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Sunday, 27 March 2011
Finding a name for a boy
But finding a name for our second son has been a huge challenge. I amm trying not to see it as some sort of sign - that when we fell in love, we were in this harmonious state, simply agreeing without much discussion and now, well...
But the truth is, it's even more our parents and families that can't agree. Names that work in Denmark don't work as well in the US and vice versa. Of course we could choose Jakob, Thomas, Daniel, Oliver, Erik or Jesper, but we just can't get ourselves excited about those names. We like somewhat unusual names. We had actually decided on the name Vitus (after Vitus Bering, the Danish explorer who discovered the strait of his namesake). SR's parents loved it. And then we mentioned it to my family and we realized a big problem: though it's pronounced VEE-toose in Denmark, as my sister said, everyone would call him Gingivitis in the US. And that's probably not good.
There are many Danish boy names that simply would never work in the US: Egon, Jerk, Thor, Kim, Toke, Knud, etc. And typical American names tend to sound low-class in Denmark. I did have to laugh, though, when I saw Chastity-Hope was one of the top female names in Germany right now!
My favorite names are simply set-ups for rejection in both countries. They are, after all, very gay: Jean Michel, Sufjan, Orlando, Clair, etc.
The best men's names, in my mind, are unique, musical and fitting of the person, place and time:
Orlando Bloom
Jackson Pollack
Christian Boltanski
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Plaxico Buress
Sufjan Stevens
Gabriel García Márquez
Ambrose Bierce
Brice Feillu
Perhaps our biggest problem is we don't have a "place". If we were staying in Denmark, we'd call him Vitus. If we were permanently in the US, we'd call him Sofus (also a Danish name, but just not as cool here - often used as a name for bunnies, etc.).
But isn't it also fitting that we would finally come to an agreement today on a run together? Somehow The Lorax put up with over two hours in the jogger - maybe because the weather was nice and his parents were in a good mood. Part of it was definitely that we did hill repeats in the woods and SR treated it like a roller coaster. The Lorax screamed and laughed. The name we decided on was actually a name I stumbled upon, not realizing it was a name invented by Astrid Lindgren in the book Ronia the Robber's Daughter. It's not certain we'll use it, but it is nice to be in agreement! Oh yeah, I didn't write the name on purpose, people. The biggest question is whether or not we should ask the opinion of others.
I have to add that SR and I both went on to run almost 4 hours. It was a great day of preparation for the Chippewa 50k, though maybe a bit much considering our marathon next weekend.
Now a music video simply simply because it's beautiful:
19 comments:
- mmmonyka said...
I cannot even imagine deciding a name for a child! It is a huge responsibility, although a kid can always change a name if s/he does not like it. I know a girl who changed her name from Martine to Julia when she turned 22.
Whether I like a name or not depends on whether I know a person with such name and whether I like that person. Actually, that's not totally right. It is more like this: hot guy= I like the name, not so hot guy= don't like the name. (and no, I'm not 14...) So I like Erik, Mattias, Benjamin, Peter, Alexander...
I haven't found a way to "like/dislike" girl's names yet. I hope I have only boys:)
- 27 March 2011 at 15:33
- The Chapples said...
If it makes you feel better, we are right there with you. NO name in sight (well, he has a middle and last name but no first name). We have a couple of names we're so-so on but the rest either I love and Jason hates or vice versa. Baker's name kind of fell out of the sky and we're hopeful that will happen again. Hey, we've got 18.5 weeks for that to happen, it just might!
- 27 March 2011 at 17:59
- sea legs girl said...
mmmonyka, interesting you mention Mattias because that was our favorite before my mom said "just like Matthias?" (pronounced with a "th" sound and then I was like "oh, no!" We also like Erik but there are a few too many of them in both of our families.
The Chapples, well, it is good to hear we are not the only ones. Though the idea of a name falling out of the sky at the last minute scares me because what if like a month later I think "that wasn't such a good idea after all"??
- 27 March 2011 at 18:48
- mmmonyka said...
I have no idea what the difference between Mattias and Matthias is. I would have to ask someone pronounce them for me and see whether I can hear a difference.
But I am sure it is kinda fun to be deciding names for your child! Isn't it one of the best parts?
- 28 March 2011 at 01:50
- Diana said...
If we ever have a boy, it will be so hard to find a name that sounds good in Dutch and in English. Since I read a lot of early-modern documents, I come across names that sound cool to me but sound old-fashioned to most Dutch people. Not a lot of boys named Constantijn walking around the streets of Amsterdam these days.
As a Danish/Dutch observation: a lot of common American names also have a low-class association here in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, my own name tends to carry that distinction here, too.
I say don't ask other people what they think of a name once you choose it. I'm excited for you that you may have found one you like!
- 28 March 2011 at 12:42
- SteveQ said...
SR's blog mentioned trying to find a name that would be a reminder that he was born in Denmark. My latest suggestion: Cartoon Mohammed.
- 28 March 2011 at 17:30
- Kate said...
I'd add Javier Bardem to your little list there. : )
- 28 March 2011 at 18:27
- SteveQ said...
Someone fast's list of running songs: http://markgodale.blogspot.com/2011/02/tunes-for-racing.html
Hit and miss.
- 28 March 2011 at 18:53
- sea legs girl said...
mmmonyka - yeah I didn't make it obvious. The way my mom said it was MuhTHIGHus - and I was like wow, no chicken thighs, please! But after your comment yesterday, I asked them about Mattias again and they said it right and figured it wouldn't be too hard in the US afer all. Hmmmm. It's only one letter different than the name SR and I agreed on on our run.
Diana, I love your comments because we have such a fun common perspective. I don't know if my name is more low class or confusing. For those who don't know my real name, this comment will make it obvious. I was Trackoo in France among adults and here in Demark I'm Twacie. There is a middle generation, about our age that happily is familiar with Tracy Chapman and they say it right.
Steve, um nice name idea. But seriously, thanks for the fast song list. I love lists like that.
Kate, now I need to figure out who Javier Bardem is. Funny that my mom mentioned her favorite name was Javier. It is quite nice.
- 28 March 2011 at 21:10
- Karen said...
I really love Mattias. I personally know a Mattias and he's never had a problem with pronunciation, and his is without the "H".
It's kinda funny, I'm not really thinking about having kids yet, but I have had a girl's name picked out since I was a teenager. Boy's name though? haven't the foggiest idea. Hopefully I have one girl so I can use the name.
But I REALLY love Mattias.
- 28 March 2011 at 21:27
- Kirsten said...
We also have this dilemma of two countries and the names accordingly difficult. But we went for something that suits the country where we actually belong (Israel) and my family learned some new names...
The usual cobination for the names to suit both countries are Jonathan, Daniel, Adam, Marcus - but we also went for something totally different. You are the ones to have to say the name and all that (read: Your sole decision) - so go for it!!
- 29 March 2011 at 08:43
- sea legs girl said...
Well I am really glad to hear that both about your friend and you loving Mattias because it has moved back to the top of our list. And who says we shouldn't ask for opinions :)? So, can I ask, does he say the "ti" like "tea" (and coffee) of like "tai" (food)? I happen to be partial to the former...
I always love your comments. Had no idea Israel was considered home for you guys. I don't think I mentioned to you that I just started reading The Good Earth based on your recommendation! I DO take your comments seriously :).
- 29 March 2011 at 14:42
- Karen said...
ti, as in tea and coffee.
- 29 March 2011 at 18:02
- Kirsten said...
I do admit that I don't really consider Israel my home - only lived there for 22 years, took my BA and MPH at Tel-Aviv uni, my kids were (mostly) born there....But you know, born in Denmark - you are always a Dane! And since we move around with the job sometimes, everything about belonging and roots get a bit confusing. I usually present myself as Danish living in Israel.
You BETTER take my comment seriously, I'm a very serious person - when I sleep..;-)
- 30 March 2011 at 12:15
- Glaven Q. Heisenberg said...
Vitus [...] it's pronounced VEE-toose in Denmark, as my sister said, everyone would call him Gingivitis in the US. And that's probably not good.
Yeah, yer sister's right. When I was in second grade, there was this kid named Erik and we all called him "Erectile Dysfunction" because we were all pre-med students in second grade and we of course made that connection, as any normal 7-year-old would. In any case, Erik went on to make a fortune selling Cialis online which makes me so mad I can barely get a boner because that kid was a total wiener.
But the point is, these things all work out in the end.
Not everyone can be as lucky as I am and have the perfect name: "Glaven".
- 30 March 2011 at 12:37
- SteveQ said...
Ooh. Almost forgot: to add to your list of names that are musical and fit the person, place and time...
Soupy Sales.
- 30 March 2011 at 17:27
- PiccolaPineCone said...
don't have much to offer regarding name (I tend to the old testament names myself - Adam, Samuel, Jonah, Noah figure among my favorites) but I do have a strategy for when a couple cannot agree on a name. One person choses 5 names with which they would be 100% perfectly happy and the other person choses among those names. Eminently fair no??
- 31 March 2011 at 04:23
- SteveQ said...
I've been holding off on this recommendation for a while, because the song got overhyped here last year: "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons. You'll love the banjo.
@PPC: You're assuming that the person choosing the five names doesn't choose five names the other finds horrendous (in which case, they probably shouldn't be having kids together anyway).
- 1 April 2011 at 18:38
- sea legs girl said...
OMG Steve Q. Your comment to PPC was pretty much word for word what I said to SR when I read PPCs comment. Or rather, I was like "I would just chose four names I know you hate and then one that is my favorite, which you find better than all the terrible ones." Yeah, so, all in all, not that fair! But I like the attempt at justice PPC! Now I need to go hear some banjo.
- 1 April 2011 at 18:44


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Mitch Albom switches publishers, has 3-book deal
Mitch Albom, one of the country's most popular authors, has a new publisher and a new novel coming this fall.books Updated: May 02, 2013 12:42 IST
Mitch Albom, one of the country's most popular authors, has a new publisher and a new novel coming this fall.
The author of the sentimental favorite "Tuesdays With Morrie" has a three-book deal with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Albom's previous publisher was the Disney-owned Hyperion, where he had spent much of his career.
At Harper, Albom will be edited by Karen Rinaldi, a friend since the 1990s when she attempted - and failed- to acquire "Tuesdays With Morrie" for Crown.
"I have never forgotten our first meeting and his subsequent success, which have always been bittersweet for me," Rinaldi said in a statement. "It is particularly satisfying to bring Mitch to Harper, where our team's expertise and spirit of collaboration will create an unprecedented focus and passion for the next phase of Mitch's exceptional writing career."
"We see stories the same way," Albom, 54, said in a statement. "It's going to be a joy working with her."
Harper told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Albom's next book is called "The First Phone Call from Heaven," the story of a small Michigan town where residents start receiving phone calls from those in the afterlife. Albom said in the statement that the new novel "is maybe my favorite story yet, a tale of belief, love and mystery."
Albom, whose previous works include "Have a Little Faith" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," had been a signature author for Hyperion, which has been focusing in recent years on books tied to a fellow Disney company, ABC television. Albom's agent, David Black, declined to comment on why he left Hyperion and instead emphasized his bond with Rinaldi, Harper's senior vice president and executive editor. Hyperion issued a statement Wednesday saying, "We hope Mitch Albom's career continues to grow."
Financial terms for Albom's deal with Harper were not disclosed.
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From Southeast Asia come the Barbs; schooling fish from tropical clear streams and swamps. Analogous to tetras with their propensity to school, MOST barbs are perfect for the planted aquarium.
First, names. Barbs are called barbs because most of them have a pair, and sometimes a quartet, of barbles (whiskers) at the corners of their mouths. As science has muddied up barb Genus names for years now, with species vacillating between Puntius, Capoeta and the generic Barbus; in this post, I'll go with what's in vogue now.
Suitability for a planted tank vary. Most species of smaller barbs, like Tigers, Cherries, Golds and Checkers, won't bother any plants. The larger barbs, like Tinfoils, Striped and Clown barbs may NIBBLE plants, indicating a need for vegetable-based foods. The level of nibbling depends on the fish; Tinfoils are by far the worst about doing it. Clowns will occasionally, Striped Barbs rarely.
All of them like neutral to slightly acid water that is moderately soft. Temps in the upper 70's is preferable; I keep mine at 77 degrees.
No barb has teeth in their jaws, but all have pharyngal teeth in their throat. Feed them about 70 percent meaty items, 30 percent vegetable-based foods. All of them like live food like Daphnia, but they should be fed them sparingly (once or twice a week), especially for Tinfoils, as they can't metabolize them as easy as smaller barbs can. Tinfoils need at least 50 percent vegetable-based foods for their continued health and color. Smaller barbs are very, very fond of Daphnia, and will gorge themselves on them. The Daphnia shell isn't digestible, and acts as a laxative. Those barbs that are fed Daphnia too often are rather skinny.
Properly kept, Barbs are lively, colorful schooling fish for your next planted aquarium.
Now some species
Common in nearly any fish store in several color variations are Tiger Barbs (Puntius tetrazona), perhaps the most misunderstood of the Barbs.
Many, many people have problems with Tiger Barb aggression. They will pick at ANY fish with flowing fins, chase smaller fish like Neon Tetras endlessly, and end up being a giant pain in the neck for the fish keeper.
The solution is simple; keep them in schools.
At least eight is what I recommend, and they make a vivacious, nice display in a group. A school like that or larger diffuses aggression, as they spend their time between themselves genially working out politics. I wouldn't keep a large school of Tigers, though, with a Betta or other long-finned fish without careful observation.
In their natural form, Tiger Barbs are a slightly brassy cream color moving to silvery toward the bottom of the fish. Four deep black bands run top to bottom, the first bisecting the eye, the last the base of the tail. Vivid red is outside of black on the dorsal fin, the edges of the tail fin and both ventral fins. Tiger Barbs top out at 2 inches, are native to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra and Borneo. They don't pick at plants.
Albino and 'Green' Tiger Barbs are available.
For those who like their fish colorful and restful there is the Cherry Barb (Puntius titteya) of Sri Lanka.
The color of the fish varies according to its mood. Sometimes they have reddish undersides, sometimes the whole fish is clothed in a deep red. Males are slimmer and more highly colored than females, but she, too can put on various reds, often coupled with rusty gold.
Cherry Barbs are perfect for the smaller, well planted tank. A 20 gallon with two dozen Cherry Barbs is a pleasant site.
They don't school in the traditional sense, preferring to stay in a loose group, pausing at odd angles as if they are looking for something. Though they top out at nearly two inches, normally they stay somewhat smaller in aquariums.
Being small fish, small foods are necessary. A quality pellet should be staple. Small frozen or freeze dried foods should be given three or four times a week. Insect based foods, like frozen mosquito larvae, are a favorite. Live foods like Daphnia are at first shyly, than avidly, eaten, and it improves the Barb's colors. Cherry Barbs don't touch plants, other than pecking copepods off them.
A Cherry Barb aquarium should be covered, as during breeding, which they do frequently, the pairs often leap out of the water. Parents should be removed promptly if you wish to keep the eggs, as they are avid egg eaters. The fry are clear and tiny, and must be fed the smallest live food possible, like Infusoria and/or green water, for at least a week before they can take Rotifers and new-born BBS.
A lovely Barb, one of my favorites.
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The 108th General Assembly of the state of Tennessee convened at noon on Jan. 8 in Nashville to start the new legislative session.
The 108th General Assembly of the state of Tennessee convened at noon on Jan. 8 in Nashville to start the new legislative session.
The 108th General Assembly Senate is composed of 26 Republicans and seven Democrats, elected to four-year terms; and the House of Representatives is composed of 70 Republicans, 28 Democrats and one Independent, elected in even-numbered years to two-year terms.
When the Legislature initially begins, the first order of business is the swearing in of the members-elect. Once sworn, the membership of each body, Senate and House, elects a speaker for a two-year term.
The speaker then appoints the officers of each committee and the membership of the committees.
Local senators and representatives gave overviews of his committee assignments at Monday's League of Women Voters-sponsored "Breakfast with the Legislators." Those appointments include:
• Sen. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge — chairman, Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee; Senate Health and Welfare Committee; Rules Committee; Fiscal Review Committee.
• Sen. Ken Yager, R-Harriman — chairman, Senate State and Local Government Committee; Fiscal Review Committee; Commerce and Labor Committee.
• Rep. John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge — vice chairman, Government Operations Committee; Insurance and Banking Committee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; vice chairman, House Energy Task Force; vice chairman, National Conference of State Legislators Nuclear Working Group; NCSL Agriculture and Energy Committee.
• Rep. Kent Calfee, R-Kingston — Business and Utilities Committee; House Finance, Ways and Means Committee; Business and Utilities Subcommittee.
Beverly Majors can be contacted at (865) 220-5514.


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Michael's Macro Mouse Project
This project was submitted by ROBOTC user Michael B. He uses an NXT robot equipped with a HiTechnic EOPD (Electro Optical Proximity Detector) to determine the robots surroundings and then intelligently create and navigate a path through the maze maze.
From the creator:
It shows a robot solving a maze very similar to the micro mouse challenge. It's an excellent application of 2D arrays. It's also the most accessible task I could conceive of that would require students to build robots that remembered stuff about their surroundings, related that information and build on it, and then use that information to make intelligent decisions.
Here's video of the Macro Mouse in action, with lots of additional detail:


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its for the mass releases on my game dvd.. i have so far about 68-200 more titles to release.. and i have already re-used the intros i got alot of times..
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do give you guys some hints how much releases i have finilized for the dvd.. here is a little clue (so far!!).
100+ releases from Atari Legend!
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Expect alot of rare titles.. those havent been included to the lists.. so those are fresh for public for sure
I hoped this collection could be released this day.. but ill try next buss-stop at next sunday then :/
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Tips for a Successful Annual
Adapted from the New Members Round Table "Conference Tips for ALA Annual" using writer experience.
Book Early!
1--Register for the conference as early as possible. Significant discounts can be realized by registering early. You will also receive conference mailings such vendor information, special events, or even parties! And you can proceed to step 2, housing, as you cannot book housing through ALA until you have registered.
2--Choosing housing at the annual conference is an important aspect of making the conference an enjoyable experience. If you don't have your housing arranged, do it as soon as possible. ALA provides a variety of housing choices (PDF) that will meet the needs of nearly all attendees. Prices for hotels are often more reasonable than booking directly with the property. Official ALA hotels will also have shuttle buses serve them, or will be available at neighboring hotels.
Before Conference
- Check preview pages in June edition of American Libraries. Mark programs and meetings of interest. Use the ALA Handbook of Organization for information about individual units and committees.
- Also review the program tracks and other offerings on the official conference website.
- To make the most efficient use of your time, use and consult the ALA Event Planner (the planner is only available to fully registered attendees) and begin mapping out your conference strategy. Also, consult the Hotel Map (PDF), which gives the basic layout of the area and buildings covered by the conference.
- Ask friends and colleagues what they are involved in and what they enjoy. Try to attend programs, meetings or discussion groups with them during the conference. Suggest that they introduce you to people.
- Plan for follow-up. Many libraries ask employees to report back on their meeting experiences. It is easier to synthesize needed information if you consider these questions before the conference.
- Cooperate with co-workers. If multiple people from your library are attending, talk with them about attending different sessions and meeting to discuss your experiences afterwards. Stay focused.
- Pack comfortable shoes. Pack light clothing that is comfortable but still professional. Pack snacks such as granola or power bars, apples and a few small bottles of water (if you do not have space buy some snacks when you arrive). Bring business cards.
- Chicago can be *hot* in the summer ... but there will be air conditioning inside; pack layers. Chicago can also have summer showers; pack a small umbrella.
At Conference
- Don't feel overwhelmed with the program guide at registration. When you have a free moment (hopefully your first night at the meeting), review the guide and revise your original schedule to fit the time and place of programs and meetings. Don't schedule time too tightly. Allow enough time to go from one meeting to another. Schedule time for relaxing and sightseeing.
- Each day bring your revised schedule or tear out the program pages for that day as a reminder of meeting times and places.
- It's easier to remember all of the interesting ideas you hear and people you meet if you make a note soon after -- try taking five minutes to "brain dump" the highlights of a meeting into your notebook before you go on to something new.
- Meetings and discussion groups are at many different hotels in the city. The program guide provides maps which can help you gauge the distances between meetings. Don't worry if you arrive a little late or if you need to leave early. Attendees regularly come and go from meetings and discussion groups.
- If you want to get involved, attend committee meetings and introduce yourself to the chairperson.
At the exhibits
- Allocate plenty of time for the exhibits. Don't attempt to see all the exhibits in one day. Make several short trips. Use the program guide to select and find exhibitors.
- But also, allow for the serendipity of coming across a new vendor ... who just might have a product or service useful to your library.
- Don't pick up everything you see in the exhibits hall. Ask exhibitors to send you information after the conference. Take advantage of the "expocard" you get at registration--just have the exhibitor scan it! Or, if you have business cards, use them. Or, some people bring self-addressed labels.
- Check your expocard! An error on your expocard can happen -- especially if you've had a change of address or employer. It's very frustrating to discover this on the last day of a conference, especially if you've requested important info.
- For materials you do pick up, make use of the on-site postal centers to ship materials back home or use bag check services. You will have a much easier time if you aren't trying to carry everything. There is a coat and bag check located in the Convention Center--ask the registration staff or the conference ambassadors for the location. There may be a small fee.
- Attend the exhibits early in the conference before vendor giveaways run low.
- Try and find a map of the exhibit floor with exhibitors, and then maximize your time on the floor by deciding ahead of time which exhibitors you want to visit and how much time you have to spend. You can leave a business card at the booth to try and schedule an appointment.
Other Conference Tips
- Bring business cards with you. If you are a library school student, you may want to have business cards printed. On-line printers, such as VistaPrint, provide free business cards.(O.K., not entirely free - you have to pay for shipping. And no one will think less of you if you have their ad on the back of your card. In fact, people will think of you as frugal and inventive. You can find other on-line printers by typing "free business cards" into Google.)The Midwinter Meeting can be an excellent opportunity to network, and you can distribute the business cards on the Exhibit/Trade Show Floor.
- Check Cognotes, the daily conference newspaper, for last-minute additions and changes.
- Wear your badge to meetings and social events, but not on the street. This "brands" you as a visitor and a possible target, and also gives strangers and con artists your full name!.
- Attend vendor luncheons and receptions, talk to people in meetings, on the shuttle buses and at other events.
- Avoid listening to an MP3 player or reading books when you could be striking up a conversation with those around you.
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Two Men Charged After Allegedly Trying to Smuggle Party Drugs onto Gay Cruise
A week-long Atlantis party cruise that set out from Florida on Feb. 3 left without two passengers: A pair of government contractors who had hatched a plan to sell Molly, Special K, and GBH to shipboard revelers, reported UK newspaper the Daily Mail.
35-year-old Peter Melendez and 27-year-old Robert Koehler didn't make it on board the cruise ship, which was set to depart for the Bahamas and Mexico, because their plans were outlined in an email sent from a computer provided to Melendez by the U.S. government. A Homeland Security agent got wind of their plans, news channel Local 10 reported, and a police dog sniffed out the contraband, which was present in luggage belonging to both men.
In addition to MDMA (also known as Molly or Ecstasy), GHB (also known as a "date rape" drug), and Ketamine (which is used as an anesthesia but can also have psychoactive effects), two pharmaceuticals typically only available by prescription, Adderall and Viagra, were also among the men's belongings, Local 10 reported.
Homeland Security had alerted Miami-Dade police officers as to the men, local newspaper the Miami Herald reported. Arrest reports indicate that Homeland Security had let the police know that the two intended "to smuggle the narcotics onto the ship and distribute it once on board," the Miami Herald article said.
Reports did not specify for which companies or government departments the men worked. The two confessed when questioned by authorities, media reports said.


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Calm isn't the word to describe Thursday nights in NYC, and last evening was no exception — if anything, it seemed like the city was on a massive dose of speed. With so many events — A.P.C.'s 25th Anniversary, The Cinema Society's Twilight screening, DANNIJO's resort collection celebration — we couldn't hit 'em all up without a couple of clones, meaning we had to ride out the FOMO and conserve our cab fare. Plus, we didn't want to fall victim to the one stop, one drink thing — we do work on Fridays, after all.
First up? A birthday party, of course! Yes, W turned 40 (and released a book: W: The First 40 Years), and, in lieu of ice cream cake, the premier (provocative) fashion bible threw a dinner and after-party at Gramercy Park Hotel with a little help from its buddy Tod's. The Rose Bar was hopping during the candlelit supper and the candle-blowing continued on the roof, where (BELVEDERE)RED was flowing faster than W can produce blow-your-mind, borderline-NSFW editorials.
Duly fortified against the chill, we made the trek to Gossip Girl territory for the always-glam Apollo Circle Benefit at The Met. Hosted by the likes of Lauren Santo Domingo, Hilary Rhoda, and Jessica Stam (as well as sponsor Carolina Herrara, whose dresses were everywhere we looked), the annual gala benefits the "Young Friends" program, specifically aimed at educating the 21 to 39 set about the museum's collections and exhibitions. Well, consider last night's rager a lesson in Egyptology — revelers click-clacked through the empty corridors to emerge into the famed Temple of Dendur, tricked out like a surreal nightclub and shaking to the beats of Call Me Maybe. Don't worry, we took some Instagram pics of the hieroglyphics to study over the weekend.
With CRJ stuck in our membrane, we beat the exodus early for a quick sit on those endless steps, where we may or may not have enacted a particularly juicy Blair Waldorf-to-her-minions moment. Exit stage right, save for a quick Acme drive-by for one last shimmy and perhaps a slice of pizza at that semi-sketch place on St. Mark's (you know what we're talking about). As we noted early, TGIF isn't an excuse to sleep in...and we did have an early call time.
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"We are citizens in the state of Israel, and we support the U.N. bid."--Joint statement by coalition of Israeli peace organizations.
- Military court president pushing to apply Israeli criminal law in West Bank - Palestinian residents currently subject to mix of military orders and Jordanian law; West Bank penal code is generally harsher than Israel's. (Haaretz+)
- Artists, Nobel laureates call for military boycott of Israel - Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Alice Walker, Noam Chomsky and Roger Waters among those who signed letter saying Operation Pillar of Defense 'new chapter in Israel's decades-old violations of international law, Palestinian rights.' (Ynet)
- 7 hurt Wednesday in new breach of Gaza ceasefire - Seven people were shot at east of al-Maghazi and al-Bureij refugee camps and transferred to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. One man sustained serious injuries. (Maan)
- Israel's navy arrests 9 fishermen off Gaza coast - The head of Gaza's fishing association said Israel's navy opened fire at two Palestinian fishing boats six miles off the coast then took the fishermen to Ashdod. The boats belong to Murad al-Hassi and the Baker family. (Maan and Haaretz+)
- Israeli authorities destroy olive groves, wells, barns near Hebron - Israeli forces escorted a civil administration crew with bulldozers to Wadi al-Qatami in Beit Ula where they dug up olive fields, destroyed three wells used for irrigation and demolished three farmsheds. They uprooted around 1,000 olive saplings, which they took with them. (Maan)
- EU donates €11.5 million to UNRWA - EU representative John Gatt-Rutter also paid tribute to UNRWA staff who worked in dangerous circumstances to continue providing healthcare, food aid and educational services throughout Israel's offensive. (Maan)
- Israel's only facility for Arab victims of sexual abuse faces closure - The Social Affairs Ministry offered the NGO operating the center NIS 30,000 instead of the NIS 200,000 they received in previous years, claiming that they did not submit a request for assistance as required. (Haaretz+)
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Speaking, as we were, of good ol' ThnderBlt, we noticed that one of his classmates from his rather chichi and exclusive high school made the news recently when she got all hepped up on a booze/Aleve cocktail and stole an ambulance on the Stanford campus. Two paramedics had a drunken student on a stretcher when law student (and Yale grad) Julia Powell hopped into their ambulance and drove off, ditching the emergency vehicle 1,000 feet away. How'd they catch her? She left her cell phone in the footwell. Note to aspiring lawyers: if you absolutely have to steal an ambulance, make sure you take your belongings with you when you exit the vehicle. She's just lucky Dr. Nikolas Van Helsing didn't swipe the phone. That guy'd run up a Verizon bill she'd be paying off for years.
[UPDATE: The inimitable ThnderBlt has posted a considerate meditation on Powell here.]
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Thomas Whelan Benton (1930-2007) was an American artist best known for his political posters and silkscreen artwork. His friendship and collaboration with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson spanned more than four decades and created or inspired some of Benton's most recognized works, including a series of political posters that combined Benton's art and Thompson's writing — the Aspen Wall Posters.
Benton went on to create campaign posters for more than fifty candidates including George McGovern, Gary Hart and Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis. He also created numerous cause posters for local benefits, non-profits and charitable causes that suited his beliefs. Benton's art continued to evolve throughout his lifetime from political posters to abstract silkscreen prints, monotypes and oil paintings. Benton was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma in early 2007, and died April 27, 2007.
A recently released book about Benton's life and work, "Thomas W. Benton - Artist/Activist" won the 2012 Colorado Book Award.


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PHOENIX — As she awaits a decision by prosecutors on the future of her murder case, Jodi Arias and her attorneys are returning to court Tuesday to ask the judge to throw out the jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty.
Arias was convicted of first-degree murder May 8 in the stabbing and shooting death of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. About two weeks later, the same jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence Arias to life in prison or death.
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Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has said the state is preparing to seek the death penalty again for Arias, but would consider resolving the case without another trial after consultation with the victim's family and defense lawyers, among other things. He said the cost of the case would play no role in his office's decision whether to retry Arias.
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Just seating a new impartial jury could take weeks, given the widespread publicity of the trial that captured headlines worldwide with lurid tales of sex, betrayal and a bloody killing. That lengthy process would be followed by reading testimony and evidence to bring the fresh panel up to speed before jurors would once again attempt to decide whether Arias should live or die.
If the second panel failed to reach a unanimous decision, the death penalty would automatically be removed from consideration, and the judge would sentence Arias to life.
Arias, 33, admitted she killed Alexander, but claimed it was self-defense after he attacked her. Prosecutors argued it was premeditated murder carried out in a jealous rage after the victim wanted to end their affair and planned a trip to Mexico with another woman.


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|After re-reading my recent phaser article I have fixed a few nits. Most are typos or slight changes in emphasis - for instance in talking about phaser type numbers the article at one point suggested that phaser types are not related to type numbers, when it meant to say that phaser types are not related to power output.
Two more substantive changes, though - first, a gentleman with the tag Randers2 points out that "Best of Both Worlds" mentions EM frequencies in connection with phasers, so this has been included.
Secondly, in my discussion of "The Corbomite Maneuver", I wondered why Kirk used phasers at warp when photons would be more effective. In fact on re-reading, it's clear that the alien object was far too close to the Enterprise for Kirk to use a photon. So this is now fixed.
Another typo fix has been done to the Romulan Warp Drive article - at once point I calculate a ratio of Enterprise speed to Romulan speed of 1 : 17.59. The keen of eye will spot that this makes the Enterprise the slower of the two - the ratio should read 17.59 : 1, not vice versa.
A little bad maths has also been fixed in the Size of Starfleet article. I had mentioned that the seventy one numbered starbases plus the six non-numbered ones made seventy six bases in total. Gee, great going Graham, That's what we in my family call "having a brain-fart."
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|Two new images go up, one of the Constitution refit and one of the Excelsior refit. They are much superior to the old versions, though both still need a little touching up.
|Doing the new size comparison image for the Constitution involved a fair bit of vidcapping from TMP, and in the process I noticed that I only had two images on the ship's entry. This seemed far too few for such an important ship, so I added three new images and a larger scan of one of the original two. I rescanned one of the Excelsior images and added a new image of the Enterprise-B leaving Spacedock.
|Another two articles this week, one focusing on the Trill species and the life of the Dax symbiont in particular, and one discussing the issue of technology levels in Star Trek and why the species we see are so similar to one another on this front.
|A while ago I modified the Klingon D7 to make it more of a match for the Constitution class. After a bit of prompting by Adam Broughton I've taken another look and changed the strengths of the D7s and Constitutions again. Adam points out that the Constitution was more than a match for any of the D7s it met, and the specs of both ships now reflect this. The early D7 seen in 2151 is now somewhat better than the NX class and the late one seen in TOS is not quite as good as the TOS Constitution; the K'T'Inga also compares slightly less favourably to the refitted Constitution. I've also changed the Romulan D7 to match. The strength calculator has been brought up to date with the new numbers, but as yet the fleets pages have not been fixed to represent any of the recent strength changes.
|A viewer who included no name points out that the Prometheus entry omitted to mention that the ship had holoemitters throughout all decks, so I have included this.
|The Valakians and the Menk from Enterprise : "Dear Doctor" have gone up on the alpha quadrant other species pages.
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|Thanks to a kind viewer I now have decent sizecomp pics of the Borg cube and sphere. I have no idea who it was that sent the image, because I lost all my email in the Win 2000 debacle. If you read this, mail me so that I can give you credit please.
|We've added Noonien Soong to the people list. He gets the usual bio but no picture just yet. ArticlesA new article all about phasers has gone up.
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Most homeowners purchase their houses through mortgage finance or a loan. There have been many changes in home mortgage financing and loans in the past ten years, bringing many benefits to homebuyers. These changes also bring some significant tradeoffs. The greatest benefit a homeowner received from the changes in mortgage finance is that there are more choices. More choice means a homebuyer can effectively shop around for the best mortgage finance deals and make better decisions.
There are a number of specialized mortgage finance institutions that provide mortgage finance products. Savings and loan mortgage finance institutions are also known as thrift associations, since lenders take the deposits of their customers and use the money to create mortgage finance and loan products. Thrifts declined during the 1980s when interest rates were erratic, and mortgage failures were at an historic highpoint. Thrift institutions were replaced later on by mortgage finance bankers, who originate the mortgage finance product and offer them to investors. In the 1990s, mortgage brokers arrived on the scene. These are freelance mortgage finance agents who handle loans for a number of lenders and sell them to several clients that may include investors or homebuyers. Mortgage brokers remain popular with homebuyers who are looking for mortgage finance advice. Because these brokers have relationships with several lending firms, they represent the best source of mortgage finance advice concerning the current real estate market. Another good source of information for homebuyers who are looking to make a final mortgage decision is the Internet.
The general rule in the 1980s was that only individuals with good credit could obtain a mortgage finance loan. In the current market, nearly anyone can apply for such a loan if they want to buy a house. If you have excellent credit, you will probably find a mortgage finance loan that covers the total purchase price of a home. Having bad credit does not necessarily mean that you will not be able to get a mortgage finance loan, however. It is still possible, but you will pay a higher interest rate. Homebuyers who are getting their first house and how do not yet have a credit rating also have mortgage finance loan options available to them. These loans typically have low down payments and flexible standards defined in the underwriting.
The loan approval process has been made much faster because some of the underwriting has been streamlined. Computers have allowed mortgage finance loan information to be accessed rapidly, In fact, some finance companies offer approvals online or by using computer programs. The concept of credit scores" has also led to a decrease in the number of finance loans that are rejected. Credit scores can offer some relief in usually strict mortgage loan approvals, so applicants have less of a problem.
The modern mortgage finance market has developed a number of new mortgage products as well. When interest rates began to fall, homeowners took advantage of the decreases to refinance their mortgages. In order to reduce the expense of refinancing, lenders than began to offer mortgage finance loans without discount points.


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It's hard to buy a cup of coffee or pair of socks these days without being urged to "like us on Facebook" or "follow us on Twitter." The speed at which the corporate world has embraced social media is matched only by the speed at which the social media itself is changing.
(For those still using the telephone and even postcards to communicate, social media is a term that describes a wide array of Internet-based services used to create and distribute content in different ways. It was pioneered, to some extent, by Friendster, a social networking site started in 2002 that has long since been supplanted by the industry's behemoth, Facebook. Another one-time social media darling that has suffered lately is MySpace, which was purchased by News Corp., in 2005 for $580 million and sold last month for $35 million.)
Fund-management companies like Vanguard, PIMCO, Charles Schwab, Putnam, and others are now using social-media outlets to promote their funds, and as social media companies grow in popularity and profitability, they are beginning to turn up in the portfolios of mutual funds and exchange traded funds – sometimes even before they have completed an initial public offer.
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The bellwether for social-media companies thus far is Mountain View, Calif.-based LinkedIn, which calls itself "the world's largest professional network on the Internet" with more than 750 million members in over 200 countries." LinkedIn stock debuted in May, with shares priced at $45. The stock soared as high as $120 on its first day of trading. At a recent price of about $93 per share, the company was valued at more than $8 billion.
Fortune did not smile so warmly on purchasers of shares in Renren, a Chinese social-networking company with its sights focused on college students and that's drawn comparisons with Facebook. Renren's U.S.-listed ADRs were priced at $14 and zoomed to $24 during their first day of trading but fell afterwards, declining to nearly $6 before recovering to a recent $11.
Shares in Pandora Media, an Internet-media company focused on music, have turned in mixed results; priced at $16, they reached as high as $26 on their first day, but fell to nearly $12 just two days later and traded at about $18 more recently.
Public offerings of shares in social-buying site Groupon, social-games company Zynga, micro-blogging site Twitter, and the king of them all, Facebook, are expected to come by the end of next year. Groupon and Zynga have already made their filings with the SEC.
Buying and selling IPO stocks can be challenging, and even dangerous, and many investors may prefer to access these types of volatile issues through broadly diversified mutual funds and exchange traded funds.
There are at least three funds that target initial public offerings: the Direxion Long/Short Global IPO Fund, the Renaissance Capital Global IPO fund, and the First Trust US IPO Index fund. As far as we know, these funds have not taken major stakes in LinkedIn or other social media companies.
For investors who want to own a piece of the social-media phenomenon through a diversified fund, other options do exist. For those looking to get as much social media exposure as they can, the $61 billion Fidelity Contrafund seems like a good place to start. As of May 31, the fund owned about $86 million, or 0.11% of its assets, in Facebook Class B shares, $82 million in Groupon, and another $82 million in Zynga shares – none of which are yet publicly listed. The fund also owned another $43 million worth of Renren.
The $16.7 billion Fidelity Puritan Fund had about $22 million, or 0.11% of assets, committed to Facebook Class B shares as of that date, another $20 million to Renren, and $2.8 million to LinkedIn.
Fidelity's Blue Chip Growth fund had about $16 million in Facebook Class B, $9.5 million in Renren, and $2 million in LinkedIn at the end of May.
Among other funds, Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth fund owned stakes in Groupon (0.75% of assets) and Zynga (0.73%) at the end of May.
As of March 31, the T. Rowe Price Science & Technology fund had $21 million, 0.63% of assets, invested in Twitter, $11.8 million in Facebook, and $14 million in Groupon.
Another option is GSV Capital, a closed-end fund formed in September 2010, invests in privately-held companies backed by venture capital and some publicly traded shares. In late June 2011, it announced that it had paid $6.6 million for about 225,000 shares in Facebook, sending its shares soaring 42% in one day.
Of course, buying into the social-media frenzy entails taking a big risk. Many of these companies are marginally profitable, if they make money at all, which several do not. Market conditions may change that derail their intentions to list their shares, which would make it harder for funds that own them to sell. Still, investors enthusiasm is still a powerful – possibly the most powerful – force on Wall Street, and the bullishness behind social media looks likely to stick around, at least for now.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech women's and men's cross country teams will venture South this weekend to run Saturday in the Jacksonville State Foothills Invitational. The meet will be held at Oxford Lake, with the women touring a 5K course and the men negotiating an 8K layout.
The women's event will get underway at 9 a.m. CDT, followed by the men's race at 9:45 a.m.
Tech will be competing against 15 other teams on Saturday, making this season's Foothills Invitational the largest field in the history of the meet. The meet features a mixture of NCA Division I and Division II programs and the meet scoring will be broken down into divisions.
Division I squads who will be scored against the Golden Eagles include Alabama A&M, Jacksonville State and Mercer. The non D-I programs in the field include Chattahoochee Tech, Clark Atlanta, Columbus State, Darton College, Georgia Southwestern (Women), Miles College, Morehouse (men) SCAD Atlanta, Tuskegee, Alabama-Huntsville and West Alabama.
The Tech women will be paced by Rebecca Cline, who has led the team in each of the previous three meets this season. She was one of seven runners to record a personal-best time last week at the Charlotte Invitational.
In the men's race, coach Tony Cox will see John Greene setting the pace as he has also done in all three meets in 2013. He was one of three Golden Eagles who established career-best times last week at Charlotte.
Complete results of the race will be posted on TTUsports.com when they are available.


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Barry Zito pitched another great game today. The magic carpet ride continues for the Beezian One. My mom thinks No. 75's resurgence is due to his getting married. She's a big fan of marriage. She likes to see guys "settle down" and is convinced that Mrs. Zito is at least partly responsible for her husband's recent run of on-field success. Hey, I'll buy it. It's at least as good as my explanation: Veteran Savvy Clutchness. Barry Zito is now old enough to be gritty. And he takes the same tools he's always had and adds more moxie to them. That's enough to make him better. Grit + Moxie = Veteran Savvy Clutchness. Zito's pitching will never move the dials on any sabermetric indicators, mostly because he doesn't strike out a lot of hitters and he pitches in a friendly park. He's the same guy, he just seems a lot better. We shouldn't be surprised--baseball games are played by people, and when said people are happier and healthier they most likely will play better. Now add experience and maturity and you have a formula for an athlete to make the best use of his tools. And with a nod to the saberistas, you have to account for luck. What I mean is random variation. You know, streaks and good breaks and all that. Sometimes you just have to ride the hot hand and not question it, I suppose. Keep it rolling, Barry.
Sergio Romo doesn't blow many saves, so it's hard to get too upset. He's been close to automatic. I was impressed by Buster Posey snagging third base in the bottom of the 10th on that pitch Carlos Ruiz couldn't quite handle. Ballsy move, man, imagine if they'd nailed him. The Giants would probably still be playing and it would be the 22nd inning. It was nice to see Andres Torres contribute as well. One thing the Giants like to do is swing the bat, and he swung at the first pitch to get the walk-off win.
The Atlanta Braves (20-13, first place NL East) come to town for three starting tomorrow.


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Scalia Discusses Race, Homosexuality, Boredom
(WASHINGTON) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia showed a lighter side while joking with students from the University of California Washington Center.
At the event Monday, held to publicize his new book, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts, Scalia answered students' questions on a range of issues and offered insight into the perspective from the other side of the bench.
Scalia said most times justices ask questions in order to make colleagues understand which way they are leaning a certain way on a case.
"Sometimes I ask questions just because I'm bored, just to stay awake," he joked. "Very often the questioning is done to convey your point of view to your colleagues."
Scalia also touched on topics as varied as his viewpoint on the Constitution and opposition of Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The section requires that states and regions that have previously discriminated against minority voters such as African Americans gain federal approval when they want to change voting regulations in their states.
Scalia called the act one of "racial preferment," which would continue to be reauthorized by Congress unless the high court took action.
Congress last reauthorized the act for another 25 years in 2006. The Supreme Court decision on the act's constitutionality is expected in late June.
In February, when the act was last brought before the Supreme Court, Scalia had said Congressional support was based in part on what he called "racial entitlement."
"I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It's been written about," Scalia said. "Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes."
Scalia shot down a question on homosexuality when a student asked about the interpretation of the constitution's 14th Amendment regarding same-sex relationships, something the student suggested was a "new technical phenomena."
"There was homosexuality in the time of the 14th Amendment. Every state had laws against it. It was criminal in every state," he said. "I don't consider homosexuality a new technical phenomena...people didn't come forward and demand a constitutional right to homosexual marriage before (in the time of the 14th Amendment)."
Scalia agreed when questioned by a student as to whether fellow Justice Clarence Thomas pushed him to the right when Thomas came on to the court in 1991 or if it was the other way around.
"What had happened was I had followed Clarence's lead, he knew that," he said. "Clarence is his own man, he's not going to follow me just to follow me. You know he's a very stubborn man too, which is why he won't ask questions. The more the press is on him for not asking questions the less likely he is to ask questions."
Thomas broke his silence for the first time in seven years earlier this year when he made a joke during an oral argument.
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DeanCapture necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Brandt Snedeker will defend his title at the 44th annual RBC Heritage.
The tournament will be April 9-15 at the Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.
The former Vanderbilt star is joined by five other past champions making early commitments to the only PGA Tour stop in South Carolina.
The other former Heritage winners include two-time champions Stewart Cink and Boo Weekley, plus Jim Furyk, Brian Gay and Glen Day.
The entire group will be shooting for the top prize of $1,026,000 from a purse of $5.7 million.
RBC is the title sponsor of this year's event after signing a five-year sponsorship agreement. The Boeing Company has also made a five-year commitment as the tournament's first presenting sponsor.
Snedeker is off to a fast start this season, having already won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
Brandt broke into the Harbour Town winner's circle last April by firing a final round seven-under par 64 to tie Player of the Year Luke Donald and then go on to defeat him in a playoff.
Cink, former British Open Champion, captured the Heritage in 2000 and 2004.
Weekley is the last to win back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008. Gay, the 2009 winner, enjoyed the largest lead over the field, 10 strokes. Furyk, the 2010 victor, as well as 1999 champion Day, both won after playoffs.
Daily tickets and week-long badges for this year's tournament are now on sale online at www.rbcheritage.com or by calling the tournament office at 671-2448.
The Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce is selling tickets at its mid-island location and at the Hilton Head Island Welcome Center. Tickets also are available at the Bluffton Town Hall, 20 Bridge St.
The Heritage Classic Foundation, general tournament sponsor, distributes the proceeds from the tournament to hundreds of non-profit organizations. Since it was founded as a 501 (c)(3) in 1987, the Foundation has donated more than $22 million to people in need.
For more information, call 671-2448, visit rbcheritage.com or Facebook (Heritage Classic Foundation, William Willie Innes) or Twitter (@WillieHeritage).


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I thought I would pass on a link to this amazing article about the efforts of MyHeritage.com and its CEO Gilad Japhet concerning the compensation for Jewish-owned German property that had been confiscated by the Nazis during World War II.
This break through could not have been accomplished without the combined power of social networking and online family trees. Who can tell what other types of effects these huge online databases will have in the future?


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text: Steven Raichlen brings the high-voltage flavors of the American Southwest to the grill with a take-no-prisoners menu. Oven-Grilled Tortilla Chips with Pineapple and Jalapeno Salsa start things off, followed by Green Lightning Shrimp Kebabs, assertively spiced and just this side of incendiary. Millionaire Brisket, a Texas-size slab of meat, gets the royal treatment with a savory rub, a coffee and beer mop sauce, and a long, slow smoke over oak.


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LeAnn Rimes Suing Dentist, Says His Bad Work Made Her Career Suffer
(NEW YORK) -- LeAnn Rimes is suing her dentist, alleging that his poor dental work is the reason her career has stalled.
The singer is seeking monetary compensation for "loss of earnings and future earning capacity" as well as for the physical, emotional and psychiatric injuries she sustained over a three-year period of treatment, according to court documents.
Rimes alleges that her "ability to perform as an artist has been and will continue to be significantly compromised until all re-treatment is complete."
In the suit, filed Feb. 14, Rimes alleges "negligent" treatment from her dentist, as she developed "severe tooth pain, gum inflammation and chronic gum bleeding" as a result of faulty crown placement.
In October, the singer was forced to cancel tour dates to undergo dental surgery.
"I've been living in a dental nightmare for 10 months. I'm getting back on track though, I hope. I've had too many detours this year due to dental issues," she wrote on her website on Oct. 7.
A representative for Rimes declined to comment.
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio


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Use of RAD001 as Monotherapy in the Treatment of Neurofibromatosis 1 Related Internal Plexiform Neurofibromas (NFitor)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01412892
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 9, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2014
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Patients with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) are at increased risk of developing tumors of the central and peripheral nervous system. These include plexiform neurofibromas. The conventional treatment of these internal plexiform neurofibromas is surgery. This surgery can be possible on a single and limited tumor. On the other hand these tumors are often surgically intractable due to their multiplicity and their infiltrating characteristics Increased activity of mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR) protein is seen in neurofibromas. mTOR inhibitor rapamycin , or its derivatives such as everolimus may slow or stop tumor growth in patients with NF1.
Primary objectives To determine whether everolimus has an effect on the volume of surgically intractable and life-threatening internal plexiform neurofibromas in patients with neurofibromatosis 1.
Secondary objectives To determine whether everolimus has an effect on the number and the volume of cutaneous neurofibromas; to determine whether everolimus modify the signaling pathways in cutaneous neurofibromas.
- Adults with neurofibromatosis type 1 with at least one internal plexiform neurofibroma, life-threatening or causing significant morbidity through compression of organs. This or these internal plexiform neurofibroma(s) should be intractable by surgery.
An open-label, single arm, non-randomized, single stage phase IIa study. Baseline phase: Baseline evaluations will be performed within 2 weeks, and up to a maximum of 4 weeks for specific exams, before the first dose of study drug.
Treatment phase/duration of treatment: All patients will be treated with RAD001 10 mg p.o daily dose for one year except in case of unacceptable toxicity, death, or discontinuation from the study for any other reason.
Follow-up phase: All patients will have two follow-up visits scheduled at 18 and 24 months after the first dose of the study drug to follow for adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) that may have occurred after discontinuation from the study and for internal plexiform neurofibromas assessment.
Radiological review: All Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRIs) obtained at baseline, during the treatment period and the follow-up period will be reviewed by the Neuroradiologist of the study.
|Condition or disease
|Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Plexiform Neurofibroma Neurofibromatoses
|Drug: RAD001: Everolimus
|Phase 2
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|30 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Single Arm, Multicenter Phase II a Trial of RAD001 as Monotherapy in the Treatment of Neurofibromatosis 1 Related Internal Plexiform Neurofibromas That Cannot be Removed by Surgery
|Study Start Date :
|April 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2014
Experimental: Everolimus
RAD001: Everolimus
Drug: RAD001: Everolimus
10 mg of RAD001 will be self-administered orally once daily continuously for one year or until unacceptable toxicity or discontinuation from the study from any other reason.
- Radiographic response assessed by MRI analysis [ Time Frame: after 1 year of treatment ]
- Radiographic response assessed by MRI analysis [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- Pain [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- Deficiency [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- adverse events [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- laboratory evaluations [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- measurement of vital signs [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- performance of physical examinations [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
- all concomitant medications and therapies [ Time Frame: At 2 years ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Clinical diagnosis of NF1, according to NIH criteria, with internal plexiform neurofibroma (PN) and at least 1 of criteria for NF1:
6 or more café-au-lait spots Freckling in the axilla or groin Optic glioma 2 or more Lisch nodules Distinctive bony lesion
1-degree relative with NF1
- At least 1 inoperable PN(s) that has/have the potential to cause significant morbidity: Paravertebral lesions that could compromise the spinal cord Head and neck lesions that could compromise the airway or great vessels Brachial or lumbar plexus lesions that could cause nerve compression and loss of function Lesions that could result in major deformity (e.g., orbital lesions) or significant cosmetic problems Lesions of the extremity that cause limb hypertrophy or loss of function Painful lesions
- Complete resection of a PN with acceptable morbidity is not feasible OR patient refuses surgery OR the number of PNs leads to not feasible surgery according to the steering committee's site
- Measurable PN amenable to volumetric MRI analysis using fusion of images
- Measurable lesion (at least 3 cm in one dimension)
- Karnofsky >70%
- 18≤ Age ≤60
- absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5x109/L, Platelets ≥100x109/L, Hb >9g/dL
- bilirubin: ≤1.5xULN, ALT and AST ≤2.5xULN unless evident Gilbert disease (amendment n°2). For patients with known liver metastases: AST and ALT ≤ 5xULN
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5xULN
- Life expectancy ≥ 2 years
- Cholesterol ≤300 mg/dL or ≤7.75 mmol/L and triglycerides ≤ 2.5x ULN
- Women of childbearing potential must have had a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days and a negative urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to the administration of RAD001 start and must use an effective birth control method.
- Men should use condoms and their partner(s) use an effective birth control method
- A written informed consent obtained
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who/with:
- have previously received mTOR inhibitors
- a known hypersensitivity to RAD001 or other rapamycin or to its excipients
- receiving chronic systemic treatment with corticosteroids or another immunosuppressive agent. (Dose equivalent to 10 mg/day of methylprednisone), topical steroids or organotherapy for bilateral adrenalectomy are acceptable
- a known history of HIV seropositivity
- acute viral hepatitis
- autoimmune hepatitis
- with an active, bleeding diathesis. Patients may use coumadin or heparin preparations
- have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions or other conditions that could affect their participation
- have a history of another primary malignancy ≤3 years, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix
- Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding, or adults of reproductive potential who are not using effective birth control methods. If barrier contraceptives are being used, these must be continued throughout the trial by both sexes. Oral contraceptives are not acceptable alone
- a contraindication to MRI
- are using other investigational agents or who had received investigational drugs ≤ 4 weeks prior to study treatment start
- unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol
- not affiliated to health system
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): NCT01412892
|Henri Mondor Hospital
|Creteil, France, 94010
|Principal Investigator:
|Pierre Wolkenstein, MD, PhD
|Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
|Responsible Party:
|Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01412892 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2010-023137-34 ( EudraCT Number )
|First Posted:
|August 9, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 14, 2014
|Last Verified:
|November 2014
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Plexiform neurofibromas
Neurofibromatosis 1
Anti-Infective Agents
Neurofibroma, Plexiform
Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Neurocutaneous Syndromes
Nervous System Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms
Nervous System Neoplasms
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
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Pigs abandoned on Route 222, now at ARL
By Don Spatz
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Fifty piglets were left in the medial strip of Route 222 in Bern Township on Wednesday afternoon. They are now at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Cumru Township, waiting for the owner to come get them.
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These little piggies were indeed going to market, until all 55 of them got left in the medial strip of Route 222 in Bern Township on Wednesday.
Today, they're eating like little pigs at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Cumru Township, waiting for the owner to come get them.
"This is an interesting place," said the league's marketing director, Chris Shaughness. "You never know what you're going to get into."
The months-old piglets, weighing 20 to 30 pounds each, were still in the 5-by-7-foot trailer when Bern police got there about 2:30 Wednesday afternoon.
The trailer's two wheels had been removed, and it was sitting in the grass just south of the Route 183 interchange.
Workers reconstructing that interchange had called police when the trailer sat abandoned for a couple hours.
Police called the Animal Rescue League, which hired a flatbed truck to pick up the trailer - piglets and all - to take them to league headquarters.
The trailer had a New Jersey tag, and police are using that to find the owner
Police speculate the piglets were bought at the New Holland Sale early Wednesday, and were being hauled northbound on Route 222 en route to New Jersey via Route 78, when the trailer tires blew out because it was overloaded.
They speculated the wheels were removed so the owner could replace the tires.
Shaughness said the pigs seem to be in good shape and had already gone through half a 50-pound bag of feed by mid-morning.
"They're meat pigs," said league Executive Director Harry D. Brown III.
If the owner doesn't show up, he said, he likely will have to find a meat-market buyer for them, because he'd have trouble finding 55 families to take one each for a pet.
If the owner shows up, he'll be charged the league's costs for caring for the pigs.
If he doesn't, the league can fine him for abandonment, Brown said. The fine ranges from $50 to $750 per animal.
Shaughness said the league has had many other farm animals - horses, goats, even two turkeys - and once even had elephants after a traveling circus broke down.
But it's never had 55 piglets, she said.
Contact Don Spatz: 610-371-5027 or email@example.com.