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Published 6 days ago on March 14, 2019 By The Duran Via Fox News… Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli was spending spring break on a University of Southern California official's yacht when her mother was accused Tuesday of involvement in a college admissions scheme, reports said. Giannulli, 19, was on Rick Caruso's luxury yacht Invictus in the Bahamas, a report said. Caruso is chairman of USC's Board of Trustees. Giannulli, who currently attends USC, was with Caruso's daughter Gianna and several other friends, the outlet reported. "My daughter and a group of students left for spring break prior to the government's announcement yesterday," Caruso told TMZ. "Once we became aware of the investigation, the young woman decided it would be in her best interests to return home." Loughlin's daughter has since returned to Los Angeles to face the allegations that could result in her getting expelled from USC. USC's Board of Trustees will not decide the status of Giannulli and the other students involved in the case, but rather, the university's president will make the decisions, according to TMZ. Business deals in jeopardy? Giannulli is a YouTube beauty vlogger and social media star, but in the midst of her mother's charges, she may lose the lucrative brand-sponsorship deals she has landed over the years, Variety reported. HP, having cut ties with Giannulli, said in a statement, "HP worked with Lori Loughlin and Olivia Jade in 2017 for a one-time product campaign. HP has removed the content from its properties." Giannulli also cut brand deals with partners including Amazon, Dolce & Gabbana, Lulus, Marc Jacobs Beauty, Sephora, Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics, Smile Direct Club, Too Faced Cosmetics, Boohoo, and Unilever's TRESemmé, the report said. Giannulli's rep declined to comment, Variety reported. Estée Lauder Companies, which owns Smashbox and Too Faced, also declined to comment, while the other brands or companies the magazine reached out to did not immediately respond to their requests for comment. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest $250M Lawsuit Against CNN Imminent; Covington High MAGA Student Suffered "Direct Attacks" CNN will be the second MSM outlet sued over their reporting of the incident, after Sandmann launched a $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post in late February. Published 1 week ago on March 10, 2019 By Tyler Durden Via Zerohedge… CNN is about to be sued for more than $250 million for spreading fake news about 16-year-old Covington High School student Nicholas Sandmann. Sandmann was viciously attacked by left-leaning news outlets over a deceptively edited video clip from the January March for Life rally at the Lincoln Memorial, in which the MAGA-hat-wearing teenager appeared to be mocking a Native American man beating a drum. Around a day later, a longer version of the video revealed that Sandmann did absolutely nothing wrong – after the media had played judge, jury and executioner of Sandmann's reputation. CNN will be the second MSM outlet sued over their reporting of the incident, after Sandmann launched a $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post in late February. Speaking with Fox News host Mark Levin in an interview set to air Sunday, Sandmann's attorney, L. Lin Wood, said "CNN was probably more vicious in its direct attacks on Nicholas than The Washington Post. And CNN goes into millions of individuals' homes. It's broadcast into their homes." "They really went after Nicholas with the idea that he was part of a mob that was attacking the Black Hebrew Israelites, yelling racist slurs at the Black Hebrew Israelites," continued Wood. "Totally false. Saying things like that Nicholas was part of a group that was threatening the Black Hebrew Israelites, that they thought it was going to be a lynching." "Why didn't they stop and just take an hour and look through the internet and find the truth and then report it?" Wood asked. "Maybe do that before you report the lies. They didn't do it. They were vicious. It was false. CNN will be sued next week, and the dollar figure in the CNN case may be higher than it was [against] The Washington Post." Watch: Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Rand Paul refuses to support emergency declaration, deepening problem Rand Paul gives a principled reason for his refusal, and he cannot be faulted for that, but it leaves the borders open and unsafe. Published 2 weeks ago on March 5, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch Senator Rand Paul indicated he will vote to terminate President Trump's National Emergency Declaration on Sunday. This continues a story that seems to want no resolution. Weeks ago, the seed to this news piece started this way: One 35-day partial government shutdown and almost three weeks later, the debate over a statistically tiny amount of money in the US budget for the building of a border wall drags on with no solution. On February 15th, if there is no agreement that is to President Trump's satisfaction, the government will once again descend into a partial shutdown. And on February 15th, the President signed a continuing resolution to keep the government open through the rest of the fiscal year. This CR gave sharply limited authority of funds with regards to the border wall. This prompted the President to take it a step farther and declare a National Emergency. This is because very few people in the US government actually desire a solution to close and secure the American-Mexican border. In fact, what we see is a government that is largely aligned against the will of its citizens. President Trump has made repeated statements and speeches in which he outlines a fair array of facts concerning the problems experienced in the US by illegal border crossings of both people and controlled substances. However, the issue of border security remains something that Congress only supports with words. We saw this in action both last week and the week before with the Democrat led House of Representatives voting 245-182 to terminate the National Emergency declaration. While this was to be expected in the House, on March 3rd, libertarian Senator Rand Paul, a known strong supporter of President Trump, nonetheless penned an Op-Ed piece on Fox News in which he said he planned to also vote against the National Emergency in the Republican-led Senate (emphasis added): In September of 2014, I had these words to say: "The president acts like he's a king. He ignores the Constitution. He arrogantly says, 'If Congress will not act, then I must.' Donald J. Trump agreed with me when he said in November 2014 that President Barack Obama couldn't make a deal on immigration so "now he has to use executive action, and this is a very, very dangerous thing that should be overridden easily by the Supreme Court." I would literally lose my political soul if I decided to treat President Trump different than President Obama. (Although, I'll note, not one Democrat criticized Obama for his executive orders.) I support President Trump. I supported his fight to get funding for the wall from Republicans and Democrats alike, and I share his view that we need more and better border security. However, I cannot support the use of emergency powers to get more funding, so I will be voting to disapprove of his declaration when it comes before the Senate. Every single Republican I know decried President Obama's use of executive power to legislate. We were right then. But the only way to be an honest officeholder is to stand up for the same principles no matter who is in power… There are really two questions involved in the decision about emergency funding: First, does statutory law allow for the president's emergency orders, and, second, does the Constitution permit these emergency orders? As far as the statute goes, the answer is maybe — although no president has previously used emergency powers to spend money denied by Congress, and it was clearly not intended to do that. But there is a much larger question: the question of whether or not this power and therefore this action are constitutional. With regard to the Constitution, the Supreme Court made it very clear in Youngstown Steel in 1952, in a case that is being closely reexamined in the discussion of executive power. In Youngstown, the Court ruled that there are three kinds of executive order: orders that carry out an expressly voiced congressional position, orders where Congress' will is unclear, and, finally, orders clearly opposed to the will of Congress. To my mind, like it or not, we had this conversation. In fact, the government was shut down in a public battle over how much money would be spent on the wall and border security. It ended with a deal that Congress passed and the president signed into law, thus determining the amount. Congress clearly expressed its will not to spend more than $1.3 billion and to restrict how much of that money could go to barriers. Therefore, President Trump's emergency order is clearly in opposition to the will of Congress. Moreover, the broad principle of separation of powers in the Constitution delegates the power of the purse to Congress. This turns that principle on its head. Some are attempting to say that there isn't a good analogy between President Obama's orders or the Youngstown case. I disagree. Not only are the issues similar, but I think Youngstown Steel implications are even more profound in the case of emergency appropriations. We spent the last two months debating how much money should be spent on a wall, and Congress came to a clear conclusion: $1.3 billion. Without question, the president's order for more wall money contradicts the will of Congress and will, in all likelihood, be struck down by the Supreme Court. In fact, I think the president's own picks to the Supreme Court may rebuke him on this. Regardless, I must vote how my principles dictate. My oath is to the Constitution, not to any man or political party. I stand with the president often, and I do so with a loud voice. Today, I think he's wrong, not on policy, but in seeking to expand the powers of the presidency beyond their constitutional limits. I understand his frustration. Dealing with Congress can be pretty difficult sometimes. But Congress appropriates money, and his only constitutional recourse, if he does not like the amount they appropriate, is to veto the bill. This statement by Rand Paul is extremely – and painfully – fair. It marks not the actions of a liberal but of someone who is trying to do things truly "by the book." He cannot be faulted for this. But his "Nay" is very poorly placed because it comes in the context of a Congress that is full of people far less committed to the vision of America and its sovereignty than he or the President are. One of the reasons stated for lax border security is that cutting off illegal immigration also cuts off very cheap labor for several industries. Some of those industry leaders donate lavishly to political campaigns, ergo, corruption. Rand Paul, in trying to fight for what is right by the letter of the law, may be correct, but in the short term it appears to exacerbate the problem of the porous US-Mexico border. President Trump is trying to do the right thing in the company of a Congress who does not want this, for various reasons. Some of it is because some Congressmen and women are petty, Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer being the crabby National Grandparents in this aspect. 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They're most likely to occur when the safety margins are perilously thin.
Christmas Eve, 2009 in Decatur, Texas, was marked by low visibility with blowing snow. The flight crew of a Bell 407 helicopter hunkered down in the hospital's crew room while waiting for the miserable weather to subside, which it finally did. At that point the dispatcher called with a release for a cross-country positioning flight. The crew climbed aboard, strapped in and the pilot cranked up the Rolls-Royce 250 turbine.
As the helicopter ascended to a height of about 50 to 60 ft., the pilot heard two warning horns sound, followed by the Bell yawing 90 deg. to the left. The pilot immediately lowered the collective in an effort to preserve rotor rpm and maneuvered the helicopter back over the helipad. When about 5 to 8 ft. over the pavement, the pilot increased collective pitch, but the helicopter continued its rapid descent and skids hit the surface so hard that two of the three people aboard were seriously injured.
According to the NTSB's official accident report, the helicopter had been parked outside for approximately 5 hr. in blowing snow conditions without any plugs or covers over the engine inlets or the exhaust. The plugs and covers were later installed and the helicopter remained outside in temperatures ranging from 16F to 34F for the next 19 hr. A video surveillance camera at the scene revealed that at no time did anybody look at the exhaust stack, right-side engine intake, or open any access panels prior to the operation of the helicopter.
An examination of the recorded Engine Control Unit (ECU) data revealed that the helicopter's powerplant experienced a momentary flameout followed by a successful relight. However, due to the helicopter's close proximity to the ground, the pilot was unable to recover main rotor rpm before ground impact. As part of the post-accident examination, the engine was removed from the airframe and an engine run was performed. There were no anomalies found with either the engine or airframe that would have contributed to the loss of engine power.
The operator's procedures manual stated that a pilot must ensure that all ice, snow and frost is removed from the engine inlet area prior to flight. The helicopter manufacturer's flight manual stated that as part of the preflight inspection, the pilot must check that the engine inlet area is cleaned of all debris, accumulated snow and ice. The engine manufacturer's operation and maintenance manual included a precaution that the accumulation of snow or ice may result in the engine experiencing a flameout.
The NTSB determined the probable causes of this accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and the momentary loss of engine power due to snow or ice ingestion.
It's a given that gas turbine engines operate best when the air is flowing smoothly through the engine. In reality, the airflow within a compressor is quite complex and tends to be especially unsteady near the compressor blade tips. Typical flow phenomena in rotating machinery can include vortices, separations, secondary flows, shock and boundary layer interactions, and turbulent wakes.
The susceptibility to compressor stalls was more common among earlier gas turbine engine designs with manual or mechanical fuel control units. Newer generation turbine engines incorporate a variety of features including hydromechanical and electronic control systems such as Full Authority Digital Engine Controls that greatly reduce the probability of compressor stalls.
To ensure safe engine operation over the entire range of flight conditions, several limitations are included in engine control systems. An N1 speed limiter restricts the maximum gas generator rotational speed to a preset value in order to avoid engine damage from mechanical and pressure forces. The Turbine Outlet Temperature (TOT) indicator is also constantly monitored and fuel flow restricted to avoid exceeding the TOT limit. At low rpm, the engine is naturally not able to pump as much air as during high revs, and so at engine start, the compressor bleed valve opens to boost airflow so that the compressor blades do not stall. Additional control devices such as variable stator vanes extend the stability reserve in the low-power operating region.
When these devices operate as designed, a turbine engine's susceptibility to compressor stall is greatly reduced. Nevertheless, many operational factors remain that result in compressor stalls. These include ingestion of debris during takeoff and landing from unimproved fields; distorted intake flows during abrupt maneuvers or hovering in adverse winds; re-ingestion of hot exhaust gases; degradation of the stall margin over time due to erosion, rubs and normal engine wear of the rotor blades, seals or bleed valves; inlet distortion caused by phenomena such as ice, water or snow; and adverse adjustment of the engine control system. Even dust, wildfire smoke, smog and dirt in the compressor can reduce its efficiency and lead to a stall if the contamination is severe.
A comparatively mild form of compressor stall is a local disruption of airflow within the compressor, but which continues to provide compressed air to the rest of the engine, albeit with reduced effectiveness. This type of compressor stall may be momentary, resulting from an external disturbance such as disrupted unsteady airflow entering the air inlet while hovering in a tailwind condition. This condition will typically produce an odd bang or two.
A steady compressor stall occurs when the compressor finds a working equilibrium between stalled and unstalled areas. This type of stall is more likely to produce a roaring sound and severe vibrations. The Bell 206 L-3 manual lists the engine compressor stall indications to include engine pops, high or erratic TOT, decreasing or erratic gas producer rpm or power turbine rpm, and torque oscillations.
Compressor surge is a complete break–down in compression resulting in a reversal of flow and the violent expulsion of previously compressed air through the engine intake due to the compressor's inability to continue working against the already compressed air behind it. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook's manual warns pilots that a sharp rumble or series of loud reports emanating from the engine normally characterizes the onset of compressor surge or stall. These odd noises and vibrations are accompanied by abnormal engine vibrations, increased TOT, rapid fluctuations in Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT), torque, and N1 for the affected engine, a noticeable loss of power and rotor rpm, and sudden bolts of flames flashing out of the inlet and/or exhaust.
The severity of the compressor stalls will dictate if the engine should be shut down and treated as failed. The Bell 206 L-3 manual states that with stalls of a less-severe nature (one or two low-intensity pops) continued operation of the engine may be permitted but at a reduced power level and by avoiding the condition that resulted in the compressor stall. If flight is to be continued, it prescribes reducing power, switching engine anti-ice off, maintaining slow cruise flight, checking the TOT and gas producer rpm for normal indications, slowly increasing the collective to achieve a desired power level, rechecking the TOT and gas producer rpm, and landing as soon as practical.
Pilots must avoid conditions of repeated surging or stalling as the transient torsional loads from the engine can damage it, the drive train and associated airframe components. For example, a compressor stall in the Eurocopter AS350 requires an overhaul of the tail-rotor gearbox due to the oscillating loads. In the extreme, compressor surge can potentially lead to total destruction of the engine.
There are many operational environments that make a helicopter more susceptible to compressor stalls and surges. One of these is hovering in a tailwind condition, resulting in distorted flow of air into the engine inlet.
On Sept. 14, 2002, near Rochester, Mass., the pilot of a Bell OH-58AT, converted to civilian use by Garlick Helicopters, made numerous successful lifts into the wind with loads of cranberries before moving on to a new bog. On the first lift there, the pilot hovered the helicopter about 12 ft. above the ground with a left quartering tailwind while the ground crew secured a 900-lb. cargo basket to a 15-ft. sling load line. Once the load was secured, the pilot maneuvered the helicopter forward, dragging the cargo basket. There was a loud pop sound, and a foot-long jet of flame fired from the left exhaust pipe. The pilot jettisoned the load and the helicopter pitched up. At that point, the main rotor blades severed the tail boom, and the main rotor assembly separated from the helicopter. The helicopter crashed to the ground and rolled onto its left side. The pilot, who had 4,000 hr. in the OH-58, was killed. There were no obstructions that would have impeded him from departing into the wind. The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident included the pilot's improper decision to attempt a takeoff with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in an engine compressor stall.
Helicopters hovering in locations with "squirrely" winds will be especially prone to this phenomenon. Such a location is the downwind side of buildings and obstructions where the direction and velocity of the moving air changes rapidly. Also, airflow interrupted by obstructions will contain strong wind gradients. Airflow studies around buildings at the University of Notre Dame's aeronautical engineering school revealed that windsocks positioned at each of the four corners of the rooftop platform can blow in completely different directions simultaneously, illustrating the complex nature of airflow in the vicinity of these structures. Under such complex airflow conditions it can be impossible for the pilot to determine the "predominant" wind condition in the confines of that location. The probability of distorted inlet airflow during hovering rises significantly in such an environment.
There is an additional hazard created in the hovering environment called Hot Gas Ingestion (HGI) in which the rotor downwash redirects engine exhaust gases into the engine air inlet. This phenomenon is particularly problematic when helicopters hover with a tailwind or during sideways or rearward flight.
HGI causes increased engine inlet gas temperatures, which result in a significant loss of power and potential flow distortion. Assuming an engine is operating at its maximum rated temperature, an inlet temperature rise of 40F due to HGI can cause a power loss of approximately 15%. In addition, temperature distortion (meaning the hot gases) can cause compressor stall.
Helicopter pilots operating in the offshore oil industry are well aware of the effects of flying through hot exhaust plumes around oil platforms whose temperatures can be several hundred degrees above ambient. When these gases disperse into a helicopter's approach, departure and landing paths they potentially create a severe operational risk because any rise in ambient temperature along the flight path will result in a loss of both engine and rotor performance. Additionally, small increases in air temperature in the approach path and over the helideck from the platform hot exhaust gases can result in a dramatic loss of rotor lift.
Pilots not involved in the oil and gas industry can be exposed to a similar phenomenon. Incidents have occurred during missions in which pilots were asked to navigate over power plants so that photographers could take pictures. Smokestacks at energy plants often contain "scrubbers" that help remove visible pollutants from the exhaust, and ingestion of the invisible exhaust gases can lead to a compressor stall.
Aerial firefighting pilots are exposed to hazardous smoke and incredible heat as they move in low and slow in an attempt to snuff the fire with the water or retardant. Beyond producing vast amounts of smoke and intense heat, wildfires consume massive amounts of oxygen and the resulting gaseous mixture above the flames can contain many substances toxic to a gas turbine engine.
When making low-altitude water drops, a firefighting helicopter is under a heavy load and the rotor blades are at an exceptional pitch angle to create sufficient lift. Making the situation even more dire, the helicopter is often within the cross-hatched zone of the Height-Velocity curve, meaning that a successful autorotation is highly unlikely. Should engine failure occur, the pilot immediately needs to release the heavy load as well as reduce rotor blade pitch as much as possible in order to preserve rotor rpm. With the blades at such a high pitch angle, rotor rpm will decay almost instantaneously. Aircraft equipped with auto reignition will automatically try to relight. In single-turbine helicopters without auto reignition, the pilot needs cat-like reflexes to initiate a restart with the starter button, and since there simply is so little time and altitude, momentary torque or temperature exceedance can result.
Flying in heavy rain or hovering close to the water's surface can result in water ingestion. Partial vaporization of ingested water droplets decreases the inlet temperature and compressor outlet temperature and reduces the compressor surge margin. Moreover, increasing the water-to-air ratio leads to an immediate flameout.
Dust, smog, wildfire smoke, salt water and dirt in the compressor — all of them can reduce compressor efficiency and lead to a stall if the contamination is severe. This threat is mitigated by periodic "compressor washes" to remove the contaminants. An example of recommended cleaning instructions is included in the service letter entitled "Engine Compressor Cleaning — Daily Water Rinse and Periodic Water Wash" for the Hughes (now MD) 369 series of helicopters powered by the Allison (now Rolls-Royce) Model 250 turboshaft engine.
The service letter notes: "A daily water rinse is recommended for helicopters operating in a corrosive environment, to remove any contaminants and corrosive air particles from the compressor. This daily water rinse uses no soap or cleaning solvents, and is accomplished without disconnecting the compressor discharge pressure (Pc) sensing tube. A 5-min. ground run is required to purge and evaporate any residual water after rinsing. It is to be noted that Hughes PN 369H92537 engine compressor water wash kit (installed as optional equipment per referenced Notice No. HN-107.1) is designed specifically for compressor rinsing with a clean water spray only. For helicopters operating in smoggy areas, a periodic (200 to 300 hr.) compressor water wash is also recommended. The periodic water wash uses cleaning solvents to remove dirt buildup in the compressor. The Pc tube must therefore be disconnected and the opening capped to prevent introduction of chemical agents into the controls system Pc connection during the wash operation." Comparable instructions are provided in the maintenance and service manuals for almost all turbine helicopters.
Recent aeronautical engineering studies acknowledge the lack of fundamental understanding of the processes of stall inception with a gas turbine engine's compressor. Since the engines must perform reliably in harsh operating environments while maintaining a high degree of operational availability, advanced aeronautical research continues to refine the "state of the art" knowledge so that future designs will be even more reliable.
In the meantime, it is of keen importance that helicopter pilots remain cognizant and protective of the airflow conditions into the engine inlets, and take the proper preventive actions to ensure the engine is receiving a steady stream of clean air to keep the fire lit and the rotables rotating. BCA

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(AP) No delay for trial of Fort Hood shooting suspect
FORT HOOD, Texas
A military judge has refused to delay this month's trial of an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Central Texas.
Maj. Nidal Hasan's attorneys on Thursday had sought to delay the court-martial to Sept. 1. They said military jurors might be influenced by recent national media coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings that compared the suspects, two Muslim brothers, to Hasan.
Prosecutors said the delay was unnecessary because Hasan was mentioned only briefly in some news reports about the Boston attacks.
Jury selection in Hasan's trial is to start May 30, with testimony to begin July 1.
Hasan faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.


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Yes, this is a bright yellow Windows Phone phone by Fujitsu and Toshiba. The IS12T is waterproof up to five feet (like all of Fujitsu's new phones), has 32GB of internal storage, and a massive 13.2-megapixel rear camera. It's a phone that would stand out here in the US, but sadly, it's a Japanese exclusive for the time being. It also comes in black and pink, if you were wondering. We're not too familiar with reason why Fujitsu and Toshiba teamed up on this design, but we'd love to see some North American Windows Phones with the guts to stand out like this.
Am I alone? Would you buy a brightly colored phone?


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Is Portman signaling shift in Republican Party?
Besides the selection of a new pope, the big news a week ago Friday, March 15, was the shocking announcement by Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, a co-sponsor of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, that he now supports same-sex marriage. The change of heart came about largely because he had come to know someone well who is gay - his son, Will.
"I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for reach other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married," wrote Portman in a commentary published by the Columbus Dispatch.
By way of coincidence my guest that day was Connecticut Comptroller Kevin J. Lembo. The purpose of the meeting was to question Lembo about fiscal policy and his new initiatives aimed at making state financial information more transparent and accessible to the public, efforts The Day has since applauded editorially.
But Lembo also happens to be the first openly gay person to win a statewide office in Connecticut - his election as comptroller in November 2010. He gained some national attention last summer when he questioned the appropriateness of the Democrats holding their national convention in Charlotte, N.C. after voters in that state approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Lembo is in a same-sex marriage. He and his partner, Charles Frey, have three boys.
So I had to ask him, concerning the Portman announcement, what did he think?
"I think good for him and good for the issue of marriage equality and good for his family, most importantly, and that his father sort of gets who he is and supports him. That's all wonderful," Lembo told me.
"But," he said, pausing for a second. "Pulling back from that just a little bit ..." Another pause. "It always frustrates me and, in some cases, infuriates me, that it takes a hit at home on some of these issues before someone can have that moment of recognition."
Portman said his evolution on the issue - his "hit at home" - began in 2011 when his son, then a freshman at Yale University, told his parents he was gay.
"My son � told us � that it was not a choice, and that it's just part of who he is and that's who he'd been for as long as he could remember," Portman said in a CNN interview.
And that, said Portman, led him to view the issue "from a new perspective, and that's of a dad who loves his son a lot and wants him to have the same opportunities that his brother and sister would have - to have a relationship like Jane and I have had for over 26 years."
Yet, from Lembo's perspective, that makes Portman a politician who "struggles with putting himself in the shoes of others," someone "tone deaf to what's going on in people's lives" unless he is impacted personally.
It was quite a reversal. Portman did not simply oppose gay marriage; he helped write DOMA, the law that prevents federal recognition of same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized such marriages. The constitutionality of DOMA is now the subject a U.S. Supreme Court challenge
I see Portman's story as illustrative of the way prejudicial barriers fall. They snowball. Enlightment leads to changes in law and policy - prohibiting discrimination, mainstreaming special needs and disabled children into school systems, promoting a culture of tolerance - that bring people together, breakdown stereotypes and afford the opportunity for personal relationships. Through those relationships people learn they are far more alike than different. Rationalizations for having different sets of rules for different groups erode.
Before the interview moved back to talk of budgets and deficits, Lembo made one last political observation, one that Republicans might benefit from.
"Does this sort of signal � evolution within the party? When someone at that level makes that kind of pivot, it's going to mean something to somebody," Lembo said.
"When and if the Republicans are able to field a candidate who � stays out of those social issues, those personal issues, and focuses more on the economy and the budget, and leaves the rest of it alone, they are probably going get some lift pretty quickly. Because I think that is where the vast majority of people are."
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It's everything a kid ever dreamed of — toys that can talk back. But are internet-connected toys safe?
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He occasionally posts pictures of his nearly two-year-old daughter on Facebook, but Dr Merkel finds it difficult to recommend anyone buy a smart toy.
From board games to rubber duckies, these playthings are becoming connected to the internet via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and apps.
Depending on its capabilities, the toy could be recording voice messages, internet history and location data.
A doll with speech recognition, for example, is only possible thanks to sensors, microphones and online data storage.
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Motivation is rather elusive, isn't it? Some days you feel it, and other days you can't grab a measly corner of it no matter how hard you try. You stare at the computer screen, willing yourself to type, create, develop, and instead you find yourself simply going through the motions, barely caring about the work you're producing. Needless to say, you're totally
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There is only one way for me to motivate myself to work hard: I don't think about it as hard work. I think about it as part of making myself into who I want to be. Once I've made the choice to do something, I try not to think so much about how difficult or frustrating or impossible that might be; I just think about how good it must feel to be that, or how proud I might be to have done that. Make hard look easy.
Think about it: If the project you're faced with isn't viewed as drudgery, but rather as a piece of the puzzle that's helping you along your career path, then perhaps the energy required to do it will be easier to come by.
There's a reason donut holes are so lovable. They're easy to eat. Before you know it, you've eaten a dozen of them. This is how goals should be too. Of course you should have a really big, audacious goal. But make sure you break down that goal into bite-sized, consumable goals. This way you'll feel like you're making progress in your journey and you'll also feel a sense of accomplishment when you complete the smaller goals. A feeling of progress and achievement is a beautiful combination.
You've no doubt heard this advice before, but have you applied it to motivation ? Completing a large project is daunting when you don't know where to begin. How can you finish if you don't even know where you're starting? So, rather than focusing on a large, scary goal, take one thing at a time, and break the big goal into ideas you can digest one at a time.
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NOAA has a Commissioned Service, one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. The NOAA Corps consists only of Commissioned Officers (i.e. no enlisted personnel or Warrant Officers). The Corps first became a Commissioned Service in 1917, during World War I, as the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps. In 1965, this Corps was renamed the Environmental Science Services Administration Commissioned Corps, and in 1970, was again renamed the NOAA Corps (Source — ).
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Mission: SEAMAP Bottomfish Survey Geographical Area of Cruise: Gulf of Mexico Date: June 22, 2015
Greetings from Austin, Texas. My name is David Walker, and I will be posting here over the next couple of weeks to chronicle my participation in the second leg of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) SEAMAP Summer Bottomfish Survey in the Gulf of Mexico. I leave for Galveston tomorrow and could not be more excited.
On a recent backpacking trip to Big Bend National Park
About Me: I am about to begin my sixth year as a high school teacher at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) in Austin, Texas. LASA is a public magnet school which draws students from the entirety of Austin Independent School District. Currently, I teach three courses — Planet Earth, Organic Chemistry, and Advanced Organic Chemistry. Planet Earth is a project-based geobiology course with a major field work component, which consists of the students completing field surveys of organisms in local Austin-area parks and preserves. Organic Chemistry is an elective course which covers the lecture and laboratory content of the first undergraduate course in organic chemistry. Advanced Organic Chemistry is an elective course framed as an independent study, in which students address the content of the second undergraduate course in organic chemistry. I also sponsor our school's Science Olympiad team, and we compete around the nation in this science and engineering competition. This year, LASA Science Olympiad placed third in the nation, this representing the best any team from Texas has ever performed! Outside of teaching, my interests include backpacking, fly fishing, ice hockey, birding, record collecting, photography, dancing, and karaoke, in no particular order.About Me:
About NOAA: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency of the United States government whose mission focuses on monitoring the conditions of the ocean and the atmosphere. More specifically, NOAA defines its mission as Science, Service, and Stewardship — 1) To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, 2) To share this knowledge and information with others, and 3) To conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. NOAA's vision of the future consists of healthy ecosystems, communities, and economies that are resilient in the face of change [Source — NOAA Official Website ].
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Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in developed countries. It is a group of optic neuropathies characterized by the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), leading to a specific deformation of the optic nerve head. Peripheral vision declines initially whilst central vision loss occurs much later. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is one of the main risk factors in glaucoma and is currently the only target for treatment. It is not completely understood how elevated IOP leads to RGC dysfunction and death and better understanding may pave the way for the development of direct neuroprotective strategies. Several genes have been implicated in glaucoma pathogenesis and current research focusses on identifying other contributing genes. This section conducts basic research on glaucoma, understanding the underlying genetics as well developing new neuroprotective and axogenic strategies.
Our interests are concentrated on early changes in the glaucomatous retina and the optic nerve. Since it is hard to study such changes in human subjects, we use existing animal models and develop genetic rodent and zebrafish models of glaucoma for our investigations; subsequently we plan to confirm and apply our results to humans. Another main area of our research is the identification of new genes involved in glaucoma. This requires parallel studies on genes that are important for the function of the retina, the optic nerve and aqueous humor outflow system in the normal eye. We are particularly interested in genes encoding olfactomedin domain-containing proteins. Some of these proteins (Olfactomedin 1, 2 and 3) interact with the AMPA receptor complex and our investigative effects are focused on such interactions and the consequences to the physiological function of AMPA receptors in both brain and retina.
Treatments currently available for glaucoma exert their effects by reducing IOP, the most important risk factor for the onset and progression of the disease, but have no direct effects on RGCs or the optic nerve. They are not always optimally effective in slowing the progression of the disease and in a significant number of cases, glaucoma occurs independent of raised IOP. Thus, the development of novel, neuroprotective glaucoma therapies are of great importance. We are interested in investigating the potential neuroprotective benefits of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation, which has produced encouraging results in different models of CNS degeneration. We examine neuroprotective effects of several factors as well as exosomes produced by MSCs, intending not only to better understand their mechanism of action but also, subsequently apply identified protective reagents as a glaucoma treatment.
Dr. Stanislav Tomarev was awarded a Ph.D. in 1977 and a Doctor of Sciences in 1987 from the N. K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences; the latter is the highest academic status degree in Russia, roughly equivalent to a full professorship. In 1989, after 15 years of research in the N. K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Dr. Tomarev joined NEI, where he leads the Section on Retinal Ganglion Cell Biology. His laboratory investigates molecular mechanisms of glaucoma with the main focus on the genes, proteins and signaling pathways that might be essential for RGC and optic nerve development, function, survival, and regeneration.
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Imagine if, after dropping the kids off at school, you suddenly transform into Sherlock Holmes, James Bond and Charlie's Angels all rolled into one. You've got your weapon, you're trained in martial arts, your spy gear is in place and you're ready to go undercover. On the outside, Dr. Phil's guests look like any other PTA moms driving carpool, but behind their mommy exteriors, they are gun-packing private eyes!
Never a Dull Moment
Dr. Phil speaks with Chris Butler, owner of Butler & Associates Private Investigations, and three of his P.I. moms: Denise, Michelle and Charmagne. Find out why Chris believes women have distinct advantages over men as investigators, and why hiring moms gives his company a definite edge. Plus, hear how these women juggle their dual roles as mom and detective.
"I was chatting online with pedophiles, while I was cooking dinner and changing diapers."
A Suspicious Wife
Laura went to Butler & Associates because she suspected her husband was cheating on her. When he went on yet another business trip, this time to Hawaii, the P.I. moms followed him, and used one investigator as bait. You won't believe what they find " and what Laura does with the information!
The Families
What do the family members of the P.I. moms think? Are they worried about what the job entails? Plus, the women go undercover to bust a fraud. Could they be putting their lives in danger?
"These stings that they go on, it could be with hardened criminals."
Motel Room Massage?
In another sting, Butler & Associates were hired to find an employee's whereabouts on company time. The investigation took them to a motel, where they had reason to believe an illicit massage business was operating. Since they often work with law enforcement, they investigated further to find out exactly what was going on in that motel room. Plus, Dr. Phil has a surprise for the P.I. moms!
See them prepare a new decoy for the job.
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Today I saw a bus advertising Sprint as "The Slow Network."
It actually read "The Now Network," but part of the N was hidden by a mirror or other part of the bus, and my mind saw the "low" and filled in the rest, resulting in the message that Sprint was a Slow Network. The mind does that; you can read about how what the eye really sees is not necessarily what our brains interpret it as here.
After I spotted this bus and processed the information, I did a double take, and realized what the ad was supposed to say. But if I had processed this information on a more subconscious level, would I have thought of Sprint as a slow network, not realizing why? The answer to this question isn't quite clear, and would most likely vary from person to person. But this question should affect how we shape our advertising messages.
What does this mean for you?
I'm not saying that the word "Now" should not be used because it has two letters in common with "Slow," a word no cellular network wants to be associated with. But similarity between the two words should be acknowledged and considered slightly when designing ads, especially for outdoor ads such as buses, when more factors may be out of your control. Could have the word "Now" been more centered in the design?
When considering wording for your advertising and marketing messages, recognize rhyming and similarly spelled words that could alter the meaning of your message if seen or heard incorrectly. Unfortunate placement of ads could significantly influence the success of a campaign, so take small factors such as this into consideration.


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Neoliteralism, a 21st Century TheologyNovember 6, 2010
Neoliteralism, the Cornerstone of Judeo-Christian Theology
Today, there are a countless number of methods along with differing schools of thought when it comes to Bible Studies and Theology. At least some astute observers might say there are already far too many, with each 'method' or 'school' contradicting another so that these traditionally Christian fields of study have become nothing more than a 'Mystery Babylon' intellectual enterprise. Obviously, adding yet another catchy term to the list would seem to be compounding the problem, rather than providing a solution. Nevertheless, the project of Neoliteralism, a new term for a new scholarly outlook, has only one intent and that is simplification. Neoliteralism, as the word implies, presumes to take the Bible literally, but it also includes a basic understanding of what the Bible represents. This understanding is simple, not complex, and general, rather than specific. Thus, a perfect example of Neoliteralism can be seen in the following comments and remarks:
I. The Holy Bible is the most published, read, studied, documented, analyzed, interpreted and discussed book ever known in the history of the world.
II. The Holy Bible is currently available in more alphabets, languages, and versions which are spoken and written by more ethnicities and cultures than any other book on earth today.
III. The Holy Bible is the the single most influential book underlying the development of nearly all the written languages still used on earth today.
IV. The Holy Bible is the official text of Christianity, the largest religion with the most followers in the entire world.
V. The Holy Bible is the cornerstone of monotheism, represented by the three great religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
VI. The Holy Bible is the chronological story of a single family's relationship with a specific supernatural entity that began in 3760 B.C. with Adam and ended with Joshua ben Joseph (Jesus) in 33 A.D.
VII. The Holy Bible is the most powerful piece of literature in the modern world that has inspired, motivated, and influenced more individuals to think and act in more ways than any other written document in the history of the world.
Even if the simple generalizations just mentioned may appear controversial to some readers, each one of them is not only true, but a scientific fact that cannot be denied or dis-proven. In other words, Neoliteralism is willing to make ample use of the Statistical Sciences in order to further its primary agenda, simplicity. Is simplicity an objective goal? Is simplicity biased or politically motivated? The answers to both of those questions depend on the assumptions of what simplicity will do to the fields of Theology and Religious Studies. Put bluntly, there is an infinite number of ways of interpreting Neoliteralism's emphasis on simplicity. The non-believer might suspect that it is simply a code word for fundamentalist Christianity intent on quashing complex, sophisticated dissent of traditional Biblical belief systems. On the other hand, the believer may mistake simplicity as either an attempt to water down or dilute Christian truth or an absurd strategy to tear down the Church which has been built upon a continuing accumulation of scholarship compiled and studied throughout the centuries.
In other words, religious scholars may well be skeptical of this new contraption, this intellectual tool known as Neoliteralism. All things considered, they have every right to be. Indeed, for most readers this is the first mention of the word Neoliteralism. This original piece of jargon could end up being nothing more than another case of self-promotion. Theologians and Religious Scholars, just like nearly everybody in today's world, crave attention. They crave readers, listeners, endowments, large offices, and higher salaries. For some, the spread of Christian intellectual truth is also a strong underlying motivation.
With that in mind, Neoliteralism must be honest with itself and with others about what the term really means. This includes the inventor of the word and author of this essay. In other words, who is the man behind the curtain pulling the strings of Neoliteralism? Well, for starters, Neoliteralism is obviously a self-interested attempt to be different. Are not all 'methods' and 'outlooks' found in Theology the same way? Of course they are. Theologians, like all intellectuals, entered the field out of a desire to have their religious ideas read and listened to by others. Assuming the factor of self-interest remains, here are the basic, and specific, agendas underlying Neoliteralism.
I. Neoliteralism is Catholic: Catholic Christianity is emphasized because it is older and has more adherents than Protestantism. The reason is simple, St. Peter was specifically chosen to be the leader by Joshua (Jesus) (NOTE: the author of this essay is a practicing Roman/Ukrainian Catholic scholar.)
II. Neoliteralism is Judaic: Athens, Greco-Roman Philosophy, and Hellenism are ignored in favor of Jerusalem, Mysticism, and Judaism. The reason is simple, Joshua (Jesus) was and is a Jew.
III. Neoliteralism is Iconoclastic: Extreme anti-Christian sentiments and assumptions found in the visual arts proves their inherently Pagan and demonic tendencies. The reason is simple, God prohibited the graven image as one of the Ten Commandments
IV. Neoliteralism is Scientific: Darwin's Theory of Evolution is losing ground due to scientific dissent among experts. Natural law is concurrent with biological behavior of other mammalian species.
V. Neoliteralism is Evangelical: The continued popularity of the Bible, of Christianity, and their combined historical influence clearly indicates supernatural forces that cannot be explained scientifically. The probability of Christianity's success and the Bible's best-selling status are statistically impossible. Judeo-Christian theology is a statistically significant reality.
VI. Neoliteralism is Judeo-Christian: Numerous sayings and parables found in the Gospels have exact parallels in the Talmud, the Apocrypha, and in modern Orthodox Judaism.
VII. Neoliteralism is Catholic, Judaizing, Iconoclast, Scientist, Evangelist, and Judeo-Christian.
Honesty should not condemn a new idea, theory, or paradigm. In short, these particular aspects of Neoliteralism cannot, and should not, disqualify it from being taken seriously. No type of Theology can ever be objective due to the pre-existing preferences of their creator or inventor. Most importantly, the above statements of subjectivity represent a key component in Neoliteralism. How so? By admitting the simple, unspoken truth of Theology and Biblical Studies. Rather than remain in denial, Neoliteralism simply accepts the reality of dualism embedded in the historical differences of Judeo-Christian thought.
Sometimes, like a coin with only two sides, objective study of these differences is impossible to achieve. Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, even nonbelievers and Pagan, are either Catholic or Protestant because, regardless of their personal faith, they will always prefer one over another. This understanding is also true concerning the traditional Christian stereotypes which have, at times, erupted into violent opposition. Historically speaking, the Glorious Revolution of England and the Iconoclasm Rebellion of the Byzantine Empire are perfect examples of ideas armed with swords. Everyone, including every theologian is, in the end, either a Judaizer or a Hellenizer, an Iconophil or an Iconoclast, an Artist or a Scientist, who is Private or Evangelical about being Christian or Judeo-Christian. To summarize, Neoliteralism is brutally honest about its intentions of being barbarically simple about Theology and Biblical Studies. Complexity and sophistication are both acceptable, but there must be balance instead of a one-sided journey into obscurity and obsolescence.
May the LORD God bless you in the name of St. Judas Maccabaeus.
Jason Nicholas Korning
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Hisham Matar, Lybian novelist and member of Barnard's English faculty, was a guest on Charlie Rose's broadcast and MSNBC discussing the death of Gaddafi.
Renowned scholar and activist ruminates on the causes and consequences of American foreign policy in Israel and Palestine.
President Spar was among 177 of the nation's most influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony on October 1.
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Pistorius' legal team launches heated defence
Investigating officer Hilton Botha claimed Oscar Pistorius knew it was girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp he was shooting on the day of her murder, but was later forced to admit he could not find anything at the crime scene inconsistent with Pistorius' accidental shooting defence, on a heated second day at the 26-year-old's bail hearing.
Botha was examined by the prosecution and the defence, the latter of which tore into the senior investigating officer, highlighting holes in a witness statement made from 600 metres away, while forcing him to backtrack on claims that Pistorius had testosterone and needles in the house.
Pistorius, charged with premeditated murder and facing new charges of possession of unlicenced ammunition, wept as Botha said gunshots were fired in a "downwards" direction at Steenkamp, raising doubts over Pistorius' claim that he used the firearm to defend himself while not wearing his prosthetic blades. Botha concluded there was "no way" the 26-year-old could have mistakenly shot Steenkamp as an act of self-defence.
However, the defence was able to force Botha to admit Steenkamp had an empty bladder at the time of the murder, consistent with the claim that she had been going to the toilet when Pistorius mistook her for an intruder. In a series of climbdowns, Botha also had to confess he did not check to see if Pistorius had called the local hospital in a bid to rescue Steenkamp.
The Prosecution
Botha spoke first to the prosecution on Wednesday morning, detailing his findings and opposing bail as Pistorius sobbed in his seat. Botha said he found Steenkamp - covered in towels - lying dead at the bottom of the stairs wearing white shorts and a black vest. Three entrance wounds were found on her body: one on the right side of her head above her ear, one in her right arm, and one at her hip. The shots went through her clothes.
Botha described the layout of Pistorius' house and bathroom where parts of the toilet door - leading to a separate room for the toilet - were found on the floor along with cartridges and a firearm. He said shots were aimed directly at the toilet, which was broken and off-centre in the room and therefore would not have been hit if shots had been fired straight at the door. "You'd miss it", Botha said. The defence argued there was no proof to suggest bullets were fired at an angle.
Given that the wounds appeared on the right side of Steenkamp's body, it was Botha's findings that she would have been cowering in the corner of the toilet room - not taking a comfort break, and the gunman walked into the bathroom before firing four shots through the toilet door.
Botha revealed Ballistics are still dealing with the angles of the projectiles fired, but said it seemed the shots were fired downwards from a "normal stance", raising serious question marks over Pistorius' claim that he fired shots while not wearing his blades. He also said there was no way out of the toilet.
Botha then turned his attention to findings of testosterone, needles and injections at Pistorius' house. The defence later answered the finding of medication by saying it was a herbal remedy called testoconpasutium, "not a steroid or a banned substance". Botha confessed he had not read the label correctly.
Gerrie Nel, prosecuting lawyer, poured doubt on Pistorius' concerns of death threats by pointing out that, while he kept a gun under his bed, he wasn't concerned enough to close the balcony doors when he went to bed. Botha also addressed Pistorius' claim that ladders were found outside the house, revealing the house was being painted, and he also rejected Pistorius' claim that they were near the bathroom.
Next he raised the witness statement, saying: "We have a statement from a witness who says she heard a fight from 2-3am on the morning of shooting. Then gunshots." The witness, contrary to the account of Pistorius, said lights were on when a female was heard screaming.
However, under cross-examination from the defence, Botha was forced to admit that the witness lived 600 metres away from Pistorius' house and got the number of shots wrong. Gasps, at that point, filled the court room.
Adding background to Botha's understanding of Pistorius' character, he revealed an encounter when the South African had a row with a man over a woman, threatening to "F*ck him up." He also said he has a statement from a former football player, Marc Batchelor, who says Pistorius threatened to break his legs.
Botha concluded his time with the prosecution by stating his belief that Pistorius knew Steenkamp was in the bathroom when he fired four shots. "No way" was it self-defence, Botha said.
The Defence
The defence then sent Botha on the back foot when forcing him to admit that, contrary to previous claims, Pistorius gave his account - believing there to be a burglar at the house - at the scene. The defence also questioned how Botha could know the distance the bullets travelled, to which he replied that he had some experience in forensics.
Barry Roux, the defence lawyer, questioned how one firearm cartridge was found in the passageway, if all shots were fired from the wash basin inside the bathroom.
Crucially, Roux also highlighted Steenkamp's empty bladder, and that she had locked the toilet door, consistent with the suggestion that Pistorius fired mistakenly at his girlfriend after she had gone for a middle-of-the-night comfort break.
Under further examination, Botha was forced to admit he did not check whether Pistorius had called Netcare Hospital upon finding Steenkamp, a call that did take place at 3.20am. Roux also highlighted that Steenkamp's autopsy showed no sign of defensive wounds, struggle or an assault.
The defence concluded by having Botha admit he could not find anything at the crime scene inconsistent with Pistorius' version of events. The court then adjourned for lunch.


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Ole Miss Evens Baseball Series, 7-4
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OXFORD, Miss. - Leftfielder Tanner Mathis collected three hits and two RBI Saturday, and No. 24 Ole Miss erased a 4-1 fourth-inning deficit en route to a 7-4 win over fourth-ranked LSU at Swayze Field.
The weekend series is tied at one game apiece and concludes with Game 3 at 1:30 p.m. CT Sunday. Freshman right-hander Aaron Nola will start on the mound for LSU while Ole Miss will counter with junior left-hander Dylan Chavez.
LSU dropped to 37-11 overall and 15-8 in the SEC, and the Tigers remain tied with South Carolina for first place in the overall league standings. LSU holds a three-game lead over Arkansas and Mississippi State in the SEC Western Division race.
Ole Miss improved to 31-17 overall and 11-12 in conference play.
"It's frustrating because we had a four-run inning that gave us a lead, and we couldn't score again," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. "We couldn't generate a consistent effort at the plate, and we had a difficult time staying away from the double play. It's a tough loss, but it doesn't diminish our chances of coming back and trying to win this series tomorrow."
The Rebels led 1-0 in the bottom of the first when Mathis singled, moved to second on a Ryan Eades wild pitch, was sacrificed to third by third baseman Andrew Mistone and scored on second baseman Alex Yarbrough's groundout.
LSU struck for four runs in the top of the fourth to take a 4-1 lead. First baseman Tyler Moore delivered an RBI single, designated hitter Grant Dozar bunted home a run on a squeeze play and second baseman JaCoby Jones lined a two-run single as the Tigers sent nine men to the plate in the inning.
Ole Miss, however, responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to knot the game. Designated hitter Zach Kirksey launched a solo homer, his 12th dinger of the year, before Mathis and Mistone contributed RBI singles against Eades.
Eades worked four innings and was charged with four runs on eight hits with one walk and one strikeout.
The Rebels took a 5-4 lead in the sixth when rightfielder Will Jamison doubled against LSU reliever Kurt McCune and scored on a Mathis single.
Ole Miss extended the lead to 7-4 in the seventh when catcher Will Allen walked and centerfielder Auston Bousfield unloaded his first homer of the season against LSU reliever Kevin Berry.
Ole Miss reliever Tanner Bailey (2-1), the second of four Ole Miss pitchers, earned the win as he fired two scoreless innings, allowing two hits with two strikeouts.
Bailey combined with Chris Ellis and Brett Huber to blank LSU over the final five innings of the contest. Huber picked up his eighth save, allowing no runs on one hit in two innings with one walk and two strikeouts.
McCune (2-4) was charged with the loss as he surrendered one run on three hits in 1.2 innings with one walk and no strikeouts.
Ole Miss starter Mike Mayers pitched four innings and gave up four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Ole Miss 7, LSU 4 (May 05, 2012 at Oxford, Miss.)
Ole Miss............ 100 301 20X - 7 12 0 (31-17, 11-12 SEC)
Pitchers: LSU - Ryan Eades; Kurt McCune(5); Brent Bonvillain(6); Kevin Berry(7); Joe Broussard(7) and Ty Ross.
Ole Miss - Mike Mayers; Tanner Bailey(5); Chris Ellis(7); Brett Huber(8) and Will Allen; Austin Knight.
Win-Tanner Bailey(2-1) Save-Brett Huber(8) Loss-Kurt McCune(2-4) T-2:57 A-9040
HR OM - Zach Kirksey (12); Auston Bousfield (1).
M. Mayers faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Bonvillain faced 1 batter in the 7th.


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Posted: August 10, 2009 11:30 pm
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I noticed the bill item editor button is missing in themes besides classic, I'm using 7simplex now. Any suggestions on how to get this back?
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7simplex is a third party provided theme, contributed long before the bill section was ever introduced, so it doesn't have a bill button - you would have to create one yourself !
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OK, what file would I do this in?
I also noticed that it doesn't allow editing of invoice items.
What file would I do that in?
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There is NOTHING to mess around with in phpCOIN source code.
You need to tell the theme about the buttons, and then optionally create the button images. If a button image is missing, phpCOIN will display a text link instead.
First, tell your chosen theme about the new buttons. In the theme config.php file add these lines (edit image filenames as necessary):
Then, use either use the text-links that DO appear onscreen (I am using a 7Dana theme on one of my live sites), or create button images and drop them in the theme /images/nav directory.
That makes no sense.
The invoice module was written long before third-party themes, so the buttons should be defined by the theme. They are defined in the 7Dana theme that I use, and I am able to edit invoice items all the time. But do check the image definitions in the theme config.php file. On the 7Dana theme I am using, $_TCFG['_IMG_BACK_TO_INVC_M'] was defined as back_to_invoice.gif but the actual image was named back_to_invc.gif
I had a text-link until I edited the button definition for the image filename
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by Tom Utescher
Wearing new team swimsuits to start the new season, the Mount St. Joseph Magic dove right in at the deep end last Friday afternoon, travelling to North Penn High School for their 2012-2013 season debut. Always a force in girls swimming in the Delaware Valley, the North Penn Maidens were the District 1 runner-up team last season, and some of their athletes recently completed a state championship run in water polo this fall.
Placing first in seven of the swimming events and winning the diving competition as well, North Penn won the meet, 104-72. Even though the Maidens spotted the Mount a few points at the end by swimming the 400 yard free style relay as an exhibition (accepting no team points), it was a respectable showing for the Mount against a large public school power.
"It can be helpful to swim a tough meet early in the season, because it shows you where you are as a team," noted Mount head coach Janet Pudlinski. "I was pretty happy with where most of our times were for this time of year."
Junior Christina Formica provided two of the Magic's three individual victories, winning the 200-yard individual medley in two minutes, 22.19 seconds, and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.20. She also anchored the Mount's winning 400 freestyle relay team.
Sophomore Steph Eble, who led off that relay effort, also picked up an individual victory. Fresh off a fall rowing campaign in the Magic's varsity eight, Eble was able to put her stamina to use in the water as well as on top of it, winning the 500 freestyle last Friday in a time of 5:20.82.
"Steph Eble and Haley Sannem were both swimming close to their best times from last year, which was nice to see," Pudlinski said.
Sannem, also a 10th-grader, was second in the 100 free (58.74 seconds) and third in the 100 backstroke (1:07.21), and third place in the 100 free went to MSJ senior Jessie Dolan (1:00.25).
Liz DeGroat, a freshman out of Gwynedd Mercy Elementary, made a noteworthy high school debut. She helped the Magic achieve its only one-two finish of the day, placing second behind Formica in the 200 I.M. with a time of 2:23.16, and she was also the runner-up in the 100 breast stroke (1:15.34).
In diving, Mount St. Joe is at a disadvantage against most opponents, since the La Salle High School pool they use as their home venue has no springboard. Coming in second at North Penn was the Magic's lone diver this season, Emily McMullen. A Lafayette Hill native and a product of St. Philip Neri School, McMullen also raced in the 400 free relay.
The fact that North Penn did not have all of its top guns together for the 400 free relay actually made for an exciting conclusion to the meet, as the Magic prevailed in a barnburner, 3:55.22 to 3:56.01. The Magic had a slim lead after the each of the first two legs, swum by Eble and senior Lexi Meister.
Sannem preserved the modest advantage in the third stage, but near the end of the second of the four laps on the anchor leg, North Penn's Kat Perkins edged ahead of the Mounties' Formica. A very clean second turn by the MSJ junior put her in front once more, and she held her spot until she applied the finishing touch.
Afterwards, Coach Pudlinski admitted that the team will have a bit of a different feel due to the departure of last year's co-captains, six-footer Katie O'Connell (Northeastern) and 6'1" Dana Zielinski (Clemson). Both are rowing in college, and while at the Mount they were mainstays of the swim team throughout their tenure.
"Things aren't quite the same without the big girls; they were just so strong at the finish of a race," the coach commented. "At the same time it will be interesting to see who steps up this season to try and fill that role."
The senior tri-captains for the Magic this year are Meister, Maria Finnegan, and Jen Lehman, and the other seniors are Dolan and Julie Sowa. The only one who has made a college commitment so far is Meister, who was successfully recruited for crew by Bucknell University.


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Finally, paralyzed people may be able to walk among us. According to an article I found on Rueters online, a new robotic suit may help keep the paralyzed wearer upright and propel them forward.
The device, called ReWalk, is the brainchild of engineer Amit Goffer, founder of Argo Medical Technologies, a small Israeli high-tech company.
Something of a mix between the exoskeleton of a crustacean and the suit worn by comic hero Iron Man, ReWalk helps paraplegics — people paralyzed below the waist — to stand, walk and climb stairs.
This new device may be a godsend in helping paraplegics boost their overall health – both physically and mentally. Physically, it helps use muscles that normally require intensive physical therapy to prevent atrophy. Mentally, it give the user a chance to be on eye level with everyone else and become less dependent on others to help them navigate through a world built for walking upright. To see more of the challenges facing people in wheel chairs, you should watch the FX series 30 Days with Morgan Spurlock where former NFL player Ray Crockett is confined to a wheelchair for 30 days! It is a great episode and really makes you think.


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Timberwolves Top Pacers at FargoDome
The Timberwolves won 84-70 at the FargoDome Wednesday night in their preseason opener. Chase Budinger and Nikola Pekovic each scored 14 points, Brandon Roy scored 13 points in 24 minutes on 5-9 shooting and Kevin Love added 12 points and 8 rebounds for Minnesota. Andrei Kirilenko in his Timberwolves debut had just 3 points in 27 minutes and Alexey Shved in his Wolves' debut didn't score in 21 minutes.
The Timberwolves will play another preseason game at Indiana at 6pm Friday. Minnesota will host Chicago Saturday night at 7pm, hear Saturday's game on WJON.


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I recently picked up Pat Dorsey's "The Five Rules For Successful Stock Investing" due to a recommendation from a fellow investor; for anybody familiar with Mr. Dorsey, it's probably not too surprising that the book ended up being a great read. As the former director of stock analysis at Morningstar (and now the vice chairman and director of research and strategy at Sanibel Captiva Trust Company), it's safe to say that he's someone with experience in equity analysis.
In the early chapters, Mr. Dorsey's book is focused on the basic principles that are commonly found in other "how-to" books and familiar to GuruFocus readers – the importance of focusing on the long-term fundamentals (and sustainability) of a business, demanding an adequate margin of safety, the importance of compounding, etc. And while these topics are well versed among more experienced value investors, my personal opinion is that continually pounding such core tenants into your brain every year or so is worth the few hours required to do so.
One area of particular relevance (and somewhere that Mr. Dorsey has clearly spent considerable time focusing on) is the importance of economic moats; in the book, there's a solid mix between assessing the quantitative indicators (ROA, ROE, ROC, etc.) and understanding the qualitative characteristics (real product differentiation, perceived product differentiation due to brand equity, cost leadership, customer lock-in, and barriers to entry are discussed in depth) that can signal a company's sustainable competitive positioning within a market. As I noted above, in the early chapters the book is comparable to other books targeting the novice investor; in this section, Mr. Dorsey beings to clearly differentiate "The Five Rules For Successful Stock Investing" from the other "how-to" guides most often cited.
Many of the sections, such as those focused on management analysis and questionable accounting, build into a chapter called "The 10 Minute Test." Collectively, the topics addressed throughout these chapters provide a solid foundation for an investment checklist – which I consider to be fundamental in developing a consistent approach to security analysis; for an investor looking to add a few bullet points to their list, this is a one stop shop for often-overlooked questions that could help you avoid a serious mistake down the road (for example, focusing on the relationship between accounts receivable and the allowance for doubtful accounts over time).
As the book gets past the language of investing and the fundamentals of financial accounting (financial statement analysis), we move into the meat of individual company analysis and valuation. Without getting into too much detail (interested readers should grab a copy of the book), Mr. Dorsey's section on valuation advocates a discounted cash flow model based upon historic growth rates, with the discount rate discussion simplified into a talk about risk (meaning permanent impairment of capital) and understanding the factors that should cause the rate to be adjusted higher or lower (as he notes, it is an inexact science - there's no "right" discount rate for a company).
While I agree with the approach as he presents (it is simply a two stage DCF, similar to the reverse DCF favored by Montier in "The Dangers of DCF"), I take one issue with his emphasis on growth rates – for a book that leaves no stone unturned, I think that Mr. Dorsey was a bit too concise in his discussion on the perils of grabbing a 5 or 10 year historic earnings growth rate and plugging that into a model. As becomes clear with a bit of modeling, the growth rate (particular for the terminal value via the perpetual growth rate) assumed in the model will have a material impact on the intrinsic value spit back out; when one considers the plethora of issues that can come with simply clinging to historic growth rates (the impact of one-time charges, M&A, the stage of the business cycle, and the reliance on two arbitrary years rather than normalized earnings, to name a few), it creates some serious problems that can result in false optimism among novice investors set free with financial models (as Warren once said, "beware of geeks bearing formulas").
Beyond that one small issue (one that I likely take to heart only because I've seen it abused time and time again), there's no question that this book is a must reader for beginners and seasoned value investors alike. The second half of the book is a guided tour of individual market sectors, and provides a great starting point for expanding ones circle of competence into unchartered waters. Collectively, the two halves provide a complete guide to the essential tenants of value investing that is essentially unrivaled in such an easy to read format (this book plus Lynch's "One Up on Wall Street" should be required reading for beginners); I highly recommend that investors of all skill levels consider picking up a copy of this book.
I recently picked up Pat Dorsey's "The Five Rules For Successful Stock Investing" due to a recommendation from a fellow investor; for anybody familiar with Mr. Dorsey, it's probably not too surprising that the book ended up being a great read. As the former director of stock analysis at Morningstar (and now the vice chairman and director of research and strategy at Sanibel Captiva Trust Company), it's safe to say that he's someone with experience in equity analysis.


text: Goal I want to run a web server and a mail server and need to have them reachable from the Internet. Progress I have registered my domain with Hover (Tucows) I have the mail server working for users on my LAN, we can send and receive mail to each other with email addresses such as [email protected] and [email protected]. Within the LAN, this only works if we use 192.168.241.80 as the server name in Thunderbird as the address to the POP Mail Server. If I use mail.musgravelanding.net, it fails. Likewise, for the outgoing server in Thunderbird, to reach the SMTP Mail Server, I have to use 192.168.241.80 instead of mail.musgravelanding.net I went to my account on Hover (https://www.hover.com/domain/musgravelanding.net) and forwarded the domain to my WAN ip address (25.95.xxx.xxxx), used the NAT on the first router connected to my ISP (at my home) to forward port 80, 25 and 110 to my second router, which in turn has these ports open and forwards them to my server at 192.168.241.80. I get some indication that packets are able to get to the server now, since now when I use my browser within my LAN with the address www.musgravelanding.net, it loads up the login screen for the internal web server on my router even though the router said that it would switch its port to 8080. If I get someone from outside my LAN and out on the Internet to use their browser to use www.musgravelanding.net, nothing comes up. This is probably because my router connected to my ISP is trying to connect it to its internal web service which will not allow remote management. That is another problem I have to solve. When I change the thunderbird setup from 192.168.241.80 to mail.musgravelanding.net, and try to get mail sent from the Internet, I get from Thunderbird: Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server mail.musgravelanding.net responded: Invalid It is possible that the router connected to my ISP is not properly forwarding requests to my second router. Can anyone help me with this? What tests can I do to find out what is happening? Thanks, Peter