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The death toll is rising toward 50,000, in what is shaping up as the worst natural disaster in a long time. Video footage of a wave hitting a resort in Thailand is available here. Less familiar amateur footage taken by a Norwegian who was on vacation, I believe also in Thailand, can be viewed here. (Thanks to Wes Roth for the tip.) Notwithstanding my all-Norwegian heritage, I can't read the web site; maybe some of our readers can.
The blame game has begun, as nowadays there is no such thing as a purely natural disaster. There is nothing, it seems, that can't be exploited for political profit. Thus, some have already attributed the death toll at least in part to global warming.
This AFP story strikes me as rather repellent:
Human activities, notably the building of coastal resorts and the destruction of natural protection, contributed to the enormous loss of life from killer tidal waves that hit the shores of the Indian Ocean after an earthquake, an environmental expert said.
"What has made this a disaster is that people have started to occupy part of the landscape that they shouldn't have occupied," [Jeff McNeely, chief scientist of the World Conservation Union] told AFP in a telephone interview from Paris. "Fifty years ago the coastline was not densely occupied as now by tourist hotels."
The hotels did not replace traditional villages because the villagers built inland, McNeely said.
"What has also happened over the last several decades is that many mangroves have been cleared to grow shrimp ponds so that we, here in Europe, can have cheap shrimp," he added.
The same thing has been happening with the coral reefs that also provided protection to the coast, he explained.
"When a tsunami comes in, it first hits the coral reef which slows it down, then it hits the mangroves which furthers slow it down. It may get through that but by then a lot of the energy has already been dissipated."
So, in areas where aquaculture and tourism are two of the few ways in which people can earn a living, the proper course would be to abandon the coastline and huddle behind rows of mangrove trees in hopes of being protected from a possible tsunami.
You might be worried that if humans followed such a course, it would expose animals to danger. (Actually, this particular fear hadn't occurred to me.) Don't worry: animals are too smart for that:
On the other hand, Sunday's quake would not have been a disaster for local wildlife still left in the affected areas, he added.
"Those living along the coast are seldom particularly rare, that's not a rare habitat, the mangroves are not particularly rich in species, the species that live there are used to typhoons, to storms and all that.
"Animals are smart enough to move."
So there you have it: what you thought was a natural disaster was really caused by human greed and stupidity. Thanks, AFP, for that insightful and sensitive analysis.
UPDATE: The article that accompanied the Norwegian video turns out to be very intersting. Thanks to Fredrik Nyman and Alan Macomber, who sent us almost identical translations:
A Norwegian and a Swede fought feverishly against the mass of water to save an older man. See the video.
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Swede Fredrik was thoughtful this evening. Together with Norwegian Olivier, he may have saved a human life in the frothing water wave that poured in over Phuket yesterday.
"We tried to drag an elderly English couple out of the water. But then the cement fence broke that they were clinging to. We managed to find the man afterwards, but we haven't seen the woman", said Fredrik to Dagbladet at the Bangkok Hospital in Phuket.
He has just been to visit the elderly Englishman that he rescued.
The man is in a coma at the hospital.
The Norwegian who helped him has not been seen since. Everything is chaos in Phuket right now.
Another Swede filmed the wave when the two men tried their best with the rescue attempt. Thanks to that, you can see for yourself how strong the mass of water was when the second wave come in.
Most people thought that after the first wave, everything was over, and that the water had settled down.
They were wrong.
"I ran down to see if I could help anyone. I saw the first wave come from the window in my hotel room. When the second wave came in, I didn't have chance to get away " he said to Dagbladet.
Something which may have saved a life.
MORE VIDEOS: Jordan Golson has collected several amateur tsunami videos here.
FURTHER UPDATE: Jack Risko has more on Mr. McNeely, who turns out to be as much of a jerk as you might have suspected from his interview with AFP. His credentials as a "scientist" also appear to be minimal at best, which raises the question why AFP thought it was appropriate to base an article on an interview with him. Other than political partisanship on AFP's part, there isn't any obvious explanation.


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During E3, Gameloft announced the latest iteration of their long-standing racing series, Asphalt 8: Airborne. Asphalt 8 introduces a new aerial element where you're launching your car off ramps to do freakin' sweet spins and flips. It's basically mixing in Tony Hawk with your classic racing game.
There are also massive improvements in graphics, with a ton of new particle and lighting effects that will definitely raise the bar for iOS racing games. Expect the usual stuff from the Asphalt series here, including customizable cars and multiplayer options.
Ridiculous and unrealistic as it may be, it's tons of fun. I've always been a big fan of Asphalt for its arcade feel and wanton disregard for real-world physics. Asphalt 8 promises to be a fast-paced, challenging joyride when it launches later this summer for $0.99.

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Greenwich softball holds off Ludlowe
A seemingly comfortable final-inning, five-run cushion had already been whittled down thanks to a home run by Katie DeCarlo, and now the Ludlowe softball team was looking for more.
There were two on, two outs and so it was up to Greenwich senior pitcher Jessie Schelz to deliver.
That's exactly what Schelz did, striking out Colleen Lambert for the final out Wednesday afternoon as Greenwich held on for a much-needed 8-5 victory over visiting Ludlowe in a battle of FCIAC heavyweights.
While the result put the brakes on the 11-game winning streak of the red-hot Falcons (11-2, 10-1 FCIAC), it also snapped a two-game losing skid by the Cardinals (10-3, 8-3), who were coming off back-to-back shutout losses to juggernauts Darien and St. Joseph.
"Two losses in a row was enough," an elated Greenwich coach Mary Beth Fratello said. "We don't want to have to rely on anyone's help to get into the FCIAC tournament, so we really needed this one. We just have to get as many wins as possible over the next few weeks."
One of the reasons Fratello was so happy was the play of a Cardinals defense that helped save the day.
Center fielder Madison Burhans, in particular, had a brilliant day in the field with three sparkling catches, including a home run-saving grab over the fence against DeCarlo -- the Falcons' No. 3 hitter -- in the top of the fifth.
Schelz also did her part, surrendering 10 hits and single runs in the first, third and fourth innings before bearing down when the Cardinals needed her most.
"I was just trying to hit my spots," Schelz said. "Of course I can't say enough about our defense today, especially Madison and (shortstop) Rebecca DeCarlo. When you see them making plays like that and giving you that kind of support, it gives you a lot more confidence."
DeCarlo's two-out, two-run double highlighted a four-run second inning by Greenwich, which took advantage of two early Ludlowe miscues and jumped out to a 5-1 lead.
Looking for some late insurance against Falcons junior Brigette Anderson, the Cards would strike for three more in the sixth.
Cleanup hitter Erin Ferguson, who helped drive up Anderson's pitch count to 128 with what seemed like an endless amount of foul balls, drove in her second run of the game with a sac fly to deep center.
That play was sandwiched around an RBI by Jenn Ambrogio and a run-scoring double by Erin White.
"We have the kind of team that's always going to try and battle back but it was an uphill climb from the second inning on," Ludlowe coach Shari Paci said. "I think in the end, all those pitches took their toll on Brigette. We just have to learn from this moving forward and get back on track."
Greenwich leadoff hitter Colleen Bennett collected three hits, while Ferguson and Dakota Sarcone finished with two hits apiece.
Greenwich 8, Ludlowe 5
Records: L 11-2 (10-1), G 10-3 (8-3); Batteries: L Brigette Anderson (L, 10-2) and Katie DeCarlo; G Jessie Schelz (W, 9-3) and Erin Ferguson.


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I was recording me running around with the throwing knife, and made a video that I put up on YouTube. Those of you that play MW2...what do you think? It's my first time making a video too, still learning Adobe Premiere Pro, so pardon the lack of transitions and eye candy.
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The gauchos are often considered to be South American versions of our cowboys. They rode horses, chased cattle and wore cowboy hats. But the gauchos were a more racially mixed breed, with European, native and sometimes African blood. They were just as often scavengers as herders, having refined their skills on the half-wild offspring of escaped cattle that filled the vast grassy pampas of southeastern South America. During the period when leather was the most valuable commodity offered by cattle, gauchos would glean the meaty carcasses left behind by the hide harvesters and preserve the beef over coals. Their grilling style has come to define Argentine cuisine.
Diego Grant's gaucho cred is strong. He comes from a family of beef grillers, chimichurri mixers and fireside mate drinkers, with genealogical roots that extend across the pampas from Patagonia to southern Brazil.
Grant's food truck, Gauchito Catering, has taken to the cashays of Albuquerque—cashay being how Argentines pronounce calle in their thick Castilian accents. In tow behind the truck is a custom-built trailer sporting a stainless steel, wood-fired parilla (pari-shah), or grill, where sheets of grass-fed beef and green chile pork sausage cook on mesquite coals. A smaller parilla, separated from the main one by a firebox, grills marinated portobello mushrooms for the vegetarian sandwich.
The meat—skirt steak—is tenderized mechanically at Nelson's Meats, where the sausage is also made. The result of Nelson's mechanical treatment is a soft, sponge-like holder of grease and sauce that becomes supersaturated with flavorful juices.
Both steak—asado—and the sausage—choripan—are served on Mexican torta-style bread baked by a guy named Tito, who charges more than all the other bakeries, even the French ones, for a comparable roll. But when it comes to the roll (and most other ingredients) price means nothing to El Gauchito.
He comes from a family of beef grillers, chimichurri mixers and fireside mate drinkers, with genealogical roots that extend across the pampas from Patagonia to southern Brazil.
"The French bread is so dry," he told me with a look of disdain that few but true Argentines can pull off. He then looked fondly at Tito's roll. "This bread is more salty, more sweet and more wet."
The grilled bread is dressed with locally grown greens (Jardines de Montezuma), a slice of no-name tomato, and laden with meat. It's served with a dish of chimichurri—a vinegar, oregano and onion-based sauce that's nearly wine-like in its ability to complement the flavor of meat. It is in his chimichurri that Grant displays the depth of his culinary chops. Different elements of acid dance on your tongue, cutting through the meat and grease, while floating on the exotic aroma of imported Argentine oregano and red chile. Resonant, dissonant, symphonic complexity takes a moment to sink in.
Grant also serves big, delicate empanadas, including one with chopped, marinated grilled portobello with cheese and another filled with ground beef, milk and black pepper. The pastry on the empanadas is thin, crunchy and light, while the filling is generous.
Standing in front of his parilla, sipping mate, Grant described a new empanada he'll soon be serving called the Gashayga. He was trying for "Gallega," Spanish for "of Galicia, Spain." The Gashayga, which contains tuna, onion, egg and red bell pepper, is a popular empanada in Buenos Aires, where Grant lived for 30 years before emigrating north.
Like the empanada filling that traveled from Spain to Argentina, the grill topping that came from Argentina to New Mexico has handled the journey well. It's been subtly changed and arguably improved. The raw materials up here are different, but Grant has figured out how to make them sing gaucho music. He likes mesquite, which burns faster and with less smoke than the oak he's used to. Green chile elevates the choripan sausage into something truly exceptional, which won't surprise many New Mexicans. And the way Grant talks, even the bun that green chile sausage comes on might be an improvement over his beloved Miñoncitos of home.
But there are limits to any compromise. Grant would be the first to tell you, with that Argentine grimace, that the mate here sucks.


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With the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march on Washington fast approaching, I had intended to check old newspapers at the Library of Congress to see how the mainstream reported the march. I confess to having an ulterior motive: I participated in that march and wanted to test the view, now a commonplace, that the media never gets right a story about which one has no personal knowledge.
Unfortunately, veteran Washington Post reporter Robert Kaiser has beaten me to the punch. Not only that, he shows that the Post missed the boat to a degree that I would not have imagined possible.
Kaiser writes:
The main event that day was what we now call the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important speeches in U.S. history. But on the day it was given, The Post didn't think so. We nearly failed to mention it at all. . . .[The] lead story, which began under a banner headline on the front page and summarized the events of the day, did not mention King's name or his speech. . . .
In that paper of Aug. 29, 1963, The Post published two dozen stories about the march. Every one missed the importance of King's address. The words "I have a dream" appeared in only one, a wrap-up of the day's rhetoric on Page A15 — in the fifth paragraph. We also printed brief excerpts from the speeches, but the three paragraphs chosen from King's speech did not include "I have a dream."
This is baffling. It's not as if King's speech flew under the radar. To the contrary, it stood out like a sparkling gem in the rock garden of endless mediocre oratory served up, so it seemed, by every civil rights leader in country and his brother.
Less than a minute into King's speech, my father looked at me. He wanted to make sure I understood that this was something exceptional. My look back showed him that I did.
This collection of remembrances by participants in the march includes a number of statements similar to the following:
When [Dr. King] started talking, everybody got quiet. You didn't hear babies crying or anything. It was just still. And the momentum that started to build up, you saw people crying. I was crying. And you saw people, strangers, black and white, hugging each other. Even now when I hear the speech, I'll start crying. I don't care where I am, tears will start coming.
I don't remember crying or hugging, but without question a hush came over the crowd early on in King's speech.
I'm also at a loss to understand how the Post selected three paragraphs from King's speech without including "I have a dream." This wasn't exactly a buried subtext in the address.
Oh, well. At least the Post didn't report that King said "I have a scheme" or "Blessed are the cheesemakers."
I don't think that conservatives who criticize the mainstream media overestimate its level of bias. But I believe we underestimate its level of incompetence.


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RDJ & his Real Wife in Paris
And when he's off the carpet, he's with Susan and little Exton. Oh hi Exton! Exton is just over a year old now. Looks like he might have dad's flair for fashion. Those are some cute kicks. And is that red plaid on his pants?
Speaking of pants...
Good ones on RDJ here, non? I love him.
I love that he's hamming outside his hotel for fans and paps. I love his hair cut short like this and styled to the side. I love that he's still a little bit crazy but can happily admit to being a card carrying executive member of The Corporation now and doesn't give a sh-t if you don't think that's hardcore enough (ahem, Johnny Depp).
By the way, Avengers 2 is scheduled for 2015. RDJ will be 50 by then. That's Tom Cruise's current age. God, who would have thought, 10 years ago, that in a decade RDJ would be, arguably, the biggest movie star on the planet, and Tom Cruise would become a joke at the movie awards?
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
As we approach April, the Chestnut Hill Community Association is preparing to hold yet another election for its board. If you think the board could use help doing what it does or if you think it could use a new voice to steer it in a different direction, now is a good time to run.
You might wonder why anyone would run?
For one, it's never been a better time to be an individual voice.
Available this year are eight seats, which account for roughly 40 percent of the 21 "at-large" seats on the board. Other seats on the board are held by institutional directors who come from the Morris Arboretum, Chestnut Hill Hospital, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society and other neighborhood organizations. In total, the board has 27 members.
Unlike the recent past when CHCA board membership swelled beyond 50 members, the new organization is much smaller, which means that an individual has more say. Boards can often be notorious for inaction. Some accuse the CHCA of the same. Regardless, the leaner board is more efficient than it has been in a long time. It can set goals and meet them. That was not always the case, but it certainly is now.
Also, there is an opportunity for the CHCA to be more issue-oriented and address real concerns of the neighborhood.
Part of the focus of the CHCA board in recent times – a hallmark perhaps of its more efficient present state – is a focus on its mission. A good part of the focus has turned appropriately to offering a forum for residents of Chestnut Hill to be heard on important issues beyond the usual zoning variance disputes.
Recently, the CHCA has held a series of well-attended meetings on the City of Philadelphia's Actual Value Initiative, a reworking of the property tax system that will go into effect this year.
The CHCA brought city officials to Chestnut Hill to address the issue and answer resident questions. It did the same late last year to address concerns about local crime. The CHCA convened a meeting with Town Watch members and police. It was a perfect function for the CHCA and one that should be repeated more often as large issues that face the city and region are likely to affect Chestnut Hill. It's important to have a local venue where neighbors can get information and be heard.
There are always reasons not to join. But there are many more to have a role in an organization that can very much be a positive influence on Chestnut Hill. In fact, that venue for residents is vital. And it depends on residents to volunteer their time to ensure that it continues.
If you would like to run, you must get a nomination form, procure the signatures of four CHCA members and deliver the form to the CHCA office, 8434 Germantown Ave., this Friday, March 22. Nomination forms are available at www.chestnuthill.org and on page 6.


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And fallen, fallen light renew!
—William Blake
Thou, this humid cloak at dusk, a blue
Air flattened, smoldering the same
Field for years. Oh, Thou—this hardened name
For You not joyously sprung, not grown to grace
Out of me: how to instill a tint
Of silver out from ash, a trace
Out, out from my cramped cell.
Renew our life, oh Thou! Wake, rise and glint
In me like extended wings slick with dew.
Be the pulse driven from a broken shell.
Robert Manaster's poetry has appeared in numerous publications. He lives in Champaign, Ill.
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More than 21,000 students attend Towson University.
To PNC Bank, that's 21,000 potential customers.
PNC is planning to open its first full-service, on-campus branch in Maryland at Towson's student center Thursday in a space previously occupied by Capital One Bank. The Pittsburgh-based financial giant sees the move as its entree into the University System of Maryland, with its 12 institutions and its more than 150,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
"PNC wants to continue to grow and invest in the market," said Matt Martin, PNC's greater Maryland retail banking market manager. "We see the university space as a great opportunity for us."
Opening a brick-and-mortar branch — particularly on a campus, where students are likely to maintain low balances on their accounts — is not the cheapest way to reach and develop a customer base.
Analysts see the move as a bet on the future: The payoff comes when students graduate, accumulate wealth and become interested in services such as credit cards and mortgages.
"By getting those students early, the banks put themselves in a position to have a long-term relationship with that student," said former bank executive Clifford Rossi, a teaching fellow and executive-in-residence at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
"It's all about connectivity, making that high-touch experience for the student — that they're not just about a number and put a face to the bank."
Of course, some students already have accounts with other banks. Sarah Harris, a rising senior at Towson, says she plans to stick with Bank of America. Still, she likes the idea of having a bank like PNC on campus, she says, because many students don't have cars and can't leave campus easily.
Banks have long marketed to college students, opening branches near schools and pushing student-focused products such as free checking accounts. But it wasn't until the past decade, Rossi said, that banks began ramping up their presence on campus.
Martin, the PNC manager, said the school has developed relationships with more than 210 schools in the last 15 years. The bank has customer service offices and full-service branches at 16 schools, PNC officials said.
PNC is not alone. M&T Bank, one of the largest banks in the Mid-Atlantic region, opened an on-campus branch at the State University of New York's Binghamton University in 1994.
Capital One Bank operates a branch at the student union of the University of Maryland, College Park.
PNC is replacing Capital One at Towson. Capital One came to campus several years ago when it acquired Chevy Chase Bank, which had established the banking partnerships with Towson and Maryland.
Robert Campbell, Towson's director of auxiliary services for finance and information systems, said the university chose PNC because the bank's college business is "something that they do really well."
Under the 10-year deal, PNC says it will emphasize financial education and money management, and will offer workshops for students and staff. The bank also will operate seven ATMs throughout campus. In exchange, the university will receive rent from the bank, Campbell said.
Towson students and faculty will have access to all the bank's products and services, as at any PNC branch. Four employees -- a branch manager, two tellers and one financial consultant -- will staff the Towson branch.
Martin said marketing its credit cards to students will not be an objective. He said the bank would instead be "reactive" to student inquiries.
Credit card issuers have drawn criticism in recent years for their aggressive tactics on college campuses. Credit card reforms that took effect last year now generally restrict issuers from extending credit to those younger than 21.
Since taking over the former Capital One branch last week, PNC's construction crew has been rebuilding the 1,400-square-feet space with new signs and furniture. On Monday, employees conducted a final walk-through of the branch.
Meanwhile, three PNC employees worked at a booth set up at the student center, where they greeted students, answered questions and helped some sign up for new accounts.
Jeremy Winn, 21, and Rory McMahon, 20, opened new PNC checking accounts. Both said they plan to close their existing Capital One accounts.
"It's the convenience," McMahon said. "I love having a branch on campus so I don't have to worry about finding a place, or ATM."


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SEATTLE -- Spencer Dinwiddie slowly shuffled across the floor on Sunday afternoon, his left knee wrapped in a brace and his future -- as well as the future of the Colorado Buffaloes -- unsure.
The 15th-ranked Buffs were beaten by Washington, 71-54, but unfortunately, that may have been the good news from their trip to Alaska Airlines Arena.
During the first half, Dinwiddie, the Buffs' star point guard and a legitimate prospect for the 2014 NBA Draft, collapsed to the floor with an apparent injury to his left knee.
"I don't have a prognosis right now," CU head coach Tad Boyle said shortly after the game. "It didn't feel good, but we'll find out. Right now, I don't know. I'll have a chance to talk to (trainer Rawley Klingsmith) and then obviously he'll see our doctors when we get back, but right now I'm not sure.
"My gut is not good."
It certainly didn't look good from the moment Dinwiddie hit the floor with 2 minutes, 52 to play in the first half.
Dinwiddie was dribbling down the middle of the court and appeared to make a move to his right when his knee gave out and he lost the ball. The junior immediately clutched his left knee and was in obvious pain as Boyle and Klingsmith talked to him for a couple of minutes.
Teammates Xavier Johnson and Xavier Talton then helped him off the court and into the CU locker room.
"It's a big loss for our team, just because Spencer has done so much, not only offensively, but defensively," said redshirt freshman Wesley Gordon, who came through with a big game, scoring 11 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.
The long-term impact on the Buffs (14-3, 3-1 Pac-12) is not yet known, but the short-term impact was ugly.
Dinwiddie came into the day averaging a team-high 15.2 points per game, along with 3.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He had seven points and one assist before his injury. More so than his production, though, the Buffs might have missed Dinwiddie's presence on the floor.
"I thought we finished the first half well," Boyle said. "I don't know if we were going on fumes or what, but the second half, boy we shot ourselves in the foot."
CU led the Huskies 25-22 at the time of Dinwiddie's injury and maintained a three-point lead, 29-26, into halftime. Washington (11-6, 3-1) dominated the second half, though.
Huskies star C.J. Wilcox finished with 31 points, 21 of them after the break. He made 12-of-18 field goals on the day, including 7-for-12 from 3-point range, helping the Huskies to out-score the Buffs 45-25 in the second half.
"It's something you don't want to wish upon anyone," CU's Eli Stalzer said of Dinwiddie's injury, "but as a team we have to put that aside, put our emotions aside and keep moving on. Tonight, it seemed like it was a struggle to do for us, but I thought we fought and gave what we could."
Offensively, the Buffs were a mess without Dinwiddie. They made just 34.5 percent of their shots and committed 20 turnovers in the game. The Buffs were 1-for-12 from 3-point range.
"Spencer keeps us together," Gordon said. "When he went down, everybody just felt like it was every man for himself. He can free you up for a jump shot just by him creating or things like that. When he went down, we felt like we had to get our own shots and that just went bad."
During a stretch of 7 minutes early in the second half, Wilcox scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers, to turn a four-point CU lead into a 53-39 Washington advantage.
Shortly after that, CU called a timeout and Dinwiddie, who had hobbled back to the bench, gave an animated speech to his team. Dinwiddie left the bench again after that timeout and didn't return. Dinwiddie was not available to the media afterward.
"He tried to inspire us to fight, because we're ranked and we're doing something special right now," Gordon said. "He tried to inspire us, but it didn't work; we needed him out there."
Washington stretched the lead after that timeout to 61-43. The 18-point deficit was CU's biggest of the season.
What started off as a solid game for CU turned into a nightmare in a hurry. But, sophomore center Josh Scott, who led the team with 15 points, said the Buffs can't use Dinwiddie's injury as an excuse.
"We didn't do what we needed to do," Scott said. "I don't think we can put this on Spencer being out. I think this one's on us that played, because we have the talent."
No question, the Buffs are talented, but the gloomy faces that walked out of the CU locker room on Sunday afternoon suggested that they expect to be without their most talented player for a while.
"I think everybody knows when he's not playing or if he doesn't play, it's a big deal," Scott said.
The Buffs won't have much time to recover from this one. A good UCLA squad will be in Boulder on Thursday.
"I think all of us that have been here, we all have to step up," Scott said. "It's time for the men to rise."
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Washington 71,
No. 15 Colorado 54
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Booker 24 0-9 0-0 0-2 1 3 0
Gordon 27 5-7 1-2 7-13 0 1 11
Johnson 30 3-6 1-2 3-6 1 2 8
Dinwiddie 15 2-4 3-3 0-0 1 0 7
Scott 27 4-9 7-7 3-6 0 3 15
Talton 17 0-5 0-0 0-1 1 0 0
Stalzer 10 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 1 2
Fletcher 10 1-3 2-2 0-1 0 2 4
Thomas 14 0-1 0-2 2-3 0 2 0
Hopkins 20 3-8 1-2 1-1 1 1 7
King 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Mills 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 200 19-55 15-20 18-38 6 15 54
Percentages: FG .345, FT .750.
3-Point Goals: 1-12, .083 (Johnson 1-2, Dinwiddie 0-1, Stalzer 0-1, Hopkins 0-2, Talton 0-2, Fletcher 0-2, Booker 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 2.
Blocked Shots: 6 (Gordon 4, Hopkins, Johnson).
Turnovers: 20 (Talton 4, Booker 3, Johnson 3, Gordon 2, Scott 2, Thomas, Stalzer, Mills, Fletcher, Hopkins, Dinwiddie).
Steals: 3 (Talton 2, Hopkins).
Technical Fouls: None.
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Blackwell 23 1-11 0-0 4-5 3 4 2
Williams-Goss 35 6-8 0-0 0-2 2 1 12
Anderson 31 0-0 3-4 3-10 1 1 3
Andrews 34 4-13 4-4 0-2 2 2 14
Wilcox 36 12-18 0-0 1-4 2 2 31
Johnson 16 1-2 3-4 0-2 0 0 5
Simmons 12 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 4 2
Kemp, Jr 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 2
Totals 200 26-55 10-12 9-30 10 18 71
Percentages: FG .473, FT .833.
3-Point Goals: 9-20, .450 (Wilcox 7-12, Andrews 2-5, Simmons 0-1, Williams-Goss 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 3.
Blocked Shots: 6 (Wilcox 4, Andrews, Blackwell).
Turnovers: 13 (Wilcox 3, Williams-Goss 2, Anderson 2, Johnson 2, Blackwell 2, Andrews 2).
Steals: 6 (Wilcox 2, Williams-Goss 2, Andrews 2).
Technical Fouls: None.
Colorado 29 25--54
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Japan isn't likely to open its borders to U.S. beef anytime soon, according to a Japanese Embassy official.
While leaders from the United States, Mexico and Canada continue to stress their close relationship, the coziness between the United States and its North American neighbors could prove to be a detriment when it comes to re-opening the beef trade with some countries.
Even with the United States government's assurance that the Washington cow that tested positive for BSE originated in Canada, Japan still isn't likely to re-open its borders to U.S. beef, Masahito Enomoto, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Counselor for the Embassy of Japan, told U.S. cattlemen gathered in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20 in support of country-of-origin labeling.
After the first case of BSE was discovered in Canada last May, Enomoto says Japan began asking U.S. packers to verify that U.S. beef products were not made from Canadian cattle.
"USDA told us they could trace all cattle involved in the Dec. 23 case within three to four days, but now it's been three to four weeks and they still haven't completed that task. That tells us that the United States does not truly have a trace-back system in place," Enomoto says. "Because the two industries in the United States and Canada are so integrated, we cannot be assured that U.S. beef products are from U.S. cattle only."
Seemingly making his point, Bob Speller, Canadian Minister of Agriculture, says, "There's no question that this industry is a North American industry. It's probably one of the industries that is the most integrated within our North American context."
At a recent meeting between agricultural officials in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Agricultural Secretary Ann Veneman pushed that point, announcing that they had agreed to enhance the cooperative processes already in place among the three countries to focus on BSE.
"It is vital, given our integrated markets, that we work to harmonize our rules and processes regarding BSE. This will improve our ability to protect the food supply and public health, maintain consumer confidence, and bring about greater consistency in trade," says Veneman.
Mexico's Agriculture Secretary Javier Usabiaga called the recent meeting "a great opportunity to reinforce the relationship between the three countries but more so to increase the compromise between the three countries to save our North American herd and protect the North American consumer."
That doesn't mean, however, that Mexico is ready to re-open its borders to U.S.-produced beef.
In an interesting twist, Mexico re-opened its beef trade with Canada last October, but is not currently accepting U.S. beef. That will happen, Usabiaga says, when "the United States implements the measures that they have offered to do, and they then satisfy the Mexican officials responsible for the health and sanitary conditions of the Mexican herd and they satisfy the Mexican consumer."
According to Veneman, the United States has either already implemented, or is in the process of implementing, the "aggressive regulations" announced in response to the BSE case.
Despite his country's unwillingness to re-open its borders to U.S. beef, Usabiaga says, "The most secure beef in the world is the North American's beef, regardless if it is from Mexico, from Canada, or it is from the United States."
Responding to the apparent hypocrisy among the United States and its beef trading partners, Veneman has said, "It is true that when the single case was found in Canada and in each of the other countries that have found BSE the U.S. has excluded their beef exports."
She says, "In the case of Canada which was just last May, the United States worked fairly quickly to do a risk assessment and look at the least risk product and then allow what's called "boneless boxed beef" to come back into our market and thereby resume a significant amount of trade into this market. We then published a regulation that is still pending regarding the lowest risk cattle that would be coming in for slaughter. That's still under consideration."
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There's a new way of treating cancer and these two companies are leading the pack, notes Michael Murphy of New World Investor.
I've spent the last few weeks looking at two more biotech companies going after cancer by improving the immune system. Since Dendreon's (DNDN) success, this has become a legitimate alternative to the burn-it-out chemotherapy approach.
Think of cancer not as a disease, but as a symptom of a disease. The underlying disease is an impaired immune system. We all have cancerous cells circulating in our body all the time.
Normally, your immune system identifies them and sends killer T-cells to latch on and inject hydrogen peroxide to kill them. Then macrophages sweep up the detritus and carry it out of your body.
Even the American Cancer Society once wrote in its yearbook that if you have a strong immune system, you will not get cancer. That was back in 1975.
The statement has since disappeared, as it would mean the War on Cancer required improving the immune system, as the alternative health people had been saying for years. Plus, it threatened the multibillion-dollar chemotherapy drug industry.
So we spent 30 more years attacking the tumor—the symptom—instead of the problem, and using methods that drastically weaken the immune system to do it.
The few cancerous cells that survive radiation or chemotherapy then have to be taken out by a weakened immune system, or the cancer will recur with tumors based on the strongest cells (the ones that survived the original treatment). That's why recurrent cancers are so vicious, and survival rates so much lower than for first-time cancers.
The two biotech companies I have been looking at are working to boost the immune response to brain cancer, an especially bad cancer. (Not the worst—that's pancreatic cancer, which Steve Jobs has. Much of the immune system is built in the pancreas, so cancer there is a direct attack on the body's main defenses.)
I think each one will have a successful trial. But at the end of the day, I decided not to recommend either stock, for totally different reasons.
Micromet (MITI) is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., but most of its operations are in Germany.
It was founded by a team of scientists from the University of Munich. They developed an antibody technology to mobilize T-cells, which they called Bi-specific T-cell engager, or BiTE. They went public via a reverse merger with CancerVax, a California company, in 2006.
The BiTE technology is in several pre-clinical and very early stage trials. The lead product candidate is blinatumomab, which has demonstrated single-agent activity in both adult and pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The drug is currently in a Phase IIb pivotal clinical trial in Europe.
The second company, Celldex (CLDX), is even more interesting, and they do have only a $100 million market cap.
They focus on precision-targeted antibodies—combining monoclonal antibodies, some with a cytotoxic drug load, with antigen-presenting cells to produce drugs and vaccines. They have several drugs in early stage development.
CEO Anthony Marucci still lives in New Jersey. Every other week, he drives four hours and 15 minutes one-way from New Jersey to Needham, 287 miles.
Now, this isn't as bad as Ron Pickett of Telkonet (TKOI), who claimed to be the CEO of the Germantown, Md. company while restoring, living, and entertaining in the Governor Dudley Mansion in Wilmington, NC—385 miles away.
Nor is it another case of Declan Daly, who ran Isolagen out of money—and he was the former CFO!—while trying to run the Exton, Penn.-based company from Ireland (a scenic, 3,166-mile commute).
But after the Telkonet experience, I added another check-off item to my list that the CEO has to be "in the house." Marucci is only "in the house" part time. I will have to get much more comfortable with this before I change my mind.
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However, the Phillies aren't the Nationals.
Even though they aren't playing well, the Mets are talking about the match-up with the Phillies as a good thing, saying the NL East confrontation could give them a spark. That's disconcerting to me because if they need a rivarly to get them going there's something lacking.
Carlos Delgado (hip) and Luis Castillo (back) are out of the line-up, an indication their injuries are more serious than originally speculated. Manager Jerry Manuel even suggested the DL a possibility for Delgado.
Here's the line-up:
Jose Reyes, SS
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Hello guys, it's a sweet day today, isn't it? In this Valentine's Day, what do you want to do? Date with your girlfriend/boyfriend, or just stay at home and play games? If you're single in real life, have you ever thought of getting married in games?
As to the ingame marriage, nowadays in video games, the marriage system has become more and more popular., and we can see it in most RPG games. Sometimes, the ingame couples may even become the real couples. However, if you've already married in real life, will you still pretend to be single and marry with someone else in games? Do you think it's a kind of cheating?
In some players' opinion, the ingame marriage is just for fun, it won't cause any problem in real life. Any way, you even don't know whether your ingame wife is female or male. And compared to the real marriage, the ingame marriage is low-risk, it's just a kind of relaxation.
On the other hand, can you accept your couple married in game with someone else? If not, what will you do then? Uninstall his/her game client? Delete his/her account, or just turn a blind eye? And in my opinion, the best way to avoid this problem is to marry with your real couple in game. What do you think? Don't hesitate to share us your opinion. And at last wish everyone of you have a sweet Valentine's Day.
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CHL Game Night 10/6: Quiet Night for Lightning Prospects
Brandon Wheat Kings 5 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes 2
C Mitch Fadden, LET: 0-0-0, -2, 0 PIM
After a five game point streak to start the season, Fadden has gone two games with no points. He was slated to move off of a line with 06-07 91-point scorer Zach Boychuk and onto a line with Yashar Farmanara, who came to Lethbridge with Fadden from Seattle two seasons ago. Boychuk and Fadden both have 9 points this year.
Everett Silvertips 5 @ Portland Winter Hawks 3
D Dane Crowley, EVT: 0-0-0, E, 6 PIM
Everett and Portland traded road wins to start the weekend. Crowley had minor and double-minor penalties for roughing.
Swift Current Broncos 6 @ Prince George Cougars 1
C/W Dana Tyrell, PG: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
The Cougars are now 1-5-0-0 on the year and get to play WHL powerhouse Calgary Sunday.
Kelowna Rockets 4 @ Seattle Thunderbirds 3 (SO)
G Riku Helenius, SEA: Did Not Play
G Torrie Jung, KEL: Did Not Play
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We practice mind-body awareness in sitting and walking meditation and in daily life. Our teaching is in the Soto Zen tradition brought to us from Japan by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Kobun Chino Roshi, direct spiritual descendants of the great thirteenth century Zen Master Eihei Dogen.
Suzuki Roshi founded the San Francisco Zen Center in 1962, and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in 1967. Chino Roshi came to America in 1967 to help Suzuki Roshi develop the practice at Tassajara, and in 1972 the Santa Cruz Zen Center at 113 and 115 School Street was offered as a practice place for Kobun and his students.
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Rush's Geddy Lee Says Touring Is More Stressful Than Ever
You might think that after four-plus decades in the music industry that touring would be old hat for a band like Rush, but singer Geddy Lee says that hitting the road these days is more stressful than ever.
The vocalist tells Grammy.com, "I find it more stressful than when I was younger. I think the physical part of it takes its toll on me, and the other guys I know for sure. Staying healthy becomes a more difficult challenge, and as the tour winds on, nerves fray in a different way than they used to."
On a skill level, Lee says that he has more confidence in his singing and bass playing than he did when he was younger and therefore it makes it easier for him to capture an audience's attention, but, he adds, "There is kind of a physical price you pay as the tour winds on. Whereas when I was younger, I could be in almost any condition, get out there and bang it off. I'm grateful for the audiences that we have, wherever we go, but it's a difficult thing for me to do right now."
One "nice problem" to have though as a veteran band is deciding on set lists. Lee says it's hard to pick what goes in and becomes tougher every year, but he adds, "It's a good problem to have because it's the result of a long career." The singer adds, "You don't want to disappoint people by leaving their favorite song out. At the same time, you try to [play] a [new] old song. Trying to keep the balance is tricky."
Lee, with his Rush bandmates, just returned to the road on Friday night to support their latest album, 'Clockwork Angels.' In other Rush news, the band took home the Album of the Year for 'Clockwork Angels' at the inaugural Progressive Music Awards last week.


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Todd100 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
We are the website design company for vamortgageconnection.com and are re-designing the site. The new site (under development) can be seen at: http://vamt.srv9.2surge.com. Here we have just used a basic text-based logo as filler until we choose YOUR new design =0)
We want this logo to appeal to our US veteran soldiers. They are typically in their early 20's and VERY PATRIOTIC...or they wouldnt have volunteered for the armed services.
We require a more horizontal design (like the dimensions on the new site) as opposed to the more vertical design like on the current vamortgageconnection.com site.
Ideas would include: images of US flag, American Eagle, General Stars (like in the current logo), etc. with the VAMortgageConnection.com embedded in a creative manner. Again...the goal is to see this logo and IMMEDIATELY associate it to our proud soldiers, American patriotism, etc.
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On my run today, I went au naturale, getting all my nutrition from raw, real ingredients. I made two things from Thrive last night to bring along today—Lemon-Lime Sports Drink and this Lemon-Lime Gel.
Interestingly, both of these were made from similar ingredients, just in different proportions. I know they don't look too terribly exciting (the lighting in my kitchen does them no favors either), but both of these were really tasty. I like the drink as much as any commercial sports drink, though next time I'll strain out the date pulp and whatever coconut oil doesn't emulsify.
But the gel was the real surprise. I absolutely HATE normal gels, gu's, or whatever you want to call them—I've stopped even trying to eat them during runs. But this one tasted so much better. I can't be giving all of Brendan's recipes away, so I'll just do the gel recipe, since that's the one I'm most excited about.
Also, exciting news in NMA land—my interview with Thrive author Brendan Brazier is tomorrow morning!
Raw Lemon-Lime Sport Gel Recipe (from Thrive)
Ingredients (for 3/4 cup, twice as much as pictured)
- 4 dates (I used dried dates, soaked for a few hours)
- 1/2 cup raw agave nectar
- 1 Tbsp lime zest
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 1/2 tsp dulse (I skipped this, since I didn't have it)
- Sea salt to taste
Combine all the ingredients in a blender or small food processor until desired consistency is reached. Put into plastic zip-lock bag or gel flask. (You can see that in my sublime hatred of carrying heavy or bulky things with me on runs, I chose the former. Just bite off a corner when you're ready to eat it.)
So easy, and so much better than what you can buy. I wasn't able to get the citrus zest and date pulp completely incorporated into the gel; it wasn't an issue when I was running, but if this weirds you out, then you could just be careful and pour the gel off of the solid bits.
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The third season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta only began filming weeks ago and the drama is already raging on.
RadarOnline is reporting that former enemies Nene Leakes and Kim Zolciak came together last Friday and decided to confront honorary 6th housewife Dwight Eubanks, leading to a very nasty war of words and chair throwing between the parties.
"Dwight was at the hotel for what he thought was going to be a casual meeting," a source tells Radar. "But instead the producers had their own plans as they brought in Kim and NeNe to confront Eubanks about several issues, only for Dwight to call them out. NeNe and Kim came storming into the hotel and got straight in Dwight's face, accusing him of spreading lies about them and making up rumors."
The source continues, "It was absolutely crazy! NeNe and Kim were both screaming at him, and he gave back as good as he got. Dwight started yelling at NeNe that she was nothing but a common prostitute and that she had hooked up with a married man, and he totally trash talked Kim too."
The rumor now is that Nene's husband Gregg Leakes was still married when she met him, while dancing at a strip club. "NeNe lost her temper and attacked Dwight with a chair, breaking off a leg and Kim threw a vase at him! It was like a scene out of some crazy movie!," continued the source.
Access Atlanta was able to get ahold of Dwight, who confirmed the events did indeed take place. "It was real… she bruised me up a little bit," said Dwight. When asked if there was any permanent damage, he said, "I'll survive. We're fine."
In other Atlanta news, all of the housewives including the two newest housewives, Cynthia Bailey and a very pregnant Phaedra Parks were all in attendance at a listening party for Kandi Burruss, who is currently working on her new album. Photos of that below –
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30 Worst Rock Tattoos of All Time [Watch]
In the history of Loudwire, one of our most popular features has been the 'Worst Rock Tattoos.' An insane amount of people have visited us to gawk at awful ink jobs and cackle at dozens of unfortunate souls, so we've compiled the 30 Worst Rock Tattoos of All Time into a new video slideshow!
In this menagerie of poor decisions, 30 tattoos are featured along with the funny little captions we gave them at first sight. From 'Goofy Grohl' to 'Dismal Durst' to 'Monstrous Manson,' these tattoos are true abominations. The moral of this story? Research your tattoo artists and your subject matter before you get inked and if you're a man, don't get a tramp stamp.
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Was born and raised as a 'Hindu' in India.
all the rituals, prayers, made no sense to me, though i just practiced without any questioning. finally quit.
went to england to do masters. had a real difficult time, with my relationships with people and finances. tried jesus. didn't gain anything. been to churches and all that. realized miracles won't happen just because you pray to someone. in fact, realized, there aren't any miracles.
back to india again, for good. living with a bi-polar disorder father. this has come as a 'shock'. I got him checked with a psychiatrist. this is one of the hardest phases in my life. am sure i will see through this. i don't want to fall back upon any god's this time. been there, done that. not again. some where, deep inside, a voice is asking me to 'pray'. do they call this 'cognitive dissonance'? i guess. my atheist friends out there, any suggestions? much appreciated, Sandeep
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Thanks a lot sarah. that was very encouraging.
"Let go of the uncontrollable things. Focus on the Things that You Can Control in Life."
Sucking it up is pretty much the only choice. Like it or not. May sound a little abrupt and harsh, and it is. But I've never really been one for needing mollycoddled. Having both parents, and one child dead already, I've taken a few hits on the brain. "Stiff upper lip son".
Have you tried getting into a meditation practice? I meditate almost daily (i miss a day here and there) and find it refreshing. I started with a lying down meditation (on a yoga mat on the floor) to keep back straight but i find it more comfortable. Then when i do a sitting meditation it's easier on me because of all the practice i've done lying down.
Yeah, it's called "doing something." For example, when I run into someone dealing with depression I have good advice. I went through a 2-year clinical depression about 20 years ago. I tried medication, but it didn't work. What did work, I finally realized, was putting up a fight. For example, if you're depressed about unemployment, get out there and slug away trying to find a job. If you seem to fail time after time, at least you knew it wasn't because you didn't try. If you just give up, the conclusion that you earned your failure will be hard to avoid.
Don't pray. Get out and do something instead.
Theists will point toward the miracle of prayer as they call it, saying it turned this or that person's condition around, and maybe it did, but not because prayer works but because putting up any kind of effort is better than putting up none. Doctors note that people with potentially terminal conditions beat the odds more frequently if they are fighters.
(And I wrote this post before seeing Reg's graphic.)
The fact that there is no judging psychopath up in the clouds is enough to give me comfort. We find comfort from each other, from the love of our family and friends and knowing that the bad times will eventually pass. A sort of stoic calm in the face of tragedy does it for me. Therefore non-belief in deities can be liberating and comforting in its own way.
Having urges to pray? This is similar to the smoker who has long since quit but craves one in moments of stress etc.
So this is the thing about prayer: It releases chemicals in your brain and you get a bit of a fix. This like the smoker having a cigarette after years is basically putting a glove over their emotions. So bad times are the perfect scenario for that. So there is an element of stress, then prayer then the chemical reward. That being said, does it surprise you that one would have an urge to pray during tough times? Not a lot different from the former smoker.
Try jogging, hugging, cuddling, sex, masturbation, have a wrestling match with a brother or at the local gym. Just not all at once. Try to give your body what it wants (chemicals) and replace the habit of prayer -the association of prayer with something secular.
Take care.
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Celebrity endorsements and advertising effectiveness: The importance of value congruence
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Millions of dollars are spent on celebrity contracts each year by assuming that the benefits of using celebrities will exceed the costs. Accordingly, many researchers have studied the impact of celebrity endorsements on advertising effectiveness. One of the theories used frequently by these researchers is the match-up hypothesis. This theory suggests that there should be a good fit between the celebrity and the product; however, it is not clear what constitutes a good fit. Some researchers suggested that attractive celebrities will be more effective if they are used to promote attractiveness-related products. Other researchers claimed that when there is congruence between the product type and the celebrity profession, advertising effectiveness will be enhanced; however, these existing dimensions of the match-up hypothesis fall short of explaining some popular celebrity endorsement campaigns (e.g., Sharpie Pens and David Beckham). The current research contributes to the study of celebrity endorsements by adding another dimension, values, to the match-up hypothesis. Specifically, the congruence between celebrity values (as perceived by consumers) and values represented by products was considered as an alternative to the attractiveness and expertise dimensions. In a series of six experiments, support for the positive impact of celebrity-product value congruence on advertising effectiveness was found. College students exposed to the high value congruence ad spent less time in examining the ad, suggesting that participants were easily and quickly able to match up the celebrities and products. Moreover, participants who were exposed to the high value congruence ad had significantly more favorable attitudes toward ad and brand, had higher intentions to buy the product, and were more likely to recommend the product to other people than were participants who were exposed to the low value congruence ad. The results also suggested that value congruence with unfamiliar celebrities was more effective than value congruence with familiar celebrities for generating more favorable attitudes toward ad and brand and higher behavioral intentions, due probably to the minimized effect of pre-established thoughts or feelings about unfamiliar celebrities. Together these results suggest that the congruence between celebrity and product values plays an important role in advertising effectiveness.


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Smoking and Hypertension Associated With Greater Arterial Stiffness in People Aging With HIV
November 8, 2013
Having HIV is not independently associated with arterial stiffness -- a trait linked to cardiovascular disease risk -- despite HIV-infected individuals having a modest, but clinically significant, increase in arterial stiffness when compared to their uninfected counterparts. Instead, factors such as smoking and hypertension may account for the increase, according to study results presented at EACS 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
To provide some background, HIV infection has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and one of the markers for this condition is arterial stiffness, which is measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV), or how fast blood moves through the circulatory system. With age, or other changes to the arterial wall, blood vessels become stiffer and blood moves faster through the system, giving the heart less time to rest. PWV is directly dependent on mean arterial pressure (MAP) and past research has shown that an increase of 1 m/s (meter per second) in PWV is associated with a 14% greater incidence in total cardiovascular events.
However, studies measuring PWV in HIV-infected patients have been small and their results inconsistent. So, researchers led by Katherine Kooij, M.D., compared PWV in a cohort of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected people to determine if there is an independent association between HIV and PWV, as well as possible determinants of PWV.
The study included 566 HIV-infected and 511 HIV-uninfected individuals, all 45 or older. Both groups had comparable median ages (52.8 versus 52), gender distribution (89.1% men versus 86% men) and proportion of men who have sex with men (76.4% versus 71.4%). However, the HIV-infected group included more current smokers (32.9% versus 24.8%) and users of antihypertensive drugs (31.3% versus 22.4%). The HIV-infected participants also displayed higher levels of inflammation and immune activation markers, such as hs-CRP and sCD163.
The researchers performed three measurements of PWV, as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressure, using an Arteriograph system, which registers oscillometric pressure waves in the aorta through an upper arm cuff. Additional information on potential determinants of arterial stiffness was collected with laboratory measurements and questionnaires. The data underwent a statistical analysis with multivariable linear regression models using PWV as a dependent variable, adjusted for MAP.
The analysis revealed a slightly higher, but significant unadjusted PWV in HIV-infected individuals than in HIV-uninfected individuals (7.9 m/s versus 7.7 m/s, P = .004). When these results were adjusted for MAP and gender, the difference between the two remained at 0.19 m/s (P = .04). If compared to a PWV increase due to age (+0.29 m/s per 5 years older, P < .001), having a positive HIV status would be the equivalent of being 3 to 3.5 years older.
However, when the PWV values were adjusted for other factors, such as smoking and use of antihypertensive drugs, HIV-infected status was no longer independently associated with arterial stiffness. In this setting, the difference between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected PWV was only 0.022 m/s (P = .8). In contrast, every 5 pack-years (smoking 20 cigarettes a day per year, about 7,305 cigarettes) for current smokers accounted for a difference of 0.121 m/s (P < .001), while use of antihypertensive drugs represented an increase of 0.527 m/s (P < .001). The researchers also found that the inflammation marker hs-CRP and the monocyte activation marker sCD163 were associated with a higher PWV: 0.039 m/s (P = .001) and 0.056 m/s (P = .04), respectively. But sCD163 was only a significant determinant in men.
According to the researchers, the small, but significant, difference in arterial stiffness and PWV between middle-aged HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected individuals can be explained by a higher prevalence of factors such as hypertension and smoking, as well as increased markers of inflammation and monocyte activation. While HIV itself is not independently associated with greater arterial stiffness, Kooij and her team conclude that the higher PWV value in the HIV-infected group may indicate a greater vascular age in this population, which warrants a closer look, since it may become more important as people living with HIV get older.
Fred Furtado is a science writer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The Secret Service traditionally has given pithy, private names to those whose lives they protect. The monikers are a throwback to a time when electronic communications were not encrypted, and they no longer serve a security function. Still, they give an occasional peek at the players' personalities, in addition to serving as great trivia questions.
President-elect Barack Obama: Renegade
Michelle Obama: Renaissance
Malia Obama: Radiance
Sasha Obama: Rosebud
Vice President-elect Joe Biden: Celtic
Jill Biden: Capri
President George W. Bush: Tumbler
First Lady Laura Bush: Tempo
Bill Clinton: Eagle
Hillary Clinton: Evergreen
Chelsea Clinton: Energy
George Bush: Timberwolf
Barbara Bush: Tranquility
Jimmy Carter: Deacon
Rosalynn Carter: Dancer
Amy Carter: Dynamo
Ronald Reagan: Rawhide
Nancy Reagan: Rainbow
Gerald Ford: Passkey
Betty Ford: Pinafore
Richard Nixon: Searchlight
Pat Nixon: Starlight
Lyndon Johnson: Volunteer
Lady Bird Johnson: Victoria
Lynda Bird Johnson: Velvet
Luci Baines Johnson: Venus
John F. Kennedy: Lancer
Jacqueline Kennedy: Lace
Caroline Kennedy: Lyric
John F. Kennedy Jr.: Lark
Dwight Eisenhower: Providence
Harry Truman: General
Ted Kennedy (during 1970 campaign): Sunburn
Kitty Dukakis: Panda
Scott McClellan: Matrix
Jed Bartlet: Eagle and Liberty
C.J. Cregg: Flamingo
Zoey Bartlet: Bookbag


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Two things. I've recently got back from holiday, and I've recently installed Windows 7 RC on a 64 bit machine. My wife will attest that these are two completely unrelated things.
Until it's time to load up the holiday snaps.
After plugging in my nice shiny new Canon EOS 1000D (a camera for grown ups!) I was slightly disappointed that I didn't get a nice shiny new Device Stage UI. Ho hum. What I did get was the usual AutoPlay dialog allowing me to (amongst other things) import into Windows Live Photo Gallery. Tip top.
And then, later, I tried to do the same, but this time, by just inserting the SD card. And the AutoPlay dialog didn't have the Import using Windows Live Photo Gallery option. I could view, or import using Windows (don't do it, it's rubbish) but I couldn't import via Windows Live Photo Gallery. And I really wanted to.
This meant only one thing. Time to go spelunking in the registry.
Now, the AutoPlay registration scheme is crazy complicated. It's all under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\AutoplayHandlers. There you'll find a key called EventHandlers, and under here are a bunch of keys that represent the events that can cause AutoPlay to kick in.
The one I'm interested in is ShowPicturesOnArrival. Looking at the values there, we can see that I've got 4 values:
These values refer to keys defined under AutoplayHandlers\Handlers. When the ShowPicturesOnArrival event occurs, these handlers are added to the AutoPlay dialog. And under these handler keys is a bunch of registration.
Now, I get the option to view with Windows Live Photo Gallery, but not to import. So, I'd lay odds that MSLiveShowPicturesOnArrival is fine, but there's something fishy with MSLivePhotoAcquireDropHandler.
But let's back up a step, first.
Remember I said it was a 64 bit machine? Well, that's important. For two reasons.
Because AutoPlay has two sets of registration. One under that HKLM\Software\Microsoft\… and a duplicate set under HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node. This key is what 32 bit applications see as HKLM\Software. And for whatever reason, AutoPlay is a 32 bit process, and so uses the 32 bit registration data.
Similarly, Windows Live Photo Gallery is a 32 bit process, and so gets installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\… And the registration for MSLivePhotoAcquireDropHandler for 32 bit applications points to C:\Program Files\Windows Live.
A simple change to Action to point it at %ProgramFiles(x86)% and my AutoPlay option returned.
So, to rephrase for brevity (and Google's) sake: Import with Windows Live Photo Gallery AutoPlay option was missing on 64 bit Windows 7, because the AutoPlay handler was incorrectly registered. Go to HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\AutoplayHandlers\ Handlers\MSLivePhotoAcquireDropHandler\Action and change "%ProgramFiles%" to "%ProgramFiles(x86)%".
A quick search later, and there were a couple of other poorly registered Windows Live items – I think they're just localised names. I've attached a .reg file that will sort these out.
And it worked for the camera, because that uses the MSLivePhotoAcqHWEventHandler, which is registered correctly.
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Skakel will finally take the stand
VERNON -- Michael Skakel, this time having more to gain than lose, will take the witness stand.
A lawyer for the Kennedy cousin, who is serving 20 years to life in prison for the 1975 murder of Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley, has confirmed that Skakel will testify Thursday at his ongoing habeas corpus trial.
"Yes. Definitely, yes," Hubert Santos told reporters Wednesday as he left state Superior Court in Vernon.
Santos, who replaced Mickey Sherman as Skakel's counsel, declined to comment further about the mindset of his client or preview his testimony.
The decision to put the 52-year-old nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and the late Robert F. Kennedy on the stand is a bombshell in the week-old trial, which hinges on whether Sherman mounted a competent defense when Skakel was convicted in 2002.
At the time, Skakel wanted to tell his side of what happened on Halloween eve in 1975, but ultimately followed the advice of his counsel, his former lawyers testified earlier in the habeas corpus proceeding.
"I know what Michael's preference was. Michael wanted to testify," Jason Throne, a member of the defense team a decade ago, said under oath Tuesday.
In the first week of the habeas corpus trial, a civil action taken by Skakel against the state Department of Correction, Sherman testified that he feared his client's temper and excitability would be his undoing on the stand. Sherman also expressed concerns that Skakel's being diagnosed with an anti-social personality disorder would come up under cross-examination from prosecutors.
"That was just some place I did not want a jury to go," Sherman said last week.
Running out of legal options, Skakel filed a writ of habeas corpus with the state Superior Court in Vernon claiming he is being held unlawfully.
The thrust of Skakel's case is that his former lawyer, Sherman, neglected to pursue all leads on the other suspects in the case, which watered down the third party culpability defense presented to jurors before they reached a guilty verdict.
In a bizarre role reversal for the man who choreographed the successful prosecution of Skakel, Jonathan Benedict vouched Wednesday for Sherman, his former adversary.
Now a special assistant state's attorney, Benedict cross-examined Bridgeport lawyer and appellate case specialist Michael Fitzpatrick, Sherman's harshest critic and a key witness for Skakel in his latest challenge of his conviction.
Fitzpatrick, who has tried 14 murder cases, three of which were for capital murder, has been unrelenting over three days of testimony in his criticism of Sherman's handling of Skakel's defense.
"I'm certainly not going to suggest that a capital felony is a day at the beach," Benedict told Fitzpatrick. "But have you ever handled a case as high-profile as this?"
Fitzpatrick acknowledged that the 2002 criminal trial was unprecedented, but stuck to his guns that Sherman made serious missteps that cost Skakel, from questionable juror picks and the omission of key evidence to contradicting himself in closing arguments and his failure to tell his client about back taxes he owed the government.
"This is a very unique case in Connecticut," Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick appeared to get under Benedict's skin during an entire day of cross-examination, with Judge Thomas Bishop telling the veteran prosecutor to move it along on several occasions and admonishing him for interrupting the witness.
"Mr. Benedict, we don't need a Contract 101, please," Bishop interjected when Benedict was asking Fitzpatrick about what the legal remedies are for breach of contract.
During an interview, Fitzpatrick declined to say whether he is being compensated for his work on behalf of Skakel, saying it would probably come out when he returns to the stand Thursday.
Among the knocks on Sherman are that he failed to pursue information on Skakel's brother, Thomas, and the family's live-in tutor, Ken Littleton, both suspects earlier in the investigation of Moxley's murder.
Sherman has also been faulted for allowing opportunities to discredit a key prosecution witness, Gregory Coleman, to go by the wayside. Coleman, who built up a long rap sheet before a fatal heroin overdose in 2001, told investigators that Skakel confessed to bludgeoning Moxley with a golf club while the two were students at the Elan School in Maine.
"Your job is to make the effort," Fitzpatrick said. "It's not your job as a lawyer to just write these things off and say, 'We don't have chance," and not even try. "
Fitzpatrick also took Sherman to task over his dismissal of accounts that two men, teenage acquaintances of Moxley, confessed to killing her to Gitano "Tony" Bryant, a friend of the Skakels and cousin of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.
Benedict characterized the story as far-fetched, saying that it's highly improbable no one would have told police about a group of minority men coursing through "really white" Belle Haven at the time.
"Would you agree that it's kind of an incredible story that he came up with in 2002?" Benedict asked.
"It's an usual story, but I'm not in a position to say it's incredible," Fitzpatrick said.
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Lil Wayne has decided ... the images of the rapper trampling the American flag during a music video shoot were NOT good enough for the final cut ... 'cause they've been edited OUT of the final version.
Just last month, Wayne caught a TON of heat during the filming of the video for his new song "God Bless Amerika" when a giant American flag was dropped on the ground -- only to be walked all over by Wayne.
Wayne insisted he didn't step on the flag on purpose ... but he didn't really have an excuse for dropping the flag on the ground in the first place (a major no-no).


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by Meredith F. Sonderskov
This year marks the sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the Civil War, 1861-65. Approximately 620,000 Americans died in that war – a number that exceeds our losses in all other wars from the Revolution through Vietnam.
Are you aware that the first Memorial Day dedication in Philadelphia was at Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1868? Or that Gen. George G. Meade, (buried at Laurel Hill) the "hero of Gettysburg," was at one time a resident of Chestnut Hill? (Meade Street is named for him.)
Originally called "Decoration Day" and observed as a time to decorate the graves of those who had died during the Civil War, Memorial Day became a federal holiday in the late 1800s and eventually became a time to remember all those who had died in any war. The date started out as May 30 but was changed by an Act of Congress in 1971 to the fourth Monday in May.
While doing some research here in the Chestnut Hill Historical Society archives, I came across lists of burials in the Chestnut Hill Baptist and Methodist cemeteries. Are any of the names mentioned familiar to you? Relatives perhaps? A search on Google provided information about their units. If you want to do some research online, there is much more about Civil War participants now than there was even a few years ago.
The CHHS archives are filled with all kinds of Chestnut Hill history. If you are looking for information about early settlers, early 20th-century photos of many local houses, or maps showing original property owners – we have them, and much more.
Chestnut Hill churchyard burials, Civil War soldiers and vets, compiled in 1936
Baptist Church:
(first name unreadable) Sands, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves; Henry C. Emery, died June 2, 1899, aged 68 years, served in the 20th Maine Volunteers; Howard M. Sands, son of Reuben and Catharine Sands, served in the Anderson Cavalry, died in Louisville, Ky., July 16, 1863, from disease contracted in the service.
Methodist Church:
H. A. McBride, 119th Pennsylvania Infantry; John N. Hart, son of Christopher and Elizabeth Hart, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, born November 23, 1845, died October 11, 1864.
Other local churches were contacted, but were unable to locate lists of Civil War veterans from their congregations. The CHHS archives welcomes and encourages your donations of family records to preserve community history, and if you want to keep the originals we will make copies for our files.
With thousands of bodies resulting from the various battles, the practitioners of embalming were in heavy demand, according to Anna Dhoty, curator of the Műtter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Most of the war was fought in the South, and families of Union soldiers wanted their loved ones returned home for burial. The railroads would not accept bodies that had not been embalmed – decomposition sets in within 24 hours, so there was danger of disease as well as the stench of decaying flesh. Many of the dead were buried where they fell, but those who had paid in advance for the services of the "embalming surgeons" were embalmed and shipped home.
Philadelphia had many pre-war connections with the South. Cotton and flax grown in the South were shipped to textile mills in this area. Many shipping companies were also owned by Philadelphians. Philadelphians often married into prominent Southern families, especially those in Charleston, S.C., and Richmond, Va.
In my own family, both sides of the conflict were represented. One great-grandfather, a Virginian married to a Philadelphian, signed on with Mosby's Raiders, a small group of Confederate guerrillas who blew up bridges and railroads in Virginia to prevent supplies and troops from reaching Gen. Grant at the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Mosby's men did not wear uniforms because they would have been shot if captured.
Another of my great-grandfathers, who lived in western Pennsylvania, served as an officer with the Union Army in the 112th and 189th regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteers and took part in the siege of Petersburg, just outside Richmond.
Here we are, 150 years later. Memorial Day has become a three day weekend holiday marking the beginning of summer. Stores offer "huge" sales, tender plants can be put in the garden with no fear of frost, and we can wear white shoes until Labor Day. On this Memorial Day let's take a few minutes to recall the sacrifices made by all those who have defended our country and its ideals. May we deserve their final gift.
Meredith Sonderskov is a member of the board of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society and chair of its Collection Committee.