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The death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday.
One in 200 women dies during or soon after a cesarean in a sampling of nearly 3,700 births across 22 African countries, they reported in The Lancet Global Health.
By comparison, maternal mortality is about one woman per 10,000 operations in Britain. Death rates related to C-sections are roughly the same across most developed countries.
Urgent need to improve safety
"The findings highlight the urgent need for improved safety for the procedure," said researchers led by Bruce Biccard, a professor at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Preventable C-section deaths mostly stemmed from a ruptured uterus, in mothers who had pre-existing placental complications, bleeding before birth or during surgery, and problems related to anesthesia.
"Improvement of C-section surgical outcomes could substantially improve both maternal and neonatal mortality," Biccard said.
He also called for a better assessment of the risk related to bleeding, and less restrictive use of drugs to treat post-partum hemorrhaging.
In many African nations, there is a chronically short supply of blood for transfusions.
Blood products with a greater shelf life and better use of anesthesia by non-doctors — through mobile and online training, for example — could also help boost survival rates, the researchers said.
Surgical study
The findings are part of the Africa Surgical Outcomes Study, which tracks all patients who received surgery at 183 hospitals across the 22 countries for seven days.
C-sections accounted for a third of all surgeries in the period covered, the study found.
Making C-sections more easily available could also avoid potentially lethal complications, the authors noted.
Of the cases examined, 75 percent were classified as "emergency surgery," with mothers arriving at the operating room with high-risk conditions.
"Paradoxically, while many countries are aiming to reduce cesarean delivery rates, increasing the rate remains a priority in Africa," Biccard said.
C-section double worldwide
Worldwide, the number of C-sections has nearly doubled over the last 20 years, reaching unprecedented proportions in some countries, recent research has highlighted.
In Brazil, Egypt and Turkey, for example, more than half of all births are done via C-section.
But in close to a quarter of nations surveyed, many in Africa, use of the procedure is significantly lower than average.
It is estimated that the operation is medically necessary 10-15 percent of the time.
In 2015, doctors performed 29.7 million C-sections worldwide, 21 percent of all births.
This was up from 16 million in 2000, or 12 percent of all births.


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Apply styling mousse to damp hair, using your palm as a measuring guide, and evenly distribute it along the hair shaft. Styling mousse will add hold and can help achieve better results.
Using the corner of your comb and standing in front of a mirror find the middle of your right eye and then drag the comb straight up slowly until you reach your hairline and then continue back in a straight manner to achieve an even right part. A side part is great for longer face shapes because it creates the illusion of width.
Use your hand to scrunch the hair as you blow-dry. Remember to keep the blow-dryer on a low speed and heat setting and to leave some moisture in your hair.
Apply a small amount of wax to your fingertips and then lightly piece and pinch the ends of your hair.
To finish, apply a minimal amount of hairspray from an arms length distance to the top, sides and back. Take care not to use too much or you will end up with a white, flaky residue which looks like dandruff.

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Working With Text
TextMate tries for the most part to mimic the behavior of the NSTextView
system component, as used by applications such as Mail, Safari and basically all other Cocoa applications.
Some of the extra features related to text editing are covered in this section.
Auto-Paired Characters (Quotes etc.)
When writing structured text (like markup or source code) there are characters which go together in pairs. For example in a programming language you rarely type an opening brace ({
) without also needing the closing brace (}
To help you keep these characters balanced, TextMate will insert the appropriate closing character after the caret when you type the opening one. If you type the closing character TextMate is smart enough to overwrite the auto-inserted one. If you type an opening character and then delete it using backward delete (⌫) then the auto-inserted character will also be deleted. If you only want to delete the auto-inserted character, use forward delete instead (⌦).
It is also possible to wrap a selection in an open/close character by selecting text and typing the opening character. For example if you type foo
, select it and type (
then TextMate will make it (foo)
placing the caret after the ending parentheses.
The actual character pairs are defined in the bundle preferences with different settings for different languages and contexts. For example, in source code an apostrophe is set up to have itself as a closing character, except for comments and strings. This is achieved using scope selectors.
Two useful shortcuts in relation to auto-paired characters (defined as macros in the Source bundle and overridden for a few languages) are:
Move to the end of the line and insert a newline.
For example if you write:print("foo
Then you will have
to the right of the caret and can now use ⌘↩ to skip these two characters and insert a new line. -
Move to the end of the line, insert a;
and then insert a newline.
TextMate has a simple yet effective completion function on ⎋ (escape). It will complete the current word based on matches in the current document. If there are multiple matches, you can cycle through these by pressing ⎋ continuously. It is also possible to cycle backwards using ⇧⎋.
The matches are sorted by distance from the caret, meaning candidates which are closer to the caret will be suggested before candidates farther away.
Two possibilities exist for augmenting this default completion. Both are done via bundle preferences.
The first option is to provide a list of candidates which should always be suggested. For example the Objective-C bundle has a list of commonly used Cocoa framework methods. This is an array of the candidates, e.g.:
completions = ( 'retain', 'release', 'autorelease', 'description' );
The other option is to set a custom shell command to gather the completions. The shell command will have the TM_CURRENT_WORD
environment variable available (as the word which needs to be completed) along with the other variables.
For example the C bundle has a custom completion command setup for when the caret is inside the preprocessor include directive, it looks like this:
completionCommand = 'find "$TM_DIRECTORY" \
-name "$TM_CURRENT_WORD*.h" -maxdepth 2 \
-exec basename "{}" \;|sort';
This will find as matches, any file in the current directory (and direct sub-directories) which have the current word as prefix and an .h
When you provide your own completion command (or list) you may want to disable the default matches. This can be done by setting disableDefaultCompletion
to 1
Copy and Paste
Clipboard History
Each time you copy or cut text, the text is pushed onto a stack.
By pressing ⌃⌥⌘V you will see the list of all previous clippings and can pick the one you want to paste using arrow keys. Use return to insert it and escape to dismiss the list. If you dismiss the list, the currently selected clipping will be what gets pasted the next time you use the paste function.
Instead of having to pick the clip from the list, you can use ⇧⌘V to paste the previous clip in the list. Using that key again will advance to the clip before that and so on. To go back you can use ⌥⌘V. These key equivalents are useful when you want to make multiple copies from one document and then paste these LIFO-style (Last In First Out) into another document (or another location in the same document).
Re-indented Paste
When pasting text, TextMate will estimate the indent of the text pasted as well as the current indent level and adjust the pasted text so that it matches the current indent.
The estimates are done using the indentation rules mentioned in the Re-Indent Text section.
If you temporarily want to avoid this you can paste text using ⌃⌘V. You can also permanently disable re-indented pasting in the Text Editing part of the Preferences.
Editing Modes
Freehanded Editing
You can enable or disable freehanded editing in the Edit → Mode submenu (⌥⌘E).
With this mode enabled caret movement will not be restricted by line endings or tab stops.
This is useful when working with ASCII diagrams, when inserting something at a given column on several lines (and you do not want to insert the padding) and in a few other situations.
When making column selections freehanded mode is (temporarily) enabled, allowing you to make selections past the end of lines.
It is also possible to place the caret beyond the end of a line by single-clicking the mouse while holding down the option key (⌥).
Overwrite Mode
By enabling overwrite mode in the Edit → Mode submenu (⌥⌘O) characters already in the document will be overwritten as you type rather than inserted as normal.
This is useful when working with column data, e.g.:
foo jaz
bar sub
fud dub
Imagine we want to overwrite some of the values in the first column. Somewhat similarly, we may have a line of a fixed width and want to replace part of it but preserve the width, for example we could have code like this where we must right-align the value to column 20 but want to overwrite the label:
printf("Value is %3d", 37).
Find and Replace
In addition to the standard find dialog, TextMate has a Find submenu (located in the Edit menu) which gives you key equivalents for find and replace actions.
Inserting Newlines and Tabs in the Find Dialog
The find dialog uses normal system controls for accepting input. You can toggle between single line and multi line text controls using the arrow next to the Replace text field.
If you need to insert a newline or tab character into either of the text fields, you can hold down option (⌥) while pressing the tab (⇥) or return (↩) key. This will insert a literal tab or newline character.
Find Clipboard
Two useful key equivalents are ⌘E and ⌘G. The first copies the selection to the shared find clipboard. This works in the majority of applications and allows you to find the next occurrence of that string by then pressing ⌘G.
The find clipboard works across applications so whether in Safari, TextEdit, Mail, TextMate, Terminal, Console, or similar, one can copy the selected text to the find clipboard, switch application and use ⌘G to find that string.
In addition TextMate offers ⇧⌘E to copy the selection to the replace clipboard. This is often useful to save a trip to the find dialog, for example if you want to replace newlines with the pipe character (|
) for a list of items, select a newline, press ⌘E to use that as the find string. Now type a |
, select it and press ⇧⌘E so that it is copied to the replace clipboard.
The next step is then to either press ⌃⌘F to perform the replacement in the entire document, or select the range in which you want the replacement to occur and use ⌃⇧⌘F instead.
Moving Text
Increase/Decrease Indent Level
In the Text menu there is a Shift Left and Shift Right action bound to ⌘[ and ⌘]. These will increase and decrease the indent by the size of one tab.
On many european key layouts these keys are rather awkward, so in addition to these, you can also use ⌥⇥ and ⌥⇤ (where ⇤ is achieved using ⇧⇥).
Move Text Up/Down/Left/Right
If you want to move a line/block up/down a few lines or move a word/column selection, it can be done by holding down ⌃⌘ and using the arrow keys to move the selection around. It also works for moving lines up/down without a selection.
Re-indent Text
If you have code which has broken indent, you can select it and use Text → Indent Selection (without a selection it indents the current line).
The rules for estimating the indent are setup per-language using bundle preferences. For more details see the indentation rules section.
Selecting Text
Selecting text is achieved by holding down ⇧ while using the normal movement keys. In addition the Edit → Select submenu has actions to select current word, line, paragraph, enclosing brackets and entire document.
Editing Multiple Lines
Sometimes there is a need for adding a suffix to lines of variable length, or maybe editing the last part of these lines.
Although you can use find and replace for this, an easier way is to select the lines that needs to be edited, then use Text → Edit Each Line in Selection (⌥⌘A) and the caret will be placed at the end of the first line in the selection.
You can now type new text, delete text or go back and edit existing text and this will be mirrored down through all the (previously selected) lines. To leave this mode, simply move the caret away from the current line.
Column Selections
It is possible to select column data either by holding down ⌥ and making the selection with the mouse, or making a regular selection and then pressing ⌥ once (which toggles between the two types of selection).
You can use all the normal actions on a column selection e.g. move selection, replace in selection, transpose (lines), actions from the Text menu, filter the selection through a shell command, etc.
Column Movement / Typing
Using arrow up/down with ⌥ will move the caret to the first/last row in the current column. Hold down ⇧ to get it selected.
For example if you have column data as shown above with the caret in front of foo
, press ⌥⇧↓ and it will move the caret down in front of fud
and leave the text between foo
and fud
You may now either want to press ⌥ once to switch to a zero-width column selection, then start typing to type on each line.
Alternatively use ⌥⇧→ and then ⌥ to leave the entire column selected (in column mode).
Smart Tab Behavior
When using the tab key at the beginning of a line, TextMate will insert as many tabs as it estimates to be correct for that line. If the line already has text the caret will move to the front of this text.
If the line already has the correct indent (or above) a single tab will be inserted.
Spell Checking
TextMate supports the system wide 'Check Spelling as You Type'. This can be changed in the Edit → Spelling submenu.
You can bring up the context sensitive menu for a misspelled word to get spelling suggestions.
Since TextMate is intended for structured text it is possible to exclude parts of the document from being checked. This is done by creating a preferences item in the bundle editor, setting spellChecking
to 0
and filling in the scope selector with the selector to target for no spell checking.
By default spell checking is disabled for source code except strings and comments and also for keywords, tags and similar in HTML, LaTeX, Markdown, etc.
Using Spaces Instead of Tabs
TextMate can use spaces instead of tab characters. This is done by clicking the "Tab Size" pop-up in the status bar and enabling Soft Tabs.
This setting will only affect the current language and all languages with a common root that do not have the option set yet. The same applies to the state of spell checking, soft wrap and the actual tab size.
When soft tabs are enabled, TextMate will for the most part act exactly as if you were using hard tabs but the document does indeed contain spaces.


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Potato Pest Dissected for Clues to Better Controlling It
By Jan Suszkiw
May 1, 2014
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finding new ways of managing "zebra chip" and the insect that can spread this plant disease to potato crops.
In Wapato, Wash., USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Rodney Cooper is using fine-tipped forceps and a fluorescent microscope to dissect the organs and tissues of the potato psyllid, a tiny, cicada-like insect which can transmit the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, the cause of zebra chip.
Cooper combines the procedure with fluorescent genetic markers to understand where and how Liberibacter survives in the psyllid, from the moment it is ingested by the insect pest to the time it is injected into new plants. The information is important on several fronts—from improved experimental designs and data interpretation to better decision-making on how best to detect, control and prevent zebra chip, notes Cooper, who works at the ARS Fruit and Vegetable Insect Research Unit in Wapato. ARS is USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
Zebra chip gets its name from the dark bands it causes inside tubers. The bands are especially pronounced after the potatoes are cut and fried. Other symptoms include curled leaves and tissue discoloration. Zebra chip poses no consumer danger, but it is unsightly and can diminish tuber marketability.
After dissecting a psyllid specimen in his lab, Cooper subjects its excised organs and tissues to probes that glow green if the disease is present. Using this microscope-aided method, Cooper and his colleagues have observed Liberibacter in four main areas of the psyllid: its gut, hemolymph, bacteriomes (organs where symbiotic bacteria reside), and salivary glands.
The primary disease control method involves spraying potato crops with insecticides. However, researchers are seeking to provide growers with more sustainable approaches, particularly resistant varieties. Information from Cooper's psyllid dissections may also eventually set the stage for targeting Liberibacter directly.
Read more about this work in the May/June 2014 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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The MJ group has the following to offer those of us that have a good mind in having the best out of marriage
When they marry, most people say things like, "I love you just the way you are; don't ever change!"—and they really mean it.
The notion that their spouse might change is scary and nonsensical to most newlyweds. Furthermore, popular opinion supports this idea, dictating that marriages fail because people change.
But of course people change! All healthy people grow and change as they mature. It's those who don't change who find themselves trapped in unhealthy marriages. The truth is, most marriages don't fail because people change, they fail because people don't change.
Couples need to change and grow in order to invigorate and rejuvenate their relationship. Despite all we've been told about the power of love to surmount all odds, successful marriages don't happen because two people fall in love; they happen when two people fall in love over and over again with each other. That can only happen when two people change together in whatever ways their lives and their marriage require.
If you accept this basic premise, a lot of the seemingly contradictory pressures of modern marriage make a lot more sense. As a marriage counselor and psychologist with more than fifteen years of experience, I often see men and women who feel like they just can't win. It's as if they're living a life filled with relentless pressure: pressure to stay home with the kids and, at the same time, pressure to go to work and make more money; pressure to drop some of their old friends and old habits and develop new friends and new habits.
They also feel pressure to be tough and in charge, but also to be sensitive and vulnerable. They think that if they could just eliminate these pressures, their life and their marriage would be okay again.
Women often say things like, "He knew what I was like when he married me, and now he wants me to be different. He knew that I had a lot of hobbies and interests and that I didn't like spending weekends at home being a couch potato."
"It sounds like he wants a different wife," I usually comment.
"Absolutely!" is the common response.
Men often say things like, "She knew what I was like when she married me, and now she wants me to be different. She knew that I liked to drink and hang out with my buddies and that I wasn't particularly interested in talking about my feelings and stuff like that."
To this, I usually respond, "It sounds like she wants a different husband."
"Absolutely!" is the common response.
"So what am I supposed to do?" they both want to know.
My advice is usually the same. "It sounds like it's time for a change," I say. "It's time for you to become the new spouse he (or she) is looking for!"—the one you both deserve.


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For the week ending 3 February 2007 / 15 Shevat 5767
Where Did We Go Wrong?
"Then the chiefs of Edom were shocked; the mighty men of Moav trembled; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away."
This Shabbat Jews will be standing in respect while hearing these words from the song sung by our ancestors upon witnessing the drowning of their Egyptian pursuers.
After the Six Day War the Rosh Hayeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Rabbi Chaim Schmulevitz, zatzal, dramatically applied these words in a public lecture to the shock-waver that swept the Arab world in the wake of Israel's astounding victory over a collection of Arab armies.
Years later came the Arab intifadas with their demonstration of Arab fearlessness as their youngsters threw stones at Israeli soldiers and went on to suicide bombings.
Where did we go wrong?
Perhaps this is a question everyone in Israel should ask himself. A little soul-searching and a lot of improvement will certainly go a long way to restoring that fear which our enemies once had of us and thus secure Israel forever.


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What The Facebook IPO Could Mean To Consumers
Tomorrow, a very small group of people — many of them already incredibly wealthy — will be super incredibly wealthy when shares of Facebook start trading on Nasdaq. But while only a few folks will reap a direct, immediate benefit from the IPO, the decision to take Facebook public with such huge dollar amounts attached to the deal will definitely have a long-term impact on consumers.
From its infancy, venture capitalists have been pumping their cash into Facebook, and they will be paid back tomorrow when the company makes shares open to the public. Unfortunately, this now means that Facebook will now have a much larger group of investors, all of whom expect a return.
In order to keep that stock price up, Facebook will need earn more money. The current valuation is around 24 times the company's sales for the last 12 months.
Unless Facebook suddenly changes to a paid subscription model — which it has said it will never do and which would decimate its audience — to us, this means it will have to resort to more ads on the site and more invasive marketing techniques.
Facebook has generally shied away from conventional advertising (i.e., banner ads, page wraps, video headers), but their unconventional ads don't appear to be doing the trick for big-ticket advertisers. So we could easily see more standard types of online ads begin to creep their way onto the site. It's an easy way to generate revenue, especially given the size of Facebook's audience.
Beyond that, we expect to see more prominent "sponsored posts," which currently highlight the fact that one of your Facebook friends "liked" a sponsor. Our crystal ball (really just clear plastic) sees these posts being moved into the news feed and presented in a way that makes them more appealing to paying advertisers.
There are already hundreds of millions of registered Facebook users and while that number is likely to continue growing in the foreseeable future, that growth rate will eventually have to flatten. At that point, the site won't be able to tout its increasing audience size and will need to begin mining that audience for more revenue.
We predict changes to the privacy policy (or re-interpretations of existing policy) that would allow Facebook to skim through your posts and photos to allow advertisers to market directly to you.
So while you currently could like a retailer in order to get its daily deal posts, we would not be shocked if you suddenly started seeing e-mails from Facebook that say things like "We saw you mentioned Retailer X, here is a sale you might be interested in."
Interestingly enough, over at PCmag.com, they polled staffers for a wish list of what they hope to see happen on a post-IPO Facebook and almost all of their ideas — getting rid of tagging, increased privacy, fewer social reader apps — would seem to have a negative impact on Facebook's revenue.
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Here's what you'll have to do! Add a comment to this post telling us the name of your cat...and if you don't have a cat, come up with a funny name you'd give a cat. Mine would be Mr. Whiskers.
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You might say Abbotsford's Tommy Kippes is a man of extremes.
As an amateur boxer four years ago, Kippes travelled to Northern Alberta and prepared for months to take on an opponent in his own weight division.
But at the last minute, the promoter informed the 2012 Yale Secondary grad that his original opponent had injured his ankle and he could be in the main event against someone new if he agreed.
Kippes decided to accept the new challenger – who just happened to be 6' 10" and over 300 pounds.
Three rounds later, he emerged victorious via unanimous judges' decision.
In case anyone is wondering about the 6'10" -317lb guy i fought in the Boxing tilly mentioned by @BenLypka in his @AbbyNews article, here is the backstory (11-09-2015) 🤜🏼🥊 pic.twitter.com/ZZfDhI2Fcc
— Tommy the Tractor Guy (@tommykippes) February 13, 2020
RELATED: Kippes posts a 'big' win
It's with that same vigour that Kippes has taken to the viral #ShotgunJake challenge on Twitter.
He may not be fighting giant men from Alberta anymore, but shotgunning an entire can of baby clams might be even more daunting – depending on who you talk to.
#shotgunjake 16th goal of the szn, congrats big tuna! 🚨🏒 This one had me strugglin' 🦪🍣 @HalfordTSN @JasonBroughTSN #Canucks pic.twitter.com/KbepghdIvZ
— Tommy the Tractor Guy (@tommykippes) February 11, 2020
For those unaware, the #ShotgunJake phenomena began in the 2018-19 season after popular TSN 1040 radio hosts Jason Brough and Mike Halford decided to film themselves shotgunning a beer and post it online as a way for fans to cheer on Vancouver Canucks forward and Abbotsford's own Jake Virtanen.
Brough boldly predicted that Virtanen would score 20 goals last season, and while he managed 15 the phenomenon caught on and fans of the show began posting their own videos to cheer him on.
Kippes said he has been a huge fan of the Halford and Brough show for years, and originally gained a little bit of fame by texting in some of his hot sports takes using the name "Tommy the Tractor Guy" because he works on local chicken farms all day long. Several of his texts got read on air by the hosts over the years and when the #ShotgunJake trend began he wanted to get involved.
"They started #ShotgunJake and I was always hearing about this guy called 'Dweeb' on Twitter and how he does these sick shotguns," Kippes said. "So I was like, you know what, I'm going to start my own little thing and see if it takes off and I'm going to shotgun weird things. I wanted to be different."
#ShotgunJake gets his Sweet 16 on #LegendsNight!! Really turning back the clock with the beautiful retro jerseys to boot. 16/20 ⏰🍻👍#FreeTheSkate #Canucks@HalfordTSN @JasonBroughTSN pic.twitter.com/qMzOIv4f2j
— dweeb. (@edweeb) February 11, 2020
Different is one way to describe some of the items Kippes has decided to shotgun.
Unlike the traditional beers that many fans choose, Kippes began his #ShotgunJake journey with Pina Colada coolers, and it escalated from there.
He has shotgunned a can of beans, one litre of chocolate milk, V-8 juice, a can of pineapple chunks, an entire Slurpee mixed with vodka, a Tim Hortons coffee, a carton of cream, a can of tuna, a bottle of maple syrup and – most recently – the clams.
#shotgunjake 15th goal of the szn, congrats big tuna! 🚨🏒 Had to go deep sea fishing for this one 🐟 @HalfordTSN @JasonBroughTSN #Canucks pic.twitter.com/NEiX2ExXyC
— Tommy the Tractor Guy (@tommykippes) January 30, 2020
#shotgunjake 14th goal of the szn, congrats big tuna! 🚨🏒 Jake's a great Canadian boy, so lets honour, our great Canadian boys 🥇🇨🇦 @HalfordTSN @JasonBroughTSN #Canucks pic.twitter.com/rN3kIfkPmW
— Tommy the Tractor Guy (@tommykippes) January 17, 2020
#shotgunjake 13th goal of the szn, congrats big tuna! 🚨🏒 Yes, @TheStanchion it's Slurpee night ❄ @HalfordTSN @JasonBroughTSN #Canucks pic.twitter.com/Bb5qwcaMEA
— Tommy the Tractor Guy (@tommykippes) January 11, 2020
#shotgunjake 11th goal of the szn, congrats big tuna! 🚨🏒 This one had me bloated 😣 #Canucks @HalfordTSN @JasonBroughTSN pic.twitter.com/kTcplbzRnt
— Tommy the Tractor Guy (@tommykippes) December 29, 2019
These videos are getting noticed, with the majority of them receiving thousands of views, retweets and likes on Twitter. It has helped that Virtanen has scored 16 goals so far this season.
Kippes said he has enjoyed the taste of fame, but he has also developed a passion creating the videos.
"I've always had a creative side to me and made some really stupid YouTube videos back in the day but I've always been into videography," he said, noting he shoots and edits all his videos on his cellphone.
He said he and his family moved to B.C. from Germany in 2005 and he made the move from a soccer fan to hockey.
"I've been a huge Canucks fan since 2010, which might make me sound like a complete bandwagoner but I just didn't know a lot about hockey before then," he said. "I started noticing that so many people were following the Canucks, and I've been hooked ever since."
Kippes said he loves all the Canucks, but his favourite guy on the team is Antoine Roussel.
"That guy is a fricking beauty," he said, laughing. "That guy is all for the team and will stick up for anybody."
Kippes said his ultimate goal with the Twitter account is to continue to entertain people and have fun.
"It's really fun for me to do it and people seem to enjoy it," he said. "I adore editing videos and I just get lost in it. It's a lot of fun and I've been thinking about maybe a career in videography or doing reality or wedding videos one day. There's lots of possibilities."
To follow along with Kippes online, check out his Twitter account @tommykippes.


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Melting Arctic Sea Ice and the Global Ocean Conveyor
Seawater moves through the Atlantic as part of the Global Ocean Conveyor. Thats the way that seawater travels the worlds oceans. The water in the Global Ocean Conveyor moves around because of differences in water density. In the North Atlantic, the differences in water density are mainly caused by differences in temperature. Colder water is denser than warmer water. Water heated in the warm tropics. The warm water travels at the surface of the ocean north into the cold north polar region. The chilly temperatures cool the water. As it cools, it becomes denser and sinks to the deep ocean. More warm surface water flows in to take its place. Then that water cools, sinks, and the pattern continues.
Melting Arctic sea ice could change this pattern, or stop it altogether.
Arctic sea ice is melting fast as the climate warms. When the sea ice melts, it adds freshwater to the ocean making the seawater less dense. The less dense water will not be able to sink and circulate through the deep ocean as it does currently. This will disrupt or stop the Global Ocean Conveyor and could cause climate to cool in Europe and North America.
This would not be the first time that the Global Ocean Conveyor was stopped. There is evidence from sedimentary rocks and ice cores that it has shut down several times in the past. Those shut downs have caused changes in climate that are preserved in the rocks and fossils from the time.


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The Microdungeon 10
The Microdungeon 10 experiment is completed. Today I (finally) mailed 9 microdungeons to the folks who requested to them.
I've also thrown in a few extra goodies: a print of The Wizard's Tower, a couple of Moo cards, and a sticker with dungeon art on them.
So what was the point of this exercise? With shipping and materials, I only made a few bucks on it. On the other hand, I created 10 new dungeons I wouldn't have created before and found owners for them. This is a huge win for me! With dozens of homeless dungeons sitting in little boxes on my desk, a piece of art I can send off to someone makes me happy. Homeless dungeons make me sad.
The only downside was how long it took. Even though each dungeon is quick, it took me a month to complete them all. This is because I do most of my sketching in the 45 minutes between dropping my daughter off at school and starting work every day. And that time is subject to disruption from work emergencies, family duties, errands, dental appointments, other art assignments and a host of other obstructions. The next time I do something like this, I'll carve out a block of time to work on it so I can get it done in a more timely fashion.
That said, thanks for taking part everyone. I hope you enjoy your new dungeons!
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Bulldog Sports Round-up
- Published: September 9, 2010
Girls cross country improves
In the varsity women's race the Lady Bulldogs improved their season record with a 12th-place finish out of the 23 schools scoring. Ninth grader Talia Boutis, running in the squad's second position, posted a new season best time of 24:23 while overcoming the challenges of the difficult Liberty Park course. Lois Miller matched pace with the lead pack of women and placed ninth overall out of 238 at a time of 20:59. Following Boutis in the team scoring was Christina Brewer, who was 131st overall and 87th in the team scoring with a time of 25:59. Alex Beer and Hannah Kumbusky rounded out the top five and the squad's scoring efforts, finishing in 27:06 and 27:19 respectively. Also running well but not scoring were Mary Triplett, 215th overall in 31:09 and AnnDee Pettiford, 230th in 32:55. The women's squad's season record now stands at 18 wins and 25 losses.
Boys harriers fourth at Hillsboro
Led by senior Gabe Amrhein and junior Zach McHugh, the Bulldogs pounded their way over the lofty knolls in Hillsboro to finish fourth out of 28 teams. With 200 runners in the race, McHugh placed 25th overall at 18:32, with Amrhein mere steps later in 27th at 18:41, 18 seconds faster than his 2009 time on the same course.
Placing third among the team's scorers, Mitchell Brickson bested his previous course time by a minute, finishing 39th overall in 19:09. The biggest improvement on the team went to Nerak Patterson, who placed 47th overall in a new season-best time of 19:24. Rounding out the top five was Nathaniel Reed, who placed 70th overall in 20:01. Also running well in the varsity race were seniors Josh Meadows, 99th overall in 20:55, and Lonya Clark, 103rd in 20:58. In the junior varsity race, newcomer J. J. Hazelbaker, just a freshman, placed 33rd out of the 89 runners in a time of 21:37. The Bulldogs' record after two weeks stands at 38 wins to 14 losses.
Girls volleyball splits games
The girls varsity volleyball team (1–3) split a pair of games this week while the junior varsity squad dropped another to move to 0–3 on the season. In a loss Tuesday, Aug. 31, to Emmanuel Christian (8–25, 17–25, 8–25), Brittany Klotz led the team with 10 points, Tasha Perry helped with five assists and Jenna Boettcher contributed four kills. Last week, on Thursday, Sept. 2, the team defeated Miami Valley School by scores of 25–7, 25–15 and 25–20. Tasha Perry led the scoring with 11 points, three kills and seven assists while Jenna Boettcher contributed nine points, three aces and two kills. Brittany Klotz and Maya Hardman each had eight points with two aces. The junior varsity team lost to Emanuel Christian 12–25, 11–25 with top performances from Hannah Brown, with five assists and Kennedy Harshaw, with two points and five kills.
Boys soccer falls to Irish
Despite losing by a final score of 7–2 to Springfield Catholic Central on Saturday, the Yellow Springs High School boys soccer team kept the game close throughout most of the second half. The Bulldogs battled back from a 4–0 deficit at halftime with two early second-half goals. Mario Cosey broke the scoreless streak on a goal assisted by Gabe Rehm and Nicky Sontag netted a penalty kick to bring the Bulldogs to within two. However, the back line, exhausted by a pressing Irish offense, gave up a late goal with just over seven minutes remaining in the game. In the final minute of regulation, the Irish scored two more quick goals. The team opens conference play on Thursday in a match against Dayton Christian.
McKinney harriers win trophies
The trio of McKinney School eighth graders, Fielding Lewis, Nathan Miller and Edward Johnson, placed second, third and 13th overall, out of 201 middle school boys at last Saturday's Ohio Classic meet in Hillsboro. All three runners fininshed with lifetime bests. Overall, the team finished seventh out of 19 schools. Sage Hale Wolf ran her personal best for the 3,000-meter distance, placing 64th out of 128 finishers.
McKinney volleyball loses one
The Lady Bulldogs were swept by a very good team from Northwestern of Springfield by scores of 25–16, 25–19. Their record now stands at 1–1. The seventh-grade Lady Bulldogs were led by number 16, Madison Robinson, with eight points. Jalyn Roe and Madeline Nielsen added three each.
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Pope Benedict XVI speaks at an Oct. 2010 concert held for his birthday
Vatican City, May 31, 2011 / 05:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Corrected June 7, 2011, 9:04 MDT. Corrects earlier version in which Pope was quoted as saying the individual or group is the focus of the liturgy. Change is in paragraph four.
Pope Benedict XVI has reminded church musicians of the primacy of Gregorian chant in the Mass, describing it "as the supreme model of sacred music."
The Pope set out his views in a letter for the 100th anniversary of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. The letter was read at the institute on May 26 and made public on May 31.
He praised Gregorian chant as being "of huge value to the great ecclesial heritage of universal sacred music." But Pope Benedict also noted that sometimes it was erroneously "considered an expression of an idea corresponding to a past, gone and to be forgotten, because it limited the freedom and creativity of the individual and the community." This was a view he wanted to counter.
"We always have to ask again: who is the true subject of the Liturgy? The answer is simple: the Church. It is not the individual or group that celebrates the liturgy, but it is primarily God's action through the Church, which has its own history, its rich tradition and creativity."
Gregorian chant, often referred to as plainchant, is named after the 6th century Pope Gregory the Great. He both simplified and cataloged the sacred music of the Church used throughout the year. It's been the normative music of sacred liturgy ever since.
The present Pope stressed that there's no tension between tradition and genuine progress in the development of sacred music.
"The liturgy, and therefore sacred music, lives in a correct and consistent relationship between healthy traditio and rightful progressio, always keeping in mind that these two concepts - that the Council Fathers clearly emphasized - complement each other because the tradition is a living reality and, therefore, it includes in itself the principle of development and progress."
Music is a topic of particular interest to the Pope. He's a great lover of classical music in general with a special fondness for Mozart and Bach. He's also an avid pianist who has an upright piano in his Vatican apartment.
Pope Benedict noted in his letter that all his musical conclusions are mandated by the Second Vatican Council's constitution on the sacred liturgy, "Sacrosanctum Concillium."


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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL: 60 years ago, a double victory at the "24 Hours of Le Mans"
- Hermann Lang and Fritz Riess won the legendary 24-Hours of Le Mans race at the wheel of a 300 SL (W 194 series) on 14/15 June 1952
- Theo Helfrich and Helmut Niedermayr were second, also piloting a 300 SL (W 194)
Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz achieved a magnificent success in 1952: a double victory at the "24 Hours of Le Mans". This placed the 300 SL racing car (W 194 series) firmly in the limelight.
Because the then novel vehicle was specifically developed for the 1952 racing season, and over the months it showed its supremacy in all the most renowned racing events around the world, impressively signalling Mercedes-Benz's return to international motor racing.
By then, Mercedes-Benz had won almost all the world-famed races; only the 24-hour race in Le Mans, France, remained – and this competition was predestined for the 300 SL. A considerable stir having been caused at their presentation on March 12, 1952, a total of ten of these racing cars were built for the 1952 racing season.
Preparations for participation in the long-distance classic got under way already a year beforehand. At Le Mans the car's brakes are subjected to particularly high stresses, especially in the 4-km long straight stretch between the Tertre-Rouge and the Mulsanne curves, where drivers have to slow down from top speed to just about 50 km/h, lap after lap.
The remarkably original idea of using a retractable aluminium aileron to act as an airbrake was dismissed, though.
Another tricky point was the question of access to the vehicle, even though the rules and regulations said nothing against the small doors or access hatches the 300 SL originally had.
The sports marshal of the Automobilclub de l'Ouest, Monsieur Acat, presented a little sketch suggesting that the entry hatch be extended downwards – and so, the gullwing was born as a goodwill gesture towards the organiser and in order to take the wind out of the sails of any potential protests right from the outset.
The cars of the different teams bore different coloured bands around the radiator to help distinguish them in the race. The car with chassis number 0009 and starting number 20 (Theo Helfrich/HelmutNiedermayr) sported a red strip, car number 0007 with starting number 21 (Hermann Lang/Fritz Rieß) a blue one, while number 0008 with starting number 22 (Karl Kling/Hans Klenk team) was distinguished by a green band.
After the start Ferrari and Jaguar took the lead, André Simon and Alberto Ascari setting lap records in turn. Too much of a good thing, however: two hours into the race, the clutch of Ascari's Ferrari 250 S gave up. Simon with the Ferrari 340 "America", now led in front of the Robert Manzon/Jean Behra team with their 2.3-litre Gordini.
Towards evening the two Frenchmen moved up into the leading position. Meanwhile, an alternator malfunction made itself felt on board the Kling/Klenk team's 300 SL, forcing Kling to make a 10-minute pit stop; an hour later another 17-minute delay in the pits was called for.
Finally, at half-past midnight Hans Klenk took off his helmet, his expression showing resignation and utter disappointment. And the little lightweight 2.3-litre Gordini was still leading. After a pit stop Pierre Levegh, with his 4.5-litre Talbot took over the first place, followed at a distance of 65 kilometres by the 300 SLs of the Helfrich/Niedermayr and Lang/Riess teams.
By noon of the following day the number of contestants had shrunk to 19 vehicles. Levegh was still at the forefront, but stubbornly refused to allow his co-pilot Marchand to relieve him. Behind him the two 300 SLs thundered on reliably, lap after lap. Then, just 70 minutes before the end of the race, a damaged connecting rod forced Levegh to abandon between Arnage and Maison Blanche.
The two 300 SLs were now unreachably far ahead. In the early hours of the morning the new front runner Theo Helfrich lost his leading position to Hermann Lang due to a driving error. Mercedes-Benz won the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
For Hermann Lang and Fritz Riess, to whom this success was largely due, it was the most important triumph of their careers. They were followed by the Helfrich/Niedermayr team who came in second in one of the other 300 SLs.
The double victory at Le Mans was preceded by a triple win in Bern on 18 Mai 1952. Further successes followed in that racing season: a fourfold victory at the Great Jubilee Prize at Nürburgring on 3 August 1952 and another double win in the 3rd Carrera Panamericana in Mexico (19 to 23 November 1952), the last great event of the extremely successful 1952 racing season.


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Like a recurring nightmare, the return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity.
His 1995 trial is the stuff of legends, the precipitous fall of a Hall of Fame football player from the pinnacle of adoration to a murder defendant who, although acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, was never absolved in the public mind.
He is arguably the most famous American ever charged with murder, and his "trial of the century" cast him in the role of the accused — no longer the superhero-turned-movie actor held up to young people as an example of achievement.
But less is remembered about the 2008 Las Vegas trial that sent Simpson to prison for a bizarre hotel room robbery in which the celebrity defendant said he just wanted to take back personal memorabilia that he claimed was stolen from him.
When he comes to court Monday, it is that conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping that will be before a Nevada judge. Simpson is seeking freedom in what lawyers often call a "Hail Mary motion," a writ of habeas corpus. It claims he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed and a new trial ordered. Most defendants lose these motions, but in this case nobody is taking bets on the outcome.
"Nothing is the same when O.J. is involved," said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson, who observed Simpson's Los Angeles trial. "An O.J. case is never like any other case."
With Simpson, the past is always a prologue — and so memories of his murder trial are certain to serve as a backdrop throughout the Las Vegas hearing. This case, while less dramatic in nature, carries with it far more devastating consequences.
Now 65 years old, Simpson has already spent the last four years in prison and must serve at least nine years of his maximum 33-year sentence before he is even eligible for parole. He would be 70 by then. If Simpson doesn't win a new trial, he could conceivably spend the rest of his life locked up.
"I try to explain to people how somebody could come from nothing to live the American dream and then lose it all," said Simpson's former manager and agent, Mike Gilbert, who is expected to testify at the hearing. "I have a hard time with it."
Close friend Jim Barnett describes Simpson as grayer, paunchier and limping a little more these days from old knee injuries. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist has visited Simpson several times at the medium-security Lovelock Correctional Center, an hour northeast of Reno.
Simpson, Barnett said, is a favorite among inmates. He has served as prison gym steward and coached a champion prison baseball team. "He gets along with everyone there," he said. "But he's slow. Last time I saw him, he had gotten quite heavy."
Before the "trial of the century," there were few televised court cases, no celebrity justice shows and a minimum of talking heads holding forth on TV about the prospects of famous defendants in court. Simpson's murder trial, televised from gavel to gavel, brought the legal arena into living rooms and turned lawyers into stars.
And Simpson, the quintessential American sports hero, was brought down by a trial that could not vindicate him even with a "not guilty" verdict. Too many people wanted him to pay for the deaths of his beautiful ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, found stabbed in front of her Los Angeles condominium.
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Too many people believed Simpson had gotten away with murder.
The man who had won the Heisman Trophy and was known for his phenomenal running on a football field — and in commercials for Hertz cars — ran again when he was named as a suspect in the June 1994 killings. The spectacle of police chasing after one of America's most famous men across Los Angeles freeways was an image for history books. The slow-speed white Ford Bronco pursuit became part of the legend.
It took a year for his trial to unfold. There were issues of racism, domestic violence, mishandled evidence — and the many memorable moments, and lines, that quickly became part of the pop culture lexicon: Simpson struggling to squeeze on a bloody black glove and his lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, admonishing the jury: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
The case so captivated America that on the day of the verdict, even then-President Bill Clinton watched it on TV.
Simpson walked out a free man. But he would be a pariah forever after.
As shocking as Simpson's fall from grace is his involvement in the hotel room heist that landed him in prison.
Those who try to explain it come back to one word — hubris, the literary allusion to excessive self-confidence, pride and arrogance. Simpson refused to accept that people didn't idolize him anymore. He boasted about his continuing celebrity status. He was delighted that people still wanted his autograph and wanted to hang out with him at the pool of The Palms hotel in Las Vegas. And that was where the disastrous plan was born.
He had come to Las Vegas that September of 2007 for a happy event. His old friend, Tom Scotto, was getting married and invited Simpson to be his best man. Scotto still sounds anguished when he recalls the weekend.
"If it wasn't for me," Scotto said in an interview, "he wouldn't have been there."
Simpson, trial testimony would show, organized a posse of five friends and acquaintances to accompany him to a hotel where he was told some men were trying to sell his mementos, including family pictures. It was to be a sting of sorts, in which the memorabilia dealers would think an anonymous buyer was coming.
When Simpson walked into the hotel room, he realized he knew the sellers from previous dealings and he accused them of stealing from him. He shouted that no one was to leave the room — an action that would be judged to fit the legal definition of kidnapping. As Simpson's guys began bagging up the memorabilia, one of them pulled a gun, according to trial testimony.
No one was injured, but the sellers called the police — and another Simpson case for another century was launched.
It turned out that Tom Riccio, another memorabilia dealer who played middleman between Simpson and the sellers, had planted a tape recorder in the hotel room and the tape, played for jurors, was powerful evidence.
Simpson's cohorts testified against him, including the man who said he brought a gun. They were an odd assortment of down-on-their luck Vegas characters who received plea deals and were set free on probation.
Simpson's co-defendant at his trial, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, served more than two years in prison before the Nevada Supreme Court overturned his conviction. The justices ruled Simpson's fame tainted the proceedings and that Stewart should have been tried separately. Stewart took a plea deal to avoid a retrial and was released.
Simpson, meantime, was sentenced by Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass to nine to 33 years in prison. Referencing the earlier murder trial, the judge said that her penalty was not intended as "retribution or any payback for anything else." She made no mention of the two Las Vegas police detectives overheard in a taped conversation saying that if California authorities couldn't "get" Simpson, those in Nevada would. The tape was played at the trial.
On Monday, Simpson will be back before a different judge who agreed to hear evidence on 19 claims of ineffective counsel and attorney conflict of interest. Simpson contends his trial attorney never told him about a plea bargain that had been offered by prosecutors. He also said in a sworn statement that the same attorney knew about the memorabilia sting before it happened, and "he advised me that I was within my legal rights."
Simpson is expected to testify sometime during the weeklong hearing. Instead of wearing an expensive suit and tie, the man known to Nevada authorities as inmate No. 1027820 will be dressed in plain blue prison garb.
AP Special Correspondent and courts specialist Linda Deutsch has covered O.J. Simpson since 1994, attending every day of the Los Angeles and Las Vegas trials. Associated Press writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this report.


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The Cowichan & District SPCA is helping to care for 21 dogs who were surrendered by a Vancouver Island breeder.
According to a release from the BC SPCA, the French bulldogs and pugs that were surrendered range in age from six weeks to six years old, and are suffering from skin issues. Several of the dogs need soft-palate surgery and nasal surgery, one has digestive issues, and some have "cherry eye," a condition that effects the third eyelid of dogs. They require treatment for ear infections and dental, and one is on antibiotics for a badly infected tail that may require surgery.
The dogs came from a breeder who is known to BC SPCA special provincial constables, and who has previously surrendered animals. The constable who attended the property reported that it was cluttered and dirty, and parts of the floor had been ripped up to reveal plywood underneath.
"The BC SPCA is continuing to advocate for breeder regulations that would outline standards of care for dogs and cats in this largely unregulated industry," says Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the BC SPCA. "We are still waiting on the provincial government to enact these important regulations."
The dogs are being cared for by the Cowichan & District SPCA, the Comox Valley & District SPCA, and in foster homes. They are not yet available for adoption, but anyone interested in adopting one of the dogs should email their local branch. The Cowichan & District SPCA can be reached at email@example.com


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For those of you who have been in the fandom awhile you might remember the movie Penelope and its DVD. It was significant because it was the first time we would see Twilight footage as an extra on that DVD. Lots of people who were otherwise not that interested in the movie went and rented it to see the DVD extras. They came away James McAvoy fans…but I digress.
There was lots of debate in 2008 where the first trailer would be. Do you remember bets on it running in front of The Dark Knight? In any case, one of the things that came out at that time was a debate on whether fans would go to the movies just to see a trailer in front of a film they might not have been that interested in.
Hypable is reporting that:
The evidence towards a trailer arriving with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 continues to stack up. Today a photo of a sheet of paper allegedly being given to theaters requests that a "full length trailer" be put in front of Breaking Dawn.
The paper notes that the trailer is 2 minutes and 30 seconds in length (the same as the trailer approved in Canada last week) and should be included with "every print of Twilight in your theaters."
They also have an image as proof.
Now there is definitely a huge crossover between Hunger Games fans and Twilight fans, but do you think Hunger Games fans who aren't Breaking Dawn fans will show up just to see a trailer? On the other hand, do you think Twilight fans who have not read The Hunger Games books will get sucked into Hunger Games from seeing a trailer in front of Breaking Dawn? For that matter what other trailers do you think might be in front of Breaking Dawn?


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Sex.com sellers roll eyes at $13m price tag
'A home run. Not a grand slam'
Sex.com may have been sold for $13 million but that isn't enough for its owners.
The deal between Escom and soon-to-be new owner Clover Holdings – an opaque company based in offshore tax haven St Vincent – will go ahead after being given formal approval by Judge Geraldine Mund in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
However, the proceeds of the sale are still the subject of a legal dispute after what one lawyer said had been a "home run but not a grand slam" of a sale through online auction house Sedo. They had been hoping for $20 million.
The three main owners of Escom, a shell company based in Delaware, are themselves shell companies, called WTA, DNAG, and DOM Partners. WTA is a corporate face for "social entrepreneur" Mike Mann; DNAG represents domain investors Mike Zapolin and Andrew Miller; and we're not quite sure who is behind DOM Partners.
The individuals behind each corporate front have been at each others' throats since it became clear Escom was not going to be able to meet its loan obligations to DOM Partners back in January 2009.
The subsequent legal fight – which has itself cost $773,000 - saw Sex.com put up for public auction, then withdrawn, then posted again for private auction.
The final price reached of $13 million is just one million over what Escom paid for the domain in 2006 but not enough to cover the claims that the various entities insist they are entitled to.
Between $130,000 and $520,000 will go to Sedo as a sales commission, and just over $10 million will go to the current owners (which includes the near-$1m lawyers fees). That leaves roughly $2.5 million.
A fourth equity partner, Nothin But Net, insists that most of that money should be its. Nothin But Net is yet another shell company which invested $1.5 million when payment of the DOM Partners loan was at risk a few years earlier. It says it is out of pocket by $2 million, and is furious about a $2.5 million deal within the company that would see it receive nothing from the sale.
Lawyer for Nothin But Net, Peter Gurfein, complained that the deal gives yet another shell company – iEntertainment, which is itself a subsidiary of WTA - an exclusive contract with Sex.com that it says has to be paid off before anyone else sees any money.
"A lot of facts not before your honor today," Gurfein argued. "iEntertainment was given the exclusive rights to operate a portion of Sex.com – but no consideration was given for that exclusive right. There was no minimum performance requirements, no audit provision and no termination for failure to perform."
Gurfein also pointed out that after Playboy had taken over the site on a six-month license in 2006-2007, iEntertainment received $175,000 in fees for waiving its rights. But when Playboy discontinued its license, iEntertainment made no revenue at all for four months.
"It did not perform," Gurfein argued. "And what was its penalty? A $2.5 million buyout for its rights. This is the ultimate sweetheart deal."
That deal – in which Mike Mann effectively awarded himself operating rights over Sex.com – was included in an agreement that Nothin But Net had signed when it invested in Escom, argued yet another lawyer, Susan Montgomery, who is charged with seeing through Sex.com's bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, there are four versions of that operating agreement and so Judge Mund called a halt to proceedings and asked all the lawyers to go away and prepare filings that outline the various legal issues so she can make a judgment.
"I need to make decision whether the prior agreement is trumped by the fourth agreement," Judge Mund told the court. "Otherwise I will be spinning wheels at a time when I do not have time to spin wheels." The earliest date she can rehear is the case is 22 December.


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Batting Practice with the Twins invites 25 lucky fans to be on the field during batting practice before every home game during this year's spring training season. Interested fans must have a ticket to the present day's game and be at Hammond Stadium by 10 a.m. Tickets are $40 per person for each game.
All proceeds from the practice event will be donated directly to the Boys & Girls Club of Lee County. Last year's event raised more than $7,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs.
"This is the ultimate experience for any baseball fan," said Jim Larkin, general manager Crowne Plaza Hotel Fort Myers. "Participants will enjoy excellent photo opportunities and be close enough to hear player conversations. It is a great experience for friends and family and also a unique way to entertain important clients or reward your best employees."
Now in its 39th year of providing quality youth programs in Lee County, the Boys & Girls Clubs will use the funds raised to provide more than 30,000 hours of service to more than 420 young people in our community. More than 1,300 youth demonstrated academic success, character and leadership and healthy lifestyles last year from the agency's programs.
"These youth rely on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County to provide a safe place to explore their interests and learn valuable life skills," said Shannon Lane, director of operations for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County. "This cannot be accomplished without the generous support of businesses and individuals in our community."
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Global efforts to combat malaria are under threat from new strains of drug-resistant malaria, which are cropping up in Southeast Asia.
Over the last decade, the number of malaria deaths around the world has dropped sharply, from just over 1 million in 2000 to roughly 600,000 last year.
Much of that progress is due to the widespread use of drugs containing artemisinin. The new malaria drugs quickly kill the parasite.
But in Southeast Asia doctors are starting to see cracks in artemisinin's armor. The drugs are working more slowly, and sometimes they're failing to wipe out the malaria parasite entirely.
The World Health Organization reported Monday that artemisinin resistance has now been detected in four countries: Cambodia, Myanmar (also known as Burma), Thailand and Vietnam.
Although the resistance is still limited to Southeast Asia, WHO officials worry that it could spill out of the region.
Two hot spots for artemisinin resistance are in Thailand's thickly forested border regions. One is along Thailand's eastern border with Cambodia, and the other is on the country's western boundary with Myanmar.
If artemisinin-based treatments become ineffective in Africa — where malaria remains the leading killer of children under the age of 5 — it could be disastrous. Doctors say they have few other powerful drugs to use against the disease.
Global funding for the fight against malaria rose to $1.71 billion in 2010, or nearly twentyfold since 2000. But it has plateaued in the past few years, the WHO said. Many malaria interventions, like distribution of bed nets and insecticide spraying have also leveled off during this time, the report found.
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Drug-resistant parasites are a growing threat to the global fight against malaria. And the World Health Organization is focusing especially on Thailand. In Thailand's border regions with Myanmar and Cambodia, parasites have become resistant to one of the most powerful anti-malarial drugs. If that drug resistance were to spread, it would be a big setback. NPR's Jason Beaubien traveled to the Thai-Myanmar border for this first report in our series Malaria Pushing Back.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: At 8 in the morning, people flow into the dirt courtyard of a health clinic in Mae Sot on Thailand's western border with Myanmar. Some people arrive on foot, some on bicycles, others come in motorized rickshaw taxis. Many of the women have traditional Burmese sunscreen, an earthy-yellow powder spread across their cheeks.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Foreign language spoken)
BEAUBIEN: In the malaria room at the clinic, 17-year-old Moo Gay Paw is slumped over the nurse's desk. She wearily rests her cheek on her forearm. Beads of sweat glisten across her forehead. The nurse has just told Gay Paw that she has the potentially fatal disease, but she looks too exhausted to care.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Foreign language spoken)
BEAUBIEN: This teenager represents the huge challenges of controlling malaria in the porous border region between Thailand and Myanmar, also known as Burma. Over the last decade, Thailand slashed its malaria rate by more than 50 percent. Thailand's aggressive malaria control program has eliminated the disease from most of its own territory. But those efforts have been less successful along the border with Myanmar, which has the highest rate of malaria in the region. Gay Paw arrived here earlier in the morning because she says the medical care in Myanmar is terrible.
MOO GAY PAW: (Foreign language spoken)
BEAUBIEN: The government health clinics in Myanmar give out malaria pills, she says, but the drugs don't work. The muddy Moi River separates this part of Thailand from Myanmar. Each day, people shuttle back and forth in small skiffs unhindered by any governmental oversight. Some Burmese come for medical care or to shop. Others come to work as day laborers in the rice and sugarcane fields. Still, others are fleeing the turmoil in their home country. It's here in this bustling border region that one of the most powerful anti- malaria drugs currently on the market, artemisinin, is starting to fail.
APITYA NIRAMITANTIPONG: It's a big deal problem. It's a big problem in this area.
BEAUBIEN: Apitya Niramitantipong, a malaria specialist with the Thai Ministry of Health, says before this resistance emerged, Thailand was talking about attempting to eliminate malaria entirely. But now that's changed.
NIRAMITANTIPONG: Now, the story is focused on how to contain drug-resistant malaria parasite not to spreading to any other area.
BEAUBIEN: To try to contain resistance, Thailand recently started having health care workers watch patients take their malaria medication to make sure it's taken properly. The country has also started using Malarone as a substitute for artemisinin in some provinces. Malarone is an extremely expensive drug used primarily by Western tourists vacationing in swampy tropical locales. Drug resistance can develop when the parasite is exposed to an inadequate dose of a drug, a dose that's not strong enough to kill it.
Dr. Khin Maung Lwin says this is happening all the time on the Myanmar side of the border, where questionable malaria drugs are openly sold in grocery stores.
DR. KHIN MAUNG LWIN: You can buy freely in the market inside Burma easily.
BEAUBIEN: Just across the river, you can buy them?
MAUNG LWIN: Yes.
BEAUBIEN: Maung Lwin works for the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, which helps run 14 malaria clinics in Eastern Burma. He says Burmese shopkeepers also offer a local remedy called ya chut. It's a small satchel containing a mishmash of medicines. It might have malaria medicine in it or it might be just a couple of aspirin tablets. Another problem he says is that malaria drugs are distributed at illegal logging camps by foremen who want to make sure their laborers stay on the job.
MAUNG LWIN: Logging, woodcutting, charcoal thing is - they are not legally allowed.
BEAUBIEN: This makes it nearly impossible for groups like his to provide appropriate medical services to the workers, he says. Researchers don't know for sure what's causing drug resistance to emerge here, but this ad hoc use of malaria drugs is a prime suspect. What's also worrying researchers is that drug resistance to two other leading anti-malarial drugs, chloroquine and Fansidar, also started in this region decades ago. That resistance then spread to the rest of the world. Arjen Dondorp, the deputy director of the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, says the amount of resistance to artemisinin right now is still low, but it could get much worse.
ARJEN DONDORP: There is a fear that if this problem increases, malaria will become again like it was in the '90s: very, very difficult to treat. And then the fear is that malaria will increase again.
BEAUBIEN: Part of the problem is that there are very few other drugs available right now that are as cheap and as effective as artemisinin has been. Jason Beaubien, NPR News.
SIEGEL: Jason has more about the world of counterfeit drugs in the fight against malaria tomorrow on NPR's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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