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Zuffa, Parent Company of UFC Purchases Strikeforce, Monopolizes MMA
- Written by Dave Walsh
We here at LiverKick.com pride ourselves on our kickboxing coverage, but from time to time find it important to discuss the MMA world as well. There is a lot of crossover between the two worlds, and at times, they go hand in hand. Strikeforce has a storied past, as does its promoter, Scott Coker. Coker had worked the kickboxing market in the West coast for years before working for K-1 to bring their USA shows to fans. His baby, Strikeforce, was a kickboxing promotion before it was a MMA promotion. It was local talent like Cung Le and Frank Shamrock working with Coker to put on MMA shows that got the ball rolling and Strikeforce became the best regional promotion in the country. It didn't take much, just using big names on the main event slots with local big names to fill out the rest of the card and young, local up and comers on the undercard.
It worked, and soon Strikeforce was in a position to purchase EliteXC's poison assets. Or so we thought. We all assumed anything affiliated with EliteXC was awful and doomed, but Coker and Co. showed that with a better business plan and some patience, you can make anything work. Today something happened, something big. Ariel Helwani posted a video of Dana White discussing Zuffa's purchase of Strikeforce. I had to look twice at the date and make sure it wasn't April 1st, because sometimes time just moves quickly. It isn't, it is March 12, 2011. Remember that date.
People on Twitter immediately freaked out; co-promotion? Will Strikeforce immediately die? Does this mean Fedor, Barnett, Overeem, Diaz, Daley, etc. in the UFC? Watch the video and you get a feel for what is happening. Dana White claims over and over again, "business as usual." This means that as long as Strikeforce has their television deals; CBS and Showtime, it is its own entity. There will be no co-promotion, and fighters stay where they are, of course, unless they decide differently. Scott Coker and his crew are still in control of Strikeforce for the time being. If you are a Strikeforce fighter, you are one until Strikeforce is gone or your contract is up. Same goes for UFC.
If you know how Zuffa works and remember their history with acquisitions, you should understand where the concern comes from. I've heard many herald this move as a great move for the sport and one step closer to the holy grail in fighting; a fighters union. I appreciate and applaud the enthusiasm, but Zuffa is not acting like a sport league as much as it is a corporation, a business.
I worked in the PR world with some of the heavy hitters of modern industry for four years, with some of the biggest companies in the world; AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola and Boeing to name a few. Before someone calls my BS on this, there were people in each company I was on a first name basis with and spoke to daily for years. I'm simply painting a picture here for people to illustrate a point that I've worked with huge corporations in a public relations and investor relations setting and know how the big dogs do business.
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Zuffa's past acquisitions do not come across like anything a major sports league has done. The PRIDE acquisition did not create what the NFL created when it merged with the AFL in 1966, nor will the Strikeforce acquisition. What Zuffa does is corporate expansion, plain and simple. You acquire a company, let it maintain until you figure out what you want to do with it, and then gut it, take what you need and discard the rest. The WFA, Affliction, IFL, WEC, look at what happened to all of those promotions. The WEC continued on as long as they had a TV deal, when it came time to negotiate, the UFC, the 'top brand' took the TV deal, gave WEC an expiration date and gutted the company.
I've seen many people mention the WEC as a reason why Strikeforce won't be gutted, but the truth is, it was an experiment. Zuffa wanted to see if they could promote a second brand and make it popular. They couldn't. Fighters in the WEC were making less money, getting less exposure and begging to be taken on in the UFC. Strikeforce has two things going for it; television deals and a functioning infrastructure. The cream of the crop in the business will be taken into the fold while the rest are cut loose, and when the television deals are up do not expect Zuffa to negotiate new contracts. Dana White has made it clear that he does not like the idea of working with CBS or Showtime unless Zuffa is in complete control of the programming, and neither network is a fan of that. If they could come to terms, do not expect a 'lesser brand' to be given prime real estate instead of the 'big boys.'
In my opinion, that is when Strikeforce will be gutted. Zuffa knows that the UFC brand sells, not the sport of MMA. MMA on its own does OK, but the UFC name is what elevates a MMA show from popular to mainstream.
This creates a monopoly and leaves fighters with no viable options, nowhere to go. When Zuffa bought PRIDE, the company itself was able to splinter and create new promotions; World Victory Road and Real Entertainment, which promoted with FEG to create DREAM. At the time, the fighters who didn't want to work for Zuffa had an option, but Japan is in complete disarray right now and UFC just purchased its only viable competitor in the United States, if not the world. They already have a bloated roster that needs to be trimmed and have all of the infrastructure that they need. This was an asset purchase, another notch in Dana White's bed post and if you truly believe that this is a good for the fighting world, I implore you to convince me.


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Well, after reaching a complete impasse of how to proceed with Ibex, we (all the developers bar the main Ibex developer) had to fork.
There's not even been a beta Ibex release (version Nitrogen), only a release under it's old name XWT and that was a year ago (version Lithium). And we were told by the main developer to drop Lithium because Nitrogen was only 2 months away and we should be stress testing it by writing widgets.
Well, 100s of bugs, lots of testing, and years of man hours later the guy says to us, "Nitrogen should not be considered stable enough for writing widgets". WTF? That was the last straw... as if the unscheduled updates, the refusal to answer basic API-change queries, and the refusal to sanction a stable release ASAP in favour of yet more pissing about with the core code, and much more than I care to mention here all just wasn't enough.
So last Monday we forked. A beta release by the end of next week. A stable release in the next 3 months. Lots of documentation, lots of activity, lots of public noise.
It's current (and probably final) name is Vexi.
And just to describe the kind of infuriating tasks we suffered under Ibex, I've spent the last week (a whole week of man hours) tracking down and rewriting bits of one of the main Java classes in order to eliminate some terrible bugs. And this code I'm replacing is code rewritten in the last 2 weeks by said main developer. Not tested, not thoroughly thought through, just imposed on his community. And he accused us of trying to blackmail him when we said, "if you're not going to be more diligent, we're going to fork." Well we have and this is the last time I'll have to mop up his mess.
The guy is a great coder, but he doesn't appreciate people enough and he doesn't understand that for a community to build up you actually have to release software. Releasing the perfect software may be a utopia, but you're better off releasing imperfect but good software than nothing at all.

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East Worldham to Selborne
From the church, the Way descends downhill with stunning views ahead. The distinctive conically shaped hill to the south is St John's Hill, partially capped with woodland. It is thought this hill was an Iron Age settlement site and is also where King John had a hunting lodge. Passing Binswood, the route starts climbing and you enter your first Hanger, Wick Hill.
Continue through deciduous woodland before descending to join Oakhanger stream which snuggles under the shelter of the impressive Selborne Hanger. This length of the stream is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a monk.
Distances 3.5 miles (5.5km), 1-2 hours Large route map
Alton Tourist Information Centre tel 01420 88448
The Selborne Arms, Selborne, tel 01420 511247
The Queens Hotel, Selborne, tel 01420 511454
Places of interest
Gilbert White's House, Selborne, tel 01420 511275


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Mount Saint Charles Delivers Christmas Baskets to 63 Needy Families in Woonsocket
Mount Saint Charles Delivers Christmas Baskets to 63 Needy Families in Woonsocket
Woonsocket— This year, Mount Saint Charles Academy made Christmas food baskets for 63 needy Woonsocket families whose names were on a list sent from the Family Resources Community Action. Throughout the Christmas season, the entire Mount community brings in food donations to fill each basket.
Anyone can also take a child's name (whose family is receiving a food basket) off of the MSC Giving Tree and fill the baskets with toys as well. As the toys are wrapped, they fill up Mr. Edwin Burke's office, principal of Mount Saint Charles, until the baskets are assembled. This year, Mount students, parents, faculty, and staff delivered baskets to 63 families.
Deacon Anthony Gagliani, Director of Campus Ministry at Mount, said, "The Mount community's generosity of time, treasure and spirit was evident throughout each stage of preparation and delivery." The deliveries took place after school on Thursday, December 19th.


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Early Detection and Intervention for Mild and Moderate Lymphedema in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer
This study has been terminated.
(low accrual)
Massachusetts General Hospital
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Alphonse Taghian, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 14, 2009
Last updated: March 14, 2016
Last verified: March 2016
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Women who have been treated for breast cancer may be at risk for lymphedema or arm swelling. Currently, there are no clear treatment guidelines for lymphedema. One treatment method used to treat lymphedema is the use of compression sleeves to encourage the flow of lymph fluid out of the arms and prevent arm swelling in the future. Another treatment method is more intensive and involves wearing compression sleeves as well as special compression bandages overnight. It is unclear whether the use of compression with both sleeves and bandaging is more effective in treating lymphedema than the use of compression sleeves alone. The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of compression garments in preventing or slowing the progression of lymphedema in breast cancer patients.
Breast Cancer
Device: Compression Sleeve
Device: Short-Stretch Compression Bandage
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Early Detection and Intervention for Mild and Moderate Lymphedema in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer: A Randomized Trial
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Cancer LymphedemaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To assess the efficacy of early intervention using compression garments for low volume lymphedema associated with breast cancer treatment. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- To assess the efficacy of compression garments +/- night compression bandaging for moderate volume lymphedema due to breast cancer treatment, as a method for the alleviation of lymphedema. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- To assess symptom clusters, treatment adherence, fear avoidance behavior, quality of life, and upper extremity function as it is associated with varying degrees of lymphedema. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To identify risk factors associated with the onset of lymphedema that are both related and unrelated to treatment for breast cancer [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- To evaluate and understand the natural history of lymphedema during and after treatment for breast cancer [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Group 1A
Mild Lymphedema: Only required to meet with the lymphedema physical therapist
Active Comparator: Group 1B
Mild Lymphedema: Fitted for compression sleeve
Device: Compression Sleeve
Worn for a minimum of 12 hours per day
Active Comparator: Group 2A
Moderate lymphedema: Fitted with a compression sleeve
Device: Compression Sleeve
Worn for a minimum of 12 hours per day
Active Comparator: Group 2B
Moderate Lymphedema: Fitted with compression sleeve and instructed to wear a short-stretch compression bandage
Device: Compression Sleeve
Worn for a minimum of 12 hours per dayDevice: Short-Stretch Compression Bandage
Worn overnight at least 5 nights of the week
Detailed Description:
- Because no one knows which of the study options is best, participant's will be randomized into one of the study groups. Participants with mild lymphedema will be randomized into either Group 1A or Group 1B. Participants with moderate lymphedema will be randomized into either Group 2A or Group 2B.
- All study participants will meet with a lymphedema physical therapist to review daily shoulder range of motion exercises to help minimize their arm swelling. They will be asked to record their range of motion exercises and activities in a study treatment journal. Participants will bring their journal to each study visit (every 4 weeks).
- Group 1A will only be required to meet with the lymphedema physical therapist as described above.
- Group 1B and Group 2A will be fitted with a compression sleeve at their first lymphedema physical therapy visit. They will wear the sleeve for a minimum of 12 hours per day.
- Group 2B will also be fitted with a compression sleeve at their first lymphedema physical therapy visit and will wear the sleeve for a minimum of 12 hours per day. They will also be instructed to wear a short-stretch compression bandage that goes from the top of the hand to the armpit. They will be asked to wear this compression bandage during the night. The overnight compression bandage should be worn for at least 5 nights out of the week.
- Participants will come to the clinic every 4 weeks. The following tests and procedures will be performed: height and weight measurements; review of any side effects; arm volume measurements for both arms; questionnaire.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants must have histologically or cytologically confirmed invasive or in-situ carcinoma of the breast
- Participants must have undergone sentinel lymph node mapping or axillary dissection
- Participants must have had a pre-operative Perometer measurement, and consecutive measurement at 4-6 month intervals prior to the onset of low volume edema (>5% from baseline)
- Age > 18 years
- Life expectancy of greater than 1 year
- Participants must have a Perometer measurement of 5% or greater volume difference (RVC) to qualify for randomization
- Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document
- Willingness to comply with required follow up Perometer measurements and clinical visits
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known metastatic disease or other locally advanced disease in the thoracic or cervical regions
- Any patient who will not be returning routinely for follow-up
- Known brain metastases will be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events
- History of primary lymphedema
- History of prior surgery or radiation to the head, neck, upper limb, or trunk
- Evidence that axillary lymph node malignancy is causing lymphedema due to recurrence as per physician discretion
- Any patient who has bilateral lymph node mapping or dissection
- Any patient with a current case of cellulitis
- Patients with a history of a different malignancy are ineligible except for the following circumstances. Individuals with a history of other malignancies are eligible if they have been disease-free for at least 5 years and are deemed by the investigator to be at low risk for recurrence of that malignancy. Individuals with the following cancer are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 5 years: cervical cancer in situ, and basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00959985
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00959985
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Sponsors and Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|Principal Investigator:
|Alphonse G. Taghian, MD, PhD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
More Information
Keywords provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on April 26, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Alphonse Taghian, MD, PhD, Chief of Breast Service, Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00959985 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01CA139118 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
|Study First Received:
|August 14, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 14, 2016
Keywords provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
compression sleeve
compression bandage
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Lymphatic Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on April 26, 2017


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Cass Land Department issues annual report
While revenue from timber sales has declined, Cass County Land Department has increased its revenues by selling more land.
This does not mean the county owns less land, however. A $557,000 grant in 2011 and another $619,633 grant in 2012 from the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage fund created by the three-eighths cent sales tax has enabled the county to more than replace land sold those years.
The county receipts from land sales were $37,900 in 2010, $35,800 in 2011 and $750,175 in 2012. The county bought 785.36 acres in 2011 and 2012 and sold in those years 583.4 acres.
Additional land is available for sale at the land department office in Backus. There will be a land auction this summer as well.
As regional timber processing plants have closed and loggers are having a harder time marketing logs they cut, Cass County has seen the receipts from timber sold from county land decline from $1,893,591 in 2010 to $1,785,382 in 2011 and to $1,501,604 in 2012.
While the vast majority of land department revenue comes from timber and land sales, the department also received in addition to the Heritage grant, a small amount for grant-in-aid snowmobile trails maintenance, payments in lieu of taxes, gasoline taxes and easements.
In addition to funding personnel to manage the county's lands and to pay snowmobile and ski clubs to maintain trails, the land department's largest expense is the 34 percent of revenue distributed to local units of government.
The land department sold timber from 98 tracts of land in 2012, involving 3,845.2 acres. Loggers paid about $17,500 per tract.
Today's average price per cord of aspen sold is running about in line with the historic average of $25 per cord since 1995, but a brief price spike ran from 2004 to 2006 when it hit a peak of over $70 per cord in 2005.
Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson told the county board he sees regenerating wood on county land shifting more toward mixed hardwoods from a predominance of aspen. He said price paid for hardwoods has been running on a par or above that paid for aspen.
Cass County's timber has been certified sustainably managed through an annual audit by the SmartWood program of the Forest Stewardship Council since 2001.


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The safety of our students and the entire campus community is of the highest priority at Binghamton University, and we have developed comprehensive programs and procedures to help every member of the University community remain safe. Our safety efforts touch all facets of our students' daily lives, whether in a residence hall, classroom, dining facility, office or out and about on campus.
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Safety in residence halls
- All residence hall doors are locked on a 24-hour basis, requiring key-card access.
- Security access telephones are located outside the main entrance of each residence hall for guests, visitors, or delivery persons to call students to let them know they are waiting outside. Residents are responsible for meeting callers and escorting them while they are in the building.
- A campus watch program operates in the residence halls, similar to community "neighborhood watch" programs.
- Resident assistants are trained to identify and seek solutions to safety and security issues between roommates, floor mates, friends, classmates, etc., as well as to properly respond to emergency situations. They work closely with residential directors and our Office of Residential Life, the University Counseling Center, University Police, Environmental Health and Safety, Emergency Management, emergency medical services and local first-responders including Harpur's Ferry, our award-winning student volunteer ambulance service.
Safety on our campus
- From midnight until 5 a.m., all gates except the main entrance to campus are closed to vehicular traffic and vehicles admitted to campus during this time must display a current University parking decal or the occupants of the vehicle must be hosted by a member of the University community.
- 82 highly visible, blue-light phones are located outdoors all over campus; these phones connect users directly to the University Police.
- Several areas across campus, including women's locker rooms, are equipped with panic alarm buttons that permit direct, immediate communication with University Police.
Safety crossing campus
- On-campus escorts are available to all members of the University community each night during the academic year.
- A student escort van provides escort transportation via a predetermined route on campus. Students may utilize the van by waiting for it along the escort van route.
Safety communications in emergency situations
Binghamton uses an alert system (B-Alert) that sends text messages to cell phones. To register, login to BUBrain or go to https://www.getrave.com/login/binghamton and click the "Register Now" button. Your username is your current Binghamton University e-mail address. This system will only be used for emergency purposes and you will never receive any messages other than official Binghamton University communications. Additional information may be found at http://www.binghamton.edu/emergency/emergency-notification/text-alerts.html.
- Key entrances to the campus, as well as dining facilities, are equipped with electronic message boards that can display emergency messages to students.
- Messages can also be sent on the student listserv, B-Line, posted to the University's home page, and sent via voicemail to campus telephones.
- The BU-Alert Line at 607-777-7700 is used to communicate emergency messages.
- The campus cable channel 42 is also used to communicate emergency messages.
- Additionally, in an emergency, toll-free phone lines are dedicated to keeping external audiences updated, and the external media is contacted and kept up to date.
Safety programs for students
- The University offers a three-hour self-defense workshop for women that includes the practice of self-defense techniques.
- Many campus offices offer educational programs on issues including alcohol and other substance abuse, fire safety, other dimensions of personal safety, and related topics.
- Personal property can be engraved and registered with University Police through our Operation I.D. program.
Safety support services
- University Police are fully empowered, state law enforcement officers trained to address the unique needs of the University campus. They work with faculty, staff and students in residential colleges and across campus to promote understanding and to educate about crime prevention.
- Several University offices, including the University Counseling Center, offer student support services to assist students with conflict management, stressors and personal issues with other students.


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Fed Chairman Bernanke is at the podium for his post-policy committee meeting press conference, and he's using some automotive language to describe the Fed's intentions.
He broadly outlines those plans as not tapering any of the Fed's $85 billion monthly bond purchases right now, maybe doing so later this year, possibly ending those purchases by mid-year 2014 and not messing with interest rates until 2015 at the earliest – with every part of this plan remaining data-dependent, of course. Bernanke said this process is akin to "letting up on the gas pedal as the car begins to pick up speed, not applying the brakes," and that the important thing is letting the car get back to cruising speed.
Bernanke emphasized that the phrase "at least as long" in the committees's guidance is important, and that the Fed's data targets for unemployment and inflation are "thresholds, not triggers" for Fed policy change. Bernanke added that the Fed's policy committee remains opposed to selling its agency mortgage-backed securities.
While Bernanke's tackling the Q&A portion of his presser, Treasury yields keep on creeping insistently higher since the release of the Fed's policy statement just under an hour ago. The 10-year yield has crossed above the 2.3% threshold and is at 2.322% now, per Tradeweb, while the 30-year yield is above 3.4% at 3.419%.


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Evil or good or neutral... whatever.
The most overused story start is amnesia of some sorts... it's very easy but sooooo overused and from some reading it seems most players are bored of that overused storyline. They want something new and creative.
I had another way of doing it in my head when i started this thread but I forgot what it was.
I've also got an idea of a storyline that lets you be either evil or good from the start.. but it still needs work because all pieces of the storyline don't fit together yet.
You could also do it somewhat like fallout 3 did where you play a few mins as a kid in school before becoming grown up but I still felt kinda forced to be good in the main storyline. That's just annoying when main storyline wants you to be good but all the sidequests lets you be evil... doesn't make sense.
oh and another way thats popular in a lot of indy games is not mentioning anything at all about your characters past.
You just spawn as an adult in the middle of no where, you don't know anything if you got amnesia or not you don't know anything they don't mention anything at all in the story about anything.
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Hey everybody!!! The K-Mart on Route 222 in Reading, PA (right across the street from Boscov's) has AOTC merchandise on the shelves. Most of it was on pallets, so I took the boxes off and opened them when no one was looking. Slave I and the Jedi Starfighter were already on the shelves and marked. They scanned right through without a problem.
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Jedi Starfighter - $22.99
Dooku/Anakin sabers - $22.99 each
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Student with gun arrested on UW-L campus
No one injured; no further threat to campus, police say
LA CROSSE, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse police arrested a part-time student who brought a gun on campus Thursday morning, according to Chancellor Joe Gow.
"It all happened very quickly," Gow said. "I was notified about it and the next thing you know, we apprehended this person."
Gow said the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Campus police told Gow a part-time student "in a manic state" was saying things that didn't make much sense. The student went to the police station and said some "concerning" things and mentioned Chancellor Gow and another person in the university's Student Life Office and said they "better stop calling my parents." Police told Gow the student then left campus police and went to his apartment. Police followed the person to his apartment, Gow said.19809686
"He left and somehow got back on campus and we had a report that a person had a gun case," Gow said. The student was seen carrying a hunting shotgun on campus. He went into Cowley Hall and went into a classroom. At this point, campus police do not know why he entered the specific classroom.
"You never know if that student is armed (or) what the intention is, and there's not much communication coming from this individual," said UW-L Police Chief Scott Rohde. "So the concern was that there could be some serious implications. So it was treated as though that person may intend to use the weapon."
Campus police quickly found the student and arrested him. Police told Gow the gun was not loaded and he didn't have any ammo. To his knowledge, Gow did not know of anything like this happening before on campus.
"It's a little unsettling," Gow said. "I've never had this happen in my career that anyone has named me, but I guess it comes with the territory. But I've never had any interaction with the student before."
The chancellor said the university was working on putting out a notice to students that they were going to need to lock down, but then campus police were able to catch the student so quickly they didn't need to do that.
Students say they were shocked that something like this could happen so close to home.
"You here the stories online or on the news about Boston like the bombings and stuff, " said first year student Emily Nuernberg. "Wow, that's still a major event, but still it's weird to know that it hit here."
Gow said the university put out a notice via email and voice messages alerting students, employees and others about the incident.
Students are still wondering why this happened.
"I still want to know how this all happened," said first-year student Merari Cordova. "Why today? Just so many questions."
It may take a while yet for some students to feel normal again.
"I am a little shaken up, but I'm glad how quickly everyone reacted," said Nuernberg. "I feel confident that we're good at supporting and taking care of situations really well."
No one was injured and there was no further threat to the university, police told Gow. The chancellor said he was proud of how fast campus police were able to find the student. Gow estimates that the incident took about 10 minutes-from the time the call came in there was a person on campus to police finding the student.
Campus police are working with City of La Crosse police on this case. Rohde said they haven't figured out what charges to recommend to the district attorney's office yet, but he thinks disorderly conduct armed with a weapon is a possible charge.
The university has not released the name of the student.
Rohde said the student studies at UW-L part-time and does not live on campus.
Gow said the student is currently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
Counseling services are on hand at the university for students and staff.
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A starstruck Andrew Potter visits the twin space museums of Washington DC.
One small step in the door, and there she is.
The unmistakable shape of a Space Shuttle, the Discovery, her nose aggressively hunched down, the tail high in the air.
Discovery is the centrepiece at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, in a corner of Dulles Airport outside Washington DC. It opened in 2003, thanks largely to Hungarian immigrant Steven F Udvar-Hazy. He made his fortune from aircraft leasing. To repay his adopted nation he stumped up NZ$80 million for the museum.
It's a vast place, two giant hangars with hundreds of exhibits representing some of the most important milestones in space and aviation.
We visit on a weekday and it feels as if we're the only people here. A busload of World War II veterans slowly make their way around, many in full uniform, chatting to schoolchildren. Another group of disabled veterans from America's more recent wars - Iraq and Afghanistan - do the same, but they say little.
As a child, I adored my toy Space Shuttle radio; the cargo doors opened to reveal an aerial - brilliant. As an awestruck kid in 1981, I watched the first shuttle launch on television. So the recently retired Discovery was always going to be the Smithsonian's star attraction for me.
Up close, she's much bigger than I had thought, more than half a rugby field long. She looks remarkably DIY. The underside is made up of thousands of heat-resistant black tiles, many carrying dents they picked up in orbit. The shuttle's white sections are made of squares of a quilted fabric. Her name appears to have been stencilled on with a giant spray can.
The cockpit windows are deep-set, their black surrounds giving the impression this craft has a bad case of orbital panda eyes. The wings are stubby and appear two or three times as thick as those on a conventional airliner.
On its back are three giant black cones, each large enough for a person to stand in with arms outstretched. The rocket motor exhausts helped propel Discovery into orbit 39 times between 1984 and 2011, more trips than any other spacecraft.
Beneath her belly we see scorch marks, reminders of the huge heat of re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
The Space Shuttle programme was supposed to last 15 years, but was extended to 30. The idea was to have a space truck which could nip into orbit and back weekly.
The reality was a shuttle which was massively expensive and terribly dangerous - if Nasa was an airline you'd certainly not fly with . Of the five shuttles built, two were lost in accidents, making for a one-in-67 chance of death for the astronauts aboard one of the 135 flights.
Discovery's surviving siblings have been distributed for display around America. Endeavour recently suffered the indignity of being wheeled through the streets of Los Angeles on a comical four-day final voyage to the California Science Centre. The Enterprise is at New York's Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, while the Atlantis rests at Kennedy Space Centre, back in Florida. Discovery returned from her last trip into space in March 2011. She flew one last time, on the back of a Nasa jumbo jet for delivery to the Smithsonian before being wheeled into the cavernous display hangar in an as-is-where-is condition. Her rocket motors were removed (they can be used again), as was internal plumbing that could have leaked toxic fuel on visitors. Otherwise, Discovery looks like she's just returned from orbit.
The Smithsonian holds other treats for planespotters. Parked in front of Discovery and almost hidden, even in daylight, is the dark, menacing SR-71 Blackbird. It's a spy plane which dealt with the threat of being shot down by flying at more than three times the speed of sound, faster than any chasing missile could manage. It was a Blackbird that set the world record for the fastest aircraft, a mean 3,529.6kp/h.
Then there's the Enola Gay, a giant, silver B-29 which dropped the fateful atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a macabre first said to have helped end World War ll.
America's first commercial jetliner, the prototype Boeing 707, sits near the wing of a dart-shaped supersonic Concorde.
Aerial walkways let you approach these and other exhibits from every angle. Aviation geeks can easily lose half a day in here.
In keeping with a country with such illustrious aerial history, the air and space museum at Dulles is one of two in Washington. Together, they house the largest collection of its type in the world.
The older, original Smithsonian is on the National Mall, around the corner from the White House and in sight of Capitol Hill and the National Monument.
This museum is home to artefacts from humanity's greatest achievement in space - setting foot on the moon.
The only part of the pioneering Apollo 11 mission to return, the command module, sits in the main foyer.
It is alarmingly basic. With less computing power than the smartphone in your pocket and no GPS, it's amazing that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins found the moon at all in this machine. A spare lunar landing craft stands nearby (the one used by Armstrong and Aldrin remains on the moon). The lander looks incredibly fragile, as if made from tent poles and tinfoil.
Every exhibit here carries significance. Schoolkids munch on "space icecream" sold at the gift shop as they peer at real moon rocks and space suits still showing traces of lunar dust.
All this, of course, was fuelled by America's ferocious space race with the Soviet Union. In a corner is a most interesting exhibit, a brown and orange space suit from the Soviet moon shot. The USSR intended to send a single cosmonaut to the moon, but canned the idea when the US got there first.
The US Government spent many trillions to win that race, but won't charge you a cent to visit either of these excellent museums - both are free.
Getting there: Emirates flies daily from New Zealand to Washington DC via Dubai (hotel room provided free for northbound connection). Fares are from $3,184.58 (all taxes included) economy return.
Traveller's tip: The Smithsonian at Dulles is miles from downtown DC. If you fly in or out of Washington's Dulles Airport plan your museum visit around your flight times.
* Andrew Potter travelled at his own expense.


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Renewal fees will not be accepted prior to June 1.
In anticipation of this change in method of payment, all members of the USDC-MDFL Bar are responsible for making sure that the court has accurate contact information on file, i.e., address, email address, and telephone number. Instructions on how to update contact information are located on the court's website.
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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, and then see how things actually turned out.
The Shining Path
If you're like me, you check the weather every morning in spring. Ever see one of those big low-pressure systems come up from the Gulf of Mexico and hover over the Southeast, sucking all that Gulf moisture along with it? I was there, friend.
Well, more specifically, I was in L.A. (Lower Alabama) when one of those babies dropped several inches of rain one night. And because our cabin had a metal roof, I had plenty of time to lie awake and fret about what to do the next morning.
The rain and wind were supposed to continue most of the day, so I doubted we'd hear much roost gobbling. I wondered if a handy pine tree near a field edge — this was before pop-up blinds became prevalent — would offer some cover and the chance at a decent hunt. However, a buddy had seen two longbeards in some big timber the previous day, and he was anxious to get on them.
Hmm. If we didn't hear the timber gobblers at daybreak, we could always slip into a field-edge setup, but we might risk spooking turkeys in the open. If we started at the field, we could always chase any gobbling we heard elsewhere, even though that scenario seemed unlikely.
I figured we had to pick one plan and stick with it — even if failure seemed almost guaranteed.
What would you have done? Post your decision below.
Click here for Lovett's decision.
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Firework Safety Tips
The smell of crisp summer night air and BBQs is here, as well a favorite American pasttime - the 4th of July. More often than not, Independence Day festivities include dazzling fireworks displays, either at the beach or in your nearest city. Now that Mainers can legally purchase fireworks, we just want to take a few moments to remind you about firework safety, to ensure that you and your loved ones celebrate in style and in safety:
- Purchase only Maine-permissible consumer fireworks, available at licensed stores in the state
- Purchase only as many fireworks as needed, do not buy an extra quantity
- Firework users must be age 21 or older
- Have a hose handy in case of a fire
- Wear eye protection and any other appropriate safety gear
- Follow all of the instructions provided to you
- Light only one device at a time
- Keep spectators (including people or animals) at a safe distance away from you while lighting the device
- Clean up all debris when you are finished setting off your fireworks
- Set devices that do not discharge alone for 15 minutes, then place in water
- Always be sure to keep unused fireworks, matches and lighters out of the reach of children.
For more information on safety tips and guidelines from the Maine Fire Marshal, please click here: http://www.maine.gov/dps/fmo/fireworks/index.html
While fireworks are now legal in our beautiful state, proper safety precautions and measures must still be taken. By following the above guidelines, you can be sure to celebrate with your safety and the safety of others in mind.
The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein wishes you and yours a very happy 4th of July!


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Posted September 10, 2009; 11:08 p.m.
Beginning Sept. 17, the Princeton University Art Museum will extend its Thursday hours until 10 p.m. each week to give visitors greater access to its collections and special programming.
The "Late Thursdays" program will launch with an open house beginning at 5 p.m. Sept. 17 to celebrate the new academic year and allow campus and community members to experience the museum's collections. The event also will include a "Nassau Street Sampler" featuring food from local restaurants. Future events will include evenings to explore cinema as an art form as well as world music and other live performances linking the visual arts with the world of creative expression.
For more information, visit the museum's website.


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Springer to address 'Failings of the War on Drugs,' April 16
Posted April 15, 2003; 11:36 a.m.
Edith Springer, a leading advocate for alternative methods to fighting drug addiction, will present a lecture titled "The Failings of the War on Drugs" at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in 302 Frist Campus Center .
Springer has helped found a number of outreach and educational organizations, including the Association for Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, the New York Peer AIDS Education Coalition and the Harm Reduction Coalition. She also serves as a consultant for needle exchange programs in New York.
Her lecture is sponsored by the Princeton Justice Project, the Pace Center for Community Service and the Office of Religious Life .
Contact: Eric Quinones (609) 258-3601


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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
BATON ROUGE, La. – Mississippi State put up a much better fight than it had the previous two weeks, but it couldn't chase off its Tiger Stadium demons.
The No. 22-ranked Bulldogs lost their third straight game, falling 37-17 to No. 9 LSU in front of 92,831 on Saturday night. It was MSU's 11th consecutive loss here, the last win coming in 1991.
After being outscored 76-20 by Alabama and Texas A&M, MSU (7-3, 3-3 SEC) finally found some offense, just not as much as LSU (8-2, 4-2). And unlike in those games, this one wasn't sealed up until the fourth quarter.
"The kids played hard out there for us tonight. That's not good enough. We're in here to win football games," MSU head coach Dan Mullen said.
LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger built off his breakout performance against Alabama the week before, completing 19 of 30 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns.
He led Tigers to six scores on six red zone possessions, three of them touchdowns
Mettenberger's top target was Jarvis Landry, who had nine catches for 109 yards.
MSU's Tyler Russell matched Mettenberger, completing 26 of 38 for 295 yards. His 14-yard touchdown pass to Chad Bumphis brought State within 20-17 early in the third quarter, but other opportunities were missed.
It was 23-17 when MSU took over at its own 34, but the drive was stopped when Russell couldn't convert a third-and-2 on a QB sneak.
LSU then went 80 yards in 11 plays, with J.C. Copeland's 1-yard plunge giving the home team some breathing room.
It wasn't over yet.
MSU had a promising drive that reached LSU's red zone but was snuffed out. Russell, who hadn't been sacked all night, was dropped on consecutive plays to force a turnover on downs with 6:26 left.
That preserved a 30-17 LSU lead. MSU threatened to score again, but Craig Loston returned an interception 100 yards for a TD.
Running on empty
MSU was playing without starting tailback LaDarius Perkins, who had a quad injury. The Bulldogs rushed for 47 yards on 24 carries.
Chad Bumphis led the MSU receivers with nine catches for 140 yards.
State finished with 351 total yards, while LSU totaled 392.
"I think we played a lot better this week than we did last week," Mullen said. "I thought we had a good week of practice, and we improved. Obviously not to the extent that we need to to win games."
The Tigers didn't let last week's 21-17 loss to Alabama carry over to this one.
"The question was whether this football team would come to play after playing an emotional game a week ago," LSU coach Les Miles said. "There is not any question that they were."
MSU scored first for the fifth time this year, going 74 yards in 10 plays. Dak Prescott hit Marcus Green for a 9-yard touchdown and 7-0 lead.
LSU reached the red zone on its next two possessions but settled for field goals. It got a big break when MSU tailback Derrick Milton lost a fumble, giving the Tigers the ball 21 yards from paydirt.
Mettenberger found Landry for a 19-yard TD to give LSU its first lead of the night at 13-7.
After a 47-yard Devon Bell field goal with 48 seconds left in the half, LSU covered 71 yards in 35 seconds, as Mettenberger hit Spencer Ware for a 20-yard score and 20-10 halftime lead.
"That'll kind of kill you a little bit," cornerback Johnthan Banks said. "Just had too many mistakes tonight."
MSU did a solid job against LSU's rushing attack, which gained 119 yards. That's 81 yards below its average coming into the game.


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Belkin shows off Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD, no update on availability
01/03/2017, 11:01 pm
Announced in October, Belkin's Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD made an appearance at CES 2017 on Tuesday, but the company has yet to set a release date and price point for the hotly anticipated device.
Belkin refreshes Express Dock with Thunderbolt 3 USB-C connector
10/27/2016, 07:10 pm
The Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD has been refreshed to provide the new protocol's full 40 Gbps data speed, and provide 85W of charging power to the newly released late 2016 MacBook Pro.
Belkin's ScreenCare+ Application System for iPhone launches at US Apple Stores
02/09/2016, 11:02 am
Accessory maker Belkin has partnered with Apple to bring its ScreenCare+ Application System to the iPhone maker's retail stores in America, allowing customers to have a screen protector professionally installed.
Belkin unveils Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock HD for Apple's Macs
10/01/2014, 08:10 am
Major Apple accessory maker Belkin on Tuesday announced the Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock HD, a Thunderbolt 2-equipped successor to the company's original Thunderbolt Express Dock that allows users to connect up to eight additional devices to their Mac with a single cable.
Logitech, Belkin unveil new keyboard accessories for Apple's iPad Air
10/28/2013, 11:10 am
The two 800-pound gorillas in the Apple accessory ecosystem have taken the wraps off of their new collections of keyboard cases designed to complement Apple's forthcoming thinner, lighter iPad Air.
Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock for Mac now shipping for $299
04/30/2013, 08:04 am
The Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock, first announced in January of 2012, is now available for purchase for $299, more than a year after the Mac accessory was unveiled.
Belkin's Ultimate Keyboard Case for iPad adds magnetic stand, improves sound
03/27/2013, 02:03 pm
Belkin on Wednesday announced the online availability of the Ultimate Keyboard Case, a new iPad accessory with a versatile magnetic stand that allows for use in a variety of orientations.
First official third-party Lightning accessories announced by Belkin
11/05/2012, 11:11 am
Belkin on Monday announced two new accessories designed for Apple's Lightning connector � the first two official third-party accessories designed for the new iDevice port.
CES: Belkin unveils Thunderbolt Express Dock, coming in Sept. for $299
01/09/2012, 12:01 pm
Belkin on Monday introduced its new Thunderbolt Express Dock, which will allow users to connect multiple devices to their Mac with one Thunderbolt cable when it arrives in September for $299.
Apple's 27" iMac only supports native or 720p video input, no 1080p
07/21/2010, 06:07 pm
Apple's revised 27" iMac introduced this spring debuted a new feature: a Mini DisplayPort video port that worked in both directions, enabling external video sources to output video to the screen. That feature is largely limited to 720p in HDTV applications however.
CES tempting Apple-related electronics makers from Macworld
01/11/2009, 10:01 pm
No matter Apple's plans to attend CES on its own, those accessory builders who once only attended Macworld are being offered a chance to exhibit in a special section of the larger Las Vegas show.


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Ahhh… We've made it to that time of year again… Halcyon days, verdant, pristinely-manicured turfs where "the boys of summer" beguile leisurely spectators tucking away peanuts and cracker jack and… beverages. The "Great American Pastime" is in full swing (pun) in renowned parks all over the landscape. Just relax, and take it all in…
What's missing?
Umm, let's see… Got my glove (just in case!), my over-worn and under-washed cap (soap dilutes good luck), flip-up shades (that's how I roll), smart phone (duh!), XL cup of Dr. P (yeah, I will drink it all!), foot-long carcinogen-filled, cardiac arrest inducer (I mean, hot dog). That should do it. Still, I can't shake this feeling I'm missing something… Wait, I know what it is! It should be here anytime now! I'll just sit back and wait for
the melee!
the almost inevitable brawl, the brouhaha, the fracas, the altercation, the scuffle, the skirmish, the… kurfuffle? Yes, I'm talking about that other Great American Pastime… watching a good fight! (or even a bad one)
Where did the halcyon go? I can't see the verdant turf for all the… Wow! That shortstop has a mean right jab! I wonder what that guy said about his mother?
Wait, I digress… I was talking about the all-too-common tendency for disagreements among "professional," "adult" baseball players to be settled like children on the playground, complete with foot stomping, theatrical arm (and hand) gesturing, and tete-a-tete bad mouthing at the top of their lungs. And let's not forget the wrestling, punching, and rolling on the ground. What recess rumpus would be complete without those?
Sports commentators–and the media in general–generally give a wink and a nod to these demonstrations of poor judgment, and that's when I come off the bench to critique broadcasters' apathy and general misunderstanding of the troubling attitudes that major league fights belie.
- You're making 6 and 7 digit salaries, so…. Shut up and play!
In 2013, the average MLB salary was $3.4 million, while the average U.S. salary in 2012 was $42, 500. (Why don't they talk about that on the nightly news?)
- You're role models to thousands of young people! (Do I really have to mention that?) Here's a list of 10 players who ARE doing it right.
- This is not going to last. Enjoy playing baseball while you can! This requires the humility to understand that, even if you're Babe Ruth, you won't be forever.
Leave a positive legacy.
- You've beaten the odds. Why jeopardize that? (Is anybody still reading this?) A college baseball player has only about a 11% chance of making it in the MLB, and the average career length is about 5 1/2 years. Why are you so angry?
What's the take away for mass comm students?
While the typical textbook tells budding journalism students that their highest calling is objectivity in reporting, the reality is that hardly anyone ever practices it. At best, some broadcast journalists practice selective objectivity, carving out a niche of issues on which they feel comfortable riding the fence and making a show of detached professionalism on largely irrelevant topics. The vast majority of broadcasters these days likely couldn't define objectivity. Never mind do they know why it's important. So yeah, that's not happening. But we'll keep teaching it, just in case a few of our students are listening.
Most of our students are at the age where they would find video clips of baseball brawls hilarious, not discerning the implications for the sport, the audience, and society in general. That's why broadcasters must not simply report about fighting in sports; they must help educate viewers about the negative effects of bad behavior. One small way to begin making a difference would be for sportscasters to resist the urge to editorialize on camera after reporting these stories, especially with the typical tongue-in-cheek approach that conveys lighthearted disdain, but also their enthusiasm for having a sensational "get" story. Tosses between anchors at the news desk are usually brief, but laughing and vocal inflection gives the impression that nothing that happens during a game is to be taken too seriously.
What a shame!
A wonderful benefit of Christian liberal arts education is that it challenges students to apply moral values to practical career situations. In this vein, I would encourage my students to temper their enthusiasm for all things raffish with reading from Scripture, such as the following:
Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
Or you will learn his ways
And find a snare for yourself
(Proverbs 22:24-25, NASB)
Darrell Roe (Ph.D., UGA, 1998) is an Assoc. Prof. of Mass Communication at ETBU. His specialty is analyzing the content of visual media and its effects on audiences.


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Sociology faculty win ASA posts
Posted November 16, 2001; 11:42 a.m.
Professors Viviana Zelizer and Sara Curran from Princeton's Department of Sociology have won leadership positions in the American Sociological Association as a result of the 2001 elections.
Viviana Zelizer was elected Chair of the new section on Economic Sociology; and member of the Council of the section on Comparative/Historical Sociology.
Sara Curran was elected to the Council of the section on International Migration.
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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Technical Pro HPT990 Professional Headphone
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Pädagogische Ziele
After reading this chapter, you should be able:
- To describe magnetic properties of hydrogen nuclei: spin, precession, Larmor frequency
- To present the origin of the net magnetization
- To explain the nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon
- To differentiate spin-lattice relaxation from spin-spin relaxation
- To define relaxation times T1 et T2
Within a magnetic field B0, the sum of spins is a net magnetization aligned with B0. This macroscopic magnetization results from a slight excess of spins in parallel state and a null transverse magnetization due to spins being out of phase.
Precession frequency (Larmor frequency) of protons is proportional to field strength intensity.
A RF pulse that matches the precession frequency affects the spin equilibrium : there is an exchange of energy and a tip down of the net magnetization vector. Flip angle depends on intensity, waveform and duration of RF pulse.
Relaxation is the dynamic physical process in which the system of spins returns to equilibrium. Relaxation can be broken down into:
- Recovery of longitudinal magnetization, aligned with B0, following an exponential curve characterized by time constant T1
- Decay of transverse magnetization, due to spins getting out of phase, according to an exponential curve characterized by time constant T2.
- Elster. Questions and answers in magnetic resonance imaging. 1994:ix, 278 p..
- McRobbie. MRI from picture to proton. 2003:xi, 359 p..
- NessAiver. All you really need to know about MRI physics. 1997.
- Kastler. Comprendre l'IRM. 2006.
- Gibby. Basic principles of magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurgery clinics of North America. 2005 Jan;16(1):1-64.
- Pooley. AAPM/RSNA physics tutorial for residents: fundamental physics of MR imaging. Radiographics. 2005 Jul-Aug;25(4):1087-99.


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I'm tempted to open up this diary again rather than my LiveJournal one, partially because LJ is so slow, and because I don't always feel comfortable talking about programming topics there, since I know no one really cares. It's probably also because I've been reading Advogato a lot more (since k5's "technology" articles have gone waaay downhill), and because I want to get more involved in the free software community.
I think the latter point stems from what I'm learning at UMN at the moment. I'm not actually learning any new programming theory per se (I did learn Scheme, but second semester is Java and I honestly did everything we're learning in there before I hit puberty), but I'm learning how to formalize my programs and thought structures about programs, and also more about discrete mathematics, a subject which I "knew" from programming before, but didn't have the jargon to express. I'm finding myself reading CS research papers and understanding them, and managing to teach myself using them, in addition to tutorials and existing code, which is how I taught myself before. Honestly, this feeling is exhilirating, akin to how good I felt when I wrote my first program, or the first few months after I switched over to UNIX.


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Fiji's emergency ends, but media oppression continues
Fiji's military leadership on Saturday lifted emergency regulations it had been using to stymie the country's press since 2009, according to local government websites. Good news? Maybe. Yet the regime still restricts the media, and anyone else who dares to question the legitimacy of the 2006 coup that brought its leaders to power--suggesting they are more concerned about appearances than press freedom.


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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
Devin Mitchell's jersey hangs safely enclosed inside Starkville High's locker room. Yellow Jacket players don't have to walk beside it to remember their fallen teammate, though.
Mitchell, a running back, wide receiver and linebacker, was shot and killed on Jan. 1, less than a month after his team played for the MHSAA Class 5A state championship.
"It hurt. It hurt. Just knowing the person Devin was, and how he carried himself, day in and day out, on the field and off the field," said Starkville senior linebacker/defensive end David Fair. "You would be amazed how many people, because of that situation, just knowing him, it just brought so many people to Christ."
Wearing a black bracelet with Mitchell's name inscribed in Starkville gold, Fair was joined by senior quarterback Gabe Myles Monday at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson for the MHSAA's 2012 championship press conference.
Fair talked about the Christian faith he shared with Mitchell and recalled the outpouring of support after the early-morning tragedy. The Yellow Jackets lost to Picayune last December and are making a return trip to the 5A finals after beating rival West Point last week. Mitchell would have been a senior.
"As a senior class, after we lost we all got together and talked. Devin was one of the main people saying 'We're going to get back to Jackson,'" Myles said. "Those were his last words to us as a team. He'll always be one of the 2013 Jackets."
Myles said the team talks about Mitchell on a regular basis on Friday nights, but last week's win against West Point was dedicated to his memory.
Mitchell had team-highs of 34 catches, 772 yards and 10 touchdowns last season.
Starkville coach Jamie Mitchell said Devin Mitchell's parents are a big part of the team. Devin's dad spoke to the team at a Thanksgiving breakfast last week.
"He's still with us every day and we talk about him just about every day," Jamie Mitchell said. "His memory is carried with us every day. Devin was an absolute top-notch kid, one of the top players on this team. He's still with us."
WHO: Starkville (11-3) vs. Pascagoula (11-2)
WHAT: MHSAA Class 5A Championship Game
WHERE: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday


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Alessi is a family owned Italian design company, founded in 1921. Giovanni Alessi, a talented sheet metal worker, produced items by hand for the table and home out of copper, brass and nickel-silver. He was later joined by his son Carlo who was responsible for many of the designs produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid 1940s Alessi began to work with outside designers. The current Alessi catalog is the result of a collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
"A true work of design must be able to move people, to convey feelings, to trigger memories, to surprise, to go against the grain. From this point of view, design intended to conjure up images in people's minds, which makes them a bit happier, still has tremendous potential." --Alberto Alessi
After receiving his degree in architecture from the Milan Polytecnic, Piero Lissoni worked as a furniture designer before founding his own studio in 1986, specializing in architecture, interior and graphic design. He has collaborated with Boffi Cucine, Living Divani, Mateograssi and Kartell, and worked on a number of architecture projects in Japan, with design projects that have included a shopping center, an art gallery, a Cordon Bleu cooking school, logos and trademarks. His awards include the 1991 Esprit kitchen design and the Compasso d'Oro design prize. He has also received the Chicago Athenaeum 2002 Good Design Award for this collection.
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I thought I needed to put this in the vintage forum since it gets the traffic not the feedback forum. This was posted at another site by a really cool guy BigRed who seems to be out to warn fellow collectors. Well I'm reposting what he did so nobody on here gets ripped off.
posted by bigred
Over the past few days, I've noticed a number of auctions from a few individuals in Virigina and the Virginia Beach area. This seller, joxlom just listed this Tri Logo Boba Fett-
His single feedback was from an item that was ended within minutes of being listed. The seller of that item is now selling a large number of vintage pieces, carter27:
He also had numerous Tri Logo Boba Fetts, one auction he ended early along with a number of other auctions that stole pictures from 12Back.com. The photographs have no consistency to them and appear to have been stolen from other sources.
A number of months ago, a number of sellers in the same area were building up their feedback by selling and buying DVDs and other videos (just as these two sellers are...even the same bootleg Fantastic Four video that I remember) before pulling frauds for large numbers of carded figures. I was almost taken for a large lot of POTF coins too, but realized the deal was just too good to be true. I got to the point of addressing the envelope and writing the check but then realized it would be a bad move.
Even worse, another seller, motiondevotion is in the same general area:
Their descriptions are almost identical to the type by the other sellers mentioned above, and their feedback was from a DVD.
I would be very cautious dealing with these individuals. They have stolen pictures to sell their current items, but it appears they are getting some knowledge on how to pull a scam because they ended the auctions with the 12Back.com note in the bottom corners of the picture.
hope this helps some people stay away....


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Get up with the birds and come on board, there will be coffee, orange juice, muffins and donuts for you to enjoy while you cruise the river. There is a colony of mute swans on Valley Falls Pond adjacent to the river. Osprey and hawks search the river for prey. Painted turtles, Great Blue herons, and swifts are regular visitors to the river. The river in the early morning is totally different from the river in the evening.
Time: 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM Date: 9/21/2013
Cost: $15 per person
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As dusk comes to the river a new set of characters comes out. Come on board and relax after a busy weekend day and enjoy apple cider and cookies. Swifts dive-bomb the water scooping up bugs for their dinner. Canada geese search the shallows for a delicious meal. The muskrats and river otter are sometimes seen along the river's edge. Turtles watch you glide by on the boat as intently as you watch them. The river in the evening is totally different from the river in the morning.
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President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that the remaining thirty-nine thousand troops will leave Iraq at the end of the year was largely the result of Iraq's internal politics and a failure of U.S. policy to mend the rifts among the country's political players.
If the U.S. military were to keep three thousand to five thousand military "trainers" as planned, Iraq's parliament would have had to grant the force immunity. Obama finally realized this was not going to happen, due to the country's tense realities resulting from the March 2010 national election.
The 2010 election ended in a near draw between Nouri al-Maliki and chief rival Ayad Allawi's Iraqiya bloc. A political stalemate was broken through a U.S.-backed deal in which Maliki was to remain prime minister and the defense minister was to have been chosen from the Iraqiya bloc. In turn, Allawi was to have headed a new national security council body.
However, once Maliki was sworn in as prime minister, he declined to accept Iraqiya's choices for defense minister, and the agreed-on national security body was never created. After months of frustration, the Iraqiya bloc came to see a vote granting immunity for U.S. forces in Iraq as a victory for Maliki unless the prime minister awarded Iraqiya the defense and security positions.
Mistrust runs deep on both sides. Maliki's supporters fear that the secular Allawi and his largely Sunni list would be a tool for insurgents or Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party to return to power. In turn, Allawi's coalition believes Maliki, a Shiite Islamist, is trying to create an Iranian-backed religious state.
In fact, Maliki's political flank is guarded by anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr's forty representatives who have demanded all U.S. troops leave. The prime minister knows his partnership with Sadr has the blessing of his powerful neighbor Iran, while cutting a deal with Iraqiya would lose the Sadrists, enflame Iran, and risk the possibility of eventual betrayal by Iraqiya.
The current news is not good for the United States, as Maliki finds himself locked into a political arrangement with a movement that is hostile to the U.S. government and close with Tehran. The central question now is this: Will the country's current democratic system hold up over the long term, or will the deep suspicions borne of Saddam Hussein's brutal rule and the recent sectarian conflict lead the country back to a new authoritarian leader or a civil war?
The loss of U.S. troops will be most deeply felt by Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Force, its best weapon against al-Qaeda and Shiite extremist groups. The Counter-Terrorism Force benefitted from a long-standing partnership with U.S. special forces, which have provided helicopters and intelligence assets that enabled the elite Iraqi fighters to thwart its enemies. They will now lose those capabilities. For al-Qaeda-inspired groups or Shiite extremists wishing to destabilize the Iraqi government, the loss of such U.S. tools is welcome news.


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The 1098-T form contains information to assist a student in filing the education tax benefits/tax credit deductions, such as the American Opportunity Credit (a modification of the Hope Credit) and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits. For more information on these tax credits please visit the IRS web site www.irs.gov/publications/p970/ar01.
Kentucky Community & Technical College System mails the 1098-T forms via U.S. Mail by January 31st.
As an eligible educational institution Kentucky Community & Technical College System is required to send a 1098-T form to any student enrolled and had qualified tuition expenses paid "out-of-pocket" during the previous calendar year.
1098-T may not be issued for several reasons. IRS exceptions for not furnishing a 1098-T are:
The IRS classifies qualified tuition and related expenses as charges a student must pay "out-of-pocket" to be enrolled at or attend Kentucky Community & Technical College System.
The following are not qualified tuition and related expenses:
Yes, if you were eligible to receive a 1098-T from a previous year you may contact your local college Business Office or contact the 1098-T voice mail number 855-465-2827 (please leave your name, student ID, last for digits of your Social Security Number, current address, tax year request and brief message.)
Charges and fees for room and board are not qualified as tuition and related expenses by the IRS.
The 1098-T form is based on a calendar year (January 1 – December 31). If your total financial aid for a calendar year was equal to or greater than your qualified tuition and related expenses in a calendar year, you will not receive a 1098-T.
The IRS classifies academic credit as credit awarded by an eligible educational institution for the completion of course work leading to a postsecondary degree, certificate, or other recognized postsecondary educational credential.
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