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Timberwood Commons Says Owners Might Be Fined
The management of a new apartment complex in Lebanon is asking residents with pets to submit DNA samples from their dogs to determine who's leaving dog waste around the complex.
Debbie Violette, the apartment manager at Timberwood Commons, said she's fed up with residents who aren't scooping up after their dogs.
"I don't want it to get any worse, and it's not acceptable the way it is," she said.
So, she took matters into her own hands by purchasing commercial DNA sampling kits to find the perpetrators. She said the samples taken from each dog using a cheek swab will be sent to a lab.
The next step is a dirty job, but Violette said someone has to do it.
"We have to take a sample of the dog doo doo," she said.
The lab will then match it with the DNA on file. Violette said she's serious about tracking down owners who don't clean up after their pets.
While some residents said DNA testing is a bit unorthodox, they said it beats the alternative.
"I think the DNA is a little way over the top," said resident Billy Clough. "Coming out in your dress shoes first thing in the morning, you step in a pile. That's no fun."
Violette said she doesn't know how much the fine will be for anyone caught using the DNA evidence. But she said it's all just an effort to keep the new apartment complex clean.


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Version 1.3.19 released
Just put out a new release of QTM. This is the first release with major changes for about three years; no new features as such, but a few major fixes and improvements. For Mac users, the app now supports Retina displays (i.e. will appear smooth, not pixellated as it did before.) The app now applies preferences immediately across the app, rather than just in the present window and new ones. It is possible to add a link when inserting an image. Technorati tag support has also been removed, as the service was ended some years ago.
Source downloads and a disc image for MacOS are available from Bitbucket, using the first two links in the "Downloads" box which should be to the right of this text. Binary downloads for OpenSUSE and Fedora have already built at OpenSUSE Build Service, and you can add these to your repositories list (see the relevant section in "Using QTM") and downloads for Ubuntu are now available through my Launchpad package archive.Read more »
Version 1.3.18 released
I have just released a new version of QTM. This is a minor release, and simply removes the "system tray double-click function" preference on Unity, because the system tray on Unity does not allow more than one mouse click function (the equivalent of a right-click on KDE or Windows). Anyone using the package of QTM supplied by Ubuntu is encouraged to upgrade by installing my PPA, as the Ubuntu version does not feature the Unity launcher menu.
Source downloads are available by clicking the links in the box on the right; since this only affects Ubuntu users, only Ubuntu binaries will be released.
New Mac OS X package released
I've just released a new package for Mac OS X: this is the same version as before, but packaged with Qt 5.4 which was released last week (see the green download box to the right). This improves support for Mac OS X Yosemite, and it looks like a decent app in Yosemite and has the new stylings and fonts, rather than looking like a crude throwback to old Mac OS X (which I never thought looked bad, but it looks out of place on Yosemite). Qt 5.4 doesn't support versions of the OS prior to 10.7, so if you're still using Snow Leopard this won't work, so I'm keeping the old download up for the time being.
Version 1.3.17 released
I've just had to release an updated version of QTM -- this fixes a single bug which was preventing submitting edits to scheduled posts (it compared the schedule date to the current date the wrong way, and said the date was in the past when it wasn't). Downloads available from all the usual places.
Version 1.3.16 released
I've just released version 1.3.16 and this builds on the major changes of the last release, namely enabling the use of the Wordpress API to post entries on blogs that support it. This time, the major change is the ability to schedule entries and to post with Pending and Private status.
Also, I have included a workaround for a problem with the Twitter Tools and Social plugins which occurred when a post was published the first time it was posted to the server; what happened was that the entry was posted correctly but an error was returned rather than an entry number, so QTM could not post subsequent edits. This is resolved by embedding a hash code in the entry (in a comment at the end of the last paragraph, so it doesn't appear in the entry when it's viewed), and then retrieving the entry from the server if the error occurs.Read more »
Version 1.3.15 released
Today I released version 1.3.15 of QTM. This fixes some annoying bugs in which the busy cursor and progress bar would remain visible after operations (in particular, posting an entry) have been completed. It also uses the Wordpress methods, rather than the old ones inherited from Movable Type, to post new and edited entries (meaning it can be done in one stage, rather than two or three), and you can also apply a password to a Wordpress entry.
Also, this entry is the first to feature Qt 5 on the Mac and Windows. It also fixes the problem on OS X Mavericks in which words appeared in the wrong font. (Unfortunately, versions of Mac OS X older than 10.7 Lion are no longer supported, and of course you need an Intel-based Mac.) Source code and a download for the Mac are available from the box at the bottom of the right-hand column; binaries for Linux are being built and should be available shortly.
Version 1.3.14 released
I've just released a new bug fix version of QTM: version 1.3.14. This contains one fix, which is a workaround for problems in Wordpress where the Social plugin is installed, which was preventing categories being assigned to an entry. It now posts it as a draft and publishes when that's done and the categories are set. (The same had been the case on Movable Type.)
Binaries are avaiable from the green box on the right for Windows and the Mac, and from the usual repositories for OpenSUSE and Fedora Linux. I have submitted packages for Ubuntu, but they have not been processed and there seems to be a glitch on their system which I have submitted a bug report for.
Version 1.3.13 released
I've just put out a new version of QTM: version 1.3.13. The main new feature this time is that it's Qt 5 ready. Qt 5 compiles and runs fine on Linux (X11) and can be made to work on Windows (the tool-chain has changed on Windows so it's a bit more complicated). Sadly, on the Mac, some functionality QTM relies on in Qt 4 has not been updated for Qt 5 yet, so you'll still need Qt 4 on the Mac. However, the downloads for Windows still use Qt 4 as Qt 5 is a bit rough around the edges. There is no functionality in QTM that requires Qt 5.
Also, there are a couple of bug fixes. The main fix is that, when you post an entry and it fails (because you had the wrong password, for example), it no longer declares the entry posted -- which means when you correct the problem, it will now be able to post it properly.Read more »
Version 1.3.12 released
I've just released yet another new version of QTM - this version contains two crash bug fixes which seem to be related to the changes in the last edition, so it's a strongly recommended update on all platforms (two of them affect the Mac, one affects all platforms). The other main change is an internal one, namely that there is now a menu bar class based on the one I used for the Mac "supermenu" (the one that you could see when there were no windows open). As a result, the executable is slightly smaller than on the old version.Read more »
Version 1.3.11 released
I have just released version 1.3.11 of QTM. This was originally going to be a Mac-only release, but while readying that for release I made a number of bug fixes and minor user interface improvements. If you're on the Mac you'll notice that the menu that appears when you start up QTM has more entries; this was to get rid of entries disappearing from the program menu when you closed all the open windows. There are also some bug fixes and user-interface improvements that affect all platforms: shortcuts for closing a window, undo and redo, and formatting properly when you paste as a Markdown blockquote.
Source downloads are available in the box on the right, and binaries have been built for OpenSUSE, Fedora, Mac OS X and Windows; Ubuntu binaries are being built (they may be available by the time you read this). Full changelog is here.


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The paper, "Dystextia - Acute Stroke in the Modern Age", documents the case of a pregnant woman who suffered a small "acute ischemic infarction" (stroke) in her left insula (below). As per medical radiological tradition, the right side of the brain image represents the left side of the patient's brain, because they flip them (supposedly because that's how they see the patients when they're facing them?)
She was brought into the emergency room after the following text message conversation with her husband about their baby's due date (P - patient; H - husband):
H: So what's the deal?
P: every where thinging days nighing
P: Some is where!
H: What the hell does that mean?
H: You're not making any sense.
H: July 24, right?
H: July 30?
P: Yes
H: Oh ok. I'm worried about your confusing answers
P: Butithink
H: Think what?
P: What i think with be fine
What's interesting about this is that the patient had been hypophonic (soft speech) due to a recent upper respiratory illness, which the authors conclude may have masked her strange speech patterns:
"As the accessibility of electronic communication continues to advance, the growing digital record will likely become an increasingly important means of identifying neurologic disease, particularly in patient populations that rely more heavily on written rather than spoken communication."While this is a cool presentation of modern technologies encroaching upon the medical world, what's fascinating to me, from a neuroscientific perspective, is the location of her stroke and its effects. In 1996 Nina Dronkers scanned the brains of 25 patients with apraxia, or the inability to coordinate speech movements, and found that 100% of the patients had lesions in only one spot: the left insula (which was also found to be lesioned when she performed MRIs of Broca's original patients).
This is an old argument, but provides strong evidence that the insula is an important player in coordinating speech movements.
Even if that "speech" is actually just texting on your iPhone.
Ravi, A., Rao, V.R., & Klein, J.P. (2012). Dystextia: Acute Stroke in the Modern AgeDystextia Archives of Neurology DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.604
Dronkers, N. (1996). A new brain region for coordinating speech articulation Nature, 384 (6605), 159-161 DOI: 10.1038/384159a0
Dronkers NF, Plaisant O, Iba-Zizen MT, & Cabanis EA (2007). Paul Broca's historic cases: high resolution MR imaging of the brains of Leborgne and Lelong. Brain : a journal of neurology, 130 (Pt 5), 1432-41 PMID: 17405763


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Shrug Against The Machine
Damn, Alan Jacobs is right. You need to read his whole post, which discusses how little changing parties really changes in the permanent government (the bureaucracy, the courts, the factions, the corporations, the defense contractors, those on the left and the right sucking at the teats of Big Mama Government), and concludes:
This "cosmic principle" has gradually created a system that amounts to — if I may borrow and twist a phrase used by James Russell Lowell to describe American attitudes towards the Constitution — "a machine that would go of itself." It goes more powerfully now that an immense security apparatus has been appended to an already-hubristic foreign-policy agenda. Like Tim Burke, I see no forces in this country capable of offering significant resistance to the great Machine.
This is as good as any reason for why I feel today, with Obama heading into four more years, as I would have felt if Romney had won.


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Treehead stuff at the Poetry Society of America.
Humility at The Nervous Breakdown.
Courtney Maum channeled Gwyneth Paltrow & reviewed MEAT HEART.
Treehead stuff at the Poetry Society of America.
Humility at The Nervous Breakdown.
Courtney Maum channeled Gwyneth Paltrow & reviewed MEAT HEART.
"What separates Broder from her confessional cohort...is that she doesn't seem to be out to shock, but to survive."
"Broder presents a dizzying array of intimate dispatches and confessions…She has a near-supernatural ability to not only lay bare her darkest secrets, but to festoon those secrets with jokes, subterfuge, deep shame, bravado, and poetic turns of phrase."
–New York Magazine
"A triumph of unsettlingly relatable prose."
–Vanity Fair
"Her writing is deeply personal, sophisticated in its wit, and at the same time, devastating. SO SAD TODAY is a portrait of modern day existence told with provocative, irreverent honesty."
"At once devastating and delightful, this deeply personal collection of essays…is as raw as it is funny."
"Broder writes about the hot-pink toxins inhaled every day by girls and women...and the seemingly impossible struggle to exhale something pure, maybe even eternal...there's a bleak beauty in the way she articulates her lowest moments."
"Broder may be talking about things like sexts, Botox, and crushes, but these things are considered alongside contemplations about mortality, identity, and the difficulty of finding substance in a world where sometimes it's so much easier to exist behind a screen."
–The Fader
"…So Sad Today is uplifting and dispiriting in seemingly equal measure. It's a book that's incredibly human in the way it allows for deep self-reflection alongside Broder, which speaks not only to her powerful writing but also the internet's magical ability to foster connections."
–A.V. Club
"...delightful...Broder embarks on an earnest, sophisticated inquiry into the roots and expressions of her own sadness...deeply confessional writing brings disarming humor and self-scrutiny...Broder's central insight is clear: it is ok to be sad, and our problems can't be reduced to a single diagnosis. "
–Publishers Weekly
"Broder is probably the Internet's most powerful merchant of feelings…"
"Vividly rendered and outspokenly delivered essays…Sordid, compulsively readable entries that lay bare a troubled soul painstakingly on the mend."
–Kirkus Reviews
"If Melissa Broder weren't so fucking funny I would have wept through this entire book. Love, sex, addiction, mental illness and childhood trauma all join hands and dance in a circle, to the tune of Melissa's unmatched wit and dementedly perfect take on this terrifying orb we call home."
–Lena Dunham
"So Sad Today is a desperately honest collection of essays, the kind that make you cringe as you eagerly, shamelessly consume them. Melissa Broder lays herself bare but she does so with strength, savvy, and style. Above all, these essays are sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous. They reveal so much about what it is to live in this world, right now."
–Roxane Gay
"Broder manages to conjure a psychic realm best described as one part twisted funhouse and two parts Catholic school, heavy on libido and with a dash of magick. This gritty, cherry soda–black book...is bizarrely sexy in its monstrousness."
–Publishers Weekly
"I don't know what a book is if not a latch to elsewhere, and Scarecrone has pressed its skull against the hidden door. It is neither drunk nor ecstatic to be here—it is a state unto itself."
"Lushly dark and infused with references to black magic, Broder's work often feels less like a book and more like a mystical text."
"Out to 'crucify boredom,' her poems show us how any relationship with the divine is no less at risk of engendering grotesque lust...What makes Broder such a pleasure on the page is her insistence that these dramas play out on a workaday stage infused with surreal Pop and imaginative muscle..."
–Publishers Weekly
"With a title recalling Yeats...Broder risks the divine in her second book...shrewd, funny, twisted, sad poems..."
–The Chicago Tribune
"Meat Heart...is unbelievable and overwhelming for its imaginative power alone, but if you listen past the weird you can hear all sorts of things: sadness, seriousness, life, death, and a whole lot of laughter....Broder is a tremendous talent"
"...Meat Heart embodies that strain of sustenance, that sort of psychosomatic excitement most valiant art more or less tries to pull off…Her poems don't bore or bear down. They beam oracle energy. They pump a music of visions for the life-lusty death dance."
"This debut from Broder is as funny and hip as it is disturbing… a bright and unusual debut."
–Publishers Weekly
"…obsessive, energetic and pop-culture-infused poetry…"
–Time Out New York
"Broder's insight and honesty will make your brain light up and your hair stand on end."
–The San Francisco Examiner
"Broder's verse is acrobatic and whip-smart… its own creature."


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I had the chance to attend a Telemedicine panel today at CES that was put together by HealthSpot (see my previous post about HealthSpot at CES). They put together a good panel that included:
Peter Tippett, MD, PHD – Vice President, Connected Healthcare Solutions, Verizon
John F. Jesser – Vice President, Health Care Management, WellPoint
William Wulf, M.D. — Central Ohio Primary Care
Leslie Kelly Hall — Healthwise
The panel was an interesting discussion, but I think the underlying discussion really centered around how screwed up many parts of healthcare are right now. This showed itself in two different ways. One was that telemedicine could possibly fix some of those screwed up parts of healthcare. Second, telemedicine is actually hard to execute because of some of the screwed up parts of healthcare. It's kind of odd to look at it that way.
I tweeted a number of the comments that struck me and so I thought I'd share them here for those who weren't following along on Twitter.
Healthcare has always been about safer and more affordable. The discussion was never convenience. #2013ces #hitsm
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) January 9, 2013
This was a fitting comment at a "consumer" electronics show.
Consumer advocates use to be the wackos on the room. Now we're not.#2013ces #hitsm #hcsm
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) January 9, 2013
I think there are still some wackos;-), but I think the message they send is clear.
HIPAA is not to be afraid of. We need to embrace it and build the tools we need that also meet HIPAA. #2013ces
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) January 9, 2013
This would be a monumental achievement if we can embrace HIPAA and make the technology happen. I think the key message is: HIPAA should not be used as an excuse.
We spent $49 million on ER visits and we know that 20% weren't necessary. Could we replace that with telemedicine? #2013ces
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) January 9, 2013
Such a no brainer question with an easy answer. Why is it so hard to do?
What will change telemedicine is when the lawsuits come against hospitals that don't have Telemedicine. #2013ces
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) January 9, 2013
Will telemedicine become the "standard of care" so that this becomes a big issue? I hope we don't reach the point that this is the reason we implement telemedicine, but it might take something like it to get people off the proverbial couch.


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Friends & Associates Fall 2013 Is a "Candy Land Army" of Coolness
Matthew Edelstein's Friends & Associates line just keeps getting better. Last season the editor-turned-designer added denim to his initial offering of easy-wearing tops, shorts, and tunics; thanks to a great response, Fall 2013 sees an even broader selection of that — plus outerwear and leather. "This collection is inspired by the iconic pieces in a military uniform: the peacoat, the bomber, the military sweater," Edelstein told us. "We take it to an unexpected place by mixing in sweet pastels." Icy mint and sorbet peach soften up the otherwise black, ivory, and olive palette, resulting in a utilitarian-tinged collection that feels pretty, not harsh. "It's the Candy Land Army," Edelstein explained. Consider us fully enlisted.
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Dancing with the Stars Season 16 – Eric Idle Another No??
Gosh darn it, this rumor stuff is frustrating as…you know what. 🙂 Eric Idle is a fantastic funny man and he just tweeted this:
Now, he is hilariously funny and responsible for Spamalot and Monty Python (and a zillion other things) – which I adored. This, of course, means he could be joking. But Eric Idle doesn't seem the type to joke about DWTS – or give a rat's arse about it at all. So, did he really turn it down? Or is he just joking? I WISH he would do the show!! He would be amazing. He would have to re-do Nancy And Tristan's dance to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". 🙂
And for GOD'S SAKE when will we hear a good, solid rumor of someone who we would LIKE to see on the show, instead of the endless parade of scary people or "NO!"s?? 😀 It's making me loopy. Er.


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Phlebotomy is the act of drawing or removing blood from the circulatory system through a cut (incision) or puncture in order to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis. Phlebotomy is also done as part of the patient's treatment for certain blood disorders.
Phlebotomy that is part of treatment (therapeutic phlebotomy) is performed to treat polycythemia vera, a condition that causes an elevated red blood cell volume (hematocrit). Phlebotomy is also prescribed for patients with disorders that increase the amount of iron in their blood to dangerous levels, such as hemochromatosis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Patients with pulmonary edema may undergo phlebotomy procedures to decrease their total blood volume.
Phlebotomy is also used to remove blood from the body during blood donation and for analysis of the substances contained within it.
Patients who are anemic or have a history of cardiovascular disease may not be good candidates for phlebotomy.
Phlebotomy, which is also known as venesection, is performed by a nurse or a technician known as a phlebotomist. Blood is usually taken from a vein on the back of the hand or inside of the elbow. Some blood tests, however, may require blood from an artery. The skin over the area is wiped with an antiseptic, and an elastic band is tied around the arm. The band acts as a tourniquet, slowing the blood flow in the arm and making the veins more visible. The patient is asked to make a fist, and the technician feels the veins in order to select an appropriate one. When a vein is selected, the technician inserts a needle into the vein and releases the elastic band. The appropriate amount of blood is drawn and the needle is withdrawn from the vein. The patient's pulse and blood pressure may be monitored during the procedure.
For some tests requiring very small amounts of blood for analysis, the technician uses a finger stick. A lance, or small needle, makes a small cut in the surface of the fingertip, and a small amount of blood is collected in a narrow glass tube. The fingertip may be squeezed to get additional blood to surface.
The amount of blood drawn depends on the purpose of the phlebotomy. Blood donors usually contribute a unit of blood (500 mL) in a session. The volume of blood needed for laboratory analysis varies widely with the type of test being conducted. Therapeutic phlebotomy removes a larger amount of blood than donation and blood analysis require. Phlebotomy for treatment of hemochromatosis typically involves removing a unit of blood-or 250 mg of iron-once a week. Phlebotomy sessions are required until iron levels return to a consistently normal level, which may take several months to several years. Phlebotomy for polycythemia vera removes enough blood to keep the patient's hematocrit below 45%. The frequency and duration of sessions depends on the patient's individual needs.
Patients having their blood drawn for analysis may be asked to discontinue medications or to avoid food (to fast) for a period of time before the blood test. Patients donating blood will be asked for a brief medical history, have their blood pressure taken, and have their hematocrit checked with a finger stick test prior to donation.
After blood is drawn and the needle is removed, pressure is placed on the puncture site with a cotton ball to stop bleeding, and a bandage is applied. It is not uncommon for a patient to feel dizzy or nauseated during or after phlebotomy. The patient may be encouraged to rest for a short period once the procedure is completed. Patients are also instructed to drink plenty of fluids and eat regularly over the next 24 hours to replace lost blood volume. Patients who experience swelling of the puncture site or continued bleeding after phlebotomy should get medical help at once.
Most patients will have a small bruise or mild soreness at the puncture site for several days. Therapeutic phlebotomy may cause thrombocytosis and chronic iron deficiency (anemia) in some patients. As with any invasive procedure, infection is also a risk. This risk can be minimized by the use of prepackaged sterilized equipment and careful attention to proper technique.
Normal results
Normal results include obtaining the needed amount of blood with the minimum of discomfort to the patient.
Wolfe, Yun Lee. "Case of the Ceaseless Fatigue." Prevention Magazine July 1997: 88-94.
Key terms
Finger stick — A technique for collecting a very small amount of blood from the fingertip area.
Hemochromatosis — A genetic disorder known as iron overload disease. Untreated hemochromatosis may cause osteoporosis, arthritis, cirrhosis, heart disease, or diabetes.
Thrombocytosis — A vascular condition characterized by high blood platelet counts.
Tourniquet — Any device that is used to compress a blood vessel to stop bleeding or as part of collecting a blood sample. Phlebotomists usually use an elastic band as a tourniquet.
Venesection — Another name for phlebotomy.
incision of a vein for the removal or withdrawal of blood; called also venesection and venotomy.
arterial blood sample phlebotomy in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as obtaining a blood sample from an uncannulated artery to assess oxygen and carbon dioxide levels and acid-base balance.
phlebotomy: blood unit acquisition in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as procuring blood and blood products from donors.
phlebotomy: venous blood sample in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as removal of a sample of venous blood from an uncannulated vein.
Incision into or needle puncture of a vein for the purpose of drawing blood.
Synonym(s): venesection, venotomy
[phlebo- + G. tomē, incision]
n. pl. phleboto·mies
1. The removal of blood from a vein, usually with a needle and syringe or other container, for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, as in the treatment of hemochomatosis.
2. The removal of blood from a vein with a cutting instrument, formerly done to reduce blood volume as a treatment of disease. In both senses also called venesection.
phleb′o·tom′ic (flĕb′ə-tŏm′ĭk), phleb′o·tom′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
phlebotomyVenesection Lab medicine
1. The obtention by venipuncture of blood for a diagnosis.
2. The surgical opening of a vein to withdraw blood–eg, to ↓ blood volume, as in hemochromatosis. See Pharmacologic phlebotomy, Therapeutic phlebotomy. Cf Venipuncture.
Incision into a vein for the purpose of drawing blood.
Synonym(s): venesection, venotomy.
Synonym(s): venesection, venotomy.
[phlebo- + G. tomē, incision]
phlebotomy(fle-bot'o-me) [ phlebo- + -tomy]
The puncturing of a vein or the surgical opening of a vein to withdraw blood. Synonym: blood draw See: illustration


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In the midst of an epic win streak and having won the previous three state championships, Fort Hancock was a force to be reckoned with, and in 1991, it was business as usually, as the Mustangs would win their fourth-straight state title and fifth overall, adding 14 games to their win streak in the process.
The Mustangs had a pretty easy time of the regular season, going 8-0 in district play (they played every team twice) and winning their two non-district games against El Paso private schools by a combined score of 107-6. Their toughest game was the first district matchup with Dell City, where they won by a 76-32 score. As was the case in many season around this time, their district had a first round bye in the playoffs.
In the playoffs, The Fort easily beat Wellman in second round, 45-0. In their quarterfinal game, Lazbuddie gave the Mustangs defense a scare by scoring a season-high 45 points, but Vicente Ramirez had an amazing game offensively, rushing for 343 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries. He also caught three touchdown passes from quarterback/spreadback Art Nava, and returned a kickoff 80 yards, for his eighth touchdown. The Mustang defense picked off four passes, stopping Lazbuddie from making the game any closer. In the end, the Mustangs survived, 65-45. In the semifinals, they defeated Sands, 58-40, moving on to face Christoval in the state championship game.
The Christoval Cougars had a bumpy start to the season, going 1-2 in their first three games, but then they reeled off 11-straight wins. In the playoffs Christoval beat May 66-21 in bi-district, won a high-scoring shootout in a second round game with Rochester, 89-71, avenged an early season loss to Harper in the quarterfinals, 78-38, and defeated Zephyr 44-22 in the semifinals. This would be Christoval's fourth state title game appearance, but the Cougars had never won one, and this state game would be a rematch of the 1990 state game that Fort Hancock won, 66-17.
State Championship Game – Saturday Dec 14th 6:30pm in Wink
Fort Hancock received the opening kickoff and on their first play from scrimmage a busted double-reverse and fumble resulted in a large loss for the Mustangs. Two plays later though, Vicente Ramirez picked up great yardage avoiding tackles in the backfield before dashing his way down for a first down. Then a few plays later Ramirez threw to Art Nava on a short route and Nava ran the rest of the way for a 15-yard touchdown. Jesus Cordero's kick was good and with 7:42 left in the first quarter, The Fort led, 8-0.
Christoval came out in a tight, balanced line set against the Mustangs 4-2 defense. On their first play, the Cougars gained good yardage with a screen pass for a first down. However, after two short runs, the Cougars fumbled the ball in the backfield on third down, scrambled to recover the ball, and then threw incomplete. On fourth down, the Cougars went for it out of a shotgun formation, picked up some good yardage, but was forced out of bounds short of the marker and turned the ball over on downs.
On the next play, Fort Hancock ran a hook-and-ladder as Nava shuttle-passed to his upback, who ran toward the sideline gaining 10-yards before pitching the ball back to Nava, who ran the rest of the way for a 53-yard touchdown play. The PAT again was good and The Fort led 16-0, with 5:52 left in the first quarter.
After a short return, Christoval began their drive at their own 29, and on their first play, running back Andy Young took the pitch on a sweep, broke a tackle, and was gone for a 51-yard touchdown run. The PAT was no good and just like that, Christoval was back in the game 16-6, with 5:36 left in the first.
Fort Hancock began their next drive at their own 19. Good runs by Ramirez and a big gain on a pass from Nava to Cordero and the Mustangs were back in business with a first-and-goal at the eight. Ramirez scored with ease on a run on the next play. Cordero's kick was good and with 3:28 left in the first the score was, 24-6.
Trying to power their way with the running game, Christoval could not move the ball against the hard-hitting Mustang defense and again were held on downs after going four-and-out.
Fort Hancock took over on the Cougar 39-yard line. A run on a reverse gained good yardage, followed by a short run from Ramirez and a short gain on a pass play. The first quarter ended with the Fort driving up 24-6.
Facing a third-and-goal situation, a pass was dropped in the end zone, forcing The Fort to go for it on fourth down. But again, this time on fourth-and-goal from the 10, another pass bounced off the receiver's hands, handing the ball back to Christoval.
Christoval would turn the ball back over to the Mustangs, when Cordero made a big tackle on third down for no gain, followed by a sack on fourth. Taking over at the Cougar 20-yard line, Ramirez ran the ball down to the three-yard line on the first play and on the next play, finished the job, scoring from three yards out. They missed their first PAT of the game and their lead was extended to 30-6, with 8:08 left in the second.
The Cougars moved the ball down field behind great running from Julian Fava and Young, and a long catch by Jack Jones, taking them down inside the red zone. However, a 13-yard sack turned into an even bigger loss when Christoval received and unsportsmanlike penalty, backing them up to their own 39.
Now facing fourth-and-very long, the Cougars fumbled and fell on it in the backfield for yet another loss, turning the ball back over to Fort Hancock at the Cougar 36.
Facing a second-and-goal, Ramirez took a direct snap, scrambled around in the backfield avoiding a good rush by Fava, flicked the ball toward a teammate in the end zone, only to have the ball deflected and caught by another diving teammate, Jesus Cordero, for a two-yard touchdown reception. The kick was blocked and the Mustangs led 36-6 with less than three minutes remaining in the half.
In their ensuing possession, Christoval was unable to get things going quick enough to score, again losing yardage due to a fumble and several tackles in the backfield, and the first half ended with The Fort leading, 36-6.
Christoval received the second half kickoff, starting off at their own 25-yard line. The Cougars only managed to gain four yards and they were forced to punt.
Running mostly sweeps with Ramirez, Fort Hancock marched downfield with ease. At the one-yard line, Ramirez was virtually sacked for a loss, but he quickly shuttled the ball forward at the last second to Nava for the score. The PAT was good, bringing the score to 44-6, with 7:06 left in the third.
Again, the Mustang defense forced Christoval to punt, only allowing two yards to be gained. The punt placed Fort Hancock at their own 15. A clipping penalty, a short gain, and a sack for a loss pinned the Cougars back at their own four-yard line, as the Cougar defense began to show signs of life.
The Cougars gained good yardage on a Ramirez reception but failed to convert on fourth down, turning the ball back over to Christoval at the Mustang 27.
A few plays later, Young took a pitch on a sweep and was hit hard in the backfield by two Mustangs, who failed to wrap up and bring Young down, he stumbled back, regained his balance and ran 23-yards for his second rushing touchdown of the night. Jason Duke's PAT kick was good and the score was now 44-14, with 2:54 left in the third.
The Cougar onside kick was unsuccessful and The Fort started their next drive with great field position. Using their passing game, the Mustangs moved the ball down to the one. Nava then hit Cordero for his second touchdown reception of the game. His kick was good, and with 1:44 left in the third quarter, Fort Hancock led, 52-14.
Christoval's offense was once again stopped on a fourth-and-long situation and the third quarter ended one play into Fort Hancock's next drive.
Despite some nice gains, a fumble in the backfield almost handed the ball back to Christoval and the Mustangs faced a fourth-and-long of their own. Going for it, Ramirez found Scott Bean in the end zone for a 25-yard touchdown pass. The PAT was blocked and The Fort was just one score away from the mercy rule, 58-14, with 7:57 left in the game.
Chistoval almost ran the ensuing kickoff back for a touchdown, taking it all the way down to the Mustang 23. But thanks to a big sack by Nava on third down, the Cougars turned the ball over on downs, when a pass to Young didn't quite gain enough yards for the first, and Fort Hancock took over at their own 11.
On the first play of the drive, Ramirez zig-zagged through defenders for a 40-yard run. However, on the next play, the Mustangs fumbled and Christoval recovered at their own 19. The Cougars were unable to capitalize on the turnover, unfortunately, and had to punt the ball away four plays later. The punt was a beauty and was downed at the Mustang two-yard line.
On the second play of the drive, Nava found space and taking the ball down to the 30 on a nice 28-yard run. Then on the next play, Ramirez hit Joe Rodriguez down the sideline, who, with a defender on his back, powered his way all the way down to the two-yard line, for a first-and-goal and a 48-yard gain. A couple of plays later, Nava took the pitch in a spread formation right up the middle, and with a Christoval defender wrapped around his ankle, hopped his way into the end zone, mercifully sealing the game, 64-14, with 2:42 left on the game clock.
The Fort outgained Christoval, 512-202, and had 24 first downs to Christoval's six. Vicente Ramirez shimmied his way around defenders all night, rushing for 229 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. He also was an efficient 10-for-14 passing for 99 yards and four touchdown passes. Art Nava also threw for 109 yards and a touchdown, rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns and had 38 yards and two touchdowns receiving. Brent Henderson also had a good game defensively and was a key blocker for Nava and Ramirez on offense. . Jesus Cordero had a good game defensively with several tackles for a loss, and caught two touchdown passes as well as a few other big catches on offense. Andy Young gained good yardage for the Cougars in the loss with 147 yards rushing on 19 carries and their only two touchdowns
-I used the box score from the San Angelo Standard Times and El Paso newspapers for stats and also reviewed the game film.
-The El Paso Times reported the state game attendance at 3,800.
-The win in the state game was Fort Hancock's 57th-straight win and they would go on to win 70-straight, which is still the state record.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Dec. 16, 2013) - Dr. Cynthia J. Boyle, an award-winning University of Maryland Eastern Shore pharmacy professor, is the new president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Dr. Boyle, who is chair of UMES' Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, has long been active in the national organization of pharmacy educators and is recognized for her expertise in experiential education.
She finished her term as Speaker of the House for AACP this past July and will assume its top office in mid-2015 after serving the next academic year as president-elect.
"AACP has given me the inspiration, professional network and resources to thrive in pharmacy education," Dr. Boyle said.
UMES pharmacy school Dean Nicholas Blanchard said Boyle's faculty colleagues are proud a peer has been elected to serve on a national stage, which should bring attention to the university.
"It speaks well to the caliber and quality of faculty we have been able to assemble here at the university in such a short period of time," Blanchard said. UMES enrolled its first year-round class of pharmacy students in 2010 and awarded that group degrees in May 2013.
Dr. Boyle graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy and University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, where she was executive director for the Experiential Learning Program. She joined the UMES faculty in 2011 and has practice experience in community, institutional and consultant settings.
She completed the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program and has contributed to a broad spectrum of its standing committees. AACP honored her with its Crystal APPLE award for contributions to learning excellence in experiential education.
She is involved with state and national pharmacy organizations.
Dr. Boyle has served three terms of office in the American Pharmacists Association's Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management, as president of the Maryland Pharmacists Association and its foundation, national president of Phi Lambda Sigma, and chair of the Pharmacy Academy in the National Academies of Practice.
She received the 2009 Maryland Pharmacists Association's Seidman Distinguished Achievement Award and in 2010 she was recognized with the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists' W. Arthur Purdum Award for influential leadership.
Dr. Boyle received the 2008 American Pharmacists Association Good Government Pharmacist-of-the-Year Award and the 2009 Phi Lambda Sigma National Leadership Award.
In her campaign, she wrote that "the future … calls us to embrace innovation in education and to prepare our graduates for a future that is constantly emerging."
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If you're like me, for the last few weeks you've been all, "Hey, I should write something on my Sabres blog," but then you put it off for a few days, and even though all sorts of Sabre-y stuff happened you KEPT not writing about it, until it became a "thing." Not writing on your blog was just LOOMING over each day, but you STILL did not write on your blog. Eventually all your blog post fragments stacked up into a giant pile of "THINGS THAT WOULD'VE MADE TIMELY BLOG POSTS TWO WEEK AGO," and you got overwhelmed and felt sort of like taking a nap instead of blogging. So, you were just like, "Eff it. It's nap o'clock. Zzzz."
In an effort to get back on the blogging horse, here's a post that I've pieced together from stuff I've written over the course of two weeks. Disjointed and outdated blog posts are fun! Right? …RIGHT?!
1. I'm still pretty firmly in the, "Don't get your hopes up because everything about this season REEKS of 10th place," camp, but still, it was SUCH a delight to watch the Sabres cream the Bruins on Tuesday and then come from behind against the Stars. A DELIGHT. All I really want for the rest of the season is to enjoy watching them play. There is a very real part of me that enjoys "meaningless" games. I've already made my peace with this season, so anything exciting from here on out will be greeted as an added bonus.
A couple of weeks ago I had a passionate conversation with some friends at a game about all the implications of finishing 10th place rather than finishing last place. I think everyone with a brain can agree that in the grand scheme of things if you're going to miss the playoffs there is a real benefit to being truly bad- like, last place bad – but I think we can also agree that as it's unfolding, a 10th place season is at least 8xs more fun than a 15th place season.
When the Sabres are winning we are happy. That's just how it is and that's how it should be. Even if the end result is 10th place.
2. All that said, I am starting to dare to dream about an epic run to make the playoffs. Hope has definitely begun to creep in. We have reached the part of any almost-lost season where every single win and especially every single loss creates a ridiculous amount of emotional response.
After a win, I go to Sports Club Stats, and check on their chances to makes the playoffs.
I go to Sports Club Stats after every loss as well, but the reaction is sliiiiiightly more dramatic.
Every time the Sabres lose it's pretty much the saddest song in the world. And it will remain this way until the season ends or the Sabres are eliminated from playoff contention. Whichever comes first.
3. After the Bruins game, Ian Ott (Sabres PR Extraordinaire) tweeted this:
We can now update this stat to 16-8-1 with six of their top seven defensemen playing. Is it possible that is WAS the injuries?! That stat doesn't excuse the suckiness of players like Stafford or Roy, but still, it's an eye opener. The team that looked irredeemable three weeks ago suddenly looks truly capable. They got healthy and Ryan Miller got good again. Turns out they're not chopped liver after all.
I suspect that the truth of this team lies somewhere in between "chopped liver" and "contender." I'm honestly not sure where. What I AM sure of is that if they keep playing well, Darcy will use injuries as an excuse not to make any significant changes at the deadline. Be prepared, Sabres fans.
And while we're at it, we might as well keep an open mind. Maaaaaybe they're actually good.
4. Derek Roy has to be injured, right? I know we like to bag on him and act like he's worthless in every way, but until he got injured last season he was a very reliable points getter for many consecutive years. It's hard to believe that he won't have a bounce-back season next year. He's definitely not totally worthless. I strongly suspect that Roy-Z will remain a Sabre throughout this year and next. Trading Roy now would require trading low, and the mere thought probably gives Darcy hives and facial tics.
5. You know who might actually be totally useless? Drew Stafford.
6. If I'm fed up with Drew Stafford, I'm still remarkably patient with Ville Leino. I think Ville Leino is an interesting character. Yeah, his contract is horrible, but I can't quite shake the feeling that he's somehow important. (Like good-important. Not necessarily "his contract will sink them"-important.) The Sabres have had some undeniable chemistry issues this season, and there's something about Ville Leino that seems like maybe he hasn't fit in with the locker room. On one hand, you obviously don't want an overpaid new guy to throw off locker room chemistry, but on the OTHER hand, I kind of like the idea of Ville Leino smirking all over the "core."
When the injuries started piling up and the team started to free fall in the standings, once again, we were faced with the hard truth about the "core" (Miller, Pominville, Vanek, Gaustad, Stafford, and Roy). There is something missing, something lacking, about this core. There just is. It doesn't mean they're bad players, or bad guys, or bad Sabres… but they are a less-than-ideal core. I don't see how it's even debatable at this point.
It's kind of interesting to me that the media and fans still refer to the same six guys as "the core." Who knows where Ryan Miller is going to be after next season, but you can bet your bottom dollar that Ville Leino and Christian Ehrhoff will be right here in Buffalo. If we, as observers of the team, have a hard time accepting Ville Leino as a "core" team member, imagine how it felt in the locker room.
I can't quite explain it, but to me, Ville Leino seems like he's at the center of some type of team mentality shift. Regardless of whether or not Darcy makes trade deadline moves, the "core" of this team has in fact already changed. It's not just Miller, Vanek, Pominville, Roy, Stafford, and Gaustad anymore. Ville Leino is at the core now too. (I know. Scary. But really, is he any scarier than Drew Stafford? I say no.) Ville Leino and how he fits in is very interesting to me.
For some insane reason, I remain hopeful about #23.
7. OBVIOUSLY, the most pressing issue that I haven't yet addressed is the fact that a Buffalo Sabre (Jordan Leopold, you wily SCAMP!) literally took out Lindy Ruff. I've make a lot of jokes around here about coach killing, but… whoa.
(The fact that I'm only writing about this now is a real indication of how effed up my blogging rhythm is these day. Three years ago, I would've written about TEN THOUSAND post about just this topic.)
8. In light of his significant injuries, I thought it was a little odd that Lindy did the postgame press conference after the Bruins game. It seemed like the media really enjoyed talking to him, and Lindy was certainly entertaining that night, but there was something about it that made me say, "… huh."
Part of me thought, come ON Lindy, just let James Patrick be the head coach for one night.
I have no idea what part of Lindy's personality compelled him to be there (Super hard worker? Control freak? Tough guy? Paranoia? His true love of hockey? Martyr? A "team first" mentality?) but if you ask me, the sane thing to do when you break three ribs is to sit on the couch in comfy outfit, enjoy the Vicodin, and trust that everything at work is going to be there for you when you get back. Obviously there are a bunch of factors involved with his situation that I couldn't begin to comprehend, but the whole injury has put Lindy in a different light than I'm used to seeing him. Because of the injury, Lindy has looked vulnerable this week.
It's interesting and different to see Lindy this way, but I hope he feels better soon. I wish him a fast recovery.
In one way, Lindy has looked vulnerable, but in another way…
9. Jordan Leopold took the concept of "coach killing" to preposterous new levels, and yet, he STILL FAILED TO FINISH THE JOB. Lindy, the most unkillable coach in the history of the NHL, has now survived an actual physical attack. Lindy did not survive unscathed, but I think there is reason to believe his rib injury will only add to his power. Frankly, I don't see how Lindy can ever be stopped now, and I worry that this brush with death has infused Lindy with supernatural immortality. He's like a vampire now. Surely there IS a way to kill him, but it's probably incredibly complicated and involves some type of Lord of the Rings-style journey to collect an all-powerful orb/ring/horcrux.
Not only do I believe Lindy Ruff will NEVER be fired from his job, he's also probably also about to stop aging. And showing up in mirrors.
10. Having nothing to do with the Sabres:
My viola-playing BPO BFF (Janz) is the type of guy to exaggerate things for the sake of a good story. (I love this quality in a person, so trust me, I'm not criticizing.) Anyway, many years ago we were playing some Tchaikovsky, and somehow Janz and I got to talking about how Tchaikovsky was pretty crazy (he was kind of a piece of work) and Janz said, "You know, he used to eat his scores." When I was all, "WHAAAAT?!" Janz said, "Yeah, I can't remember where I heard this, but if Tchaikovsky didn't like the piece, he would eat it."
This was a level of crazy that I had not previously attributed to Tchaikovsky.
I was skeptical, but I was willing to believe the story, mostly because it led to all kinds of jokes. Now whenever we're playing Tchaikovsky and we're not totally in love with the piece, or maybe the rehearsal feels a little slow, or we're just feeling kind of cranky one of us will inevitably say, "I kind of wish Tchaikovsky had eaten this score." Yesterday at work Janz pretended to take a tiny bite out of the corner of our Piano Concerto No. 1 part. This is good solid fun.
Janz and I have friendly-squabbled for years about whether or not Tchaikovsky actually ate his scores. I accused him of spinning a tall tale, and he insisted that, "No, I swear. It's true. I heard it somewhere. I think from an old music history professor. Tchaikovsky ate his scores!" A few months ago I spent a good hour scouring the internet looking for even one reference to "eating the score," to no avail. Later on, Janz did his own research and found the same. Sadly, although this joke that has stood the test of time, I don't think it's true that Tchaikovsky ate his scores.
BUT, from now on, because of this blog entry, there WILL be a reference to Tchaikovsky eating his scores on the internet. My dream is that years from now one of you will casually mention to a friend that while you can't remember where you heard it, you remember hearing that Tchaikovsky used to eat scores that he didn't like. And then years after THAT, the person that you told that story to will do an internet search and find this blog.
Basically, I'm trying to start a rumor that Tchaikovsky used to eat his scores. Pass it on.


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It's our pleasure to announce the first public release of JDIP - our new, stand-alone, Java-based interface to the DIP database (Database of Interacting Proteins; http://dip.doe-mbi.ucla.edu). It's still got a lot of rough edges here and there but it seems to be quite stable so we think there's no reason not to release it. The program provides the same functionality as the original, Web-based interface to DIP but with quite a few extras including local storage of protein interaction networks, both, in graphical and XML-based formats, custom rendering and annotation of interaction graphs and embedded scripting language (Python, to be exact). It might be of interest that the format of the data files (specified as an XML schema - to be found at http://dip.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/jdip/jin.xsd) is generic enough to allow JDIP to serve as an interface/visualization program dealing with data completely unrelated to protein-protein interaction - is all the matter of writing appropriate (either server or client side) scripts... You can find JDIP at http://dip.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/jdip Please, direct questions/suggestions/bug reports/etc to jdip at mbi.ucla.edu Lukasz Salwinski (and the DIP database maintainers) lukasz at mbi.ucla.edu


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NEW YORK — Give Georgia May Jagger a photo of herself and she'll find the one little thing wrong with it. In that way, she's just like most of us. She can spot from a mile away the nervous smile or unflattering pose.
But as she develops her modeling career, the 20-year-old says she's getting better at accepting these things and, honestly, getting better at her job.
"Even the most successful models, it takes getting used to. Fashion and photos can still be intimidating, even if you're always around it, but they're not as much now as my first ones!"
With a little more practice, maybe she'll be as smooth and graceful as her model mom Jerry Hall, or as comfortable in her own skin as her rock star dad Mick Jagger.
Yes, Georgia May Jagger is no stranger to being around a camera. It's very much in her blood.
"I ask my mom for advice often. It's not specifically 'how to model' — you have to develop that yourself — but I'll ask her about fashion. I've seen her work before, and we talk about work. She's obviously very experienced," Jagger says.
(One of her best beauty tips — to take off all her makeup at night and, on rare occasion, go a day or two with no makeup at all — comes from Hall.)
From her dad, Jagger, who has posed for Chanel and Versace, among others, gets some of her eclectic style, she says, but she'd describe her own look as a little less flashy than his. She has a bit of the old English countryside style in her closet, combined with glam rock touches. Vivienne Westwood is a favorite designer.
A few years ago, she wore a Westwood-designed leopard-print jacket with big puffy sleeves to a big press event. She took that from Hall's closet.
"I had a moment beforehand when I wondered, 'Should I wear it?' My mom is tall and gorgeous and can wear anything, but it worked out in the end for me. I was there to have fun and I did."
She adds, "A young girl should have fun. I'd say wear whatever you want. Don't worry about being sensible."
Cue her new style inspiration: Madonna.
Jagger is the new spokesmodel for Material Girl, the collection designed by Madonna and her daughter Lola. "I do think it represents Madonna's style when she was younger. Girls my age are still trying to do it. It's all youthful and fun and carefree style that she's known for."
The mix of bustier dresses with a Peter Pan-collar top and supershort bandeau minis are up Jagger's mix-and-match alley, too. "I like that it's not sticking to all the regular things."
Almost surprisingly, Jagger, who lives in London, had never met Madonna until this fashion gig — although Jagger had attended a concert "years and years ago."
Jagger also remembers going on the road as a kid with the Rolling Stones and seeing much more of the United States than one would think, even seeing touristy sites like the biggest wheel of cheese. She says Austin, Texas, is a favorite place to visit. Her mom was born and raised a Texan, hailing from the Dallas area.
When she's not working, Jagger says her days are about photography, art and barbecues whenever it's not raining in England. Those are all things that keep her away from shopping, which she'd do too often if given the chance, she says with a laugh.
"I don't do shopping as a planned thing with friends. It's all impulse and by myself. This way there's no one to talk me out of it."


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In the first four parts of this article, I have discussed a number of well-known behavioral biases that cause investors to make decisions that are, to put it kindly, less than optimal. In this final installment, I summarize how best to avoid these costly traps.
As these blog posts have been published over the past couple of weeks, the issues are much in evidence. Apple (AAPL), long the darling of the market, has lost favor and Groupon (GRPN) seems to be following a relentless downward spiral. Surely many investors in Groupon must be asking themselves how they could possibly have seen the company as a good bet. Apple stock, which was trading at $700 in mid-September, is currently at $544, a decline of 22% in two months. The news that has come out on Apple does not seem sufficient to justify such a broad shift in the market's consensus as to the long-term value of Apple as a company. And, of course, we have the poster child of behavioral bias: Facebook (FB). How is it possible that the market's consensus view of the share value of such a widely held company could be almost 50% below its first day closing price of $38? As Warren Buffett is quoted as saying, in the short-term the market is a voting machine and in the long-term the market is a weighing machine. When voting overwhelms weighing, investor psychology is dominating.


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Judge Anita Sukola has denied bail modification requests for all officers accused of crimes connected to the Blue House brothel.
Citing a concern for the safety of the communities and alleged victims of the brothel, Sukola denied requests that the officers be released on a personal bond or recognizance.
Bail amounts for Officers David Manila, Mario Laxamana and Anthony Quenga are $250,000, $100,000 and $250,000, respectively.
Attorney Peter Perez, who represents Mario Laxamana, noted in court that his client intends to post bail. It is uncertain if the other officers plan to do the same.


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Love Him or Hate Him: A.J.'s the Ultimate Playmaker
White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski will probably never come close to winning an MVP award during his career. His name will never be muttered in the same breath as hall of fame catchers Bench, Berra and Campanella. And due to his fiery — and sometimes 'dirty' — style of play, A.J. might never be accepted and/or respected by anyone other than his teammates (if he even gets that much).
But one thing will always be true: A.J. Pierzynski makes things happen.
A.J. is the guy you hate to play against because you never know what type of shenanigans he's going to pull at any given time; he's the guy you want on your team, whether you like him or not, and he proved why, yet again, in yesterday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Having made a bone-headed base-running play, A.J. cleared his mistake by mustering up another Academy Award winning performance when he purposely threw an elbow to Rays third baseman Willy Aybar, creating the illusion that Aybar had somehow obstructed him on the base path. The ump took the bait, called A.J. safe and awarded him third base, which would ultimately lead to the Sox winning the game.
If your eyes work, you'll clearly see that the 'obstruction' in question was a complete fantasy — entirely created by A.J. and A.J. alone in what has now become just another Pierzynski moment that translated into a win. And while seeing the replay does make me feel a little uncomfortable (because it was 'cheating' after all) I cannot deny that a win is still a win no mater how it happens. Tongue in cheek, I can't help but be glad that A.J. is on the Southside.
But if he isn't on your team; you probably hate him.
And I can see why: He's a chatter box. He gets under your skin. He throws temper tantrums. He uses the Jedi Mind Trick on susceptible umpiring crews (see 2005 ALCS) and gets away with it. He creates plays out of nothing — and in doing so — is personally responsible for at least two to three fabricated wins every season. When it comes down to a heated battle for a playoff spot, those two to three wins could be the deciding factor in whether you're playing baseball or golf in October.
In essence, A.J. Pierzynski is that guy who you want at your party, but you don't want him anywhere near your girlfriend… the keg… or your mother.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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- Prepare science teaching and supervisory personnel for kindergarten through the twelfth grade for individual school systems, as well as county and state educational systems.
- Prepare persons for college teaching responsibilities in undergraduate courses in science education as well as graduate and undergraduate work in science education.
- Provide an opportunity for classroom teachers of secondary and elementary school science to devote study time to a purposeful program while increasing their understandings in science and education.
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- Excellent library facilities in science and in education plus the world-famous De Golyer Collection in the History of Science and Technology.
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The Vulture Survey of MgII and CIV Absorbers: Feasting on the Bones of Spectra Left to Die
Nigel Mathes, NMSU
We present detailed measurements of the absorption properties and redshift evolution of MgII and CIV absorbers as measured in archival spectra from the UVES spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope (VLT/UVES) and the HIRES spectrograph at the Keck Telescope (Keck/HIRES) to equivalent width detection limits below 0.01 angstroms. This survey examines 860 high resolution spectra from various archival data sets representing 700 unique sightlines, allowing for detections of intervening MgII absorbers spanning redshifts 0.1 < z < 2.6 and intervening CIV absorbers spanning redshifts 1 < z < 5. We employ an accurate, automated approach to line detection which consistently detects redshifted absorption doublets. We observe three distinct epochs of evolution in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) as traced by MgII and CIV absorbers. At high redshifts, from 3 < z < 5, galaxies rapidly build up a metal enriched halo where, despite significant evolution in the ionizing background, the production of metals through star formation driven outflows dominates observed trends increasing the number of observed absorbers per redshift path length towards z = 3. At mid redshifts, from 2 < z < 3, a large cosmic increase in the global star formation rate drives large numbers of high column density outflows into the halos of galaxies. At this time, metal line absorption of all species is increased above all other epochs. At low redshifts, for z < 2, the universe becomes more quiescent in both star formation and ionizing background. Weak, low column density MgII absorbers proliferate, while strong MgII absorbers likely fragment or re-accrete onto their host galaxy. Strong CIV absorbers, at this time, still increase in number per absorption path, while their weaker counterparts begin to disappear. MgII and CIV absorbers appear to originate in star formation driven outflows, but their different evolutionary properties imply they represent two physically distinct phases of gas. These two phases comprise the CGM and contribute separately to the cycle of baryons into and out of galaxies.


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20g Oats (I opted oats instead of nuts for that Chewy bits)
45g Cocoa Powder
2g Baking Powder
110g Butter
120g Sugar
2 Eggs at room temperature
Vanilla Extract
150g Chocolate Chips
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2. Combine Flour, Oats, Salt, Cocoa, Baking powder and Chocolate chips.
3. Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
4. Add Vanilla.
5. Add the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
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Oklahoma's i2E Wins Global Praise for State Startup AidPublished: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 7:00 am By: Jay Marks
Oklahoma City-based i2E Inc. has earned international acclaim for its efforts to grow entrepreneurial businesses.
Tuesday, the company received an excellence award at the International Economic Development Council conference in Reno, Nev.
It was recognized with the council's Best Practices Award for Technology-based Economic Development for its comprehensive commercialization services.
i2E is a not-for-profit company that mentors many of Oklahoma's technology-based startup companies.
"Furthering economic development is rarely a simple task in the best of times, and advancing the cause in the midst of a global financial crisis is nothing less than arduous," said council chairman Ian Bromley. "As the consequences of the widespread economic turmoil have taken hold, we have seen our members become even more ardent proponents of economic development, flying in the face of one of the most challenging economic environments we have experienced in our careers. We proudly present this award to i2E Inc., for its superior work during these difficult times."
i2E President and CEO Tom Walker accepted the award, which was open to organizations that serve areas with more than 200,000 people.
"We are grateful that the IEDC recognized the suite of programs that we have implemented to help Oklahomans advance technology, grow the knowledge job base and build wealth for the state," Walker said. "Our team is committed to seeing that our client companies and entrepreneurs flourish, knowing that it ultimately benefits all Oklahomans."
i2E provides commercialization services to Oklahoma entrepreneurs.
It also manages a proof-of-concept fund and the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund through a contract with the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
The company also manages the Seed Step Angels investment group and the Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup, a collegiate business plan competition.


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An Israeli friend of mine visted me yesterday and we spent a good deal of time in front of the computer where we compared notes about we do here compared to what they do there, etc., and of course I showed him BibleWorks. Anyway, to make a long storty short, I mentioned of the cuff that "some" Anglo's call it a "waw" instead of a vav, and he immediately asked, what's a "waw", for the fact is, neither I nor he have ever heard ANYBODY pronounce a vav as a waw in ANY form of legitimate spoken Hebrew.
Perhaps we've both missed something, but seeing as how he lives there and is a native...
In any case, I explained to him that Anglo's sometimes pronounce it as "waw" and he, of course, like me, just shook his head.
So does anybody know where the "waw" actually came from? I know what it's supposed to represent, but what I mean is, does anybody know where it actually originated? Or in other words, who started calling it a "waw" instead of a "vav"?


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Microsoft believes getting value from data should be available to anyone and has a strategy to consumerize Big Data. Come hear how we're making this real for the Halo 4 team and how they have used big data technologies to enhance the Halo 4 gaming experience.
This keynote is sponsored by Microsoft
David Campbell is a Microsoft Technical Fellow whose present role is Vice President of Product Development for the SQL Server product suite.
David graduated with a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Clarkson University in 1984 and began working on robotic workcells for Sanders Associates – later a division of Lockheed Corporation. In 1990 he joined Digital Equipment Corporation where he worked on their Codasyl database product DEC DBMS as well as their relational database product; Rdb.
Upon joining Microsoft in 1994, David was a developer and architect on the SQL Server Storage Engine team that was principally responsible for rewriting the core engine of SQL Server for SQL Server Version 7.0.
At Microsoft, he has held numerous positions and driven a number of major initiatives such as overseeing the initial product development of several of Microsoft's Azure (public cloud) services; defining and implementing SQL Server's global development processes; and, more recently, defining and overseeing the initiation of Microsoft's commercial Big Data product strategy.
David holds several patents in the data management, schema and software quality realms. He is a frequent speaker at industry and research conferences on a wide variety of data management and software development topics.
David lives in Sammamish WA with his wife Marcia and two teenage sons. He enjoys traveling with the family, photography, and occasionally making dust in the woodshop.
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