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After that band split up, Lon and Derrek made a demo of 'Sweet Music', which they sent to Apple in New York. John Lennon heard it and was impressed. George liked it too, and it was George who called the van Eatons to ask if they would like to record for Apple.

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MADISON, Wis. - A Madison judge has ruled people can hunt wolves with dogs but blocked them from training dogs to go after the animals.
"I think a lot of people in this state think it's nuts to use dogs to hunt wolves. I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other and even if i did, that's not the question," said Judge Peter Anderson. "That's the extent of my ruling. I cannot say on this law that there is a mandamus here. [The DNR has] the authority but do not have the obligation to do more than they did."
A group of Humane Societies filed a lawsuit earlier this year alleging the Department of Natural Resources failed to place any real restrictions on how wolf hunters can use dogs. Anderson temporarily banned the use of dogs while he weighed the case.
Anderson ruled Friday the DNR had an obligation to tweak a pre-existing rule that allows people to train dogs on wild animals to address problems that would arise between dogs and wolves. He found the rule is invalid and can't be used to support training on wolves.
But he said the DNR had no duty to impose restrictions on actually hunting wolves with dogs.
Attorneys on both sides said they will have to continue to look into what it means for the now-annual fall hunt.
"The oral ruling sounded favorable to hunting to our side and unfavorable or temporarily unfavorable as to training, but we'll see the written ruling and come to some more firm conclusions," said Thomas Janczewski, an attorney for the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association.
"There's a bigger picture here; not just about wolves and not just about dogs. Its about whether the DNR is going to engage in rule-making the way it historically has based on science and based on environmental stewardship. Or whether the Natural Resources Board and the DNR is going to be excessively influenced by political pressure and we all know that's what happened here," said Carl Silderbrand, an attorney for the animal rights groups.
Judge Anderson will issue a written ruling on the case next week.
Attorneys for the DNR said the Natural Resources Board was already looking into rules about using dogs in wolf hunts. However, they said those rules would not likely be done by this year's hunt; instead would go into effect in 2014.
DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp put out a statement after Friday's ruling:
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The effect in question is all over this video and first appears at 00:09. Its sort of like a 3D animation effect of a still images.
I've seen this being done in a lot of MMVs and vids that use fanart, so I am suspecting its a filter/plugin in an editting software somewhere, but I might be wrong.
Can someone maybe point out how that is done? I don't think its simple titling/skewing of the image. How can I go about doing that in After Effect?
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Re: 3D Motion Effect on Still Images?
Actually it is probably just simple tilting and skewing of images. the editor did have an effect where the characters came out separately so he probably had 2 images, masked them and blended them together to make something like that. If it was a simple effect in AE everyone it wouldn't be easy to control.
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Re: 3D Motion Effect on Still Images?
This is basically achieved by taking your image(s), cutting out limbs to their own layers, then just animating position and rotation in AE. You can push this further with setting up 3D layers and cameras. But yeah it's a fairly simple and subtle way to add dimension and life to still images.
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Re: 3D Motion Effect on Still Images?
If you would like to see a more professional and extensive use of that effect, there was a documentary on Bill Hicks released a few years ago that used the effect throughout most of the movie.
Here is a trailer for the movie: American: The Bill Hicks Story
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Re: 3D Motion Effect on Still Images?
I did similar things (though mine were less subtle) in "Wrong Way, Anime" (the musicians flags) and in "Legend of the Anime" (the spider was a still image - I animated it just as Brad said, using Sony Vegas)
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Well yeah, as others have said it looks like simple masking and transforming. You can move certain limbs using the puppet tool in AE, but that can go wrong and is slightly more complex; I wouldn't use it unless I know how to fully control it. But yeah, say you had a render/mask of a character, you would mask out their arm and make it have its own layer and just rotate it or how ever else you want to transform it.
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This tutorial might help you..it won't answer fully your question though, but I'm sure it covers a few basics of still image animation, hope it help
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Promotion heroes back at Molineux
"He's had a career of minimal fuss."
And there, perhaps in one line from former Wolves boss Mick McCarthy, came a succinct endorsement of Jody Craddock's career.
It was in no way to downplay the quality, commitment and leadership provided by Craddock during 20 years in which he graduated from non-league football to grace the Premier League with both Wolves and Sunderland.
The line, delivered at last night's hugely successful testimonial dinner, was designed to illustrate the popularity and value of such a character to a manager and a team.
"I've been sat there tonight before coming up thinking 'have I got any funny stories about Jody?' but there is nothing," said Mick.
"Nothing apart from his qualities as a player and as a bloke.
"I've heard him talk about not doing much more than heading it and kicking it, but speaking as someone who did pretty much the same that is nothing to be embarrassed about.
"Let me tell you –every manager the country is looking for a defender who can head it and kick it – well, that's what he did.
"You never really had to tell him too much –well maybe once or twice that when he was backing off if he ran past our goalkeeper than maybe he had gone too far!
"But no – he just did it all and got on with his job – he did exactly what it said on the tin.
"Yes I sent him on loan to Stoke and maybe I was trying to bring in younger players and freshen things up but I got that one wrong.
"After he went we were talking about bringing him back because centre forwards were dropping off us with no-one following them in.
"Anyway, Jody came back and did it with aplomb, following his man then taking the ball cleanly and I looked at Terry and we said 'It's great to have him back'."
"He was like a comfort blanket!
"He was the nicest fella off the pitch but horrible to play against, someone who would put his heart and soul into it on the field and I loved him for it."
Both McCarthy and Terry Connor received a rapturous ovation as the they took to the stage to round off an eagerly acclaimed trip down memory lane as Jody's testimonial dinner was combined with a reunion for the 2008/09 Championship winners whom he led for part of that season.
"We're here tonight to honour Jody and rightly so," said Connor.
"You don't stay at a club for ten years like he did because of himself – you do that because you always put the team first.
"But while we are here for Jody and it was him and Karl Henry who lifted the trophy that season was all about teamwork.
"If one player was missing then another would come in, and the spirit and togetherness went a long way to what was achieved."
A spirit and sense of togetherness is something which has carried Craddock in both his professional and personal life, with the strength of his family and particularly wife Shelley a massive factor given some of their trials and tribulations.
Most recently the youngest of the couple's three children Toby was diagnosed with leukaemia 18 months ago, and having come through some intensive and difficult treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital is now into the maintenance phase of the three year plan.
"As you can all see, Toby is doing really well," said Jody after the three appeared on stage to receive a gift of a mascot place at a home game this season and some kit presented by Karl Henry and Kevin Foley.
It is a sense of gratitude for the care received by Toby as well as the knowledge that many more families are going through exactly the same agonies that prompted Jody to decide to donate a proportion of his testimonial proceeds to the hospital.
You could have heard a pin drop inside a packed Hayward suite as a video was shown featuring interviews with Jody and Shelley and the medical professionals who have treated Toby over the last year-and-a-half (CLICK HERE TO VIEW)
And Dr Mark Velangi, Clinical Lead for Haematology at Birmingham Children's Hospital, certainly brought a sense of perspective to the evening by explaining that he arrived at Molineux having had to break the news to two sets of parents that day that their children had leukaemia.
The hospital are past halfway in an appeal to raise £4million for a new Children's Cancer Centre, and that will benefit from Jody's donation at the end of the year.
And plenty was certainly raised on the night from some terrific raffle and auction prizes, including one of the 'poppy' shirts worn by Danny Batth and a trip to see The Bodyguard and meet its star, lifelong Wolves fan, Beverley Knight.
Talking of stars and lifelong Wolves fans, Vice-President Robert Plant was certainly a popular attraction for guests at Molineux, obliging all of those queuing up for a picture during the evening's schedule.
And the Wolves hierarchy were also well represented, chairman Steve Morgan, CEO Jez Moxey, directors John Gough and John Bowater and Club Secretary Richard Skirrow all present to hear the various anecdotes and stories.
Above all though it was Jody's night, and pretty much every player who could make it - barring club and international commitments – did make it.
During the on-stage interviews Moxey said Wolves couldn't have had "a better ambassador and a better man."
Chris Iwelumo recalled the defender as a "maxed out footballer" for his courage and commitment while Matt Murray said he cites the example of Craddock's integrity and professionalism in work for the PFA.
There were some great words too from John Griffin, the scout now working at Crystal Palace who first spotted Jody's talents with non-league Christchurch and helped take him to Cambridge (CLICK HERE TO VIEW).
The gathering of former promotion heroes was extensive, featuring not only the aforementioned Henry, Foley and Iwelumo but also Carl Ikeme, David Jones, Richard Stearman, Matt Hill, Neill Collins, George Elokobi, Dave Edwards and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.
Members of the backroom staff also made sure they were there to show support – as Jody himself recalled it was like a "family" when Wolves lifted the Championship title.
The theme which pervaded the entire evening was of that indefatigable Craddock commitment and determination, a will-to-win and never-know-when-beaten feeling which served him so well in a Wolves stay spanning ten years and an overall career spanning 20.
"At the start I was never sure I was going to be good enough," he recalled.
"And I used to beat myself up about every single mistake.
"When I did finally make it I think it was the fear of failure which kept me going, of wanting to do the very best that I could every time that I played.
"I had some great times though, and would like to thank everyone who is here tonight and from the club for their support."
In truth it was probably the other way around last night with everyone present, whether board member, manager, coach, player or fan, keen to thank the former Wolves number 6 and support the first major event of his testimonial year.
And yes, certainly something to make a fuss about!
*Jody announced last night that his testimonial match will be between representatives/former players from Wolves and Sunderland, and will take place at Molineux at a date to be fixed at the end of the season.
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TUPELO – Nearly all of Tupelo's arts organizations are celebrating what they have to offer in one weekend.
Tupelo Ballet presents "Cinderella," Tupelo Symphony Orchestra will stage "The Mikado," Tupelo Community Theatre will produce "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Tupelo Concert Association presents "The Legacy of Floyd Cramer," all this weekend, as a part of Art Rocks Tupelo.
In addition to the many locals who'll share their talents this weekend, there are a few professionals – and locals with professional experience – who'll help make Art Rocks Tupelo a memorable time.
Nicholas Wuehrmann returns to Tupelo to star in "The Mikado."
He also performed with the symphony the last time they staged an opera. He'll star as Ko-Ko in "The Mikado."
"It's hysterical," Wuehrmann said in a phone interview with the Daily Journal. "The dialogue is very witty, and there are plot twists."
The New York City-based actor has performed in more than 300 productions, ranging from Shakespeare to singing with the London Symphony Orchestra. He's also directed a number of productions and has recently starred in TV and film, including "Redrum" on Investigation Discovery and Biography Channel's "Celebrity Ghost Stories." He just wrapped filming a scene as a murder victim on CBS's new drama, "Elementary."
Theater, however, is his first love.
"I love the immediacy of theater, and the connection with the theater audience," he said. "I love that you can take a character from beginning to end in one performance."
'Mockingbird' sings, 'Cinderella' shines
Tupelo native Suzye Sheffield is directing TCT's "To Kill A Mockingbird," and she's bringing her professional experience from her time at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre with her.
"The most important thing to me is that I want to convey the author's intent," she said of Harper Lee's "Mockingbird."
Her crew includes more theater professionals. Stage design expert Steve Miller designed the set, and Cheryl Sproles, a Tupelo resident who spent years in New York theater, is her stage manager.
Sheffield's cast is made up of stage veterans and first-timers, and she's confident in the production.
"We have a fantastic cast," she said. "This is such an important work, and that's the appeal. There's some pressure, but it's also a lot of fun."
"Cinderella" will feature Tupelo Ballet's best dancers, but will get a little help from dancers from Ballet Arkansas and Ballet West, based out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Two of Ballet West's dancers are the stars of the show: Michael Bearden, a principal artist, will star as the Prince, and corps artist Lindsay Duerfeldt will star as Cinderella.
Before Saturday's performance, fans can meet the cast at a "Cinderella" tea at the Tupelo Middle School cafeteria.
Art Rocks brings busy weekend
The Tupelo Concert Association's final concert of the season features Jason Coleman, grandson of Nashville musician Floyd Cramer. He'll present his granddad's hits, plus a few of his favorite selections, tonight at the Link Centre.
The GumTree Museum of Art has two big events, beginning with the Champagne and Sushi reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday. Kimonos, Bonsai trees and Japanese woodblock prints will be on display, and it's $10.
The next evening is Mustache Bash at the museum, which includes a public shaving, cologne contest, mustache awards, live music and hors d'oeuvres. The party starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, and tickets are $20. For more info on both events, call the museum at (662) 844-2787.
For film lovers, check out the Tupelo Film Alliance's meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Nautical Whimsey.
The program will spotlight Art Pinkerton, who'll present "The Use of YouTube as a Means of Collaboration in Musical Performances to Communicate and Educate About Our World." There's a $5 donation for non-Alliance members.
For more information, call Pat Rasberry at (662) 841-6521 or visit tupelofilmfestival.net.
The weekend includes a Downtown Tupelo Art Walk from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, and rounds out with downtown Tupelo merchants open house from noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
For a complete list of events, visit artrockstupelo.com
There are several ticket packages available for patrons to pick-and-choose what events they'd like to attend. There are ticket packages for three to six events. Prices range from $30-75/three events, $50-100/four events, $75-125/five events and $100-150/six events.
To purchase ticket packages, visit artrockstupelo.com.
Dim the lights
• What: Tupelo Community Theatre presents "To Kill a Mockingbird"
• When: 7:30 p.m. tonight-Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday
• Where: The Lyric
• Cost: $18/adults, $6/students
• Info: tct.ms, (662) 844-1935
On stage
• What: Tupelo Ballet presents "Cinderella"
• When: 2 p.m. Saturday
• Where: Tupelo Civic Auditorium
• Cost: $30/adults, $20/seniors, $15/students and children
• Info: (662) 844-1928, tupeloballet.com
• Extra: There will be a "Cinderella" tea at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Civic for children up to second grade. "Cinderella"-inspired costumes are welcome, and they can meet the cast. Cost is $10.
Check it out
• What: Tupelo Symphony Orchestra presents "The Mikado"
• When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
• Where: Performing Arts Center, Tupelo High School
• Cost: $25/adults, $10/students
• Info: (662) 842-8433, tupelosymphony.com
Pre-concert dinner
There will be a pre-concert dinner at the Link Centre Reception Hall from 5-7 p.m. Saturday. The menu includes Thai cucumber salad; pho bo, miso and ginger broth with crab dumplings; seared tuna with edamame hummus, dynamite rolls, gyoza/pot stickers; soba with duck and long onions; curry bar; kung pao chicken; spinach with sesame dressing; fried rice; sticky rice with mango and green tea ice cream. The dinner is $35 with wine available for purchase. To make reservations, call (662) 690-4011.
Music and more
• What: Tupelo Concert Association presents The Legacy of Floyd Cramer, featuring Jason Coleman
• When: 7:30 p.m. tonight
• Where: Link Centre Concert Hall
• Cost: $25
• Info: (662) 842-3173, (662) 842-4569 or (662) 840-2658


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120 Litre Set-Up...from Lake Tanganyika to South America
I've really enjoyed reading other people's journals on here and looking at photos of how set-ups change over time. Now that my own tank has been through a few changes I thought I would post its history, up to where I am with it now.
Originally I bought the aquarium to create a small Tanganyikan tank. At the initial stage I got the following:
Interpet Fish Pod 120 (aquarium with built in lighting - two 15W bulbs and a nice cabinet/stand)
Eheim Classic 2213 canister filter
Interpet heater
A few bags of recycled sand and a large pack of crushed coral
A large boxful of rustic and green slate
The intended inhabitants were shell dwellers and some small cave dwellers so I needed some space at the front for shells and plenty of rockwork for caves.
Here's how it looked once I had set it up:
It looks quite barren and rather unnatural but the tank was only cycling at this stage. Looking back now I really wish I'd gone to more efforts to hide the filter and heater, but it had been a while since owning a tank so I wasn't very inventive at this stage.
Ok, so after cycling (fish food method...three week cycle) I added a few plants. I know these aren't really true to the Tanganyikan environment but I wanted a bit of colour, and something to hide the filter. I also got shells for the shell dwellers, and here's how it looked:
More to follow...
I then very gradually (over a couple of weeks) stocked the tank with:
5 x Lamprologus Ocellatus Gold (shell dwellers):
Aggressive little beasties who would nip you if you put your hand anywhere near their precious shells!
Guarding a shell:
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5 x Lamprologus Julidochromis (cave dwellers) of what I thought was one species but later realised that I'd got a bunch of hybrids...still interesting and attractive all the same:
Quite shy on their own but dither fish help them with their confidence and they can be quite active in a full tank.
3 x Neolamprologus Pulcher "Daffodil" (cave dwellers and open water swimmers):
These started off great...a very subtle and beautiful species...but I should have researched them better as when they came into breeding condition they really went to town on the others in the tank. After killing a few Ocellatus I took them back to the LFS to exchange them!
Species only next time!
Still one of my favourites though...stunning fish!
Okay the "Guarding a shell" picture is my absolute favorite! I'm going to make that my desktop wallpaper at work just to cheer me up when I'm grouchy :P
Those Daffodil fish are beautiful. Too bad they didn't work out :(~Manna
120 gallon FW bowfront in progress
So here it was after a few months. A few plant changes but looking quite ok:
A rebuild of the set-up after moving house and it looked like this (more slate rockwork and different plants again) and the addition of a few dwarf neon rainbowfish (used as dither fish):
If you look closely you'll see some tiny fish at the top...these were an accident. My boyfriend was going by the LFS and asked me if I needed anything so I asked him to get a few more of the dwarf neon rainbowfish. He came home with threadfin rainbowfish! They were mis-labelled at the LFS! Oops. I kept them for a couple of weeks and then gave them to a friend with a peaceful community tank (NOT with Tangs!)
I think it looked quite good in that last shot, but again, I wish I had made more effort to hide the filter...and why I didn't put a black background on I don't know! I kept meaning to and kept forgetting to buy one!
This is a closer shot of the cavework (with the Daffodils looking pretty huge here, maturing quickly):
So the tank carried on without any issues for a good while. I upped the dwarf neon rainbowfish to around 12 which I know is too many for a tank that size but the water flow was decent and my water parameters stable...live and learn though. The tank was lively and fun to watch.
I did about a 30% water change twice a week and upgraded my filter to an Eheim Professional 3 (massively over-filtered).
All was good until the Daffodils went evil (as described previously) so I had to take them back to the LFS.
Then about a year or two later one of the rainbowfish got pop-eye. I couldn't save it and didn't have a quarantine tank (literally no space in our flat). One by one they died...from I don't know what...I treated for bacterial and fungal infections. They had various symptoms...sticky out scales (but not bloated), white patches (fungus?), or nothing at all and sudden death. Very worrying. In hindsight I should have euthanised the ones that looked sick to try to save the others. But they all died.
Six months later I only had the Julidochromis left...they seemed completely unaffected by whatever had wiped out the rest of my tank. I thought very carefully about what to do next.
Ha, as a Tang keeper I keep wanting to jump in with advice but now im realizing that this is long story and you have already learned everything lol! Curious to see how the story ends :)"At some point you aren't making the animal more dead...You are just making a bigger mess." - Demjor19
I thought about restocking the tank, but was worried that whatever had killed the Ocellatus and Rainbowfish would just resurface. What to do?
The Julidochromis (Julies) didn't show any signs of illness at all and now had the tank to themselves. The problem with this was their shyness. Without any other active fish in the tank they rarely left the caves (only to eat) so I wasn't very happy with the way the tank looked. You'd walk into the room and all you would see was, what appeared to be, an empty fish tank!
I decided, rather than rish restocking and losing them all again, I would cut my losses and start over. So I took the Julies back to the LFS and cleaned everything out.
Rockwork scrubbed in boiling water and vinegar, tank scrubbed out with hot water and vinegar, filter taken apart and cleaned. Gravel and sand boiled. Any bugs and viruses were (hopefully) now dead.
Back to cycling and back to a blank canvas. A bit sad, but exciting for a new start.
Here's the empty cycling tank...dosed with ammonia this time. New plants. Total inhabitants: two assassin snails (who seemed to love the tank to themselves!)
I didn't much care for the look of this set-up, I was trying to work out what I wanted to put in it. Most of my rockwork was boxed up in the bottom of the wardrobe at this point. I didn't really like the blue moon light on the left and the white light on the right (I know you're meant to use them separately but it just wasn't bright enough) so I later changed the blue light for another bright white (so two whites).
What I did do at this point was buy a pH test kit. I'd never owned one before as I had reliably been informed that London water was both hard and alkaline...ideal for Tangs. Anyway, I got one, tested the water and the pH was 7.0 Completely neutral. I was amazed. How strange. Even with the crushed coral and slate it (and even now with my current set-up...see later pics) it has stayed neutral...even through a cycle. Most odd!
What that did do for me however was open up the option to have other species. I still don't really know if I have hard water as I don't have a kit for this, but neutral pH meant I could at least try some hardy species from outside of Africa. Hmmm...the options!
So...now I've cycled successfully (took about two weeks until I had stable zero ammo and nitrites). A hefty water change, and I'm stocked!
Here's how it looked the day I stocked it:
A bit of a different look, I know. The bogwood looked amazing in the shop, and even better in the tank! I was well prepared for it though - I took a tape measure with me!
Once I got it home I realised it was too big to boil so I showered it with hot water in the bath for a good while and tried to hold it underwater but it floats like a balloon. I ended up just putting it in the tank and weighing it down with a few of my largest rocks (these won't stay in there once it stays under by itself).
It has been leeching tannins and oil for a couple of weeks now but I'm doing 20% water changes every other day. One change will be just skimmed water from the top, and then the next change will be very gently (around the plants) hoovering the bottom and skimming the top.
A couple more plants in there too. I'm dosing liquid CO2 each day and they seem to be doing well...a miracle for me as plants normally NEVER survive. I'm making an effort to actually grow these this time!
It'll look better once the rocks are gone from the wood.
So, what I stocked was:
18 x Cherry Barbs
3 x Peppered Corydoras
3 x Sterbai Corydoras
I originally wanted 6 peppered cories, but the LFS only had 3. I love the Sterbai but they were sooooooooooo expensive. Just 3 of them was £20 (around $30+) so I thought this would do for now and I can add to them later.
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The Asociação Nacional de Assisténcia ao Diabetico (ANAD) has been designated as an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Centre of Education for the period 2009-2012.
Based in São Paulo, Brazil, ANAD was set up in 1979 to assist and guide people with diabetes and their families by providing the educational and psychological support required to effectively manage their condition and live full and healthy lives. The activities of the association also target health professionals with the aim of enabling them to better manage and treat people with diabetes. ANAD currently has over 20,000 members throughout Brazil.
The main activities of ANAD include:
For people with diabetes:
- Medical care: endocrinology, cardiology, ophthalmology, and dermatology.
- Interdisciplinary care: nutrition, odontology, nursing, psychology, physiotherapy, podiatrics, physical activity, genetics.
- Group activities: diabetes education, nutrition workshops, culinary courses, choir, ballroom dancing, group psychotherapy, physical activity.
- Awareness campaign: World Diabetes Day celebrated in 1,000 Brazilian towns and cities.
For healthcare professionals:
- Annual multi-professional and interdisciplinary diabetes congress
- Symposiums
- Workshops: nutrition, diabetic foot, physical activity, education, insulin pump, CGMS (Continuous Glucose Monitoring System), insulin, glucometers
- Satellite symposia
- Multi-professional courses on a variety of diabetes-related topics for physicians, nurses, chemists, dentists, and physical education teachers and coaches
- Activities in partnership with ALAD, OPAS, and the Ministry of Health
- Exhibitions of diabetes-related products
- Interdisciplinary and multi-professional periodical – "Diabetes Clinica"
- Lato Sensu Post-Graduate Course for diabetes educators
For more information, visit www.anad.org.br.


text: I just got my saber the other day and have to say that I am pretty pleased. The light up and sound effects were really cool. The only thing I'm wondering about is the sound effect gyros. It seems like they do their job 80% of the time, but I've noticed that , especially when held straight up, they are overly sensitive to even very slight movement but don't register at all at times when swung in just one direction. Has anyone else experienced this, or do I have a defective saber?


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Population: 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est)
GDP per capita (PPP): $2,800 (2008 est)
Total expenditure on health per capita: $109 (Intl $, 2006)
India is located in southern Asia. India is a dynamic and diverse nation and is the second most populous country in the world.
Implementing Partner in-Country: The DREAM Trust - Diabetes Research Education And Management Trust in Nagpur (Dr. Sharad Pendsey and colleagues)
Website: http://www.dreamtrust.org
Life for a Child Support
Commenced 2002
We began supporting 15 children in the city of Nagpur in Central India and currently help 45 children and adolescents. These children are cared for by the DREAM Trust, which provides care for children and youth with diabetes from impoverished circumstances. Some of the children receiving care travel many hours to attend clinic.
Quality medical care, insulin and syringes, monitoring and education are all provided. Using funds from a Foundation, we also supported education of patients and their families, health professionals, and educational scholarships for a number of the children.
Vellore (Tamil Nadu)
Vellore is a district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. One of the oldest cities in Southern India, Vellore is home to approximately half a million people and sits on the Palar River.
In-Country Partner #2: Christian Medical College (Dr Nihal Thomas and colleagues) - http://www.cmch-vellore.edu
Life for a Child Support
Commenced 2009
The Christian Medical College (CMC), established 1900, is one of the oldest and most highly respected hospitals in India. In 2002 CMC was voted the best medical college in the country. It has 2600 beds and 5500 outpatients per day (1.5million outpatient visits/year) and is only the second medical college in India to be graded as a 5-star academic institution by the National Accreditation body. It is a leading centre for physical and medical rehabilitation providing accessory support of foot care with a factory for prosthesis and footwear, a leading centre for renal transplantation, bone marrow transplantation and the national centre for stem cell research for the country.
The Biochemistry and clinical pathology departments run an inexpensive quality control programme which covers more than 3,000 hospitals all over the country. One of the unique features of this set up is the holistic care it provides to a large urban and rural community. In view of this unique feature of providing high-level specialized care at the hospital and holistic care for a defined community, the WHO has recognized it as a Collaborative Center in Community Based Health Professional Training and Nursing Education. It also serves as a referral center for all the hospitals across the country which particularly focuses on the low gross domestic product (GDP) states of India and the isolated North East border states of the country. It is also responsible for providing Continuous Medical Education for all the mission hospital staff as well as the members of the Indian Medical Association.
Life for a Child works directly with the Department of Endocrinology to support 50 adolescents with type 1 diabetes. This Dept. has been responsible for setting up 100 integrated diabetes centers in remote and rural India over the last six years, as well as training doctors and counsellors. It is also runs a distance education training programme in diabetes and has advanced videoconferencing facilities and a large national and international educational network that supports this.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand)
Hardiwar is one of 13 districts and the name of the city that headquarters the northern state of Uttarakhand.
In-Country Partner #3: The Rama Krishna Mission Hospital (RKM), Kankhal, Haridwar (Drs Santosh & Jitendra Gupta of Manav Seva Foundation (MSF)) - Website: http://www.manavseva.org/
Life for a Child Support
Commenced March 2011
RKM (Haridwar) became the third LFAC centre in India, enrolling 25 children between the ages of six and 22. Drs. Jitendra K and Santosh Gupta have lived and worked in the US for over 36 years, and since 1969 have been closely associated with Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. They retired from their private practice at the end of 2007, and now work full-time on MSF. LFAC provided funds to purchase meters, strips, and HbA1c testing locally.


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2013 ABC Fall Primetime Shows Preview
Find out which shows are returning and check out the new ones!
The Fall Television Season on ABC is almost here! Check out the video previews below of the various primetime shows that you will see this fall on WTAE Channel 4. It is going to be exciting time on television and you have a front row seat to the action. Returning are your favorite shows such as "Scandal", "Grey's Anatomy", "Nashville", and "Modern Family". New shows such as "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland", "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", "Super Fun Night," and "The Goldbergs" promise to peak your interest!PHOTO: ABC-TV
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) Terry Gannon Jr. was an All Star softball player until life threw her a couple of curve balls; a baby, a lost college scholarship and a cheating loser for a husband. After striking out on her own, Terry and her son, Danny, move back in with her estranged father, Terry Sr., aka "The Cannon". Premieres Wednesday, September 25th @ 8:30pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) Two lovers' worlds will collide, culminating in a powerful and compelling story of sex, love, loyalty, marriage and treachery in the provocative, sensual and gripping new drama, "Betrayal," premiering Sunday September 29th @ 10pm.
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) After four seasons of "will they" or "won't they," Castle and Beckett finally gave into their feelings for each other. Working together as a couple during Season 5, the crime-solving dynamic duo navigated new chapters in their lives, culminating in a cliffhanger in which Castle got down on one knee and asked Beckett to marry him. Season 6 will begin with her answer. Premieres on Monday, Septmber 23rd @ 10pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year-old Adam, these were his wonder years, and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. Premieres Tuesday, September 24th @ 9pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) "Grey's Anatomy" is considered one of the great television shows of our time. The medical drama, moving into its tenth season, follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle as they deal with the lives of their patients and their relationships with each other. Premieres Thursday, September 26th @ 10pm
Tim Allen returns in "Last Man Standing" as traditional manly man "Mike Baxter," who continues to be surrounded by forces seeking to complicate and feminize his world - although some of that energy may not always come from women. Premieres Friday, Septmber 20th @ 8pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) What would you do if you won the lottery? How would it change your life? Follow a group of seven gas station employees in Queens, New York, who have been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win. Premieres Tuesday, September 24th @ 10pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) The series begins where the "Marvel's The Avengers" left off. It's just after the battle of New York, and now that the existence of super heroes and aliens has become public knowledge, the world is trying to come to grips with this new reality. Agent Phil Coulson is back in action and now has his eye on a mysterious group called The Rising Tide. In order to track this unseen, unknown enemy, he has assembled a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) Two-time Emmy winner Patricia Heaton stars in this warm and witty single-camera comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations. Middle-aged, middle class and living in the middle of the country in Orson, Indiana, Frankie Heck is a harried wife and mother of three who uses her wry wit and sense of humor to get her family through each day intact. Premieres Wednesday, September 25th @ 8pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) One bar. One night. Ten single people. Welcome to Union, a high-end bar in Manhattan's trendy meat-packing district. Recently dumped by his fiancée, Tom hasn't been out on the town in a decade.
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) ABC's groundbreaking and multiple Emmy Award-winning hit comedy series, "Modern Family," takes a modern and hilarious look at the complications that come with being a family today. These three families are unique unto themselves, and together they give us a window into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted embrace of the modern family. Premieres Wednesday, September 25th @ 9pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) Set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene, "Nashville" follows Rayna Jaymes, a star at her peak, and Juliette Barnes, who is on the rise. When their record label sends them out on tour together after a hit single, both women face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Season Premiere Wednesday, September 25th @ 10pm
Marty Weaver just wanted the best for his wife, Debbie, and their three kids, and moving from an apartment in Bayonne to Hidden Hills, New Jersey -- a gated community complete with its own golf course -- was a step in the right direction. Of course the fact that the entire community is comprised of aliens from the planet Zabvron, and that the Weavers are the first humans who have lived amongst them, presents some challenges. Premieres Friday, September 20th @ 8:30pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" will take you through the looking glass in a modern take on a beloved fable that's brimming with wonder, magic and unspeakable danger. Premieres Thursday, October 10th @ 8pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to return. An 8-year-old American boy wakes up alone in a rice paddy in a rural Chinese province with no idea how he got there.
Emily returned to the Hamptons under an assumed identity with one endgame-REVENGE, every social overture a carefully planned chip at the foundation of her sworn enemies until their lives come crashing down around them. Now she must face the consequences of her actions and the havoc she has wreaked on those around her as she continues her fight to avenge her father's death. Premieres Sunday, September 29th @ 9pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) A former media relations consultant to the President of the United States, Olivia Pope dedicates her life to protecting and defending the public images of our nation's elite. After leaving the White House, the power consultant opened her own firm, hoping to start a new chapter both professionally and personally but she can't seem to completely cut ties with her past, specifically her secret relationship with the President. Premieres on Thursday, October 3rd @ 10pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) The Sharks; tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons; will once again give budding entrepreneurs the chance to make their dreams come true and potentially secure business deals that could make them millionaires. Premieres Friday, September 20th @ 9pm
(WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW) For the last 13 years, Kimmie Boubier and her two best friends and roommates, Helen-Alice and Marika, have lived a sheltered life. Instead of going out on the weekends, they've had a standing date every Friday night. So while everyone around them is getting married and moving on (most painfully, at least to Kimmie, her younger sister, who just got engaged), all they have is each other and their "Super Fun Night" tradition. Premieres Wednesday, October 2nd @ 9:30pm
They say the third time's the charm, and reformed party girl Kate is hoping that's true when she becomes the third wife of a slightly older man, Pete. They fell into each others' arms (literally) at a karaoke bar, and flash forward a year later, Kate finds herself with an instafamily complete with three stepchildren and two ex-wives. But Kate is determined to make this work and become a part of the family no matter what. Premieres Tuesday, September 24th @ 9:30pm
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3.31: Crystalline Carbon
How annoying! Just as you start to write in your notebook, your pencil lead breaks. Actually, pencil "leads" aren't made of lead at all. They are made of a form of carbon called graphite. How carbon atoms are arranged in graphite explains why it's suitable for writing—and also why it breaks so easily.
Q: Graphite is one of several forms of carbon. How can a single element exist in different forms?
A: Carbon can exist in different forms because atoms of carbon can combine in different ways.
What Are the Forms of Carbon?
Graphite is one of three forms of crystalline, or crystal-forming, carbon. Carbon also exists in an amorphous, or "shapeless," form in substances such as coal and charcoal. Different forms of the same element are called allotropes. Besides graphite, the other allotropes of crystalline carbon are diamond and fullerenes. All three forms exist as crystals rather than molecules. In a crystal, many atoms are bonded together in a repeating pattern that may contains thousands of atoms. The arrangement of atoms in the crystal differs for each form of carbon and explains why the different forms have different properties. For an entertaining, video-game introduction to the three forms of crystalline carbon, go to this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIHmfBsHsCY.
Q: How do you think the properties of diamond might differ from the properties of graphite?
A: Diamond is clear whereas graphite is black. Diamond is also very hard, so it doesn't break easily. Graphite, in contrast, is soft and breaks very easily.
Diamond is a form of carbon in which each carbon atom is covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms. This forms a strong, rigid, three-dimensional structure (See Figure below). Diamond is the hardest natural substance, and no other natural substance can scratch it. This property makes diamonds useful for cutting and grinding tools as well as for rings and other jewelry (See Figure below).
Graphite is a form of crystalline carbon in which each carbon atom is covalently bonded to three other carbon atoms. The carbon atoms are arranged in layers, with strong bonds within each layer but only weak bonds between layers (See Figure below). The weak bonds between layers allow the layers to slide over one another, so graphite is relatively soft and slippery. This makes it useful as a lubricant.
Q: Why do graphite's properties make it useful for pencil "leads"?
A: Being slippery, graphite slides easily over paper when you write. Being soft, it rubs off on the paper, allowing you to leave marks. Graphite's softness also allows you to sharpen it easily. (Imagine trying to sharpen a diamond!)
A fullerene (also called a Bucky ball) is a form of carbon in which carbon atoms are arranged in a hollow sphere resembling a soccer ball (See Figure below). Each sphere contains 60 carbon atoms, and each carbon atom is bonded to three others by single covalent bonds. The bonds are relatively weak, so fullerenes can dissolve and form solutions. Fullerenes were first discovered in 1985 and have been found in soot and meteorites. Possible commercial uses of fullerenes are under investigation. To learn how this form of carbon got its funny names, go to this URL: http://www.universetoday.com/83106/fullerene/
Fullerene Crystal
- Different forms, or allotropes, of carbon are diamond, graphite, and fullerenes.
- In diamond, each carbon atom is bonded to four other carbon atoms, forming a rigid structure that makes diamond very hard.
- In graphite, each carbon atom is bonded to three other carbon atoms, and the atoms forms layers that are only weakly bonded together. This makes graphite soft and slippery.
- In a fullerene, carbon atoms are bonded to three other atoms in a soccer ball pattern. The bonds are weak, so fullerenes can dissolve and form solutions.
At the following URL, watch the video about forms of crystalline carbon. Then answer the questions below.
- What are crystals? What are the crystalline forms of carbon?
- Describe the unit cell of a diamond crystal.
- Relate pencil marks on paper to the structure of graphite.
- In a Bucky ball, what repeating shapes do carbon atoms form?
- Describe the bonds between carbon atoms in diamond.
- How does the arrangement of atoms in diamond and graphite affect their properties?
- What substance is represented by the chemical formula C60?
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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
Spring football begins today at Ole Miss, as the Rebels try to push forward with momentum from the end of the 2012 season, the first under Hugh Freeze as head coach.
The Rebels will work out at 3 p.m., today. A complete practice schedule can be found online at OleMissSports.com.
Among the story lines will be linebacker D.T. Shackelford and cornerback Nick Brassell – both back on the field this spring after being away for very different reasons.
Shackelford has not faced contact since tearing up a knee in the spring of 2011. He's had two surgeries since then.
Brassell, a two-way player, was one of the most dynamic athletes in the 2011 signing class. Grades forced him to play the 2012 season at East Mississippi Community College.
Brassell – called an NFL corner by Freeze – inherits the academic standing he left behind and appears to be working hard to gain eligibility.
"Our academic support system is working hard with him, and he's putting in more effort than ever before. He's certainly trying to do it a little different than what he's used to," Freeze said. "He still has a long way to go on that journey to gain eligibility."
Shackelford was a productive player and emotional leader in 2009 and 2010.
The Rebels will also try to find a tight end after losing three seniors off the 2012 roster.
As always, spring will be about the continued development of young players.
There will be a lot of eyes on sophomore defensive end Channing Ward. An All-American at Aberdeen, coaches have praised Ward's physical ability, but his late arrival in camp last year caused him to miss much of the individual attention many
freshmen received.
"There aren't a lot of kids who will have a breakout (spring), because we played a lot of those young ones," Freeze said.
new positions
Some of those young ones – and old ones too – could be candidates to change positions.
Sophomore wide receiver Cody Core and junior receiver Collins Moore could be moved to safety.
Moore missed most of last season with injuries to both shoulders.
Freeze said Moore's contact will be limited in the spring. A stronger look for him at safety could come in August. Moore was the starting slot receiver when he injured his shoulder on the second day of practice last August.
Junior DE Carlos Thompson could be in the mix at tight end.
Quadarias Mireles, a mid-year junior college enrollee, will move from wide receiver to cornerback.


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This opera is based on French philosopher and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novella, Le Petit Prince, an international classic penned in 1943. It was composed by Rachel Portman, the first woman to win an Oscar for a film score (Emma-1996), with text by Nicholas Wright.
While Saint-Exupery's moving parable of self-discovery is the foundation of the opera's appeal, it is Portman's music that gives the work its dramatic impact. The characters are brought to life and portrayed with a delicate combination of humour and poignancy.
This SSA and Piano arrangement of The Lamplighters by Richard Allain.


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This is the Luke Dagobah that Hasbro could be in a position to make now.
With the open coat Han Hoth, the open jacket Luke Bespin (from Dagobah) would be a really cool new way to present Jedi-in-training Luke.
With all due credit to my friend Doug Bell, I asked if I could showcase his new hobby - making vintage style cards with all new pics he felt KENNER should have chosen.
Our guess is that Hasbro will release their vintage figure line with modern figures re-carded on replicas of the Kenner card faces. However, these were not always the best pictures they could have chosen.
In any event, this thread can exist to discuss the possiblity of the open jacket Luke Bespin (from Dagobah) and the pic serves as an example of his potential card face.


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Owning and caring for a pig requires a great deal of commitment, time, skill, money, sufficient land on which to house the animal, specialist veterinary care when necessary, and compliance with the legislation governing keeping a pet pig. This includes the need for a new licence every time a pig is moved from its home, and certain rules on what a pig can – or cannot – be fed.
A pig is not suitable as a pet, due to their specific needs.
Anyone who has a pig or pigs, either on external premises like a farm, petting zoo or at home, has to register the Pig with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There are strict regulations on how the pig will be housed, fed, cared for, transported, etc. As the owner it is your responsibility to ensure that you are registered and follow all the legislation.
Department of Agriculture Website - http://www.agriculture.gov.ie
National Pig Identification & Tracing System (NPITS) - click to view the regulations
Pig Welfare Requirements - click to view the regulations
There are several non commercial different breeds of pig including the Vietnamese Pot-Bellied, Kune Kune, Gloucester Old Spot, and the Tamworth. On average, so-called miniature breeds, such as the Vietnamese Pot-Bellied, can grow to about a quarter to half of the size of a commercial type pig and weigh anything from 35kg to 70kg, but if overfed can exceed 150kg. Other breeds will grow as large as a commercial type pig i.e. 200-300kg, sometimes more. Some have a very good temperament; others should be handled with care! The average life span of these breeds is five to ten years, although some can live up to 25 years.
A pet pig has similar behavioural, nutritional and housing requirements to a commercial type pig reared for meat.
They must be provided with the required space, suitable shelter and care – a pet pig should not be kept in the home.
- Pigs are highly intelligent and social animals, preferring to be in the company of other pigs. When available, they will use specific areas for dunging, exploration and sleeping. It is important that pigs have sufficient space to allow them to make these separate areas. Being highly inquisitive, pigs will spend a large part of the day exploring their environment, rooting and foraging at the earth, causing the land on which they are kept to be greatly disturbed with all visible signs of vegetation quickly disappearing.
- Straw, hard plastic balls and tyres can be placed in the pig pen for the pigs to play with, encourage exercise and prevent boredom.
- Pigs must be exercised regularly to avoid obesity, constipation and prevent their feet from becoming overgrown.
A minimum area of 36 metres square (6m x 6m) is required per pig, but preferably larger. Pigs are very strong animals and the area in which they are housed must have strong but safe fencing surrounding it to prevent them from escaping. It is important to ensure that pigs are not exposed to draughts, sudden temperature changes and prolonged exposure to sunlight. Pigs are very poor thermo-regulators, meaning they have great difficulty keeping cool in summer and warm in winter. It is very important to ensure that in warm weather pigs are provided with a wallow (with clean water) and adequate cover to shelter from the sun (pigs are prone to sunburn and sun stroke). In cooler weather and at night, pigs must always have access to warm, dry, draught-free, straw bedded accommodation, as they are very susceptible to the cold.
To prevent the spread of disease it is illegal to feed any waste food to pigs. This includes meat, bones, blood, offal, or other parts of the carcase of any livestock or of any poultry, or product derived from the carcass, or hatchery waste, eggs or egg shells. In addition, used cooking oil and table/kitchen scraps cannot be fed to pigs, even if no meat or meat products are prepared in the kitchen. Pigs should be fed several small meals a day rather than one large meal. A commercially prepared pig ration should be fed (available from agricultural merchants). This should have a maximum of 12% protein and adequate vitamins and minerals.
Concentrated food should be given in divided meals with the total amount not exceeding 2-3% of the pigs' bodyweight. Fibre should be added to improve gut fill and prevent constipation. Pigs can be encouraged to explore and forage for food by throwing a small quantity of the food ration into the paddock where they are housed. A supply of clean, fresh drinking water must be available to the pigs at all times. Adult pigs may drink up to 20 litres of water a day and even mini pigs may drink around 5 litres.
If a pig requires veterinary treatment, the veterinary surgeon must be called out to see the pig. The animal should not be taken to the veterinary surgery. Pigs must have regular health checks from a veterinary surgeon. It is wise to consider vaccination against diseases such as Erysipelas (every 6 months), Parvovirus,
Pet pigs are prone to several specific health problems:
- Escherichia coli, Clostridial infection and various parasitic agents, such as mange, lungworm and lice.Pigs can suffer from dry scaly skin. Baby or vegetable oil can be rubbed on the skin to reduce the dryness. If the skin is crusting, causing scratching, the animal should be checked for mange. Sunburn is a common problem in pigs. Shade must always be made available.
- Pot-bellied pigs can suffer from inverted eyelids. This causes the hairs on the eyelid to irritate the outer surface of the eye (the cornea) and can develop into conjunctivitis. Action needs to be taken, so a vet must be consulted.
- Arthritis and lameness can be a problem especially in older animals. Feet should be regularly checked to ensure they are not becoming overgrown and foot trimming carried out if necessary but only by a trained, skilled person. Keeping the pig's weight in check, by providing the correct diet and adequate opportunities for exercise, helps to reduce the problems caused by arthritis.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Very dramatic quilt and you did fabulous!
"He who masters the grey everyday is a hero."
got the book...just gorgeous..now need to shop for fab! Maybe for a wall hanging to start out with.
If you don't work on it you'll never finish it.
Stunning quilt. Love the 3D effect.
Dance like no one is watching
This quilt is absolutely amazing and beautiful. I saved the link to print so I can maybe make one for my oldest Grandson - this is his style........Thanks for posting the link and your picture of this gorgeous quilt!!
Really COOL!!!!! Thanks for the link!!!!
"In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you are in my block of friends."
Reminds me of the "COSMOS" pattern. They just float off the bed. Just goes to show once again as my GD says "Black shows that the colors are the stars of the show" She'll be 13 this fall.
Pretty quilt. You did a great job.
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Financial Regulation Roundtable SeriesFebruary 2009—Present
This roundtable series is made possible by the generous support of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Below you will find a chronological list of current Center research projects. You can search by issue or region by selecting the appropriate category. In addition to this sorting control, you can search for specific subjects within the alphabetical, regional, and issue categories by choosing from the selections in the drop-down menu below.
Each project page contains the name of the project director, a description of the project, a list of meetings it has held, and any related publications, transcripts, or videos.
This roundtable series is made possible by the generous support of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
The Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation is a nonpartisan, nonaffiliated group of fifteen academics who have come together to offer guidance on the reform of financial regulation.
The group first convened in fall 2008, amid the deepening capital markets crisis. Although informed by this crisis—its events and the ongoing policy responses—the group is intentionally focused on longer-term issues. It aspires to help guide reform of capital markets—their structure, function, and regulation. This guidance is based on the group's collective academic, private sector, and public policy experience.
To achieve its goal, the group is developing a set of principles (along with their implications) that are aimed at different parts of the financial system: at individual firms, at financial firms collectively, and at the linkages that connect financial firms to the broader economy.
This roundtable series brings together policymakers, scholars, and journalists to explore current policy challenges that have both economic and national security dimensions.
Part of CFR's Renewing America initiative and made possible by the generosity of the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, this roundtable series brings high-level attention to issues that affect the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Meetings have addressed issues such as reform of the U.S. corporate tax system, the effectiveness of the WTO dispute settlement process, and the U.S. approach to inward and outbound foreign investment.
This study will test the hypothesis that an incentive-based policy is more effective in promoting market economies and democratic politics than an approach in which Washington relies on the ostensibly transformative effects of civil society, regime change in Iraq, regional peace, or the willingness of Arab leaders to pursue reform.
This project will result in a pamphlet examining current immigration reform attempts in the context of past immigration law reform.
This project will result in a book analyzing how the U.S. ought to manage immigration, taking into account policies, sociology, economics, and international relations. He calls for a benign attitude toward illegal immigration, even in the wake of September 11.
This project will result in a book considering the prospects for the regionalization of the international monetary system. The authors will begin by comparing the various exisiting and soon-to-exist forms of currency consolidation and then examine the prospects for future monetary unions, particularly among NAFTA, MERCOSUR, and East Asian nations.
This roundtable series examines the prospects for regional monetary integration and other developments likely to affect the organization and functioning of the international monetary system.
America's ability to encourage innovative ideas has helped to establish it as the world's economic and military leader. However, technological developments over the past thirty years have spawned an increasingly globalized world and created new challenges to American pre-eminence. This roundtable series investigates how the government's response to these challenges will affect America's global economic and political standing.
This roundtable series explores current issues at the intersection of U.S. foreign policy and private sector activity. Meetings in the past have focused on the possible effects of anti-Americanism in Europe on U.S. brands, the negotiations between the European Union and the United States over genetically modified foods, and the impact of the European Union's satellite navigation system (Galileo) on U.S. strategic interests. The aim of the series is to inform the current debate on those policies important to both corporate executives and government officials, and to provide them with constructive and thoughtful recommendations.
This roundtable series brings together key players from the private markets, government, Federal Reserve, IMF, World Bank, and think tanks to discuss pressing policy issues in international economics. The group, which meets monthly, has so far discussed issues such as the impact of terrorism on economic prospects, the outlook for emerging markets, and U.S. trade policy.
Tremendous controversy swirls around the issue of whether emerging economies would be better off or worse off by embracing the kind of financial market structures that have been developed in the U.S. and other advanced industrial countries during the past two decades or so. This evolution, which we call the "Americanization of Finance" essentially involves the transformation of a financial system centered around traditional commercial banks to a more free-wheeling system organized around open capital markets.
This monthly speaker series brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address a high-level audience from the business and financial community on current topics in international economics, such as outsourcing, monetary policy, and competition policy.
This meeting series is sponsored by the Corporate Program and the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
"History is an argument without end. That is why we love it so."
These words come from the late scholar of the New Deal, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Schlesinger in turn was quoting a colleague, the historian, Pieter Geyl. It is in Schlesinger's collegial spirit that the Council on Foreign Relations and NYU/Stern host scholars to discuss findings new and old about the single most important economic event in America's history, the Great Depression. What caused the Depression? What was the role of financial institutions in panic and recovery? What was the New Deal's role in this crisis? What lessons can we take away for dealing with our current crisis? Given the current challenges to the economy, a second look at that most relevant period becomes crucial. Nobel Prize winning economists, scholars, historians, writers, and policymakers will converge from across the country to both "get granular" and begin to draw broad conclusions in this day-long inquiry.
Cosponsor of this symposium is Dean Thomas Cooley of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.
The conference is also supported by a special grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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Connections between climate change and national security are receiving unprecedented attention from policymakers and analysts. In March 2007, Senators Richard Durbin and Chuck Hagel introduced a bill requesting that the National Intelligence Council draft a National Intelligence Estimate to assess the security implications of climate change. In April 2007, the CNA Corporation released a report overseen by retired generals that documents the links between climate and national security. The British government initiated a similar discussion in the United Nations Security Council in the same month.
This Council Special Report (CSR) will move the discussion from broad assessments of the links between climate and security to a plan for action. It will examine whether climate change poses a direct security threat to the United States, and will identify the security assets that will be affected by climate change. Finally, it will outline the policies that the United States should adopt to protect critical infrastructure, and military bases from these effects.
In the past three years, many countries have adopted or expanded regimes to review inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for either "national" or "economic" security purposes. The U.S. Congress recently passed legislation reforming the Committee on Foreign Direct Investment with the United States, which is charged with reviewing the security risk posed by inbound investments. France has adopted a new regulation requiring reviews of foreign investments (excluding EU investments) in nineteen sectors of their economy. Russia is close to adopting a law, modeled largely on the CFIUS process, requiring reviews in thirty-nine sectors. China has adopted a regulation allowing the government to block investments that harm "economic security," and Korea and Canada are debating new restrictions.
State-owned multinationals are increasingly prominent, especially in developing countries. In 2005, twenty-four of the top 100 multinationals headquartered in developing countries were majority state-owned. Of particular note is the rising number and size of developed-country firms being acquired by developing-country sovereign funds of central banks and/or fiscal authorities. The recent Chinese investment in the U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone is one notable example.
This CSR will examine the scope, nature, causes, and consequences of rising restrictions to inward FDI around the world. It will discuss what best practices and principles should guide governments in formulating and implementing policies to govern national security reviews of FDI inflows, including how to prevent legitimate national security reviews from becoming tools for economic protectionism. It will also consider what should be the policy responses from advanced countries and important leadership groups, such as the G-8, APEC, and the OECD, to the emergence of new FDI restrictions. The recommendations will also cover ways to avoid actions in the United States being used as justification for other countries to restrict foreign investment.
Professor Robert J. Lalonde, professor of economics at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, is writing a Council Special Report on job displacement and the experienced worker. In this report, Professor LaLonde examines evidence on the causes of job loss, both through trade, technological change, and other factors, and suggests policies for aiding workers most harmed by job displacement—long-tenured, displaced workers. The report outlines the merits of a wage insurance program that would supplement the earnings of long-tenured workers displaced by international trade and other factors. The report contends that without policies to aid the workers most adversely affected by job loss, public support for further economic liberalization will likely diminish.
In April 2006, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund made a set of proposals aimed at enhancing the legitimacy and efficiency of the Fund and involving it more directly in the resolution of large imbalances involving the major economies. Some of his proposals were endorsed at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Fund, and others are being implemented by the Fund's Executive Board. The most important reforms involve a redistribution of IMF quotas, which determine, among other things, voting power in the Fund. This Council Special Report provides a brief history of the Fund, stressing the changes that have occurred as a great many developing countries, large and small, have joined the Fund. It strongly endorses most of the managing director's proposals, although it criticizes others, including the way that the managing director would have the Fund involve itself in resolving major international financial imbalances. It argues that the United States should strongly support measures to enhance the legitimacy of the IMF because the United States cannot readily accomplish unilaterally what the Fund can accomplish multilaterally.
Immigration is a toxic political issue in the United States. This report by University of California, San Diego, professor Gordon Hanson indicates that the economic costs of illegal immigration roughly match the economic benefits. That is, the net economic impact of illegal immigration is close to zero. Thus, the political debate must revolve around how other sources of costs, or efforts to curb illegal immigration, such as increased border enforcement, would result in a net loss to the U.S.economy. He also finds that illegal immigration provides a labor supply that more closely tracks shifts in the need for labor across time and geography, while legal immigration—even when temporary—cannot keep up with these cyclical shifts. Any policy aimed at addressing the demand for low-skilled labor must also address the need for flexibility.
The Center for Geoeconomic Studies works to promote a better understanding of how economic and geopolitical forces interact to influence world affairs.
In Market Madness, Blake C. Clayton shows that predictions of dwindling oil supplies and a rise in prices have been empirically proven incorrect. Technological advances and geopolitical shifts have repeatedly prompted sudden, severe drops in oil prices—exactly like the one we are experiencing today. More
In By All Means Necessary, Elizabeth C. Economy and Michael Levi explore the unrivaled expansion of the Chinese economy. China is now engaged in a far-flung quest, hunting around the world for resources, and deploying whatever it needs in the economic, political, and military spheres to secure them. More
In More Money than God, Sebastian Mallaby has written the first authoritative history of hedge funds—from their rebel beginnings to their role in defining the future of finance. More
In Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, the authors present a fascinating intellectual history of monetary nationalism from the ancient world to the present and explore why, in its modern incarnation, it represents the single greatest threat to globalization. More
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration's struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. More
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system. More


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Posted June 20, 2007; 03:13 p.m.
Incoming students and their parents can find useful and important information about coming to Princeton on the class of 2011 website.
The site is scheduled to be updated throughout the summer as new information becomes available. It features items such as advice from Princeton's president, a student guide to campus life and announcements about upcoming events.
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By JB Clark | Daily Journal
SHERMAN – A Waterford man was charged with DUI and fleeing the cops after a a high speed chase along Highway 78 early this morning.
Chadwick Lee Gammons, 44, of Waterford, was taken into custody after an Alabama police department deployed spike strips, flattening Gammons tires.
The chase started in Sherman when Sherman Police Chief Joel Spellins said the man sped away from Wild Bills.
"The guy pulled out wide open, spinning tires and speeding," he said. "My officer and a Pontotoc deputy were across the street."
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Did Miami make the playoffs that year?
Elite teams have hardware. PERIOD.Those teams were DYNASTIES, the elite teams are the teams at the top not necessarily just the best team in the league. If you are top 2 in your league 2 straight years you are elite, you don't even have to be top 2. I think if you make the div rd you are elite. baltimore is elite the last few years and they haven't reached a SB, Miami was elite in the early-mid 90s despite not reaching a SB.
Have you guys ever thought for just a minute that everybody else is wrong and only nyjunk is right
Miami was not elite in the 90's and I doubt anyone here would tell you otherwise
Post the poll on your forum and let's see if we are the crazy ones. Just ****ing do it.


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I'm new to this site & from what i've seen so far it looks great.
I am in the process of going through my entire star wars collection to start selling.
It has been stored away for years. Since i never see it i may as well pass it on to people who will benefit from it more than i have.
The question i wish to post is regarding the TOPPS WIDEVISION SERIES (RELEASED 1994/1995)
I have a complete set of Star Wars:ANH & ESB.
I also have a near complete ROTJ set
These are the main cards with the odd chase card.
Also i have a complete collection of Galaxy's Series 2 & 3 again these are the main cards with a few dupilcates & some chase cards.
The finally i have a collection of about 50 random Topps cards from various sets & also promotional ones.
I was wonder what types of prices these go for as i have never seen them on sale on e.bay or any other sites.
Most of them are in mint condition (due to plastic protectors & the widevisions still have there original boxes albiet slightly damaged)
I hope this isn't a strange request as i don't want to over charge or give them away.
Hope you can help.
I can supply pictures if requested. Also i will have many more items as & when i sort through it all...Board Games,Toys, Books,Comics, Soap Bottles etc.....


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Some early-stage Alzheimer's patients responded positively to Eli Lilly's (LLY) experimental Alzheimer's drug solanezumab in recent tests, researchers announced at a conference today. The drug slowed memory loss and cognitive decline in about 30% of patients in the early stages of the disease, the researchers said.
The news sent LLY shares up 2.6%; analysts have been buzzing about the Alzheimer's drug since August, when Lilly announced the possibility that solanezumab had shown some efficacy in patients who had not progressed into the later stages of Alzheimer's.
No drugs have proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer's, which afflicts more than 5 million Americans, a number that is expected to grow. The drug may not be on the market for awhile; Lilly hasn't discussed the approval process and timetable for solanezumab yet with the FDA, says Bloomberg.


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I began reading (for the 4th time) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows but I just needed SOMETHING NEW. So, today I hit up Barnes & Noble for some new reads.
I was told by a waitress at Yanni's (my fave local Greek restaurant) that if I liked the Twilight saga and Vampire Diaries to check out the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. So, today I picked up Dark Lover (the first in the series) by J.R. Ward. It's listed as a "paranormal romance" series which scares me a little since I am really not into romance novels, but hey – a tip is a tip!
I also picked up My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler because I think she's HILARIOUS. She's got two other books and I will read those eventually.
I also snagged a few books for Xander – two first reader books and on hubby's request Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday to go with our other "Alexander" book.
I was thinking of purchasing Hooked on Phonics for Xander – but then I figured I would work up my own from the reader books I've been buying and the internet. I know I learned to read pretty early and my Mama sure wouldn't have used Hooked on Phonics. I just remember reading with my parents as well as working in workbooks and such.
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