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The Jewish heart's invisible path
Israeli poet David Shimoni said, "From each Jewish heart an invisible path leads to the Land of Israel."
Directly following the military confrontation between Israel and Gaza, I stood in a room where some 600 hearts, or more, were being drawn along that path. The occasion was a rally dubbed "We Stand with Israel – a Gathering in Solidarity" sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
From the 80-something-year-old Holocaust survivor, whose heart likely traverses a path to Israel mined with painful memories, to the mother of a new oleh now serving in the IDF, whose heart navigates a path brimming with pride – and fear… From the rabbi, on a spiritual path, to the self-proclaimed secular Israeli, on a decidedly different path. To those of us whose path was literal not so long ago, as we went, nearly 300 strong, on a Jewish Federation mission to Israel this past summer.
We stood together, young and not-so-young, religious and not-so-religious, of all political persuasions, amid Israeli and American flags. We stood together in gratitude to Israel for inspiring us with her courage and resolve; in gratitude to America for supporting Israel's right to defend her citizens – and for giving us the right to gather together and make such statements publicly.
Rallying for Israel was not new to me. Sadly, since joining the Jewish Federation staff, I've been to far too many rallies in support of an Israel at war or, if not technically at war, bearing the agony of war – terror attacks against innocent civilians – without the possible benefit of winning and definitively putting an end to the aggression.
But this rally was different.
With a freshly-reached cease-fire, some might have questioned the need – or reason – for holding a rally. We, who had planned the event before the cease-fire, wondered whether a perceived lack of urgency would impact attendance.
It didn't. And holding the rally at this time gave us an opportunity to do something we hadn't done before. To come out in support of Israel, not because we had to, but because we wanted to. Actually, because we needed to.
We needed to make a statement that we stood by Israel, not just in a crisis, but also when the crisis is averted. Not just in bad times, but in good times, too. Perhaps our Federation Chair, Lou Plung, said it best in noting, "When God asked our patriarchs, 'Where are you?' they answered, 'Heneini,' 'I am here.' We are here now," he said. "We are here to stand with Israel. Now and always."
Also remarkable was Lou's reference to the Israel of modern legend – and to a sad reality. "I marvel at the incredible things Israel has accomplished in 65 years – from medical miracles… to cutting-edge technology… to the most basic wonder, bringing forth fruit from the desert. Who can imagine how much more the Israelis could have achieved if they had lived in peace all these years?"
Such is life in Israel. But this is not all there is to life in Israel. Which brings me to our next speaker.
Rallies being what they are, with the requisite "official" remarks always on the agenda, I've come to dread (is that too strong a word?) hearing from Israeli dignitaries. Perhaps I've become jaded by too many impeccably-crafted "kosher" speeches, their content culled from a storehouse of approved statements.
But Deputy Consul General Elad Strohmayer was ready for even a cynic like me.
He took the podium, a fresh-faced 20-30-something orator who brought us to a next level, one of feeling like we could, indeed, do something to help. Even from halfway around the world:
When people hear of rockets falling, they think of Israel as a horrible, dangerous place. We need to tell the world it's not like that. We need to make people aware of what Israel is really like, that it's a strong, vibrant nation whose people are resilient. Yes, rockets were falling, but the Israelis went on living their lives. They were saying to Hamas, 'We are not going to let terror break our spirit.'
Along with educating people about Israel, he charged us with the task of advocating with our legislators:
When you support Israel, you support democracy. You support the values of freedom and human rights. These are the values of the U.S. There is a deep bond between Israel and America, two countries protecting the same values. You must urge American leaders to recognize that.
The rally went from the practical to the emotional, and back to the practical again, with comments by Rabbi Daniel Yolkut, recently returned from a solidarity mission to Israel under the aegis of the Rabbinical Council of America. Sharing highlights of "63 inspiring, frightening, exhausting hours," he spoke of being saddened to make a shiva call to the family of a victim of the rocket attacks, being stunned to stand in a home with a wall missing – and able to look out upon Gaza.
And he spoke of our role, our obligation:
There is a haunting story in the Torah of the Israelites standing poised to go into the land, and two tribes don't want to cross over the Jordan River. Moses rebukes them, saying, 'Will your brothers go to war and you sit here?'
Last week our brothers and sisters went to war," he told the crowd. "Tens of thousands of reservists – regular working people like us – left their businesses, their homes and families, to go to the south. They waited there to find out if they were going in, to fight – house to house, street to street.
There is work we must do, too, he insisted. "We must do our part to fight those who would discredit Israel on the internet and in the media. We need to be advocates.
Most of all, we need to pray. To open a siddur, to open our hearts.
Hearts that won't need much encouragement. Hearts that are already making their way along an invisible path to Israel.


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From the talented minds who created animated videos for the iPhone 4, Tiger Woods and HP sexual harassment scandals comes...Evil Google! Seriously, these minute-long Taiwanese videos are the highlight of my job.
In this week's latest video, the Taiwanese news producers show the transformation from Google's "Don't Be Evil" origins, to current-day Google, where the founders high-five each other in their private plane, strike devils with the devil (Verizon) and snap photos of primates emerging from sex shops.
It's their most twisted video yet, and if you don't watch it you better just reset your default search engine to Bing now. [MIC Gadget]


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It was interesting to watch the interaction, or in some cases, lack thereof, between several dozen protesters in front of the Walmart in the Town of Ulster and the steady stream of Black Friday shoppers who were coming and going.
It was interesting to watch the interaction, or in some cases, lack thereof, between several dozen protesters in front of the Walmart in the Town of Ulster and the steady stream of Black Friday shoppers who were coming and going.
The protesters, including representatives of several unions, at least one local Occupy group and some individuals just representing themselves, were part of a national protest urging better wages and benefits for Walmart employees.
Most shoppers entering and exiting the store ignored the protesters. Some stopped and spoke to one of the picketers, or accepted the literature being handed out to those who would take it.
"These people are just ridiculous," said one young man as he approached the entrance, but he did stop long enough to listen to a woman on the picket line. One man who had planned to go in changed his mind after seeing the picket line.
"I'll stand with them," John Ross of Ulster Park told a reporter. "I won't shop here."
But one gray-haired gentleman, obviously unaware that no one on the picket line was a Walmart employee (or if they were, they weren't admitting it to the media), lit into the protesters: "If you don't like the wages, why do you work here? Go get a job somewhere else!"
It's not that easy to find another job, someone on the line replied.
Michael Randall
Want a fast answer on your college application? Mount Saint Mary College will give you one on Saturday.
The Mount is holding the latest of its periodic instant decision events from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day in the admissions office in the Villa, following a 10 a.m. check-in at the Kaplan Family Math, Science and Technology Center.
The essays, letters of recommendation and admissions application fee normally required are waived for this event.
Prospective students must, however, bring an official copy of their transcript and their SAT or ACT scores to get an instant admissions evaluation and decision.
There will be a light brunch served, and a tour where you can learn about academics, financial aid and campus life.
And before you leave, you'll have your admissions decision.
Michael Randall
Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh has been emailing news releases for weeks now, plugging Saturday's opening of a new display, "Unpacked and Rediscovered: Selections From Washington's Headquarters Collection."
It's scheduled to take place in the site's recently renovated museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and they say it will include rare, curious and important collections not seen by the public for many years.
Among the items that have been teased in these weekly bulletins are the Army officer epaulets worn by Capt. Augustus van Horne Ellis of New Windsor in the Civil War; a powder canister from the U.S.S. Maine; and a bust of Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon, who in 1783 was commissioned by the Virginia State Legislature to do a full-size statue in honor of the general.
We're not quite sure what, if any, connection it has to Washington, but there's also an armadillo-shell basket — something that became a fad when Charles Apelt of Texas introduced them at the World's Fair in 1902.
We're assuming that one goes in the "curious" category.
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'Twinkies' sold, may soon return to shelves
Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos sold to buyout firm
It's said a Twinkie could survive a nuclear war. And now, it appears the iconic cream-filled cake can even rise from the snack graveyard to live another day.
Buyout firms Apollo Global Management, LLC and Metropoulos & Co. have agreed to purchase the Hostess and Dolly Madison cake brands, including Twinkies, ABC has learned.
The treats have been off the market since Hostess closed its plants in November and declared bankruptcy.
The proposed transaction includes the brands, five bakeries, and some equipment for $410 million, ABC reported.
In a statement to ABC, the company says it hopes to bring Twinkies, Ding Dongs and HoHos back to store shelves as soon as possible.
The deal still must be approved by the US Bankruptcy Court. A hearing is set for March 19.


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After you've contacted Apple for a replacement, you'll receive a kit that contains a replacement HomePod with everything you need to return your defective HomePod to Apple.
Important: Be sure to return your defective HomePod so that Apple receives it within ten days of the day the replacement HomePod shipped (check your ship date). If Apple doesn't receive your HomePod within ten days, or if Apple technicians find that the HomePod has accidental damage or unauthorized modifications, you'll be charged up to the full value of the replacement HomePod. For more details, see terms and conditions.
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This prperty was the center of a very large Navy base in Key West. Key West has a long history with the US Navy. From pirates to atomic bombs in Cuba during the cold war. A large portion of the property was sold and is now under the banner of Truman Annex. The weater station is from a time gone by and was used for weather prediction.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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The Bard's last play - the theatre's first work of magical realism. In the aftermath of a shipwreck of his own conjuring, exiled Prospero wields magical powers and manipulation to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place. His machinations bring about revelations, romance and redemption on a mysterious island.
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On the same day that Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, lightning struck St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Was this evidence of God's wrath or some sort of supernatural sign from above?
According to a 12th century prophecy, it could be a sign of the end of times. The Irish prophet St. Malachy predicted that the pope that follows Pope Benedict will be the last one.
The Prophecy of the Popes dates back to 1139. In it, it lists only 112 popes before the Last Judgment. Pope Benedict XVI is the 111th.
Barry University Theology professor Dr. Edward Sunshine tells Local 10's Constance Jones, those in academia are not big believers.
"In terms of prophesying it, prophecy in the sense of predicting it, it's a risky business," he said. "All kinds of people have made all kinds of predictions about the end and then when the time has passed, they've had to eat their words."
But many of the prophecies from this document were spot on. A prediction referred to Pope John Paul II as the "Eclipse of the Sun." He was born during the solar eclipse.
As for Pope Benedict the 16th, the prophecy named him with the "glory of the Olive." He comes from the monastic order known as the Olivetan Congregation.
"You can call it a coincidence or you can say it is a sign of something," said Dr. Sunshine. "As far as proving one or the other, I don't know how you'd do that."
The Catholic Church has not made any comments in regards to the predictions, but one South Florida priest says only God knows when the end of time will come.
"For us Christians, it goes against the Gospel. Jesus has said no body knows the end, not even the Son himself," said Father Marcelo Solorzano. "Only the Father, according to Jesus, knows, so we don't know."
Fr. Solorzano encourages anyone who is worried about the end to depend on a loving God.
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A foggy, chilly day is in store for Sunday.
There will be a dull start, with low cloud and locally dense fog patches. This will be slow to clear, with some places reamining cloudy and chilly for much of the day.
There may be some warm, sunny spells and there will be a maximum temperature of 16°C.
It will remain dry into this evening, with light winds. Low cloud, mist and fog patches will form once again, with fog dense in some places.
There'll be a minimum temperature of 6°C.
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for fog for West Yorkshire.
The yellow 'be aware' warning is valid until 11am this morning.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "A slack, moist airmass is expected to lie across much of the England and Wales overnight, with fog forming readily, reducing visibility to less than 100 m at times. Fog will slowly clear through tomorrow morning.
"Travel may be impacted by poor visibility, with some minor disruption expected."


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The 2nd and 3rd of July are rest days for teams at the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, but for virtual football fans, these two days marked the biggest event of the gaming year, the Grand Final of the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2014!
The FIWC Grand Final in Rio de Janeiro took place on 2 and 3 July. While the stars of real football were at rest, the world's 20 best virtual footballers battled it out for the virtual world cup on the official EA SPORTS 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ game.
Relive all the action from Thursday's Final Showdown in the video above.
If you missed Wednesday's Group Stage games, the video on the right side of the page has all the action replayed.
You can follow the Grand Final live streaming a variety of ways. Watch it on FIFA.com's Grand Final page, on the FIFA Interactive World Cup Facebook page or on FIFA's official YouTube channel. The Grand Final will have celebrity guests and commentators, spectacular locations and hours of virtual football for your viewing pleasure. Don't miss a single moment of the most anticipated FIWC Grand Final of all time! It's virtual meets real football in Rio!
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Making the 2014 AWP Commemorative Broadside
For this year's AWP Conference in Seattle, we contacted Willow Springs Editor-in-Chief Sam Ligon to collaborate in the creation of the Literary House Press's second annual commemorative broadside. After careful consideration of a few dozen poems published in the Washington-based literary journal over the last several issues, we decided together upon Nance Van Winckel's piece "Because B," first published in issue 68 of Willow Springs in fall 2011. The brevity and subject matter of the poem were perfectly suited to the medium; and, of course, we loved it!
Over this past year of letterpress broadside design, we've had the fun of experimenting with different paper dimensions. This poem gave us the perfect opportunity to explore the possibilities of a shape we had been secretly wanting to try: a square broadside. The title gave us the main image we would use: a large letter B would keep it simple and typography-based. After this realization, finalizing the design was just a matter of determining how to incorporate this image into the layout of the poem itself in order to create a cohesive and intentional arrangement. Serendipitously, the original poem broke into two clean stanzas of nearly even length. This allowed the text to fit snugly within the loops of our large B, with the title tucked into the pronounced, angular serifs of the Bookman Old Style typeface we chose. And once this puzzle was all pieced together, it formed our desired square. We chose Palatino Linotype for the poem text: a traditional letterpress typeface.
We looked to the poem's subject matter when picking out paper and ink colors. The setting of this piece is icy and gray, but there's a bit of melt and mud in there too. We decided on a very heavy weight paper called Murillo in Light Gray—a shade that is both gray and slightly green, the color of muddy clay. For the large letter B framing the poem: a darker, shinier gray color of ink, almost silver. And finally, for the poem text, title, and colophon: a classic black.
After our custom photopolymer plates arrived from Boxcar Press, Master Printer Mike Kaylor went to work prepping and printing the broadsides with assistance from two of his most dedicated workshop students (and past Literary House interns), Aileen Gray '14 and Ariel Jicha '15. Aileen helped Mike with the first shift: measuring and cutting the paper with the large guillotine blade, planning out which color to print first (printing two colors requires printing twice), and precisely lining up the photopolymer plate(s) on the type-high base that has been locked in the press bed. On the second shift, Ariel assisted Mike with the ink mixing (getting just the right shade of shimmery gray) and printing the broadsides on our Vandercook 4 proof press. It is tedious but rewarding work.
Now that the entire edition of 75 broadsides has been printed and numbered, we have packed them up tight for the flight to Seattle. At the Conference, Nance will sign all 75 broadsides and then we will have them for sale at our Rose O'Neill Literary House table in the AWP Bookfair. After we return from the west coast on March 1, the remaining broadsides will be available for purchase on the Literary House Press web page for $20 each.
We have loved having this opportunity to work with Willow Springs and Nance Van Winckel on this year's AWP commemorative broadside. For the 2015 Conference in Minneapolis, Literary House Press will be teaming up with a Minnesotan literary journal of national reputation. Stay tuned for more details!
—Jehanne Dubrow & Lindsay Lusby
As another project for this year's AWP Conference, the Literary House filmed this entire process of designing and printing Nance Van Winckel's "Because B." We will be playing it on loop as part of our table display, but you can have a look at it here:


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A New York State Assembly staffer's admirable attempt at subterfuge failed pretty hard on Monday, when it was revealed that he'd impersonated a female blogger in order to more convincingly defend Speaker Sheldon Silver. As some of ye faithful readers may remember, according to the New York Times, Silver had authorized a secret payment of $103,080 to settle sexual harassment claims against egomaniacal Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez earlier this year.
WYNC reported that a spokesperson for Speaker Silver said that the staffer, Bill Eggler, revealed that his were the fingers behind blogger "Sophia Walker," who wrote for a web magazine called "The Last Goddess." As Walker, Eggler described media scrutiny over Silver's secret payoff to two women who'd accused Lopez of sexual harassment "a faux scandal." Apparently, Eggler embarked on this brand of internet vigilantism on his own initiative.
Eggler's primary responsibility is to answer correspondence to the Assembly, and, while he won't be losing his job, Silver gave him an official reprimand and then took away his internet privileges, effectively turning Eggler into an office drone circa 1989.
Assembly Staffer Defends Speaker By Posting Web Comments As Woman [WNYC]


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Mother Nature might be mad
I spent Saturday afternoon in what looked like a war zone. The post-battle scene was quiet now, even peaceful, I thought, as I looked down and spotted a bright orange ladybug. Walking slowly from one casualty to the next, I choked back tears. It was time now to recover the dead and lend aid to the bruised and battered.
Mother nature's fury had finally hit home. Last week's rain and hail storms hit my garden with a vengeance. Months of loving care and hard work destroyed in just minutes. Broccoli — chopped… peas — pulverized… lettuce — shredded… squash — squashed… tomatoes — beheaded.
I mean, these plants weren't just picked up at the local garden center and plopped into the ground. (well, a few might have been) Most of these plants were grown from carefully picked out seeds, deposited gingerly, one-by-one into pencil-width holes, measured to the perfect depth into rich, organic soil and then placed under UV "grow" lights, connected to a timer to ensure proper balance of "day and night." They were even repotted not once, but twice, when they outgrew their little biodegradable containers.
I suppose it was just a matter of time. These days, it seems, no one is immune to the devastation of natural disaster…. Earthquake ravages New Zealand; Tsunami takes down Japan; Tornadoes level Joplin and Tuscaloosa; Flooding consumes cities from Mississippi to Illinois; Heatwave grips the country, Fires engulf Arizona and Texas, you name it, we got it.


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Alexandra Jumper (left) and Emily Lambert (right) won the A division at the St. Mary's Women's Intersectional (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Harvard women's and coed sailing teams were both on the water over the weekend, as the women's team took ninth out of 18 teams at the St. Mary's Women's Intersectional and the coed squad finished ninth out of 19 teams at the Truxton Umsted Trophy.
At the St. Mary's Women's Intersectional, juniors Emily Lambert and Alexandra Jumper sailed to the top of the leaderboard with a low score of 66 in the A division. The duo sailed to six top-three finishes over the course of 14 races and beat Georgetown by four points to win the division. Freshmen Morgan Russom, Isabel Ruane and Caitlin Watson sailed to a 14th-place finish in the B division for the Crimson, which finished ninth overall.
The Truxton Umsted, hosted by Navy, consisted of two divisions of doublehanded racing and two divisions of singlehanded competition. Alan Palmer served as the skipper for all 17 races of the A division, pairing with four different crews. Senior John Stokes and freshman Luke O'Connor each crewed a pair of races, while Quincy Bock sailed in five races and Meghan Wareham sailed in eight races for the Crimson. The five Harvard sailors earned a score of 162, good for ninth place in their division and just 10 behind St. Mary's.
Junior Brendan Kopp skippered 10 races in the B division, while Stokes skippered seven races and crewed for eight races. O'Connor, Wareham and Alma Lafler also split crew duties, scoring 155 points, which placed the Crimson 10th in the division.
Tedd Himler sailed for Harvard in the C division, and Jason Michas competed in the D division. In some of the most competitive sailing of any division, Himler finished eighth with 138 points, just five behind Oliver Toole from Stanford and 13 behind Alejandro Ravelo from Navy. Michas, a sophomore for the Crimson, placed 13th in his division with 191 points.
Harvard is scheduled to compete in four races March 26-27. The Crimson will sail at the 71st Owen, Mosbacher & Knapp Trophies at Kings Point, the 32nd Women's Duplin Trophy Team Race at Tufts, the Boston University Bridge Invitational and host the 82nd Boston Dinghy Club Cup.


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Cyclobenzaprine Extended Release (ER) for Fibromyalgia
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01041495
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Verified September 2012 by Thomas L. Schwartz, M.D., State University of New York - Upstate Medical University.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : December 31, 2009
Last Update Posted : September 7, 2012
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Amrix (Cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride Extended release capsules) is approved by the FDA as a muscle relaxant, indicated for the treatment of muscle spasm associated with acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions. Cyclobenzaprine ER (Amrix TM) has a distinct pharmacokinetic profile providing early systemic exposure and consistent plasma concentration over several hours. Overall, a single dose of Amrix 30 mg is similar to that of cyclobenzaprine immediate release 10 mg three times daily. This ER formula should improve compliance, with similar efficacy and possibly less side effects as is often the case with slower release formulations.
There are clinical studies showing that cyclobenzaprine can alleviate pain secondary to Fibromyalgia induced muscle tone. This multi-layered evidence base suggests that cyclobenzaprine may be able to alleviate pain in fibromyalgia. Theoretically in fibromyalgia, pain is interpreted centrally and possibly occurs due to said muscle spasm . Cyclobenzaprine may relieve this pain, thus allowing patients to function better during the day and sleep better at night. Cyclobenzaprine has tricyclic antidepressant structure which may also allow pain signal dampening in the spinal cord as well, similar to amitriptyline which is used off-label for neuropathic pain as well.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is an illness that may involve medical, rheumatologic, autoimmune, sleep, endocrine and psychiatric pathology. It is a syndrome of recurrent pain at trigger points. Greater than 90% of these patients will report fatigue as a key symptom as well. There are several investigation lines into the treatment of FM induced pain. Exercise, behavioral therapy, amitryptiline, duloxetine, tramadol, sodium oxybate, pregabalin all have randomized trials and almost all focus on pain. There are very few studies evaluating cyclobenzaprine and none studying to Cyclobenzaprine ER formulation. None evaluate pain reduction, sleep and fatigue improvement.
Cyclobenzaprine is a drug with minimal adverse effects (dry mouth, dizziness, fatigue, constipation, somnolence, nausea, and dyspepsia). It may have a safer tolerability profile than some of the FM medications noted above. As cyclobenzaprine is often studied and often added as an augmentation agent to patients' regimens who suffer from acute painful musculoskeletal conditions, the authors feel that cyclobenzaprine would also be effective in this population. The authors wish to conduct a study to determine if cyclobenzaprine ER is safe and tolerable in the treatment of FM induced pain, and secondary fatigue and insomnia. This initial study may allow for continued regulatory studies with this product in FM subjects. The authors propose a double-blind placebo controlled study to determine if cyclobenzaprine ER is safe and effective in reversing FM induced pain, and secondary fatigue and insomnia.
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|Fibromyalgia Pain Sleep Fatigue
|Drug: cyclobenzaprine ER (AMRIX) Drug: placebo
|Phase 4
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|An Eight Week, Double-Blind Efficacy Study of Cyclobenzaprine ER (Amrix TM) Augmentation to Alleviate Fibromyalgia Fatigue and Muscle Pain
|Study Start Date :
|June 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|March 2013
|Experimental: cyclobenzaprine ER
Drug: cyclobenzaprine ER (AMRIX)
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- Analogue sleep/wakefulness scale [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
- Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
- Sheehan Disability SCale [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
- Quick Inventory of Depression [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
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- Have been formally diagnosed by a Board Certified Rheumatologist using the ACR 1990 research criteria for fibromyalgia
- Report that pain is a key distressing symptom of their FM
- Have a score of > 4 on the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAPS)
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- Be pregnant or be attempting to conceive at present (urine bHCG must be negative)
- Have an active substance abuse problem with last use within the past 90 days (outside of nicotine)
- Use cardiac QTc prolonging medications i.e., tricyclic antidepressants
- Use p4502D6 major inhibiting medications as cyclobenzaprine levels may increase
- Have a known medical condition outside of FM that causes pain, i.e., diabetic neuropathy
- Have a known medical condition or other medication use that relatively contraindicates cyclobenzaprine use (i.e., hypersensitivity concomitant use of monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, seizures, known cardiac abnormalities, recent MI. hepatitis, stroke, or psychosis
- Has a prior history of cyclobenzaprine use and failure (failure due to side effects may be allowed at P.I. discretion)
- Be receiving daytime/nighttime sedating medication with clear chronological impact on fatigue UNLESS fatigue predates sedating medication or said medication has been steadily dosed > 4 weeks
- Other medications known to alleviate pain (i.e., Gabapentin, Pregabalin, Amitryptiline, Duloxetine,Venlafaxine, Carbamazepine, Tramadol, etc) unless they have been at steady dose more than 6 weeks
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Once the center of a mighty empire, the Portuguese capital was nearly wiped out in the 18th century, only to rise again and establish itself as one of Europe's most beguiling cities, rich in beauty, grace and melancholy
Author Chris Wright Photography Pedro Guimaraes
DAY TWO | Today you'll be tackling Bairro Alto, one of Lisbon's hilltop neighborhoods. You've opted to fuel up at Deli Delux, a fashionable riverside café that, in contrast to yesterday's avalanche of calories, offers a healthy brunch: juice, a bread basket and yogurt with muesli, which you consume while watching hulking cargo ships roll by.
Then you head to the second hotel of your stay, the Altis Avenida, a beautifully restored 1940s commercial building downtown. This boutique property tends toward high style—its interior features lots of black lacquer and art deco designs— while its location near busy Rossio Square caters to those who prefer to be in the thick of things.
A five-minute hike and you're in Chiado, a district filled with cafés and street performers. Here you find the Elevador de Santa Justa, a 147-foot elevator enclosed in an Eiffel-like iron-lattice tower. At the top, you pause to take in the view of the city before crossing the skyway to the Carmo Archaeological Museum, a semi-ruined 14th-century convent that today houses a jumble of Roman cornices, Jewish gravestones and Peruvian mummies.
You stroll into Bairro Alto, a labyrinth of narrow streets containing a mishmash of butcher shops, gift shops and bars. Mostly bars. You arrive at a small square, once a burial ground for plague victims and now home to one of the weirdest churches you'll ever see: the Igreja de São Roque.
While the façade of this 16th-century Jesuit church is drab, its interior makes you squint. The central theme is gold, with smatterings of ivory, agate, lapis lazuli and silver. There are cherub heads clustered like grapes, display cases bearing grubby skulls and femurs, and a painting of St. Francis Xavier regarding a crab with a crucifix in its claw. After an hour in here, you're woozy.
Luckily, the rest of your day is being handled by the Sidecar Touring Company, an outfit that transports sightseers alongside vintage motorcycles. Your guide, the garrulous João, takes you around town, and then around town some more, pausing for the odd snack and ending up at A Ginjinha in Rossio Square, where you are treated to a glass of the red-berry liqueur ginja and a spirited monologue about Lisbon's history.
From there it's a 10-minute bus ride up Avenida da Liberdade, at the end of which you find Eduardo VII Park. You amble through the gardens to Eleven, a funky restaurant specializing in Mediterranean-with-a-twist dishes. You have oysters with shaved leeks, followed by quail ravioli and black truffle risotto. Predictably, there's plenty of wine involved, and by the time you totter out you are almost tearfully appreciative. Which, as it happens, sets you up nicely for the last stop of the evening.
Lisboans love their fado—a wistful, acoustic musical form—and the best place to experience it is Senhor Vinho, an atmospheric bistro in the Lapa district. The singers here warble about broken dreams, the scent of candle wax and fish stew filling the air. Even though you can't understand a word of it, the tone tells you all you need to know, and you head home with a pleasingly melancholic twinge.
Great three days. Only the fine dining restaurants are wrong. The three best in town are Belcato, Assinatura and Bocca
Thank you so much Chris,
I really enjoyed reading your article about Lisbon. You made me to revisit places that I have been in this lovely city and you made me to want to discover the ones that I missed. I am from Brazil. Have you wrote anything about our cities?
Kind Regards,
Cristina Cavoto
I had read your article on one of my flights and taken the magazine home. Many moons later, I was able to finally come to Lisbon – I had a head-start through your lovely writings…. good work – I wish I could pack in as much as you did – but I had a great time.


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The Buccaneers are so sad this season that the local UFL team says they can beat them. Maybe owner Malcolm Glazer agrees, because according to Tampa sports talk radio station WDAE, he's putting the team up for sale.
Glazer and his family also own Manchester United, which puts them in controlling possession of two billion-dollar sports properties. (Forbes values the Bucs at $1.085 billion.) Yet, somehow they make no money. Man U allegedly carries close to $2 billion in debt and the Bucs are currently a ridiculous $30 million under the NFL salary cap. So when there's no more players left to dump, you just have to dump the whole team.
Good luck finding a buyer IN THIS ECONOMY, though. I hear Rush Limbaugh might have some cash lying around.
NFL's Buccaneers For Sale - Terrible Team Yours For ~$1 Billion [Business Insider]
Tatum Bell: Tuskers can beat the Bucs [Tampa Bay.com]


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Emma Stone will make her Broadway debut this fall when she steps into the Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed revival of "Cabaret." Stone will play nightclub singer Sally Bowles, a role originated in this production by Oscar nominee Michelle Williams.
Williams will continue as Sally until Nov. 9. Stone's limited run in the show begins Nov. 11 and goes through Feb. 1, 2015.
"Cabaret" opened at the Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 in April. The revival is a restaging of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's 1998 Tony Award-winning production, which starred the late Natasha Richardson as Sally and Alan Cumming as Emcee.
Cumming returned as emcee for the current restaging, and will remain in his Tony-winning role through March 29, 2015. Linda Emond and Danny Burstein, who were both Tony-nominated for their work in "Cabaret", will also continue with the production through the end of March. That means there's room for Stone to extend her run, or for another actress to step into the role.
This isn't the first time Stone's name has been attached to the Roundabout's "Cabaret." The 25-year-old actress was linked to the show back in 2013, during initial announcements for the production, but had to back out due to scheduling conflicts.
This also isn't the first time Stone will be singing professionally. Long before "Easy A" and "The Help," Stone competed (as "Emily Stone") on a VH1 reality singing show called "In Search of the New Partridge Family." Stone won the 2004 competition, though sadly "The New Partridge Family" series never made it to air.
For tickets and information about "Cabaret," visit roundabouttheatre.org.


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DOVER — An unpredictable apple harvest won't slow down the Seacoast's premier Fall festival this year.
Apple Harvest Day is set to be a success on Oct. 6, thanks to community support and pride for Dover's biggest day of the year.
"We're trying hard to get apples here, but it's tough this year," said Michael Mengers of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, who noted they might be lacking a few apples, but have plenty of new events planned for the 25,000 people expected to come out and enjoy the day.
The new events are the Orchard Street Stage, Todd's Touch Auto Alley and the McConnell Center Arts Pavilion. The stage will have a great band lineup, the Todd's Touch Auto Alley will feature super modified sports and muscle cars and have a monster truck on display, and the McConnell Center will transform into a local arts haven.
The additions to Apple Harvest Day will keep visitors busy, but Mengers said what keeps people coming back year after year are the local vendors and nonprofit organizations.
"We have people who show up to the festival every year and say, 'You know, I've been here for three years and I always get the same knitted wool gloves. Where's that lady located?' And because of that, vendors want the same spot."
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the vendors, along with six entertainment stages and fabulous food and amusements for the whole family will bring people from all over to downtown Dover for this day of fun organized by the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce and underwritten by Federal Savings Bank.
Prior to the event, the Apple Harvest 5K Road Race will take place. For the fourth straight year, the 5K, underwritten by PainCare and Salmon Falls Family Healthcare, will kick off the day, starting at 8:30 a.m. on River Street.
The USTAF certified course winds through historic downtown Dover and is suitable for beginner runners and walkers, as well as advanced racers. People can register for the Road Race online at www.dovernh.org through Oct. 4. After that, people can register in person at the race, beginning at 7:30 a.m.
"There is something for everybody. And that's not just saying that. You can stay busy all day long," Mengers said. "Plus, it's a free event."
Due to the efforts by Eric Roy of Ross Furniture, Third Street is now lined with vendors during the festival.
"It's that time of year that people want to be out and what better reason to come out but for Apple Harvest Day," Roy said.
None of it would be possible without the community.
"I think it really is about community because, the Apple Harvest Day committee is 25 people, the Chamber is about four. There are 150 volunteers there and Dover Children's Home has 80 volunteers at Henry Law Park. That's over 200 volunteers all coming from the community," Mengers said. "We couldn't put this on without local community members coming out, giving many hours of their day to make it happen."
This sense of community shows that Dover has pride in Apple Harvest Day, Mengers said. "What's happened is Dover has pride for Apple Harvest Day and it has spread to other communities. You see people there from Portsmouth, Hampton, Massachusetts."
He said it is the one day when Dover is the big show in town and everyone comes out to support the city. Dover has pride in the fact that people come from all over New England.
"People come from out of state, out of the City and plan on visiting their relatives in order to come to Apple Harvest," Donna Rinaldi of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce said. "A lot of the young people who have moved away plan on coming back that weekend."
Rinaldi said her neighborhood plans to walk through the festival at numerous times during the day and enjoy the event because they see people in the community that they don't get the opportunity to see every day.
"Everyone gets together, enjoys the day and comes out for the community," Rinaldi said.
"I just think Dover itself has a lot of pride in Apple Harvest Day," Mengers said.
An abundance of apples or not so many apples, the festival will bring the community out to support Dover.
"I think it has a lot to do with tradition," Mengers said. "Anytime, you have an event that's 28 years old, that recognition is there."
For more information, see the official Apple Harvest Day Festival in this week's issue of Showcase magazine. You can also visit: www.dovernh.org.
Plenty new awaits as visitors head to the 28th annual Apple Harvest Day
DOVER — An unpredictable apple harvest won't slow down the Seacoast's premier Fall festival this year.


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Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere!
A version of our video with CLOSED CAPTIONS is available here.
Jul 1 - FINAL ADD-ON REWARDS IN UPDATE 26: For our final 24 hours, we've added limited edition DODOcases, Picnic Blankets, downloadable episodes of the original series and a live online event with Donald Glover & LeVar... from a boat!
Jun 27 - MORE HUGE NEWS IN UPDATE 22: We've entered the Top 5 Kickstarter Projects... and the other four (Pebble, OUYA, Pono, Veronica Mars) have ALL offered special new rewards to help us get into more schools! Read more now!
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Hi. LeVar Burton here. You may know me as Kunta Kinte, from ROOTS, or Geordi La Forge, from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
You also may have grown up with me on Reading Rainbow.
It was my mother who taught me that, by picking up a book, I could "go anywhere" and "be anything." Ever since Reading Rainbow began in 1983, I have dedicated myself to fostering a love of reading in children, just as my mother did for me.
Over the past year, I have watched Kickstarter bring communities together to support artists and inventors. Again and again, I have been inspired by watching like-minded people team up to accomplish impossible dreams, and to change the world.
Now, I am hoping you will join me on my mission: to bring Reading Rainbow back for every child, everywhere.
Together, we can change the lives of millions of children. But you don't have to take my word for it: just keep reading!
I believe that every child has a right, and a need, to be literate. We have a responsibility to prepare our children… and right now, the numbers show that we, as a society, are failing in that responsibility.
And here's the problem:
And: numerous studies reveal that children who can't read at grade level by the 4th grade are 400% more likely to drop out of high school.
And: as of 2011, America was the only free-market country where the current generation was less well educated than the one before.
These problems won't solve themselves. Real change will require us all to work together. We cannot afford to lose generations of children to illiteracy. And if we work together, we don't have to.
Through Reading Rainbow, we've been working to solve these problems for over three decades. Starting in 1983, Reading Rainbow successfully used television to turn generations of kids into lifelong readers... with great results.
Of course, when Reading Rainbow began in 1983, we were using television to bring books to kids, meeting them where they wanted to be. In 2014, TV is not that place anymore. Now, we're trying to reach a new generation of digital natives.
That's why, two years ago, I launched the Reading Rainbow App for tablets. Building on the basics of the television series, we put hundreds of quality books – and educational video field trips – right in a child's hands.
The response has been encouraging:
But despite this progress, there are big challenges left to face.
First, not all families have access to tablets. Our goal is to cultivate a love of reading in all children, not just those that have tablets. To reach kids everywhere, we need to be everywhere: we need to be on the web, on mobile devices, on game consoles and on connected televisions.
Second, a resounding number of teachers have told me that they want Reading Rainbow in their classrooms, where they know it can make a difference. We will provide it, along with the tools that teachers need, including teacher guides, leveling, and dashboards. And with your help, we'll provide it to thousands of disadvantaged classrooms for FREE.
Every Home. Reading Rainbow's digital collection already contains hundreds of books and video field trips… but with your help, we'll be able to make the Reading Rainbow library available on more of the devices modern kids use to consume content. Now that we've met our initial goal of $1,000,000, we will be able to launch a new version of Reading Rainbow on the single most-used digital platform: the web. And now that we've reached our stretch goal of$5,000,000, we'll also be able to bring the service to mobile phones, Android, game consoles like XBOX and PlayStation, and set-top boxes like AppleTV and ROKU.
Every Classroom. Together, we want to provide Reading Rainbow to as many classrooms as possible FOR FREE! Now that we've reached our stretch goal of $5,000,000, we'll be able to provide year-long subscriptions in over 7,500 classrooms – and every additional $100K we raise lets us help 500 more!
No matter how much we raise, we promise that every dollar you pledge will bring Reading Rainbow to more platforms, and provide it for free in more classrooms.
We can make sure that millions of kids learn to love reading, but we can't do it without you. That's why I hope you'll join me in making a difference!
I believe that spreading the love of reading is its own greatest reward. But if you're going to join our cause, we also have some wonderful prizes. But you don't have to take my word for it... Take a look!
Aside from the signed book, the rewards above will be available to anyone who pledges!
But we also have several LIMITED EDITION rewards... so be sure to get them before we run out! (And if we DO run out, keep checking back -- we'll do our best to add more when we can!)
Or, if you prefer, you can also pledge for a reward package that will be gifted to the classroom or school of your choice!
And, if you're just interested in Star Trek related rewards, and don't want all of the Reading Rainbow goodies above, we've also got a few special reward levels created just for you:
This Kickstarter – and Reading Rainbow – couldn't happen alone, so I want you to meet the full team behind our Kickstarter.
Everytime I walk into the office, I am reminded that the Reading Rainbow team is made up of passionate, talented artists, producers, engineers, and so many more. Most of them grew up on the show, have families of their own now, and dedicate their working day to improving the lives of the next generation.
It's an honor to be surrounded by my Reading Rainbow family every day, and we can't wait for you to join us. And if you do, you'll be hearing from several of us throughout the campaign, and after that, in our backer updates. Click on the picture below to learn more about us!
Risks and challenges
The real risks and challenges we face don't lie in completing this project, but in the problems that we'll face without it.
If we raise our minimum funding goal, we do not anticipate ANY significant challenges or risks in completing the project.
As with all Kickstarter projects, there is always a risk of delay in delivering some of the rewards, but we've been careful to give ourselves MORE time than we think we'll need – so we hope we'll have some, or all, of the rewards out SOONER than listed.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter


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Mr. "I wont honor the US flag" but I will run for president, Barack Obama is pushing a bill that will lead to the implementation of a UN global tax, costing the U.S. at least $845 billion dollars over thirteen years in the name of fighting worldwide poverty, as well as banning "small arms and light weapons".
The "Global Poverty Act," which is sponsored by Obama, is up for a Senate vote today, and if passed would mandate the U.S. to spend 0.7 percent of the gross national product on foreign aid, on top of the money being sent out of the country already.
The bill passed the House by a voice vote last year because most members failed to read what was actually in it. The words "global" and "poverty" in the title were presumably enough to convince them that it must be good.
In reality, the bill also "Commits nations to banning "small arms and light weapons" and ratifying a series of treaties, including the International Criminal Court Treaty, the Kyoto Protocol (global warming treaty), the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child," writes Cliff Kincaid.
"Jeffrey Sachs, who runs the U.N.'s "Millennium Project," says that the U.N. plan to force the U.S. to pay 0.7 percent of GNP in increased foreign aid spending would add $65 billion a year to what the U.S. already spends. Over a 13-year period, from 2002, when the U.N.'s Financing for Development conference was held, to the target year of 2015, when the U.S. is expected to meet the "Millennium Development Goals," this amounts to $845 billion. And the only way to raise that kind of money, Sachs has written, is through a global tax, preferably on carbon-emitting fossil fuels."
A UN controlled global tax has long been a cherished goal of the elite and they have attempted to piggy-back it on numerous different pretexts, most recently via a global carbon tax on fuel, a move that was advanced at the recent summit in Bali.
During the summit, over one hundred prominent scientists signed a letter dismissing the move as a futile bureaucratic scheme which will diminish prosperity and increase human suffering.
In 2005, former French President Jacques Chirac called for the imposition of a global tax to finance the fight against AIDS.
Perfectly happy with giving Bush carte blanche to continue illegal spying on American citizens with the passage of this week's telecom immunity bill, the Senate seems destined to rubber stamp legislation that would lead to a global carbon tax.
President Bush has overseen the biggest increase in foreign aid since the 1940's and is highly unlikely to veto the bill if it is passed.
Contact the Senate and voice your opposition to this bill. Call the switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and asked to be connected to the office of your Senator.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Obama wants to take your gun away and give your money to the UN
Posted by The Patriot at 6:35 AM
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Obama sucks.I am on my way today to buy all the weapons I need.Screw him and the dumbass idiots that voted him in.
- November 8, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I have a bad feeling that Obama is going to do some terrible things to our country.
But not without a fight!
check this out.
- November 9, 2008 at 8:48 PM
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For The Love Of Science: A Call To Action
People often ask me how I got interested in science. I wish I could answer that I had a mentor when I was a child, that a biologist or a physicist visited my school when I was in third grade and transformed my life. But that's not what happened to me and, sadly, not what happens to the vast majority of children.
There are, of course, exceptions, but the fact is that STEM professionals (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) rarely visit schools, public or private, to speak about what they do and why they do it. The majority don't even volunteer to speak at their own children's schools, something I find absurd.
My own interest in science was a happy accident, something that came from inside, a sort of innate urgency to find out how the world works and how we can better relate to Nature.
I had the good fortune to spend summers at my grandparents' house in the mountains not far from Rio de Janeiro. It was a lush and dramatic setting, with highly eroded peaks covered in tufts of tropical forest. Darwin — during his voyage on the HMS Beagle — was enchanted by similar terrain. I recall asking my father, a dentist, how could rock — being so hard — become so sculpted.
"Time does it, a time so vast that it would be like a swallow taking a sip every day to empty a whole ocean," he once said.
I collected rocks and insects in those mountains. I hunted bats (the vampire kind!), fished, hiked, ran away from poisonous snakes, went up countless trees and explored thick jungles with a machete in hand. My exposure to Nature was direct; it was part of my childhood.
Only later, when I started science classes in school, did I begin to understand that there was a method perfectly suited to studying the world and its creatures, a method that could become a career, a way of life.
At 13 I knew I would do something related to science or engineering. And this without ever talking to, or even seeing, a single scientist! My inspiration, as with the vast majority of children everywhere, came from books, TV shows and family. Ask yourself: what percentage of children under 13 have ever seen or listened to a scientist in person? I don't have a number, but I imagine it is appallingly small.
I think this has to change, that every school, public or private, should have a program bringing in STEM professionals once or twice a year to talk about their research and their professional lives. How does a mathematician make a living? What does a biologist do? These visits should include graduate students, from astronomy to zoology.
Granting agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and NASA are now requiring some sort of outreach as part of their funding packages, which is great. Still, there should be a much stronger partnership between schools, universities, research centers and industry to increase the exposure of young students to a life in the sciences.
Picture 20 fourth graders watching a visual presentation that captures the stunning world of particle accelerators! How about the importance of chemistry in our everyday lives, or the budding reality of robotics, how to build satellites, detect black holes and exoplanets or decode a genome? Face-to-face encounters help drive home the fact that science pretty much defines the world in which we live.
I often go to schools in the United States and Brazil, speaking with students of all ages. I see their eyes brighten when I talk about how huge the universe is, how there is a giant black hole in the middle of the Milky Way, the prospects for life beyond Earth and why the Higgs boson interesting. Even teenagers make an effort to listen, their curiosity piqued by the possibility of a future that sometimes sounds impossible.
In a recent meeting of the American Physical Society, where I serve as a general councillor, we discussed a report on the need for better-prepared high school teachers. The number of universities preparing science teachers across the country needs to grow significantly. Regional centers in physics and science education should be created as part of an overall effort to promote a sharp improvement in pedagogy. In short, there are pressing needs in both number and quality when it comes to teaching science in the U.S.
But let's not overlook a very simple step that we can take right now, without delay: scientists, engineers and mathematicians can volunteer to share their professional experiences with schools in their neighborhoods. A couple of visits a year — a few hours of time — could inspire thousands to pursue a life in the sciences and impact our collective future.
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They now have a little boy, Millar, and a daughter Lyra. They've had cycling genetically implanted into them. The team has grown significantly through less organic means too. Vulpine have quickly become one of the biggest and most ambitious names in cycling. Crucially, office Jack Russell Lily, remains in a position of responsibility.
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Where would the Baltimore Ravens be without Ray Rice?
The star running back made one of the NFL season's signature plays Sunday against the San Diego Chargers, with a 30-yard catch-and-run on fourth-and-29 to help set up the game-tying field goal at the end of regulation.
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The Ravens made sure Rice's amazing effort didn't go for nothing. On their second overtime possession, Joe Flacco marched the Ravens deep into Chargers territory before Justin Tucker kicked a 37-yard field goal to secure the unlikely 16-13 win.
Coupled with yet another loss by the Ben Roethlisberger-less Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens now are in complete control of the AFC North at 9-2.
Both these teams will remember Rice's play for a long time. It started with the Ravens in desperation mode, down 13-10 and facing fourth-and-29 on their own 37 with two minutes to play. Flacco dumped a short pass to Rice, who made three Chargers defenders miss, then received a crushing Anquan Boldin block that concussed Chargers safety Eric Weddle and secured the first down.
"Hey Diddle Diddle, Rice up the middle," the running back named the play after the game, according to Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun.
After a review, the ball was re-spotted, leading to an extended delay as the chain gang tried to re-establish their spot before the Rice completion. When order was restored, Rice still had enough for a first down. The Ravens got another first down before kicking the field goal that sent the game into overtime.
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Considering the Chargers' almost-impressive ability to blow games, the result of overtime felt preordained. The Ravens find ways to win games they're supposed to lose. The Chargers find ways to lose games they're supposed to win.
That's why one team will be playing football in January and the other will be at home, searching for a new coach and possibly a whole lot more.
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Date: 23 May-10 June
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AI-DO I Interactive Tutorials
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The AI Driving Olympics, presented by the Duckietown Foundation with help from our partners and sponsors is now in full swing. Check out the leaderboard! We now have templates for ROS, PyTorch, and TensorFlow, as well as an agnostic template. We also have baseline implementation using the classical pipeline, imitation learning with data from both […]
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AI Driving Olympics Ready for Submissions
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Submissions to the AI Driving Olympics are officially open for the Lane Following task evaluated in simulation. To make a submission, follow the instructions in the AIDO-book. For example, a good place to start is the Quick Start Guide. For discussion please check out the AIDO forums.
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Kicking off the Duckietown Donation program with Cali, Colombia
Our first donation of a class kit goes to Cali, Colombia. We've reached our Kickstarter goal! This is great news because it means that we can kick off our donation program, with our first donation of a Class Kit, to students at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia. Why a donation program?Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are the sciences of the future, which […]Read more
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Duckietown in Ghana – Teaching robotics to brilliant students
In July 2018, Vincent Mai taught a 2-week Duckietown class to some of the brightest high school students in Ghana. You can help the Duckietown Foundation to fund similar experiences by donating. The email – Montreal, January 2018 On the morning of January 29th, 2018, I received an email. It was a call for international […]Read more
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How Duckietown inspired a 14 year old girl to become a tech entrepreneur
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Valeria and Andrea before getting back to work on Duckiebots (2016, MIT) We host a guest post by Valeria Cagnina, who had the luck to meet our team very early – in fact, when the first Duckietown was still being built – and she helped with the tape! Nothing is impossible…the word itself says "I'm possible"! […]
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Dear friends of Duckietown:We are excited to bring you tremendous news about the Duckietown project.In the past years we have had the support from many enthusiastic individuals who have donated their time and efforts to help the Duckietown project grow, and grown it has!Duckietown started at MIT in 2016 - almost two years ago. Now […]Read more
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Communities sites launched
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Today, we have launched the new communities subsites: more than 400, in fact. Each comes with a blog and a forum. We hope that this will encourage Duckietown enthusiasts to organize locally.
Announcing the AI Driving Olympics (AI-DO)
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Press release The Duckietown Foundation is excited to announce the official opening of the The AI Driving Olympics, a new competition focused around AI for self-driving cars. The first edition of the AI Driving Olympics 2018 will take place in December 2018, at NIPS, the premiere machine learning conference, in Montréal. This is the first competition […]
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Student Day at ST Napoli
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High school students from around Naples enjoyed Duckietown at STMicroelectronics Research Centre this past May 9th.
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A lab for self-driving vehicles
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Andy Robinson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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