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Most adults in their mid-20's don't have to worry about dealing with serious medical conditions. Sean Brown, a 35-year old New Hampshire resident and member of the New Hampshire National Guard, however, did about 10 years ago when he discovered he had a DVT, otherwise known as Deep Vein Thrombosis. DVT's are blood clots that form in the large veins, usually in the lower legs or thighs, and can cause partial or complete blockage of circulation. Brown had the classic symptoms: his leg was swollen, red in color and warm to the touch. His calf muscle was hard, and to top things off, he also had severe back pain. However, most patients with DVT do not have these symptoms, and many may have no symptoms at all.
After using anticoagulants (blood thinning medication) and "clot busting", called thrombolysis, Brown figured he was on the right track to better health. Little did he know that he'd have to deal with DVT, again.
"If I hadn't had one 10 years ago, I may have not have easily recognized the symptoms this time," says Brown.
He was recently referred to the MGH Vascular Center in February after receiving another thrombolysis procedure along with blood thinners to treat his recurrent DVT, which unfortunately did not resolve the recurrent painful leg symptoms.
Stephan Wicky, MD, Division Head of Vascular Imaging and Intervention and Suvranu Ganguli, MD, from Vascular Imaging, both members of the Vascular Center, were surprised when they first heard about Brown's case of DVT and his age.
"It is less common to have a DVT in your 20's and 30's as DVT is more frequent in adults of older age, especially after surgery or when cancer is present. It's hard enough to have a DVT once, and Sean's recurrent condition was more complex," says Wicky.
Brown says learning about his first DVT was difficult enough as he was trying to keep up with the demands of running his own moving business, but the second time was especially tough to deal with.
"I was getting ready for flight school at the time. It was devastating news," says Brown.
Anticoagulants were helping Brown's symptoms, but Wicky's team of vascular specialists decided a more aggressive approach could help him in the long-term, since his inferior vena cava (IVC), which drains all the blood from the legs and the pelvis, had been occluded (blocked off) for a long time.
"To make matters worse, Sean's collateral veins along the spine were also blocked, which helped explain some of the severe back pain he was experiencing. In order to best treat his recurrent DVT, we used extensive thrombolysis with an EKOS catheter to bust the clot," says Wicky.
EKOS uses miniature ultrasound probes that are positioned into a catheter to more rapidly break up a clot. An Angiojet device, which functions like a vacuum cleaner, also helped dissolve the clot. The main leg veins and the collateral veins opened up very well.
"Since his IVC was permanently blocked, in order to minimize the risk of recurrent DVT, it was also decided to reconstruct the IVC with stents," says Wicky.
Despite having recently undergone these procedures, one month later, although he still has some discomfort, Brown says his pain is manageable. When he started experiencing the symptoms after Thanksgiving, he says (on a pain-scale from one to 10 (10 being the highest)), "I was in severe discomfort and was probably a 9."
Brown has some advice for people who are experiencing DVT.
"What's so critical with DVT is recognizing the signs," says Brown. For him, it was the back pain he experienced before the recurrent swelling happened and his leg also started to feel numb.
In Brown's case, he actually has the opportunity to stay fit and healthy, as he needs to pass his physical tests for the National Guard.
As far as Brown's future looks, Wicky says it looks bright.
"I do believe Sean's prognosis is very good. He will be able to return to a normal life in probably 6 months and start again to exercise step by step."
Members of the MGH Vascular Center from Imaging, Cardiology/Vascular Medicine, and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery all participate in the diagnosis and management of DVT. Learn more about DVT
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Eric Schmidt's N.Korea trip not so ridiculous
'By all indications, this is working stunningly well for Google'
(Wired) Google chairman Eric Schmidt's planned trip to North Korea promises few returns for the company's shareholders. But for the world's most locked-down country, where only a few thousand citizens have internet access at all, his visit could offer the strongest hint yet of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's tortured longing for openness.
To be sure, the gulf between Google and North Korea couldn't seem wider.
"The face of probably the most important facilitator of borderless information in the world is going into the hyperstate for the control of information," says Victor Cha, a director of Asian affairs for the National Security Council during the second Bush administration and now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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I have noticed that when the topic of social network is raised, it usually turns to a discussion of Facebook. Granted it is the biggest player on the planet however it is not the only one.
Ok, at some point in the discussion it may get to Linkedin, Google Plus and Twitter (which by the way is a microblog not a network but it is so widely used it surfaces regardless of what topic is being discussed). The reality is, although these are the "Big Four", there are so many to choose from and depending on "your fancy" or strategy you may want to develop a presence at other networks as a starting point.
Now that I have planted this seed in your thinking, where do you start? There are so many out there – really. So whatever your passion, go and find your network. If it doesn't exist, hey create one!
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Google flirts with online OS
Docs, Spreadsheets, Folders
Posted in The Channel, 29th June 2007 21:32 GMT
It's only a matter of time before Google unveils a full-fledged online operating system. This week, Microsoft's biggest rival rolled out a new version of Docs & Spreadsheets - its online answer to Word and Excel - adding Windows-like folders, an improved search engine, and an all-around prettier interface.
Previously, Docs & Spreadsheets organized files using a tagging method reminiscent of Gmail, Google's web-based email client. With the addition of folders, the service feels much more like a classic desktop GUI. You can even move documents from folder to folder via drag and drop.
"Almost from the day we launched people have been clamoring for folders," wrote technical lead Ron Schneider, on the official Google Docs & Spreadsheets blog. In other words, they weren't into the tags thing.
One user summed it up quite nicely on the Google discussion forum. "Folders is a great move," he said. "Everyone knows what folders are, but tags/labels still don't make sense to my Dad and others."
If you're already using the service, your old document tags are automatically converted into folders. But there's one aspect of the old paradigm that's still around. In much the same way you could attach the same file to multiple tags under the original interface, you can now store the same file in multiple folders. You'll also find specialized folders that give you quick access to all the documents you've created (as opposed to those created by someone else) and to the documents you've shared with others.
The new search engine suggests possible matches as you type - much like the Google Suggest beta that ties into the company's main web search engine. Docs & Spreadsheets new look-and-feel - including revamped icons and organizational controls - is also an improvement, but some users still have complaints. "It looks a lot more professional, and it's much easier to find what you want," says someone calling themselves "fourthnoggin." "However, I do not like that you have to check a document and then click on a few other buttons to preview it."
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said the company will eventually add a PowerPoint-like presentation builder to its online office suite. Over the past two weeks, the company added a PowerPoint viewer to Gmail and announced the acquisition of Zenter, a startup with an existing online presentation tool.
This story was written and saved on Docs & Spreadsheets. And I didn't miss Microsoft in the slightest.®


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Police dog Blue helps track Selden motorcycle theft suspects
Suffolk County Canine Officer John Mallia and Blue, his German shepherd police dog, helped track down two Port Jefferson men suspected of stealing motorcycles in Selden, police said Wednesday.
The two were called to assist Sixth Precinct officers, who had responded at about 1:45 a.m. Tuesday to a report of two men trying to steal a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle from a yard on Colony Road, police said.
By establishing a track between the Colony Road yard and another yard about 2 miles away, Blue helped police determine that the suspects had stolen two motorcycles and likely were still in the area, a police spokeswoman said.
When Blue led police to the second yard on Newport Avenue, they found a lock on a shed had been cut and bolt cutters were nearby.
Police awakened the Newport Avenue homeowners, got descriptions of two stolen motorcycles and then found two suspects riding one of them on Magnolia Drive in Selden.
Blue led police to the second site quickly, thereby establishing a likely timeline between the two crimes and indicating both crimes had been committed by the same suspects, police said.
Sixth Squad detectives said Jonathan Delrio, 24, and Ray Pena, 19, were arrested on charges of criminal possession of stolen property and attempted grand larceny. Pena also was wanted on an outstanding bench warrant.
The spokeswoman said the two suspects failed to make off with the quad and that the second motorcycle had yet to be recovered.
Delrio, of 42 Champlain St., and Pena, of 21 Roe Ave., were scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in First District Court in Central Islip.
Mallia and Blue are widely known for uncovering the first human remains at Gilgo Beach in December 2010.


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I was out in pelting rain the other day and when I got inside, all I could think of was onion soup. It's a creation that's warm, comforting and rich with bread and melted, gooey cheese, a combination sure to take the chill out of my bones.
That version of the soup is known as onion soup grat-inée, although some simply call it French onion soup.
For inspiration on making it well, I remembered a video I came across at julia.cookstr.com, a website featuring recipes, videos and other information from the classic book and PBS television show Julia and Jacques Cook at Home.
The hosts of that show are legendary gourmets Julia Child and Jacques Pepin. I used their technique in today's recipe, but adjusted things to match my preferences. I also offer a few of my own tips.
To make the soup, of course, you have to slice onions, a task that brings tears to many an eye.
When slicing an onion, you cut through cells that contain highly volatile sulphur compounds, which are released into the air and, if they reach your eyes, can cause tearing.
To help mitigate that, several sources say to keep your onions refrigerated, as the cold temperature reduces the volatility of those compounds. If you do store your onions at room temperature before cutting, pop them into the freezer for 10 minutes or until they're well chilled.
Once the onions are cut and in the pot with a bit of thyme and cooking fat, Child instructs you to cook them over moderate heat until tender, about 10 minutes. Although it's not shown on the TV show, their book says to cover the onions during this process, which creates steam that keeps the onions moist as they become tender.
When they are tender, the heat gets turned up slightly and the onions are cooked, uncovered, and stirred frequently until dark brown and caramelized, about 20 to 25 minutes. This step intensifies the onions' flavour and, when stock is added to the pot, gives the soup a marvellously rich colour.
I don't know if onions these days have a higher sugar content, but I found it took only about 15 minutes to get them to caramelize and be a rich, dark colour.
When the stock is added, the soup is simmered just 10 minutes. This varies quite a bit from other recipes I've read, where the onion soup is simmered 30 minutes or more. But Pepin notes the onions have already cooked a long time before the stock is added, so there is no need to simmer the soup for a long period.
Child likes a splash of red wine in her onion soup. Pepin says he has seen white wine added. I went with Child's choice because, as she noted, it enhances the colour of the soup even more.
When the soup is done, it's time to transfer it to bowls. There are many styles of onion soup bowls - see the photo below - but all must be ovenproof, because a hot oven is where it becomes "onion soup gratinée."
To do that, toasted baguette slices are placed in the bowls and the soup poured in. Dieticians, you might want to cover your eyes, because on the TV show, Pepin says to top each soup with almost a cup of Swiss emmental or Gruyere cheese. It's important to use a generous amount of cheese to ensure it spans the entire surface of the soup, creating a lovely top when baked.
Pepin bakes the soup at 400 F for 35 to 40 minutes, until the cheese is dark golden and a crust has formed. The soup at this point is fiery hot and, as Child quips on the show, you would need Pepin's "asbestos tongue" to enjoy it straight away.
I didn't bake my soup that long. Because it is already warm when ladled into the bowls, I found that after 15 minutes in the oven it was bubbling hot and had a very tasty-looking top. It takes several minutes before it is cool enough to eat, but while it is sitting on your table, slowly cooling, it will fill your dining room with the most wonderful aroma. That aroma made me feel that rainy days aren't so bad after all.
French Onion Soup Gratinée
This "meal in a bowl" will make a nice supper when accompanied with rich red wine. For a two-course meal, serve a salad to start, something you can enjoy while the soup bakes.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Makes: 4 servings
1 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 medium to large yellow onions, halved and thinly sliced (about 1 1/4 lbs)
1 1/2 tsp minced fresh thyme leaves, or 1/2 tsp dried
6 1/2 cups homemade or low-sodium chicken stock
1/3 cup red wine
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
12 diagonally cut slices of baguette, about 1/2-inch thick, toasted (see Note)
3 cups grated Gruyere or emmen-tal cheese (about 225 grams)
Place the butter and oil in a heavy-bottomed pot and set over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the onions and thyme. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions start to soften and become translucent, about 10 minutes.
Uncover, turn the heat up slightly and cook, stirring frequently and watching carefully to avoid burning them, until the onions are a rich brown colour, about 15 minutes.
Add the stock, bring to a simmer and scrape the bottom of the pot with a spoon to lift off any brown bits. Simmer soup 10 minutes, and then stir in the wine. Taste the soup and season with salt and pepper.
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Set 4 large French onion soup bowls on a baking sheet. (My bowls each had a 12-oz. capacity.) Set 3 slices of toasted baguette in each bowl, breaking them in half if needed to make them fit. Fill the bowls with soup. Top each bowl with a generous amount of the cheese; ensuring it reaches the edges of the bowl. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the soup is bubbling and the cheese has melted and is a rich golden colour. Unless you have Jacques Pepin's asbestos tongue, let the soup cool a bit before enjoying.
Note: To toast the baguette slices, place on a baking sheet and bake in a 400-degree oven for 8-10 minutes, or until lightly toasted.
Eric Akis is the author of the just-published hardcover book Everyone Can Cook Everything.


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My baby girl Maggie has torn her ACL on her left hind leg.:(:( A trip to
the Vets this morning confirmed my fears. It happened yesterday morning
on her regular morning outee. I thought she might have sprained something
as she came limping back to the back door. Rest & pain meds didn't seem
to help her much at all & she was crying a lot by evening time.
The Vet said she thinks it might be a tear and not a rupture & with total
rest & some meds she could recover enough to start small walks on leash.
I have a feeling this is going to be a long summer of confinment & rest for
my sweetie. Can you please spare some good vibes & prayers that Maggie
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MrSeb writes: "Today's groundbreaking entry into the Uncanny Valley is a pair of mechanical, robot legs that are propelled entirely by their own weight: they can walk with a human-like gait without motors or external control. Produced by some researchers at Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan, all the legs require for perpetual motion (they walked 100,000 steps, 15km, over 13 hours last year) is a gentle push and a slight downwards slope. They then use same "principle of falling" that governs human walking, with the transfer of weight (and the slight pull of gravity), pulling the robot into consecutive steps."


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Wentz's Five Lug Swap/Build Thread.
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That's right, found BREMBO rear XT6 rotors. They're not really all that fancy, but it's cool knowing I'm stopping with Brembo now. Also got the five spokes put on and the 17s listed in the classifieds if anybody reading this is interested. Next up is to find some new rear calipers then it's onto the front to upgrade that end. Also need to figure out whats going on with the front, wheels wiggle like I've got wheel bearings that are going bad, but they don't make any noise and spin fine when I break them down to the hub. Can't get the axle nut any tighter either.
Maybe the XT6 outer stubs are too long for the EJ knuckles and I can't get the proper bearing preload?
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Nice thread.
Why did you chose the 5 x 100 over the 6-lug re-drill?
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Realistically I see this as being the only real benefit to going five lug over the redrill. If we could get the off-road guys to leave the five lug parts alone, and just redrill their stuff, everybody'd probably be happier!
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Marketplace Morning Report for Friday, January 4, 2013
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its December jobs report today, and economists are modestly optimistic. The world's biggest Consumer Electronics Show kicks off this weekend in Las Vegas, and it'll be the first one in 15-years where Microsoft has no presence whatsoever. And the Vatican goes cash-only.


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FAIRBANKS — Civilian criminal charges were dropped against a Fort Wainwright soldier accused of fatally shooting a fellow soldier in south Fairbanks this summer.
However, Fairbanks District Attorney Michael Gray told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that the Army is holding Joshua Jordan Corona in pre-trial confinement pending a court martial.
Corona, 21, is accused of shooting 19-year-old Jawaun Collins at Corona's Fairbanks apartment on July 22.
Fairbanks police said the incident was an accidental shooting followed by an attempted cover-up.
Corona was initially charged with second-degree murder, but the district attorney dismissed the charge.
Fairbanks District Attorney Michael Gray said the charges were dropped after Collins' mother, who lives in Detroit, asked the state to dismiss the charge and let the Army court martial Corona.
"Given the circumstances, we thought that a just resolution," Gray said in an email to the News-Miner on Monday.
Corona first told Fairbanks police that Collins accidentally shot himself in the head, according to a criminal complaint.
But after two other soldiers who witnessed the shooting came forward, Corona told police he shot Collins. He said he thought the gun was empty. He said he was drunk and had a hazy memory of what occurred, the complaint says.
Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll, a spokesman for U.S. Army Alaska, said no date had been set for an Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing.


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BLACK EARTH, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin company is recalling about 99 pounds of beef tongue.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Black Earth Meat Market is recalling the products because they may not have had the tonsils completely removed.
The recall involves various size cases of Black Earth Meats Natural Beef Tongues and Black Earth Meats Local Beef Tongues produced by the Black Earth-based company on Oct. 8, 11, 17 and 18.
The products were distributed to a restaurant in Wisconsin and a distributor in Illinois.
The USDA says the problem was discovered during a routine food safety assessment. Cattle tonsils have to be removed from food to avoid exposing people to mad cow disease. The USDA says there is no indication that any of the cattle slaughtered showed any signs of the disease.


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Although financial markets are relatively calm now following the restructuring of Greek sovereign debt through the private sector involvement program, the problems and the potential for contagion of other Euro Area countries, and the implications for the wider global economy remain. How can we use the global business cycle indicators framework and the new Leading Credit Index™ to look at some of these issues and look ahead at the possible sources of financial risk and instability in the global economy?
This webcast will discuss the relationship between categories of economic and financial indicators and, to the extent that some regularities exist, how their analysis can provide better insight about:
- The timing of peaks and troughs in the business cycle
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There are good leading indicators among financial indicators – that is why some them are integrated in the LEI – but there is also a lot of noise in financial indicators – as shown by our research on developing the Leading Credit Index (LCI). Analyzing in a systematic way the relationship between the financial instability and financial conditions should help us to better assess which part of changes of the level of stress in financial market is noise and which part may influence business cycle. For example, at the end of 2011, the increases in financial instability due to the European debt crisis was not fully reflected by the financial conditions indicators, suggesting that the impact of the crisis on the business cycle may be limited.
Audience: This webcast will appeal to all business executives who want to learn more about the global business cycle indicators framework and the new Leading Credit Index™.
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Brady now 9-4 against Peyton after Patriots' win
Updated 11:26 pm, Sunday, October 7, 2012
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The familiar showdown had a new twist - Peyton Manning in a Denver uniform. It ended as it usually does with Tom Brady winning the matchup of marquee quarterbacks.
But not before Manning nearly pulled off another fourth-quarter comeback in a career filled with them.
In their 13th meeting, and first since Manning left Indianapolis, Brady directed four scoring marches of at least 80 yards to lead the Patriots to a 31-21 victory Sunday. He is 9-4 in his career against Manning.
"Nobody I'd rather have than Tom Brady," New England coach Bill Belichick said. "But Manning's a great player."
No late magic this time
Manning had led his teams back in the fourth quarter to 36 comeback wins. And the Broncos (2-3) rallied from a 31-7 deficit with about five minutes left in the third quarter on Manning's scoring passes of 2 yards to Eric Decker and 5 yards to Brandon Stokley.
The Patriots (3-2) lost the ball on Stevan Ridley's fumble on their next possession, and Manning completed a 28-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas to the New England 14-yard line. But two plays later, Denver's comeback hopes faded when Willis McGahee fumbled and Jermaine Cunningham recovered at the Patriots' 11 with 3:42 left.
Brady downplayed his meeting with Manning.
"It's Patriots-Broncos," Brady said. "It was a great team win. We got some turnovers from our defense and I thought offensively capitalized at times. There were a few lulls in there, which I wish we had executed a little bit better, but for the most part it's a good day."
Brady completed 23 of 31 passes for 223 yards and one touchdown and ran for another, operating out of a no-huddle offense for much of the game.
"It's not new," Denver coach John Fox said. "They've been doing this for a long time. They just have a good group of guys doing it. ... Our guy (Manning) did an outstanding job today as well."
Lost fumble leads to TD
Manning was 31-of-44 for 345 yards and three touchdowns but lost a fumble on a third-quarter sack.
That led to Ridley's 8-yard run that put the Patriots ahead 31-7. Ridley led New England with a career-high 151 yards rushing. The Patriots gained 251 yards on the ground, one week after rushing for 247 in a 52-28 rout of Buffalo.
New England set a franchise record with 35 first downs as it kept its offense rolling one week after gaining 580 against the Bills. The Broncos sputtered after beating Oakland 37-6. Their previous two losses were by just six points to Atlanta and Houston.
"I know they're been great teams we've lost to, which still doesn't make it any easier," Manning said. "We are working on things and building things. It doesn't happen right away."


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Killzone: Shadow Fall is pushing hard to be the multiplayer game of choice at the launch of the PlayStation 4. The team at Guerilla games is bringing back Warzones, but are changing up the formula for Killzone: Shadow Fall's competitive multiplayer. The game features a healthy number of options for customizing a game mode to be exactly as you'd prefer, this customized mode is then uploaded and shared with the rest of the Killzone: Shadow Fall community. These customized "Warzones" can be browsed through, with the development team choosing the most interesting variations to showcase in a featured playlist.
Multiplayer has players customizing loadouts and choosing between the scout, assault, and support classes. During a special hands-on opportunity at Gamescom, Killzone: Shadow Fall's game director Steven ter Heide also detailed plans for "expansion packs" after the game's release this November. There will be ten maps available for multiplayer on the disc, with more on the way. Heide also made the bold promise that "all of our post-launch DLC will be free". I played several rounds of the game and it feels like a solid shooter that will be appreciated during the early life-cycle of the PlayStation 4. Check out our coverage from E3 to learn more about Killzone: Shadow Fall's singleplayer.
Watch the video interview below to have the director of Killzone: Shadow Fall explain the concept of Warzones, talk about his love of emergent gameplay in games like Red Dead Redemption, and share his team's thoughts on Jimmy Fallon's less-than-stellar handling of Killzone: Shadow Fall on television.
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By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus and Brian Montopoli.
(CBS News)-- Ninety-two percent of Americans favor background checks for all potential gun buyers, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.
Universal background checks are one of the proposals that President Obama has called on Congress to pass as part of his proposal to combat gun violence in the wake of the massacre in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school in December.
"If you want to buy a gun -- whether it's from a licensed dealer or a private seller -- you should at least have to show you are not a felon or somebody legally prohibited from buying one," Mr. Obama said Wednesday, adding that "as many as 40 percent of all gun purchases are conducted without a background check."
Licensed gun dealers already must run background checks, but unlicensed dealers and private sellers, many of whom sell guns at gun shows or over the internet, are not required to do so.
Only seven percent of respondents in the poll, which was conducted before the president's press conference, said they oppose background checks for all potential gun buyers.
Support for universal background checks went across party lines: 89 percent of Republicans and 93 percent of Democrats and independents were in favor, as well as 93 percent of gun households and 85 percent of those living in a household with a member of the National Rifle Association.
Seventy-four percent of Americans, meanwhile, said that more armed security guards would help prevent mass shootings in public places. Thirty-five percent said armed guards would help a lot in places like schools, movie theatres and malls, and another 39 percent said they would help some. One in four said they would not help.
In response to the Newtown tragedy, the NRA has called for all schools to have armed guards.
These findings are part of an initial release from the survey, which was taken from January 11-15.


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On Thursday, Aug. 22, the incident commanders for the Government Flats Complex fire issued the following message to the general public:
"The Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office, and all the firefighters and support personnel associated with the Government Flats Complex would like to thank the people of Wasco County and the City of The Dalles for your many expressions of support and offers of assistance to our hard-working crews. Your actions have not gone unnoticed.
"We know we are guests in your county and city and have been amazed at the generosity and patience of our hosts.
"Our joint incident management team would like to offer a suggestion for anyone interested in supporting our firefighters on the Government Complex and firefighters through the West during this challenging summer — a summer that has already seen an immense and tragic loss of fellow firefighters.
"We encourage you to consider directing your donations on behalf of Government Flat Complex firefighters to the American Red Cross and/or to one or both of the nonprofit organizations established to honor current and past wildland and structural firefighters.
"The Wildland Firefighter Foundation (wffoundation.org) is focused on helping families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and to assist injured firefighters and their families. The organization honors and acknowledges past, present, and future members of the wildland firefighting community, and partners with private and interagency organizations to bring recognition to wildland firefighters.
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The Red Sox showed some fight Tuesday night, battling back from an early three-run deficit to even the score, but while three runs may represent an offensive explosion from the Boston lineup it's not enough to win most baseball games.
BOSTON — Game by game, the season slips into oblivion.
The Red Sox came home from a 10-game road trip on June 29 six games under .500, but just six games out of first place. They were struggling, yet still within striking distance.
They're struggling even worse now, and something like playoff contention is become more absurd by the moment.
The Red Sox lost 8-3 to the White Sox on Tuesday night, falling to 1-7 on their current 10-game home stand. They're now 12 games under .500, and 10 1/2 games out of first place.
"If we can't close that gap, we have to be honest with ourselves," general manager Ben Cherington said on NESN's pregame show shortly before the start of the game. "At some point we may need to be realistic and focus on helping the 2015 team. We are not at that point yet. … We will never be a true 'seller' looking for the future. For us it would be about reloading for the very next year."
After the loss, manager John Farrell said, "When we started the homestand we felt that this 10-game stretch was going to be pivotal to some internal decisions that are to be made, and we fully recognize where we are. That doesn't mean we're not committed to this year — and we're always going to remain optimistic; that's the competitor in all of us — and yet at the same time this homestand has not been what we anticipated."
The Red Sox have only themselves to blame for falling into an early hole Tuesday night.
Brandon Workman (1-3) walked Adam Dunn leading off the second inning, then gave up singles to the next two batters, but he could have escaped the jam had it not been for an error by Mike Napoli.
Workman got Dayan Viciedo to hit an easy grounder to first, but when Napoli attempted to field the ball and throw home for the forceout he muffed it. Dunn scored, and the bases remained loaded. Workman then got Alejandro De Aza to ground into what would have been an inning-ending double play, but instead it represented the first two outs of the inning and Alexei Ramirez scored the second White Sox run.
After the White Sox added a run in the fourth, the Red Sox, who hadn't scored in 18 1/3 innings dating back to Sunday, responded.
Brock Holt tripled to lead off and scored on a double by Dustin Pedroia. Pedroia moved to third on a deep flyout by David Ortiz and scored on a double by Napoli. Napoli moved to third on Jonny Gomes' base hit, and scored on a single by Xander Bogaerts to even the score at 3-3.
The Red Sox could have had more, but David Ross and Stephen Drew struck out to strand Gomes and Bogaerts.
The three runs were all the Red Sox mustered, and when Ortiz grounded into a double play in the bottom of the ninth it was the 41st time in 90 games they've scored three or fewer.
"We're not playing our best baseball, but we're in a lot of games," said Ross. "We're not pushing that last run across. We've had a lot of one-run losses. We're not playing well right now, but we're getting good starting pitching."
After the Red Sox evened the score, Workman made his biggest mistake of the night.
Jose Abreu led off the sixth with a double, and two outs later Workman threw a slider to Conor Gillaspie that missed its spot. Gillaspie hit it into the right-field stands for a 5-3 White Sox lead.
Given that the Red Sox average just 3.74 runs per game, the five runs seemed huge, and proved to be. Chicago added insult to injury with three runs in the ninth against Burke Badenhop and Craig Breslow.
Workman's final line wasn't spectacular, but he pitched better than the numbers reveal. He went seven innings, giving up five runs — three earned — on eight hits, struck out five and walked two.
He was told after the game he'll be heading down to Triple-A Pawtucket so Rubby De La Rosa can start Wednesday night's game. The trip might be a short one, however, allowing Workman to get a start while the Red Sox are off for the All-Star break and then rejoin the rotation afterward.
"If I could take back one pitch it would be that one (to Gillaspie)," said Workman. "We had just gathered some momentum in the bottom half (of the fifth), so it's definitely a situation where you want to put up a big zero right there. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do that.
"Obviously there's pitches I need to make that I didn't tonight."
The Red Sox were once 20-19, and with everyone in the AL East hovering around .500 at the time the defending champions were in decent shape. They're 19-32 since.
If it hasn't yet arrived, oblivion is near.
Eric Avidon can be reached at 508-626-3809 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ericavidon.


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HARTFORD — — Trustees of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard — a largely ceremonial military unit whose red, Colonial-style uniforms are common sights across Connecticut, especially at parades — want their bullets back.
And they are prepared to sue the state to get them.
In 2008, the state's military department confiscated 18,014 rounds of ammunition from the High Street armory in Hartford, where, at the time, the state rented space for Foot Guard activities. Department officials had no record of state-issued bullets at the site and were worried that the ammunition posed a safety hazard.


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Urgently Needed: Additional fresh frozen SNUC tumor biopsy samples.
In order to draw meaningful conclusions, we need to sequence SNUC tumor samples from as many different patients as possible. It does not matter whether the cancer has been treated, but it is very helpful to have the tissue frozen immediately on collection. Anyone who is a recently diagnosed SNUC patient or a friend or relative of one, please contact us at admin@cabrimed .org
In addition to this sequencing initiative, experience from many other cancer fields reminds us of the critical value of stable, tumor-specific cell lines. Although unsuccessful in the past, we have renewed our efforts to culture SNUC tumor cells using newer methods that were not tried in the past. A stable tumor cell line is invaluable as a laboratory model for the testing and screening of cancer therapies, weather they are novel ones being tried for the first time or existing chemotherapies being evaluated for efficacy against SNUC.


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Premier League: Be patient with Andy Carroll urges Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor has warned West Ham and England fans not to expect too much, too soon from striker Andy Carroll.
Last Updated: 20/01/14 4:01pm
Carroll was a second-half substitute on Saturday in the Hammers' 3-1 defeat at home to his former club Newcastle.
The 25-year-old missed the start of the season with a foot injury and has only just returned to the side.
Carroll, who missed a decent opportunity to score at Upton Park, could still be named by England head coach Roy Hodgson in his England squad for this year's World Cup and Taylor insists people must be patient.
"Having Andy back is a huge lift. He's a huge player for us and a huge presence in the squad. You can see that on the pitch as well," said Taylor.
"It's great for him to be back in the fold and hopefully in the next couple of games he'll be raring to go again.
"He's our record signing and is very good at occupying two or three players at a time when the ball is played to him.
"He'll be disappointed that he missed that chance, but it wasn't an easy one.
"He's been beating himself up in the changing room about it, but it wasn't as easy as people are making out.
"He hasn't played football for a long time and we need to remember that. The next one will come in and hopefully he'll put it away."


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Arsenal will prioritise the signing of Malaga playmaker Isco this summer, according to the Daily Star.
Gunners manager Arsene Wenger will be handed a £70m transfer budget to gear up the squad for next season, and the Arsenal boss is believed to have prioritised the signing of the 20-year-old attacking midfielder.
Arsenal are set to go another season without a trophy - their eight consecutive - and there is a growing feeling at the Emirates Stadium that they will have to splash out to compete with the top Premier League clubs.
Currently fifth in the Premier League, the Gunners risk missing out on Champions League qualification for the first time under Wenger.
Isco is valued at £30m by his club, almost double Arsenal's transfer record. The north London outfit have done business with Malaga over the past 12 months, signing Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal.
Isco has received a glowing recommendation from Monreal, and Gunners chief scout Steve Rowley has watched him play on more than one occasion.
The report claims Arsenal have held initial talks with Malaga, who progressed to the Champions League quarter-final with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Porto earlier this week.
But Isco is one of Europe's hottest prospects, and the Gunners could face an uphill battle to clinch the signing if they fail to finish in the top four this season. Manchester City were reportedly among the favourites to sign the youngster in the summer.
He made his Spain debut last month, coming on as a substitute during his country's 3-1 win over Uruguay.
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Horse meat: Member States endorse the Commission's control plan to detect fraud in the marketing of foods
Today, at an extraordinary Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) organized by the European Commission, the Member States endorsed the coordinated plan announced by Health & Consumer Policy Commissioner Tonio Borg on Wednesday 13th February.
Commissioner Borg said : "I welcome the swift approval by the Member States of the plan I tabled two days ago and I call on them to keep up the pressure in their efforts to identify a clear picture and a sequence of events. Consumers expect the EU, national authorities and all those involved in the food chain to give them all the reinsurance needed as regards what they have in their plates".
This plan, co-financed by the European Commission, is to start immediately for one month (and may be extended for another two months) and includes two actions:
The plan provides for regular reporting of the results of the controls to the Commission, such as information on sampling, type of analysis and follow-up controls. For positive findings related to horse meat, the country where the animals concerned were certified for slaughter will also be reported. All these information will be included in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) so that they can be immediately used by Member States' authorities.
More information: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/index_en.htm
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History of Changes
|University of California, San Francisco
|Information provided by (Responsible Party):
|Michael Prados, University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
This is a Phase I study of Nanoliposomal CPT-11 in patients with Recurrent high-grade gliomas. Patients must have a histologically proven intracranial malignant glioma, which includes glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), gliosarcoma (GS), anaplastic astrocytoma (AA), anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO), anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma (AMO), or malignant astrocytoma NOS (not otherwise specified). Patients who are wild type or heterozygous for the UGT1A1*28 gene will received Nanoliposomal CPT-11. The total anticipated accrual will be approximately 36 patients (depending upon the actual MTD). The investigators hypothesis is that this new formulation of CPT-11 will increase survival over that seen in historical controls who have recurrent gliomas because CPT-11 will be encapsulated in a liposome nanoparticle, which has been seen to reduce toxicities from the drug.
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
Anaplastic Mixed Oligoastrocytoma
Malignant Astrocytoma NOS
|Drug: Nanoliposomal CPT-11
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Trial of Nanoliposomal CPT-11 (NL CPT-11) in Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Gliomas
Irinotecan hydrochloride
- To assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of NL CPT-11 in patients with recurrent malignant glioma stratified based on UGT1A1 genotyping. [ Time Frame: 1-2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- To determine the maximum tolerated dose of NL CPT-11 in these patient populations. [ Time Frame: 1-2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Drug: Nanoliposomal CPT-11
- liposomal irinotecan
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with histologically proven intracranial malignant glioma will be eligible for this protocol. Malignant glioma include glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), Gliosarcoma (GS), anaplastic astrocytoma (AA), anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO), anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma (AMO), or malignant astrocytoma NOS (not otherwise specified).
All patients must sign an informed consent indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of this study. Patients must have signed an authorization for the release of their protected health information. Patients must be registered in UCSF Cancer Center database prior to treatment with study drug.
- Patients must be > 18 years old, and with a life expectancy > 8 weeks.
- Patients must have a Karnofsky performance status of > 60.
- Patients must have recovered from the toxic effects of prior therapy: 28 days from any investigational agent, 28 days from prior cytotoxic therapy, 14 days from vincristine, 42 days from nitrosoureas, 21 days from procarbazine administration, and 7 days for non-cytotoxic agents, e.g., interferon, tamoxifen, thalidomide, cis-retinoic acid, etc. (radiosensitizer does not count).
- Patients must have adequate bone marrow function (WBC > 3,000/µl, ANC > 1,500/mm3, platelet count of > 100,000/mm3, and hemoglobin > 10 gm/dl), adequate liver function (SGOT and bilirubin < 2 times ULN), and adequate renal function (creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL and/or creatinine clearance > 60 cc/min) before starting therapy. These tests must be performed within 14 days prior to registration. Eligibility level for hemoglobin may be reached by transfusion. – -Patients must have shown unequivocal radiographic evidence for tumor progression by MRI or CT scan. A scan should be performed within 14 days prior to registration and on a steroid dose that has been stable for at least 5 days. If the steroid dose is increased between the date of imaging and registration a new baseline MR/CT is required. The same type of scan, i.e., MRI or CT must be used throughout the period of protocol treatment for tumor measurement.
Patients having undergone recent resection of recurrent or progressive tumor will be eligible as long as all of the following conditions apply:
- They have recovered from the effects of surgery.
- Residual disease following resection of recurrent malignant glioma is not mandated for eligibility into the study. To best assess the extent of residual disease post-operatively, a CT/ MRI should be done no later than 96 hours in the immediate post-operative period or at least 4 weeks post-operatively, within 14 days prior to registration. If the 96-hour scan is more than 14 days before registration, the scan needs to be repeated. If the steroid dose is increased between the date of imaging and registration, a new baseline MRI/CT is required on a stable steroid dosage for at least 5 days.
- Patients must have failed prior radiation therapy and must have an interval of greater than or equal to 42 days from the completion of radiation therapy to registration date.
- Patients with prior therapy that included interstitial brachytherapy or stereotactic radiosurgery must have confirmation of true progressive disease rather than radiation necrosis based upon either PET or Thallium scanning, MR spectroscopy or surgical documentation of disease.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative ß-HCG pregnancy test documented within 14 days prior to registration. Female patients of childbearing potential are those who are not either surgically sterile (having undergone hysterectomy and/or bilateral salpingoophorectomy) or at least 50 years old and have had no menses for at least 24 months.
- Patients may have had treatment for any number of prior relapses. Relapse is defined as progression following initial therapy (i.e. radiation+/- chemotherapy if that was used as initial therapy).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients must not have any significant medical illnesses that in the investigator's opinion cannot be adequately controlled with appropriate therapy or would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate this therapy
- Patients with a history of any other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in-situ of the cervix), unless in complete remission and off of all therapy for that disease for a minimum of 3 years are ineligible.
- Patients must not have active infection or serious intercurrent medical illness.
- Patients must not be pregnant/breast feeding and must agree to practice adequate contraception. Patients must not be pregnant because animal studies show that NL CPT-11 is teratogenic.
- Patients must not have any disease that will obscure toxicity or dangerously alter drug metabolism.
- Patients must not have received prior therapy with irinotecan.
- Patients with 7/7 (homozygous) UGT1A1*28 genotyping will be excluded from the study.
- Patients receiving enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants or other enzyme inducing drugs are excluded.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00734682
|Contact: Angelina Nicole, MA
|United States, California
|University of California, San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|Principal Investigator: Michael Prados, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Prados, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Michael Prados, Professor, University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 13, 2008
|Last Updated:
|May 9, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
Anaplastic Mixed Oligoastrocytoma
Malignant Astrocytoma NOS
Nanoliposomal CPT-11
liposomal irinotecan
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Feb. 25, 2011
Big Ten Black History Month Website
By Bob Healy
There is no denying the facts surrounding Michigan State's Steve Smith; he is a champion. Smith won a Big Ten Basketball Championship in 1990, an Olympic gold medal in 2000 and an NBA Championship in 2003, just to name a few. While these accomplishments solidify his career on the court as a tremendous success, Smith's work off the court may be even more inspiring.
Smith continues to contribute to his alma maters years after leaving campus as a student. Along with staying involved with several charity and outreach initiatives across the country, he founded the Steve Smith Charitable Fund, which awards scholarships to Detroit Pershing High School graduates who plan on attending Michigan State.
His most significant contribution came in 1997, when he helped fund the construction of an academic center for student-athletes, named in memory of his mother, on the school's campus. The $2.5 million Smith donated to the university for the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center was the largest contribution ever made by a professional athlete to his or her alma mater.
"From day one, something that I wanted to do was give back to Detroit and the state of Michigan," Smith says. "The way it was presented, it was just something that made sense for me, to be able to build a student academic center on Michigan State's campus and for me to have a scholarship fund for my neighborhood."
Day one for Smith was in his hometown of Detroit during the Magic Johnson era at Michigan State, which saw the Spartans win back-to-back Big Ten titles and the 1979 NCAA Championship. His basketball career had humble beginnings, including a modest set of goals for a player of his caliber.
"It kind of became a dream around 12 or 13 to play college basketball," Smith says. "The NBA was a dream but never a dream that I thought could be attainable. It was more thinking that I had a good chance to play in high school, and if I could play in college, it would be the icing on the cake."
While the primary reason for Smith's commitment to play for the Spartans was his interaction with head coach Jud Heathcote and then-assistant coach Tom Izzo, Johnson's legacy served as an attractive piece of the puzzle.
"Along with those two guys (Heathcote and Izzo), that was definitely one of the main reasons why I chose Michigan State," he says. "I also wanted to follow in Earvin's footsteps. I saw that Jud allowed a player who was six-foot-nine to play point guard and I was six-eight. I always wanted to play point guard and I knew that was a school that it had been done at before and done successfully."
Smith put together a record-setting career at Michigan State, which saw him amass 2,263 points to become the Spartans' all-time leading scorer and rack up 453 assists, good for fourth all-time. The three-time All-Big Ten selection also earned the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball Award as the conference's Most Valuable Player after his junior season in 1989-90.
It was after that season, a season that saw Michigan State win its first Big Ten title since Magic Johnson's final season in 1978-79, that Smith had a decision to make. The highly coveted NBA prospect could leave East Lansing early to declare for the league's draft, forgoing his senior season, or he could stay for his final year. Smith says that he was in no rush to leave town.
"My mom was huge in saying, `You're staying. You started something, so you'll finish something,'" Smith says. "Also from a basketball standpoint, physically I think I would've been OK, but I don't think I was quite ready. Also, I wanted to come back. There was that thought that if I came back for my senior year, we could possibly win a national championship."
Smith was the Big Ten scoring champion for the second year in a row in his senior season en route to first-team all-conference and second-team All-America honors. He was then selected fifth overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat and went on to play 14 seasons in the league with six different teams.
Along with being named an all-star, Smith was named the recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1998, an honor given annually to an NBA player or coach who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community. He also won an NBA title with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003.
Smith represented the United States in multiple tournaments, including being a part of the gold medal-winning `Dream Team II' at the 1994 FIBA World Championships and winning another gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games.
"To get selected (for Team USA) again in 2000 and win an Olympic gold medal and get a chance to experience not only the basketball at the Olympics, but the opening ceremonies, the closing ceremonies and to be around all the other athletes from the United States and all the other countries was just a feeling you can't describe," Smith says. "I got a chance to win an NBA Championship, but it's a different feeling. I'm proud to say that I don't think there are many guys that have the chance to win a World Championship, and Olympic Championship and an NBA Championship, so all I can say is that all of them are different and all of them are special."
Smith announced his retirement from basketball in 2005, closing the book on a dynamic playing career. He chose to announce his retirement from the Clara Bell Smith Center, a building that will forever be linked to his generosity and the legacy that he left in East Lansing.
"I owe a lot to everybody who has helped me through this experience of playing basketball, and not only just playing basketball but through life," Smith says. "I look at it as kind of giving back to the community in the state of Michigan - in the city of East Lansing, the city of Detroit and my neighborhood. It doesn't cover everybody, but it gets a large portion of people who have helped me along the way."
The man who is as much a champion off the court as he was on it remains as humble today as he was before beginning his college career, which ended with him being inducted to the Michigan State Athletics Hall of Fame and his No. 21 hanging from the rafters at the Breslin Center.
"I'm humbled just to have a chance to say thank you to those guys," he says. "You look at the relationships I had at Michigan State, they're still there today. I'm one of the luckiest guys to have been coached by Jud Heathcote and to have had assistant coaches like Tom Crean and Tom Izzo, and have all the teammates and the coaches that I had."


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Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) will showcase a reference display of an SDHC memory card with TransferJet™ close proximity wireless transfer technology at the 2013 International CES, to be held from January 8 to 11, 2013, in Las Vegas, U.S.A.
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With Michael Bradley's official unveiling in Toronto on Monday, many critics were surprised by the transfer of the US International from AS Roma in Italy, to Toronto FC. But from both Bradley's point of view and US Soccer's, the move makes a ton of sense.
The transfer fee was reportedly worth about $10 million with Bradley earning around $6.6 million a year. This huge pay raise, (Bradley earned just $1.1 million per year in Italy) along with the news that England international striker Jermaine Defoe had signed just a few days before, shows just how serious Toronto FC is about both rebuilding a team that was third worst in the league last season.
Although Toronto FC was terrible last year, and has been in recent years, it's MLS and anything can happen. Arguably the most balanced league in the world, MLS teams can make the playoffs one year and drop to the bottom of the league as quickly as next—look at both D.C. United and San Jose this year—and hopefully for the Canadians, vice versa.
Michael Bradley's options were limited as well. Roma had just signed another center midfielder, which would have seen Bradley drop to fifth choice in the middle of the park for the Italian capital city.
And teams like Sunderland and Fulham in the English Premier League were reportedly interested—but they are two teams fighting for Premier League survival.
Bologna and Chievo Verona were also rumored to be asking about Bradley's services—but they aren't faring much better in Italy. So the idea of being a superstar back home in North America, like his international counterparts Donovan and Dempsey, must have been attractive.
For MLS, this is obviously one of the most positive moves in a series of big name acquisitions in the last few years. Looking all the way back to 2007 with the "Beckham Project," players like Robbie Keane, Clint Dempsey, Thierry Henry, Marco Di Vaio, Tim Cahill, Obamefi Martins, Kenny Miller, among others, all had options to play elsewhere but chose MLS.
Not to mention, MLS is holding on to the best American talent as well. Players like Eddie Johnson, Landon Donovan, Graham Zusi, Omar Gonzalez, Matt Besler, and of course Clint Dempsey, are all expected to play big roles in this summer's World Cup.
And with the MLS academy system improving exponentially each year and producing MLS first team regulars like DeAndre Yedlin, Luis Gil, and Gyasi Zardes, this can only mean improvement on the international stage, in the not so distant future.
Toronto owner Tim Lieweke was the man who helped bring Beckham to the U.S. back when Lieweke was with the Galaxy—and reports say that Toronto's latest transfer dealings, under Lieweke, will cost them around $100 million.
This is a sign of the expanding soccer market in North America. Combined with both the home-grown and best American talent, along with the expanding markets that allow MLS clubs to sign international players in their prime, like Defoe and Bradley, MLS has a future destined for big things.
Some critics have spoken out against both Dempsey and Bradley for returning to North America at the peak of their careers, instead suggesting that they test themselves in the world's strongest leagues to improve the national team. However, the only way to improve the MLS is to find the best talent, and keep it.
Consider this World Cup year a rebuilding period, perhaps—expectations are low for the U.S. as they face the toughest group in the tournament—so anything beyond the group stage would be a miracle.
With that being said, why not take the next four years until the next World Cup to develop the league, the academies, and the US national team, right here at home? What with the new teams coming to the league like Orlando City and NYCFC, the exciting new transfers, expensive media deals, and organizations like both the New York Yankees and David Beckham and his people in Miami, the sky is the limit for both Major League Soccer, and US Soccer as a whole.
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Cahill played Sam Powers during the early years of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. When Liz Foster fell in love with Sam, she finally was convinced to have her late husband, Bill Foster, finally declared dead. But it turned out out he was very much alive.
Cahill's other soap roles include appearances on SANTA BARBARA and DYNASTY.
Cahill is survived by his wife of 42 years, Rachel, daughter Christine, step-daughter Susan, grandchildren, Jocelyn and Marc, and nieces Leslie, Theresa and Mary Ann.
Rachel had to take an extended leave from GENERAL HOSPITAL in 1971 when she was pregnant with Christine. Maura McGiveney temporarily played the role of Audrey.
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At a press conference at Google's Bay Area headquarters yesterday, when the company's annual shareholder meeting was held, investors and public interest groups called for the tech giant to institute a policy to disclose its political spending and end its membership in the US Chamber of Commerce.
In a letter to the company Wednesday, Public Citizen said Google should be applauded for raising the international focus on the climate crisis, as well as for fighting SOPA and PIPA, both intellectual property bills that were criticized as regressive intrusions on privacy. But Public Citizen said the company's continued membership in the Chamber runs the risk that "Google will be perceived as privately endorsing controversial policies and positions which it publicly claims to oppose."
The Chamber has been an avid climate change denier and last year paid Scholastic to distribute coal-industry-authored curriculum on energy to 100,000 fourth-grade classrooms around the country. It has also lobbied heavily for CISPA, another cybersecurity bill condemned by civil liberties advocates that died in the Senate in April.
Two other public interest groups sent petitions that echoed Public Citizen's concerns - in total over 295,000 people signed on to the effort.
"These lofty principles are the reason that a lot of people feel so connected to Google but there's a lot of fear that what they say publicly is undermined privately," said Jake Parent with Public Citizen's US Chamber Watch division. Parent attended yesterday's shareholders meeting and said Google's Senior Vice President David Drummond gave a "surprising answer" to concerns about the company's Chamber membership. "He said it's actually something they debate and argue about all the time," said Parent. "They feel conflicted between the company's values and of course the 'Don't be evil' slogan, and the stances of the Chamber."
Two groups promoting socially and environmentally responsible investing sent their own letters to the company this week voicing similar concerns on behalf of over two dozen investment groups holding Google shares.
Public Citizen says Google should follow the lead of its competitors who have left the Chamber over conflicts on policy positions. Apple left in 2009 in response to the Chamber's threats to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Internal policies vary widely among companies with transparency requirements for disclosure of political spending. Lisa Gilbert, who heads Public Citizen's Congress Watch program, said Microsoft is known for its relatively transparent policies on certain kinds of contributions.
Outside spending in elections quadrupled between 2010 and 2012 after the Citizens United ruling cleared the way for corporations to privately donate unlimited sums to political candidates. The US Chamber of Commerce, whose name belies its status as a private trade group, spent more than $35 million in 2012.


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DALHART - Reba Davis, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Stratford Cemetery with Hoyt Davis officiating. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors of Dumas.
Mrs. Davis was born Aug. 5, 1927, in Helena, Okla., to Fred and Sadie Austin. She married Ollie Davis on Nov. 26, 1946, in Clayton, N.M.
Survivors include two daughters, Dora Bruns of Texline and Nancy Cottrill of Albuquerque, N.M.; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Oracle Lays Patent Infringement Smackdown On Google
Oracle dropped a bombshell this week by filing a lawsuit against Google for patent and copyright infringement related to its implementation of Java in Android.
"In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property. This lawsuit seeks appropriate remedies for their infringement," said Oracle spokesperson Karen Tillman, in a statement.
Oracle picked up Java in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems earlier this year, and now appears ready to start siccing lawyers on those who would dare infringe on its intellectual property. Google called the suit "baseless" and described it as an attack on both Google and the open-source Java community.
Right or wrong, Oracle is bringing the fight to a competitor with a surging product. Get your popcorn ready, folks, because this one's going to be a doozy.


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The University Singers, also known as Indiana's Official Goodwill Ambassadors, celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year under the direction of Alan Alder. The ensemble warms up the month of January with its annual Spring Cabaret.
General Admission is $5. Student tickets free in advance with ID at Emens Box Office.
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SimCity has been put through its paces with two rounds of beta testing, which means that by now you might have tried it for yourself. If you found the cities too small for your liking, rest easy. Creative director Ocean Quigley says cities will get bigger as computing power increases.
"That is just a performance decision," Quigley told IncGamers. "Given that was the performance constraint we decided to work under, we built a larger region environment and a bunch of the multiplay to work with 2km cities. At some point in the future, especially with mainstream computers become more capable, we could certainly make the city sizes larger."
He said that as a mainstream game, it needs to run on "your dad's PC" as well as yours. But as PCs get more capable, he claims the update will come at some point. "We'll eventually get around to expanding the city size but I can't make any promises as to when."


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Thoughts, comments? Perhaps a valve can be installed in the line to regulate how much air gets bypassed. I would only recommend this if you had an EGT gauge, dyno tuning time and/or a wideband. Of course you'd need a way to add more fuel to keep things in check.
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I didn't take into consideration that our cars are boosted. The bypass wouldn't work because boost pressure would blow out of the bypass tube. Hrrmm, I'll think further on this.
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What about doing it like Skip?
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UH Manoa Center on Disability Studies Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Establish a National Technical Assistance CenterUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa's Center on Disability Studies has been awarded a $2.5 million federal grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Education to establish the National Technical Assistance Center for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders with Disabilities.
Dr. Robert A. Stodden, director of the UH Manoa Center on Disability Studies and principal investigator for the grant, will oversee the administration and coordination of activities of national networks for the center to assure outcomes of increased employment of persons with disabilities from Asian American and Pacific Islander backgrounds. Co-investigators on the project include Mark Obatake, executive director of the Hawaiʻi Center for Independent Living, and Neil Shim, vocational rehabilitation administrator of the Hawaiʻi Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division.
"We are excited about reaching out to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with disabilities throughout the country," Stodden said. "We want to better identify and address their specific needs concerning employment and community living across the nation."
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are one of the fastest growing minorities in the United States. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, this group has experienced a 57 percent increase in population from 1990 to 1999, proportionately more than any other minority group in the country. In addition, a current projection portends the total number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at 34 million by the year 2050 — nine percent of the total U.S. population.
The National Technical Assistance Center is designed to address Congressional concerns regarding inequitable treatment of culturally and linguistically diverse portions of the U.S. population within the vocational rehabilitation process. It will focus on increasing employment outcomes by expanding and improving provisions for rehabilitation and other services for persons with disabilities who are of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent.
The Center will build technical assistance capacity through the participation of partners formalized within a National Advisory Board and four National Technical Assistance Networks. The networks will target states and communities nationwide that include recent immigrant populations living in extreme urban and rural areas in need of culturally appropriate technical assistance regarding civil rights, education and employment opportunities, and disability-related services.
The Center on Disability Studies was established in 1988 at UH Manoa and is part of a national network of University Centers for Excellence in Disabilities focused upon education, research and services. Center officials work to support the quality of life, community inclusion, and self-determination of all persons with disabilities and their families, which is accomplished through training, service, research, demonstration, evaluation and dissemination activities in Hawaiʻi, the Pacific Region, and the U.S. mainland.
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Final Rule for Handling of Non-Ambulatory Cattle
Release No. 0060.09 Contact: Amanda Eamich (202) 720-9113
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Final Rule for Handling of Non-Ambulatory Cattle
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a final rule to amend the federal meat inspection regulations to require a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle that become non-ambulatory disabled after passing initial inspection by Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection program personnel.
The final rule amends the federal meat inspection regulations to require that all cattle that are non-ambulatory disabled ("downer") cattle at any time prior to slaughter at an official establishment, including those that become non-ambulatory disabled after passing ante-mortem inspection, be condemned and properly disposed of according to FSIS regulations. Additionally, the final rule requires that establishments notify inspection program personnel when cattle become non-ambulatory disabled after passing the ante-mortem, or pre-slaughter, inspection. The rule will enhance consumer confidence in the food supply and improve the humane handling of cattle.
"President Obama has strongly stated his support for efforts to improve food safety," said Vilsack. "This rule is designed to enhance consumer confidence and humane handling standards and will provide clear guidance that non-ambulatory cattle will not be allowed to enter the human food supply. It is a step forward for both food safety and the standards for humane treatment of animals. "
Under the final rule, cattle that become non-ambulatory disabled from an acute injury after ante-mortem inspection will no longer be eligible to proceed to slaughter as "U.S. Suspects." Instead, FSIS inspectors will tag these cattle as "U.S. Condemned" and prohibit these cattle from proceeding to slaughter. Discontinuing the case-by-case disposition of cattle that become non-ambulatory disabled after ante mortem inspection will eliminate the time FSIS Public Health Veterinarians spend conducting additional inspections on these animals, thereby increasing the time inspection program personnel can allocate to other inspection activities. With this final rule, these cattle now must be humanely euthanized.
On July 13, 2007, FSIS published the final rule, "Prohibition of the Use of Specified Risk Materials for Human Food and Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle; Prohibition of the Use of Certain Stunning Devices Used To Immobilize Cattle During Slaughter" (the SRM final rule). The SRM final rule allowed a case-by-case reinspection of cattle that became non-ambulatory disabled after ante mortem inspection to address the rare situations in which an animal that is deemed by FSIS as fit for human food at ante-mortem inspection subsequently suffers an acute injury.
For further information, contact Dr. Daniel Engeljohn, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development, FSIS, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250, or by phone at (202) 205-0495.
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THANK GOD ! after years and years of exposing, especially our children with dead stock downer cows, from the USDA et al dead stock downer cow school lunch program, finally, some common sense comes forth. ...TSS
In April of 1985, a mink rancher in Wisconsin reported a debilitating neurologic disease in his herd which we diagnosed as TME by histopathologic findings confirmed by experimental transmission to mink and squirrel monkeys. The rancher was a ''dead stock'' feeder using mostly (>95%) downer or dead dairy cattle and a few horses. She had never been fed.
We believe that these findings may indicate the presence of a previously unrecognized scrapie-like disease in cattle and wish to alert dairy practitioners to this possibility.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL WESTERN CONFERENCE FOR FOOD ANIMAL VETERINARY MEDICINE, University of Arizona, March 17-19, 1986
YOU BET THERE IS, AND HAS BEEN, AND WE BEEN FEEDING THE MOST HIGH RISK I.E. DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS TO OUR CHILDREN FOR DECADES, who will follow these children for human TSE from mad cow disease here in the USA in the years, decades to come, and how many will they expose from the 'pass it forward' friendly fire modes ???
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will deploy a second squadron of the MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa despite controversy over the aircraft, officials said Monday.
Amid persistent local worries and community protests about the safety of the aircraft, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera said 12 more aircraft will be sent there this summer. The two defense chiefs made the announcement at a joint press conference after a Pentagon meeting Monday on a range of issues.
The Japanese government approved the deployment of 12 Ospreys last fall after receiving additional security assurances from the Pentagon. Okinawans were concerned about two Osprey crashes last year, in Florida and Morocco, particularly because the Okinawa base in in a residential area.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) The number ones lost out in 5A, 4A, and 3A football last week, shuffling up the rankings into week six quite a bit.
On the bright side two local teams took over in a showing this year that has proved pretty dominant throughout the state.
On the top of the list are the Montrose Indians. They faced the then number-one ranked Monarch Coyotes last Friday night in a duel between the top two 4A teams - both undefeated.
Though Montrose fell behind by a few touchdowns early, they didn't give in, pulling out a 39-34 come-from-behind upset and improving to 6-0. With the win they received a unanimous vote to the top of the rankings while Monarch fell to third.
In 3A Rifle took over the top spot while the Palisade Bulldogs move into the second place opening. Both teams improved to 5-0 over the weekend with the Bulldogs taking in a huge victory over the 4A Durango Demons in what was set to be a big test on how they'd handle the heat pending a move into the SWL next season. Delta dropped out after their loss to Glenwood Springs but they did receive votes.
Plus a couple of big moves in 1A occurred. The Hotchkiss Bulldogs and Cedaredge Bruins battled it out to open up league play last Friday night. Hotchkiss - the underdog through the 2012 season - finally came out on top by a 28-6 margin.
With the win they improved to number three behind Limon and Buena Vista. Cedaredge dropped four spots to number seven, holding a 3-2 record.
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The Liverpool striker, on loan at Upton Park, was criticised by Sir Alex Ferguson following a robust challenge on David de Gea.
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"I don't have a problem with players who go in completely 100 per cent, because that is what you want to keep in the English game," he told the Daily Mirror. "It is a strength.
"Sometimes I watch foreign games and after 20 minutes you are bored because every time somebody goes down it is a foul, and you say: 'Come on!' That is not football, as well. We do not want to lose the strengths and what makes English football attractive but the intention of the players has to be fair.
"The physicality of the English game is one of the attractions of it," he continued. "I don't think it holds players back. In fact, the opposite, the foreign players who come to England improve and you get that aspect of the game as well.
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"It was worse 15 years ago than it is now. Fifteen years ago, no-one would have spoken about the Carroll challenge. Now everything is analysed on TV.
"Some players complained and then, after they moved away, they missed the English game.
"When you look at some players, you cannot say the physicality of the game stops them from displaying their talent.
"When I brought [Robert] Pires here he was not especially physical player but no-one could stop him from playing his game. [Marc] Overmars, [Dennis] Bergkamp - nobody could stop them.
"You cannot say it's physical or it's kicking, it's just that the commitment is high - and that's what you want."