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Hello. Have any of you played the first Benoit Sokal game - Amerzone ? i finished it yesterday. I played it on a brand new computer with vista, but it went fine! And i found it for only 10 kronor ( about a dollar or a euro ) on a cheap supermarket. What a bargain!
It is very good, but not as good as Syberia. The graphics are of course a bit cruder, the colours are much darker, and one thing that is a bit boring is that the whole game is in 1st person view and you never get so see or hear the main charachter talk.
But still very good and stunningly beautiful, especially the cut scenes.


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Immediate Versus Deferred Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Patients Presenting With Acute AIDS-defining Events (IDEAL)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01417949
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 16, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 28, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Other: Time of starting antiretroviral therapy
|Phase 4
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|61 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Immediate Versus Deferred Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Patients Presenting With Acute AIDS-defining Events (IDEAL-Study)
|Study Start Date :
|August 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2015
Active Comparator: Immediate arm
Immediate arm: ART should be initiated as soon as possible but no later than 3 days after initiation of OI treatment.
Other: Time of starting antiretroviral therapy
Within 24 hours after sending the screening form, the site investigator will receive a randomization sheet with the decision when to start ART ("immediate" or "deferred"). The day of receiving the randomization sheet will be defined as baseline visit.
Active Comparator: Deferred arm
Deferred arm: ART should be initiated after the completion of OI treatment which is achieved at the earliest at day 21 for PCP and at day 28 for TE. ART should be initiated no later than 6 weeks after initiation of OI treatment.
Other: Time of starting antiretroviral therapy
Within 24 hours after sending the screening form, the site investigator will receive a randomization sheet with the decision when to start ART ("immediate" or "deferred"). The day of receiving the randomization sheet will be defined as baseline visit.
- Death, all new/relapsing opportunistic infections and other grade 4 clinical endpoints within 24 weeks after randomization [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Clinical Progression (death, all new or relapsing OI, other Grade 4 clinical endpoint) within 24 weeks. For abnormalities not found in the Toxicity Tables, a Grade 4 event will be defined as potentially life-threatening (extreme limitation in activity, significant assistance required; significant medical intervention/therapy required, hospitalization or hospice care probable). Patients who drop out of study observation before end of week 12 are counted as clinical progression.
- Hospitalization days after completion of initial OI treatment between both groups [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Hospitalization days after completion of OI treatment
- incidence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Incidence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) as judged by the site investigator (for definitions see below) compared in the two groups during the first 24 weeks.
- virological outcome [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Virological outcome at week 24 (proportion of patients achieving HIV RNA < 400 (<50 copies/mL).
- efficacy and toxicity of the antiretroviral therapy [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Proportion of patients with changes in ARV regimen for lack of efficacy or of toxicity
- quality of life [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Quality of life (QOL), including overall self-reported QOL at Week 24
- immunological outcome [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]For evaluation of immunological outcome, CD4 T-cell counts at week 24 (absolute, relative, CD4/CD8 ratio) and the change in CD4 T-cell counts from baseline will be assessed.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult (at least 18 years) HIV-1 infected subjects
- Antiretroviral naïve HIV-1-infected patients who have developed an acute AIDS defining event, namely PCP or Toxoplasmosis (women receiving prior MTCT prophylaxis may be enrolled)
- Patients who are able to take or to receive antiretroviral treatment and who are able to give written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Renal failure or CrCl < 60 mL/min
- Patients who are not able to initiate ART or with current contraindications against atazanavir/ritonavir
- Other AIDS-defining events than PCP or TE (exceptions see below)
- Pregnancy/Women of childbearing potential who want to become pregnant
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01417949
|Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum
|Berlin, Germany, 12157
|Charitè Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow Klinikum
|Berlin, Germany, 13353
|Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Innere Medizin I, Immunologische Ambulanz/Studienzentrale
|Bonn, Germany, 53127
|Medizinische Klinik Nord
|Dortmund, Germany, 44137
|Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie
|Düsseldorf, Germany, 40225
|Universitätshauptklinik Essen
|Essen, Germany, 45122
|Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Medizinische Klinik II / Infektiologie
|Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 60590
|Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Centrum Chronische Immundefizienz (CCI)
|Freiburg, Germany, 79106
|ifi Hamburg an der Asklepios Klinik St. Georg
|Hamburg, Germany, 20099
|ICH Study Center GmbH & CO. KG
|Hamburg, Germany, 20146
|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Infectious Diseases Unit,
|Hamburg, Germany, 20249
|Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Immunologie und Rheumatologie
|Hannover, Germany, 30625
|Universitätsklinikum Kiel, II. Medizinisch Klinik, UKSH, Campus Kiel
|Kiel, Germany, 24116
|Universitätsklinik Köln, Klinik I für Innere Medizin
|Köln, Germany, 50937
|Universitätsklinikum München, Infektionsabteilung, Med. Poliklinik, Klinikum der Universität München, Campus Innenstadt
|München, Germany, 80336
|Universitätsklinkum Ulm, Comprehensive Infectious Diseases Center (CIDC) Ulm, Sektion Infektiologie und Klinische Immunologie, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Innere Medizin III
|Ulm, Germany, 89081
|Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
|Würzburg, Germany, 97080
|Principal Investigator:
|Stefan Schmiedel, MD
|Infectious Diseases Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
|Responsible Party:
|Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01417949 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
EudraCT Nr. 2010-022413-26
|First Posted:
|August 16, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 28, 2016
|Last Verified:
|September 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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I can call you or text you to tell you about what a wonderful mom you are, but there is just something that makes it even more true when I shout it out to the world.
We started off rocky. You were just a baby with a baby. I'm sure that you had dreams for yourself that never included having a baby or a husband at such a young age, but you never complained about it. You just did it. I know that we didn't have a lot when I was little. I have heard you tell me the stories about Granny taking us to buy shoes and winter coats- but I never felt like we wanted for anything. We had fun. We played. We read books. We built memories. You made sure that we did all the things that mattered.
You sat through endless days at swim meets. I know that you often sacrificed and spent money that we didn't have so that we could do things like be on the swim team and go on team trips. I didn't appreciate it then, but I do now. I know it wasn't easy. But you made the sacrifices with grace.
You never let on when times got tough. You spared me the angst and let me have a happy childhood. But you also instilled in me a sense that life is not always easy. You taught me the value of money and hard work. You never did and still never do anything half way.
Then there were the teenage years. I was horrible to you. I didn't respect you. I yelled really mean things at you on a daily basis. You warned me when I dated boys that were bad for me and I ignored you. And yet- you kept loving me even when I'm sure that my very presence made your blood boil. That right there has taught me what being a mother is all about.
When I went off to college there was such a palpable shift in our relationship. You raised me to be a strong, independent woman- and we both know that two of those can not live under the same roof! College was the beginning of you becoming the one person I called everyday. The one person whose opinion mattered to me more than anyone else's. Like a good mom- you gave me roots and wings.
I think more than anything, I saw the person that you were meant to be when you made the decision to go to college when all your kids were out of the house. Woman- that took guts! You went through things during that time in college that would have made other people crumble- and somehow you still made all A's. I am so proud of you. You are a great nurse and for the first time in your life, you were the confident woman that you deserve to be: one who knows her worth and doesn't put up with people who don't value you and what you bring to the table. Mom, I can't tell you how happy I am that you married someone who makes you happy and respects you and loves you like you deserve to be loved.
I love that now that I have children of my own, I can call you when I'm having a hard day with my kids and say, "I want to run away. Did you ever want to just run away?" And you say, "Everyday." And I feel like we are a team. You get it. You don't judge me. You let me be me. I let you be you and we revel in each other's happiness. It is fantastic.
Add to that that you are one hot mama. Yes, I've endured years and years of people saying that we look more like sisters than mother and daughter, but it's okay. It gives me hope that I will age well ;-) Not to mention that your sense of humor has only gotten funnier and funnier as it ripens! You are like a fine wine, my dear. (Just over look the fact that you know I don't like wine- you get the point!) Edited in 2015 to add: Now I love wine. Replace my blood with wine and we are good to go. I also get this from my mother.
So here, on the 20th anniversary of your 29th birthday, I just want you to know that I love you and respect you and treasure you. I recognize all of the sacrifices that you've made in your life to help me be who I am and I am grateful. I'm so lucky that not only do I get to call you mom, but I get to call you my best friend as well.
Happy Birthday, Mom! You deserve all the happiness that the world has in store for you!
|You and me on my first birthday! Didn't I catch my hair on fire right after this?
|You looking like a John Deere tractor and me dressed like a pioneer (as usual).
|Rockin' the huge fashion don't as a duo! I may have been daddy's girl, but I always did want to be like my mom!
|Sometime in the late 90's.
|My favorite full circle moment in life- getting to be the matron of honor at your wedding.
I love you Mom! Happy birthday!
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With good reason, there is global concern about the new Chinese air defense zone recently announced blanketing most of the sky above the East China Sea. What is more interesting, though, is that there has been little or none of this uproar with the same kind of Chinese bluster IN the East China Sea as well as the South China Sea.
Indeed there have been at-sea-level skirmishes for some time now in both areas, not only between Chinese and opposing forces, but also between other Asia-Pacific countries as well.
Moreover, pirates, sea-terrorists or whatever else you want to call them continue to ply the waters here. The rest of the world seems to think that piracy rises and falls on the numbers reported off African coasts, but sailors in Asia-Pacific waters know better.
It's no coincidence that the nations in that region are investing just as much in their military shipbuilding programs as they are in aviation-related ones. And many of their defense aviation-related investments have to do with maritime patrols or other coastal missions.
The world's eyes may be trained on the skies now for potential battles. But the truth is that conflict has already begun on the seas and THAT is where real wars, if there are any, are likely to begin.
As U.S. Navy officials have been saying for some time now, the Pacific pivot and rebalancing of Pentagon resources back to the Asia-Pacific is a naval one at its core.
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Saah opens account in Gulls victory
Brian Saah scored his first goal for Torquay as they swept to their first home league win of the season, downing Macclesfield 3-0.
Saah, signed by Martin Ling in summer from former club Cambridge, rose at the far post to head home Kevin Nicholson's 63rd minute corner from the left.
It was no more than the home side deserved as they had twice forced superb saves from Town keeper Jose Veiga just minutes earlier.
Veiga had parried away a Nicholson 35 yard thunderbolt on 58 minutes, and then seconds later, as Nicholson's corner from the left was cleared, Ian Morris let fly with a superb dipping drive from 20 yards.
Veiga did brilliantly to pedal back and flap the ball from under his bar and over, but the pressure was unrelenting and it was not long before United opened their account.
Chris McPhee - recalled in the absence of injured target man Rene Howe - benefitted after a defence-splitting run by skipper Lee Mansell on 74 minutes.
Mansell took the initiative to draw the defence on the edge of the six-yard box before squaring the ball to grateful McPhee who slid the ball home
But the best goal of the game came when Eunan O'Kane clipped the ball over Veiga after running into the box having been set up by substitute Mark Ellis.
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Too many commanders falling short
It would be great if the Navy never had to relieve a commanding officer from duty for failing to meet the code of conduct or for not providing proper stewardship to those under command, but given human nature that would be unrealistic. In fact it would be reason for concern, an indication that the Navy was looking the other way and letting individuals unworthy of command continue in that capacity.
So while it is troubling that over the last three years more than 50 officers have been relieved of duty while in command of a Navy ship, it is better than a military service that tolerates ethical breaches and violations of trust.
Navy commanders are in charge of some of the most lethal war machines ever created by man. The lives of those under command are entrusted to their good judgment, as is the ability to carry out military missions. These men and women should expect to be held to the highest standards of personal and professional conduct.
"Command is the foundation upon which our Navy rests," reads the "Charge of Command," the document that spells out the standards demanded of commanders.
"Trust is a fundamental building block of our command and control structure and our ability to achieve mission success," it states.
But while the Navy does the right thing in demanding adherence to these lofty principles, it must also do some collective soul searching as to why so many commanders are falling short of them. Are there lessons the Navy can learn from these cases that could lead to improvements in preparing officers for command? Has something changed in the Navy culture that invites disciplinary laxness that can manifest itself when promotion requires an officer to adhere to the tougher standards of command?
One of the latest cases, involving the Navy's decision to relieve Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II of command of the USS Pittsburgh after only one week, shook the local submarine community. Cmdr. Ward, age 43, was reassigned to administrative duties after Capt. Vernon Parks, commander of Submarine Development Squadron 12 in Groton, relieved him of duty for alleged personal misconduct that undermined confidence in Ward's ability to command.
The reporting of Day Staff Writer Jennifer McDermott uncovered some of the troubling details behind Capt. Parks' decision. They involve allegations of an adulterous relationship with a 23-year-old Chesapeake., Va. woman, misidentifying himself and his duties in emails to her and faking reports of his death in a caddish and malevolent attempt to get the woman out of his life.
Some have questioned The Day's decision to publish some of the scandalous details of this story. But a news organization's responsibility is to provide readers the information it uncovers that tells the full story, not to sanitize or filter out details that can be uncomfortable.
Remember, this man was in charge of a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarine. That he apparently showed such poor judgment and was relieved of duty because of it is news.
The Day has a long history of high-quality reporting on the Navy, both the good and the bad, recognizing it is such an important part of our community. That will not change.
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Boughton preps for GOP convention
Conn. Republican Party nomination at Mohegan Sun
In casino parlance, they are whales. To the layman, high rollers.
Each of the GOP's big three contenders for governor -- Mark Boughton, Tom Foley and John McKinney -- is about to let his political fortune ride on red.
This is their World Series of Poker and it's aptly being held at Mohegan Sun, site of the state Republican Party's nominating convention, set to begin on Friday. Delegates are bracing for a long day's night, because once the first votes for governor on down the ticket are cast: no oxygen required.
Foley, 62, the favorite to repeat as GOP nominee, predicts "a comfortable first-ballot victory."
But Boughton, 50, Danbury's longest-serving mayor and Foley's running mate in 2010, thinks this could be the first GOP convention since 1962 that goes to a second ballot - and perhaps ends with no one getting a majority.
"There's no way I see Tom above 50 percent," Boughton said. 50. "I think Republicans should get used to the fact that there's going to be a primary."
The mayor's campaign was buoyed last week by a Quinnipiac poll showing him doing nearly as well as Foley in head-to-head matchups against incumbent Democrat Dannel P. Malloy.
Boughton often refers to himself on the stump as a "blue-collar Republican," saying he has consistently delivered as mayor of the state's seventh-largest city. He proudly notes that Danbury's unemployment and crime rates are lower than those of its peers.
"The question is, Does your skill set match the time and the moment?" Boughton asks.
The early stages of the campaign have been characterized by a palpable undercurrent of disdain between Foley and Boughton, who were paired in 2010 as candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively.
Foley, a private equity manager from Greenwich who served as U.S. ambassador to Ireland under President George W. Bush, seeks political redemption after losing to Malloy by fewer than 6,500 votes. The setback followed a bitter primary between Foley and then-Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele.
"We would have won last time if we hadn't had the nasty primary that we had," Foley said. "So that was an important lesson and we hope to avoid a damaging primary this time."
So far, Foley and Boughton have both taken the high road in discussing their troubled political marriage.
"He was good running mate," Foley said. "I was happy to run with him. He certainly delivered votes in Danbury for us. I thought we worked together well."
Said Boughton, "Look, I respect Tom. I think all the candidates bring certain things to the table."
McKinney, meanwhile, warns against counting him out. He says he will easily win the minimum 15 percent of delegate votes needed to qualify for a primary ballot.
"That's been the goal all along, obviously," said McKinney, 50, of Fairfield, the state Senate minority leader. "At the end of the day, our party and all registered Republicans should have the opportunity to pick the best candidate to run against Dan Malloy."
The governor needn't worry about a primary foe.
Democrats are expected to nominate Malloy, who national handicappers have characterized as vulnerable because of his handling of Connecticut's lethargic economy, by acclamation when they convene Friday night in Hartford.
"He's moving Connecticut forward and the people of Connecticut do see that," said Nancy DiNardo, the state Democratic chairwoman. "The Democrats are excited for our convention and the Republicans are excited to play the slots."
Whispers of a brokered convention are already floating around the GOP, which is slated to endorse candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, comptroller, secretary of the state and Congress.
"I've been consistent in saying that a primary may be unavoidable, but it is not in the best interests of the party," said Jerry Labriola Jr., the state GOP chairman. "There certainly is the potential for discussions to take place, which could lead to party unity at the convention."
That could be easier said than done, based on the rhetoric coming from Foley's fellow candidates, including longtime Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, 59, who impressed his base with a $110,525 fundraising haul during the first quarter.
"Really, I think the discussion is about who can get elected," Lauretti said. "Some of our candidates have never been elected to anything. Some of our candidates have never run anything. Just because someone was the candidate last time, that shouldn't be a prerequisite this go-around."
The field of six Republicans is rounded out by former West Hartford Town Council member Joe Visconti, who could draw votes from Tea Party and Second Amendment groups.
Five of the six candidates committed to a series of debates before the convention, but Foley skipped the majority of them to concentrate on courting delegates and raising money. That prompted another barb from Lauretti.
"If you're a candidate and a serious candidate, you're around and available all the time," Lauretti said. "Where's he been for the last four years?"
Scott McLean, a political science professor at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, gives Foley the edge to win the convention, but said it will be difficult for him to avoid a primary.
"I don't see that a primary will help the Republicans," McLean said. "It may not hurt, though. One of the things that I think primaries can do is to highlight, at least in the general public's mind, the case against the incumbent Democratic governor."
Foley's competitors are at a disadvantage, McLean said, because of the number of candidates in the race.
"It's as if there are too many alternatives to Foley," he said.
McKinney, son of the late U.S. Rep. Stewart B. McKinney, said Republicans must not lose focus.
"I am not going to run against the other Republicans," McKinney said. "I'm not going to attack other Republicans. I'm not even going to mention them. I'm going to run against Dan Malloy and on my vision for Connecticut."
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The other day I suggested that Chanukah might be considered a paradigmatic environmental holiday because God's central miracle essentially entailed energy conservation: The Temple Menorah as Prius.
A teacher of mine (an Orthodox rabbi who moonlights as a professional photographer), said that he could accept that, but that he sees Chanukah as a demonstration of what can know and what we cannot know. Some miracles are really miracles: they cannot be explained through the physical laws. Chanukah, on this reading, confronts us with the stark limits of the human capacity for knowledge through science.
So is that environmental or anti-environmental?
The anti-environmental side could well argue that one thing that makes environmentalism powerful is scientific knowledge. We know how the world works because of observation and testing. We don't just sit there and say, "Wow! What a miracle!": we try to understand it and explain it. A holiday that rejects the use of science leads us into bizarre conclusions like the earth is 6,000 years old, or rejects climate change because God promised never to flood the world again. A colleague once explained that she loved doing environmental law because she could work with scientists and discover real, hard-edged facts about the universe.
But the environmental side could counter that the lesson of Chanukah is environmental precisely because it presents the case that we can never fully understand nature. The love of nature is compelling precisely because there will always be something unknowable. I would imagine that many scientists become scientists not because they want to figure everything out, but because they realize that they never can figure everything out. It is exploration, not discovery.
I suppose that most of us go back and forth between these two images of environmentalism. I know that I certainly do. Thus in Chanukah, we see not only these two sides of environmentalism, but two sides of human nature itself.


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Second-placed Borussia Dortmund host leaders Bayern Munich today in a Bundesliga top-of-the-table showdown with injuries having decimated the hosts' defense.
The rematch of last season's UEFA Champions League final between the Bundesliga's top sides — billed as Germany's Der Klassiker — comes with Pep Guardiola's Bayern four points clear and Dortmund's defense in disarray.
Centerback Mats Hummels and leftback Marcel Schmelzer have been ruled out after returning from international duty with injuries. With centerback Neven Subotic out for six months with torn ligaments and rightback Lukasz Piszczek only just back in training after surgery, Dortmund will face the European champions without their entire first-choice back four.
"It is a disaster," Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said.
"The worst thing that can happen to you in football is to have to replace the entire back four," he said. "A defender, a midfielder or a striker can be replaced by every team, but a whole back four?"
Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp summed up the situation when he said that "80 percent of my gray hairs were earned this week," but he has reacted by signing former Germany international defender Manuel Friedrich, who had been released by Bayer 04 Leverkusen, until the end of the campaign.
The 34-year-old is likely to partner Greece international Sokratis Papastathopoulos at centerback, while youngster Erik Durm is expected to play at leftback and Kevin Grosskreutz on the right.
"We have had to put together a defense which has not yet played 20 games together, but we still have a lot of quality in the squad," Klopp said.
Sporting director Michael Zorc defiantly said Dortmund "won't raise the white flag to anyone."
Even with Bayern winger Franck Ribery ruled out with a fractured rib, the pressure is firmly on Dortmund.
Their defeat away to VfL Wolfsburg two weeks ago left them four points adrift and if they are serious about bringing the Bundesliga trophy back to the Ruhr Valley, it is a match they must win.
The difference between the two squads is strength in depth, with Guardiola able to call on Germany's Mario Goetze or Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri to fill in for Ribery.
"It's just like it so often is with us: we have a good enough squad and will certainly have a decent team on the pitch, whose goal will be to win there," Bayern's Thomas Mueller said.
Goetze, who is returning to Dortmund having left to join Bayern in the summer, will be making his first appearance at Signal Iduna Park in the red shirt.
The 21-year-old has said he has "no fear" and understands the passionate home supporters would rather see him playing for Borussia, but former Dortmund and Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has advised him "not to take throw-ins or corners" and to stay away from the fans.
February 2010 was the last time Bayern beat Dortmund in the Bundesliga, but the Bavarians were victorious when it mattered most, beating the Black and Yellows in May's UEFA Champions League final.
Much has been made of Bayern's failure to beat Borussia in their previous six Bundesliga showdowns, but having gone 37 league matches and more than a year without defeat, Munich will be confident of extending their unbeaten Bundesliga run.
Certainly, Bayern want to again exert their authority over their rivals, who won back-to-back league titles in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, before Bayern swept the treble of Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB Pokal last season.


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This Week at State: March 31, 2017
By DipNote Bloggers on March 31, 2017
Did you miss key foreign policy developments this week? Here's our weekly This Week at State recap of the latest U.S. Department of State highlights covering a wide range of global issues, events, and initiatives:
First Lady Trump Presented 2017 International Women of Courage Awards
On March 29, First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon honored 13 extraordinary women with the 2017 Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award (IWOC). This annual award recognizes women around the globe who have shown exceptional courage and leadership,-- often at great personal risk -- in working to promote peace, justice, human rights, gender equality, and women's empowerment.
The 2017 International Women of Courage awardees came from Bangladesh, Botswana, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, and Yemen. Since the inception of this award in 2007, the State Department has honored over 100 women from more than 60 different countries.
Secretary Tillerson Visited Turkey
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Ankara, Turkey, on March 30, to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and other senior Turkish government officials. During the visit, the Secretary highlighted working together to defeat ISIS, building stability in the region, and bolstering economic ties between our two nations as long-term goals of mutual cooperation between the United States and Turkey.
"In the United States, the people of Turkey have a trusted ally and a partner who is committed to its safety and security and advancing economic opportunity. We look forward to approaching these challenges together, and the Trump administration will continue to build ties with this longstanding ally and our friend." - Secretary Tillerson, remarks at joint press availability with Foreign Minister Cavusoglu, March 30.
Secretary Tillerson Attended NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels
On March 31, Secretary Tillerson visited Brussels, Belgium to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meetings, continuing the United States' high-level engagement with NATO. This meeting comes in advance of the NATO Leaders Summit scheduled for May 2017 in Brussels, where President Trump will seek to underscore the United States' aims of seeing NATO allies renew their commitment through increased resources for NATO's defense spending and encouraging NATO to increase its role in the fight against terrorism.
"...the U.S. commitment to NATO is strong and this Alliance remains the bedrock for transatlantic security. This Alliance was forged from the ashes of World War II, and for more than half a century has been a necessary defensive measure against common threats. Our bond remains essential for facing national and international security challenges in an increasingly unstable world. At the top of this list is defeating ISIS, which is a threat to all member countries and partners." -- Secretary Tillerson, NATO Foreign Ministerial Intervention Remarks, March 31.
The 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Concluded
U.S. leadership proved critical to shaping the international response to urgent human rights situations and issues at the UN Human Rights Council's 34th Session recently hosted in Geneva (February 27-March 24).
Fact Sheet on Key Outcomes of U.S. Priorities at the UN Human Rights Council's 34th Session: https://t.co/fxDK297I1x— Department of State (@StateDept) March 27, 2017
During the Session, the United States introduced three priority resolutions that the Council adopted with broad cross-regional support. The United States also actively defended Israel from unbalanced criticism and, through vigorous lobbying, reduced support for anti-Israel resolutions.
Editor's Note: This entry is also published on Medium.com/StateDept.
Follow the State Department on Twitter and Facebook for additional information and updates.


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The Freedom Theatre, a community-based theater and cultural center in Jenin Refugee Camp, in occupied Palestine on the West Bank, will present Athol Fugard's "The Island" at the Nafe Katter Theatre, 820 Bolton Road on the UConn campus in Storrs this weekend.
The drama, starring Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Ahmed Alrakh of the Freedom Theatre, will play Friday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 7 at 2 and 7 p.m. The matinee will be followed by a question and answer session. The play is staged by Gary English, professor of drama at UConn and who last year served as The Freedom Theatre's artistic director.
The show is co-sponsored by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at UConn, Brown University, Georgetown University David Performing Arts Center and the New York Theatre Workshop. The show is also supported by the Israel/Palestine Peace Education and Action Group of Northeastern Connecticut.
Tickets are $10; $7 student. Information: 860-486-2113. www.TheFreedomTheatre.org
There will also be two benefit performances of "The Island" in New York at New York Theatre Workshop Sept. 25 and 27 with playwrights Eve Ensler and Tony Kushner doing the talk backs.
And on Sunday, Sept, 8 at 2 p.m. the solo show "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" will be presented Davidson Hall at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.
The play, using journal and email entries, chronicles the life of Corrie, follows her life story from her home in Olympia, Wash. To Rafah, Gaza where the 23-year-old pro-Palestinian activist was killed in 2003 by an Israeli bulldozer as she attempted to stop a Palestine home from being demolished.
The play was edited by English actor Alan Rickman, who directed the original London production. Ashley Mallow, a BFA acting student, plays Corrie in this production.
The admission-free show is presented by the departments of theater, peace studies, Middle East studies and the Center for International Education.
After the play, there will be a talk-back with Corrie's parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie, and members of the Freedom Theatre from the Jenin Refugee Camp, who are on their first US tour.


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The Wolf Pack is getting a jumpstart on the party while Steven Spielberg's dino-powered franchise will have to wait a little longer before it's big-screen resurrection.
Looking to capitalize on the extended Memorial Day weekend, Warner Bros. confirms to E! News that "The Hangover Part III" will be opening in theaters on Thursday, May 23, a day earlier than originally scheduled.
The move means the final romp in Todd Phillips' R-rated comedy trilogy, which reunites castmembers Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms, will have a head start against Universal's "Fast & Furious 6," which hits theaters Friday. The two tentpoles both skew heavily male, which ought to make for an interesting race at the box office.
NEWS: "The Hangover Part III": Five things you didn't know
The only other notable film unspooling that weekend is Fox's family-friendly 3-D animated flick "Epic," about a teenage girl (voiced by Amanda Seyfried) who finds herself in a magical forest world, caught in a battle between good and evil forces.
Meanwhile in a setback for Universal's future slate, Universal has confirmed that it's delaying its eagerly awaited "Jurassic Park 4" from June 13, 2014 to an unspecified later date.
"In coordination with filmmakers, Universal has decided to release 'Jurassic Park 4' at a later date giving the studio and filmmakers adequate time to bring audiences the best possible version of the fourth installment in Universal's beloved franchise," said the studio in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
NEWS: "Jurassic Park 4" gets a director (hint: it's not Steven Spielberg)
Newly hired director Colin Trevorrow ("Safety Not Guaranteed"), producer Frank Marshall and their team had been eyeing a June 24 start for principal photography. But sources close to the production told the trade Universal execs only received the draft of the screenplay two days ago.
That prompted additional budgeting and the decision to postpone to ensure the film delivers the goods given the relative letdown that was 2001's "Jurassic Park III," which grossed $368 million worldwide compared to "Jurassic Park: The Lost World's" global tally of $618 million.
(E! and Universal are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
PHOTOS: Here are some other big summer movies we're looking forward to


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Ministers 'rush to approve private degree courses'
Ministers are being accused of "falling over themselves" to approve degree and diploma-level courses at private colleges in England.
New figures show 400 courses have been approved since 2010 when ministers pledged to open up the higher education market.
Private colleges are not subject to the same quality checks as public universities.
The government said it planned to strengthen checks on private providers.
Currently it is the Student Loans Company which checks course descriptions against information on courses in the public domain. It then passes this information on to government officials.
However, the universities minister David Willetts said in a parliamentary written answer earlier this year that such checks did not cover the quality of education provided.
Instead many private providers form partnerships with specific universities which take on a validation role for certain courses.
The figures were published by the Student Loans Company in response to a Freedom of Information request from the Times Higher Education magazine.
They showed the number of courses approved in 2011-12 rose by 77% from 228 in 2010-11 to a total of 403 in 2011-12.
The acceleration of the approval rate is also illustrated by the fact that one college had 98 courses approved by officials in just a single day.
Another college had 22 courses approved just weeks before it was closed by the UK Border Agency.
Head of the UCU academics' union Sally Hunt said the data showed how little oversight the government has given to courses run by private providers.
She added: "At a time when public universities are being starved of funds, ministers seem to be falling over themselves to sign off ever- increasing amounts of taxpayers' money to more or less any company which applies for designated course status."
The government should act to to halt the "unregulated process and introduce stringent regulation for private providers", she said.
Students on such "designated" courses qualify for government-backed tuition fee loans from the SLC.
'Quality checks'
The firm said that some £55m in loans and grants was allocated to courses with private providers in 2010-11.
This figure is expected to rise considerably as such providers are able to increase their course charges from about £3,000 to £6,000 from this September.
But unlike universities, most private providers are not subject to stringent quality checks by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Universities UK said the UK's public universities were some of the most highly-regulated in the world.
It said the QAA, which bases its checks of public universities on a "set of UK-wide nationally-agreed reference points", has a key role in monitoring standards and auditing institutions.
Universities UK added that such private institutions were not subject to student numbers control or any of the accountability requirements from the funding body, Hefce.
'Due diligence'
A UUK spokesman said: "We are very supportive of finding a way to bring them under the same student number controls and onto a level playing field, ensuring that they engage with the QAA, Hefce etc in the same way that our institutions have to.
"This is important to ensure that these organisations (QAA, Hefce) are seen to be meeting their obligations to safeguard the student experience and ensure public funding is spent effectively."
A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spokesman said all courses designated for student support must be validated by a recognised UK awarding body - such as a university - to help ensure quality.
"In the last 12 months, we have also introduced due diligence checks on organisations applying for designation for the first time. These look at a range of factors including financial sustainability and consideration of any parent company.
"But we recognise the case for going further and have recently said we are now looking at introducing more robust and transparent requirements on quality assurance, financial sustainability and governance," he added.
The Student Loans Company said it checks colleges by asking them to provide information about the courses they offer including timetables, intensity and amount of days of study required.
It then checks this against information in the public domain and passes it on to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


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[Postcard from George Stewart to John Stewart, April 30, 1899]
Description: This is a document from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by George Stewart and is addressed to John Stewart. In this postcard, Stewart discusses the goings-on in Johnson County in Texas. The news includes: updates on his and the family's well-being, a discussion about the planting of cottonseed, details about the grasshoppers eating all the wheat and mostly all of the corn, a message to Bill Evans about renting land, and updates about correspondences received. He closes the letter by noting that should John write soon with all the news.
Date: April 30, 1899
Creator: Stewart, George
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Products from Forbo Flooring Systems' Westbond and Tessera carpet tile ranges have helped bring the refurbishment of an old mill in Leeds to life. Created as a base for leading media buying agency MediaCom, the vivid interior design incorporates Forbo's new Tessera Circulate – a perfect reflection of the client's forward thinking brand.
Set in an up and coming corner of the city, the mill has undergone extensive regeneration to create a hub for media businesses. For MediaCom, the interior brief was clear: the space must create a lively and inspiring place to work, with the design conveying the personality and values of the business.
Atul Bansal, Design Partner and founder of Sheila Bird Group was commissioned to design the scheme and having used Forbo's products for more than 25 years, he was quick to see the potential of the new Tessera design. Boldly contrasting sharp geometric lines with organic curves, Tessera Circulate is a random lay batchless carpet tile that is perfect for all sizes of commercial installations. Comprising tonal blocks of colour intersected by concentric circles, it creates a refreshing and unexpected aesthetic as the circles randomly connect across the floor.
Atul specified 350m2 of Tessera Circulate in the Turbine colourway, a sophisticated mixture of black and grey, as the main component of the flooring design – installing it in the main working and circulation areas of the open plan offices. Contrasting this, Atul specified 100m2 of Westbond Colour tiles in Douglas Pink, Graphite and Prune colourways, for the conference rooms and breakout spaces.
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From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan
GREENBURG, Pa. -- The Clinton campaign today accused the Obama campaign of "false advertising," claiming that a recent ad Obama released in Pennsylvania was disngenous because Obama has been the recipient of more than $200,000 from the oil and gas industry.
In the ad, Obama says, "I'm Barack Obama, and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists, and I won't let them block change any more."
Obama has taken $213,884 from the oil and gas industry as of Feb. 29th, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken $306,813 in that same period.
Two of Obama's campaign bundlers are also CEOs for oil and gas companies, per a list released on his campaign Web site.
Robert Cavnar, listed as a bundler who has raised between $50,000 to $100,000 for the campaign, is the chairman and CEO of Mission Resources Corp., a Houston-based firm. George Kaiser, also listed in the same $50,000 to $100,000 category, is the CEO of Tulsa-based Kaiser-Francis Oil Company.
"It's unfortunate that Senator Obama is using false advertising to explain why he can be trusted to do something about energy prices," Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said. "Senator Obama says he doesn't take campaign contributions from oil companies but the reality is that Exxon, Shell, and others are among his donors."
Obama routinely criticizes companies like Exxon-Mobil on the stump, but over the course of his presidential campaign he has taken more than $30,000 from individuals working for Exxon-Mobil. Clinton has taken more than $20,000 from Exxon-Mobil in the same period.
Just last month, Obama took more than $11,000 from individuals at Exxon-Mobil, per the center. At least 12 of those contributions came from individuals who contributed $250 each, the lowest listed donation. In that same period, Clinton took more than $3,000 from individuals working at Exxon-Mobil.
However, many of those contributions appear to come from workers at the firm not just executives. For example, Patrice McGowan, an Exxon-Mobil shift supervisor, who lives in Joliet, Ill., has donated $982 to Obama as of January. She also has a blog profile on Obama's campaign Web site.
"I am a single woman who has worked shift work all my life, sometimes never seeing another woman on the job for weeks," her profile reads, in part.
In a statement today, Obama spokesman Bill Burton, reiterated that Obama doesn't take PAC money or money from federal registered lobbyists, and "that includes oil companies and oil lobbyists."
Picking on the energy industry is a standard part of Obama's stump speech, where he harshly criticizes the 2005 energy bill and the Vice President Dick Cheney's efforts in passing it.
"Exxon Mobil reported more than $10 billion in quarterly profits," Obama told a town hall in Greenburg, Pa. today. And then referring to Cheney, he added, "He met with the oil and gas companies 40 times. So is it any wonder than that the energy laws that were written were good for Exxon-Mobil but they are not good for you?"
However, Obama did vote for that bill and has been repeatedly criticized by the Clinton campaign for the vote. Obama has defended that vote saying that despite it being a "flawed bill," it had strong provisions for alternative fuels and was the best deal that could be struck on the issue.
Today, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the bill, supported by Pennsylvania Congressmen Murtha and Kanjorski "actually raised taxes on oil companies and made the largest investment in renewable energy in our nation's history."
Despite the attacks, Obama doesn't appear to be backing down from his criticism of the energy industry or on special interest influences.
"I don't take PAC money," he said this evening. "I don't take money from federal registered lobbyists. I don't want those strings attached."


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Good news for those of you on T-Mobile US with their exclusive Lumia 810 Windows Phone 8 device, starting today at 10AM PST/1PM EST, users can begin to get OS and firmware updates for their phones. This follows a few weeks after T-Mobile rolled out a similar update for their HTC 8X lineup.
The update will bump the OS to version 10211 aka 'Portico' and the firmware to 1249.
The OS update from Microsoft includes new features such as persistent Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot detection, SMS call reject, some Internet Explorer enhancements and other general OS improvements. The firmware from Nokia should include some tweaks to device performance, including auto brightness adjustments, sensitivity and other system settings.
Nokia commented to us on the update with the following:
"A Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 software update providing performance enhancements for the Nokia Lumia 820 and Nokia Lumia 920 – as well as the Nokia Lumia 810 in the US - has started rolling out over the air to first operators. Delivery will continue in a phased manner over the coming weeks and is expected to be complete by mid-March. People will receive a notification on their phone when the update is available for them to download."
Of course users can manually check for the update by heading into Settings –> Phone Update –> Check for Updates to get the over-the-air (OTA) system upgrade. The device will then download the OS with firmware and install both over a 15-20 minute period (your experience may vary, of course).
Sound off in comments or in our forums with your experience and thoughts on the update!


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Students Score Victory for Honduran Workers
Anti-sweatshop campaigners on college campuses have scored a significant victory for workers' rights against the world's largest sportswear company.
Activists have been pressuring Nike for over a decade to disclose factory locations, allow independent monitoring of labor conditions, and recognize garment worker unions. The recent "Just Pay It!" campaign by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), focused on $2 million compensation for 1,800 garment workers for Nike subcontractors Hugger and Vision Tex in Honduras. When the factories closed in January 2009, workers were left without legally mandated severance pay and pay due for hours worked.
Nike's initial response was that they were not responsible for the actions of Hugger and Vision Tex, although many universities' codes of conduct hold licensees like Nike responsible for the actions of their subcontractors.
The student campaign included mass comment on Nike's Twitter and Facebook pages, leafleting at Niketowns, national speaking tours, and demonstrations on U.S. college campuses. The first universities to respond were the University of Wisconsin, which canceled its Nike contract, and Cornell, which threatened to do so. Focus shifted to the University of Washington in Seattle (UW) as Nike's $1 million contract to sell UW logo products came due for renewal.
The UW's Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) put steady pressure on the university's administration to hold Nike accountable, and was joined in its lobbying efforts by a coalition including USAS, local labor groups and supportive elected officials.
Nike's change of heart followed the recommendation from the UW trademarks and licensing advisory committee that the university end its Nike contract if the dispute was not resolved.
The total compensation Nike has negotiated with the CGT union in Honduras includes $1.5 million, priority hiring by Nike's other Honduran suppliers, priority hiring for the 1,800 affected workers, nine months of medical care through the country's social security system, and the provision of a paid job training program.
-Valerie Schloredt wrote this article for A Resilient Community, the Fall 2010 issue of YES! Magazine. Valerie is associate editor at YES! Magazine.
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The Fed Shows No Fear of Inflation
Most central banks are guided by a deep fear of inflation. Not the Federal Reserve, not anymore. Justin Lahart discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.
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A few months ago, we discussed the calibration of conical taper masters, which are used to master taper gages. Now let's look at the parts those gages are used to inspect—toolholders.
There are many reasons for the popularity of V-flange toolholders. One advantage is that they are not self-locking but are secured in the spindle by the drawbar—an arrangement that makes tool changes simple and fast. They are also economical, because the taper itself is relatively easy to produce, requiring precision machining of only one dimension: the taper angle.
The toolholder must properly position the cutting tool relative to the spindle and, when in place, must rigidly maintain that relationship. The accuracy of the tapered surfaces on both the toolholder and the spindle is, therefore, critical.
If the toolholder's rate of taper is too great, there will be excessive clearance between the two surfaces at the small end of the taper. If the rate of taper is too small, there will be excessive clearance at the large end. Either situation can reduce the rigidity of the connection, and cause tool runout, which may show up on the workpiece as geometry and/or surface finish errors. Taper errors may also affect the amount of clearance between the flange on the tooling and the face of the spindle, which may create errors of axial positioning.
As the demands for precision machining and high speeds increase, manufacturing tolerances on spindle and toolholder tapers have gotten tighter. Nevertheless, both components are still subject to manufacturing inaccuracies and wear. In response, some companies with very high accuracy, quality, and throughput requirements—particularly in the aerospace and medical fields, and some automotive suppliers—regularly check the accuracy of toolholder tapers. This is usually done with differential air gaging, which combines the necessary high resolution and accuracy with the speed, ease of use, and ruggedness required on the shop floor.
The most common type of air gage taper tooling has two pairs of jets on opposing air circuits and is designed for a "jam fit" between the part and the tool. Jam-fit tooling does not measure part diameters, per se. Rather, it displays the diametrical difference at two points on the workpiece, as compared to the same two points on the master. If the difference at the large end of the taper is greater than the difference at the small end, as shown, the air pressure in circuit A will be lower than in circuit B: the gage will indicate this as negative taper. If the difference at B were greater than the difference at A, the gage would read positive taper. But because a differential air meter displays diametrical difference only, it will not display the part's diameter at either location. So while this type of air tooling provides a good indication of taper wear and allows us to predict a loss of rigidity in the connection, it does not tell us anything about the tool's axial positioning accuracy.
For that, we need a "clearance" style air tool. The tool cavity is sized to accept the entire toolholder taper, while the toolholder's flange is referenced against the top surface of the tool. This makes it possible to measure diameters at known heights (in addition to the change in clearance, as in the jam-fit type). An additional set of jets may be added, as shown, to inspect for bell-mouth and barrel-shap—two more conditions that reduce the contact area between the toolholder and the spindle.
Given a basic understanding of how your air gage works, both types of tooling are easy to use. Mastering is simply a matter of inserting the taper master and adjusting the zero. Measuring is even easier: Just insert the part and take the reading. Be careful when handling the heavy toolholders. Although the air tooling is very rugged, it's not totally impervious to damage.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg Friday canceled the New York City Marathon, while Gov. Chris Christie ordered gas to be rationed in 12 New Jersey counties.
Bloomberg said the marathon must be canceled to avoid "a cloud over the race or its participants." He had said the marathon would go on as scheduled Sunday, but critics said it would be a mistake to devote resources to running the marathon that could otherwise be used to help recover from the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy.
"The Marathon has been an integral part of New York City's life for 40 years and is an event tens of thousands of New Yorkers participate in and millions more watch," Bloomberg said in a statement Friday. "While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division.
"We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it," Bloomberg said. "We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event -- even one as meaningful as this -- to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track."
The marathon controversy grew at the same time as frustration -- and, at times, anger -- mounted among people recovering from the storm.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday the fuel shortage in the affected area could endanger public health, safety and welfare in announcing rationing for fuel purchases in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties, the (Newark) Star-Ledger reported. Beginning at noon Saturday, vehicles with license plates ending in odd numbers can only be filled on odd-numbered days of the month, and even numbers on even days. Plates not ending in a number are to be considered odd and should fill up on odd-number days.
The U.S. Energy Department is releasing its heating oil reserves for the first time in history, beginning with a release of 2 million gallons, CNBC reported. The Defense Department is trucking in 24 million gallons to the area, and federal authorities have lifted restrictions on deliveries by foreign-flagged ships, The New York Times reported. However, those deliveries won't make it to the consumer in big numbers until the floodwaters have receded and power has been restored, NPR said.
Authorities said the U.S. death toll attributed to Hurricane Sandy climbed to at least 97, including 40 in the New York metropolitan area and 13 in New Jersey, 13 in Pennsylvania, 10 in Maryland, four in Connecticut, five in West Virginia, two in Virginia, one in North Carolina and one on the HMS Bounty, CNN reported.
Police arrested a New York man for pulling a gun on another person while in line to buy gasoline -- in short supply after the hurricane.
Officials said Sean Bailey, 35, of New York tried to cut in line at a gas station Thursday, pointing a handgun at another patron who complained, Fox News reported. Bailey was arrested on charges of menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.
In New Jersey, state troopers were deployed at all gas stations along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway as the region entered its fourth day of power outages, Fox News said.
"Troopers have been deployed to monitor the operational gas stations at the rest areas along the turnpike," New Jersey State Police Sgt. Adam Grossman said.
Officials said more than half of all gasoline stations in the New York City area and New Jersey have been idle either because they're out of fuel or lacked power to operate the pumps. Also, pipelines and refineries are shuttered because of storm damage.
Residents of southeastern Connecticut were driving more than an hour north to find stations in operation, Fox News said.
To help address fuel issues in the Sandy-affected areas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a temporary waiver of the Jones Act Friday to allow additional oil tankers from the Gulf of Mexico to enter northeastern U.S. ports and provide additional fuel resources to the region.
"The administration's highest priority is ensuring the health and safety of those impacted by Hurricane Sandy and this waiver will remove a potential obstacle to bringing additional fuel to the storm damaged region," Napolitano said in a release.
Among other things, the Jones Act requires that goods carried from a U.S. port to another port be on a ship chartered and owned by American citizens, along with other protections for seamen.
Napolitano's action allows additional ships to move petroleum products from the Gulf of Mexico to the Northeast, increasing access to fuel in the storm damaged region, the department said. The waiver is effective through Nov. 13.
Residents in affected areas were also searching for batteries to operate flashlights and other electronics.
At a Lowe's building supplies store in Orange, N.Y., one manager said he and other employees have stayed in nearby motels to keep the store open.
"You see the worst in people at a time like this," he told Fox News. "We're trying to be there for them but they get angry when they can't get batteries or flashlights. I tell the staff not to take it personally -- people are hurting."
Power was restored early Friday to about half the estimated 10 million households and businesses that lost electricity, the Edison Electric Institute utility trade group said.
All of Manhattan was expected to have lights by Saturday, utility Consolidated Edison said. Neighborhoods served by overhead lines likely won't have power for at least another week, Bloomberg said.
New York City transit bottlenecks eased with the reopening of some subway lines but most transit in New Jersey was down. However, New Jersey Transit began limited commuter rail service to and from New York's Pennsylvania Station Friday.
Amtrak resumed southbound train service from Penn Station Thursday night and limited service to Boston Friday.
Amtrak said it will provide Acela Express and Northeast Regional regular weekend service Saturday and Sunday on the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, via New York City.


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First of all, the whole house flows from room to room with mostly white (Benjamin Moore Antique White) in the living room and throughout, with that gorgeous, almost baby blue color interspersed throughout with a touch of complementary lavender in the bedroom....softness throughout. All white would be way too stark, but the blue adds a touch of comfort and serenity.
Secondly, the floors are mostly reclaimed wood...some dark, some light (painted?) and some natural looking. More importantly, easy to care for without carpets, area rugs or mats.
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Obama says he prays for humility in Washington
President Obama is telling leaders at the annual National Prayer Breakfast he hopes they maintain the morning's bipartisan spirit a little longer.
The president says he often returns from the gathering and turns on cable news, only to find that prayers for unity have already faded away. He jokes that he'd "like to think that the shelf life wasn't so short."
Obama says this time, he hopes the gathered leaders retain their humility, not just for the annual hour-long meeting, but for every hour of the day. He says "Those of us with the most power and influence must be the most humble."
Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, host of this year's breakfast, responded by thanking Obama for being his president.


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Tooling Update
Clinch Studs Resist Torsional Load
Rifast Systems LLC, Lincolnwood, IL, has launched a new line of clinch studs. Dubbed Torqex (Torque Extreme), the studs, when installed in sheetmetal 2.75 mm thick or greater, create a connection between the fastener and sheetmetal that cannot be broken by torsional loads.
The firm offers samples of M8 x 32-mm studs at grade 10.9 steel and A286 stainless steel. The studs have been successfully tested in 3-mm steel exhaust flanges, Grade 50 HSLA and 3.5-mm hot-rolled steel.
Order the studs as a complete package for in-die installation or as studs only for stand-alone secondary operations.Rifast: 847/933-8341; www.rifastllc.com
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On October 16, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing That's My Boy on Blu-Ray and DVD. Adam Sandler's latest raunchfest, about a deadbeat dad meeting up with his successful son, also features Andy Samberg, as well as surprising appearances from both Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Eva Amurri Martino.
Rock of Ages didn't exactly rock it out this weekend. Proof that people would rather see Tom Cruise running fast and blowing things up than singing with major band hair, the movie opened with a dismal $15 million for a weak third place.
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In the last few years the best part of Saturday Night Live has been the digital shorts made by Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, also known as The Lonely Island. Since the videos started coming out all three members of the group have experienced success, but in different areas. While Samberg has stuck to acting and writing, both Schaffer and Taccone have tested their skills behind the camera as directors...
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