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I have sent a PM to all posters of this topic. You are advised to check your PMs. If you did not receive it, please PM me.
Have a great TeaDay,
Immoderate TeaDrinker who happens to Moderate
Chip wrote:Mod hat on ...
As I mentioned I would, I just got off the phone with Adagio ownership. As anticipated, the response was very pro forum and supportive ... "we still have a constitution which guarantees freedom of speech."
He also paraphrased one of his favorite quotes which he has shared with me on more than one occasion, "I may disagree with what you say, but I defend your right to say it to the death." Not that he is disagreeing with anything said by members, but this seems to be his outlook as he believes strongly in freedom of speech.
So, feel free to post opinions regarding teas, vendors based upon your personal experience. When presenting "facts," be pretty sure of their truthfulness and cite sources where applicable. And do not post maliciously or for the purpose of causing harm.
"holy low readings batman. Looks like even the most paranoid would feel safe drinking those teas."
"Yeah, even the lab tech said "the results were zero. there is no problem with the tea." ...this was when I was pressing him to release the results by phone. But I wanted the actual reading, which is posted.
So really what I take from this is:
1. All the teas are substantially free from contamination (1 or 2 bq can be found anywhere in the world).
2. the presence of c134 even though it's not at all harmful does indicated that the radiation from Fukushima did affect all of Japan. C134 could only have come from Diaichi. But this is a worldwide problem. At <10 bq/kq it's not something that should concern anyone.
I am still very happy I did the test and both O Cha and Yuuki-Cha have passed with flying colours. So I will be continuing to buy from them. Demonstrably safe sources."
Stentor wrote:[...]It is perfectly reasonable for people to be concerned about radiation.[...]
Catfur wrote:Stentor wrote:
[...]It is perfectly reasonable for people to be concerned about radiation.[...]
No, no it is not.
It is absolutely not.
It is ridiculously not.
Stentor wrote:Of course it is reasonable for people to be concerned about whether or not it is safe to consume the foods that they consume. It is reasonable to want to have all the available information. That's why companies who sell products should supply that information if the safety of their products is - for whatever reason - being questioned.
Whether or not people deal with this information in a reasonable fashion or not is another matter entirely.
I am not a nuclear physisisisist ... er scientist. I am just a country teaman.
I used your web page to send you this same email letter. Please cancel my order # XXXXX
April 16, 2013, 4:05 pm
I have an order (# XXXXX) waiting for shipment of the new crop.
I am concerned about the radiation levels in my order since this is a new crop. I have seen on TV that your underground water supply used for drinking and crops are becoming high in radiation from the nuclear power plant and your government is concerned with the problem. This was on PBS Asia News today.
I really enjoy your teas in the past but I am concerned now of the safety of your product. Until I see that, your government has put a news release that the levels of radiation lower. The program also showed the radiation levels in the west coast area of the USA are also becoming higher from the fallout from Japan's power plant.
Please cancel my order # XXXXX and return funds to me. I DO NOT WANT THE PRODUCT.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Emailed and received to O-Cha on 6:05 AM Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (JST) Time in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Kevangogh wrote:So whether you purchase from us or anyone else, I just want to state how appreciative we are that you, unlike some, have used common sense and continued to purchase Japanese green teas, we know it would be easy to get freaked out about it. Here you go....


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Friends & family organize donor registration drive in honor of MHS student with leukemia
"I don't want to just sit here and watch," Minot High School student Haley Wentz had told herself, after learning her friend and classmate Peter Wilson had been diagnosed with leukemia in February. With a bit of research and an unusual amount of initiative for a person her age, Wentz helped bring the fight against leukemia to Minot.
Wentz contacted the New York-based non-profit DeleteBloodCancer, the American offshoot of the German-based Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei (DKMS), an organization which globally works to register and organize bone marrow donors. Domestically, DeleteBloodCancer-DKMS submits the samples they take to the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), which catalogues a referential database doctors can use to find donors for their patients.
Cobbling together a coalition from DeleteBloodCancer-DKMS, other students, Minot's Figure Skating Club, Minot State University, and a number of other local townsfolk and businesses, Wentz has helped organize a bone marrow drive inspired by Peter Wilson's experience, to take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Magic City Campus gymnasium. She thinks the drive will be a great way to raise awareness, educate the public, and of course recruit new donors. "We've had such a great response from the town" so far, said Wentz.
Jaimie McMullen, an assistant professor at MSU and member of the Figure Skating Club, helped organize a silent auction hosted by the club. Up for bid were items chipped in by local skaters, the MSU athletics department, and area businesses such as Gourmet Chef or Velva's Bead Unique. Together the auction raised more than $3,000 for the upcoming drive, to cover the costs of registering prospective donors.
The process is quick and painless. Unlike the old-fashioned tests that required blood sampling, the drive will feature a brief mouth-swabbing. "Our goal is to get 500 cheeks," said McMullen. However, she also noted that previously-registered donors need not apply; reregistration would add to redundancies in the register, for instance pulling up two or three "matches" for essentially the same person's genetic material. There is a bit of paperwork as well, but should take no more than 10 minutes.
Leukemia is a form of cancer that targets the blood and bone marrow, affecting the body's immune system. What are being looked for are your human leukocyte antigens (HLA), a set of genes responsible for various immune system functions located on the sixth chromosome. These are compared to see whether two people might make a compatible transplantation. This data is collected by the DKMS and submitted to the NMDP, being held on file until the prospective donor turns 61-years-old.
Ann Wilson, Peter's mother, is with him at the Rochester Methodist Hospital in Minnesota, one of the two hospitals at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. "He's doing very, very, very well," she said in an interview. The day of his diagnosis, the Wilson family had been on their way for a short vacation. What was to be a weekend outing turned into an immediate detour to Mayo lasting several months.
She is very grateful to the staff and medical personnel at Mayo, who she says have been "very collaborative" on such a complex procedure. "It's an amazing, amazing place."
When he'd arrived to the center, Peter was in a highly delicate state, his immune system debilitated by a lack of white blood cells. "Pete's leukemia is a very aggressive type of leukemia," his mother explained. Once his condition was stabilized and his health somewhat restored, he began a series of high-level chemotherapy targeting the malignant cells.
Meanwhile, his particular HLA was run against the international registry collected by organizations such as the (DKMS) and (NMDP). They collect samples from registered donors worldwide, comparing these to that taken from patients such as Peter. The Wilsons were fortunate, with not one but two matches being found within only a couple of weeks; generally the search can months, with no guarantee a suitable donor can be located. "It's been nothing short of a miracle."
An avid sort of student, Peter already had enough credits to graduate high school on time next month. But when his peers are mounting the podium to receive their diplomas, Peter will be in Minnesota, preparing for his stem cell transplantation on May 13. Afterward because of the recovery process he will have to defer attending college in the fall, but will be able to return to Minot by then. Ann Wilson said her son hopes to attend Tufts University, in Boston.
Until then there seem to be no hitches forthcoming. "We're very optimistic," said Wilson.
Depending on the disorder and inability for the patient's own cells to be extracted and reimplanted after chemotherapy, when their time comes donors will be asked to give either bone marrow or blood for the hematopoietic or peripheral blood stem cells found in each, respectively. Removed stem cells are then injected into the patients' bodies after their chemotherapy is complete, where in their various ways the new cells replace the ablated ones.
Minot resident Greg Stack had himself donated bone marrow back in Oct. 2009, saving the life of a 9-year-old boy with leukemia. Stack had entered the NMDP system during the late 1980s, while working for United Blood Services. The notification had not come out of the blue though; the program had periodically kept up with Stack over the years, verifying his whereabouts and willingness to remain on register.
Received the news that he had come up as a match, he wasted no time getting in a second sample. When he was deemed a suitable donor, they asked if he would be willing to come down to the University of Minnesota Fairview for a physical. "Of course I said yes," said Stack. Expenses paid, he was flown down for a thorough examination. He passed, and further evaluation found Stack and the boy "were so well matched, we could've been brothers. It was pretty amazing."
For one week prior to the transplantation, the recipient undergoes one final series of heavy chemotherapy which, while killing all the defective cells also renders their body wholly unable to produce white blood cells. "At that point there's no turning back," Stack explained. His own end of the procedure was less life-threatening.
"It's pretty simple actually. You don't feel anything." Under anesthesia, doctors drill into both sides of the pelvis, harvesting the marrow stored there. "For me it felt like two black and blue marks on either side," he recalled, explaining that the procedure happened on a Thursday, keeping him overnight. He flew back home the next day and was able to come in to work that Monday for a half-day, working the rest of the week. After only a few weeks the body fully replenishes its missing marrow.
"Nothing to it," said Stack. "It's a pretty simple thing to do for saving somebody's life. It'd do it again in a second." After the procedure, the NMDP keeps donors updated periodically on the donee's condition; Stack is glad to say the boy is fine, "doing everything a 12-year-old should."
Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is a different process, revolving around apheresis, similar to donating plasma. Blood is extracted and run through a centrifuge, where the stem cells are harvested before the blood is returned to the donor. The outpatient procedure is supposed to have a shorter recovery time than a bone marrow harvest, though the medication one has to take the week prior in order to spur cell production, Filgrastim, commonly has side effects symptomatically similar to flu.
Unlike donating blood or plasma, bone marrow registration needs a sense of commitment. As long as one is registered in the system, at virtually any time a person suffering from leukemia or similarly life-threatening illness could prove a match. Potential donors also ought to be in reasonable health, meeting the guidelines laid out at the websites of DKMS (deletebloodcancer.org) or the NMDP (marrow.org). Additional information and the option to donate money rather than body are also available at those sites.
While Peter has found his donors, thousands of other patients like him are still searching. Organizers invite people willing to register as a donor to attend the drive this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Magic City Campus gymnasium.
There will also be a marrow drive at the University of Minnesota, Morris, on May 1 and 2, from 12 to 6 p.m. The event will be in association with Team Be The Match, another non-profit that organizes donor drives for the NMDP registry. Their page can be found at (http://goo.gl/m7IAB).

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Bow Ties with Pesto, Feta and Cherry Tomatoes
Recipe courtesy of Dave Lieberman
- Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
This is just one example of how a good pesto can be used so well in so many ways. People always rave about this combo and I can't blame[ 'em — it's one of those matches made in heaven. The pesto coats the warm pasta to make a creamy, rich sauce, which is accented by the crumbled feta and contrasted by the sweet and tart cherry tomatoes.]
- 1 pound bow tie pasta (farfalle)
- 3/4 cup Pesto, recipe follows
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Olive oil, as needed
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Stir in the bow ties and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain the pasta and run it under cold water just until it stops steaming. Bounce the pasta around to get rid of as much water as you can.
Dump the pasta into a large serving bowl. Stir in the pesto until the pasta is coated. Toss in the cherry tomatoes and the crumbled feta. Taste the salad and season it as you like with salt and pepper. You can make the salad up to about 1 hour before you serve it. Check out the salt and pepper just before you serve the salad. If it's looking a little dry, add some olive oil and stir it around.
5 big handfuls basil leaves (about 2 hefty bunches)
1/2 cup pine nuts or 3/4 cup walnuts
1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese
Juice of 1 small lemon
2 cloves garlic, peeled
Kosher salt
About 20 grinds freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Place all ingredients with 1/2 cup of the oil in a blender and blend. Gradually drizzle in the remaining 1/4 cup of oil until pesto is thick and smooth.
Yield: about 1 1/2 cups
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Red Velvet Cake
- For the Red Velvet Cake:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (recommended: White Lily)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cocoa
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 (1-ounce) bottle red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk
- For the cream cheese frosting:
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
- 1 box confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped lightly toasted pecans
- For the Red Velvet Cake:
DirectionsFor the Red Velvet Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) round layer cake pans.
Sift flour, baking soda and coco together. Beat sugar and eggs together in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl mix together oil, vinegar, food coloring, and vanilla. Add to the bowl of eggs and sugar and beat until combined.
Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the wet mixture by alternating the buttermilk and dry ingredients. Always start with the flour and end with the flour.
Pour batter into pans. Tap them on the table to level out the batter and release air bubbles. Bake for 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted near the middle comes out clean but be careful not to over bake or you'll end up with a dry cake.
Let layers cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes before turning out of pan. Cool completely before frosting.
This is the "official" cream cheese frosting recipe but we always use about 1 1/2 recipes on each cake to cover it well.
Let margarine and cream cheese soften to room temperature. Cream well. Add sugar and beat until mixed but not so much that the frosting becomes "loose". Add vanilla and nuts. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cake.
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Recipe courtesy of Johnnie Gabriel
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Cogswell students are passionate, and I hope that this will come across in the interviews soon to follow. Each week, one member of the Cogswell student body will be showcased in a Q&A session hosted by me. Hard hitting questions will be the main event, as I explore and reveal the many psyches that make up the eclectic student body. Each interview is going to allow readers into the student scene of Cogswell, giving a different perspective and spin on the Cogswell experience for those curious about the student culture here at Cogswell Polytechnical College.
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Children Forced to Crush Animals to Death
Update: The suspects were arrested on August 2 and charged with violations of child abuse and animal welfare laws. The Ridons may face more charges, but they are currently out on bail. PETA Asia-Pacific has hired an attorney and is working to make sure that the suspects appear in court and are vigorously prosecuted. Please support these vital efforts by making a donation today.
After a year-long investigation by PETA Asia-Pacific and the National Bureau of Investigations, police have now charged a Philippine couple with cruelty to animals and other crimes related to producing a series of pornographic videos in which young girls torture and kill animals. Faced with the charges, suspects Dorma and Vic Ridon have fled. Warrants have been issued for them.
WARNING: Graphic descriptions follow.
The "crush" videos that the Ridons are believed to have produced show scantily clad 12-year-old girls as they stomp on live animals, a rabbit as he or she is skinned alive, other rabbits as they scream while their ears are cut off and they are set on fire, a dog as he or she is burned with a clothes iron, and a monkey who was repeatedly hit in the eye with the sharp end of a stiletto heel. There is more, including puppies crushed until they vomited their own internal organs. A bill currently in the Philippine Senate would criminalize the sale of such "crush videos," already illegal in the U.S. and other countries. You can e-mail Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. and ask him to vocally support the bill and help prevent the videos from being produced in his country.
PETA Asia-Pacific is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the Ridons. You can also make a donation to PETA Asia-Pacific to help the group fight cruelty to animals in this case as well as in many others.
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OMFG I made the BIG mistake of Googling this to see what the hell was going on! WTF is wrong with people in the world?? this is so disgusting and barbaric and shame on the sick individuals who buy these videos!
sick people
I think the ladies enjoyed what they were doing..They dont look like they were forced at all..they needed to be punish for that too
I don't want to live in a world where this happens. 🙁
This case has gone cold. These perpetrators are out on bail. They basically paid their way out of it. Please contact PETA and demand answers.
Please don't think those people would change their mind just because you are asking them to do so, they are already sick, they have a mental problem so I don't see the point in asking them to stop, they have to be locked up in prison and that's it
I looked up crush fetishes on Youtube and Google and I was bawling like a baby. These poor little animals don't deserve to be tortured. I didn't know things like this were happening and it maked me sick to my stomache. ~Hugs my puppies and bunnies~ Q.Q
I never knew this was happening and it breaks my heart. Killing and torturing animals for sexual gratification is vile and disgusting. How would they feel if they were getting the life tortured out of them just for pleasure. Those people need help. I'm so pissed now.
This article is almost a year old now and there have been no updates… this case cannot allowed to go cold. Does anyone have any updates?? I pray for these animals to rest in peace, that no more animals may subjected to this torture, and that the monsters responsible for the torture be punished.
this story really made me mad, it opened up my eyes to the cruelty humanity is capable of. if i ever see this girl on the street i swear to god i'll just explode.
I beg you please stop the torture of Gods innocent creatures.
Simply disgusting and vile! Stop this!
I just don't understand how a human being could do something so utterly cruel. Its times like this where I fully support the eye for an eye philosophy!
this is so disturbing.. so cruel. WHY… im so torn up right now
That is so sick This Lady should never get her gkids back!People are really crazy
im from philippines..what a shame they destroy filipinos image and dignity..i really dont understand why they have to do that. . bec of money? that was very unreasonable! ..and i dont understand why other people buy those vids..
Publish their photographs and names everywhere for the world to know so that all can be aware of such evil and learn to choose methods to get rid of it from the mindsets of the abusers so no animals need to be tortured and mutilated by depraved, sadistic and amoral people
Phillipine Crush Videos of children made to stamp on and mutilate helpless animals. DISGUSTING SAVAGES…Simply shocking actions to read about at this late hour and so very morally outrageous, that would not everyone agree that our world needs to be rid of perpetrators of such crimes!! My God…Phillipine crush videos of animal torture???… pure evil and all good people can only pray for the providers of swift justice to wield it decisively…I'm thinking of the FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE–They need to ride a wave of tsunami justice over that atrocity. It is difficult to believe that so-called civilized people can actually inflict such brutality on tiny animals and force children to act in this way. Those children are mentally screwed up permanently. Also that all those who knew about it and who chose to remain silent were silent partners in the systematic mutilations of the vulnerable animals. Actually this is probably more a crime of civilzation than of primitive cultures because even primitives have a reverance for life and know what it is to inflict torture and pain for the depraved fun of it. This horrific practice may be much more widespread in the back country of such places of the world than just revealed in this depraved inhumane incident. It is a fact actually that many in this community attend illegal cock-fighting matches and it is accepted–Is PETA aware of this? PETA must be commended for publishing the names and photos of these psychopaths because in the interest of protecting animals and of protecting people perhaps authorities will not only prosecute all involved for their actions but permanently prevent them from ever being in contact with animals. Publicize this across the world for the entire life of these people. The behaviours and attitudes of all involved in these cruel and horrific acts to helpless animals must be subject to psychological testing at regular intervals because they are very much on the edge and dangerous to society. Please update authorities and everyone who wants to end this type of torture thinking throughout the world to take decisive action against such torturous acts to animals for profit. The world does not need people who try to profit from animal torture; neither does the world need people who have innate or mental tendencies to hurt animals for the thrill of it. Sadistic behaviours must be erradicated. It is not a matter to simply joke about, laugh off, take lightly or to simply ignore because just not doing anything about it is a form of allowing it to continue by passive acknowledgement. People who do that actually are allowing it to continue and to increase. Let animal abusers know that they must stop their cruel treatment of animals and must avoid contact with animals. Animal abusers must be by law, prevented by authorities from having any contact with animals because these poor excuses for human beings, have clearly identifiable psychological problems and would likely hurt vulnerable human beings near them, given certain opportune times and circumstances. And they have by forcing twelve year old girls to trample torture rabbits and puppies. The fact that 12 year olds agreed to do that is scary and the children's minds need to be analyzed and tracked for abnormal psychologies. We are really better off without all animal abusers and all those who try to profit from the illegal trade in animal parts because it only adds to the existing pain, suffering and misery of all respective communities desperate situations. A slightly appropriate dose of their own medicine would be to gently throw the animal abusers into a rough prison environment and let the prison population know in fine detail exactly what they have done repeatedly to innocent, helpless, loving animals–and allow the natural course of prison justice to unfold on them; it would be just a fraction of the retribution owing. The Phillipine suspects on the run, Dorma and Vic Ridon who have produced these sick videos must be brought to justice or at least dealt a fate equal to or worse than what they have done to all the animals.
Rest in piece beautiful harmless wonderful loving innocent animals. You are out of pain now thankfully. To the sick THINGS that did it, rot in hell you worthless pieces of scum!
Oh. My. God. Did I just actually read THAT? Humans do THAT? Guilt by association, I am so filled with a sick shame…
Pure evil that must be punished!
I am physically and mentally revolted after reading this….I just don't understand how a human being could do something so utterly cruel. Its times like this where I fully support the eye for an eye philosophy!
Those poor little souls ): How could someone force children to such horrible things. They're innocent beings, being forced to hurt other innocent creatures. Those sick-minded people!!
🙁 how could they?? what did those animals do to them? they should be ashamed even the girls who were allegedly asked do those horrifying act! when I close my eyes, i see those animals being hurt. i wanted to cry and run to their rescue. i love pets and this news really shocked me."crushing" I thought it was something interesting and I even for waited for the news to come to that part, I can't look at our tv screen while they were showing bits of the cruelty on air. I agree with speachless, they are PURE EVIL. they are NOT in their RIGHT mind! they are indeed PURE EVIL and they need to rot in jail. shame to the lawyer that will represent them..
I'm crying. I can't understand this… How they could…
This has got to be stopped somehow. Is there anything else we can do to assist with stopping this form of abuse, such as petitioning, etc.? Please advise and keep us updated, thank you so much. Thank you too for your hard work and efforts in this regard.
I'm physically ill after reading this. Unbelievable. The Universe will deal with these evil people in this life or the next. God Bless all that have suffered.:(
this stuff breaks my heart … looking forward to heaven … where there's no more pain, for human or animal. praying for justice!
I am sick after reading this. I hope these horrible people are captured. My heart breaks for the innocent victims– the animals & children.
what the flying fox is wrong with people!!! I honestly just cannot get my head around that people would do this but more disgustingly that there is market for these types of "crush" videos. It makes me sick to my stomach!
The horors that go on is unthinkable. Who is even able to think of tortures of this nature is dangerous, sick and perverted. It is so heinous it makes me sick just to read about it! We always need to stand up against all evil!
After reading this I am crying and want to be sick. These poor children they will never be the same and those poor defenseless animals. What was done to those animals is beyond words. I can only hope that that some justice is serviced and these sick bastards get what they deserve. Peta best of luck in getting justice.
When i read this i started to cry how can anyone WANT to do this? These have to be some sick individuals to make ANYONE do this. The people that watched those videos are even worse. This is an example of the PURE EVIL that lives amongst us. The animals and the children, that were forced to commit those horrible acts, will never be the same. I hope that they don't get any type of death sentence that way they can live EVERYDAY until they die with shame. They aren't even human after that they are PURE EVIL.
Life in prison would be too good for them.
Can't believe someone can be so cruel.


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Female welterweight Paige McPherson (Sturgis, S.D.) capped an eight-medal performance by the U.S. team by winning the gold medal on Sunday's final day of the Pan American Taekwondo Championships in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
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Female featherweight Aziza Chambers (Springfield, Ohio) and female lightweight Whitney Daniel (Virginia Beach, Va.) both captured bronze medals on Sunday.
Chambers scored a 6-2 win over Brazil's Rafaela Araujo and then lost 2-1 to eventual gold medalist Estela Tiffer of Nicaragua in the semifinals.
Daniel gapped Colombia's Paola Alba, 7-0, to reach the semifinals but lost a 2-0 decision to Puerto Rico's Carla Cotto.
In men's action on Sunday, welterweight Rudford Hamon (West Palm Beach, Fla.) reached the quarterfinals by defeating Brazil's Fabricio Seidler, 5-2. He then lost an 8-4 decision to Argentina's Sebastian Crismanich who went on to capture the gold medal.
Men's featherweight Steven Lin (Chatham, N.J.) lost his opening match to Trinidad & Tobago's Doran Alexander, 1-0, and men's lightweight Tal Moriah (Houston, Texas) was defeated in sudden death overtime by Puerto Rico's Manuel Corrian in his first match.
In addition to the three medals won on Sunday, the U.S. team also won a gold medal from women's flyweight Charlotte Craig (Murrieta, Calif.), silver medals from women's finweight Alexis Martinez (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), men's flyweight James Howe (San Ramon, Calif.), and bronze medals from women's middleweight Dalia Avivi (Davie, Fla.) and men's bantamweight Bernard Posey (Greensboro, N.C.).
The Pan Am Championships utilized the LaJust electronic chest protectors as the scoring system for the event.


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Range DescriptionTo date, Andrews' beaked whale is known only from a few dozen stranding records between 32S and 55S; most of these have come from the South Pacific and Indian oceans (well over half are from New Zealand Mead 1989; Baker 2001). Strandings have occurred in southern Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Tristan de Cunha, the Falkland Islands, Macquarie Island, Argentina and Uruguay. The overall range may be circumpolar in the Southern Hemisphere; however, there is a gap in the known distribution between the Chatham Islands, east of New Zealand and the west coast of South America.


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I am building a project and need to implement a database that stores images / videos / text / audio files but don't want them tied to a certain user.
I would like the a form that will allow for an upload of either of these files.
Query the database and display the results on the page.
I have done with this MySQL and PHP in the past. I had planned on creating a radio button to determine what type of file they wanted to upload and use javascript to hide/show the box used to upload that certain file. So if text file was click it would show the box to upload a text file and keep the boxes for video/audio/image files hidden.
All the tutorials I have come across tie these files to a certain user and I don't have users set up yet for the site. I also do not know if I will allow people to register to upload files. I would like to start slow and then work my way up to users and their microposts / files.


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Kudos Mitch.
A true diamond in the rough. The music was amazing. So much so, I ordered the soundtrack off Amazon within 5 minutes of the movie ending.
Refreshingly straightforward and simple, yet complex at the conclusion. Left me initially wanting more, then after the movie abruptly ended, I was suprisingly pleased with how it concluded. Im not a big musical guy, but I absolutely loved this one.
Im not doing the movie justice here. Mitch does.
http://www.theclevelandfan.com/article_ ... hp?id=2963
Just a really great movie. Checking IMDB after watching it, was very pleased to see it incredibly highly rated, #243 of all time.
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Although barking is natural for dogs, it is a common complaint among their owners.
While the best advice is to begin working to curb dog barking when your pet is a puppy, there is hope in controlling the behavior in animals of all ages.
According to VCA Animal Hospitals, anxiety is one of the most common reasons dogs bark a lot. The keys to controlling anxiety-induced barking are socialization and habituation. In other words, introduce your animal to as many new people, animals, situations and noises as possible so he gets used to them and is less likely to vocalize when he encounters them.
It's important for owners to know that acknowledging their dog's barking by giving him attention will not stop the behavior. Inadvertent reinforcement of the behavior such as allowing a barking dog indoors, or feeding, patting, praising, playing with, giving a toy, or even just going to a barking dog to try and quiet it down will not teach the animal to quiet down. Even yelling at a barking dog to quiet down may reinforce barking. Instead, veterinarians say quiet, calm behavior should be rewarded, not barking and other negative behaviors.
Discovering what is causing your dog to bark can help you to stop it from happening. For instance, if your pet barks every time you leave, training the animal to be on his own through crate training techniques can help him feel more comfortable and less likely to bark. Additionally, if you have a dog that barks whenever people walk by your window, you can close the curtains to avoid the stimulus.
It's important to note, however, that animals who bark because of fear, separation anxiety or other compulsive disorders will likely need to be treated for the underlying problem in order to stop problematic barking.
Experts say training your dog to be quiet on demand is one of the best ways to cure incessant barking. However, this can take a long time to achieve.
"Training the dog to cease barking on command can be accomplished with lure reward techniques, distraction techniques, or halter and leash training," according to veterinarians Dr. Debra Horwitz and Dr. Gary Landsberg on VCAHospitals.com. "Regardless of the technique, rewards should be given as soon as the barking stops, so that the dog learns that quiet behavior earns rewards."
Some people resort to anti-barking devices to encourage quiet. These include owner-activated products such as various ultrasonic devices, audible devices, a water sprayer or a shake can.
However, products that are activated when the animal barks are believed to be more effective as they ensure immediate and accurate timing. They include bark-activated collars and other devices that are triggered when the animal barks.
Remember, the older the dog, the longer it will take to change his behavior. It can be done but will require time and effort on the part of both you and your pet.


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Department is focused on treatment of gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas diseases. Also, the priority is the treatment of infectious diseases (including tuberculosis), rheumatic diseases, metabolic diseases and cancer. Specialists are ready to offer the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases. About 3,500 patients undergo diagnostic and receive treatment at our clinic annually. Certified Center for treatment of intestinal diseases is designed to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors of the colon and rectum. Center belongs to the oncologic department of Hildesheim clinic and offers both inpatient and outpatient treatment.
All patients with oncologic problems - regardless of nature and characteristics of the disease - are adapting to their state with help of our experts and receive all possible care and treatment. Network operates on the principle of interdisciplinary approach to treatment, and doctors of different specialties work in a team in order to provide necessary help for any kind of cancer. Network of cancer centers was created by collaboration of internal departments and external partners (specialized medical centers, rehabilitation centers and support communities), thereby creating a coherent, transparent and efficient structure, able to effectively perform its functions.
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Tiger gymnasts fall to Windom
Another wave of illness and injury swept through the Marshall gymnastics team during the week, resulting in a step back in scoring for the young Tigers. Missing four regular scorers from their lineup, the Tigers fell to the Windom/Mountain Lake Cobras 133.5-102.3 in Windom on Thursday.
Unable to compete for the Tigers were Madison Schumacher and Haley Aguirre, out with illness and injury, respectively. Schumacher has been a consistent score on the uneven bars all season, while Aguirre is a mainstay on three of the four events.
"We had to move up some people, but they really stepped up in their positions," Marshall head coach Lindsay Wolff said. "We had put Sara (Schroeder) on bars for us, and that was her first time on varsity. She really stepped it up and got us a decent score. We had to move some other people around, but the girls are starting to feel more comfortable as when these situations arise.
"If they're on varsity they know they need to step up and really do the best that they can," she said. "Hopefully we can start to get everyone back full force and get the sickness out of the gym and start scoring even higher."
Meg Ellis led the Tigers in scoring on two of the four events, while posting the second best marks in the other two. Her 5.15 on the uneven bars was second only to Natalie Rademacher's 6.7, while her 7.3 on the floor exercise was bested by Shannyn Chelsey's score of 7.575.
Ellis posted a team best score of 6.55 on the balance beam, an event where the Tigers struggled on Thursday, while Shauna Vandendriessche had the second best score for the Tigers with a 6.1. Ellis posted her highest score of the night with an 8.45 on the vault, besting Nicole Deragisch's score of 8.1.
The vault was by far the Tigers strongest event of the night, something Wolff saw coming despite the most recent string of injuries.
"We're fine tuning our vault," Wolff said. "Our vault was almost a new high for us tonight, and bars has really come along for us. I think the girls just know that we're getting the skills in our routine, we just need to start cleaning it up. And I think that the repetitions in practice are really going to help clean it up and do the stuff that we know how to do."
The Tigers (0-6 overall) return to competition on Jan. 24, when they host the Pipestone Area Arrows.


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The 'Bond Vigilante vs. Fed' Mantra Makes No Sense
1. The U.S. Treasury issues $1.3 trillion per year in deficit financing;
2. The Federal Reserve buys over 80% of the deficit -- $85 billion per month;
3. The "Bond Vigilantes" are dead because the Fed buys essentially all the bonds;
4. There is no inflation, and interest rates will stay low forever simply because the Fed has unlimited buying power;
5. Downgrading U.S. government debt by rating agencies don't matter, because after they did it last time (August 2011) interest rates only went down.
Turn on CNBC and you will hear some minor version of this "new reality" more times per day than you can count. Listening to this you could be excused for thinking there is no reason to worry, ever. Deficits don't matter, and interest rates can never rise.
Here is what you have to ask yourself: If it's this easy, why doesn't everyone do it all the time?
What we have in the U.S. right now is massive, painless government spending: The government essentially spends whatever it wants, because its compliant Federal Reserve simply prints up the difference between tax revenue and spending.
As you can see from this data series, cumulative federal spending was $28 trillion over the last 10 years. For the next 10 years, the most conservative outlook is $46 trillion, a 65% increase over the previous 10 years.
Back to the central question: If it's this easy, why doesn't everyone do it?
The cost of this policy appears to be nothing, zero:
- No inflation
No high interest rates
No economic collapse
No need to cut any government program, ever
No currency crisis
It's all sweetness, light and jingles. Candy all the way, no hard work, no saving, no deferral of spending, no pain, no problem.
Let's cut a few decimal points off this Federal government equation to show what it would mean for an individual. You make $250,000 per year, you spend $380,000, you borrow $30,000 and you go to your basement printing press for $100,000 in $20 bills to pay for your drug habit.
Anything wrong with this picture?
We are being told there is no penalty for this policy. We are immune to any need to cut our excessive spending habit because can print almost all of the deficit. There is, therefore, no price to pay.
Why even bother discussing austerity programs, whether in Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal or right here in the U.S.? If the U.S. can be just fine simply printing almost its entire deficit, why can't Europe do the same? If there truly is no cost to doing this, why hold back?
It's, like, "Why didn't anyone think of this before?"


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5 ways to find content for your content marketing
Whether or not you are computer savvy, your company needs digital content marketing. No matter the industry, client base, product or service you have, content creation is imperative to increased growth and fatter bottom lines. Not to belabor the point, but you can find examples of content driven growth here if you need more convincing.
The problem most companies have with building valuable content for their business blog is two-fold. And, I'll bet that you are suffering from both of these issues within your own company right now. The first problem is what our proprietary blogging software; Innoblogs, deals with and that is managing your content marketing effectively. But even before that, the single biggest problem for companies is finding what to write about.
Content creation is a barrier to entry that you should not have to lose sleep over. With the right tools, you can hop over that threshold and start creating content that drives customers to your site primed and ready to purchase your offerings. I have found and rely on five major sources for my business blogging and digital content marketing. I think you will find that these five things are not only palm to the head simple, but they're also right in your backyard.
1.Brainstorm with your team
As far as backyards are concerned you can't get much closer than your own colleagues. Idea people are in your office, filing papers, stinking up the fridge and answering phones every day. See what your employees and coworkers are saying about their job. Good and bad; people love to know the gritty truth as long as it is meted out with discretion. Get some good stories and some real world examples of your business in action to supplement your digital content marketing. The creation of content from within your own company can be an amazing resource that your competitor is probably not taking advantage of.
2.Research competitors
Speaking of the competition… you might already be doing this in regards to their systems, their client base and marketing efforts, but take it a step further. Read their ad copy, their business blog, their content. What are they saying to get your clients? Now, how can you say it better? Don't plagiarize, but use their own words as a guide to help you craft your own content.
3.Expand your market
One trap companies get in to when they are blogging for business or doing any web content marketing is that they stick with the same old, same old. The problem with this mindset is that people are complex. They have other "compartments" that it can be strategic to edge your way into. Not in a subversive way, of course, but if you speak to people in other areas of their lives you can get the kind of sticky marketing you are looking for. Does your industrial widget allow your clients to get their work done quicker? If so, talk about the soccer games and dance recitals that they don't have to miss as a result of your product. Next time they are at their kids' event, they'll think of you.
4.Re-tool previous posts
Even if you have die-hard fans who read your blog in its entirety every week or month, refreshing an old post for some SEO rich marketing you did before will not raise any eyebrows. As they say: there is more than one way to skin a cat, and with a little ingenuity you can rewrite that blog post about your stellar customer service to address how customer service is a dying art that your company still practices. Same topic, different approach and it reads like new.
5.Blogging companies
This can go hand in hand with the first catch-point I mentioned earlier. If the first four tips don't warm your feet to the idea of digital content marketing, then you can hire a company like Innogage to research and create your content marketing blog. There is no shame in getting someone to help you, especially when it is in the area of word-smithing. Not everyone can craft a compelling sentence and you might not have the time to do it yourself. By enlisting content marketing or a digital marketing company to build your content, it's the same as calling the plumber to fix your pipes or accountant to file your taxes. Having a professional copywriter or content marketer can at least get you started. You don't have to commit to them writing your blog forever, but their input might inspire you to jump in and start creating content!
So what do you think? Are you up for creating content? Need some help? Feel free to contact us to get started building your content and start to Blog With Purpose.
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The Wolves' interior game and points off transition was the story of the game. Algoma scored 40 of their points from close range and scored 19 points off turnovers.
The Cubans drew to within three points with 4:39 remaining in the first half, but the Wolves responded with a 12-0 run to extend the lead to their largest of the first half at 28-13 and 30-18 at halftime. Algoma led by as many as 20 points in the third quarter and as many as 23 in the fourth quarter to cruise to the victory.
Algoma was led by Anna Dier with 18 points, and both Taylor Schmidt and Kennedy Blahnik added 13 points. Dier and Blahnik also had 10 rebounds apiece to pace the Wolves on the boards. Chloe Pustina led Cuba City with 16 points
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Did you know? Twelve facts about goalball
At the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the six athletes will represent the United States in the sport of goalball: Jen Armbruster, Lisa Czechowski, Amanda Dennis, Asya Miller, Robin Theryoung and Jordan Walters. As the reigning champions from the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and Guadalajara 2011 Parapan American Games, Team USA is favored for gold in women's goalball, which runs Aug. 30-Sept. 7.
Prepare to be a gold medal spectator with these 12 goalball facts:
Goalball is the only sport in which only visually impaired people can participate. It was introduced as a demonstration event at the Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games, 30 years after being invented by Hanz Lorenzen (Austria) and Sepp Reindle (Germany). Like many Paralympic events, goalball was designed with the purpose to assist rehabilitation of World War II veterans. The sport's first world championship was held in Austria in 1978 and became a full part of the Paralympic Games at the Arnehm 1980 Games. Today, the International Blind Sports Federation, responsible for fifteen sports for the blind and partially sighted in total, is the governing body for this sport.
Originally known as the Handball Arena, the venue for goalball at the London 2012 Paralympic Games was renamed Copper Box because, aside from handball, it will also host modern pentathlon (fencing and shooting) during the Olympic Games and will be the goalball venue for the Paralympic Games. Its new name reflects its look thanks to the top half of the venue being clad in 3,000 square meters of external copper cladding – mostly recycled – that will develop a rich natural color as it age. It will be the only permanent indoor arena retained in the Olympic Park, as the Basketball Arena will be relocated.
The aim is to score by rolling the ball at speed into the opposition's goal, while the opposition attempts to block the ball with their bodies. Each team has 10 seconds to take a throw, and any team member may take it, but not more than twice before another team member must have a turn. Spectators must be quiet during play so that players can hear the ball (and each other), but they are free to cheer when a goal is scored. The team that scores the most goals is the winner. Matches last for two periods of 12 minutes each, but the clock stops every time the referee blows for an infringement and starts again when play restarts. Both the men's and women's tournaments begin with a round-robin group stage. The 12 men's teams are divided into two groups of six teams, while the 10 women's teams are divided into two groups of five. The top four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals, from which point the tournaments are played in a knockout format.
Goalball is played on an 18m x 9m court that is divided in half by a center line, with each half further divided into three sections by lines at 3 meter intervals. Each of the court lines are marked by tape and are slightly raised to allow players to orientate themselves. Goals extend across the full width of the court at either end and are 1.3m high. The ball itself weighs 1.25kg, has eight holes, and noise bells contained within.
In London, 132 competitors (72 men, 60 women) will compete in goalball, including six Americans in women's goalball. (The United States men's goalball team did not qualify for the Games.) Each country is limited to one men's and one women's team, with each team having six athletes. Three players per team compete at a time, with the rest substituting into play. Athletes with a varying degrees of visual impairment compete in goalball. However, all players must wear blackout eyeshades during competition to ensure a level playing field. With 132 competitors, that means 132 eyeshades.
Despite being the last team to qualify for the quarter-finals at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, the women's U.S. team went on to beat China in the gold medal game, avenging a 4-0 loss from the round-robin stage.
In 2004, both Denmark and Canada successfully defended their 2000 gold medals by winning the men's and women's goalball gold medals, respectively.
Since goalball's introduction in 1976, the U.S. has the most medals at nine while failing to medal only three times (1976, 1992 and 2000). Women goalball was introduced at the Stoke Mendeville/New York 1984 Paralympic Games with a U.S. women victory. In the seven Games since, the U.S. women have medaled four times.
There are three categories from which referees can call an infringement. If a player throws before the command to start has been given, if a player makes three consecutive throws or if a ball is thrown too high without touching the court between specific lines, a penalty will be assessed. A team penalty is awarded if a team delays the game, or makes unnecessary amounts of noise, or takes longer than 10 seconds to throw the ball. If a penalty is given, the guilty player must defend the entire court by himself for one throw.
In goalball, the ball reaches speeds of 60 kilometers per hour – about 37 miles per hour. The only way to prevent the ball from crossing the goal line is for players to literally put their bodies on the line to stop the fast-moving ball.
Jennifer Armbruster is no newcomer to the international sports scene, as London will be her sixth Paralympic Games. At the 2008 Games, Armbruster, the Opening Ceremony flag bearer and goalball team captain, helped lead her team to the gold medal. Armbruster's dreams of representing her country on the medal podium have been met three times: bronze in 1996, silver in 2004 and gold in 2008.
Asya Miller is preparing for her fourth Paralympic Games. Miller's crushing offense will be key to Team USA's chances at a second Paralympic Games championship. Her athletic talents have brought her success in other sports on and off the Paralympic stage. The 2005 Athletes with Disabilties Hall of Fame (ADHOF) Female Athlete of the Year also has a bronze medal from the 2000 Paralympic discus competition as well as a gold medal for best lifter from the 2009 ISBA Powerlifting World Championships.


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SportsJam - Trumpeter Jon Faddis
February 25, 2008. Posted by Doug Doyle.Add new comment | Filed under: dad, demand feature, different sports, Encounters, interviewing, Jazz Alive, jazz band, Jazz Community, john coltrane, jon faddis, new sports, old timers, podcast, real sports, Remix, saxophone, special sports, sports fan, sports stars, tiger, tiger woods, time jazz, trumpeter, wbgo
I had a blast interviewing trumpeter Jon Faddis for SportsJam, WBGO's new sports podcast/on-demand feature. Jon is a real sports fan who loves the old-timers from several different sports. I asked him to put together his all-time jazz band made up of sports stars. He selected Tiger Woods to be the saxophone of John Coltrane. Find out who else he picked, his thoughts on why he thinks jazz and sports are related and hear about his special sports relationship with his dad. Listen now.
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Well, it's Tuesday again, and that means IBM announcements! Right on the heels of our big storage launch on February 9, today IBM announced some exciting options for its modular disk systems. Let's take a look:
- 2TB SATA-II drives
That's right, you can now DOUBLE your capacity with 2TB SATA type-II drives on the DS3950, DS4200, DS4700, DS5020, DS5100 and DS5300 disk controllers, as well as the DS4000 EXP420, EXP520, EXP810, EXP5000 and EXP5060 expansion drawers. Here are the Announcement Letters for the [HVEC] and [AAS] ordering systems.
- 300GB Solid State Drives
IBM also announces 300GB solid state drives (SSD) for the DS5100 and DS5300. These are four times larger than the 73GB drives IBM offered last year, for those workloads that need high read IOPS such as Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications. Here is the [Announcement Letter].
- New N series model N3400
For customers that need less than the minimum 21TB that our IBM Scale-Out Network Attach Storage (SONAS) can provide, IBM offers the new N3400 unified storage disk system, with support for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FCP. This is a 2U high 12 drive model that can be expanded up to 136 drives, basically doubling all the stats from last year's N3300 model. Fellow blogger, Rich Swain (IBM), does a great job recapping the speeds and feeds over on his blog [News and Information about IBM N series].
It also appears that the reports and rumors of the death of the DS6800 are premature. Don't believe misleading statements from competitors, such as those found written by fellow blogger BarryB (EMC), aka "the Storage Anarchist", in his latest post [Bring Out Your Dead] showing a cute little tombstone with "Feb 2010" on the bottom. Actually, if he had bothered to read IBM's [Announcement Letter], he would have realized that IBM plans to continue to sell these until June. Of course, IBM will continue to support both new and existing DS6800 customers for many years to come.
Technically, BarryB does not make any factually incorrect statements for me to correct on his blog. The idea that a product is "dead" is, of course, just opinion, and competitors poke fun at each others' announcements every day. One could argue that the EMC V-Max was "dead" after the ITG whitepaper [Cost/Benefit Case for IBM XIV Storage System - Comparing Costs for IBM XIV and EMC V-Max Systems] demonstrated that the IBM XIV cost 63 percent less than a comparable EMC V-Max over the life of three years total cost of ownership (TCO) back in July 2009. The comparison was made with data from clients in a variety of industries including manufacturing, health care, life sciences, telecommunications, financial services, and the public sector. This could explain why so many EMC customers are buying or investigating the IBM XIV and the rest of the IBM storage portfolio.
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Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. announced on Thursday that they have signed an agreement to transfer NEC's 45% stock in Sony NEC Optiarc to Sony. The move will strengthen Sony's positions on the market of optical disc drives (ODDs).
As a result of this agreement, Sony will make Sony NEC Optiarc a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sony Group, and will seek to strengthen its interaction with Sony group's product and device businesses to further streamline decision-making processes, enhance management responsiveness and further reinforce its next-generation optical disc drive business.
NEC will continue to contribute to the advancement of Sony NEC Optiarc optical disc drive products through the LSI development being carried out at NEC Electronics Corp.
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Skip to comments.Gunman dead and boy hostage ALIVE as hostage standoff in Alabama bunker ends after seven days
Posted on 02/04/2013 2:23:16 PM PST by ColdOne
The 'survivalist killer' who allegedly gunned down a bus driver before taking a boy hostage in an underground bunker is now dead as the dramatic ordeal has ended after seven days.
The five-year-old boy hostage, known only as Ethan, was taken away from the scene and is believed to be in fine condition.
Multiple news outlets have reported that the gunman, 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, is deceased, but the cause of his death was not immediately known.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Prayers for the kid.
Too bad we can't hang the bastard.
You mean "prayers FOR the boy?"
Praise God.
Excellent news!
"Deceased"? The creep is now worm food. There. That sounds better.
This situation is the liberals fault.
They have demonized gun owners and made normal people afraid. They drove this old man over the edge and look what happened. A liberal should pay reparation for this
The way it should be. According to news conference, he was seen holding a gun and LEO's entered, rescued the boy and said Dykes was deceased!
Several loud booms were heard, and not long after an ambulance drove away, presumably taking the boy for a medical checkup.
My first thought was concussion grenades, and I see that one of the reporters speculates the same.
It's good to hear that this turned out well.
A case like this is where a psychiatrist is reallk needed. Also let's hope this kid turns out somewhat normal.
>>Its good to hear that this turned out well.<<
As well as possible.. that kid is going to be traumatized, maybe for life (I hope not — little kids are pretty resilient).
This week is the kid's birthday from what I heard this morning.
This situation is the liberals fault. They have demonized gun owners and made normal people afraid. They drove this old man over the edge and look what happened. A liberal should pay reparation for this
Will Obammma take credit for this as well? I'm glad this ended the way it did.
If the SOB is dead, why does the paper have to say he "allegedly" shot the bus driver before taking the boy hostage?
The reporter states he was a 'survivalist killer'
Whatever such a thing is, is this a reporter's opinion?
I'm glad this guy is at room temperature. What I'm questioning is if the reporter is manufacturing anti-2A fodder.
I'm so glad.....That bastard should have been eliminated when he beat the dog to death with a pipe.
Thank You Jesus. Prayers answered. Thank you
Any reporting on the reason he took the kid? Apparently he wanted this specific boy, was there some family connection?
" Too bad we cant hang the bastard."
The upside is, his demise saved the taxpayers a lot of money.
We know we aren't supposed to say anything but good about the dead. He's dead. Good.
Sounded to me like he wanted 2 kids and only managed 1. Sounded random to me.
***The 'survivalist killer' ****
I suppose anyone who builds a tornado shelter will be considered by the MSM as "survivalist killer" now.
An early news story was that he boarded the school bus, demanded the driver hand over two (6-8year old?) boys. When the driver refused he shot the driver and grabbed this boy. Sounded pretty random.
just wait one stink'n minute. You mean to say the man was killed with gun violence ?
tsk tsk...
Good point.
Great news!!!!
Did the LEOs bring this to a successful conclusion, or did Obama grab his trusty skeet shooter and handle it all by himself?
Was to be arrested and arraigned in court for shooting at cars
Supposedly had made a speed bump on dirt road in front of property
When a car hit it and and destroyed it started shooting at car
Good riddance to this whack job........
As an aside. Appears to make hiding in bunkers as a prep plan a waste of time and money. Didn't work in the Pacific in WW II, didn't work recently in Oregon or Washington (can't remember which) didn't work here, and safe rooms were proven to be a bust in Waco TX. What is an honest prepper to do?
"The reporter states he was a survivalist killer"
I'm suprised they didn't call the guy a prepper killer.
Anyway thank God they got that kid out alive.
65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, is deceased, but the cause of his death was not immediately known
Lead Poisoning
Oh they have been playing up the whole survivalist anti-government angle big time. They are repeating the mantra anti-government=murderous gun-nut/nut-job=prepper/survivalist.
"Too bad we cant hang the bastard."
Hold on, maybe we can get up a petition!
Indeed. It looks like one needs to ask an additional question: "who are you trying to be safe from, regular criminals, or the federal government?"
I recall a story from a couple of years ago that some "spam king" was hiding in a safe room when they came to get him; they took turns with a chainsaw to the door.
Hope the kid doesn't develop PTSD. If he does, he may never be allowed the means to protect himself for the rest of his life.
Whatever such a thing is, is this a reporters opinion?
But of course. It's not as if reporters actually "report" any more. That's no longer their job. Their purpose is to help advance the regime's ideology. As such, they interweave every dispatch with opinion - that is to say, liberal ideology. They all use the common template.
tsk tsk...
Oh no, you don't understand! When the government commits the gun violence, it's OK! You see how the liberal mind works?
No question that this will have been a traumatic experience for the kid. But I would be hopeful that, as long as he has a decent and loving family to go back to, he will get over it.
He'll remember it all his life. But as long as there is no connection to the people he lives with in everyday life—his family, his teachers, and so forth—he should find strength and reassurance there.
In other words, this experience would gradually be seen as something separate and different from his normal life, so hopefully the damage to his confidence will gradually fade away.
Church would help, too. Some sense that there is good and evil in the world, but that evil will not prevail, unless you give in to it and let it.
>>But I would be hopeful that, as long as he has a decent and loving family to go back to, he will get over it.<<
I think all your points are right on. He is young enough to bounce back, with the right support.
Don't insult this web site by taking the side of this nutcase. Blaming this kidnapping and murder on liberals is the sort of pathetic victimization that liberals employ. This sick SOB is no longer breathing which is how we all knew this was going to end. The FBI appears to have handled this one well.
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PK/PD of XM22 in Children With Ewing Family of Tumors or Rhabdomyosarcoma
This study has been completed.
Merckle GmbH
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ( Merckle GmbH )
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 18, 2012
Last updated: May 17, 2016
Last verified: May 2016
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This is a Phase I, open label study aimed at assessing the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a single injection of XM22 in children with Ewing family of tumors or rhabdomyosarcoma scheduled to receive chemotherapy (CTX)
Ewing Family of Tumors, Rhabdomyosarcoma
Drug: Lipegfilgrastim
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Multicenter, Open-label Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics (PK), Pharmacodynamics (PD), Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of a Single, Subcutaneous Dose of 100µg/kg XM22 in 21 Children With Ewing Family of Tumors or Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: Ewing sarcoma
Drug Information available for: Pegfilgrastim
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Ewing Sarcoma Ewing's Family of Tumors Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor Soft Tissue Sarcoma Osteosarcoma Bone CancerU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- PK: Area under the curve, Maximum observed serum concentration (Cmax), Rate constant associated with terminal phase, Mean Residence Time, Time to reach Cmax, and Apparent volume of distribution during terminal phase after non-intravenous administration [ Time Frame: 16 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]A total of 7 PK samples will be obtained at prespecified periods
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- PD:Absolute Neutrophil Count [ Time Frame: 16 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: XM22, 100 μg/kg BW
Drug: Lipegfilgrastim
Lipegfilgrastim 100ug/kg
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 17 Years (Child)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female children and adolescents aged 2 to <18 years
- Written informed consent provided by parent(s)/legal representative(s) of the pediatric patient and patient's assent if appropriate
- Able to understand and/or follow study instructions alone or with parental assistance
- Diagnosed with the Ewing family of tumors or Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Scheduled to receive 1 of the following CTX regimens (inpatient or outpatient)
For the Ewing family of tumors:
- vincristine/ifosfamide/doxorubicin/etoposide (VIDE); with concomitant sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate (MESNA) according to local standards
- vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide alternating with ifosfamide/etoposide (VDC/IE); with concomitant MESNA treatment according to local standards
For rhabdomyosarcoma:
- vincristine/actinomycin/cyclophosphamide (VAC)
- vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide alternating with ifosfamide/etoposide (VDC/IE); with concomitant MESNA treatment according to local standards
- Chemotherapy-naïve
- Body weight ≥15 kg
- White blood cell (WBC) count >2.5 x 109/L, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 x 109/L, and platelet count ≥100 x 109/L (at screening and prior to CTX)
- For patients aged ≥12 years, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2 (See Appendix A.)
- Fertile patients (male or female) must use highly reliable contraceptive measures (i.e. two of the following: oral contraception, implants, injections, barrier contraception, and intrauterine device, or vasectomized/sterilized partners, or sexual abstinence). For purposes of this study, a fertile female patient is any female patient who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone tubal ligation.
- Female patients who have attained menarche must have a negative urine pregnancy test at the screening visit.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous exposure to filgrastim, pegfilgrastim or lenograstim or other G-CSFs in clinical development within 6 months prior to the XM22 administration
- Known hypersensitivity to filgrastim, pegfilgrastim or lenograstim or any other G-CSF in clinical development
- History of congenital neutropenia or cyclic neutropenia
- Any illness or condition that in the opinion of the Investigator may affect the safety of the patient or the evaluation of any study endpoint
- Pregnant or nursing women
- Fertile patients who do not agree to use highly reliable contraceptive measures during the entire duration of the study
- Prior bone marrow or stem cell transplant, or prior radiation to ≥25% of bone marrow (e.g. whole pelvic radiation) for any reason, or any therapeutic radiation within the 3 weeks prior to the XM22 dose
- Ongoing active infection or history of infectious disease within 2 weeks prior to the screening visit
- Treatment with lithium at screening or planned during the study.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01585649
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01585649
|Teva Investigational Site 0103
|Plovdiv, Bulgaria
|Teva Investigational Site 0101
|Sofia, Bulgaria
|Teva Investigational Site 0102
|Varna, Bulgaria
|Czech Republic
|Teva Investigational Site 0201
|Praha 5, Czech Republic
|Teva Investigational Site 0301
|Budapest, Hungary
|Teva Investigational Site 0401
|Lublin, Poland
|Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0501
|Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0504
|Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0507
|Krasnodar, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0505
|Moscow, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0506
|Moscow, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0508
|Moscow, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0502
|St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
|Teva Investigational Site 0701
|Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
|Teva Investigational Site 0705
|Donetsk, Ukraine
|Teva Investigational Site 0702
|Kharkiv, Ukraine
|Teva Investigational Site 0704
|Kyiv, Ukraine
|Teva Investigational Site 0703
|Lviv, Ukraine
Sponsors and Collaborators
Merckle GmbH
|Study Director:
|Andreas Lammerich, MD
|Merckle GmbH, Teva Ratiopharm
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 18, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Merckle GmbH
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01585649 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 18, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 17, 2016
|Health Authority:
|Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
United States: Food and Drug Administration
Russia: Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Ukraine: State Pharmacological Center - Ministry of Health
Serbia: Ethics Committee
Hungary: Institutional Ethics Committee
Hungary: National Institute of Pharmacy
Poland: Ethics Committee
Poland: Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products
Czech Republic: Ethics Committee
Czech Republic: State Institute for Drug Control
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Drug Agency
Bulgaria: Ethics committee
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sarcoma, Ewing
Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Bone Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective Tissue
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Apple Bulls: Stop Rationalizing, Be Disciplined
As I continue to advocate for long-term investors and all not-so-nimble traders to take profits, realize losses and all together avoid Apple (AAPL) , I receive pushback from a significant segment of the crowd. I'm not so much surprised by this as I am terrified. Terrified with what appears to be an incredible lack of discipline on unabashed display from retail investors and AAPL longs.
Over the weekend, I posted a series of Tweets about AAPL as an investment and long-term investing in general. I think I did this while killing time at the Toyota dealership where, yes, I broke my 13-year streak of not owning a car. I bought a Prius! More on that, including video from the vehicle itself, later this week.
But, anyway, here are the Tweets. Please read them from the bottom:
Plenty of people hit back hard on what I have always considered Investing 101 -type stuff.
Most folks argued that now is absolutely not the time to sell AAPL. They contend that you buy when fear and blood occupy the streets. This is the time to load up and follow your sane, logical and long-term conviction on the stock. That's one way to look at it. In some instances, it might make sense.
But not here. At least not right now. Just scroll through my recent article history . You'll find plenty of work that focuses squarely on Apple, making the clear and direct case that long-term investors should not be in this stock. That means, don't buy it and, if you own it, take profits or losses immediately.
In this article, I consider this idea from the broad perspective.
AAPL -- or any other stock you find yourself in this situation with (you know, down $250 from its high in a matter of months with the world now seemingly against it) -- could go up tomorrow, vindicating bulls. If that happens, people who sell now will lament that they took a loss and missed out on profits or cashed out their profits too soon ultimately leaving money on the table. That's typical. However, it's the type of psychological reaction investors need to push back on.
As the Tweets I posted over the weekend indicate, it's all about discipline. Without discipline you put yourself at greater risk of the type of catastrophic loss that can take years to overcome, if you're ever able to build your account back up.
What's this discipline I speak of? Having a plan before you enter a position, as I explained last week :
... reality, for large swaths of long-term investors, is straightforward: They do not go into a position with discipline, using pre-determined -- and quite possibly scaling -- stop losses and profit targets. In other words, if it drops this much, I sell this much. If it goes up this much, I sell this much. There's a time to have strong hands or let winners run, no question, but discipline trumps trying to use intuition. The latter blows up portfolios.


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