm.
All patients candidate for Interval Debulking Surgery which do not present bulky nodes at surgery and which have an intra-abdominal residual tumor <1 cm at the end of the surgery will be enrolled in the study.
The baseline assessment of patients is to perform general blood tests, CA 125, CT thorax, abdomen, pelvis, anesthetic assessment and, if eligible, the patients will be subjected to the treatment above.
The enrollment period will last for 2 years until the achieving of 65 patients as the study population. The median follow-up of 6 months for all patients for the primary objectives and a median of 36 months for the secondary objectives.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|65 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Lymphadenectomy After Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Ovarian Neoplasm
|Study Start Date :
|February 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|February 2013
|Experimental: Systematic Lymphadenectomy
Procedure: Systematic pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy
Pelvic lymphadenectomy dissection began at the origin of the external iliac vessels and continued caudally along the medial border of the psoas muscle, with the lower limit of the external iliac lymphadenectomy being represented by the deep inferior epigastric vessels. The lateral boundaries of lymphadenectomy were delineated superficially by the fascia covering the psoas muscle and deeply by the fascia covering the internal obturator and levator ani muscles. Lymph nodes along the external iliac vessels were removed en bloc with those adjacent to the common iliac vessels. Aortic lymphadenectomy dissection began at the aortic bifurcation by removing the superficial intercavoaortic, precaval, and preaortic nodal groups. Lymph nodes located lateral to the vena (i.e., paracaval nodal group) were separated from the vena cava, then removed en bloc. Lymph nodes behind the vena cava are removed if enlarged. Removal of the lateroaortic nodes was performed up to the level of the left renal vein.
- Percentage of positive lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Evaluation of complications related to the surgical procedure [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Evaluation of disease-free interval (DFS) [ Time Frame: 36 months ]
- Assessment of overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: 36 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 18 and 75 years
- Patients affected by advanced ovarian cancer (FIGO stage III-IV) who underwent > 2 to <7 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on platinum and taxanes.
- Clinical response (instrumental and serological) complete or partial.
- Residual intra-abdominal tumor <1 cm.
- Absence of disease macroscopically evident in lymph nodes (> 1 cm)
- Life expectancy of at least 4 weeks
- Adequate respiratory function, hepatic, cardiac, bone marrow and renal function (creatinine clearance> 60 mL / min according to the Cockroft formula)
- Patient psychologically able to follow the study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with severe impairment of lung function, or liver failure, such as not to allow access in safety in the operating room.
- Not epithelial ovarian neoplasms or borderline tumors
- Other invasive cancer in the last 5 years or signs of recurrence or activity
- Patients with intra-abdominal residual tumor> 1 cm
- Patients with the presence of bulky nodes (> 1 cm) in the intra-operative evaluation
- Diseases of the lymphatic system (including lymphatic edema of unknown origin)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01724944
|Contact: Catholic University of Sacred Heart
|+39 063 015 627 9
|Catholic University of Sacred Heart
|Rome, Italy, 00100
|Principal Investigator: Fagotti Anna, MD, PhD
|Principal Investigator: Fanfani Francesco, MD
|Principal Investigator: Costantini Barbara, MD
|Principal Investigator: Vizzielli Giuseppe, MD
|Principal Investigator: Perelli Federica, MD
|Responsible Party:
|Prof. Giovanni Scambia, Professor Giovanni Scambia, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01724944 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|November 12, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 12, 2012
|Last Verified:
|November 2012
Keywords provided by Prof. Giovanni Scambia, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart:
Interval debulking surgery
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Ovarian cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders


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Discussion in 'General' started by bhanuprasad1981, Jun 9, 2009.
hello i saw 4.0.4 was released officially , but i don't see it in admin panel what to do now ?
not working it asks to run installer
assume you have installed LSWS in /usr/local/lsws
run install.sh to install 4.0.4 to the same directory - /usr/local/lsws
it'll prompt you to upgrade or not. just type "Yes"(following the instruction). then it's an upgrade not an fresh installation.
Just have a try, it won't break anything. after the upgrade, you'll see 4.0.4 in the admin console, and can switch between 4.0.4 and previous versions as you like.
i need to download latest package and upload files? then run installer ?
Yes, just do an upgrade.


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Eyeballs make for good business. The more eyeballs you have on your, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other social media sites the greater the potential customer base.
Aromatologist Gillian Parkinson gets up to 50% of traffic to her website thanks to social media, which she dedicates time to daily. Parkinson has two different business personas active on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. One for her Le'Esscience aromatherapy business and another for Tinkture, which sells tattoo aftercare products.
Le'Esscience gets 50% of its traffic from social media, says Parkinson, and Tinkture, attracts 42% of traffic from the same source.
Parkinson says her success in social media marketing is down to her philosophy of "sharing and caring". "It is not about tell and sell," she says. "I get fantastic feedback about what I am sharing and telling. It is a natural sell (from there)."
Facebook should need no introduction to Kiwis, many of whom spend hours a day posting to and reading the world's number one social media site. New Zealand businesses find many creative ways to raise their profile for free by getting Facebook users to "like" their pages. For example they may offer Facebook users who "like" their page a special preview of an upcoming product. Or they might run a promotion where users need to "like" the company's page and then answer a question to enter a competition or be rewarded with a social media-only offer. The advantage of having users "like" a business' page is that it spreads the message to that individual's circle of Facebook friends.
Hugely popular in New Zealand as well is Twitter - a message service where short messages (tweets) can be posted. Users follow each other and the greater the number of followers a business has the wider your message is spread. Users can re-tweet information of interest disseminating it more widely. Twitter is a great way for individual business people and businesses to build profile as an "expert" in their field. Following the top Tweeters in an individual or business' sector helps them to reach out to a greater audience.
The new kid on the social media block is Pinterest. This social media site is all about images. Like an image? Then pin it to a board. Other users can re-pin the images should they find them appealing. There is no direct way for customers to buy products on Pinterest. But the marketing potential is huge. For businesses these images will be a catalogue of their products. This of course works better for some businesses than others. A creative business, for example producing unique New Zealand handcrafts might be of more interest to the Pinterest community than a heavy engineering company that designs and builds commercial paper shredders.
Richard Irvine social media manager at Telecom New Zealand says Pinterest and the other sites offer a great tool for small businesses to express their personalities. "It works best when it is done as a social exercise, rather than a marketing exercise. It's a powerful way to express what your company is all about."
To be successful, small businesses need a strategy, to be organised, and be interesting. The strategy needs to be integrated. facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media sites shouldn't be a standalone endeavour.
If you don't have the time or imagination to run your own campaign, it's possible to outsource the job. Natural skincare business Made4Baby hired a part-timer to manage its facebook page. Made4Baby owner Rebecca McLeod found it hard to think up new and engaging topics week after week. In three months followers grew from 700 to 1900 translating into online sales growth.
• Define your purpose and goals
• Respect others
• Don't over promote
• Follow others
• Send clear messages
• Schedule time for social media marketing
• Be knowledgeable
• Be a trustworthy source of information
• Ask questions. Seek others' opinions about your business.
• Pay attention to visual branding
• Be prepared to spend time responding to queries
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