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88 Main Street
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Darby, MT 59829
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Twogood Cabin is located 5 air miles southwest of Sula, MT. The log cabin measures 15'x19' with a concrete floor and covered porch. There are 2 large bunk beds which can accommodate 8 people. Mattresses and bedding are not provided. There is a wood stove for heat which can also be used for slow cooking or warming and firewood is provided, along with basic pots, pans utensils, a cooler for cold storage, a table and 4 chairs, propane cook stove, and 2 lanterns. Please provide your own 1 quart propane bottles. Porcupine Creek runs within a few feet of the cabin and is the sole source of water. It is recommended that you boil or use a water purifier prior to drinking as there are beaver dams located upstream. An outdoor toilet serves the cabin however you need to bring your own toilet paper. Three hitchrails for stock are located within site of the cabin and will accommodate up to 12 head of stock.
From Sula, MT head northwest 2.9 miles on Highway 93. Turn west (left) onto Medicine Springs Road (#370). Drive 4.5 miles to the Warm Springs Creek Trailhead. The hike from the trailhead is an easy six mile hike. The trail travels along Warm Springs Creek to Three Forks (where three creeks come together) then one mile up Porcupine Creek to the cabin. Trails that access the cabin are open to hiking, horseback riding, motorcycles, and mountain bikes (intermediate to advanced riders recommended).
Warm Springs Creek runs north from Three Forks for 10 miles to the East Fork of the Bitterroot River.
Warm Springs Creek flows primarily through National Forest land. The lower 1.25 miles flow through private property. This creek averages 20 feet wide and 7 inches deep. Fishing is rated as fair with catches of 7-10" cutthroat not uncommon.
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Enjoy the benefit of mountain biking and staying in a rustic rental cabin all in one. This cabin can be accessed by the Warm Springs Creek Trail #103 which is the main route into the Warm Springs area. The grade from the trailhead to Three Forks (approximately 4 miles) does note exceed 6 percent as it follows the streambed of Warm Springs Creek. After Three Forks, the grade can vary from 8 to 25 percent. Total length is 9 miles.
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"The Power of Random for Marketers," by Rohit Bhargava, Influential Interactive Marketing, 20 July 2005, http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2005/07/the_power_of_ra.html (also at AdPulp).
"Conjectures and Refutations," by Matt McIntosh, Conjectures and Refutations, 20 July 2005, http://conjecturesandrefutations.net/weblog/?p=3 (from ZenPundit).
"Interesting, Dan," by Curtis Gale Weeks, tdaxp, 21 July 2005, http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/07/20/dreaming-5th-generation-war.html#c177495.
"SecretWarriors Walk Without Rhythm, Won't Attract the Worm," by Dan, tdaxp, 23 July 2005, http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/07/23/secretwarriors-walk-without-rhythm-won-t-attract-the-worm.html.
"Random is not Random if Used as a Marketing Tool," by Nellie Lide, New Persuasion, 24 July 2005, http://newpersuasion.typepad.com/new_persuasion/2005/07/post.html.
Note: This article is about 5th Generation War ("5GW"), or "SecretWar." This post is part of an ongoing discussion that was started by Mark Safranski. I posted my thoughts, fixed a significant error, received valuable feedback by Mark and others, and followed up with my post "Dreaming 5th Generation War." My 5GW posts since then (Emerging Tactic, Walk Without Rhythm, etc,) have been derivative of "Dreaming…." My thinking has been vastly improved by the wonderful comments I have received. At the time of this writing, Mark had just compiled several 5GW articles and enlightened the world with his thoughts.
Earlier I wrote about the need for SecretWarrirors, fighters in a 5GW, to "walk without rhythm". By that I mentioned the danger of predictable or repitious acts, because
In SecretWar, or 5GW, the fighter tries to hurt without being hurt — at all. If the world knows the SecretWarrior exists, she has already lost. 5th Generation War allows very weak fighters to attack, because the world does not know about them. If the world knew about a 5GWarrior she could be eliminated easily.
In the same post, I quoted Curtis Gale Weeks who wrote
I was thinking more along the lines of a scenario in which multiple, seemingly unrelated events hurt one nation (or a group of nations) repeatedly, as if "the hand of God" were behind those events: say, one major terrorist act, one major financial crises, one upsurge in bird-flu, one natural disaster, one powergrid failure, and a case of a targeting error in some ongoing conflict (killing many innocents), over the period of 9 or 15 months.
To me, the two statements seemed identical, and the obvious implication was that the SecretWarrior must "walk without rhythm" and act unpredictably.
But then, I read an article on NP that made me wonder if my advice to 5GWarriors to walk without rhythm was dangerously wrong.
It was about five years ago that my two teenagers started saying things like "That was so random" or just "Random." It was sort of random how the word random entered their vocabulary. Anything that was random caught their attention and they usually found it funny.
My reaction on reading this first paragraph was "uh oh."
It gets worse:
A radio station here in the D.C. area – WRQX – just changed to a format, "the best mix of everything" – I find myself listening to it whenever I'm in the car now (and not changing channels) because I want to hear what they'll play next. I've already heard some songs that I hadn't heard in years and years and I was so happy. They play a 60's song, then a 90's song, then a 2001 song, then a 2005 song, then maybe a 70's song. It's the randomness that keeps me coming back.
To sum it
What makes random such a powerful marketing tool? Is it the promise of surprise? Or the fact that it stands out from more traditional and predictable marketing messages? Consumer attention is precious and most theories today focus on how attention can be driven by credibility, trust or brand authenticity. While I agree with these theories, there is another force that works outside of any of these. Curiosity. Randomness drives curiosity, and curiosity drives attention. Anyone who has worked with children knows this to be true. Children are inherently curious – and this curiosity drives their attention.
To see this yourself, AdPulp gives justcurio.us as an example of fascinating randomness.
Because randomness is very attractive, a succession of "random" catastrophes striking a nation will be very, very suspicious. People are superstitious — they are gifted with "fingertip feeling" or Fingerspitzengefuhl — and will implicitly decide that something is doing this to them. To a 5GWarrior, who cannot afford to have her cover exposed, a paranoid victim is a dangerous victim.
Imagine the 5th Generation Warrior as an assassin on the large, crowded, dance floor. She cross the floor and get close enough to the yakuza boss to kill him. However, she is weak and unable to defend herself in a fight.
The SecretWarrior must cross the dance floor unseen. She must not walk with noticeable skill, dexterity, or charm. If she "walks with rhythm" she will be attractive and will have her movements watched.
However, she must not be clumsy. Mao's old advice, just act recklessly and everything will be all right, would be foolish. For a woman crossing the dance floor, tripping is even more noticeable than swaying her hips.
The 5GWarrior must hide in the crowd, making the most probable explanation of her behavior that she is just "normal," not that she is attempting to murder a Boss. She must arrange her enemy's observations, depriving him of meaningful information about her existence if she must supply him with meaningless data of her existence.
As a post on C&R put it, in an unrelated discussion
One of the key consequences of Shannon's formalization is that the amount of information conveyed by a transmission is a function of the uncertainty or unpredictability of what the particular message will actually be. The (a) strings seem more redundant and thus the next character carries less information than it does in the (b) strings, which are less redundant and hence more unpredictable. This comes out more intuitively in example (3) — most English-speaking people wouldn't have any trouble guessing what the next few blanks of the (a) string are meant to be, but nobody would have a clue what the next few blanks of the (b) string will be; if the missing content turns out to be "Geraldâ€, this string would have a higher information content than "tates†in the (a) string.
Predictable movements paint a simple picture in the enemy's mind. This is what attacking "Observation" — intellectual warfare — means. The 5th Generation Warrior's movements should be predictable and should be part of a recognizable pattern — a boring and wrong pattern.
The 5th Generation Warrior must be a "plain Jane" to kill the Yakuza Boss.
He will never know what hit him. Nor, if the 5GW does her job well, shall anyone else.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A team of Penn State computer science and engineering students won third place at the 2014 Cornell Cup USA on May 2 to 4 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Presented by Intel, the embedded design competition challenges student teams from universities across the United States to develop innovative prototypes that address real-world issues.
The team, dubbed Team Submersibles, took third place and won $2,500. Team Submersibles also won the $1,000 Data Analytics Award, which was new to the competition this year.
This year's competition featured 30 teams. Students dedicated six months to this project — from conception and design to construction. Throughout the process, teams received input from Intel technical leaders.
The team's project was an autonomous ocean climate observer (AUTOCO), a new system for conducting oceanic studies. AUTOCOs are a system of low-cost machines packed with an array of sensors and designed to drift with the ocean currents and deliver real-time data to a centralized computer.
The real-time data is then queried and cross-referenced with astronomical or human-caused events as well as weather conditions. This data could then be obtained freely via an application program interface, aiding scientists and researchers around the world in their study of the ocean and climate changes.
Team Submersibles' members include David Schor, Peng Xiao, Brandon Buckley, Ngan Vo and Tyler Pilato.
Kyusun Choi, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, and the team's faculty adviser, said, "This was our first time as a finalist at the Cornell Cup and the students did a great job putting together the project prototypes and programming to demonstrate the real life problem solution."


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I was informed, by a very well informed member of our Tea Party group, "Uncle Neil",
that the front page APP headline was: "One Nation, One People" on Obama's coronation. The only thing lacking was "One Leader". This was the slogan of the Third Reich: Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer". It means the same thing in German.
So, when you all find out that the Conservatives were right…the Tea Party was right, what will you all do then? I fear it will be too late and you will all have blood on your hands. The blood of the people who sacrificed for this country. All the freedoms and liberties we have, because of brave, freedom loving patriots, will be taken away. Shame on you all.


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The California Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of changing the California Code of Regulations Title 27 by the addition of Section 15186.1, defining CUPA inventory reporting for facilities which have hazardous materials inventories containing lead-acid batteries.
Yolo County Environmental Health, the CUPA Regulatory Agency for Yolo County, in anticipation of the regulatory change, is now accepting CERS submittals of lead-acid battery inventories based on the "Cal/EPA Unified Program Policy for Lead-Acid Battery Inventory Reporting – Guidance and Template".
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When hazardous materials are improperly handled or stored they can result in a threat to employees, public health, and/or the contamination of the environment. State and Federal Community Right-to-Know laws were passed in 1984. These laws allow public access to information about the types and amounts of chemicals being used at local businesses. The laws also require businesses to plan and prepare for a chemical emergency through the preparation of a Hazardous Materials Inventory and Emergency Response Plan that is certified annually.
The Yolo County Environmental Health Division makes the Inventory and Business Plan available to first responders in case of an emergency and to the public upon request.
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Please note that if extremely hazardous materials or radiological materials are handled, the business may be subject to this program even if the minimum quantities indicated are not met. Businesses handling these materials should consult with the Yolo County Environmental Health Division to check the requirements for materials being handled. Yolo County excludes businesses that only handle hazardous materials packaged for resale for use by the consumer they are sold to.
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|The Yolo County Agriculture Department inspects farms for the Hazardous Materials Business Plan program. The California Health and Safety Code, Section 25503.5, makes a special exemption for farmers concerning the Hazardous Materials Business Emergency Response Plan. Farmers may choose either to provide a copy of their current Hazardous Materials Business Emergency Response Plan to Yolo County Environmental Health, or to post warning signs on each building in which hazardous materials are stored. Please note that even if the signs are posted, the farm must have a Hazardous Materials Business Emergency Response Plan, however it doesn't need to be sent in to the Environmental Health office. In either case farms must submit the annual chemical inventory to Environmental Health.
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Common hazardous materials include fuels, motor oil, and related petroleum products, and antifreeze. Hazardous wastes, such as used oil and used antifreeze, are also hazardous materials. Used oil filters that have been drained are not hazardous materials (but are subject to hazardous waste regulations).
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Atom Egoyan's latest erotic thriller, "Chloe," continues the director's tradition of pushing the envelope and more than a few buttons as he puts his characters through excruciating psychological torture for our consideration.
Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) is a young prostitute hired by well-to-do gynecologist Catherine Stewart (Julianne Moore) to test the fidelity of her husband. David Stewart (Liam Neeson) is a music professor who has given his wife ample reason for suspicion, what with his questionable text messages, missed appointments and eye for the ladies.
With all the characters drowning in secrets and lies, and trust in dangerously short supply, things go predictably pear-shaped. But Egoyan spends too much time getting his pieces in place before turning the screws.
Seyfried is outstanding as the high-priced call girl who inches further and further from stability as she insinuates herself more and more deeply into the lives of the Stewart family. Her doe eyes continue to widen as she endeavors to please everyone the best way she knows.
What's wrong with Moore's Catherine isn't really her fault. She hits all the right notes: doting, jealous, aggrieved, scared, confused, aroused, repulsed, protective… But Egoyan's pacing makes her performance feel discordant.
Neeson is a very minor character at the center of the drama, but he sells it. He's a shameless "not me, never" horndog who thinks that making no bones about his naked flirtations make them OK.
Max Thieriot, who plays the Stewarts' son Michael, never really has a chance to succeed. There's so much talk about his troubles, so much tiptoeing around his supposedly fragile psyche, that we expect some dark reveal. Instead we see what is by all appearances a typically hormonal, self-involved, thoughtless teenager.
Much has been made of the sex scene between Seyfried and Moore -- in fact the two of them can't stop talking about it -- upon which the plot of the film pivots. Rest assured, it is vintage Egoyan, steamy and intimate. And Moore is to be commended for her courage in laying down naked next to a woman 25 years her junior (to the day) -- she acquits herself and her generation well.
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The film works for a while as Egoyan lulls you into his trap, but he holds you there for too long, as his characters devolve into caricatures. Catherine appears to be a shrill, unsympathetic and impotent harpy, David a squirrely cad. Worse still, the tricks and misdirection become obvious, transparent. "Chloe" is smart, sexy and bold at times, and features some fine acting, but it misses the mark.


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Everything is in the question, I would like to know how could I install pic30 compiler (the same one using by MPLAB) on MATLAB
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DoD delayed brain injury scans
top epidemiologist has admitted the delays were deliberate—
part of an effort to avoid "another Gulf War Syndrome"
veterans' health headache for the military.
Air Force Col. Kenneth Cox said in an interview that the Pentagon wanted to avoid another controversy such as the so-called Gulf War syndrome. About 10,000 veterans blamed medical conditions from cancer to eczema on their service.
The Pentagon did not acknowledge the syndrome until Congress created a committee to study it in 1998.
For troops who think they may have a condition not designated as war-related, Cox said, often "they're reacting to rumors, things that they've read about or heard about on the Internet or (from) their friends."
That uncertainty, Cox said, means "some individuals will seek a diagnosis from provider to provider to provider." It also makes treating veterans "much more difficult and much more costly," he said.
Asked whether mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) could turn into another Gulf War syndrome, Cox said, "It could."
"That's baloney," says Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., founder of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. "There was no need to delay this."
In a January 2006 report, scientists at the federal Defense and Veteran Brain Injury Center urged that troops be screened for TBI "immediately." The Pentagon will soon require that troops be checked as they come home, according to Cox.
Cox says research shows screening is the most appropriate step.
An Army mental health report last month indicated that 11% of 2,195 soldiers surveyed in Iraq and Afghanistan show signs of mild brain injury, but fewer than half were identified and evaluated in the field.
That's more proof of the need to screen troops as they leave Iraq, says Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Jaffee, a neurologist who heads the brain injury center. Screening includes a series of questions about a soldier's experience and symptoms relating to head injury, such as balance or memory.
About 1.6 million U.S. troops have served in Iraq.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., says, "Here we are five years into this war, and the Pentagon is just now coming to grips with how to track and treat those … with TBI." Murray is a member of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees spending on veterans issues.
One concern, Cox says, was that mild TBI symptoms often resemble simple problems such as a lack of sleep or stress.
Screening for brain injury is vital to the health of troops in the field, says Staff Sgt. Marcus Brown, 30. He was transferred to Fort Carson, Colo., where the Army has operated a pilot screening program for traumatic brain injury since 2005. There, Brown was screened for brain injury for the first time after serving two tours in Iraq and surviving three IED blasts.
Doctors need to screen soldiers for brain injury as they leave the war zone, Brown says, because "most soldiers, especially NCOs (noncommissioned officers), are not going to show any type of weakness in front of their soldiers."


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Dozens of Russian athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, including at least 15 medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program, meticulously planned for years to ensure dominance at the Games, according to the director of the country's antidoping laboratory at the time.
The director, Grigory Rodchenkov, who ran the laboratory that handled testing for thousands of Olympians, said he developed a three-drug cocktail of banned substances that he mixed with liquor and provided to dozens of Russian athletes, helping to facilitate one of the most elaborate — and successful — doping ploys in sports history.
It involved some of Russia's biggest stars of the Games, including 14 members of its cross-country ski team and two veteran bobsledders who won two golds.
In a dark-of-night operation, Russian antidoping experts and members of the intelligence service surreptitiously replaced urine samples tainted by performance-enhancing drugs with clean urine collected months earlier, somehow breaking into the supposedly tamper-proof bottles that are the standard at international competitions, Dr. Rodchenkov said. For hours each night, they worked in a shadow laboratory lit by a single lamp, passing bottles of urine through a hand-size hole in the wall, to be ready for testing the next day, he said.
By the end of the Games, Dr. Rodchenkov estimated, as many as 100 dirty urine samples were expunged.
None of the athletes were caught doping. More important, Russia won the most medals of the Games, easily surpassing its main rival, the United States, and undermining the integrity of one of the world's most prestigious sporting events.
"People are celebrating Olympic champion winners, but we are sitting crazy and replacing their urine," Dr. Rodchenkov said. "Can you imagine how Olympic sport is organized?"
Corruption pervades everything in Putin´s kleptocracy. This rotten mafia state does not deserve to be part of any civilized international co-operation. That´s why Russia should be banned from the Rio Olympic games. And, of course, FIFA (with its own corruption problems) should not allow Russia to host the football World Cup.


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Hello everybody! I heard a song by A Change of Pace and there were couple lines i didn't understand. It was:
"I met a girl once at a party
By 2 AM she's throwing up out back
She spends her weekends out in 10 feet"
"She thinks the third up line is boring"
I understand the very first line but i dont the rest.
Thanks for any helping.
Thank you very much! And don't you know the meaning of the rest lines?
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This traditional Asian medicine has been widely used for more than 3,000 years ago especially in China. It became popular as an ingredient in a process called moxibustion, which is used to treat menstrual cramps and put a fetus in proper position inside the womb.
Ancient medication includes leaves of wormwood or mugwort, are shaped into cones or sticks about the same size and shape as a cigar, which is then burned and pointed into an acupuncture point, and these are just some of the ways on how to make mugwort tea.
It has been used to strengthen and warm a person's blood and inner energy, and they use it to treat some types of cancers and inflammations. Today, there is still few studies that cover the real health benefits of mugwort tea on patients. They also fail to support the claims that are still being used in modern days.
Mugwort Tea Health Benefits
Women who are experiencing irregularity in their menstrual cycle as advised to drink mugwort tea to stimulate their body. But some women say that it caused them to have delayed menstruation. Ancient practices use the herb to induce abortion making it a harmful drink for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Herbal practices in Europe and America include mugwort for treating intestinal and stomach issues like gas, diarrhea, and colic. They also give it to patients suffering from nosebleeds, chills, fever, headaches, insomnia and nerve problems, as reported in the Web MD. Some herbalists claim that it possesses an antifungal and antibacterial properties. But these claims remain unproven to-date and not approved by health agencies.
Studies on Mugwort
Most studies on mugwort fail to prove its medical promises, and usually focus on its adverse side effects on the person taking it. It was reported by the Health Line that the American Cancer Society have shown several studies that say mugwort causes allergic reactions resulting in uncontrollable sneezing and other sinus-related symptoms. Some people reported having suffered skin rashes, or contact dermatitis.
Ways on Taking Mugwort
The Herbal Supplement Resource said that there is still no proven safe or effective dosage of mugwort to be taken for different kind of illnesses. The best way to use it is through the traditional mugwort tea. The common healthy mugwort tea recipe recommends up to two cups for every six days blended with fresh leaves that are boiled for 5 to 10 minutes.
But a readily available capsule sold as a supplement is advised by the manufacturer to be taken twice daily, or it is still best to consult a physician prior to taking the supplement. Find out where to buy mugwort tea.
Mugwort Tea: What Bitter Plants Can Do for your Health
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Caption: Mugwort tea has been widely used in treating a number of illnesses because it contains a lot of chemical components such as essential oils, flavonoids, sesquiterpene, triterpenes, lactone and coumarin derivatives.
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Drs J Abrahmson and JM Wright published an interesting article in The Lancet on their evaluation of guidelines for the treatment of hyperlipidemia:
For adults aged between 30 and 80 years old who already have occlusive vascular disease, statins confer a total and cardiovascular mortality benefit and are not controversial.The authors argue that current guidelines are an extrapolation of secondary prevention trials, or data combined from secondary and primary prevention trials, and not based on randomized trials of just primary prevention in the hyperlipidemia literature. To establish a basis for their concerns, they performed a retrospective analysis of the data from primary prevention trials (which they admit were not perfect because some of the patients had known vascular disease) and discovered the following:
The controversy involves this question: which people without evident occlusive vascular disease (true primary prevention) should be offered statins? With about three-quarters of those taking statins in this category, the answer has huge economic and health implications. In formulating recommendations for primary prevention, why do authors of guidelines not rely on the data that already exist from the primary prevention trials?
We used two outcomes to estimate overall benefit (benefit minus harm): total mortality and total serious adverse events (SAEs). Total mortality was not reduced by statins (relative risk 0·95, 95% CI 0·89–1·01). In the two trials that reported total SAEs, such events were not reduced by statins (1·01, 0·97–1·05) (data on SAEs from the other trials were not reported). The frequency of cardiovascular events, a less encompassing outcome, was reduced by statins (relative risk 0·82, 0·77–0·87). However, the absolute risk reduction of 1·5% is small and means that 67 people have to be treated for 5 years to prevent one such event. Further analysis revealed that the benefit might be limited to high-risk men aged 30–69 years. Statins did not reduce total coronary heart disease events in 10,990 women in these primary prevention trials (relative risk 0·98, 0·85–1·12). Similarly, in 3239 men and women older than 69 years, statins did not reduce total cardiovascular events (relative risk 0·94, 0·77–1·15).There has already been interesting commentary on this subject, unfortunately it is by an individual who also wants to sell his book. Nonetheless, there is a large monetary incentive for the pharmaceutical industry to promote statins to the general population. One is left wondering if there could be a subgroup of asymptomatic individuals who really don't need primary prevention treatment of hyperlipidemia, or if there are individuals in whom the risks of drug side effects exceeds the reward of primary prevention therapy.
With studies like this, there is no question that patients can become confused. Should I stop my statin drug? What drug is best?
The answer here is simple: ask your doctor. This article is not justification for discontinuation of statins, especially since it, too, is flawed by the retrospective nature of their data. Rather, the authors' point appears to expose an area that should be studied further to assure our ounce of prevention is not worse than a pound of the disease.
Reference: J Abramson and JM Wright ,"Are lipid-lowering guidelines evidence-based?" Lancet, 20-26 Jan 2007, Vol 369, Issue 9557, pp 168-169.


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Updated 2:22 p.m. - CHESTERFIELD, VA -- Vice President Joe Biden continued on Tuesday to hammer away at Mitt Romney's secretly-taped riff about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income taxes, ridiculing the GOP presidential nominee as failing to represent all Americans.
"When he said it's not my job to worry about 'these people,' well, whose job is it?" Biden asked of a crowd of about 500 at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are our brother's keeper, we are one nation under God, we are all in this together, and if the 47 percent doesn't make it, the country doesn't make it."
Biden, who delivered his first salvo about the taped Romney fundraiser comments this weekend in New Hampshire, offered an extended critique of Romney's own level of tax contributions and said that those in the "47 percent" still pay "a lot of taxes" like Social Security, state and local, and property payments.
"Look, instead of attacking folks who work for a living and pay their way, Romney should be respecting their hard work," he said. "That's the job of a president: to lift people up, not to tear them down."
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In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters.
He also noted that Romney has been widely criticized for failing to release more detailed information from his past tax returns and for paying a lower tax rate than many middle class Americans. (However, Romney's most recent release of some 2011 data showed that the former private equity exec limited deductions from his extensive charitable donations and thus paid a higher-than-required effective rate of about 14 percent.)
"He, Romney? Attacking someone on taxes? I mean, woah!" said the famously rhetorically excitable Delaware pol. "That's like me attacking someone for being passionate in politics!"
The trip to Virginia was Biden's first since the campaign swing when Biden sparked a firestorm after remarking to a largely black audience in Danville that the banking policies supported by Republicans would "put y'all back in chains."
The vice president did not use similar themes today, focusing instead on the Romney-Ryan ticket's reluctance to raise taxes as a way of addressing the federal deficit.
"These guys think compromise is somehow a dirty word," Biden said. "They are insisting and Romney is insisting on putting back in policies that produced the problem in the first place. "
Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams responded: "President Obama and Vice President Biden's reckless policies have increased our national debt by $5.4 trillion and resulted in dangerously high unemployment, increased poverty, and plummeting incomes. This election presents a clear choice between Barack Obama's vision of a government-centered society and Mitt Romney's vision of an opportunity society. Governor Romney will spur economic growth and create more wealth, while President Obama believes in redistributing wealth. The Romney plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million jobs and encourage upward mobility instead of more government dependency."


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Glendale Community CollegeHome Menu
About College Police
The police department operates 365 days a year. The police department is staffed by officers, dispatchers, and cadets. The department is an authorized terminal user of all local, regional, state and federal criminal justice information systems (e.g., wanted persons, DMV, stolen vehicles/property, criminal records, etc.).
Our goal is to provide timely and appropriate responses to community problems and needs. Police officers of the Glendale Community College Police Department are armed, duly sworn peace officers of the State of California . Empowered by section 830.32 of the California Penal Code, officers possess the same authority, and adhere to the same state-mandated standards, as municipal police officers. Therefore, under California law, the officers authority extends to any place in the State for the purpose of performing their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Penal Code section 836, however, we concentrate our efforts on the campus and its immediate environment. Our department enjoys a positive and close working relationship with the City of Glendale Police Department, with whom we share proximity, mutual interests, and geographic jurisdiction.
GCCPD officers may work in uniform or plain-clothes. They provide a full range of police related services, including: primary emergency responses; preventative patrols; initial investigation of observed, reported, or suspected crimes; enforcement of all applicable laws; follow-up and specialized criminal investigations; crime prevention; community liaison and relations; VIP/dignitary protection; special event security; traffic activities (enforcement and accident investigations); parking enforcement; and, campus escorts of students, faculty, or staff.
Persons arrested by the GCCPD officers are processed in accordance with prevailing practices in Los Angeles County, which can include: Citation and release; booking into the City of Glendale Police Jail; filing of charges with, and prosecution through, the District Attorney's Office; and formal trial. Additionally, GCC affiliates (student, faculty, staff) may be subject to additional (Administrative/Code of Conduct) sanctions.
The GCC Police Department also employs Police Records/Dispatch Specialists who provide valuable support services including but not limited to; handling emergency phone calls, providing police communication, providing customer and counter service, and maintaining police records and parking information. Dispatchers also work closely with campus officials on the annual AQMD report. Similarly, Police Cadets assist with parking, traffic, and student/employee escort services. Campus police cadets are students who also assist with observing and reporting suspected criminal activity.


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svn command [options] [args]
Subversion is a version control system, which allows you
to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep
a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like
CVS, RCS or SCCS. Subversion keeps a single copy of the
master sources. This copy is called the source ``reposi
tory''; it contains all the information to permit extract
ing previous software releases at any time.
This manpage provides a brief description of the svn com
mand. Details as well as more about Subversion as a gen
eral version control system is documented in the The Sub
version Book.
These options are understood by svn commands. Not all
options are available to every command. See the individ
ual command descriptions for details.
-?, -h, -H, --help
Show help text.
-v, --verbose
Print additional information.
-r, --revision REV
Specify repository revision to operate on. Separate
multiple revisons with `:'.
Print client version info.
-N, --non-recursive
Local; run only in current working directory.
Try operation but make no changes.
-R, --recursive
Operate recursively (default).
Force operation to run.
-m, --message MSG
Specify log message.
-F, --file ARG
-x, --extensions ARG
Pass ARG as bundled options to GNU diff.
Supply a file used as entry and URL args for a
given command. You can also supply '-' as the file
to read from standard input. The file will be read
as one argument for each line, even if given on
standard input.
-q or --quiet
Print as little as possible.
--xml Output in xml.
Use strict semantics.
Disregard default and svn:ignore property ignores.
Do not cache authentication tokens.
svn has many options. Remember to run svn help to display
a list of all commands, and to request a help text for a
particular command, run svn help command.
add file [--targets file] [-Nq]
Use this command to enroll new files in svn records
of your working directory. The files will be added
to the repository the next time you run "svn com
mit". You should use the "svn import" command to
bootstrap new sources into the source repository.
"svn add" is only used for adding new files to an
already checked-out module.
example: svn add foo.c bar.h baz/ bat/*.m
cat TARGET [TARGET ...] [--username name] [--password
arg] [-r]
Output the content of specified files or URLs.
checkout repository [repository...] [destination] [--user
name name] [--password arg] [--no-auth-cache] [-rqN]
(Alias: co) A necessary preliminary for most svn
work: creates your private copy of the source for
repository (the repository must be identified with
a valid URL string). You can work with this copy
without interfering with others' work. At least
one subdirectory level is always created.
commit file [--force] [--username name] [--password pass]
[--no-auth-cache] [--encoding] [-mFqN]
(Alias: ci) Use this command when you wish to
``post'' your changes to other developers, by
incorporating them into the source repository.
example: svn commit foo.c bar.h baz/ bat/*.m
copy source destination [--username name] [--password
pass] [--no-auth-cache] [--encoding] [-mFrq]
(Alias: cp) Where source and destination can be
directories or files, local ones in a repository or
remote ones specified as URLs. `copy' is used where
you want to make a copy of source so that destina
tion will share ancestry of source. Unless destina
tion is a directory, destination must not exist (In
the spirit of unix cp, source will be placed inside
of destination if destination is a directory).
example: If you do this (MAINTAIN ANCESTRY)
$ svn copy foo.c bar.c
Then foo.c and bar.c will share a common ancestor
in the repository.
example: But, if you do this (NO ANCESTRY)
$ cp foo.c bar.c
$ svn add bar.c
$ svn ci -m "Initial Import"
Then you will have the identical file in your work
ing copy, but bar.c will have no revision history
beyond the initial import that you just did.
example: Make a new copy from a remote source
$ svn cp http://rep.com/repo/path/bar.c foo.c
$ svn ci -m "copied that remote bar.c here"
delete file|dir [--force] [--targets file] [--username
name] [--password pass] [--no-auth-cache] [--encoding]
(Alias: del, remove, rm) Mark the given
files/directories for deletion upon commit. When
you commit, the entries will be removed from the
head revision in the repository, and deleted from
your working copy.
example: svn delete foo.c bar.h
-N/--non-recursive with a directory target will
prevent recursive descent into subdirectories.
--no-diff-deleted will not print differences for
deleted files.
example: svn diff README
Compares the working copy version of the file with
current repository version.
example: svn diff -r HEAD README
Compares the working copy with most recent reposi
tory version.
example: svn diff -r 123:456 README
Compares revisions 123 and 456 of the file in the
svn diff -r 123:456 http://rep.com/repo/README
Compare revisions 123 and 456 of the file in the
repository without the need for a working copy.
export source [destination] [--username name] [--password
pass] [--no-auth-cache] [-rq]
If source is a URL exports a clean directory tree
from the repository specified by URL, at revision
REV if it is given, otherwise at HEAD, into desti
nation. If source is a path exports a clean direc
tory tree from the working copy specified by PATH.
All local changes will be preserved, but files not
under revision control will not be copied. NOTE:
If destination is omitted, the last component of
the URL is used for the local directory name.
help [command]
(Alias: ?, h) Without a given command argument,
this prints generic help. If a specific command is
entered, a short description on how to use that
command is presented.
import [Path] Repository-URL [--username name] [--password
pass] [--no-auth-cache] [--encoding] [-FmqN]
Import a file or tree into the repository.
info target1 [target2 ...] [--targets file] [-R]
Print info about a versioned resource.
retrieve logs from a remote repository. If the URL
is passed alone, then only that entry will be
searched. If paths are also supplied with the URL,
then only those paths are searched, based at the
given URL. With -v, also print all affected paths
with each log message. With -q, don't print the
log message body itself (note that this is compati
ble with -v).
example: svn log
Recursively retrieve logs for all revision under
example: svn log README
Retrieve logs for only those revisions where README
was affected.
example: svn log http://rep.com/repo/README
Retrieve logs for the file without the need for a
local checkout of the repository.
example: svn log README LICENSE
Retrive logs for all revisions where both files
were affected.
example: svn log http://rep.com/repo README LICENSE
Retrieve logs for both files in the remote reposi
tory without the need for a local checkout of the
merge PATH1[@N] [PATH2[@M]] [WCPATH] [--force] [--username
name] [--password pass] [--no-auth-cache] [--dry-run]
Apply the differences between two paths to a work
ing copy path. PATH1 and PATH2 are either working-
copy paths or URLs, specified at revisions N and M.
These are the two sources to be compared. N and M
default to HEAD if omitted. WCPATH is the working-
copy path that will receive the changes. If omit
ted, a default value of '.' is assumed. If PATH2
is omitted the revision option must be passed to
identify two versions of PATH1, for example:
svn merge -r 4:5 http://ex.com/repos/proj
mkdir [directory...] [--username name] [--password pass]
propedit propname [targets]
(Alias: pedit, pe) Edit property propname with
$EDITOR on files and directories.
propget propname [targets] [-R]
(Alias: pget, pg) Get the value of propname on
files and directories.
proplist [targets] [-vR]
(Alias: plist, pl) List all properties for given
files and directories.
propset propname [propval] [targets] [--targets file]
(Alias: pset, ps) Set property propname to propval
on files and directories.
Note: svn recognizes the following special proper
ties but will store any arbitrary properties set:
A newline separated list of file patterns to
Keywords to be expanded. Valid keywords
URL, HeadURL
The URL for the head version of the
Author, LastChangedBy
The last person to modify the file.
Date, LastChangedDate
The date/time the object was last
Rev, LastChangedRevision
The last revision the object
If present, make the file executable. This
property cannot be set on a directory. A
non-recursive attempt will fail, and a
recursive attempt will set the property only
on the file children of the directory.
directory path, optional revision flags, and
an URL. For example :
foo http://ex.com/repos/zig
foo/bar -r 1234 http://ex.com/repos/zag
revert [file...] [--targets file] [-Rq]
Restore a pristine working copy version of file,
undoing all local changes.
resolved target [target...] [--targets file] [-Rq]
Remove 'conflicted' state on working copy files or
directories. Note: this routine does not semanti
cally resolve conflict markers; it merely removes
conflict-related artifact files and allows TARGET
to be committed again.
status [targets] [--username name] [--password pass]
[--no-auth-cache] [--no-ignore] [-uvNq]
(Alias: stat, st) Print the status of working copy
files and directories.
switch url [target] [--username name] [--password pass]
[--no-auth-cache] [-rNq]
(Alias: sw) Update working copy to mirror a new
URL. This is the way to move a working copy to a
new branch.
update [file...] [--username name] [--password pass]
[--no-auth-cache] [-rNq]
(Alias: up) Bring changes from the repository into
the working copy. If no revision given, bring
working copy up-to-date with HEAD rev. Else syn
chronize working copy to revision given by -r. For
each updated item a line will start with a charac
ter reporting the action taken. These characters
have the following meaning:
A Added
D Deleted
U Updated
C Conflict
G Merged
example: svn update foo.c bar.h baz/ bat/*.m


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The Strange Stories of Hollywood Filming in Hawai'i
From plastic palm trees to on-set pranks, from fake languages to obstinate water buffalo, intrepid humor writer Charles Memminger uncovered the funniest, strangest tales of Island moviemaking.
(page 1 of 4)
Illustration: Michael Byers 2010, Levy Creative Management NYC
For nearly 90 years, Hawai'i has served as a glorified backlot for Hollywood where directors and producers—unencumbered by factual details of actual life in the Islands—could weave their unlikely tales of love, war and heat rash amid stunning tropical beauty.
In 1932, David O. Selznick reportedly told his director, "I don't care what story you use so long as we call it Bird of Paradise and (Dolores) Del Rio jumps into a flaming volcano at the finish." With some modifications, that's basically how many movies filmed in Hawai'i got their start.
"I don't care what the story is as long as the title comes from some obscure Rudyard Kipling poem and Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr get pounded by waves while having sex on the beach." (From Here to Eternity)
"I don't care what the plot is as long as it's called Jurassic Park and a lawyer gets eaten by a big, freaking dinosaur."
"I don't care how much it costs or what you call it as long as it stars Donny and Marie Osmond and they both get thrown into a flaming volcano in the end. The real Osmonds and a real flaming volcano. No stunt doubles. You got me?"
Of course, we all recognize that last movie as the 1978 cinematic epic Goin' Coconuts, in which Donny and Marie, playing themselves, manage—to the great annoyance of movie buffs everywhere—to get out of the production unscathed even while being pursued by Oddjob and Wo Fat.
There have been some great movies made in Hawai'i, but the fact is that for every South Pacific there was a She Gods of Shark's Reef and for every The Hawaiians there was a Voodoo Island. (Voodoo Island, 1957: "I don't care what happens as long as it takes only seven days to film it and Boris Karloff wears a grass skirt.")
Voodoo Island did star Boris Karloff and did only take seven days to shoot, but that wasn't a record. In 1913, the first Hollywood-produced film made in Hawai'i, The Shark God was shot, I believe, in about 45 minutes and then they immediately shot another entire movie, Hawaiian Love.
That's the kind of thing I'm interested in: strange, weird, sexy and unknown details. So I set out to gather little-known tidbits about movies and television shows produced in Hawai'i or about Hawai'i, and the actors who starred in them. This article—possibly destined to become one of the great Hollywood/Hawai'i historical documents of all time—would not have been possible without the help of the following people and information sources: Luis Reyes, author of the book Made in Paradise; Ed Rampell, film critic, author and contributor to Made in Paradise; Matt Locey, film director and member of the South Seas Cinema Society; Eddie Serman, legendary celebrity columnist and author of the book Frank, Sammy, Marlon & Me, Tom Moffatt, radio personality, concert promoter and all-around great guy; Jimmy Borges, jazzman and occasional actor; Jim Nabors, TV star, singer and friend to the word, and Tim Ryan, editor of Hawai'i Film & Video Magazine. They all took time out to tell me many amazing stories about Hollywood in Hawai'i and their books were a wealth of information. And thank god for the IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base) website. I present my findings here in no particular order.
The Reel Hawai'i
The movie Hawai'i, shot in 1966, is considered one of the most historically authentic depictions of the Native Hawaiian lifestyle during the missionary period. To achieve that authenticity, producers had to import thatch from Japan for huts, rooster feathers from the Philippines, red-and-gold cloaks from Hong Kong, imitation tapa cloth from Ireland, straw matting from Mexico, silk from Taiwan and boar's tooth necklaces from India. Other than that, it was completely authentic.
Watch Your Language
In 1992, Ray Bumatai, brother of comic Andy Bumatai, played an obscure Polynesian in a forgettable movie called Danger Island, starring Richard Beymore and Kathy Ireland. The plot involved a collection of people who get marooned on a mysterious island after a plane crash. Bumatai, playing one of the indigenous islanders, was asked by the director to invent a plausible-sounding native language. He did, by stringing together the names of Hawai'i residents with Polynesian names. For instance, in the movie Bumatai would yell "Katamaduli!" which supposedly meant, "I'm going to kill you." Kata Maduli is a Honolulu record producer and concert promoter.
Congressman Cabbie
Some Island residents noticed that in the movie Joe Versus the Volcano, the yellow cab taking Joe's steamer trunks to the sailboat belongs to congressman Neil Abercrombie.
Close Call No. 1
In 1964, Frank Sinatra almost drowned on Kauai, where he was starring in and directing None but the Brave. Swimming one afternoon near the Coco Palms hotel, where Elvis made Blue Hawai'i, Sinatra was caught in a riptide that took him 200 yards off shore. Fellow actor Brad Dexter went to his aid and held him until rescuers from the Kauai Fire Department reached the scene. Dexter said when he got there, it was ol' Blue Eyes' lips that were blue and his eyes were shut. "I'm sure if I hadn't gotten to him when I did, they would have pulled out a dead man," Dexter said. Ironically, the rescuers raced Sinatra to shore but left Dexter on his own to swim in. Thanks, guys.
Close Call No. 2
Talk about a tough movie shoot. In 1954, The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphrey Bogart, Fred McMurray and Van Johnson, was shooting at Pearl Harbor. In one scene, Johnson dives into the water to grab a rope line. When the actor hit the water, a real Navy rifleman on a camera boat noticed a shark just 10 yards away from the actor. He shot and killed it (the shark, that is) with his M-1 rifle and Johnson was hauled out of the water. Cut. Print. That's a wrap.
Let it (Fake) Rain
It was raining so much during the making of Karate Kid Part II on a lavishly constructed, full-scale Okinawan village set in Kahaluu on Oahu's Windward Side in 1986 that it interfered with the shooting of a Hollywood typhoon. Actors and crew were miserable as the rain turned the set into a muddy mess. Finally, at 3:30 a.m., they were able to shoot the typhoon scene but had to use "Hollywood rain" sprayed from a water tower because real raindrops are too small for movies. Hollywood rain drops are bigger so that they will be seen when the light hits them.


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Circus PAWS is coming to town- Saturday and Sunday September 29 and 30! Three shows only, held at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood, promise to be inspiring and cruelty free entertainment for children and adults. It will show the world, in the words of Bob Barker, "a circus needs no animal performers to be spectacular." Circus Paws is billed as a "pint-sized version of Cirque du Soleil, yet with a distinct colorful and inspiring look to the troupe."
This project is sponsored by the PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) Sanctuary in an effort to promote humane animal-free entertainment. Proceeds will benefit the more than 100 rescued and retired animals living at the PAWS Sanctuary in Northern California, many of them veterans of circuses.
The stars of the show, Le Petit Cirque troupe, are all children under the age of 12! It is the only all-kid humanitarian cirque company in the world founded by Nathalie Yves Gaulthier, who herself was a child prodigy in Canada. The troupe includes some of the top aerial arts/circus arts in the country and has mesmerized numerous audiences worldwide. Le Petit Cirque uses their prodigy and gifts to heal, usually only performing for causes. They use their performances to inspire or boost morales. They are not only exceptional cirque children but actual young prodigies in music, karate, skateboard and world-record holders (World Champions and Guiness Book record holders) who amaze the audience with every move.
PAWS Circus is one of the many creative ways directors and founders Pat Derby and Ed Stewart have reached out to the community over the years. In addition to founding and running their sanctuary, keeping up with the latest animal research to make sure their animals get the very best care, they also sponsor an Elephant Summit bi-annually which attracts elephant researchers, zoologists, rescuers, and other advocates from all over the world.
Pat Derby and Ed Stewart pioneered a method of elephant handling that uses NO bull hooks, weapons or aversive training techniques. PAWS was the first facility to use this "non-dominance" technique successfully, and since 1985, the work of Derby and Stewart has been a model for elephant handlers around the world.
PAWS is internationally recognized as a leader in animal welfare; among PAWS' greatest concerns is the treatment of animals in traveling shows, animal acts, television and movies, captive breeding, the exotic animal trade and inadequate standards of care for all captive wildlife.
They have been very active politically, influencing those in power to curb the animals in entertainment trade by exposing the cruelties behind the camera and outside the big top, and try to shut down the animal nightmare that is the traditional circus.
Performing wild animals are torn from their mothers, family groups and native habitats at a young age and put into abusive conditions where they are afraid not to obey the man. Then they are forced, often for their whole lives to perform and be confined in ways foreign to nature. Often the "tricks" they must do are painful and debilitating.
On November 2, 2011, PAWS, along with Bob Barker, Animal Defenders International and CSI's Jorja Fox have initiated a bill – HR 3359-TEAPA (Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act) in Congress with Congressman Jim Moran. This bill will restrict the use of exotic and non-domesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions. It is the first bill to comprehensively tackle the use of all wild animals in circuses ever to be launched in the U.S.
There will be three shows: Saturday and Sunday matinees are at 1PM and Sunday evening shows begin at 7PM. On Sunday evening there is an opportunity to also enjoy a VIP reception 90 minutes prior to the show with many special guest entertainers, many of them child prodigies. Boy band IM5 founded by Simon Fuller of "American Idol" will entertain.
Kat Kramer, Stanley Kramer's daughter and a performer in her own right will also perform. Kramer, an animal advocate, was brought to her convictions early on through her father's socially relevant film, "Bless the Beasts and Children." The movie's theme song was originally sung by the Carpenters. Kramer will be premiering her own first live version of the song at the reception.
Circus photos courtesy of Gaulthier Productions
Animal photos courtesy of Performing Animal Welfare Society.
Georja Umano is an actor and animal advocate.
Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
San Andreas, CA
Avalon Theatre
1735 Vine St.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Saturday, September 29 at 1:00 PM
Sunday, September 30 at 1:00 PM
Sunday, September 30 at 7:00 PM
VIP reception:
Sunday, September 30 at 5:30 PM
Tickets : $79 for adults; $49 for children under 12
VIP tickets : $150 adults; $95 children
Published on Sep 23, 2012


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Hearings and Business Meetings
Oct 29 2009
Subcommittee Hearing on Public Lands and Forests: to receive testimony on S.555, S.607, S.721, S.1122, S.1328, and S.1442, H.R. 129 (Hearing Room SD-366).
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room 02:30 PMThe purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 555, to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; S. 607, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System land that are subject to ski area permits, and for other purposes; S. 721, to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes; S. 1122, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services; S. 1328 and H.R. 689, to interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes; S. 1442, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, establish a grant program for Indian Youth Service Corps, help restore the Nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote the value of public service; and H.R. 129, to authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, a freestanding hospital dedicated to serving only children, is nationally recognized as a leading provider of pediatric health care services. Experts treat and work to prevent all health issues ranging from common childhood conditions to serious, advanced diseases.
Featuring Centers of Excellence for the treatment of diabetes and congenital heart disorders, Children's Hospital also operates the region's only level 1 pediatric trauma unit and a neonatal intensive care unit with the highest designated level of care. In addition, Children's Hospital is a top-level teaching and research facility. No child is denied care on basis of limited ability to pay.


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Associations of PI3KR1 and mTOR polymorphisms with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk and gene-environment interactions in Eastern Chinese populations.
(Scientific reports, 2015-01)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PI3K/PTEN/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway may contribute to carcinogenesis. We genotyped five potentially functional PIK3R1 and mTOR SNPs in 1116 esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) ...
Potentially functional polymorphisms in the CASP7 gene contribute to gastric adenocarcinoma susceptibility in an eastern Chinese population.
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BACKGROUND: Caspase 7 (CASP7) is an important regulator and executioner in the apoptosis pathway and plays a crucial role in cancer development and progression. However, few studies have evaluated associations between functional ...
Associations of potentially functional variants in IL-6, JAKs and STAT3 with gastric cancer risk in an eastern Chinese population.
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The interleukin-6 (IL-6)/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway plays a central role in inflammation-mediated cancers, including gastric cancer (GCa). We evaluated associations between 10 potentially functional single nucleotide ...
A Functional Polymorphism (rs2494752) in the AKT1 Promoter Region and Gastric Adenocarcinoma Risk in an Eastern Chinese Population.
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AKT is an important signal transduction protein that plays a crucial role in cancer development. Therefore, we evaluated associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the AKT promoter region and gastric ...
Pri-miR-124 rs531564 and pri-miR-34b/c rs4938723 polymorphisms are associated with decreased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese populations.
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MicroRNAs are a new class of small non-protein-coding RNAs that sometimes function as tumor suppressors or oncogenes. Aberrant expression and structural alteration of microRNAs have been reported to be involved in tumorigenesis ...
Tumor necrosis factor-α induced protein 8 polymorphism and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a Chinese population: a case-control study.
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BACKGROUND: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been reported to be associated with autoimmune and pro-inflammatory response, and genetic polymorphisms of candidate genes involved in autoimmune and pro-inflammatory response ...


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Heavy Gunner 3D – Lock, load, and unleash hell!
Heavy Gunner 3D is out and serving up 3D action for alien-blasting fans. The action takes place in a cockpit behind dual turrets. Com2uS paid special attention to making killing alien scum fun and intuitive, so apart from pretty nice graphics, Heavy Gunner has a lot of great upgrades and a pretty solid control scheme to recommend it other than its dubbing as 'Matrix Revolution gunning' for the iDevice. TouchMyApps will be looking at it later this week, so keep your eyes peeled for our trigger-friendly review. Till then, feel free to discuss Heavy Gunner 3D in our forums.
Com2uS USA, HEAVY GUNNER 3D – $2.99
Piccies, gameplay footage and more after the gap:
Press Release
Lock, loaded and ready to shoot down some alien scum?
The first game from Com2uS' 2010 lineup is a graphically stunning, intergalactic shooter game called Heavy Gunner 3D. The game places you in a futuristic time where alien weapon technology is as commonplace as water guns. As alien invaders rain down from above, you man a turret armed to the bone with gatling guns, EMPs, missiles and a boat load of weaponry.
Full 360 panoramic view with an array of 3D-modeled enemy spacecrafts.
Eight different types of weapons with over 130 possible upgrade combinations allow you to transform your simple turret into a full blown death star taking down alien invaders from all over the galaxy. The controls are simple to learn but require a special 'touch' to master. Simply pressing down on the dual v-pads allows you to shoot a gun on both sides, but with each circular shooting pad, you are allowed to control the aim of each gun individually.
A cartridge full of playtime with a load of features
Heavy Gunner 3D gives you a bang for your buck with endless playtime, loaded with 35 missions, a survival mode, and 50 achievements. Similar to many dual-stick shooters, the enemies come at you in swarms like flies at an outdoor barbeque. However, unlike most dual stick shooters, Heavy Gunner 3D places the camera in first person view. The game increases re-playability with 3 options of difficulty levels. The easy level may give you the feeling of an untouchable turret, but don't be fooled because the harder levels make it more and more difficult to hold your ground.
Com2uS has also been holding beta tests for two other games that are currently in the works. Caligo Chaser, a slash and dash action-arcade game with customizable clothes and attack skills. IMO: World of Magic, is a fully-featured MMORPG contained within a massive virtual world. All three Com2uS games have been highly anticipated by the iPhone community.
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A 3D Inter-Galactic Shooter against an alien invasion !
Heavy Gunner is a graphically stunning, intergalactic shooter game. The game places you in a futuristic time where alien weapon technology is as commonplace as water guns. As alien invaders rain down from above, you man a turret armed to the bone with gatling guns, EMPs, milliles and a boat load of weaponry.
â–ª 3D Mechanic FPS
â–ª Campaign Mode & Challenge Mode (Infinite Survival) & Global Online Ranking
â–ª Upgradable weapons with various types and levels allowing more than 120 combinations
â–ª 35 Missions with 3 levels of difficulty
â–ª 50 achievements to be awarded with special medals
Com2uS USA, HEAVY GUNNER 3D – $2.99


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Cheddar scones
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- Freezable
- kcal130
- fat6g
- saturates4g
- carbs15g
- sugars1g
- fibre1g
- protein4g
- salt0.36g
- 200g self-raising flour, plus a little more for dusting
- 50g butter, at room temperature
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- 25g porridge oats
- 75g grated cheddar, plus extra for topping (optional)
Once cheddar was 'Cheddar', a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…
- 150ml milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
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Heat oven to 220c/fan 200c/gas 7. Place the flour in a large bowl, then rub in the butter. Stir in the oats and cheese, then the milk – if it feels like it might be dry, add a touch more milk, then bring together to make a soft dough.
Lightly dust the surface with a little flour. roll out the dough no thinner than 2cm. Using a 4cm plain cutter, firmly stamp out the rounds – try not to twist the cutter as this makes the scones rise unevenly. re-roll the trimmings and stamp out more.
Transfer to a non-stick baking sheet, dust with a little more flour or grated cheese, then bake for 12-15 mins until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack before serving on their own or topped with mashed avocado, or soft cheese, and ham, cucumber or cress.


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On March 23, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued an executive order calling for Oregonians to stay home, closing specific retail businesses, and requiring social distancing in most cases, immediately and until further notice. Social gatherings with people from outside of your household are not allowed until further notice.
COVID-19 Updates and Information
Monday, October 7, 2019 at 7:30pm
Beall Concert Hall
961 East 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR
Raised in a musical family, Josh was introduced to music through classical piano at four years old and later, the bass at eight. As Josh entered adolescence he became increasingly dedicated to music and improvisation. He began studying jazz and through that path found North Indian classical music. The music of Ust. Ali Akbar Khan, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee and Ust. Amir Khan made a particularly strong impression on him. From the moment he started studying Hindustani music, Josh was very dedicated to riyaz or practice; it was not unusual for him to play 10-12 hours in a day. He bought his first instrument at age 15 and began his formal training with Dr. Peter Row while attending the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2005, Josh initiated his training with Ust. Ali Akbar Khan. Since then, Josh has also received training and guidance from the maestro's senior disciples including Sri James Pomerantz, and Dr. George Ruckert. Presently, Josh is continuing his training with Ust. Ali Akbar Khan's sons Ust. Aashish Khan and Sri Alam Khan, as well as his senior disciple Sri Anindya Banerjee. Josh has received guidance from Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri and Pt. Tejendra Majumdar and has also learned tabla with Pt. Anindo Chatterjee during his Seattle workshops since 2010. Josh recently recorded his debut CD Homage featuring Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri playing tabla. Homage, was released in April 2013 on Saath Sangat Records. Josh is currently producing his second album,One Evening in Spring featuring Pt. Anindo Chatterjee on tabla, which is scheduled for release in October, 2013.
Josh regularly performs throughout the US, India, and Canada. Some of his most notable performances and lecture/demonstrations have been organized by Harvard University, ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata, Boston Center for the Arts, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Gandhi Memorial Center, the University of Florida Gainesville, Purdue University, University of Chicago, the University of Washington, the Utsav Festival produced by Ragamala, Basant Bahar, the 2007 Fulbright Conference in Araungabad, India and many others. Josh has performed with Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Sri Alam Khan, Sri Samir Chatterjee, and Sri Anindya Banerjee. Josh has also been featured on several TV and radio programs across the US and Canada including KPFA in Berkeley, Swar Lahari in San Francisco, and Rag Aur Taal in New York among others.
Josh is also dedicated to teaching, holding regular classes in Portland and throughout the Pacific Northwest both through his music school, Saath Sangat, as well as at Lewis and Clark College and Reed College. Recently, he has written a sitar method book for the Hal Leonard Corporation- the worlds largest music publisher. The book is geared towards helping beginner and intermediate students learn Hindustani music on either sitar, or the instrument of their choosing. In addition to extensive compositions and exercises, the book includes an audio CD to aid in the learning process. Josh's book was published in April 2013 and is available for purchase on his website (www.joshfeinbergmusic.com) and throughout the world.
In addition to his work in classical Indian music, Josh has explored the possibilities of the sitar through collaborations outside of traditional Hindustani music. Some of his most noteworthy projects have included a collaborations with legendary tap dancer Savion Glover, acclaimed saxophonist Patrick Lamb, and recording on jazz drummer Richie Barshay's album Homework (which included pianist Herbie Handcock as a special guest). Recently, Josh recorded on cellist Gideon Freudmann's new album Rain Monsters, which was featured on a 2012 episode of the Showtime drama Weeds. Josh was also the featured soloist in a series of concerts with the Seattle Coral Company performing Eric Whitacre's piece Winter, which was composed for choir, orchestra, sitar solo and tanpura accompaniment.
Josh currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his poet-wife Jessica and his daughter Sophia and maintains a busy teaching and performing schedule. Josh is pursuing his Masters of Fine Arts through Goddard College.
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MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0
The following list shows the most common states you may see in
State column for the master's
Binlog Dump thread. If you see no
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Finished reading one binlog; switching to next
The thread has finished reading a binary log file and is opening the next one to send to the slave.
Master has sent all binlog to slave; waiting for
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The thread has read all remaining updates from the binary logs and sent them to the slave. The thread is now idle, waiting for new events to appear in the binary log resulting from new updates occurring on the master.
Binary logs consist of events, where an event is usually an update plus some other information. The thread has read an event from the binary log and is now sending it to the slave.
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I mentioned in yesterday's post about the engine worship ritual method of fixing broken down cars. I didn't realize that Mrs. Geotripper was playing the anthropologist yesterday and taking pictures. As some of you may know, the Engine Ritual is a highly structured approach to appealing to the car gods to make a car run again. All the men in the group (this is a religious issue, not a sexist issue; I'm told by Mrs. Geotripper that women look for the trouble-shooting section of the car manual) must gather around the open hood of the car. They form a semi-circle with the high priest (the elder)in the center, and the car's owner closest to the door on the driver's side (only the driver is allowed to turn the key). Each in turn murmurs the chant to the gods, which starts out as "Did you try...", followed by leaning over into the engine and jiggling something. The gods are rather easily insulted, so the ritual rarely works, but when you are stuck anything is worth a try.
This is a largely western European tradition, but I was on reservation land, so it turns out that after the others gave up and left, I was paid a visit by a mysterious Native American shaman (the truck he drove was labeled "ranger". He considered me with a philosophical stare (it was 5 PM and he was considering whether this tourist was going to cause him to miss dinner). He looked at the engine and said (in that mysterious spiritual connection voice) "Did you try unlocking the transmission with the little switch next to the gearshift?". Voila! It unlocked the transmission! But the car still wouldn't start, but at least we had made progress.
In the end, we solved the problem in the age old method familiar to all who work with technology: "Is the broken thing plugged in?". In this case, I said "Let's try the jumper cables" just to see what would happen. Somehow the supplication and desperation in my voice appeased the car gods and the car started.
So we were delayed a day, and my car has a new battery this morning (I don't get it, the car had the original battery and only 114k on the odometer). We are moving once again! In the meantime, Mrs. Geotripper snapped a few other shots while we were deep in the Grand Canyon. Enjoy!
On to more adventures! Will post when I can!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
If You Have to be Stuck Somewhere, It Might As Well Be Here
Posted by Garry Hayes at 9:46 AM
Labels: beavertail cactus, car breakdowns, Engine worship ritual, Grand Canyon, Peach Springs Canyon
3 comments:
- Gaelyn said...
I've seen this ritual.
- May 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Hollis said...
My friends and I have a word for such "mindless talk by men about their vehicle" ... quadrivel. It originated in a game of fictionary (primitive form of Balderdash) and we have used it ever since. It was a term sorely needed! :)
congratulations on getting back on the road.
- May 12, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- biobabbler said...
Nice. I think your wife is spot on. My first instinct is to go for the manual. Perhaps because I am willing to merrily announce that I know just about nothing about cars, and my fervent goals are always for it to not blow up or catch on fire (and then blow up). =)
Glad you got it solved and are in such a great place!!
- May 13, 2012 at 11:19 AM
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|tiny car in Amsterdam
Note to self:
Always, always, always set an alarm when your on vacation.
Day 2 started later than we would have liked. We remembered to open the drapes before we went to bed so the light would wake us up in the morning, however we forgot to also set the alarm. We ended up sleeping in until 9. Which for me is not a surprise but for my husband is. He's the type to be out of bed at 6 every morning even if he doesn't have to go anywhere (he also doesn't get jet lag… not fair).
|bikes at the train station in Delft
On the agenda for today was Delft and the Hague. I thought this sounded like a lot for one day, but my husband said it was do able… and hey, he used to live there so who am I to argue? (don't answer that)
|breakfast on the train
My husband lived in The Hague for a long time during his stay in the Netherlands. However, he saw the country as a missionary… not as a tourist. I guess his plan for The Hauge and Delft in the same day didn't include a wife that wanted to stop into almost every shop along the way. Needless to say, we never made it to The Hague. Which I think is a perfectly good excuse to make sure we go back soon.
|Grocery Store
We stopped in a local grocery store to pick up breakfast. We figured we'd just make a little picnic and eat on the train on the way to Delft. Jeff knew just what he wanted.
Bread, Cheese & Vla.
I've been hearing about Vla for 20 years- anyone know why we don't have it in the US? If your wondering it's pretty much like a half melted custardy milkshake, that comes in a carton. You eat it with cookies. It reminded me a bit of a creme brule- but just the middle part.
Thursday was market day in Delft, that's why we picked it. The antique markets are on Saturday and don't start until later in April, so we missed that one… but we did hit a great one.
Delft was ADORABLE. I know I should think of a more sophisticated word to describe it, but that sums it up pretty well. Charming cobblestone streets, bikes, bridges, beautiful canals and lots of little shops.
|herring, which I did not eat. Neither did Jeff. He said he would if I would… I wouldn't… thus no herring eaten.
I loved the market. There was a booth with fabric, ribbon and trim- HELLO! Jackpot. I picked up some bias trims and fun ribbons. I also was able to buy some linen at another booth.
There were cheese shops, and fresh bread and fish mongers. Colorful characters, kids with candy and flowers. Like I said, I loved it.
|a warm stroopwafel… finally.
Further outside of Amsterdam, Jeff's Dutch became more useful. The funniest moment of the day came when I had him ask a vendor how much some ribbon was. He asked in Dutch, the vendor answered in Dutch. Then my husband proceeded to tell me how much it was, also in Dutch. He said it took him a while to figure out why I was looking at him funny…. he couldn't figure out why I didn't understand. The longer we were there the more he mixed up his Dutch and English. He'd forget which he was speaking- it was really funny to watch.
We were able to spend the day chatting with some locals (again one of the highlights of the trip for me, to see how Jeff interacted so naturally with the people that lived there). After a bit we decided to walk down to the Royal Delft Factory.
The walk took us through a residential neighborhood. Most people didn't have drapes in the front window, and I loved glancing into their homes to see how they were decorated. My husband thought I was crazy. I loved how you could see right through the house to the garden courtyard in the back.
|Beautiful pottery at the Royal Delft factory
After taking the factory tour and ogling at the shop, we headed back into historic Delft for dinner and to track down some Belgian chocolates.
|an antique shop I didn't dare go into, too many treasures for my pocketbook
This I think would have been my favorite day in the Netherlands, except for what happened the next day… a little bit of Serendipity that I still can't quite believe- but I'll tell you about that tomorrow.