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This Italian opera has dark parallels to a time in Ireland's past
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The 33rd Dáil
Week One: Ructions over the geographical spread of ministries and party in-fighting.
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THIS IS THE first weekend since pubs and restaurants reopened for businesses on Monday.
There are strict guidelines in place for the businesses due to Covid-19 restrictions, with a time limits in place for patrons and a requirement to buy a meal if people are consuming alcohol.
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Opinion: Our rotting Seanad won't survive much longer, it's crying out for reform
UCC students Adam Hallissey and Charlie Power argue that the Seanad has become a place for failed TDs to wait for election, and it has the capacity for so much more.
As a creche owner, I had butterflies on Monday, but we're getting there
One childcare provider shares her thoughts on reopening in the 'new normal' and thanks former minister Katherine Zappone for the work she's done.
Dreading the return to 'normal'?' Here's how to emerge from lockdown with your wellbeing intact
Sheena McGinley shares her thoughts and fears about returning to the 'new normal' after Covid-19 shutdown.
As millennials approach middle age, they face the second recession of their generation
Dr Amie Lajoie says millennials hope the policy of Ireland's new government will be anything but austerity, to avoid further damaging an already bruised generation.
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Hospital Wins Advertising and Marketing Awards
Lexington Medical Center has received 11 awards in the twenty-sixth annual Healthcare Advertising Awards sponsored by the Healthcare Marketing Report. This national competition recognizes excellence the field of healthcare marketing and advertising.
LMC's awards included a Silver for a television commercial that ran during the holiday season featuring Santa Claus helping a woman in labor get to the hospital, a Bronze for a mail program showcasing the hospital's 64 slice CT scanner, and a Merit award for "My 9-1-1." We also received honors for our employee enrollment guide, Life Savers publication, in-house newsletter Stethoscoop, Your Special Delivery maternity guide, letterhead design for the Sunset Café, LMC Employee Calendar, LMC mouse pad and Better Choices healthy eating plan.
This year, there were more than 3,600 entries. A national panel of judges rated entries based on creativity, quality, message effectiveness, consumer appeal, graphic design and overall impact.


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- About JHOVE2
- JHOVE2 Advanced Questions
- About the JHOVE2 Project
About JHOVE2
What is JHOVE2?
JHOVE2 is an open source next-generation application and framework for format-aware characterization. JHOVE2 is the successor to JHOVE, the original characterization system developed by Harvard University and JSTOR Electronic Archiving Initiative (now known as Portico). The JHOVE2 project aims to build on the success of JHOVE and to offer significant new features.
For more information see the project objectives and scope.
What is characterization?
Characterization can be thought about in two ways. First, it is information about a digital object that describes that object's character or significant nature and that can function as a surrogate for the object itself for purposes of much preservation analysis and decision making. Second, characterization is the process of deriving this information. This process has four important aspects: identification, validation, feature extraction, and assessment.
- Identification is the process of determining the presumptive format of a digital object on the basis of suggestive extrinsic hints and intrinsic signatures, both internal (e.g. magic number) and external (e.g. file extension).
- Validation is the process of determining the level of conformance of a digital object to the normative syntactic and semantic rules defined by the authoritative specification of the object's format.
- Feature extraction is the process of reporting the intrinsic properties of a digital object significant to preservation planning and action.
- Assessment is the process of determining the level of acceptability of a digital object for a specific purpose on the basis of locally-defined policy rules.
In general, these capabilities can be thought of as answering four questions about a digital object:
- What is it?
- What is it, really?
- What about it?
- So what?
For more information see the Glossary of JHOVE2 terms and concepts.
What are the features of JHOVE2?
The JHOVE2 application uses a modular plug-in architecture. The JHOVE2 project will develop modules for format identification, validation, feature extraction, and assessment. JHOVE2 will be able to process hierarchically-organized digital objects, both at the macro level of files within directory structures, and at a micro level of nested bit streams within container files. The JHOVE2 application will support extensive customization through local configuration.
The JHOVE2 identification operation is quite different from that offered by JHOVE. JHOVE identified an object by iteratively trying to validate it against all of the formats it knows about. This has benefit that a successful identification has a high level of assurance. Unfortunately, it also has the detriment that any trivial validation error will cause JHOVE to not identify an object with its true format. JHOVE2 uses signature-based identification, that is, it looks for well-known byte sequences (often called "magic numbers") that are indicative of a format. Since JHOVE2 doesn't have to fully validate an object to identify its format, identification can be performed much more quickly. Also, since magic numbers can be stored easily in a compact fashion, JHOVE2 will be able to identify a much larger number of formats than it has full validation modules for.
For more information see the JHOVE2 Functional requirements.
What formats will be supported by JHOVE2?
JHOVE2 will support the validation and feature extraction of the following format families and specific format subtypes:
- ICC color profile
- JP2 (ISO/IEC 15444-1) and JPX (ISO/IEC 15444-2) profiles
- PDF 1 - 1.7, ISO 32000-1, PDF/X-1 (ISO 15930-1), PDF/X-1 (ISO 15920-1), \-1a (ISO 15930-4), \-2 (ISO 15930-5), \-3 (ISO 15930-6), PDF/A-1 (ISO 19005-1)
- Shapefile
- TIFF 4 - 6, Class B, F, G, P, R, and Y, TIFF/EP (ISO 12234-2), TIFF-FX, TIFF/IT (ISO 12639), Exif (JEITA CP-3451), GeoTIFF, Digital Negative (DNG), RFC 1314
- UTF-8 encoded text
- WAVE audio
- Broadcast Wave Format (EBU N22-1997)
- Zip
ICC, SGML, Shapefile, and Zip are newly supported in JHOVE2. Unfortunately, due to project funding constraints several formats available formerly available for analysis by the original JHOVE system will not be supported by JHOVE2, including AIFF, GIF, HTML, and JPEG.
Since JHOVE2 uses signature-based identification, it will be able to identify many more formats than those for which it has full validation modules.
What are the technical requirements for installing/running JHOVE2?
JHOVE2 is written in Java Standard Edition (SE) 6. JHOVE2 should run on any computing platform that has a Java SE 6 Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
For more information please see the User's guide v2.0.0 (PDF)
Where can I learn more about JHOVE2?
This public wiki provides additional information about all aspects of the JHOVE2 project and application.
A good overview of the JHOVE2 is provided by the paper presented by project team members at the 2008 iPRES Conference at the British Library in October 2008. This paper is available in PDF form; the PowerPoint presentation slides are also available. A number of other presentations about JHOVE2 are also available.
General information about the JHOVE2 project is distributed via the "JHOVE2-Announcement-L" mailing list. Technical discussion about JHOVE2 takes place via the "JHOVE2-Techtalk-L" list. Subscription information for these lists is available here.
Where do I go to report bugs or ask questions?
JHOVE2, as an open source software project, has a community of users to rely on for help and advice. The jhove2-techtalk-l listserv is the main venue for asking for assistance and for reporting bugs. Also, the Issue tracker contains all reported bugs and feature enhancement requests.
JHOVE2 Advanced Questions
How do I run JHOVE2 and/or unit tests in Eclipse?
In order to run JHOVE2CommandLine or Junit tests from the eclipse run configurations, you need to modify the classpath to include the config and config/droid directories.
In the Run Configurations Dialog Box, select the Classpath tab
In the Classpath: window, Click on User Entries.
- Click Advanced to bring up the Advanced Options Dialog Box
- Select Add Folders and Click OK
- Choose your project folder and expand the directory.
- Select the config directory and click OK.
Repeat steps 1-3 and select the config/droid directory.
Note: JHOVE2 Junit test cases use Junit4 Test Runner. This is configured in the Test tab.
How do I increase the heap size in the JUnit JVM in Eclipse?
The JUnit JVM is separate from the JVM used for normal development within Eclipse.
To set the heap size for the JUnit JVM
- Open the JUnit Run Configuration
- Select the Arguments tab
- In the VM Arguments box, add the following: -Xms128m -Xmx1024m
Why is it taking so long for my files to validate?
If you're validating SGML, HTML or XHTML files, or zip files that contain SGML, HTML or XHTML files, the validation shells out to a separate SGML process which can add to processing time. Also, when processing HTML files, the catalog file may not be referencing a local copy of the DTD and the code is resolving the SystemID to the w3c website, which adds to latency. A workaround to the latter issue is to update the SGML catalog file to point to the directory where local dtds are stores for the appropriate html version (ex: html4.0.1). This catalog file is referred to in the config\spring\module\format\sgml\jhove2-sgml-config.xml file.
DTD and sample catalog files which you can copy to your local area are located in the src\test\resources\examples\sgml directory.
Note: you must put in the fullpathname in the catalog file, for example: CATALOG "/cygdrive/c/jhove2_hg_smm/src/test/resources/examples/sgml/dtds/html32/HTML32.cat"
More info on this topic can be found in
#123 and on this page.
About the JHOVE2 Project
How is the JHOVE2 project organized?
JHOVE2 is a collaborative project of the California Digital Library (CDL), Portico, and Stanford University. A distinguished advisory board with members drawn from international memory institutions, programs, and vendors, provides guidance.
The JHOVE2 project is funded for two years by the Library of Congress under its National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP).
JHOVE2 is an open source project. All software products newly developed as part of the project will be made freely available under the terms of the BSD license. However, some pre-existing software products incorporated into JHOVE2 may require separate licensing.
What is the project schedule?
The two year project is divided into three main phases. The first phase, which began in May 2008, was a six-month period of stakeholder engagement, needs assessment, and design. This phase led to the development of a set of appropriate use cases and Functional requirements.
The second phase, which began in December 2008, is a six month period of rapid prototyping and refactoring of the core JHOVE2 API and architectural framework.
The third phase, which will begin in June 2009 and last through the end of the project will be a period of module development.
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Courtney Love Defamation Case Gets Underway in Los Angeles
Courtney Love was back in a courtroom Wednesday (Jan. 15) in Los Angeles as the first day of her defamation trial got underway. The singer was in court to answer to a suit filed by her former lawyer, Rhonda Holmes, who claimed that Love defamed her in a public tweet.
The tweet in question read: "@noozjunkie I was f---ing devastated when Rhonda J. Holmes Esq of san diego was bought off. @fairnewsspears perhaps you can get a quote." Love had initially hired Gordon & Holmes to represent her in a fraud case against the executors of Kurt Cobain's estate.
Spin reports that in their suit, Gordon & Holmes claimed they were defamed by Love after they stipulated that the singer "remain clean and sober" during her case. But according to the complaint, there was never any indication that Love honored this condition, which allegedly "caused Love to become angry with plaintiffs."
Love maintained in court that she had meant to send the tweet as a direct message to two reporters rather than it being made public for all to see. She added that she was answering a question posed to her as to whether or not the lawyers were bought off.
During opening statements, Holmes' attorney Barry Langberg stated, "Once this kind of charge is made on the Internet, you never know who read it. You never know where it went. Just because you don't have a list of everyone who saw it doesn't mean it's not a problem. You never know where it's sitting as a ticking time bomb waiting to come out." Langberg also stated that Love was a person who knows how to exploit publicity and this was "another example of publicity that she wanted."
Meanwhile, Love's lawyer John Lawrence described the singer as a "very passionate, emotional and committed artist." He also stated that Love, who had been victimized for many years and lost millions of dollars, felt that she had found a champion in Holmes and was dismayed when she was left alone in her quest for justice.
Lawrence also alluded to Holmes pushing the case forward for her own benefit, stating, "Were it not for this case, those words would be nowhere and could not be found. It was thrown out to the world to see by Ms. Holmes herself. Curious."
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Dunkin' Donuts Turkey Sausage Breakfast Sandwich
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I'm trying to drop a couple pounds before reporting to spring training, because I've found that the less-young I get, the less-easy it gets to flip the sexiness switch when the clocks finally get their act back together in March. I love Daylight Saving Time, but the one downside is that it provides enough light for people to notice if you've spent the better part of the winter drinking melted butter and eating donut-covered donuts.
So every year about this time I set off on some harebrained, homemade diet plan or another; the details vary, but I always start my days with grandiose and unsustainable ambition that has me basically skipping breakfast and tiptoeing around lunch before the combination of malnourished delirium and my true colors team up for a 2,400-calorie late-afternoon snack featuring at least three meats, four cheeses, and five artificial sweeteners. Not effective.
This year I've finally decided to eat like a reasonable human being throughout the day, which means yay! I get to have breakfast but boo! the breakfast foods I favor tend to have pronounced ass-widening effects. Thus, I must dip my chubby toes into the treacherous waters of calorie-discounted renditions of normal food.
The new Dunkin Donuts Turkey Sausage Breakfast Sandwich appeals to my glutton-on-a-diet sensibilities on multiple fronts. For starters, I've long since made peace with turkey sausage as an acceptable facsimile of the better, porkier version. Once you start grinding, spicing, and encasing your meats, you're already dealing in trickery and compromise, so what's the harm in replacing your pork with turkey? Well, there's the small harm caused by turkey not tasting as good as pork, of course, but today's meat engineers do a good job of addressing the structural and textural issues that were the true scourges of yesteryear's nonpork sausages.
I also like the idea of a breakfast sandwich on an English muffin base. Modern monster bagels have a meal's worth of calories all by themselves, croissants are basically flakey baked fat, and fast food biscuits are rarely any good. English muffins aren't too exciting, but a good one can do an adequate job of supporting a sandwich without doing too much nutritional damage.
The DD Turkey Sausage Breakfast Sandwich ($3.59, 390 calories) gets off to a good start by using a pretty fair muffin. It lacks the cragginess of the genre's elite, but it's far superior to the reshaped white bread I've come to know and tolerate at motel breakfast buffets. It's firm without being overly dense and gets just a bit soggy where it meets the egg.
The whole egg is curiously large and fluffy, implying some sort of frozen-and-microwaved batter with a yolk-shaped yellow patch dropped in the middle, and the assertive fake-butter taste is actually a sad step down from the flavorless egg I've come to expect from Dunkin'. The egg is also studded with curious dark-green flecks of who-knows-what that impart no discernible flavor or texture. I thought my sandwich had come into accidental contact with them until I noticed the same flecks on the marketing photos, which suggests they're supposed to invoke health and vitality, what with their being kinda green and not fried meat.
A breakfast sandwich is made or broken by its meat, and the turkey sausage here is just good enough to make this meat muffin worth your while. It's not exceptional in any way, but the thin patty is less rubbery than expected, and it has a peppery and definitively meaty flavor. It's not the taste of high-class meat, to be sure, but it tastes more like an animal than it does like a lab project, which is an uncommon achievement at this level of dining.
The Dunkin Donuts Turkey Sausage Breakfast Sandwich is moderately tasty, and while it isn't exactly health food, the 390 calories left me feeling satisfied, and it's just nutritious enough that eating one doesn't flush the day's dieting down the drain before lunch.
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Kevin Costner attacks Stephen Baldwin in court exchange
Kevin Costner has downplayed fellow actor Stephen Baldwin's role in the development of a multi-million dollar oil-skimming venture, insisting he often "wondered" what the born-again Christian was doing behind the scenes.
The two stars are locked in a court battle in Louisiana after Baldwin accused Costner and his associates at Ocean Therapy Solutions of locking him out of a deal that would have made him a multi-millionaire.
Baldwin and business partner Spyridon Contogouris claim Costner cheated them by hiding details about a deal made with BP following the Gulf Coast oil spill in 2010.
The Usual Suspects star insists he should have been told about the potential agreement before he agreed to sell his shares in the company that had been set up to market oil extraction devices invented and created by Costner's brother.
BP bosses made an $18 million (£11 million) advance payment for 32 devices developed by Ocean Therapy Solutions in an effort to be better prepared for another oil leak disaster.
Baldwin and his business partner are demanding damages of at least $15 million (£9.3 million), but testifying on Friday (08Jun12), Costner insisted his acting peer was not entitled to the cash, suggesting he was merely an investor in the company and had little to do with business deals and product development.
He told the court, "I wondered what Stephen Baldwin was doing. I never saw him do anything."
Costner appeared much calmer on the stand than he did on Thursday (07Jun12), when he attacked Baldwin's attorney James Cobb for "being loud".
He was reprimanded by U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, who told the movie star, "This is not a wrestling match."
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(Phoenix, Ariz. - April 18, 2005) Attorney General Terry Goddard today commended approval in the House of Representatives of a comprehensive bill that attacks methamphetamine use and production in Arizona.
The meth bill would require decongestant tablets containing pseudoephedrine to be sold behind pharmacy counters. It also would require buyers to show an ID and sign a log, impose smaller limits on the amount that can be purchased and stiffen criminal penalties for meth use and production.
The bill moved forward on the same day that Target Corp. announced that it would move drugs with pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters in its stores nationwide. In its stores without pharmacies, the company said these drugs won't be sold at all.
"These two actions give us reason to be encouraged we can win the fight against the meth epidemic in Arizona," Goddard said. "Meth is the No. 1 crime problem in this state, and the most important thing we can do to stop its production is to make the key ingredient - pseudoephedrine - harder to get."
Goddard said Target's new policy increases the need for Arizona to pass a strong meth bill.
"A company should not find itself at a competitive disadvantage for doing the right thing," Goddard said. "Our bill will impose restrictions that Target is adopting voluntarily and make large amounts of pseudoephedrine much harder to obtain."


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Where the Hebrew Bible comprises three sections—Torah or Pentateuch; Prophetic Books, both the Former and the Latter Prophets; and the Writings, including everything else in the Hebrew Canon—the Christian Old Testament has traditionally been arranged along different lines. After the Pentateuch comes a series of books that continue, in roughly chronological order, the history of Israel. The Book of Joshua depicts Israel taking possession of the land of Canaan. Judges collects stories about the leaders of early Israel in the two hundred years before the emergence of the monarchy. After the tale of Ruth, a sort of interlude in the narrative sweep of these books, 1 and 2 Samuel tell of the rise and fall of Saul, Israel's first king, and the succession and successes of David. The Books of Kings take us from the death of David and the enthronement of Solomon, through the division of the people into the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the destruction of the Northern Kingdom, Israel, at the hands of the Assyrian invader (722/721 B.C.), and the fall of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, to the Babylonians (587 B.C.) and its ensuing exile, the Babylonian captivity.
Except for Ruth, these writings bear the marks of a specific theological outlook, that of the Book of Deuteronomy, and together with that book as its introductory volume constitute what is called the Deuteronomistic History. In this theology, what has characterized Israel's history, in the six hundred years from Moses to the Babylonian exile, has been a dynamic of fidelity or infidelity to Israel's covenant Lord, and the consequent destiny Israel forges for itself of covenant blessing or covenant curse. This dynamic of choice and consequences serves to explain the disasters Israel incurs throughout its history, from the so-called conquest and the days of the Judges to the fall of the North. In its preexilic edition, the Deuteronomistic History would have stood also as warning and wake-up call to the surviving Southern Kingdom.
The Books of Chronicles recycle much of the material found in the previous works, but the author ("the Chronicler") treats it selectively, with a characteristic theological point of view; its focus is the Jerusalem Temple and its cultic arrangements, which by way of legitimation are attributed to David, the ideal king. The Chronicler's interests carry through the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which recount the restoration of Jewish worship and life in the period of Persian rule following release from exile in Babylon.
The Books of Maccabees give us two overlapping but somewhat differing accounts of Jewish resistance to Seleucid persecution in the early second century B.C., and the assumption of power by the leaders of the resistance, the Maccabees or Hasmoneans.
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The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will propose a ban on trapping bears and hunting them with hounds, and has been at the State House shopping for a sponsor of their bill, according to multiple sources there.
This will be a re-run of bear issues that the HSUS qualified for Maine's referendum ballot in 2004. Confident that they would win the issue with Maine voters, HSUS instead got a big surprise when they lost that referendum, 53 to 47 percent. My sister Edie Smith managed the campaign to defend bear hunting and I raised the money for that campaign.
Many Maine guides and sporting camps sacrificed financially to defeat HSUS in that campaign, and will be very unhappy to have to battle on these issues again this year. I expect that, if HSUS is unsuccessful at the legislature, it will attempt another referendum in 2014, very bad news for our rural Maine hunting economy, already in trouble because of the loss of deer and nonresident deer hunters.
HSUS is well aware that the outdoor hunting economy is suffering and the people in that industry would have a very difficult time raising the money to once again defend bear hunting. They are more vulnerable this time than they were in 2004.
According to my sources in and outside the Capitol, HSUS has retained lobbyist Jay Nutting to lobby for their bill that includes a ban on bear hunting with dogs and bear trapping, a ban on the sale of bear gall bladders, and a ban on spring bear hunting. They also want to make the second conviction for bear poaching a felony.
HSUS has apparently given up the centerpiece of its 2004 referendum: hunting bear over bait. They are not talking about including this in their 2013 legislation, at least as far as I can determine at this time.
The ban on spring bear hunting seems to be aimed at the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Nations, both of which sponsor spring bear hunts. The section of Maine law that establishes parameters for the bear seasons in the rest of the state do not offer the opportunity for bear hunting in the spring, but that statue does not apply to the Penobscot's and Passamaquoddy's lands.
You can expect this to be a very big issue this year and I'll have lots more to say about it as this proceeds through the legislative process.


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This came up during a combat last week. The party had barricaded themselves behind double doors and the wizard was peering through the keyholes, dropping Scorching Bursts on anything foolish enough to enter his vision. While I readily admit that the "Sorcerer Tim" aspect of this scenario is entertaining and did make for a good encounter, I wonder what the rules are for ranged magic and its necessity for line-of-effect.
Is there a hard and fast rule on how to determine whether a spell requires line-of-effect or not? For instance, I wouldn't have allowed a Fireball or an Acid Arrow to have been cast that scenario simply because my understanding of how the spell manifests would not allow it to function in that fashion. Some of this is vaguely addressed in the PHB section on combat regarding cover and concealment, but none of it is explicitly laid out.


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NEWARK, NJ � The Farmingdale State mens's soccer team traveled to Rutgers-Newark on Friday, September 8, to play in the Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic. The Rams faced Staten Island in their first game of the tournament.
The Dolphins would open up the scoring in the 11th minute of play and would hold the 1-0 lead at halftime before Farmingdale State sophomore forward Anthony Gubitosi (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) started up a four goal rally when he scored an unassisted goal at the 59-minute mark. Three goals followed over the next 25 minutes, with a goal by sophomore forward Terrance Spencer (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) and two goals by junior forward Andrew Whilby (St. Albans, NY/Wolmers Boys School), to give the Rams a 4-1 lead with 10 minutes left to play.
Staten Island's Drew Surmanek (Staten Island, NY/Msgr. Farrell) cut the deficit to 4-2 with 9 minutes to go and junior midfielder Adeyinka Olowu (Nigeria/Port Richmond) capped his hat trick for the Dolphins with back-to-back goals in the final six minutes to knot the score at 4-4. His final goal came with just 36 seconds left, sending the game into overtime.
Whilby finished off his hat trick in the seventh minute of overtime as he scored on a breakaway to give the Rams a 5-4 victory and a spot in the Tournament Finals on Saturday evening.
In the other opening match, Rutgers-Newark scored twice in the final five minutes to topple FDU-Florham, 2-1.
Trailing 1-0 with 4:37 remaining, sophomore forward Haris Krsic (Wallington, NJ/Lodi HS) put a hard shot off Devil junior goalkeeper Jared Drucker (Morristown, NJ/Randolph) which bounced off the left post and back to Krsic. With Drucker on the turf, Krsic knotted the score by going inside the far post.
Freshman walk-on Arman Zamanian (Franklin Lakes, NJ/Indian Hills), who was playing in his first game, took a breakaway pass from freshman Elliott Osafo (Franklin Lakes, NJ/Ramapo) and whistled a shot past a diving Drucker with just 2:13 left for the game-winner.
Sophomore forward Jared Cardagna (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville) took a through pass from sophomore midfielder Matt Martone (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) about 40 yards out on the right side, raced past a Raider defender and beat sophomore goalie Matthew Johnson (Montclair, NJ/Montclair) to the near post to give FDU (1-2) the lead in the 62nd minute.
Drucker chalked up seven saves while Johnson finished with three first-half stops. Rutgers-Newark (1-2) forged a 14-8 edge in shots.
CSI and FDU-Florham play the men's consolation match at noon before Rutgers-Newark and Farmingdale clash in the 5 o'clock title game.


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Join Erin the alignment junkie in this yoga and Bow Spring play shop. We will combine the static, linear focused postures of yoga with the spiral, bouncy, curvy nature of Bow Spring. Bow Spring provides a deep full body opening of the fascial network, while yoga targets deep stretch of the muscles. We will open our fascia through the Bow Spring allowing the muscles to get a deeper and more targeted stretch in the yoga postures. We will play with alignment of both combining it when possible. Come learn something new and feel your body in new and interesting ways.


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Below is some basic information about the RAMP Antarctic Mapping Mission 1 (AMM-1) mosaic images and structure. Included are an overview of the entire mosaic, the tiling scheme, and sample images of tiles and swaths.
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RAMP Mosaic OverviewAn overview image of the entire Antarctic mosaic as surveyed from September through October 1997.
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RAMP Tiling SchemeInternational Map of the World (IMW) 1:1,000,000 scale map sheet boundaries of Antarctica, showing the numbering convention adopted for the Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) Scale0 tiling scheme. Approximately 90 tiles comprise the overall mosaic, each tile corresponding roughly to one of the regions in the British Antarctic Survey's Antarctic Digital Database. Source: Antarctic Digital Database ADD Version 2.0 For more information, visit the Antarctic Digital Database Home Page.
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Tile SU26-30: Recovery Onset AreaThis is an example of a tile, the unit of distribution for the full-resolution data. One of the main successes of the RAMP imaging campaign is the recognition that several East Antarctic glaciers, such as the Recovery, extend much farther into the ice sheet than was previously believed. Flow traces extending upstream from the area on the right side of this image reach nearly 1,000 kilometers inland from the Recovery Glacier grounding line.
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Block 14This is a composite of swaths covering the Shirase, Siple, and Gould Coasts of West Antarctica, centered at about 82 South, 150 West. In processing the overall mosaic, images were first geolocated and radiometrically corrected in regional blocks. Twenty-five blocks were combined to produce the entire mosaic.
NOTE: Blocks were a step in generating the overall mosaic but are not among the deliverable products of RAMP. However, you are welcome to download the Block 14 images that are available from this Web site.


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Obama Stuck with High Unemployment
The president's job creation plan is up against some tough numbers.
Even if Congress agrees to a new economic stimulus plan, President Obama is likely to enter the final six months of his reelection campaign next year with an unemployment rate close to the current 9% level -- or possibly even higher.
That is because of the depth to which the economy has fallen, the continuing weakness of housing, consumer spending and business investment, and some factors that have made this slump different from any other since the 1930s.
Congress probably won't approve much of Obama's $447-billion stimulus plan, which includes new infrastructure spending, an extension and expansion of this year's payroll tax cuts, and more money for school repairs, teachers and first responders.
But even something close to that size won't be enough to jolt the economy to life, say economists. It represents a fraction of the ground lost since the recession began in 2007 and won't unleash new spending and investment, since so many consumers and businesspeople believe economic weakness will continue well past 2012.
That's very bad news for an incumbent president who might survive a high jobless rate as long as voters believe that things are getting better. The jobs issue alone will saddle Obama with a serious negative against all but the most unelectable GOP candidates. The jobless rate will still be high in November 2012, and it won't be coming down rapidly. Obama won't be able to show improvement.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan began the last six months of his reelection campaign with a jobless rate of 7.2%. Although the figure remained high, voters saw that the economy was improving from the 1981-1982 recession, which drove unemployment up to 10.8%. For Reagan's successor, George H.W. Bush, the economy was actually getting stronger in 1992, but the statistics didn't reflect that until too late. Bush lost.
The current unemployment rate of 9.1% is down from a recent peak of 10.1% but up from March. Although the number of new jobs rose respectably earlier this year, it began to taper off in May and was weak in June and July. The August statistics showed no change in employment levels at all.
The problem is that manufacturing, business investment, housing and job creation are all weak in large part because consumer spending -- 70% of economic activity -- isn't taking off. Many consumers are still recovering from home-mortgage-related setbacks; others, laid off, are still struggling.
Economists say businesses are unlikely to begin hiring again until they see evidence that consumers (or other businesses) will be willing to buy their products or services, and that that in turn will increase profits. They're also fraught with uncertainty about future costs and regulations. Exports are weak because the world economy is slowing.
Obama's package doesn't address any of those problems. Until those factors improve, the projected pace of job creation is unlikely to rise enough to make much of a dent in the unemployment rate. The U.S. must create an average of 120,000 jobs a month just to keep the rate from rising, and 280,000 a month to bring it visibly lower.
Labor Department figures for August showed that more than 13.9 million Americans were unemployed, 6 million for 27 weeks or more. Almost 9 million part-time workers wanted full-time jobs but couldn't get them. And 977,000 Americans wanted work but had become so discouraged by the lack of jobs that they had stopped looking.
If the job picture does improve, it likely will prompt many of those discouraged workers -- a cumulative 6.5 million since the start of the recession -- to begin looking for jobs again. That, perversely, could send the unemployment rate rising slightly -- or at least make it more difficult to bring down.
Moreover, although Obama's spending proposals are designed to take effect this year, it would take several months to have even a modest impact. Few construction projects are actually shovel ready. Even if a plan passed by Congress did spur some additional growth, given the usual lags until new stimulus takes hold, the impact probably would come too late.
Although stimulus programs can help jolt the economy out of a recession, it is mainly at the early stage of a recovery, as George W. Bush's tax cut package did after the dot-com bust of 2000. By contrast, the current recovery began in mid-2009 and already has sputtered. Economists now worry that the United States could fall into another slump.
All that considered, the odds are slim that Obama will be able to show real progress in reducing the unemployment rate as he heads into the homestretch. And they're getting slimmer as the slump persists. Republicans will have to nominate a solid candidate to unseat an incumbent president, but the bad economy has given them a big head start. Obama's new job creation plan is a long shot to make up this disadvantage.


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Dinner was to be served in the great conservatory so to lead guests across they formed a musical procession with a trumpet and a large drum leading the way with guests joining in with kazoo's and shakers!
Dinner was followed by some great speeches (including one form Molly's chief bridesmaid which is a common tradition in America) and the evening was filled with lots of dancing and a fantastic photo booth!
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Forum Concerts And Other Events
#1 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 00:08
If you're new to the forums, you may have seen references to forum events like concerts and playdays, and wondered what they are. The quick answer is that they are a brilliant way for forum members to meet each other and get experience performing, knowing that there are lots of forum friends there to support you. This thread is intended to throw some light on the different types of event and how they work.
The events are very informal - they're just where like-minded people get together to share music-making, enjoy a pleasant day, make new friends, and come away with more performance confidence. And if anyone wants to play a new composition of their own, or practise conducting skills, a forum event is a great environment in which to do that.
So if you haven't yet been to a forum event, do come along and join in. You don't have to be an expert player - in fact some of us are just beginners, but if you want to make some new friends and to share music-making, everybody will try and help you overcome any nerves you might have about performing in front of other people.
Nobody would deny that the thought of playing in public for the first time can be daunting, but there ARE things you can do to make it easier for yourself - go to this post for some tips. And for proof of how useful these events are in building up performance confidence for exams, have a look at this post!
Each of the following links will take you to the relevant post giving detailed information about each type of event:
- Forum Users Concerts
- Adult Learners Concerts
- Playdays
- Players for Pleasure events
- Other Events
To see what events are coming up during the year, have a look at the FIRST post in the Forum Events Calendar which is pinned at the top of the Forum Events sub-forum in General Music.
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#2 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 01:40
Forum users concerts are open to members of all ages, and are a particularly good way for adults to get experience playing in public - the "public" generally being other forum members together with their friends and families, so it is a very supportive environment in which to perform. The idea behind forum concerts is that adults very rarely get the opportunity to play in public, so when we come to take an exam, we're often badly affected by nerves and either don't do as well as we should, or we even stop taking exams altogether.
At a forum user concert, you have the opportunity to play a solo or in an ensemble. If you play a solo, you select whatever music you want to play, and rehearse it well in advance of the concert so that on the day, you aim to perform to the best of your ability, whether that's at Grade 1 standard or Grade 8. Having said that, if you make mistakes, everybody understands because we've all been there. The main thing is that you've conquered the nerves and done it, even if what you did wasn't perfect.
If you would like to play in an ensemble at a concert, you would either ask on the relevant thread, or PM a few other members, or ask the organiser if s/he knows of an ensemble that you could slot into.
Typical format
The format of a concert is generaly that the morning is spent rehearsing and socialising (it's normally very relaxed and informal) and then the concert usually starts in the early afternoon and lasts for around 2-3 hours. Each "act", whether solo or ensemble, typically lasts around 3-5 minutes, although it will vary with each concert. If you need an accompanist, you would either ask another forum member yourself, or the organiser may know someone.
Younger members
Organisers usually set a minimum age for performing a solo at forum users concerts , in order to give priority to adults who don't get as many opportunities to perform. However, younger members may be able to play in an ensemble if there's room. Everyone under the age of 18 has to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Applying to play
At some point prior to the concert, a link to an application form is posted on the thread, and you would complete the form - stating what piece you would like to play and/or what ensemble you will be playing in . You would then send the form back to the organiser with the performance fee. The performance fee typically covers costs such as the hire of the venue etc, and friends and family also normally pay a small amount to attend the concert. The performance fee is typically around £12-£15, and if there are any monies left over when all the expenses have been accounted for, the excess is normally donated to a charity of the organiser's choice.
Allocation of slots
There is normally a high demand for slots, and nobody is guaranteed the opportunity to perform until the organiser has allocated the spaces. Returning the form and the fee by the stated deadline is very important as spaces would not normally be allocated to any individual who had not done this. And slots for ensembles would not be allocated unless ALL the members of the ensemble had returned their form and fee.
If the concert is over-subscribed, organisers have to limit the allocation of slots - often this is done on a first-come-first-served basis, but each organiser will have their own way of allocating slots if necessary.
For future events, go to the FIRST post in the Forum Event Calendar which is pinned at the top of the Forum Events sub-forum in the General Music forum.
Please note that the description of Forum Users Concerts is typical of the type of event, but each concert will vary slightly depending on the organiser.
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#3 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 01:59
Adult Learners Concerts are similar to Forum Users Concerts but with a few variations:
- Adult Learner concerts are primarily aimed at those who started or restarted learning music as adults;
- only adults are allowed to perform, but non-adult learners are welcome to attend as audience members;
- the performances tend to be solos or duets (possibly with piano accompaniment)
- other adult learners may attend, not just forum members
- the audience may be invited to give positive written feedback to each performer - the intention being that the performer finds encouragement in the positive reaction from the audience and gains more confidence from it.
You would apply to play at an Adult Learner Concert in the same way that you would apply for a slot at a Forum Users Concert.
For future events, go to the FIRST post in the Forum Event Calendar which is pinned at the top of the Forum Events sub-forum in the General Music forum.
Please note that the description of Adult Learners Concerts is typical of the type of event, but each concert will vary slightly depending on the organiser.
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#4 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 02:30
Playdays are where forum members, and sometimes other musicians from the community, all play together as an ensemble. Some of the more experienced players bring music for everybody to play, usually in parts so that all levels are catered for. There's no audience and nobody plays a solo. The music is not available in advance of the playday - everybody just sightreads on the day. This is not as scary as it might sound to less experienced players - if you can't quite follow the music, you "fake" it - this was a new concept to me when I first started playing, but everyone does it at first! And it really is a brilliant way of improving your sightreading ability.
The size of the playday ensemble may vary from a small number of forum members only, to a large group incorporating members of local orchestras. A larger orchestra can include bowed strings, brass, percussion, orchestral woodwind and saxophones, and generally cater for players of grade 2 upwards. A smaller ensemble of mainly forum members may also be able to accommodate recorders and other non-orchestral instruments, and players below grade 2 may be able to join in.
For future events, go to the FIRST post in the Forum Event Calendar which is pinned at the top of the Forum Events sub-forum in the General Music forum.
Please note that the description of the Playdays is typical of the type of event, but each Playday will vary slightly depending on the organiser.
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#5 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 07:53
Many forum members attend Players for Pleasure events - recent events include performing to visitors at Dyrham Park, a National Trust property near Bristol, and performing at a "friends and family" concert in Leeds.
Forum friends new and old are very welcome to attend Players for Pleasure events, which are organised by myself, skylark. If you have a look at the Players for Pleasure web site, you will find information about forthcoming events, and also details of recent events, with photographs of some of the participants.
Do contact me if you think you might like to come along - either by email if you have my email address, or otherwise by PM
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#6 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 08:28
The Forum Event Calendar highlights various other types of event which forum members are welcome to perform at, such as Baroque Days and Grand Gatherings organised by Solari.
The link to the Forum Event Calendar is here:
Forum Event Calendar 2010
and if any forum member would like to join in playing at one of the events, there will either be a link on the calendar to the appropriate thread, or you could PM the organiser.
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#7 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 01 March 2007 - 08:40
If anybody has got any general queries, this is the place to ask If your query is specific to a particular event, though, please would you post on the relevant thread to make sure that the organiser sees it.
(And if anyone thinks I've missed anything out or that something ought to be changed because it's wrong, do let me know)
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Posted 01 March 2007 - 08:46
I will post some of my experiences on this thread in due course, there's been quite a lot of great experiences and good times in the year or so I've been on the forum.
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Posted 01 March 2007 - 17:40
Adult Learners Concerts are similar to Forum Users Concerts but with a few variations:
- only adults are allowed to attend
Suggesting that because I went to last year's Egham concert as an audience member.
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Posted 03 March 2007 - 18:15
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Posted 03 March 2007 - 18:47
Just re-read it, and would like to make a suggestion for an amendment:
Adult Learners Concerts are similar to Forum Users Concerts but with a few variations:
- only adults are allowed to attend
Suggesting that because I went to last year's Egham concert as an audience member.
Car Expert
Fair enough.
The support of some of our younger forum members at the Adult learners concerts is appreciated, not only as audience but in the ways they have been willing to help with some of the 'backstage' things that are needed to make the day go well.
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#15 Guest: skylark_*
Posted 03 March 2007 - 18:51
Is this just a post-count boost???
Not quite, noooooo
In future if somebody wants to know about a forum users concert, a direct link can be given to Post No 2, or if somebody asks what happens at a playday, a direct link can be given to Post No 4 etc.
Much more sensible than just boosting the post-count - a bit like me really, sensible
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From the mayor of Dallas to fans at the famed Southfork Ranch, many spent Saturday remembering Larry Hagman.
The actor played J.R. Ewing on the hit television drama "Dallas" died Friday at the age of 81.
Small groups started gathering outside Southfork at about 9 a.m. Saturday. Among those who stopped was Marianne Ferguson and her family from Memphis, Tenn.
The latest news from around North Texas.
"He was the top dog, really," said Ferguson, referring to Hagman's conniving character. "I don't know what they're going to do without him, but it'll still be a great show."
"As a kid [I remember] watching it, every single one," said Risa Rivers of Pennsylvania, who was in the gift shop waiting for a tour of the ranch to start. "I cried when I found out he [Hagman] died."
Jason Parrott lives in Allen now but grew up in Chicago watching the show.
"It's a very sad day," said Parrott. "But it's very amazing how the show's endured for so long, it just will live forever."
As the morning wore on the crowds picked up and the folks at Southfork put a huge picture of Hagman out front along with flowers for a memorial where people could write cards and leave them messages.
Cindy Smith of Georgia was on her way to a football game and didn't have time to tour Southfork, but she did pull off the road to pay respects.
"Just really sad to hear because his character just made the show. He was such a villain that you loved."
On Saturday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings released the following statement:
"Larry Hagman created a role that was mythic and put Dallas in the spotlight in the 1980's and that attention has lasted decades; gaining world wide recognition for our City. The recognition and affinity he created for Dallas can never be replicated - he was one of a kind. Larry is a North Texas jewel that was larger thank life and he will be missed by many in Dallas and around the world. We are grateful for his being a hard working ambassador for Dallas as well as the underdog with our City. On behalf of the City and Citizens of Dallas - our thoughts and prayers are focused on his family and his fellow cast and crew as they grieve such a large loss."


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Additional data provides hope for HCV non-responders
Barcelona, Spain, Thursday 19 April 2012: New data from a number of clinical trials presented for the first time at the International Liver Congress™ 2012 provides hope for previously difficult to treat hepatitis C (HCV) patient populations.
In the first multicentric study of the efficacy and safety of the protease inhibitors (PI) Boceprevir or Telaprevir in patients with severe HCV genotype 1 (GT1) recurrence after liver transplantation(1), results show that 57% of patients achieve undetectable hepatitis C viral loads 24 weeks after treatment (SVR24) with pegylated Interferon-alfa-2b (PegIFN-α-2b), ribavirin (RBV) and either Boceprevir or Telaprevir. Interactions between immunosuppressants and PIs were easily controlled.
Further new data shows that, in HCV GT1 and HIV co-infected patients, the addition of Boceprevir to PegIFN-α-2b and RBV results in higher rates of undetectable HCV RNA levels compared to treatment with only PegIFN-α-2b and RBV alone.(2) At the end of treatment (week 48), 63.9% of patients receiving Boceprevir, PegIFN-α-2b and RBV had undetectable HCV RNA, compared to 29.4% in the control arm. The study found the safety and tolerability profile of Boceprevir, PegIFN-α-2b and RBV was consistent with that observed in HCV-monoinfected patients.
The combination of these findings provides new hope for various difficult to treat hepatitis C populations. Professor Mark Thursz, EASL's Secretary General commented on the exciting new data: "Patients with HIV co-infection and patients who have been transplanted for HCV infection often have more aggressive disease and have been harder to treat. Worries about drug-drug interactions have caused concern about the use of protease inhibitors in these groups. The new trial data shows that the benefits of direct anti-virals can now be experienced by a wider group of patient populations."
In a study of chronic HCV GT1 patients previously unresponsive to treatment with PegIFN and RBV alone , new data shows TMC435 - an oral, once-daily, investigational HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor - combined with PegIFN-alfa-2a and RBV achieves significantly higher SVR24 rates compared with placebo.(3) In the hardest to treat group of prior null-responders with cirrhosis, TMC435, PegIFN-alfa-2a and RBV treatment shows 61-80% SVR24 compared to 23% with placebo.
In other exciting data presented at the congress, the authors of a study on PSI-7977, a uridine nucleotide analog, propose that it may signal an end to response guided therapy in HCV GT1 patients.(4) Response-guided therapy is a paradigm for treating chronic HCV infections in which treatment decisions are based on how rapidly HCV responds to treatment.(5) With response-guided therapy, patients who rapidly clear virus from their bloodstream are eligible to receive a shorter duration of therapy, while slower responders receive standard or extended durations of therapy.(5)
In earlier studies, PSI-7977 has been associated with greater than 90% SVR (sustained virological response undetectable HCV RNA level 24 weeks after treatment) in HCV GT1, GT2, or GT3 patients, independent of predictors of poor responsiveness to interferon. In new data presented at the congress, the study authors show HCV GT1, GT4, or GT6 patients treated with PSI-7977 and PEG/RBV achieved 97% RVR (rapid virological response – undetectable HCV RNA level after four weeks of treatment), with no viral breakthrough or relapse observed to date in subjects completing at least 10 weeks of PSI-7977.
Notes to Editors
About EASL
EASL is the leading European scientific society involved in promoting research and education in hepatology. EASL attracts the foremost hepatology experts and has an impressive track record in promoting research in liver disease, supporting wider education and promoting changes in European liver policy.
EASL's main focus on education and research is delivered through numerous events and initiatives, including:
About The International Liver CongressTM 2012
The International Liver Congress™ 2012, the 47th annual meeting of the European Association for the study of the Liver, is being held at the Centre Convencions Internacional (CCIB) in Barcelona from April 18 – 22, 2012. The congress annually attracts over 8,000 clinicians and scientists from around the world and provides an opportunity to hear the latest research, perspectives and treatments of liver disease from principal experts in the field.
1. Coilly A, et al, EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PROTEASE INHIBITORS FOR SEVERE HEPATITIS C RECURRENCE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: A FIRST MULTICENTRIC EXPERIENCE. Abstract presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012.
2. Mallolas J, BOCEPREVIR PLUS PEGINTERFERON/RIBAVIRIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF HCV/HIV CO-INFECTED PATIENTS: END OF TREATMENT (WEEK 48) INTERIM RESULTS. Abstract presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012.
3. Zeuzem S, et al, TMC435 IN HCV GENOTYPE 1 PATIENTS WHO HAVE FAILED PREVIOUS PEGYLATED INTERFERON/RIBAVIRIN TREATMENT: FINAL SVR24 RESULTS OF THE ASPIRE TRIAL. Abstract presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012.
4. Kowdley KV, ATOMIC: 97% RVR FOR PSI-7977 + PEG/RBV X 12 WEEK REGIMEN IN HCV GT1: AN END TO RESPONSE-GUIDED THERAPY?. Abstract presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2012.
5. Kwo PY, Response-guided Therapy for HCV. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2011 January; 7(1): 43-45.


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New: Berkeley Couple Ties the Knot in San Francisco
Couples rushed into San Francisco City Hall to get married this evening after a court ruling repealing a 2008 ballot measure banning same-sex marriage was enacted.
Kris Perry and Sandra Stier of Berkeley, two of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to Proposition 8's repeal, were married just before 5 p.m. today at San Francisco City Hall, shortly after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals cleared same-sex marriages to resume.
State Attorney General Kamala Harris performed the hastily organized ceremony this afternoon before a crowd of media and bystanders numbering in the hundreds. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, state Sen. Mark Leno and Supervisor Eric Mar were among the officials also attending.
As the ceremony got underway on the balcony under the rotunda, Harris told the smiling couple clad in a matching beige suit and dress that she could not be "more honored as I stand here today to join them."
Harris briefly spoke about the couple's 14 years together and their desire to get married. The two had been married once before at San Francisco City Hall in 2004 when then-Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered county clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses, but the California Supreme Court nullified their marriage later that year.
"They have waited, hoped and fought for this moment," Harris said. "Today their wait is finally over."
The couple, who were joined by one of their sons, Elliott Perry, as ringbearer, then exchanged vows and rings and were pronounced "spouses for life." They said they plan to have another family celebration later so that all their family members can attend.
"What we wanted so desperately was for our sons to know that we love them enough to fight to be married," Perry said following the ceremony.
And for everyone else still fighting to get married, Perry said, "we will fight with you."
"We love you, we love your children and we think you all deserve to have this," Perry said.
Everyone involved in today's ceremony professed surprise about the speed that marriages were allowed to resume after a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this week effectively repealed Proposition 8.
The high court's decision would not take effect until late July, but a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit today lifted a stay that had blocked gay and lesbian weddings while sponsors of Proposition 8 appealed that court's decision striking down the same-sex marriage ban.
"We were thrilled, because every day that gays and lesbians can't get married is too many," said Stier.
Clearly many others agreed. As word of the court's decision filtered out, couples rushed to City Hall to get their wedding licenses. The city clerk's office stayed open late to accommodate the rush and a number of impromptu weddings were performed around the building.
Jessica Flintoft and Tara Cohen, of Oakland, had texted each other as soon as the decision was announced and hurried over to City Hall. They said they planned to get married there this evening.
"We had a wedding a year ago," Cohen said. "We've been together for five years."
Daly City residents Thom Watson and Jeff Tabaco said they have been together 10 years and have had a commitment ceremony, but had never tied the knot until now.
"We decided not to marry in 2008, because we knew Proposition 8 was on the ballot and we didn't want to have our marriage annulled," as had happened with some marriages performed in 2004, Tabaco said.
The couple said they had stood in line at the City Clerk's office in 2010, after the 9th Circuit ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional, but then learned the court had issued a stay on same-sex marriages.
Mayor Ed Lee issued a statement saying City Hall would stay open until 8 p.m. tonight for anyone looking to exercise their freshly restored right to marry, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he will be joined by both plaintiff couples from the successful challenge to Proposition 8 on Sunday in the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade, along with other advocates. Herrera has served as co-counsel on the case alongside attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies since 2009, when the city intervened as a co-plaintiff.
"Who could think of a better beginning to Pride weekend?" Herrera said.


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I'm looking for ancestors and their descendants in the USA and anywhere else abroad.
1.My aunt (my father's sister) – Rezentseva Elena Dmitrievna (possible spelling: Елена Рязанцева, Helene Rezantseva Alena D Rezantseva), born 1902-1903. Immigrated from Russia through Germany in 1925. Arrived in New-York on the ship President Harding.
Got married in the USA, became a widow.
The latest information from 1940. Worked as a housekeeper and lived with John Bancroft's family, lived at: Ward 7, Wilmington, Representative District 3, New Castle, Delaware, United States
I don't know: when she died and where she was buried, if she had any children.
2. My grandfather's brother – Aleksandrovich Aleksandr Dmitrievich (a stage pseudonym. Real name Pokrovsky Aleksander Dormidontovich). Born 1880 In Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Graduated from St. Petersburg university, was a leading actor in St. Petersburg Mariinsky theater in the early XX century. Sang in Dyagilev's troupe. Sang with F. Shalyapin. Toured all around the world. In 1920 immigrated to the USA through Poland, Czechoslovakia, France. The latest information dates from 1956. Might have had a family and children. But I know nothing about them.
3. My second cousin (my father's cousin) – Kruglevskaya Lyudmila Konstantinovna. (Maiden name Pokrovskaya – the daughter of a famous astronomer Pokrovsky Konstantin Dormidontovich). Born- 1895- died sometime after 1960. A teacher at the Russian Institute of University Knowledge (RIUZ) (Latvia) in the 1930-s. Taught the history of Russian, linguistics, Slavic languages. Evacuated to Germany in 1944. Afterwards lived in the USA. Studied native American dialects. No children.
I would be grateful for any information about these people and their possible descendants.
Find ancestors and relatives - Поиск предков и родственников
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Regarding Aleksander Aleksandrovich, you can find a biography at http://www.dommuseum.ru/index.php?m=dist&pid=252, indicating that he died 19 Feb 1959 in Paris. He published his memoirs, Записки певца, in 1955, which should mention any family he had -- you can find it in libraries at http://www.worldcat.org/title/zapiski-p ... lc/3800615.
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Большой спасибо!!! Thank you very much!
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This post is part of my continuing series of course reviews from the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University. Friends of mine have been invited to blog as guest authors and share their experiences in the courses at IGHR. Here is a review by Pamela Holland.
"Genealogy as a Profession" course at IGHR (Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research)
By Pamela Guye Holland
Taught by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL; Alvie Davidson, CG; Michael Hait, CG; Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA; J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA; David Rencher, CG, AG., FIGRS, FUGA; Judy Russell, J.D., CG, CGL; Benjamin B. Spratling, III, J. D.; Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL.
As an aspiring professional genealogist I want to learn as much as I can about starting a business based on the work I love. When I saw "Genealogy as a Profession" offered at IGHR at Samford University this year I jumped at the chance and signed up. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. The week long format of the class allowed me to thoroughly explore the genealogy profession and to hear from a wide variety of professionals. I left empowered and emboldened to start my own business.
Day one we jumped right into discovering what defines a professional genealogist and then delved into office setup, record keeping, business formation, contracts and setting fees. Our homework that night was to write a preliminary business plan. Taking the ideas we learned that day, setting them down on paper and creating a concrete plan was a wonderful exercise. My initial trepidation before starting the class was completely turned around and I felt like "I can do this!" Even better I had an actual plan I could start implementing as soon as I got home.
Next we studied marketing, client communications, ethics, research planning, evidence analysis and writing research reports. Elissa Scalise Powell has a wonderful method of "writing as you go" that makes creating reports part of the research process rather than a tedious chore left to the end. We learned about copyright issues both for our own work and for the things we want to include in our writing and publishing. Copyright is a complex issue every genealogist needs to be aware of but now I feel I understand it better and have the knowledge I need to make the right decisions.
The course was rounded out by investigating different ways to earn money and augment our skills. Some of the suggestions included DNA research, lecturing, publishing and heir, adoption and mineral right legal cases. We heard many times we cannot be just a "general researcher" but need to diversify as well as have a specialty or niche to attract clients. In this digital age the future of the genealogy profession is changing rapidly but this course taught me how to recognize potential new avenues for growth. I feel I now have a solid foundation to build my business on and I know the skills I need to acquire to be a successful professional genealogist.
Pamela Guye Holland completed the Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate program (OL10) in 2012 and is a member of ProGen19. She won first place in the 2012 Writing Contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) for "It Started with a Cough: A Month of Mourning for the Ritter and Blackett Families Living in Boston Highlands, Massachusetts," MASSOG 36 (Fall 2012): 83-92. Pam researches family roots found in New England, New York, Ohio and West Virginia with ties to England, Germany and Ireland. Pam serves on the boards of the Merrimack Valley chapter of MSOG and the Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) and also volunteers for the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). She can be found at http://www.genealogybypamholland.com/


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