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Chapter Four: The Stutter Warp
(...) As it was mentioned before, the Homeworld is located on the fringe of Galactica Nehellenium. Starse are scace here compared to the inner regions, which most of the known empires inhabit. This meant that our ancestors, having invented the regular warpdrive relatively early, still culdn't reach the stars to form a colonial empire. Those brave souls, who ventured forth with the unstable prototypes had to spend months travelling in Hyperspace. If they miscalculated a jump, they could arrive millions of kilometers off course, and would have to spend months more, to reach their destination on sublight drives. The few colonies that were established, grew painfully slowly, and our people feeled more constrained than ever before.
Every single scientist was working on a solution, to circumvent the problem. The answer finally came from a man, nowdays simply known as the Great Founder. He was head designer of a firm called Hellios Astrotech. One of the few early spacecraft manufacturers. A corporation, that was soon to become the single most potent power of our nation. The invention called the Controlled Uncertanity Teleportation Device, or simply Stutter Warp, brought us the long lusted ability, to sail to the stars. Dozens of new colonies were established, and Hellios grew to its majestic size, from the ten year monopoly of fitting the drive on any spacecraft. The Old Empire was established with Hellios AstroTech as primary manifacturer at its side. Both soon to be shaken by the greatest conflict as of yet in our history.
The Expansion Conflict leading to the formation of our navy, and the declaration of our independance
Will be detailed in the next chapter.
Workings of the Drive: As you might have noticed, Lego pieces have a habit of fallig off models randomly, when not inspected. These pieces behave as dictated by the Heisenberg Uncertanity Principle. The drive controls this random movement, shrieking and glowing intensely, while spinning at high speeds. (not even the designer is sure of the detailes). This makes the ship appear at a new place without it ever accelerating a bit. This allowes not only for FTL, but fast STL travel as well.

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An Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Dideoxycytidine (ddC) in Patients With AIDS or Advanced ARC Who Previously Demonstrated Intolerance to Zidovudine (AZT) in Protocol N3300 or N3492
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Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : June 24, 2005
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To demonstrate that zalcitabine (dideoxycytidine; ddC) monotherapy is safe and tolerable in the treatment of patients with AIDS or advanced AIDS related complex (ARC) who previously demonstrated intolerance to zidovudine (AZT) treatment while in Protocol N3300 (NIAID ACTG 114) or N3492 (NIAID ACTG 119).
Patients on amphotericin, pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, ganciclovir, intravenous pentamidine, intravenous acyclovir or oral acyclovir or other bone marrow or renal toxic drugs may not tolerate concomitant ddC. If these drugs are given concomitantly with ddC, patients should have frequent clinical and laboratory assessments, as appropriate. Drugs that are nephrotoxic or have the potential to cause peripheral neuropathy might be expected to cause increased toxicity when co-administered with ddC. Drugs that could cause serious additive toxicity when co-administered with study medication will be allowed for treatment of an acute intercurrent illness or opportunistic infection at the discretion of the investigator. Their use may be allowed with interruption of study drug for up to 35 days per episode, for a total of 90 days for the study. If the patient's condition requires chronic administration of these medications, the patient will be discontinued from study medication and followed.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Zalcitabine
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|An Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Dideoxycytidine (ddC) in Patients With AIDS or Advanced ARC Who Previously Demonstrated Intolerance to Zidovudine (AZT) in Protocol N3300 or N3492
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Prophylactic aerosolized pentamidine.
- Allowed for maintenance after recovering from infection for which initially prescribed:
- Pyrimethamine.
- Sulfadiazine.
- Amphotericin.
- Fluconazole.
- Ketoconazole (= or < 400 mg/day).
- Acyclovir ( = or < 1000 mg/day).
- Ganciclovir.
- Medications for tuberculosis or Mycobacterium avium infection.
- Allowed:
- Erythropoietin.
- Megace.
- Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole < or = 20 mg/kg/day.
- Nystatin.
- Low dose acetaminophen or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents ( = or < 3 g/day).
- Medications on which patient has been stable for 14 days prior to study entry.
- Allowed if no evidence of peripheral neuropathy at study entry:
- Isoniazid (must be receiving pyridoxine = or > 50 mg/day concomitantly).
- Phenytoin, if stable for = or > 3 months.
- Metronidazole with a study medication interruption and pre and post testing for peripheral neuropathy. Any signs of this and the patient will not be restarted on study medication.
Patients must have the following:
- Previously enrolled in NIAID ACTG 114 or NIAID ACTG 119.
- Experienced = or > grade 3 zidovudine (AZT) related toxicity while enrolled in the assigned protocol and followed the procedures for the study drug dose reduction, interruption, rechallenge and permanent discontinuation as per NIAID ACTG 114 or NIAID ACTG 119.
- After permanent study drug discontinuation from NIAID ACTG 114 the drug code may be broken ONLY after discussion with Hoffmann-La Roche regarding toxicity management and probable relationship to AZT. Although NIAID ACTG 119 is an open-label study, investigators should also contact Hoffmann-La Roche prior to entering any patient into this protocol.
- Toxicities must be "probably" AZT related (as determined by the investigator and following discussion by sponsor) for patients to be eligible for inclusion into this protocol.
- Toxicities must be resolved to = or < grade 2 within 45 days of discontinuation from AZT in NIAID ACTG 114 or NIAID ACTG 119.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
- An active AIDS defining opportunistic infection or other active intercurrent illnesses if their ongoing treatment requires the use of excluded medications (see Exclusion - Concurrent Medications).
- Baseline fever > 38.5 C if caused by an occult opportunistic infection or neoplasm and requiring continuous treatment with excluded medications. If the evaluation for infection is unrevealing, the patient may be entered after the evaluation is completed but while mycobacterial cultures are still pending. Patients with a history of unexplained fever > 38.5 C should be evaluated as above and/or be afebrile (T < 38.0 C) for 2 weeks prior to study entry.
- Severe AIDS dementia complex as defined by a score of < 23 on the Mini-Mental State Exam at the time of discontinuation from NIAID ACTG 114 or NIAID ACTG 119.
- Any history of peripheral neuropathy or moderate to severe peripheral neuropathy as defined below:
- A score of = or > 4 in any one category or a score of = or > 2 in two categories of the peripheral neuropathy segment of the Signs and Symptoms Questionnaire.
- Accompanied by:
- Results on the Standardized Neurological exam indicative of a moderate abnormality, particularly impaired sensation of sharp pain, light touch or vibration in lower extremities, distal extremity weakness or distal extremity hyporeflexia.
- Significant cardiac disease, defined as history of ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication, prior myocardial infarct or history of angina or ischemia changes on EKG.
- Significant liver disease, as defined by transaminases > 5 x upper limit of normal or a history of cirrhosis or ascites.
- Significant renal disease as defined by an estimated creatinine clearance < 50 ml/min.
Concurrent Medication:
- Other antiretroviral agents.
- Biologic modifiers.
- Corticosteroids.
- Other experimental agents including:
- Foscarnet.
- Ribavirin.
- ddI.
- Drugs that could cause peripheral neuropathy including:
- Hydralazine.
- Nitrofurantoin.
- Vincristine.
- Cisplatin.
- Dapsone.
- Disulfiram.
- Diethyldithiocarbamate.
Patients with the following are excluded:
- An active AIDS defining opportunistic infection or other active intercurrent illnesses if their ongoing treatment requires the use of excluded medications (see Exclusion - Concurrent Medications). Such patients will be allowed into the study if they have completed therapy with an excluded concomitant medication and are stable for 14 days. Had to discontinue study medication in NIAID ACTG 114 or NIAID ACTG 119 because of an opportunistic infection or intercurrent illness which required continuous treatment with medications allowed for concomitant administration in NIAID ACTG 114 or ACTG 119. Symptoms and conditions defined in patient Exclusion - Co-Existing Condition. Active substance or alcohol abuse. Unwillingness or deemed unable to sign informed consent.
Prior Treatment:
Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Radiation therapy.
Active substance or alcohol abuse.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002265
|United States, California
|Davies Med Ctr
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94114
|Mount Zion Med Ctr
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
|United States, Florida
|Ctr for Special Immunology
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33308
|Dr Robert Swartz
|Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33901
|Med Service
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33125
|United States, Georgia
|AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
|United States, Michigan
|Henry Ford Hosp
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Graduate Hosp
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19146
|United States, Texas
|Humana Hosp / Med City Dallas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002265 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 24, 2005
|Last Verified:
|February 1994
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Drug Evaluation
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents


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Last year Luke Schneider of radiangames released seven gorgeous shooters via the Xbox Live Indie Games program, each one better than the last. Then he stopped making Xbox Live Indie games, and I was sad. Come October 13, I'll be happy again.
Thursday, October 13 is the date when radiangames transitions from being a moderately successful Xbox Live Indie developer to a (hopefully) hugely successful iOS developer. It's the release date for Super Crossfire, the evolution of Crossfire and Crossfire 2 from back in the Xbox days. It's a top-down shooter in which the player can warp to either side of the screen at will, adding a new level of strategy and finesse to the ancient genre. It doesn't hurt that it's painfully pretty either.
Super Crossfire hits iTunes on Thursday for $.99, with the universal HD version a few dollars more. I highly recommend picking it up, because if Luke ever stops creating games altogether I might have to set some people on fire.
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Through the lens of his own personal recovery from a traumatic brain injury suffered in Iraq, ABC's Bob Woodruff last night examined the plight of military families dealing with injuries to their loved ones.
While the Department of Defense reports that there have been about 23,000 nonfatal battlefield casualties in Iraq, Woodruff reported — through an internal VA document — that more than 200,000 veterans have sought medical care for various ailments.
When Woodruff confronted VA Secretary Jim Nicholson about the disparity in the administration's figures, Nicholson responded that Americans are probably "surprised to know that 200,000 come to the VA for some kind of medical treatment. That's probably more than they think." But Nicholson quickly downplayed the high numbers, claiming a lot of veterans simply "come in for dental problems." Watch it:
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Nicholson's attempts to diminish the seriousness of the issue are insulting. According to the VA internal report, the injuries afflicting veterans are quite serious in nature:
Mental disorders: 73,000Diseases of nervous system: 61,000Signs of ill-defined conditions: 7,000Diseases of musculoskeletal system: 87,000.
Despite the increasing numbers of wounded and injured veterans seeking care, the Bush administration has laid out plans to cut funding for veterans' health care two years from now.
WOODRUFF: According to the Department of Defense, there have been about 23,000 nonfatal battlefield casualties, but that doesn't tell the full story.
PAUL SULLIVAN, VETERANS ADVOCATE: These are the big numbers, Bob. 200,000 have already gone into VA for medical care.
WOODRUFF: The official number is that there are only about 23,000 soldiers and Marines who have been injured in this war.
SULLIVAN: What you have are two sets of books. The Department of Defense saying there are 23,000 wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the Department of Veterans Affairs is actually treating 205,000 veterans from these two wars.
WOODRUFF: According to this internal VA report, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are being diagnosed with a wide variety of ailments; many for multiple problems. The report does not have a category for traumatic brain injury, but it does include post-traumatic stress disorder, mental disorders, infectious and parasitic diseases, and ill-defined conditions.
WOODRUFF: You think americans fully understand how many injured there are in this war?
NICHOLSON: I think it — i think it cuts both ways. I think Americans are always very surprised to know the number of amputations, for example, which is fewer than 600 in total. They're probably also surprised to know that 200,000 come to the VA for some kind of medical treatment. That's probably more than they think.
WOODRUFF: You have mental disorders — 73,000; diseases of nervous system — 61,000; symtpoms, signs of ill-defined conditions — 7,000; diseases of musculoskeletal system — 87,000. These are numbers beyond the 23,000.
NICHOLSON: A lot of them come in for dental problems, others come in for a lot of the normal things that people have. We're providing their healthcare. Some I suppose are because of their service over there. But they weren't evacuated for that.
WOODRUFF: But they got some kind of injury, some kind of problem because of the war.
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Friday, December 02, 2011
7 Quick Takes Friday
1. After years of worrying about it, on Monday we are having the two biggest trees in our yard removed. One is an enormous maple that has been slowly dying since before we moved in. The dead branches now occupy the top fifteen feet of the tree, and when it finally falls, it could easily take out our roof. The other condemned tree is a spruce. It is about 80 years old, and was planted simultaneously with four other spruces on the street. Three of those spruces have fallen in the last two years - one of them on our house. We would prefer not to experience that again.
My six year old is very sad that the trees are coming down. I told her it was okay to be sad, because sometimes, when we have known trees for a long time, they become our friends. She whimpers and sucks her thumb whenever their coming execution is mentioned, but she is trying to be brave.
2. My planned overnight solo road trip is next week. Currently my plan is to visit Shaker Village in Kentucky, but I'm still keeping it impulsive, so that may change. I am excited and anxious. I am trying not to sourly exult that OH YES, HUSBAND, you WILL see what it's like to get the kids to school on your own. I am also trying not to plan What I Will Blog About On My Trip, because it's supposed to be about solitude and rest. When I imagined where I might go, I kept rejecting possible visits to friends by saying to myself, "Oh, they don't want to see me. They want to see the kids."
My reluctance to see myself as a person of intrinsic interest is why the husband thinks I need this trip.
(It may also be why I don't post often on the blog.)
3. I have been mulling over whether or not to blog under my real name. I have been using Veronica Mitchell in one format or another for so long, it feels like a part of me. I would not be willing to blog so honestly about my experience of motherhood without my pseudonym. But currently, facebook and Google have policies against pseudonyms, and those policies may be expanded in the future (If you want to read more about the issues involved, try here or here). I am still writing my novels, and if I want readers of my blog to someday read them, it does not make sense to build a readership for Veronica Mitchell if that identity could be shut down without warning. If Salman Rushdie has trouble calling himself Salman Rushdie, then Veronica Mitchell hasn't a chance.
4. We made s'mores with the kids last night. We do this about twice a year. S'mores are my way of feeling like a good mom. My mother never let us make s'mores at home because they were a bother and a mess. We only got to make them while camping, so they are steeped in romanticism for me. S'mores are the special, the unattainable, the taste of campfires and best friends.
Last night, eating a s'more with my delighted daughters, I realized: I don't actually like the way they taste.
5. " If each of us spent just $64 on American made goods during our holiday shopping, the result would be 200,000 new jobs." Hmm. Sounds good to me. Are you in?
6. The Last Detective is now on Netflix streaming video. I spent a month - twice! - waiting for each disc of this series to arrive in the mail so I could see the next episode. I loved it so much. It has my favorite feature of a mystery series: a man who is beaten down by the world but still trying to do the right thing. Watch it. You won't be sorry.
7. Last night I dreamed that I was in a horse-drawn wagon, and the children were squirming around me, trying to find a comfortable spot where they could each sleep on me. Then our alarm clock went off. Two snooze buttons later, my children were in my bed, squirming around me, trying to find a comfortable spot where they could each sleep on me.
The secret to premonitory dreaming may be to have a very repetitive life. Or lots of kids.
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Would it give your child comfort if, once the trees come down you say, "LOOK! No more trees! It's like we live in the suburbs!" Or is this a comment that only I find amusing.ReplyDelete
Doing sh*t that bothers Facebook gives me immense happiness. It's why I dump my cookies all the time and never stay logged into their site. I only recently realized that your full name is not Veronica Mitchell. I can't imagine you by any other name.
Enjoy your solo adventure!
Nan, my sister lives in one of the only suburbs of Dallas that has trees, and she says if she tried to cut one down, neighbors might chain themselves to it. But I live in Cincinnati, and once we cut down these two trees, our "yard" will still have hundred or so left. We basically live on a wooded cliff. Our neighbors will only be relieved. My next-door neighbor fell this week while cleaning his gutters, and he plans to sit on his porch and watch the tree removal. It will be his entertainment while recovering from his fractured skull, shoulder and rib.ReplyDelete
Is it a bad idea to publish your book(s) under your pen name? Keep your devoted readership, keep your pseudo-anonymity. I admit that I have no professional or personal experience with this, so take that with a grain of salt.ReplyDelete
I wish I had been smarter in picking a pseudonym. I should have gone with a "real" name, as you did, but I didn't know what I didn't know when I wrote my first post.ReplyDelete


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What are your thoughts on the issue? Should feminists take seriously the equal opportunity public toplessness issue since "it's small things like these where big gains can be made"? Or is it just a little too small of an issue to be worthy of our attention?
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Equal Opportunity Public Toplessness
What are your thoughts on the issue? Should feminists take seriously the equal opportunity public toplessness issue since "it's small things like these where big gains can be made"? Or is it just a little too small of an issue to be worthy of our attention?
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Well, then why can't males flop a dick out?
Breasts are a secondary sex characteristic. So are testicles.
Male chests are not a sex characteristic.
Follow? So no, you don't get to whip out your boobs, as display of sex characteristics is considered indecent.
If you don't want to see men walking around swinging their scrotums in the breeze, then don't demand the right to expose your boobs.
- August 24, 2010 at 2:14 PM
- Amelia said...
If posession of a penis and testicles (or at least appearing as if one possessed them) did not confer great deals of privilege in this society, I might make something of your argument.
The idea that accepting bare breasts in public is a means of taking back some of the harmful sexualization of female body parts is important because women are at a disadvantage in this society.
Men and women and their different parts are not treated equally.
- August 24, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Saranga said...
oh look a troll strikes again.
it's because our breasts are so sexualised that we can't get them out. or even weara low cut top without getting looks, comments or grabs.
i'm not sure i can get far away from the idea that boobs are sexual to argue that women shouldn't go topless, but that's my failing, not a trait inherent in the breasts themselves.
- August 24, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- Amelia said...
To me, it's incredibly interesting how thoroughly we have come to believe that breasts are sexual (and how that plays into sexism in women's everyday lives).
How do we escape it? Is public toplessness for women something that would help?
I don't know the answers.
- August 24, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Victoria said...
Just to add to Amelia's response:
The idea that breasts are always sexual objects to be put away is assuming that women only ever show their breasts for the ogling of others. Sometimes we just want to feed our babies or be comfortable.
- August 24, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Michael said...
While not being able to breastfeed in public is without a doubt A Bad Thing, I can't help but fear that pushing on this issue might hurt efforts to remove the "childbearing mothering stay-at-home-mom" element of our society's view of women.
the above is very poorly phrased, I know, but I'm hoping someone will know what I'm talking about.
- August 24, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Victoria said...
Is this your concern?: framing breasts just around child care assumes that that is their primary use and that child care is a woman's primary concern in regard to her breasts.
I agree that breasts are not just for nursing children, they are the body parts in posession of the women who own them.
However, men don't breast feed, women do and the taboo around breast feeding effects women more than men. Also, women overwhelmingly are the heads of households and childcare is a burden usually dealt with by them.
So no, we shouldn't pretend that the only issue about discriminating who can show their bare chests in public is child care considering not all women have children or choose to breast feed. However, we shouldn't pretend that the taboo around female breasts is not particularly annoying for nursing mothers.
Does this address your concern, Michael?
- August 24, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Amelia said...
Just a note to Anon: As chief comment moderator, I hold the right (as do all authors of individual posts) to reject comments for whatever reason we find reasonable. Your tone in your last comments was not friendly. Instead of coming at us as people who don't want to hear from those who disagree and honestly engaging in conversation without those underhanded comments snuck in every once in a while, you would get through.
- August 24, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Victoria said...
Also, Anonymous, breasts are not necessary for reproduction. Yes, you can get sexual pleasure from them, but you can from licking someone's ear too.
- August 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Amelia said...
From Anonymous, whose rest of this comment was undeniably trollish:
"Human women evolved to have enlarged breasts year round, not just when pregnant/lactating. THAT is what makes them a sexual characteristic. Not patriarchy, evil menz, society, porn, or anything else.
Biology, plain and simple.
Mother nature sexualized your boobs, not Father Hefner. "
- August 24, 2010 at 8:19 PM
- August 24, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Victoria said...
Anonymous- I feel uncomfortable giving your comment enough credit to respond, but I just can't help it.
There are many cultures that do not sexualize women's breasts, so obviously it is possible not to look at them and think "sex."
Also, we used to sexualize the ankle in the Victorian period which I think you will agree was a social construct. What we sexualize has to do with what we cover up. When we cover up ankles, they are sexualized. When we cover up female breasts, they are sexualized.
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It was outrageous for the Supreme Court to invalidate Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and allow the potential invalidation of California's Proposition 8, a law passed with the support of more than 7 million voters. Although Wednesday was a sad day for democracy and for marriage, this is not the end of the battle.
The vast majority of states recognize marriage solely as the union of one man and one woman. Only 13 states and the District of Columbia recognize same-sex "marriage," and nothing the Supreme Court just did changes that fact.
If anything, the court's opinion in United States v. Windsor, the DOMA case, shows that the federal government must respect the decision of states to define marriage as they choose.
The National Organization for Marriage intends to vigorously urge Congress to safeguard the remaining portion of DOMA, which protects the right of states to refuse to recognize same-sex "marriages" performed elsewhere.
It should also be noted that Proposition 8 has not been invalidated, as many in the media have erroneously reported. The case was dealt with on a narrow procedural basis; the appellate court decision was vacated, and it now goes back to the trial court to decide what will happen with the law.
It's the view of many Americans that Proposition 8 remains the law of the land in California unless a higher court invalidates it at some point in the future.
That said, Wednesday's procedural ruling is an illegitimate decision. California's governor and attorney general, ignoring their oaths of office and duty to uphold the law, refused to defend Proposition 8 because they opposed the law, and the Supreme Court rewarded their dereliction of duty.
Brian S. Brown is president of the National Organization for Marriage. This column was distributed by The Washington Post, where it first appeared.
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New Zealand Cricket has backed the proposed changes in the ICC's administrative structure, which would leave major decision-making in the hands of India, Australia and England, despite facing severe criticism from the country's players' association.
The New Zealand Players' Association has described the draft proposal of this plan, which will be presented to the ICC Executive Board during its quarterly meeting in Dubai on January 28 and 29, as "scheming" by India, Australia and England.
The proposal, drafted by a "working group" of the ICC's Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee, in which the BCCI, CA and ECB are key members, recommends wide-ranging changes in the ICC's revenue distribution model, administrative structures and the Future Tours Programme.
It questions the relevance of Test rankings and suggests the reinstatement of the Champions Trophy over the World Test Championship, and almost every recommendation of the "position paper" gives a larger share of control over world cricket to the Australian, English and Indian Cricket boards -- both in the boardroom and on the field.
NZC, however, is not complaining too much about it.
In a statement by NZC board member Martin Snedden, who attended the Dubai ICC meeting where the plan was unveiled, insisted that New Zealand would not be "disadvantaged" or "downgraded" under the "changes that are currently proposed".
The proposed plan states that no member nation should be forced to play except for bilaterally-agreed matches.
The plan has drawn criticism from New Zealand Players' Association chief Heath Mills and former cricketer John Morrison.
"I do know that in the past six months you've had the heads of English cricket, Australian cricket and Indian cricket meeting quite regularly and scheming to put a new system in place to control the game, so I'm worried," Mills was quoted as saying by Dominion Post.
"I don't see how you can be supportive of the heads of three boards conducting meetings without you knowing, talking about how they want the game to be structured.
"As it appears to me, the (ICC) decision-making process is effectively being handed over to three boards who rotate the chairmanship and are soon to be making every decision," he added.
"I think that's alarming. If we want the game to grow globally, we need to have independent thinking about how we grow the game."
Morrison echoed the sentiment, saying that the restructuring seemed "sad and dangerous".
"There's no use having the mentality of 'give us this, give us that'," he said.
"That's a beneficiary mentality. You want to control your own destiny and step up and say 'we can foot it on the world stage and we want to be there'."
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CHESHIRE, Mass. — The Cheshire Police Department is asking for residents with any information to contact the station about vandalism at the school playground.
According to a post Monday afternoon on the department's Facebook page the new playground equipment at Cheshire Elementary school has been vandalized.
The post read:
"Someone has vandalized the new playground equipment that numerous volunteers spent countless hours erecting. Now those same volunteers are spending their Columbus Day scrubbing and cleaning the equipment."
The police are investigating and urge residents with any information call the cruiser cell phone at 413-446-3920 or the station at 413-743-1501 and leave a message.
"In such a close tight knit Community, we cannot allow for this to happen again," read the post. "Thanks for your help and a BIG thanks to the volunteers over there cleaning it up."
Last year the Cheshire Parent-Teacher Group inquired of the Selectmen about the possibility of replacing old equipment.
The playground committee needed to raise $12,000 for the equipment that would be matched by the playground developer.
After receiving a William and Margery Barrett Fund grant for $8,000, in addition to $4,000 of raised money, the playground committee was able to install the playground.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police have recovered hundreds of pieces of jewelry and other items that are not matching up with their records of items reported stolen in a recent rash of break-ins.
Anyone who has had their home broken into prior to March 22 is being asked to identify their possessions at an open house on Saturday, June 8, from 10 to 2 at the Police Department on Allen Street.
Police say the items either haven't been reported stolen or were stolen from homes outside of city. The investigation is being done by state, Cheshire, Lanesborough and Pittsfield police. Some of the recovered property has already be linked to break-ins in those communities and in Richmond.
Police have arrested Christopher Maschino Jr., 21, and Anne Haughey, 21, both of Pittsfield, in connection with the break-ins.
Even if the owners of the seized property can identify it, they cannot take possession of their items immediately because they are being held as evidence until released by the district attorney's office.
Attendees are required to bring a valid identification to the open house and are asked to bring any ownership documents.
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Cheshire Accident Sends Four to Hospital
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CHESHIRE, Mass. — Four people were taken to the hospital and a section of Route 8 was closed after a three-car accident at the Lanesborough Road intersection.
According to police, a 2009 Nissan Frontier driven by Earl Kahill, 72, of Hampton, N.Y. failed to stop at the end of Lanesborough Road and continued into the highway, colliding with a 2007 Toyota Yaris driven by Christopher Plankey, 33, of Adams.
The Frontier then spun off the road and hit a parked car in Joanie's parking lot.
Police said Kahill was unable to see the stop sign because of the heavy fog.
Unusually warm temperatures caused heavy fog throughout the region as the evening progressed.
Four of the five people in the Yaris suffered injuries and were transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Police said the injuries were not life-threatening.
The Yaris was totaled and the Frontier had a broken axle, which could lead to it being deemed totaled as well.
The accident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. and traffic was rerouted over Farnam's Road and over Lanesborough Road. Adams, Action and County ambulance services responded to the scene; Lanesborough Police worked the detour at Farnam's Road.
The road was reopened shortly after 9 p.m.
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Adams-Cheshire Administrator Faces Drug Charge
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A police investigation led to the arrest on Thursday morning of an employee of the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District.
Supervisor of Special Services Kurt M. Garivaltis, 45, is being charged with possession of a Class B substance, Percocet. He is to be arraigned on Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Northern Berkshire District Court.
Superintendent Kristen Gordon confirmed on Friday that an employee was arrested after an ongoing investigation led authorities to do a car search in the school's parking lot and a search of the employee's office at about 7:45 a.m. on Thursday.
"At about 9 a.m., the authorities informed me they were going to make an arrest at that time and we put the school in a soft lockdown," said Gordon, who estimated the lockdown lasted about 11 minutes and was done to shield the children from seeing someone they knew in handcuffs.
She said at no time was anyone in any danger and the investigation had nothing to do with firearms or anything related to that.
"The authorities were extremely respectful of the fact this was an elementary school," she said, adding that the individual "is not working at the moment."
The arrest was made by the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit after executing a search warrant. According to a report filed in court by Trooper Daren W. Snyder, detectives discovered Percocet during the search "for which [Garivaltis] did not have a prescription."
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Cheshire Home Severely Damaged by Fire
Firefighters cut holes in the roof to access to the flames.
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A single-family home on School Street was severely damaged by fire on Thursday afternooon.
Firefighters responded to the call at about 3 p.m. of a fire in the basement.
"When they got here the fire had spread into the walls and up into the ceiling," said Fire Chief Tom Francesconi. "The first crews found heavy smoke, not a lot of fire at first, but when they made entry into the back of the house they found heavy fire near the furnace and in the chimney area."
Francesconi said it took about a 30 to 40 minutes to knock the visible flames down; firefighters were still mopping up at about 4:30.
Lanesborough and Adams fire departments also responded, Dalton covered the Cheshire fire house and North Adams Ambulance brought its rehab unit.
The fire chief said no one was injured but the homeowner's cat was said to be missing. Earlier reports from the scene were that the house was unoccupied at the time, but Francesconi could not confirm that.
According to the documents on file at the Registry of Deeds, the house has been owned by Michael Gallagher since November.
The fire is believed to have started in the basement at the back of the house but the cause has not yet been determined.
"There is heavy smoke damage," said Francesconi, who added he had not yet been inside. But had walked around the perimeter. "The backside of the house has quite a bit of fire damage. ... Definitely a lot of smoke and fire damage on the bottom, as you can see, the bottom skirt area. The fire got into that crawlspace and went right up the walls into the attic."
The fire chief said single-digit temperatures were not a hindrance but were taxing for firefighters. They were taking advantage the rehab unit's heated tent.
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I realize the your-own-material section doesn't get much attention but my band put out our first single for our new album, and we've put together a remix kit if you'd like to mangle it in any way.
You can hear it at http://codypandsammyb.bandcamp.com/album/rain-falls-remix-kit and the remix kit is a dollar, comes with 56 samples/loops/stems and a little .txt file about how I put it together and what the key changes are and whatever.
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Mayor Don Wesely today appointed Lynn Johnson as Director of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department. Johnson, who has been the department's Planning and Construction Manager for three years, will assume his new duties upon approval of the City Council.
Johnson will replace Jim Morgan, who left the department May 19 after eight years as Director to be Parks Superintendent in Madison, Wisconsin. Mayor Wesely thanked Jerry Shorney, Superintendent of Operations, and Steve Hiller, Superintendent of Administration and Community Services, who are currently managing the department.
"Our parks and recreation program is very important to our citizens and to our quality of life," Mayor Wesely said. "Lynn is very committed to our program. He has a great deal of experience in planning for growth and is ready to work with neighborhoods, community organizations, businesses and individuals as the system and its services expand."
Johnson, a native of Washington State, moved to Lincoln from the Puget Sound area of that state in January 1997 when he was selected for his current position through a nationwide search. He previously worked as a parks and special projects planner in Puyallup, Washington during implementation of that state's newly-enacted Growth Management Act. The Washington State Legislature adopted the Act in 1990 to assist rapidly growing communities in developing plans and strategies for responsible growth and development. Johnson has degrees in landscape architecture from Kansas State University and Washington State University.
"My family was attracted to Lincoln by a diverse, progressive and growing parks and recreation system and an enviable quality of life," Johnson said. "I have found Lincoln to be a place where people love their parks and trails. It's a system than rivals national standards, and I am excited by the challenges of maintaining and building facilities and programs we can all enjoy and take pride in. An important goal is to responsibly expand our services in growth areas while maintaining the level of service in established areas. That will require creativity and building partnerships within the community."
Johnson will earn $68,750 in his new position. Morgan was earning $85,700 as Director.


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My cat's mystery illness...
Hello all,
For the last 2 months, my tiger tabby Diablo, 6 1/2 years old, (I know, evil name... he was an evil kitten that grew into the sweetest cat, we have to find him a new name!) lost a lot of weight.
He had a clean bill of health on his annual vet visit last April 2013. A bit over weight at 17.1 lbs, but great otherwise.
Since then, it looks like he melted away. Now at 14 lbs and very weak after less than 2 months. For the last 2 weeks we have seen 2 different vets, done blood tests, and he is healthy on paper, they have no clue what is wrong with him. One vet tried antibiotics for 10 days, but he still has a fever today.
He was eating right up until this weekend, and drinking. Regular bathroom visits. He doesn't go outside.
He will not eat or drink. Still goes for milk though. The only thing wrong is that he has a fever, which indicates that he has some kind of infection, but both vets are clueless on what it could be.
Today one of the vet is trying tests for Leukemia and HIV, but really where could he have gotten that??
Did that ever happen to anyone? He used to be be so alive and funny just 2 months ago, now he sleeps all day. It's heartbreaking.
If anyone has inputs, please share, I will consider anything at this point!
Oh no, so sorry about Diablo's health issues! Do you know what sort of blood work was done and can you get copies of all the results? What about other tests, like a urinalysis?
What is his stool like? (ie soft? hard? colour?)
What does he eat?
Is he an indoor cat or does he have access to the outdoors? Feline leukemia and FIV are retroviruses that are communicable between cats, either from a bite, passed down from the mother cat, or from exchange of bodily fluids.
If he tests negative for FeLV and FIV, would a specialist or an ultrasound be an option? Perhaps a holistic vet could also give you more insight.
In the meantime, it's crucial that he eat. Try offering him anything you can think of that might help jump-start his appetite. Plain chicken baby food, pieces of cheese, boiled chicken breast or some KFC with the skin removed, canned salmon, sardines, Temptations cat treats, stinky canned Fancy Feast with nutritional yeast sprinkled on top.... whatever it takes. Here are some more tips:
I hope you get to the bottom of this soon!
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
Maybe you could try mixing some supplements into the milk , start of with a little so your cat will not know what you're up to. I hope the vets will find out real fast what wrong with your cat. Do have any house plants your cat could had gotten into?
The vet had the usual blood work that looks for diabetes and kidney problems, everything is normal... Also Leukemia and FIV, I will have the results today. The next step are x-rays.
Diablo eats Low protein vet food. I switched to that food when Bosco was diagnose with Kidney problems, the vet said it was no problem for Diablo to switch to that too since he was overweight, that's nearly 3 years ago.
He is an indoor cat, the most he has been outside is on my 3rd floor balcony with no access to meeting strange cats.
Yesterday he actually went to his bowl and ate a little. It looks very difficult to eat. I know he has a desire to eat, but something isn't right. He always had perfect teeth, and my vet doesn't see an abscess or anything wrong.
He hasn't groomed himself in 3 days. The milk gave him diarrhea, dark goo like molasses.
Poor thing. He looks miserable.
Thank you so much for the foods suggestions, I will try everything, he is very picky already (never liked canned food) so I hope I don't have to start "force" feeding him.
I'll keep you updated!
The milk gave him diarrhea, so I have to find something else. I started to think about poisoning as well. I do not own any plants, so now I am going through my household thinking of what he could have been in contact with...
Other possibility that I am throwing out there...
Could he have that much of a physical reaction to our new rescue Lucie?
He really doesn't like her.
I put Lucie in a closed room for a week so Diablo and Bosco would smell her and get accustomed. They were fine. But Lucie is a very intense kitten when she plays and kind of scared Diablo out of his fur a couple of times, so he doesn't want anything to do with her anymore.
Anyone knows if depression is common in cats?
Just a thought, does he go outside at alll? Is any of the blood work abnormal? Or even on the high or low end of normal? We sometimes see symptoms of a tick-borne infection before the blood work shows definitive signs. So, for example, if we have an ailing dog (usually lethargy and inappetence) and the bloodwork shows low (but still in the normal range) levels of platelets and normal range high or low WBC, chances are what's ailing them is a tick-borne disease. They can be devilishly tricky to detect so we usually just start treating with doxycycline on those occasions and that does the trick.
Also, did the vet check his mouth well? I have little experience with cats, but sometimes I think if their teeth are bad, they'll stop eating?
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Maybe there is something stuck, but nothing we can see. My vet inspected him quite thoroughly. He has not been vomiting at all.
I will try salt free baby food, thanks for the suggestion!
My vet used to say Diablo could be in commercials for oral health his mouth and teeth are so clean and perfect. 3 days ago my vet checked his mouth again and she sees nothing wrong with his teeth. He is not vomiting or anything.
The fever indicates some kind of infection or virus, and although he doesn't go outside at all, I will mention tick-borne infection.
Thanks for the tip!
Hi all,
Nothing good so far. All tests come back negative, x-rays are beautiful. He is fighting an infection that is certain, but my vets don't know what.
They suggested that it might be at the neurological level, since he just started having difficulties to walk. An infection that got in his neurological system, or even meningitis.
The tests for that are very expensive and not necessarily successful.
I opted for another round of antibiotics and I will try to make him as comfortable as possible.
Anyone knows if meningitis in cats is easily treatable, and what are the chances that my baby remains with some permanent damage?
If he's fighting an infection, he would have abnormal white blood cell counts.
Antibiotics can cause a cat to become nauseous and not eat which is not what you want at this point. Especially to just throw in meds that may not be doing any good. How about an appetite stimulant?
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Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.-English Proverb
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. Stephen R. Covey
He does have a high white blood cell count.
Right now we are giving an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory (with cortisone) that is also a bit of an appetite enhancer. My vet does not recommend an actual appetite stimulant as it plays with the brain functions and his brain is already affected by whatever the illness is.
The vet as ruled out every common illness, we are still a bit in the dark, but it's becoming clear that it's some sort of infection of the nervous system.
The assist feeding goes relatively well, he is not too impressed with us but isn't refusing to be fed. Today he even gave up and just started licking food off my fingers. Growled at us when he was done, it means after 24 hours he already has more energy!
He still doesn't drink much, but shows no signs of dehydration.
He sleeps next to me in the bedroom and walks (slowly and wavily) all the way to his litter box. He still walks around regardless of his hind legs dragging a bit. We are making it it as safe as possible for him but we don't want to move things around for his convenience yet, as he always was a stressed cat that doesn't take changes well. We will readjust if need be.
When mystery illnesses strike I often think of immune suppression of some sort. There are other causes than FIV to have an inmmune system compromised. It's just a thought though. Your theory of an infection affecting the brain such as meningitis sounds plausible too. I'll be including Diablo in my thoughts and daily requests.
The suggestions to feed him posted are really good. Sugar Cat Mom is really good with nutrition knowledge so you could sure use her advice.
It's really hard not knowing, not having a diagnosis. It's one of the worst parts. In the mean time vet bills growing plus the pain of seeing your cat not well.
I would also try a holistic veterinarian. He or she might have a different approach. Although seems that your vet is getting on the right track with the nervous system infection.
Go one day at a time so you won't be way too overwhelmed and keep Diablo eating and hydrated even if it's only from the water that food contains.
Get better Diablo. Get well and recover your strenght.
" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
- Robert A. Heinlein
What does his platelet count look like, Christine? Within range? Low or high within the range?
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Thank you so much for your support. It really is a day by day thing. This morning he threw up all his food 15 minutes after he ate. So I'm guessing his medication is gaving him nausea. Fed him again later and his was ok.
I did take a lot of Sugar Cat Mom's feeding suggestions. So far it looks like he wants to eat, but he gives up easily because he has trouble chewing, which again seems connected with nerve functions. So I bought medical a/d critical care food as it becomes almost liquid after a couple seconds in the microwave. He is being a very trusting boy, licking the food off my fingers, he won't take food from my husband though, for some reason, although they have been best buddies since Diablo was 4 months old.
Again, thank you so much for your input and we are very grateful for your thoughts and prayers!
I don't know the platelet count, but my vet said the only thing abnormal on his blood work was the white blood cells count (very high).
There are medications for gastritis or irritated stomach that could ease his nausea. Maybe check that with the vet so the feeding process goes a bit more smoothly and he can feel better in that regard.
" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
- Robert A. Heinlein
So far, we readjusted the feeding time to smaller quantities more often, seems to be working!
That is great news! I hope you kitty will feel better real soon.
Eating and keeping it down is good! Saying a prayer and that the meds and small meals work and that Diablo's turned the corner now!
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
if small meals are working even way better the less medications needed the better. Foodie will help him to recover his strenght to fight that infection
" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
- Robert A. Heinlein
Last Update...
My baby passed away earlier today. Everything seems better until this afternoon. I tried to make it home from work on time, but he passed maybe 10 minutes before I got there. My husband was with him until his last breath, and he swears that I was better off not witnessing his passing. Not that it was horrible or anything, but you know, seeing your loved ones last gasps for air is... difficult. My husband is quite shaken by it still.
It hurts that we couldn't help him, and that we will never know what he had. It seriously looked like... Feline ALS. Is that even possible? He was great a month ago, started having trouble chewing his food, was not always achieving his high jumps, lost the weight from eating less, was sleeping more. We tried antibiotics for 10 days, he started having trouble walking. Last Thursday we started a new set of antibiotics and cortisone and he started eating and drinking again, but the walking was getting worst, falling and just a lot of trouble controlling his back legs, and today... he didn't get up to use the litter... started breathing with his mouth, and drooled. My husband laid him on his favourite blanket and there my baby took his last breath, looking into his best buddy's eyes, and surrounded with love. I arrived from work on quite a sad scene, and I am heartbroken that my funny and silly sweet boy went through this, and that my husband lived this horrible moment alone.
OK, sorry for the dramatic message. I am very sad still.
Thank you all for the support and tips and suggestions, if it didn't help my cat, it helped me understand how to help him better.
Thanks again Here are pictures of him at his best, cuteness, attitude and all!
I'm so sorry for your loss, Christine You did all you could. Diablo was well-loved--and you can bet he knew it.
You're in my thoughts and prayers during this sad time.
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
I wasn't expecting this. Came here to look for an update thinking he'd be doing better. I kept sending good thoughts but sometimes that's not nearly enough.
I'm really sorry for your loss and I understand how you feel.
What a handsome brown tabby he was. Maybe now he runs in the lands of the eternal summer.
I didn't want to mention it before but I also lost my Peanut (dog) about 5 years ago to a mystery illness. His immune system was compromised yet he didn't have any of the typical diseases that could cause it. Not even cancer and he faded away. One morning he was cold, I took him to the hospital where he fought for like a week with a feeding tube in the side of his neck. They did all the tests possible and could just not tell me what he had so I never knew and I still don't know. And I still have a broken heart. So I understand you. I've had my losses.
Rest in piece Diablo you are no longer in pain little angel
" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
- Robert A. Heinlein
" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
- Robert A. Heinlein
Sorry I just now saw your message... Thank you.
It is hard to accept when we can't know why... nearly 1 month has passed and I think of him often. My husband and I settled our minds with the answer that he was always a stressed/fragile cat, and that his immune system couldn't fight whatever the infection was. To receive a clean bill of health from the vet 3 months before his death... that's the only thing we can come up with, a violent infection of the nervous system.
My oldest cat Bosco laid right at the spot where Diablo passed for about 24 hours, and that was all the mourning I noticed from him. It seems much harder on us humans...
Thank you again for the good thoughts
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UPDATE: Prairie Island nuclear plant terminates "unusual event" notice
Prairie Island nuclear plant has terminated its "notification of unusual event."
The event was declared today at 6:24 a.m. and ended at 11:36 a.m. following "thorough assessment of plant conditions" and Unit 2's coolant system, Xcel Energy officials said.
The alert was triggered by an indication that there was a decrease in water levels in the reactor coolant system in Unit 2, which currently is shut down for refueling. Further investigation revealed there was no leak, officials said.
No radiation was released, there was no impact on the public or plant employees and plant operations were not affected by this event.
Unit 2 remains offline for its refueling outage, and Unit 1 is operating at full power.
The declaration is the lowest emergency level in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's classification system, indicating potential reduction in the level of safety at the plant but no danger to public safety.


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Apple's Genius Bar apparently deals with 50,000 appointments a day from all around the world. The appointments involve iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iPod, Apple TV, and Mac repairs, and whichever way you look at it, it's a huge number of appointments. The information comes from The Loop who managed to get a meeting with Apple to discuss its retail operations after Apple opened its 374th and 375th retail store in Canada.
According to Apple, the company has seen almost 300 million worldwide visitors so far in its fiscal 2012, which started in October 2011. To give you some type of comparison, by July 2011, the population of the United States was estimated to be 311 million people.
There is also an interesting data point from Apple's retail Genius Bar. According to the company, 50,000 people get serviced at a Genius Bar around the world, every single day. That's a lot of appointments.
Apple Stores are certainly a unique shopping experience and offer much more than shelves filled with boxes to buy. Each store offers hands on experience of most Apple products, including iPhone, iPad and iPod touch as well as all of the Mac lines. When it comes to customer service, from my experience the Genius Bar is second to none. When you buy an Apple product you know you have the backing of the best customer service around. You don't get that level of comfort from any other consumer product; it gives you total peace of mind. Not every Apple product is perfect, if you experience a problem; it gets fixed or replaced without any argument.
If you have used the Genius Bar bar, have you had a similar experience to me? Were you surprised by the excellent customer service or did you experience something different?
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Google Adsense: Moving To Behavioral Targeting?
Google AdSense: Behavioral Targeting?
Barry Schwartz posted an interesting piece on Search Engine Land today about Google submitting a patent application for behaviorally targeting PPC. Besides being intellectually stimulating, instituting behaviorally targeted PPC to users based off Google Tool Bar data and, of course through, as I talked about in Search 4.0, user login (remember, when you sign up for an account, you provide them geographic data) could have some pretty large ramifications in the paid search world.
1) Quality Score Irrelevant?
Quality Score may become irrelevant down the road. If a user continually searches in specific geographic location, then the behavioral algorithm "should" produce only ads in or around that location. Assuming the advertiser is paying the requisite amount to show in a high position, users may be going to garbage sites. Per the new regulations, Google set in motion in April (not allowing the Destination URL differ from the Display URL) it won't be true SPAM, but for those of us who spend time optimizing landing pages for the keywords we are buying, it seems a bit ludicrous. Moreover, this seems like another way Google will start a bidding war between paid advertisers and generate higher bids (again).
2) Leveling the Playing Field Further
This is, however, better news for smaller companies and organizations struggling to keep up. Paid ads were meant to level the field for websites who were in the process of, or have yet to, SEO their site. Small sites could get the needed exposure necessary to "play ball" with the "big kids". Grabbing more detailed information on users' habits, it only stands to reason that smaller companies who have yet to make SEO improvements, it will allow them to be seen for valuable keywords. (Not withstanding these companies have usable and content-developed site to take advantage of this exposure) The little man gets a semi-fair shake from the big guy.
3) Users' Privacy
It's gone, and we're all going to have to be ok with that. It is what is it. Google owns search, and, therefore, gets to dictate how search functions, how search collects data, and how search is displayed to users. The same is true of Search 4.0 (Personalized Search), and I didn't hear any complaints about that from the crowd. Think of it this way: (which is how I'm pretty sure Google is thinking about it) users are getting the most, nearly in absolute, relevant results possible for that particular user. And, that's the key phrase "for that particular user". Google's entire mission is to provide the most relevant results possible for each query performed by a user (not to mention making money). This fits into that mission. It's the where the web has been for the last couple of years, and it's definitely where it's going: complete transparency. No more secrets (thank you Ben Kingsley). I'm not too worried about my privacy, everything is available out there anyway, if you know the right people and know where to look. The web is evolving once again and, once again, it's our job as SEOs and Search Marketers to help our clients understand it, compete in it, and win in it.
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Hall of Fame honors inductees and presents St. Sebastian Award
January 4, 2013
The 2013 Loyola University New Orleans Hall of Fame will induct Peter Finney Sr. '49 (basketball, 1948-1949, basketball coach 1949-1950, sports information director 1950-1960); Kelly Fridge '06 (volleyball 2002-2006); and Michael Gulotta '04 (cross-country 2000-2004). A reception and ceremony is set for Jan. 19 from 5:45 to 10 p.m. in the St. Charles Room located in the Danna Student Center on Loyola's main campus. Tickets are $25 and are available online, at the door or by calling 800-798-ALUM. Inductees will also be honored at half time of the men's basketball game at 4 p.m. in the Den.
This year, the Hall of Fame will also honor Erwin Caswell Jr. '56, J.D. '70 with the prestigious St. Sebastian Award. He is the chair and a founding member of the James "Big Jim" McCafferty Basketball/Track Scholarship Committee and a supporter of all Loyola athletics. Caswell, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000, was a member of the track team while a student at Loyola.
The annual St. Sebastian Award honors an individual who exhibits outstanding efforts on behalf of Loyola athletes on and off the field. The recipient is also measured by charitable, community, civic and spiritual service to humanity. St. Sebastian was a Christian martyr and patron saint of athletes, whose bravery and faith became legendary in the early church.
The Hall of Fame, created in 1964, honors those in Loyola's past who have either made history or contributed greatly to their sport. Inductees are selected by a committee on their integrity, sportsmanship and character. Loyola's Hall of Fame includes Olympic record setters, coaches of national championship teams and school record holders.
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Panasonic FP2-PSD2 - FP2 Power Supply Unit, DC24V, 5A FOR 5VDC
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Panasonic's broad product range of servo systems includes brushless AC servo motors and digital amplifiers. These best-in-class servo systems can be matched with single-axis or multi-axis motion controllers for a system solution with the best quality and reliability in the business.
A single platform covers 30 watts to 55 kW and input voltages of 110, 230 and 480 VAC. The Minas amplifier can be set to torque, speed, or position control. A single-axis controller and a variety of network interface modules can be attached to the amplifier for the utmost flexibility. The Minas amplifier utilizes serial encoder technology to automatically recognize Panasonic rotary servo motors. Advanced algorithms provide high performance tuning and suppression of machine resonance. A built-in keypad and serial port allow easy set-up and monitoring of the servo system.


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DetailsAirsoft Tactical Vest w/ Cross Draw Pistol Holster Woodland Camo
- 3 Pistol Mag Pouches / 3 Rifle Mag Pouches
- Includes Web Belt w/ 2 Additional Pistol Mag Pouches
- US MOLLE Compatible (Utilities, Accesories, Shovels, Swords)
- Completely Modular/Ventilated
I ordered a couple of tan vests from AirSplat to compliment our desert and opfor gear. On their website they're labeled as "Tactical Vest with Holster" available in either desert (reviewed here), black or woodland pattern. Please beware that the color of this vest will always be the same, but here on the review, due to monitor differences and lighting conditions when I took the photos, the color might vary slightly from one another, but THEY ARE THE SAME. The color is 100% compatible with desert camo.
First Impressions
The soon-to-be owner of the vest with me when I received the first vest. For $40.00, and a no-brand vest (made for Airsplat's distribution), we were expecting something ordinary that wouldn't rip apart during the first dozen games... and well... we got a lot more than that. The quality of this airsoft vest was way beyond what we had expected and we already have expensive tactical vests going as high as $180 and this vest can be put side to side to any of those and stand his ground comfortably. A $75 price tag would be a fair price for this vest just for the fact it's not made by any fancy distributor like Guarder, but putting aside the branding, I'd say $100 for this airsoft vest.
The Front (VEST 1)
As shown in the picture below, the front part of the first vest (from now on, referred to as VEST 1) has 3 pistol mag pouches on the left side of the chest, 1 utility pouch on the right side, 3 belly high rifle mags on the right side, and a REMOVABLE pistol holster on the left side (for right handed people) with yet another pistol mag. There is also a radio pouch on the left shoulder and the vest comes with an awesome belt. The vest is closed with a zipper and secured with BLACK plastic buckles. There are also 2 utility pockets inside the vest, which could be used for maps or documents.
The Back (VEST 1 & 2)
Below we can see the Velcro straps on the shoulders to adjust the height, more plastic buckles to adjust the width, the US MOLLE compatibility for other accessories, and the center strap to carry the wounded (which seemed pretty strong but still would suggest you don't attempt to pull anyone on the ground for obvious reasons). There is however, s


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On my desk yesterday sat an unwrapped copy from of Heidi Hayes Jacobs' latest book "Curriculum 21 Essential Education for a Changing World" my monthly gift from ASCD. In all honesty, I immediately balk at most things labeled with the ordinal number "21" as a result of its saturated use in educational circles these days. Rarely does a memo leave the offices in Trenton without mention of this initiative or that program designed to incorporate the 21st Century in some manner.
I am just a little over the term, that's all.
Being that today is a day of airports and the requisite time-suck that they, and the airlines, put you through, I knew that I'd have time to get through some of the book on the way down. My intent was to use some of it as a springboard for FETC, as some of the themes presented are concurrent with some of my aims at the conference.
The book is laid out in an interesting format, in that Jacobs is the editor, but the first four chapters are hers. Following her are chapters from: Stephen Wilmarth, Vivien Stewart, Tim Tyson (of Mabry Middle School fame), Frank W. Baker (who is also creating a ton of great content over that the Making Curriculum Pop Ning), Daivd Niguidula, Jaimie Cloud, Alan November, Bill Sheskey, Aurther Costa and Bena Kallick.
Since this is mid-flight, and I am nowhere near through the entire book, I thought I'd start with some reactions to the first chapter authored by Jacobs. The thrid through fourth chapters dealing with the structural change to schools and curriculum at the systems level, also Jacobs' chapters, I'd like to treat on their own, especially after some of the sessions I plan on attending tomorrow.
"The good old days are still good enough."
In chapter one, I enjoyed the three myths that she believes need addressing when talking about school reform, especially curricular reform. The first myth is a sentiment anyone involved in moving schools and districts forward encounters on a daily basis. Very much the same as the TTWWADI mentality, this one extends beyond schools typically and into the community that surrounds it. There are methodologies that are timeless in education, and there are those that are fleeting. Without careful examination and experimentation with these ideas, we lose the ability to know what works best in given situations. Schools or communities, Jacobs states, are "shackled by memories," and many times paralyzed by the insecurity of change.
"We're better off if we all think alike–and not too much."
The second myth addresses what Jacobs calls "America's love/hate relationship with being educated." The myth, is as unsettling as it is hilarious. The glorification of the self-made man who rises out of poverty with little or no formal education to millionaire status is revered among the general population of the United States. Jacobs points to Susan Jacoby's "The Age of American Unreason," here with its examination of the fracturing of American discourse into factional discord, whereby thinkers surround themselves with those who share their own ideas. This for is evidenced by the consistent battle between the viewers of Fox News and those of every other major media outlet. We now have the ability and what's worse, the desire to surround ourselves, rather insulate ourselves with those who think like us. What is missing and necessary in any future of curricular change, according to Jacobs, is a return to active, open discourse between factional thinkers. We were founded amid chaos, and our students need to understand that disagreement is not disloyalty.
"Too much creativity is dangerous–and the arts are frills"
Even though we have much data showing the correlation between study of the arts and music and future academic success, as a society we marginalize the study of these disciplines in times of extreme panic or budget shortfall. Jacobs looks to Dan Pink to help characterize the future skill-set of the 21st Century worker (ugh, I used it as an adjective). Sir Ken Robinson defines creativity as this: an original thought or idea that has merit. In that capacity it cannot be limited to the realm of arts and music. We don't have innovation fields like accounting unless there is someone who sits in his or her chair and conceives of a whole new way to crunch numbers and manipulate their trade. Eliminating or denigrating arts as "frills" does a complete disservice to the students we teach today who will become tomorrow's leaders.


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Angeles Sax Quartet Performs Tonight
October 19, 2010
The Angeles Saxophone Quartet will perform a concert tonight in the Salter Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public, and begins at 8:00 p.m
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Founded in the fall of 2008 at UCLA, members include Christopher Elchico (soprano saxophone), Ryan Weston (alto saxophone), Umut Dursun (tenor saxophone) and Andrew Barnhart (baritone saxophone). All are undergraduate and graduate students of Dr. Doug Masek at UCLA.
The Angeles Saxophone Quartet recently won the Senior Wind Division Gold Medal at the 2010 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. The quartet was also a finalist in the 2010 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition and the 2009 Coleman Chamber Music Competition. In addition, the quartet has performed at the U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, Virginia, as part of their collegiate quartet recital series.
Closer to home, the Angeles Saxophone Quartet participates in the Gluck Outreach Program at UCLA, performing and educating the public about classical saxophone. Programs take place in schools, libraries, convalescent homes, and other public venues across the greater Los Angeles area.
The Angeles Saxophone Quartet is appearing on this series as part of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition's Midwest Winner's Tour. As Gold Medal Winner of the Fischoff, the Angeles Saxophone Quartet was selected from a field of twenty-four of the nation's finest young chamber music ensembles. The Fischoff Competition is the largest chamber music competition in the world. It was founded in 1973 in South Bend, Indiana, and is held annually at the University of Notre Dame.
Tonight's Program includes
Johann Sebastian Bach, "Fugue in G minor, BWV 578" (arr. Mark Watters)
David Maslanka, "Mountain Roads"
I. Overture
II. Chorale: Wo soll ich fliehen
III. Aria
IV. Chorale
V. Aria
VI. Finale
Thierry Escaich, "Tango Virtuoso"
Jean-Baptiste Singelée, "Quatuor pour Saxophones"
I. Andante - Allegro
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Allegretto
Pedro Iturralde, "Pequena Czardas"
Russell Peck, "Drastic Measures"
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - My dear friend JarJar Binks gets killed (again) Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "My dear friend JarJar Binks gets killed (again)" BgmemberMember #Joined: 20 Jan 2000Posts: 675Location: Finland Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 2:49 pm Once again I feld like I had to put Jar Jar in trouble. Sorry, I just can't help it. I love him soooo, and so does the flamer and the mech... this one can be also considered as my contribution to the draw-a-mech-thread. Se on menox sano Annie Lennox. ------------------ --- Timo Vihola http://www.mbnet.fi/~badgers/ Back to top BgmemberMember #Joined: 20 Jan 2000Posts: 675Location: Finland Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:03 pm Kickimus Maximus Assimus... hope you haven't seen it. ------------------ --- Timo Vihola http://www.mbnet.fi/~badgers/ Back to top LightmemberMember #Joined: 01 Dec 2000Posts: 528Location: NC, USA Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:03 pm These are cool. They are probably worth adding some more finish too. Back to top GeckomemberMember #Joined: 07 Mar 2000Posts: 876Location: Finland Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:47 pm Kickimus Maximus Assimus? Wasn't he a caesar back in the glory days of Rome? Like the caesar pic, the jar jar one is nice as well, but the mech is hard to make out. Your shading seems a little muddy, use black to darken things? Overall, I'd like to see some more darker shadows on the pics, they are very mid-tonish ------------------ Gecko email@example.com GeckoArt.Net Back to top TheMilkManmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 2000Posts: 797Location: St.Louis Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 4:57 pm I killed jar jar back in the day once..though your image is a bit better...hmm probebly should'nt even post this ..it's bad..anyways... Back to top hydridmemberMember #Joined: 20 Jan 2000Posts: 193 Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 5:36 pm Lol. I like the Kickimus Maximus Assimus. I believe he was the 14th Emperor following the Julio-Claudian Clan. Jar Jar deserved death by mech warrior Back to top BgmemberMember #Joined: 20 Jan 2000Posts: 675Location: Finland Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 9:48 pm Thanks. Maybe I'll really really finish them sometime later. Gecko, yeah, and the ad on tv by ea sports just rocks. The metal thing showing in the back is supposed be the mech's foot and it's about to trample the cute one any minute. Well, I agree the illusion of it has never even been there... And you're right, I could use some darker stuff. , Milkman, looks like were having the hobby every now and then. Thanks alot, hydrid. ------------------ --- Timo Vihola http://www.mbnet.fi/~badgers/ Back to top norimemberMember #Joined: 01 Apr 2000Posts: 500Location: Los Angeles, CA Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2001 11:54 am Nice images. I'm wondering, has George Lucas said anything in any interviews about how much people hate JarJar? I would be interesting to see what he says about it. Back to top DicklessWonderjunior memberMember #Joined: 20 Dec 2000Posts: 18Location: Shelby Twp, Mi, USA Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2001 6:23 pm Heyyyyyyyy be nice...Looking at the concept sketches of Jar Jar, Jar Jar was damn cool.....It's a pity he had to open his mouth...oi. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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The Philadelphia 76ers, deep into a rebuilding project that kicked off last June on draft night with the trade of All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday, have been stepping up their efforts to make a move before the trade deadline, and swingman Evan Turner has been at the forefront of those discussions, sources told Sporting News.
The Sixers are eager to net a draft pick for Turner—they've also shopped free-agent-to-be center Spencer Hawes and forward Thaddeus Young—and that has been a hang-up in their efforts to find a trade.
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The problem, one league executive said, is that Turner can become a restricted free agent this summer—or unrestricted, if the Sixers decide not to extend the $8.7 million qualifying offer he is slated for this offseason. If Turner is to become an unrestricted free agent, trading for him now makes little sense.
"It wouldn't be smart to give up assets for a player you think you can just sign on your own in July," one general manager said. "If you don't need to trade anything away to get him, then why would you?"
The Thunder, who will own Dallas' draft pick this year if it is outside of the Top 20, expressed interest in Turner earlier in the year. A source said, too, that Phoenix—which potentially has four first-round picks in the 2014 draft and would be willing to part with at least one—discussed Turner with the Sixers, but nothing solid resulted.
For Turner, now in his fourth season after having been the No. 2 overall pick in 2010, none of this comes as a surprise. Once the Holiday deal was announced, he knew the Sixers would be taking a step backward, and that he might not factor into the rebuilding plan.
That was confirmed this fall when not only did he fail to reach a contract extension with the team (players drafted in 2010 were extension-eligible this offseason), but there were not even any discussions between new Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie and Turner's agent, David Falk, on a contract.
"I never expected to get a contract extension, especially when we switched GMs, you know?" Turner said. "I always said, Mr. Hinkie is going to do what he wants to do, and he has his own vision and everything like that. So when you trade an All-Star like Jrue, I mean, what occurs next isn't going to surprise me. I was just trying my best to keep focused, keep helping the team win and getting better."
Helping the team win has not always gone smoothly—the Sixers are 15-33—but Turner is having his most productive season, averaging a career-high 18.1 points with 6.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists. He is shooting 43.5 percent, slightly above his career average (43.0), but has struggled from the 3-point line at 28.6 percent.
At the beginning of his career, Turner felt the weight of expectations that attended his draft position. Averaging 7.2 points as a rookie and 9.4 points in his second season caused him some anxiety—he was all too aware that he was already being labeled a disappointment and a bust, and he took that to heart.
"That's what the No. 2 tag comes with," he said. "Sometimes there are people who write stuff and say stuff that don't even watch the game, you know what I am saying? I enjoyed my first two years.
"My first year, we made it to the playoffs, I was able to play some big minutes, get some experience. Second year, the same thing occurred but, they're screaming at me that I am not a scorer or this, that and the other. Those two years, the most anyone scored was 14 points—I averaged 10."
Turner admits that dealing with the criticism was hard for him. He had been a star at Ohio State, and signed with Falk (who was retired) mostly because Falk had represented Michael Jordan. While Turner never expected to be Jordan, he did expect to be a star in the league. When that didn't materialize immediately, he was stung by the stepped-up scrutiny that comes with being a professional.
"I was young," he said. "When it came down to it, I got blamed for dang near everything. I wasn't this, I wasn't that. You become insecure about it."
Now that he ranks in the league's top 26 in scoring, Turner finds some validation. He has packed away his insecurity. One of the keys has been tuning out what others say—and that includes ignoring the trade rumors that pop up all around him.
"I don't pay attention to it anymore," he said. "I just keep trying to get better, keep trying to play. I know I can play basketball. At the end of the day, you have to see who takes it, who is running with that, who is writing what they're writing. Some people never played basketball a day in their life, and now they think they taught me how to play. I can't fight people with pens or anything like that. I just try to keep getting better."
And, whether it happens before the Feb. 20 trade deadline or in the summer, it is very likely Turner will be getting better somewhere besides Philadelphia next season.