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On Dec. 7, at the Lido Theater in Newport Beach, the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will host its annual movie event. This year the club will be screening the Christmastime classic, "Miracle on 34th Street." What a great way to get in the mood for Christmas.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a food festival sponsored by 14 restaurants. The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75 and $125 for VIPs with VIP ticket holders, who are entitled to free parking and preferred seating. All ticket holders get a free T-shirt, unlimited food sampling that evening, courtesy of the sponsoring restaurants, admission to the movie and the knowledge that your donation will go toward helping prevent child abuse!
Proceeds from the event go to the prevention of child abuse and other youth activities in the community. Last year alone, the movie event generated $60,000 for the prevention of child abuse, more than $20,000 in scholarships to students and teachers, and more than $5,000 to other charities. To buy tickets or for more information, call (949) 887-6788. Contributions are tax deductible.
Christmas Carol Ball
What began in the mid-1960s as a gathering for caroling of close personal friends, such as John Wayne and Buddy Ebsen has grown into the 44th annual Christmas Carol Ball, one of Orange County's most anticipated fundraisers that attracts as many as 600 friends, patients, physicians and staff of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
But what has made it such a fundraising blockbuster has been community partnerships. This year's ball will also benefit Human Options of Orange County.
This is the second year that Dr. Lisa Karamardian is co-chairing the ball with her husband, Vahé. They are joined this year by co-chairs Tyler and Pamela Terry. The Christmas Carol Ball is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 11, at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Spa in Dana Point.
Hosted by the Hoag Hospital Foundation's 552 Club and the Christmas Carol Ball Committee, the ball has attracted and raised more than $7 million since 1966. Requests for invitations may be made through Laura Nelson at (949) 764-7211 or via e-mail to email@example.com. More information can be found at https://www.ChristmasCarolBall.org.
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"There are two types of people — those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'" —Frederick L. Collins
You are invited to attend a service club meeting this coming week to learn more about opportunities for service. Most clubs will buy your first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.
Noon: The Exchange Club of Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, 1601 Bayside Drive, Corona del Mar, for a business meeting.
5:15 p.m.: The 10-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Ramada Inn & Suites, 1680 Superior Ave., Costa Mesa. Visit https://www.costamesarotary.org.
6 p.m.: The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear from Rotary District 5320 Administrator Jim de Boom with a live demonstration of the district's new website and online directory. https://www.newportbalboa.org
7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi's Café, Newport and Harbor boulevards, Costa Mesa.
Noon: The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. For more information, visit https://www.newportbeachkiwanis.org.
11 a.m.: The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a business meeting. For more information visit https://www.nhexchange.org.
Noon: The 40-member Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information, visit https://www.costamesaKiwanis.org.
The 65-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club, 801 E. Peltason Drive, Irvine, for the Newport Beach Fire Department Awards. Visit https://www.ni-rotary.org.
The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club. https://www.costamesakiwanis.org
6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at the Golden Dragon, Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa.
7:15 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at Hoag Hospital Speech and Language Development Center/Autism, https://www.newportbeachsunriserotary.org.
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NorCalNomad is right, no joke there.
A normal TT will go upwind just as well as a classic surfboard, but be powered by one step bigger kite.
Thus a lightwind TT can go upwind just as well as a classic surfboard (NOT the square ones) with the same kite, true.
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NOME, Alaska - If you want to see mushers cross the finish line at the world's most famous sled dog race in March 2014, better make your reservations soon.
There aren't many hotel rooms available at the end of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, leaving mushers and their families battling with fans, tourists and volunteers for a place to sleep.
"Call early and get going," advised Richard Beneville, a Nome tour company operator and chamber of commerce official.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race always starts the first Saturday in March in Anchorage with a ceremonial run. The competitive race starts the next day in Willow, about 50 miles north of Anchorage.
Both events draw huge numbers of fans since both cities are accessible on Alaska's limited road system.
But getting to the end of the race might be as difficult for a fan as it is to a musher.
Mushers will travel with their dog teams a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) over treacherous Alaska wilderness to reach Nome, a Bering Sea coastal community located on Alaska's wind-whipped western coast. The winner usually comes in about nine days after the Willow start.
For fans traveling to Nome, flights aren't a problem. What is tricky, however, is finding a place to stay.
Nome, with a population of 3,500, has only three hotels. Altogether, there are 134 hotel rooms available.
All three hotels have varying policies when it comes to reservations during Iditarod week.
The Nugget Inn is located right in front of the burled arch, the famous finish line for the Iditarod on Front Street, a block off the Bering Sea - which in March is still frozen and often serves as a runway for small airplanes.
The inn has 46 rooms, but also serves as the home hotel for Iditarod officials and volunteers. Manager Thuy Nguyen said they require a stay of seven nights or longer for reservations made by Jan. 1. Then they will start accepting reservations for shorter stays.
The Polaris Hotel has 34 rooms, all of which but a handful have already been booked for next year.
Manager Tina Yi says the hotel, 20 steps from the finish line, has a sliding cancellation fee. It ranges from losing 25 percent of your deposit if you cancel more than 90 days out to no refund if the cancellation is within 30 days of the reservation.
The city's largest and newest hotel is the Aurora Inn. They don't open reservations for Iditarod week until April 1, and always sell out the same day.
Reservations for the inn's 54 rooms are only accepted by email and on a first-come, first-served basis. The emails provide a time-stamp on the order that reservations come in.
"People pretty much at the stroke of midnight send their emails," said assistant manager Sean Knudsen. "There's a real narrow window."
They do keep a waiting list, but Knudsen says he eventually closes it because it gets so long. Adding to a space crunch is that film crews are in Nome filming the popular cable show, "Bering Sea Gold."
B&Bs are another option, but they also sell out quickly.
"After all the hotels are booked and the B&Bs, we go into Plan B, which is overflow housing," Beneville said.
Beginning in February, once the commercial rooms are all taken, the Nome Visitors Center begins a file that will eventually match homeowners to travelers.
Townspeople call the center, saying they have space for rent that week and what their requirements are: male or female, smoker or nonsmoker, partier or tea-totaler. When people call in looking for a room, visitors center staff try to match them up.
Beneville described this makeshift hostelling as "kind of fun."
Be prepared though. Experiences, the type of room or space offered and prices vary by homeowner. You might be sharing your space with a toddler's toys, rowdy housemates or lots of pets.
If lucky enough to get a room, visitors will be able to witness the end of the rugged Iditarod race. Besides the winner, the race's other mushers will trickle in for a few days.
But the Iditarod isn't the only draw.
Nome is still a frontier type of town, where downtown bars are as popular now as when Old West lawman Wyatt Earp owned the Dexter on Front Street at the turn of the last century.
Beneville described the celebratory atmosphere of the Iditarod as "Mardi Gras with dogs."
For those needing a break from dogs or the bar, there's a huge Alaska Native art and craft fair that goes on during Iditarod week. The town also hosts its annual basketball tournament, drawing 70 teams from Norton Sound communities.
This year, Howard Farley, an Iditarod founder who helped establish Nome as the race's finish, gave daily talks at the city's library, drawing overflow crowds and repeat listeners.
Beneville, a former New York actor, has been known to don a top hat and recite the poetry of Robert Service - often called the "Bard of the Yukon" - to crowds at the Nome Convention Center waiting for the next musher to come in.
Tour companies in the past also have arranged visits to Safety, the last Iditarod checkpoint 22 miles from Nome. Other winter tours take tourists outside town to look for musk oxen in the wild. You might even see the northern lights.
"Nome is a very cool place. Period," Beneville said.


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1. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, Knopf
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown
3. Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen, Puffin
4. The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illus.), Harper
5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time, by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin
6. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine
7. Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen, Viking
8. Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School, by Barbara Park, Random House
9. L.A. Candy, by Lauren Conrad, Harper
10. Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke, Scholastic
11. Scat, by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf
12. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, David Fickling
13. Daniel X: Watch the Skies, by James Patterson, Ned Rust, Little Brown
14. Just Listen, by Sarah Dessen, Puffin
15. When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb
1. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, Harper
2. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper
3. Goldilicious, by Victoria Kann, Harper
4. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), Simon & Schuster
5. Gallop!, by Rufus Butler Seder, Workman
6. Pat the Bunny, by Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden
7. Good Night, Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann, Putnam
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle, Putnam
9. Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey, Puffin
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt
11. Fancy Nancy Tea Parties, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
12. First Day of School, by Mercer Mayer, HarperFestival
13. Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly
14. Swing!, by Rufus Butler Seder, Workman
15. Marley Goes to School, by John Grogan, Richard Cowdrey (Illus.), Harper
1. Twilight (hardcover and paperback), by Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback), by J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (hardcover and paperback), by Rick Riordan, Miramax
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback), by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover and paperback), by Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback), by John Flanagan, Philomel
7. The 39 Clues (hardcover), by Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, et al, Scholastic
8. House of Night (hardcover and paperback), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, St. Martin's
9. The Clique (paperback), by Lisi Harrison, Poppy
10. Alex Rider Adventures (hardcover and paperback), by Anthony Horowitz, Puffin
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South Floridians have been trying to lower their student loan balances and experts say students can lower what they need to borrow with some advance planning.
In May, those with student loans in Miami-Dade and Broward counties had lowered their college debt balances from a year ago to $31,455 -- $582 less than last year's balance of $32,037, according to the website CreditKarma.com.
That's after years of steady increases in student loans. But South Floridians have recently been trying to stop the climb up.
Instead of focusing on paying off the debt, the consumer website Credit Sesame suggests planning in advance to help avoid or lessen loan amounts.
Here are five ways:
Attend Broward College or Palm Beach State College for at least the first two years to lower how much you have to pay for tuition. Four-year public universities charge more; private college's tuition is even more.
Go to a college within commuting distance of your home so you can live at home and cut back on room and board costs, often the highest expenses for Floridians attending a state school. Or sign up for online degree programs. The University of Florida, for example, has more than 100.
Consider college programs that allow students to graduate early, such as three-year degree programs or even tuition-free colleges, recommends CreditSesame.com and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administration. Go to http://mnstr.me/10WgVHs for a top 10 list. Or figure out ways on your own to cut the time at the college such as taking extra classes during a semester
Charge only for essentials: You'll ultimately pay more for every dollar you borrow, only take out loans toward education costs such as tuition and textbooks, Broward College advises. Don't use student loans for dinner out with friends, for example, the college warns in a seminar required for all of its students taking out loans.
Estimate your full cost of college before borrowing and try to come up with ways to cut expenses, CreditSesame.com recommends. Get a clear picture of college costs as possible. Every college is required to provide an online net price calculator, which uses family information to gauge a cost for a specific first-time, full-time college freshman. The calculators can't give a guaranteed price, but they can give an early estimate of year's costs.
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Lionel Hollins is a hot commodity again.
In the wake of the Memphis Grizzlies front-office shakeup that appears to have indirectly benefitted their former coach, a person with knowledge of the situation said Hollins is now in the mix for both the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers coaching positions. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the situation.
CLEANING: Grizz fire CEO, assistant GM
JOERGER: Grizzlies coach rejects T'wolves
Hollins is expected to interview with the Lakers late next week, likely Thursday or Friday. He will become the third known candidate to have sat down with Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, who has already visited with former head coach Mike Dunleavy (Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Clippers) and former head coach Byron Scott (New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers).
The Cavaliers began scheduling interviews for their vacancy in recent days, and Hollins' interview is likely to come next weekend. Hollins was 183-129 in his four full seasons with the Grizzlies (2009-2013), and Memphis reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history in his final season.
Chicago Bulls assistant coach Adrian Griffin, meanwhile, is scheduled to interview with the Cavaliers on Tuesday. Clippers assistant coach Alvin Gentry and former Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro, who have ties from their Phoenix Suns days with Cavaliers general manager Dave Griffin, are also expected to be interviewed. Griffin has already interviewed for the Utah Jazz position as well and remains in the running there.
Hollins' much-improved candidacy comes after the Grizzlies' recent firings of CEO Jason Levien and assistant general manager Stu Lash. Levien spearheaded the decision to not re-sign Hollins and instead promote former Grizzlies assistant Dave Joerger last summer, and it was widely known that his ousting was largely a result of major philosophical differences between Hollins and the then-management team. The timing of Hollins receiving significant interest from several teams, it's safe to say, is telling in terms of the way that situation is now being retroactively perceived around the league.
Hollins returning to Memphis, if Joerger gets fired along with his bosses, appears extremely unlikely. One person with knowledge of the Grizzlies' situation definitively said that Hollins would not be returning, but the post-Levien/Lash landscape is complicated enough internally that it can't be completely ruled out just yet. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the situation.
Joerger, who grew up and attended college in Minnesota, met with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor in recent days but rejected an offer Sunday, according to agent Warren LeGarie. The Grizzlies would need to be compensated by way of draft picks or cash in such a coaching trade, and the details of that arrangement were not worked out.
Yahoo Sports first reported Hollins would interview with the Lakers.
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Even though the surprise might have gotten a little spoiled, the arrival of the entire X-Men: Days of Future Past cast onstage at Comic-Con last Saturday was still a huge moment, inspiring the kind of emotional reactions in comics fans that are usually reserved for the Twilight screamers in Hall H (and hey, who says Ian McKellen doesn't deserve the Robert Pattinson treatment?) As Eric wrote in his liveblog, not only was the footage "TREMENDOUS," but "the entire DOFP cast is here, and Hall H is losing its shit."
We've already brought you the highlights from that surprise Hall H appearance, but to see the cast reunited among a slightly calmer crowd, check out this video of the entire press conference they participated in before their big appearance in front of the fans. You've still got the reunion of both X-Men casts, including the two Magnetos and the two Professor Xs, but with slightly less screaming to drown it out. Also, quite possibly dirtier jokes-- it was in front of the entire Comic-Con crowd that Ian McKellen flirted with Michael Fassbender, but only in the press conference that James McAvoy felt the need to point out that "Can I see Cerebro?" is not a euphemism for the casting couch process that landed Jennifer Lawrence the role as Mystique.
Of course, explaining the jokes is only going to ruin them, so just go ahead and watch the video above, which includes confirmation that it's Wolverine, not Kitty Pryde, who travels back in time (as opposed to the original story in the comics). Writer Simon Kinberg and director Bryan Singer also talk about how the time travel elements make this story different from most other superhero movies, Patrick Stewart talks about how disappointed he was when he thought he wouldn't get to come back for Days of Future Past, and the two Magnetos and two Professor Xs generally spend a lot of time complimenting each other. Man, how much would you like to go out and get drinks with that foursome?
Even though both the press conference and the big panel went light on plot specifics, the reveal of Sentinels helmets confirmed a major element of what we've all suspected about the plot-- Peter Dinklage's Bolivar Trask invents the giant robot Sentinels to hunt down mutants in the future, and Wolverine travels to the past to warn the younger X-Men about what's to come. Based on that Hall H footage what happens after that is pretty exciting… but those of us who weren't there will have to hold our horses for an official trailer to find out exactly how it works. At least we don't have all that long to wait for the final product-- X-Men: Days Of Future Past hits theaters May 23, 2014.


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Less than two months after announcing its split with Gold's Gym, Vertical Fitness Group, Appleton, WI, has announced several promotions that it says will position the new brand for growth.
The former Gold's Gym franchisee group, which consists of Jon Barton, Tom Davidson and Jamie Nelson, operates 15 Xperience Fitness clubs in Minnesota and Wisconsin but has stated intentions to take the brand national. Eleven of the Xperience clubs were Gold's Gym facilities. The other four were Cardinal Fitness clubs that the group purchased this spring.
Jake Malzahn has been promoted to vice president of sales and production where he will oversee all aspects of membership and personal training sales production.
Lisa Wadsen is now vice president of facilities operations. She will oversee all areas of facility maintenance, purchasing and all club expense controls.
Jason Christus has been promoted to vice president of personal training, a position in which he will oversee all personal trainers and personal training protocol.
Amie Berggren has become vice president of human resources. In addition to overseeing recruitment, hiring and orientation, she will develop the Xperience Fitness Employee Handbook.
Courtney Schultz has been promoted to assistant marketing director and will assist with marketing, public relations and communications within the organization.
Paul DeLange has been elevated to member relations director. He will manage the help desk staff, the live chat desk and customer care initiatives.
Barton said in a release that Xperience Fitness will offer "future-leaning" and "technology-facing" fitness centers. The clubs charge $9.99 per month with no long-term contracts.
The Xperience Fitness website serves as a member "user manual" offering relevant content, expert advice and the ability for members to track fitness progress through a member profile, make online payments and participate in live chats, Barton said.


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If you haven't seen the quite fine tea documentary, All In This Tea, you should give it a look. If you have seen it and you're craving more, check out The Meaning of Tea, another documentary film about tea.
Have you ever wondered what kind of tea was unceremniously dumped during the Boston Tea Party? Bruce Richardson was commissioned by The National Archives to come up with an approximation of that tea. More info here.
Here's a story about some people who had their priorities straight - or maybe not. Apparently at one point British disaster planners were concerned that a nuclear attack might leave the nation short on tea. As if the giant ants and lizards running amok wouldn't be enough of a problem.
This is an older one but you might have missed it, as I did. From NPR, it's "the story of a man driven temporarily insane from drinking too much jasmine tea." I hate when that happens.
Last up is a miracle of modern technology - or maybe not. It's a tea (or coffee, one assumes) cup whose contents can be stirred without using a spoon. Because we all know how dreadfully complex and inconvenient spoons can be. More here.
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That self-stirring tea cup will never make it in America- the ball is a blatant choking hazard and some idiot *will* tilt the glass far enough to tip it into his or her mouth.
Oh wow...thanks for this info about "The Meaning of Tea" documentary.
I recently purchased "All In This Tea" and thoroughly enjoyed it. A great story.
By the way, could you please add my new tea blog (uniquelytea.blogspot.com) to your Honor Roll? Thanks, Bill!
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Today I am linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced, I have been bust finishing up Christmas gifts and of course starting 2 new quilts... The first project is the boxy bags.
I have been making so many I had to order more zippers.I found a great shop on Etsy, Zipit. fast delivery and great prices.
I also started a Round and Round quilt by Thimble blossoms. I picked up several charm packs of Santa's Little Helpers by Erin Michael for Moda.
I could not resist using the sock patterned fabric for the background. This quilt will probably be used by my grand daughter as she picked the charm pack and is helping me make it.
And last but not least I have been whipping up these quick hot mats. I used 10" squares and they are big enough to use to set a pot/pan on,if you used a little smaller square they make great hot pads.


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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Across Illinois, residents are welcoming the chance to finally pack a gun — and some are even asking a federal court for permission to start toting weapons next week, rather than waiting months for the state to implement its newly approved concealed carry law.
Even before lawmakers overrode Gov. Pat Quinn's objections to the nation's last gun-carry law on Tuesday, the focus had begun to turn to the challenges for authorities and business owners in making the measure work before the first permits are issued.
But the ink had barely dried on the new law before gun-rights hero Mary Shepard, whose lawsuit led to passage of Illinois' carry measure, went back to federal court Wednesday seeking to start carrying next Tuesday. Her motion, backed by the Illinois State Rifle Association, argues that an unconstitutional ban on packing pistols remains because it will be as long as nine months before the first carry permits are approved in Illinois.
A federal appeals court ruled on Shepard's and another case in December and lawmakers dawdled until this week, Shepard argues.
"Given the opportunity (and ample time) to act promptly to remedy its violation of the Constitution, the state of Illinois instead procrastinated," the motion reads.
Some authorities have in the past month agreed with the interpretation, allowing citizens to start carrying guns or at least announcing they wouldn't be prosecuted if they did, because the Illinois prohibition had been declared unconstitutional.
One place that happened is Madison County, outside St. Louis, where the state's attorney announced he would stop prosecuting locals for carrying concealed weapons, within certain rules. In Edwardsville this week, from a newly opened bakery to a tattoo parlor to a funeral home, a sampling of business proprietors said they were glad Illinois was finally joining the national fold.
"I just believe this will level the playing field," Edward Rodney said at the Weber & Rodney Funeral home he helps operate. "If you have a responsible person wanting to carry a concealed weapon, what's the difference between them and a police officer carrying a gun in public? You've got to put some trust in the public, which I do."
Tom Gibbons, the county's Democratic state's attorney, downplayed worries among concealed-carry opponents that an increasingly armed populace could stoke violence by making firearms a means of resolving conflicts. The prosecutor said such predicted mayhem hasn't surfaced in other states.
"As long as it's done responsibly and reasonably, no one will even notice this happened, by and large," said Gibbons, vowing to get his own permit as soon as the process is put in place. "I will be in line."
After months of debate that demonstrated the divide between Chicago and the rest of the state, lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly beat a federal court deadline and adopted the concealed carry law over Quinn's vehement objections. The next steps include the state putting in place a permit system and educating the public about where guns can and can't be carried.
Those eager to make use of the law may need patience. The law directs authorities to issue carry permits to applicants who have a Firearm Owner's Identification card, passes a background check and undergoes 16 hours of training, the most in the nation.
Illinois State Police have six months to set up a concealed carry program before accepting applications, which the agency estimates will number 300,000 in the first year. Once an application is received, police have 90 days to approve or reject them.
Shepard and gun owners argue that's not their fault. Shepard, a gun owner who completed safety courses, was a 69-year-old Cobden, Ill., church secretary in 2009 when she was beaten by an intruder and left for dead. She filed a lawsuit that led to this week's law, saying if she had not been barred from carrying a gun, she could have thwarted the attack.
Shepard filed a separate motion disputing a request Tuesday by Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who chose not to appeal the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling to the Supreme Court, to dismiss the lawsuit as moot now that there's a law.
Madigan spokeswoman Natalie Bauer would not comment on how the attorney general would respond, but reiterated Madigan's position.
"The new law resolves the constitutional issues that were raised," Bauer said.
State officials also have 60 days to set up firearms training courses and list approved courses on the department's website, leaving even certified firearms instructors uncertain about what they'll be required to teach.
"I expect it to be the dead of winter before you see anything tangible," said David Price, a firearms instructor for the last 12 years in Madison County's Granite City.
Meanwhile, potential applicants are waiting. Over the past couple of months, Price said he has amassed a list of several dozen people interested in taking firearms training from him.
At the Capitol City Arms Supply store in Springfield, John Jackson said his business has spiked since last year's court ruling, and "our phone has been ringing off the hook" with calls from customers wanting to make use of his shop's indoor shooting range and related training.
Yet Jackson cautions that concealable guns and the ammunition for them have been a struggle to keep in stock, a shortage that has played out across the country since last December's school massacre in Newtown, Conn.
"I have increased my order five times what I normally do to keep it in stock. It's very hard to get," Jackson said.
Contact John O'Connor at https://twitter.com/apoconnor
Associated Press reporter David Mercer contributed to this story from Tolona. O'Connor reported from Springfield.
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Following approval by their Boards of Trustees, South Dakota-based Sanford Health (Sanford) and North Dakota-based MeritCare Health System (MeritCare) today announced the two organizations have merged to become one of the country's largest integrated health care systems. The new System will strengthen health care in the region by expanding services, research, education and access to care.
"Our commitment is to pursue a world class reputation for medical care, to be nationally relevant as one of its best performing health care organizations, and to find a cure for devastating diseases affecting the health of the people we serve," commented Kelby Krabbenhoft, newly appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of Sanford Health-MeritCare. "We believe these objectives are what we have been called to do because of the history, stature, and ability of our organization and physicians and staff. We also believe our efforts will be a source of confidence and pride throughout our entire region."
Other priorities for the merged organization include: providing the best possible patient experience and development of new services in Centers of Excellence such as Heart, Cancer, Women's, Children's, Emergency, Trauma, and Orthopedics. Additional priorities are stability and opportunities for staff and physicians and their future professional development including expansion of education and medical training programs, involvement and support for communities through investments in projects involving health and wellness, children's services, education and economic development.
"The decision to combine our organizations demonstrates the ongoing commitment MeritCare and Sanford have to find new ways of improving health and access to care for people in our respective regions," said Ellen Earl-Chaffee, Chair, MeritCare Board of Trustees.
"As our two organizations achieved strong regional leadership positions, it was important that we continued to promote health and economic development," said Barb Stork, Chair of Sanford Board of Trustees. "Through our new merged organization we will grow and improve our services, and expand our research and education capabilities as a shared mission."
MeritCare is North Dakota's largest health system with many regional clinic and hospital sites in North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota. It is known for regional excellence in a number of clinical specialties such as the Roger Maris Cancer Center, Heart Center, and Children's Hospital. It has a strong record of research and educational activities, and supporting new health care developments and community service programs.
Sanford Health is comprised of Sanford Clinic, Sanford USD Medical Center and a network of community hospitals and clinics in South Dakota, Southwest Minnesota, Northwest Iowa, and Northeast Nebraska. It is known for its comprehensive health services, and growing research and education programs.
A recent $400 million gift from T. Denny Sanford has enabled Sanford Health to initiate significant research programs in children's health and other research areas, an Initiative to fund a cure for Type 1 Diabetes and the establishment of Children's World Clinics, and health campus developments which includes the recently opened Sanford Children's Hospital and a new Sanford Heart Hospital which is under construction.
"At the core of this new organization rest two health care legends that go back to the 1890's. They come forward now in a united trust that is demonstrated to each other through our combined vision and mission to be one of the nation's best health systems. Patients should be comforted and confident that our great physicians, staff and institutions await those we serve in both regions amongst hundreds of communities," said Krabbenhoft. "Together we will grow and improve the delivery of medicine, deliver on the promise of results in research, and deliver on the promise of medical and health education. This new system is designed to address the challenges and opportunities of today. It is also designed to continue the legacy of the past as a commitment to opportunities, security for care, and the work of tens of thousands of our employees and their families in generations to come."
MeritCare President and CEO, Roger Gilbertson, M.D., said "together Sanford and MeritCare will bring the full potential of an integrated care system to the benefit of patients, communities, employees and physicians. It will add value for patients, be proactive in health care reform, attract talent including physicians, nurses, health professionals, and others who will significantly advance the sophistication and comprehensiveness of services offered, and promote economic development in our communities." Dr. Gilbertson will be retiring as planned after more than 17 years as president and CEO of MeritCare and 30 years as a practicing physician.
"The six state presence and premier medical centers in adjacent geographic regions that are a part of the combination of MeritCare and Sanford create a new health organization. It will have the ability to increase its level of efficiency and health care delivery for a very broad population in large contiguous service areas, and expand research activities and education programs for further improvement," commented Bruce Morgan, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, an independent consulting firm.
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There was a lot of talk during the final days of the federal budget negotiations that House Republican leaders were trying to insert policy amendments about "social issues" into the budget. And since the White House and Republicans struck a deal April 8 on the Fiscal Year 2011 budget, there has been a lot of talk that President Obama gave up too much to Republicans.
As Congress votes this week on a final budget bill to complete funding for the fiscal year that ends September 30, both LGBT people and people focused on helping fight HIV can breathe a sigh of relief. There are no social issue riders seeking some policy concession to put LGBT people at a disadvantage. And it appears there are no dramatic cuts in HIV funding.
But both groups suffered scrapes and bruises in the budget battle.
The details of the FY 11 budget, posted Tuesday, call for the federal government to spend almost $39 billion less than the $3.5 trillion it spent in FY 10. Here's a look at just a few of those cuts, compared to FY 10 levels:
* $942 million cut for the Community Development Fund
* $104 million for Safe Schools and Citizenship Education
* $43 million cut for Community Block Grant Programs
* $16 million cut for Administration on Aging
* $13 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts
The Community Development Fund, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a program to provide housing assistance to families with low incomes. Some LGBT centers around the country have been able to tap into those grants to help clients who have low incomes.
The Safe Schools and Citizenship Education program of the Department of Education includes the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program to address such issues as bullying, including LGBT-related bullying. While President Obama's proposal would have kept the office flat-funded, compared to FY 10, the budget deal cuts the FY 11 budget by $104 million. It's uncertain just what that means for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program, but it seems unlikely the program will get the four percent increase it hoped for.
Activists concerned about HIV-related funded were on a rollercoaster this week, after first hearing that nearly the entire $1 billion budget for programs to prevent HIV, Hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis was being cut. That turned out not to be true, said Ronald Johnson, spokesman for AIDS United, an organization that has consolidated the work of the former AIDS Action Council and the National AIDS Fund. But it's not clear what the actual number will be.
Still, "on the whole," said Johnson, "we feel the domestic HIV program has fared generally well."
Carl Schmid, deputy executive director of The AIDS Institute, had a similar reaction.
"We congratulate the Congress and the Obama Administration for rejecting many of the massive cuts to domestic and global HIV/AIDS programs that were initially proposed by Republicans in the House," said Schmid.
But the numbers aren't all happy. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which provides funds to help ensure people with HIV and low incomes can afford life-saving medications, will be funded at $885 million for FY 11. Donna Crews of AIDS United says that's the number President Obama proposed, but she and Johnson note that the amount is still not enough to help all those who need help. As of last week, said Johnson, there were 7,900 individuals on waiting lists in 11 states who need coverage.
"There's still a gap," said Johnson. "This still doesn't meet the need for ADAP." The community, said Johnson, hoped for $1.2 billion in ADAP.
A dozen HIV protesters were arrested Monday for staging a demonstration at House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's office on Capitol Hill, reportedly over concerns that budget cuts would harm HIV funding.
President Obama, speaking Friday night, April 8, just before midnight, said the administration "made sure that, at the end of the day, this was a debate about spending cuts, not social issues like women's health and the protection of our air and water."
Given that Republicans in the U.S. House have already held two hearings on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and have scheduled a hearing for Friday, April 15, on the Defense of Marriage Act, one might suspect that something on those two issues would have been one of the "social issue" riders on the table during the furious budget negotiations last week. But there is no indication that any such effort emerged.
The most publicized "social issue" on the Republican hit list for the budget negotiations was Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides reproductive health services. While many people seem to read and hear "abortion" when they see "Planned Parenthood," the organization's most recently available annual report online (2008-2009) indicates that abortion services comprise only about 3 percent of its work. Testing for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV testing and counseling, comprise 34 percent of its work. The remaining services include contraception (35 percent), cancer screening and prevention (17 percent), and other services (11 percent). The majority of its clients are women with low incomes.
According to the New York Times, Planned Parenthood gets about one-third of its $1 billion annual budget from federal funding. But a federal law that has been in place since 1976 prohibits any of those funds to be used on abortions.
Rep. Barney Frank voted against the tentative deal struck between the White House and Republicans late Friday night to avert a government shut down. The House and Senate both had to take immediate votes to enable funding of the government to continue until the final budget bill could be printed up and voted on.
Frank told the Boston Globe his vote last Friday night was symbolic. He knew the deal had the votes to pass and, thus, avert the government shut down. Knowing that, he told the Globe, he voted against it to protest increases in defense spending and decreases in social spending.


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Announcement and call for papers
The first Stata Users Group meeting in the Nordic and Baltic countries will be held on September 26, 2005, in Stockholm. The objective of the meeting is to provide Stata users working in different research areas with the opportunity to exchange ideas, experiences, and information on new ways to apply the software. In addition William Gould, President and Head of Development at StataCorp, will participate in the meeting and give a presentation on Mata, Stata's new matrix-based programming language. Roberto Gutierrez, Director of Statistics at StataCorp, will talk about xtmixed, Stata's new procedure for multilevel and hierarchical models.
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The conference will be held at the Karolinska Institute. Make your hotel reservations as early as possible. Elite Palace Hotel at St. Eriksgatan 155 is a comfortable hotel within walking distance from the conference site. For reservations, call +46 (0)8 566 217 00. A conference discount is available if you mention that you are attending our meeting at the Karolinska Institute. A low-budget alternative, centrally located and within walking distance, is Wasa Park Hotel at St. Eriksplan 1. For reservations call, +46 (0)8 545 453 00.
The meeting is arranged by Metrika Consulting (www.metrika.se), the certified distributor of Stata in the Nordic and Baltic regions. For further information, contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com. We look forward to seeing you in Stockholm on September 26.


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The BabyLegs team takes great pleasure in looking at the samples hanging on our office walls and imagining endless squeal-worthy looks that can be created with BabyLegs. Staff Picks are so much fun to compile, and we hope that we inspire you to get creative! While BabyLegs are an essential, just like your favorite one-piece snap suits and rompers, they offer parents and kids the joy that comes from accessorizing and changing up looks on a daily basis. So check out what we've matched up with the styles from our SUMMER SURVIVAL KIT line — BabyCool! And ByeByeBugs — that will help you protect your little ones from sun exposure and insects! Then have fun shopping, because all BabyCool! And ByeByeBugs styles are 50% off this Memorial Day!!
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Pink is one of the key colors of summer: lemonade, plastic lawn flamingoes, and juicy watermelon, and strawberry ice-cream come to mind. That's why I chose to set off BabyCool! Love Splash warmers with a bright pink swimsuit and accessories.
I especially love the way the turquoise trim on the suit ties back to the accent color on the hearts!!
Crawling Caterpiller- ByeByeBugs
I was inspired by the expression "A Walk in the Woods" when pulling this mod-ish look together. Earthy tones, a bucket hat that features insects, and ByeByeBugs your little man's arms and legs for protection make a perfect summer outfit, and one that keeps baby comfortable.
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ORANGE CRUSH! One of my very favorite colors, orange is spectacular when set against medium blue. This ensemble, built around the BabyCool! style "Surf's Up," is simply too cute for words. Don't forget a sun hat and glasses to protect baby's face, where skin is so tender.
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Protected and stylish – you can't ask for anything more. Pink power shorts with warmers for her legs OR arms can keep this gal chillin' all through the summer.
Shark Tank and Spinning Jenny
Shark tank goes perfectly with this color blocked swim suit. Add a pair of Ray Bans and he is one BabyCool! dude! Keep the bugs away in style with coordinating Spinning Jenny with a teal dress and flip flops.
Bubbly- BabyCool! and Awesome Antics- ByeByeBugs
Neon is a popular trend this summer – so I picked Bubbly for its bright fun ruffles and paired it with a coordinating ruffle swimsuit and snorkel set. Awesome Antics looks great with a coordinating neon t-shirt and comfy draw string shorts and camo sneakers.
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I think of classic American style when I see overalls, and it's really never too soon to get baby into a pair! Long pants in summer make perfect sense if baby will be near grassy areas or woods, where insects hide. To keep arms protected as well, ByeByeBugs is a diaper bag essential… toss a pair into your purse or car so that if the need arises, you've got your baby covered.
TIP: Pull ByeByeBugs on when baby will be exposed to insects. Here, the long pants will keep legs covered, but ByeByeBugs can be put on the arms to protect while keeping baby cool.


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Natural green olives with almonds, S.Colossal, KORVEL, glass jar 315ml, dry weight 170gr
These olives are grown and harvested by hand in the sunny climate of Greece. Prepared the traditional Greek way in brine of sea salt and stuffed with almonds, they have great taste, appreciated by the most exquisite gourmets. These olives can add extra flavor to your salads and snacks, as well as a premium taste to your dishes.


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Gorge. Nottingham, England, ca. 1700. Salt-glazed stoneware. OH: 3 15/16"; OW: 3 13/16"; OD: 3 1/8".
Museum Purchase
Ceramics and Glass
Sweetmeat Stand. England, ca. 1760. Leaded glass. OH: 17 1/8"; OW: 13 1/2".
Gift of John V. Rowan, Jr. in memory of Winifred Draco Shrubsole
Face Jug. Burlon Craig, Vale, North Carolina, ca. 1979. Salt-glazed Stoneware. OH: 19 ½"; OW: 14".
Gift of Daisy Wade Bridges
Colonial Williamsburg's ceramics and glass collections encompass more than 11,000 objects ranging in date from the seventeenth century through the 1830s, with a particular focus on wares made between 1740 and 1780. The majority of objects reflect the wares that were made in or imported to America during the colonial and early national periods. The Foundation's historic buildings are furnished with earthenwares, stonewares, and porcelains that in many cases are exact matches to fragments found archaeologically at each site. At the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, those pieces are placed in a larger context, showcasing vessels that may never have been in colonial America, but played an important role in shaping the taste and choices of colonists.
The Foundation's assemblage of British ceramics, one of the best in the nation, is particularly strong in slipware, delft (tin-glazed earthenware), salt-glazed stoneware, and Chelsea porcelain. Additional highlights include one of the largest assemblages of German stoneware in America; American-made earthenware and stoneware, including many examples by southern potters; and a growing group of Chinese export porcelain of the type owned in pre-Revolutionary Virginia.
Colonial Williamsburg's glass collection is predominantly comprised of early British wares and a few pieces manufactured in America. Highlights include eighteenth century English chandeliers, sweetmeat poles, wine glasses, and wine bottles.
The Foundation continues the tradition of American craft and folk art at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. Ceramics displayed there were all produced in America between the eighteenth century and the present. Of note are wares made by potters who embellished their work with evocative, whimsical patterns. Special focus has been placed on potters working in the American South, including Henry Lowndes, members of the Bell family, Collin Rhodes, David Drake, Mark Baynham, Georgia Blizzard, Burlon Craig, and Billy Ray Hussey.
Books about Colonial Williamsburg Ceramics and Glass
- Austin, John C. British Delft at Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association with Jonathan Horne Publications, 1994.
- Austin, John C. Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association with University Press of Virginia, 1977.
- Clarke, Samuel M. Worcester Porcelain in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1987.
- Grigsby, Leslie B. English Slip-Decorated Earthenware at Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1993.
- Skerry, Janine E. and Suzanne Findlen Hood. Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association with University Press of New England, 2009.
Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America
In the first comprehensive book on the topic, Colonial Williamsburg curators Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen Hood chronicle the traditions of stoneware imported from England and Germany as well as the work of American potters.
By Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen Hood
"A must-have volume for all ceramic enthusiasts, Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America is a long-overdue tribute to the often-neglected but indispensable role that stoneware played in the American context." - Robert Hunter, editor, Ceramics in America
Stoneware was ubiquitous in colonial and early American homes. In the first comprehensive book on the topic, Colonial Williamsburg curators Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen Hood chronicle the traditions of stoneware imported from England and Germany as well as the work of American potters.
Drawing on archaeological and documentary sources and featuring objects from Colonial Williamsburg's holdings as well as public and private collections, the book provides an invaluable overview of the goods found in early America. It is an essential reference for archaeologists, curators, and collectors.
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Gamasutra originally reported Lemarchand's departure, which will see him take up a position at the University of Southern California teaching Interactive Media. This is same course taken by Journey developers Kellee Santiago and Jenova.
"I think the simplest answer is that it seems like a natural transition point," Lemarchand says.
"I was involved with the development of the Uncharted series not quite from the beginning, but almost... and even though the Uncharted series isn't intended to be viewed as a trilogy, maybe there's something about the number three that felt... there is a certain amount of completeness for me."
"For about ten years now, I've wanted to make a different kind of game, alongside my professional practice," says Lemarchand. "I've always really loved working on the kinds of blockbuster AAA games that I've had the opportunity to work on, and I think I've been exceptionally lucky -- it's partly by luck and a little bit of judgment I've gotten to work on big games that are also, I think, real exemplars in terms of craft, and hopefully, ultimately, with some transcendent aspects to them."
This move will see Lemarchand move away from the blockbuster games in which he made his name. "I've always loved the experimental and avant-garde," he reveals. "I wanted to try to make a game in that sphere for the best part of a decade, now." In his new role at USC, Lemarchand will work on experiential games as part of a research project.
Lemarchand began his career at Crystal Dynamics working on the Legacy of Kain series. He joined Naughty Dog back in 2004, originally working on Jak X: Combat Racing, and has worked on all of the Uncharted titles in a range of design roles.


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Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Successful Completion of Single Ascending Dose Phase 2a Pilot Study of AKB-6548 for Anemia
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - May 03, 2011) - Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical discovery and development company focused on anemia and vascular disorders, today announced that it has successfully completed a 28 day open label phase 2a dose escalation for AKB-6548 in stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. AKB-6548 is an orally bioavailable hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitor designed to increase the natural production of erythropoietin (EPO) and cause a controlled, gradual rise in hemoglobin in anemic patients. A controlled rise in hemoglobin and a corresponding decrease in ferritin was observed during the 28 day study. The compound was found to be safe and well tolerated, with no serious adverse events.
"In this study, all of the CKD patients saw a significant increase in hemoglobin levels while taking AKB-6548. Additionally, we saw no significant increase in the compound's half life in this group of renally compromised patients which supports the once-daily, oral dosing regimen," said Dr. Robert Shalwitz, M.D., chief medical officer of Akebia. "Our goal is to develop a more convenient, safer alternative to the injectable EPO products that are currently available. With this encouraging data in hand, we will shortly begin a larger multi-dose phase 2b study."
The phase 2a open label pilot study was designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of 28 days of repeat oral doses of AKB-6548 in a cohort of stage 3 and stage 4 CKD patients. Stage 3 CKD patients and stage 4 CKD patients were started at low dose of AKB-6548. The dose was escalated and adjusted periodically according to a specific set of criteria. The efficacy of AKB-6548 was determined by measuring EPO, hemoglobin and other biomarkers including VEGF, hepcidin, transferrin and ferritin.
About HIF-PH
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcription factors that regulate the body's response to decreases in oxygen, or hypoxia, in the cellular environment. HIF-PH's are the hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase enzymes that normally regulate the levels of HIF in bodily tissues. By inhibiting HIF-PH enzymes, HIFs can be stabilized or up-regulated, allowing the body to better respond to reduced oxygen, injury and infection. The ability to stabilize HIFs may lead to treatments for many conditions including anemia, fractures, wounds, and other conditions where the HIF mechanism is not functioning optimally.
About AKB-6548
AKB-6548 is an orally bioavailable HIF-PH inhibitor designed to increase natural production of EPO, a glycoprotein hormone that controls red blood cell production, and cause a gentle rise in hemoglobin levels. Inadequate EPO production by the kidney is a common cause of anemia. Akebia will initially target pre-dialysis patients with chronic renal disease, a large patient population that is currently undertreated for anemia. AKB-6548 potentially promises to be a safe, cost effective, orally dosed drug that delivers the efficacy of injectable EPO stimulating agents.
The market for chronic anemia drugs, which generated over $9 billion in worldwide sales in 2010, is dominated by injectable forms of recombinant EPO. There are currently no approved orally dosed small molecule drugs for the treatment of chronic anemia.
About Akebia Therapeutics
Akebia Therapeutics is a discovery and development company focused on anemia and vascular disorders. Akebia's lead program, AKB-6548, an orally bioavailable HIF-prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitor for patients with anemia, is in phase 2 clinical trials. AKB-6548 potentially promises to be a safer, less expensive, orally dosed pharmaceutical to stimulate endogenous EPO production. Additionally, Akebia has a novel Tie-2 activator (HPTPβ inhibitor), AKB-9778, for the treatment of diabetic macular edema and vascular leak syndrome which is scheduled to commence phase 1 clinical trials in the second half of 2011.
Website: www.akebia.com.
Joseph Gardner
Chief Executive Officer
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
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text: Lawrence Dow was my uncle, I am the daughter of Paul Yeaton Dow. Paul Dow was the youngest son of John T. Dow and Dorothy Yeaton Dow. I believe he was married two times and had two daughters one with first wife and one with second wife...I can't remember the name of his oldest daughter, but the second daughter was named Susan. He was a policeman in Portsmouth NH. I never got to know him very well, although Susan and I were friendly.


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Love strikes at first sight, a father is reunited with lost children, youth shocks polite taste, a young dentist misbehaves, a waiter saves the day, and in the end a mysterious stranger resolves all.
It's You Never Can Tell, George Bernard Shaw's frothy romantic comedy, presented by the Division of Theatre in SMU's Meadows School of the Arts Feb. 23-27, 2011. Performances will take place in the Greer Garson Theatre, Owen Arts Center. Show times are 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
Set in an English seaside resort in the Edwardian era, the play centers around the Clandon family, recently returned to England after 18 years in Spain. When they invite a local young dentist and his landlord for lunch, they are shocked to learn the landlord is the family's long-estranged father. Meanwhile the dentist falls for the Clandons' oldest daughter, an emancipated modern woman with her own ideas about love.
Shaw's play, which pokes fun at Victorian social mores and the follies of relationships, has remained an audience favorite since its debut in 1897.
The production is directed by alumnus Patrick Kelly '68, a three-time winner of the Dallas Theatre Critics' Circle Award for Best Direction and former chair of the Drama Department at the University of Dallas. Kelly has directed numerous productions for the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival as well as for theatres in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
Set design is by New York-based guest artist John Arnone '70, a Tony Award-winning designer and fellow Meadows alumnus. Arnone began his distinguished career in 1976 with Vanities, an off-Broadway hit that launched the careers of Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates '69 and playwright Jack Heifner '75. Arnone has designed numerous Broadway shows, including Grease, The Full Monty and Edward Albee's The Goat, winning the Tony for The Who's Tommy.
Tickets are $7 for SMU faculty, staff and students. Parking is available at Hillcrest and Binkley and in the garage beneath the Meadows Museum. For more information, contact the Meadows Ticket Office, 214-768-2787 (214-SMU-ARTS), or visit the Meadows website.
Above, Cliff Miller (left) as Dr. Valentine, Tiffany Hobbs as Miss Gloria Clandon, and Teddy Spencer as The Waiter at the Marine Hotel (with umbrella).


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Happy Boxing Day everyone!! Over the next four days I will bring you ideas for New Year's Eve. We start off with White Chocolate Lollipops that have a more sophisticated adult appeal than for kids but the beauty of this dessert is that you can custom make them to anyone that is coming over. I can envision these treats with candy on them like candy canes, smarties, crushed peppermint candies, mini gumdrops. The list is endless. These can also be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator. A perfect little dessert for New Year's when you may have had lots over the holidays already.
I have left the ingredient measures open for you so you can play around with toppings and the amount you would like to make. Have fun, be creative and enjoy!!
- White chocolate good quality, finely chopped
- Mixed nuts, coarsely chopped
- Dried cranberries
- Candied ginger, chopped
- Lollipop sticks
- Melt white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in microwave on half heat for 1 minute intervals. Stir well after each minute until completely melted. Cover a baking sheet with waxed paper. Spoon the chocolate onto the waxed paper in 3" rounds. Insert a lollipop stick. Decorate the lollipop with the nuts, ginger and dried cranberries. Let set slightly and then refrigerate until completely set. Store in an air tight container in the refrigerator.


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After four years of study, two reports costing $327,000 and considerable public outcry, the future of a cruise terminal in Savannah sank Thursday.
Savannah City Council voted unanimously to deny funding to the next stage of a cruise terminal study, effectively ending debate on the issue.
"I am extremely concerned about the experience of other cities making such a large investment in something that as far as I'm concerned is speculative," said Alderwoman-at-large Carol Bell. "And the other thing, I'm not sure a real business case has been made."
Alderman Tom Bordeaux was more blunt.
"I thought this was a dumb idea before I got into office and the closer I got to it as I sat on council I thought it was a worse idea," said Bordeaux, though he cautioned he didn't want to stifle discussion on outside-the-box ideas for improving Savannah.
"This should have been thrown out before we spent all that money, but it should have been discussed," Bordeaux said.
Even the terminal's original proponent, Alderman Tony Thomas, who initiated the studies and formed a cruise ship task force, was among the nine no votes.
Thomas urged similar study and diligence on Savannah's upcoming arena project to protect the city from being "saddled with a maintenance obligation into the future we don't want."
His no vote came largely because of consultant BEA Architect's conclusion that the Savannah River Landing site was the most promising for a terminal, Thomas said, and that troubled him.
"I happen to be aware there are serious problems with that site," he said, without elaborating. "I don't believe it would be our responsibility as a city to you the taxpayers to invest any money in that site we haven't already invested that would benefit that site and not you the taxpayers."
Council voted after listening to public comment from 10 people, all but one decidedly anti-cruise.
"I bring an emphatic 'no' to the idea of any more expenditures in the interest of cruise lines and the servicing of Savannah," said Richard Ellis, who moved to Savannah from Hilton Head about a year ago.
Ellis has taken two cruises. Getting on and off a 3,500-4,500 passenger cruise ship was "the most unpleasant experience I've ever had," he said.
Retired economics professor Ken Zapp also has first-hand experience, having taken 14 cruises. He was initially supportive of a Savannah cruise terminal, he said. But then he analyzed Miami-based BEA Architects' marketing study and found it unrealistically rosy and lacking references or empirical support. BEA ignored evidence that most cruise passengers drive directly to the ship and spend very little onshore, Zapp said. Other BEA assumptions can be challenged, too.
"BEA assumed that passenger numbers will increase more than 16 percent each year for 50 years, even though ship departures actually fell 5 percent last year in Charleston," Zapp said.
The lone voice for the terminal came from a representative of Blue Circle Concrete, owners of the silo site on Hutchinson Island, one of three possible terminal sites examined. He urged the city to consider a partnership with the company to reduce the city's risk in building a terminal.
Grassroots group Be Smart Savannah has for months sounded alarms about the risks of a cruise terminal, detailing the financial woes of other cities' cruise terminals including moribund projects in Mobile, San Diego, Houston and Norfolk on its website www.cruiseshipsinsavannah.com.
All that information proved persuasive, said Be Smart co-founder Pam Miller.
"People saw those facts and became educated and it could only lead to one decision," Miller said. "We saw that today."


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The Azure Code Samples are currently available in English
Integrating a Windows Phone application with Azure AD
This sample demonstrates a Windows Store application for Windows Phone 8.1 calling a web API that is secured using Azure AD. The application uses the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) to obtain a JWT access token through the OAuth 2.0 protocol. The access token is sent to the web API to authenticate the user.
NOTE: This sample uses version 2 of the ADAL library. Version 3 of ADAL is available, but does not support Windows Phone 8.1. For an enquivalent Windows Universal sample, go here.
For more information about how the protocols work in this scenario and other scenarios, see Authentication Scenarios for Azure AD.
How To Run This Sample
To run this sample you will need: - Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 or later - Windows 8.1 or higher - A machine supporting Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) - An Internet connection - A Microsoft account - An Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. For more information on how to get an Azure AD tenant, please see How to get an Azure AD tenant - A user account in your Azure AD tenant. This sample will not work with a Microsoft account, so if you signed in to the Azure portal with a Microsoft account and have never created a user account in your directory before, you need to do that now.
Step 1: Clone or download this repository
From your shell or command line:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-dotnet-windowsphone-8.1.git
Step 2: Register the sample with your Azure Active Directory tenant
There are two projects in this sample. Each needs to be separately registered in your Azure AD tenant.
Register the TodoListService web API
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- On the top bar, click on your account and under the Directory list, choose the Active Directory tenant where you wish to register your application.
- Click on More Services in the left hand nav, and choose Azure Active Directory.
- Click on App registrations and choose Add.
- Enter a friendly name for the application, for example 'TodoListService' and select 'Web Application and/or Web API' as the Application Type. For the sign-on URL, enter the base URL for the sample, which is by default
https://localhost:44321. Click on Create to create the application.
- While still in the Azure portal, choose your application, click on Settings and choose Properties.
- Find the Application ID value and copy it to the clipboard.
- For the App ID URI, enter
https://<your_tenant_name>/TodoListService, replacing
<your_tenant_name>with the name of your Azure AD tenant.
Find the TodoListClient app's redirect URI
Before you can register the TodoListClient application in the Azure portal, you need to find out the application's redirect URI. Windows Phone 8.1 provides each application with a unique URI and ensures that messages sent to that URI are only sent to that application. To determine the redirect URI for your project:
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2013.
- In the TodoListClient project, open the
- Find this line of code and set a breakpoint on it.
Uri redirectURI = Windows.Security.Authentication.Web.WebAuthenticationBroker.GetCurrentApplicationCallbackUri();
- Right-click on the TodoListClient project and Debug --> Start New Instance.
- When the breakpoint is hit, use the debugger to determine the value of redirectURI, and copy it aside for the next step.
- Stop debugging, and clear the breakpoint.
The redirectURI value will look something like this:
Register the TodoListClient app
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- On the top bar, click on your account and under the Directory list, choose the Active Directory tenant where you wish to register your application.
- Click on More Services in the left hand nav, and choose Azure Active Directory.
- Click on App registrations and choose Add.
- Enter a friendly name for the application, for example 'TodoListClient-WindowsPhone' and select 'Native' as the Application Type. Enter the Redirect URI value that you obtained during the previous step. Click on Create to create the application.
- While still in the Azure portal, choose your application, click on Settings and choose Properties.
- Find the Application ID value and copy it to the clipboard.
- Configure Permissions for your application - in the Settings menu, choose the 'Required permissions' section, click on Add, then Select an API, and type 'TodoListService' in the textbox. Then, click on Select Permissions and select 'Access TodoListService'.
Step 3: Configure the sample to use your Azure AD tenant
Configure the TodoListService project
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2013.
- Open the
- Find the app key
ida:Tenantand replace the value with your AAD tenant name.
- Find the app key
ida:Audienceand replace the value with the App ID URI you registered earlier, for example
- Find the app key
ida:ClientIdand replace the value with the Application ID for the TodoListService from the Azure portal.
Configure the TodoListClient project
- Open `MainPage.xaml.cs'.
- Find the declaration of
tenantand replace the value with the name of your Azure AD tenant.
- Find the declaration of
clientIdand replace the value with the Application ID from the Azure portal.
- Find the declaration of
todoListBaseAddressand ensure their values are set properly for your TodoListService project.
Step 4: Trust the IIS Express SSL certificate from the Windows Phone Emulator
Since the web API is SSL protected, the client of the API will refuse the SSL connection to the web API unless it trusts the API's SSL certificate. Use the following steps to add the IIS Express development certificate in the Windows Phone emulator. You will need to repeat the import operation every time you restart the emulator. If you fail to do this step, calls to the TodoListService will always fail with a 404 code. > Note: if you want to avoid having to repeat this task every time, you can deploy the web API to a host which uses an SSL certificate that the emulator already trusts. An Azure Web Site is a good example.
This task includes two operations: exporting the certificate from your development machine and importing it in the emulator. The first operation needs to be performed only once; the second operation will have to be repeated every time the emulator restarts.
Export the certificate from the development machine
- While on the Start screen, type "certificates". Choose "Manage Computer Certificates" from the suggested results list.
- On the left side tree, open Personal/Certificates. On the right pane you will see a list of certificates, including one entry named "localhost".
- Right click on "localhost", choose "All Tasks->Export...".
- Click "next" without changing the defaults until you reach the "Export file format" screen. Choose the 3rd option (.P7B) and click "next"
- Save the certificate as "localhost.p7b" in
Import the certificate in the emulator
- Start the TodoListService project in the debugger (right-click on the project in Solution Explorer, select "Debug->Start New Instance"). Ensure that the browser appears and is correctly populated with the default ASP.NET UI
- Start the emulator by starting the client project (right-click on the project in Solution Explorer, select "Debug->Start New Instance").
- As soon as the emulator boots, hit the Windows button to get to the tiles list. Launch Mobile Internet Explorer.
- Navigate to "https://localhost:44321/Content/localhost.p7b". Choose "continue to web site".
- When prompted, choose to open the file. You will be asked if you want to install the certificate. Choose "Install". If the operation succeeds, you will see a confirmation dialog.
From now on, your emulator instance will be able to perform web API calls against projects running on your local IIS Express. Please note that as soon as you will close the emulator, the settings will be lost and you'll need to repeat the import operation.
Step 7: Run the sample
Clean the solution, rebuild the solution, and run it. You might want to go into the solution properties and set both projects as startup projects, with the service project starting first.
On the main screen, hit the refresh button. You will be prompted to sign in. Once done so explore the sample by adding items to the To Do list, removing the user account, and starting again. Notice that if you stop the application without removing the user account, the next time you run the application you won't be prompted to sign-in again - that is because ADAL has a persistent cache, and remembers the tokens from the previous run.
How To Deploy This Sample to Azure
Coming soon.
About The Code
Coming soon.
How To Recreate This Sample
Coming soon.
Autres exemples par Jean-Marc Prieur
- Integrate Azure AD into a web application using OpenID Connect
- Build a multi-tenant SaaS web application using Azure AD & OpenID Connect
- Integrating a Windows Universal application the Microsoft identity platform
- Integrating Azure AD into a Windows desktop application using interactive authentication
- Calling a Web API in a daemon app or long-running process


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After reading Pat Geary's free ebook, Working With RootsWeb FreePages Accounts, I decided a total revamp of my genealogy site(s) was in order. I have had a FreePages account for several years, but have used it minimally, loaded with only a simple website created by RootsMagic.
For this task, I need some new tools:
- BlueGriffon– a free open source WYSIWYG HTML editor
- Web Album Generator– a free program to create an online image gallery
- Filezilla– a free open source FTP program (not really new, used for years, love it!)
Next, I need a floor plan…


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Configuring ZoneAlarm Free Firewall
This article is no longer maintained, so its content might be out of date.
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall is an application for Windows that can control which programs on your computer can connect to the internet. If you experience connection problems with Firefox and use ZoneAlarm Free Firewall, ZoneAlarm may be blocking Firefox. This article describes how to configure the ZoneAlarm Free Firewall to allow Firefox to access the Internet.
- Open the Windows Start menu, select , then select , and then select . The ZoneAlarm window will appear.
- On the left side of the ZoneAlarm window, click Program Control.
- Underneath Program Control, click Programs.
- Right-click on Firefox and select .
- Click when prompted to remove Firefox from the list.
- Click . The Add Program window will appear.
- Navigate to the Firefox installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\) and select firefox.exe. Then click .
- Ensure that Firefox has a green check mark for each each category in the list - Access-Trusted, Access-Internet, Server-Trusted, Server-Internet: click on the ? icon for each category, and then select Allow.
- Close the ZoneAlarm window.
For more information, see ZoneAlarm Technical Support.


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About Xyla Entertainment
XYLA Entertainment is an independent brand with a bright future. Backed by a team of exceptional talent, XYLA focuses on bringing edge-of-technology gaming to today's intelligent gamer.
XYLA thrives on pushing the boundaries of entertainment industries, combining multi-platform technology and fresh, innovative ideas. With a clear strategy, and while being partnered with the best in the gaming industry, XYLA is emerging as a leading presence in entertainment business.


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The University Magazine
Environmental lab announces green transportation initiative
The Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making (LECDM) at RIT has announced a new program aimed at exploring the environmental, economic and energy impacts of global and domestic freight transportation. The Sustainable Freight Transportation Research Initiative (SFTRI) will help build tools and conduct research necessary for improving the environmental footprint from moving goods around the globe.
"Freight transportation is an important piece of the whole transportation puzzle and one that has been frequently ignored in environmental and policy research," says James Winebrake, professor of science and technology and co-director of LECDM.
"We are very interested in better understanding how our freight transportation choices – whether truck, rail, ship, air or a combination of these modes – affect the overall environmental performance of our economy," explains Winebrake, who is an international expert in freight transportation.
According to J. Scott Hawker, co-director of LECDM and assistant professor in software engineering at RIT's B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, "This initiative expands our existing suite of transportation and sustainable supply chain research projects to include sustainability of freight movement. Through SFTRI, we will apply novel computing technology and environmental informatics to explore the environmental problems associated with goods movement in this country."
LECDM is currently working on several projects that fall under the freight initiative. One is developing a Geospatial Intermodal Freight Transportation (GIFT) tool that allows shippers and policymakers to identify the easiest ways to move freight throughout the country. The mapping tool allows for the analysis of moving goods from origin to destination and can identify the "greenest" routes, as well as the fastest and least expensive routes. This tool has received development funding from federal and state government and has drawn the attention of a variety of industries looking to improve the environmental performance of their supply chains.
The initiative will also link with other programs within LECDM, including a $2 million project with the National Science Foundation to explore the impact of greenhouse gas policies on automotive technology and markets, as well as research looking at the environmental impacts of industrial supply chains from a life-cycle analysis perspective.
Sandra Rothenberg, associate professor of management at RIT's E. Philip Saunders College of Business and a faculty associate of the LECDM, says, "This initiative and the research that it will spawn will give us the tools we need to improve the environmental and economic performance of global supply chains. Given the many environmental problems we face, from global warming to toxic pollution, this initiative will play an important role in identifying solutions."
LECDM combines multiple disciplines and perspectives on freight movement and associated environmental, economic and policy concerns. Faculty associates include members from RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Saunders College of Business, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, and the College of Applied Science and Technology. LECDM also has relationships with researchers at the University of Delaware, University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis and Northeastern University.
"We are excited that this strong group of researchers has committed to work together to address the important problems of sustainable freight transportation," says Hawker. "The Sustainable Freight Transportation Research Initiative provides a framework for scholarship that will help industry and government make the right decisions for both the economy and the environment."


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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Is Genealogy the Search for Historical Truth?
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Your definition of truth applies to things in today's news as well. It also applies to history, which can be objective or subjective, it depends on what "side" of the fence you are on.ReplyDelete
My husband and I were living in Europe and we were having a discussion about ethnicity. I told the woman (from England) that I was German and Irish and she replied that being Irish was nothing to be proud of. My reply to her was it depends on your perspective, I never did speak to her again, I though she was very rude.
Welcome to the world of scientific research James :-)ReplyDelete
This is basically the way that science works too. There is an ultimate Truth but all we have to work with are experimental results and observations. The scientific description of the physical world is overwhelmingly mathematical, although physicists often have an intuitive model of how things work. It may well be that the ultimate Truth is outside of our comprehension, as with some unchanging Permenidian universe (www.parallaxview.co/home/existence/) but a mathematical description avoids metaphysical questions. Some physicists believe we should be content with a working mathematical description.
The genealogical analogy is that we may have a working theory that correctly explains the available evidence. That may get revised in the light of new evidence, or deeper thought, but it is still a working theory, analogous to a scientific theory. The ultimate genealogical Truth would require knowledge of what was in the minds of our ancestors but that is not going to be accessible, even if they left an autobiography. It is therefore analogous to metaphysical questions..
In summary, a working theory is as good as it can get (IMHO).