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Plant-Powered Athletes
Some dominate the tennis court. Others are heroes in the ultraendurance world. And millions run 5Ks or take Zumba classes. But all these athletes share a training secret: the Power Plate.
Just as the strongest animals—bulls, stallions, and elephants—eat plant-based diets, more and more athletes are turning to plant power for a competitive edge. From the boxing ring and the bobsledding course to ultramarathons, professional and amateur athletes alike are crediting vegan diets for their greatest victories. Now, the Physicians Committee is teaming up with the world's leading sports figures to help all active people up their games with a plant-based diet.
Plant-Powered Champions
More and more athletes are fueling their bodies with plant-based foods.
- Serena Williams: A five-time U.S. Open Championship winner and four-time Olympic gold medalist, Serena Williams has dominated tennis. She is the reigning champion of the U.S. Open, French Open, WTA Tour Championship, and Olympic ladies singles.
- Patrik Baboumian: Known as the world's strongest man, Patrik Baboumian holds the world log lift record in the 105k category and has lifted 1,210 pounds.
- Scott Jurek: The world's fastest ultra-distance runner, Scott Jurek dominated the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run from 1999 to 2005. In 2010, he set an American record for running 165.7 miles in 24 hours.
- Timothy Bradley: Undefeated boxer Timothy Bradley is the current World Boxing Organization welterweight champion.
- James Jones: James Jones plays in the NBA and won the 2012 and 2013 Championships with the Miami Heat.
- Glen Davis: Glen Davis plays in the NBA for the Orlando Magic.
- Andy Lally: Andy Lally is a vegan racecar driver who won the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year title.
- Leilani Munter: Vegan racecar driver Leilani Munter was one of only three women to qualify for the Daytona 2010 race alongside Danica Patrick. Leilani returned to Daytona in 2012.
- Fiona Oakes: Fiona Oakes is a longtime vegan runner who has run through deserts and ice to complete marathons. She recently won the women's title in the North Pole Marathon, shattering the old record by 45 minutes.
Olympians Going for Green
Olympians, too, are eating their greens to go for the gold. World arm wrestling champion Alexey Voevoda, powered by a plant-based diet, is also a three-time Olympian, winning medals at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, followed by two gold medals for the Russian bobsledding team at Sochi in 2014.
Three-time Canadian World Champion Meagan Duhamel and her partner skated in the pairs short program to help Canada win a silver medal in the team figure skating event on the first day of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Duhamel, who has followed a vegan diet since 2008, shares her expertise and advice as a coach for the Physicians Committee's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart.
"Your body is like a machine: If you want it to run properly, you have to fuel it properly," says Duhamel. "Load up with healthy plant-based foods for optimum performance. I made the change instantaneously and now feel strong, vibrant, and healthy."
Two of Duhamel's favorite recipes are sweet potato casserole and banana bread. Both provide healthy complex carbohydrates to power the muscles, the brain, and the rest of the human body.
"A vegan diet is the perfect combination," says Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., C.S.S.D., who is a board certified specialist in sports dietetics and the Physicians Committee's director of nutrition education. "It brings you healthy complex carbohydrate, healthy protein, and the vitamins and minerals you need, but avoids the saturated fat and cholesterol that interfere with health and athletic performance."
A plant-based diet is an optimal sports diet, according to a paper on vegetarian dietary practices and endurance performance published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Teaming Up 4 Health
The Physicians Committee's new Teaming Up 4 Health campaign brings together sports figures who want to spread the word that partnering a plant-heavy diet with exercise is the best way to stay fit and healthy.
Olympian Daba Modibo Keita, who stars in a Teaming Up 4 Health public service announcement, is a two-time taekwondo world champion. What is his secret? He fuels his body with a balanced diet of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Olympic medalist swimmer Kate Ziegler, who has logged enough miles to swim from the United States to Australia, and professional football player Adam Carriker also star in the Teaming Up 4 Health campaign.
The Mental Game
A plant-based diet is also key for your mental game. The current world memory champion, Jonas von Essen, and former world snooker champion, Peter Ebdon, both stay focused with a vegan diet. Arguably the world's greatest brain, Albert Einstein wrote, "It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind." Einstein continued: "So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore."
Plant-Based Power
An optimal sports diet for performance, recovery, and health is found in the Power Plate—grains, vegetables, legumes, and fruits. By choosing generous servings of these nutrient-dense foods with a focus on variety and wholesomeness, your body will reap the benefits.
- Whole grains: Choose whole-grain breads, cereals, rice, and pastas. They are rich in complex carbohydrates, fiber, zinc, and B vitamins. A single serving also provides about 2 to 3 grams of protein.
- Vegetables: Choose a variety of colorful red, orange, and yellow vegetables in addition to leafy greens for vitamin C, beta-carotene, and other antioxidants that protect your body from the stress of exercise. These foods also provide iron, calcium, fiber, and 2 grams of protein per serving.
- Legumes: Choose a variety of beans (chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans, Great Northern beans), as well as soy milk, tofu, tempeh, and textured vegetable protein. They are not only high in protein (about 7 to 10 grams per serving), but also rich in complex carbohydrates, fiber, iron, calcium, and B vitamins.
- Fruits: Choose a variety of fruits and fruit juices for extra vitamins, especially vitamin C. By selecting fruits of different colors, you can ensure a variety of vitamins and minerals.
- Vitamin B12 supplement: A vitamin B12 supplement can be taken daily or every other day to cover nutritional needs. Fortified foods, such as fortified breakfast cereals or fortified soy and rice milks, may also contain adequate amounts of vitamin B12.
- Water for your workout: Three to four hours before exercise: Drink 2 to 4 cups of water. One hour before exercise: Drink 1 to 2 cups of water. During exercise: Drink 6 to 12 ounces (or about 3/4 to 1 1/2 cups) of fluid every hour. After exercise: Drink 16 ounces (or about 2 cups) of fluid for every pound lost during exercise; weighing yourself before and after exercise can help you determine your fluid loss.


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Wake Forest University is a private academic institution established in 1834 near Raleigh, North Carolina. Wake Forest University has nearly 7,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Wake Forest University is noted as one of the most connected (WiFi) universities in the nation. WFU has four professional schools; Medicine, Law, Divinity and the Babcock Graduate School of Management. WFU has a high academic standard for admissions and welcomes international students.
First field-effect transistors on hybrid perovskites fabricated for first time
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New research from a Wake Forest University biologist who studies animal behavior suggests that evolution is hard at work when it comes to the acrobatic courtship dances of a tropical bird species.
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Hungry bats compete for prey by jamming sonar
In their nightly forays, bats hunting for insects compete with as many as one million hungry roost-mates. A study published today in Science shows that Mexican free-tailed bats jam the sonar of competitors to gai ...
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Here we have another review on everyone?s favorite hunter: the Predator
Lets start off with the general figure and what it comes with. Of course, its got all the usual Predator gear. Armor encases both shoulders, thighs and legs. Both arms also sport gauntlets. Unlike the other Predator I recently reviewed, this one has his wrist blades "extended" on his right arm. Like most Predators, he sports a fixed Plasma Cannon on his left shoulder. His mask is creatively designed and fits snugly onto his face. Unlike the previous Predator, instead of two pegs attaching to two holes in the side of the head, this mask attaches via four small holes in the mask that fit onto the four face mandibles, giving it a snug and good looking fit.
Our hunter comes with two accessories besides the mask. The first one is a staff. The staff is a plain tan with a human skull on the top and a small "U" like shape at mid length, which we'll come to later. Sadly, the Predators hands are stuck in an open position so the only way he looks like he?s holding said staff is if you jam his hand into the "U" shape. The next item he comes with is a rather cool Bola Launcher. What it is, is an ornately designed "V" shape, each side of the "V" a barrel connected to one trigger. In each barrel fits a tannish spear with "spiked" sides. What makes this weapon so cool is the fact the spears are connected by a stretchy string!!! This lets you fire at a target, close line the target and watch the spears go around each side of said thing, tying it up. Another good thing about this weapon is the fact that is has a C-clip that allows it to connect to the Predators waist, so he has to do all the work while we just have to push a button!!! Now I bet your wondering how this one fellow could hold up such a big weapon without some support, well folks, here?s were that staff comes in. In the front of the Bola, right in between the "V" there is a small circular notch. The staffs "U" piece fits perfectly into said notch giving the Predator not only more balance(almost perfect actually) but gives the gun a more wicked look(heck two giant barrels with a skull staff in the middle, id run)
Now on to his paint job and articulation. The Predators body, at least all the seeable skin is painted a flat black color. The wrist, thigh and waist armor is a crimson red, all other armor is a gold color, including the mask and the Plasma Caster. Under the mask his eyes are a bright yellow and his mouth is a nice blood red with the mandibles being white.
Articulation is the same as all the others of the series, shoulders, thighs and SOME in the neck. The neck movement is severely restricted by his long dreds, which are painted purple by the way. The Bola weapons is also a solid black with exception to the firing button and waist attachment being crimson/rust color. Both spears and staff are a light tan all the way around.
I like this figure but there are some flaws. I really dislike the real lack of movement, its just to limited. The Plasma Casteer (thing on his shoulder) is waaaay to small. In the movie these things were roughly the size of maybe your forearm, this one is about the size of two of the Predators fingers. My last and final complaint is about the wrist blades. These things are supposed to be thing, sharp and dangerous, easy to slip out in a jam. Unfortunately that?s not the case here. The blades are in a fixed, out position, this isn?t to bad but what really annoys me is the face they are part of the hand. No separation, its like they're just coming out of the Predators arm at some odd angle and to make matters even worse, the two fingers they cover(index and middle) are half size all the other fingers to make room for the blades. Since I?m a Predator fan I let all these little problems slide through and I have to say he is a pretty cool figure.
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Named for Alexander Baring, an English Ambassador, who worked to settle the question of the northesatern boundary of Maine in 1842 with Daniel Webster. This town lies at the end of Route Nine, also known as "The Airline" and offers many outdoor opportunities. Don't miss a visit to the Baring Section of theMoosehorn National Wildlife Refuge for seeing wildlife and hiking trails.
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Born in Benin in 1960, she moved to Paris in 1983 to study jazz, beginning her career as a backing singer. In 1991 she released her first album, Logozo, and has since made nine further records fusing jazz, Afropop, Latin, funk, gospel, blues, zouk and western pop; Djin Djin, produced by Tony Visconti, won her a Grammy award in 2008.
Kidjo has been a UNICEF ambassador since 2002, and is co-founder of the Batonga Foundation, dedicated to securing secondary education for African girls. She has performed solo at the Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, and at many notable concerts worldwide, including Africa Live, Live 8, Live Earth and the Peace Ball held for Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009.
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911 Demi Moore call: 'She smoked something'
The past few months have been rocky for Moore. She released a statement in November announcing she had decided to end her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, 33, following news of alleged infidelity. The two were known to publicly share their affection for one another via Twitter.
Moore still has a Twitter account under the name mrskutcher but has not posted any messages since Jan. 7.
During the call, the woman caller says the group of friends had turned Moore's head to the side and were holding her down.
The dispatcher tells her not to hold her down but to wipe her mouth and nose and watch her closely until paramedics arrive. "Make sure that we keep an airway open," the dispatcher says. "Even if she passes out completely, that's OK. Stay right with her."
The phone is passed around by four people, including a woman who gives directions to the gate and another who recounts details about what Moore smoked or ingested.
Finally, the phone is given to a man named James, so one of the women can hold Moore's head. There was some confusion at the beginning of the call.
The emergency response was delayed by nearly two minutes as Los Angeles and Beverly Hills dispatchers sorted out which city had jurisdiction over the street where Moore lives.
As the call is transferred to Beverly Hills, the frantic woman at Moore's house raises her voice and said, "Why is an ambulance not on its way right now?" "Ma'am, instead of arguing with me why an ambulance is not on the way, can you spell (the street name) for me?" the Beverly Hills dispatcher says.
Although the estate is located in the 90210 ZIP code above Benedict Canyon, the response was eventually handled by the Los Angeles Fire Department.
By the end of the call, Moore has improved. "She seems to have calmed down now. She's speaking," the male caller told the operator.
Three days after her admittance to Sherman Oaks Hospital, Demi Moore was discharged last night.
While in the hospital, Demi had some visitors. Her daughter, Rumer, 23, was seen outside smoking a cigarette.
Kutcher has also returned to Los Angeles last night after his photoshoot in Brazil.
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Skier Safety
Ski Patrol
For your on-hill needs and convenience, Monarch maintains a professional patrol. Our patrollers are highly skilled skiers, well-trained in mountain safety, first aid and emergency procedures, including CPR. You can recognize them by their uniforms: red parkas with a white cross. They're friendly, reliable, knowledgeable and are here to give you aid and information. Patrol Headquarters and Clinic is located in the building just south of the base lodge. There are also staffed Patrol buildings at the top of the Panorama and Breezeway lifts that may be contacted for help. Assistance on the mountain can also be obtained by calling the Patrol Clinic (719.530.5111) or requesting assistance from anybody in a Monarch uniform.
In case of accident, use the international signal of skis crossed upright in the snow above the scene of the accident. Report accidents to any area employee. Anyone leaving the "Area Boundary" will forfeit their lift privilege for the day and may be guilty of a Class 2 Petty Offense if that area was designated as "Closed". Leave at established Forest Service Gates Only! Area not patrolled past the "Area Boundary".
Skier/Rider Responsibility
It is your responsibility to observe the codes listed below and share the responsibility while on the mountain.
1) Always stay in control and be able to stop or avoid other people or objects.
2) People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.
3) You must not stop where you obstruct a trail or are not visible from above.
4) Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others.
5) Always use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
6) Observe all posted signs and warnings. Keep off closed trails and out of closed areas.
7) Prior to using any lift, you must have the knowledge and ability to load, ride and unload safely.
8) Snow maintenance vehicles or snowmobiles may be encountered on any trail at any time.
This is a partial list. Be Safety conscience. (Officially endorsed by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA).)
Riding Chair Lifts
Individuals must be wearing on-snow equipment (skis, snowboard...etc.) in order to load and unload the chair lifts. For the safety of you and your child, kids in carry-packs are not allowed on the chair lifts.
Slow Zones
Yellow areas on the trail map denote family skiing and snowboarding zones. They indicate approaches to loading and busy traffic areas. Speeding or recklessness in these areas will result in loss of lift ticket.
Trail Signs
Signs are posted throughout our trail network for your convenience and protection. Please observe all posted signs; such as, but not limited to, CLOSED, CAUTION, SLOW and AREA BOUNDARY. Remember, it is illegal to enter closed areas. The posted degree of difficulty of a run is determined by the surrounding terrain and the runs on this mountain only. Comparisons of runs similarly marked at different areas may be misleading. Be advised that all fencing, equipment covers, signage, ropes and other marking devices are in place to inform you and to indicate a potential obstacle or hazard. It is your responsibility to stay away from marked areas.
Colorado Safety Act
Under Colorado law, any person using any of the facilities of the ski area is considered a skier. Colorado has amended its Ski Safety Act in 2004 to include a section on inherent risks and dangers in the sport including freestyle terrain, extreme terrain, cliffs, jumps, and trees. A skier/snowboarder assumes the risk of any injury to person or property resulting from any of the inherent dangers and risks of the sport and may not recover from any area operator for any injury resulting from any of the inherent dangers and risks of skiing and snowboarding, including changing weather conditions; existing and changing snow conditions; bare spots; rocks; stumps; trees; collisions with natural objects, man-made objects or other people; variations in terrain; and the failure to ski or snowboard within the limits of their own ability. Each skier or snowboarder solely has the responsibility for knowing the range of his own ability to negotiate any slope or trail and to ski or snowboard within the limits of such ability. Each skier or snowboarder has the duty to maintain control of his speed and course at all times when skiing or snowboarding and to maintain a proper lookout so as to be able to avoid other people and objects. However, the primary duty shall be on the person skiing downhill to avoid collision with any person or objects below him. No skier or snowboarder involved in a collision with another skier or snowboarder in which an injury results shall leave the vicinity before giving his name and address to an employee of the ski and snowboard area.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the signs of altitude sickness and what to do if I feel them?
- If you have a queasy stomach, headache, feeling dizzy, having difficulty breathing, or vomiting, you may be experiencing the signs of altitude sickness. The best thing for you to do is to go to a lower elevation, get some rest, and do some light exercise (at lower altitude), if and when possible. Drink plenty of water, Gatorade, or Acclimate. If you are having difficulty functioning, inform any Monarch employee and they will contact Patrol for you.
Is there an easy way down from the top of the mountain?
- Yes. Take Skywalker to KC Cutoff and follow the green circle signs to the base area.
Why are certain runs closed?
- Runs may sometimes be closed for public safety. Reasons vary from possible avalanche conditions or other existing terrain hazards, or it may be temporarily closed due to machinery operating on the run.


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Who can benefit from a bike fit?
Generally, if you are serious enough to clip into a bike, you will benefit from a bike fit. Whether you are a professional or recreational rider, getting the proper bike fit is an effective yet economical way to improve performance. Our bike fitter have been trained by Trek Bikes in association with Cyclefit. We charge £85 for a fit and the session can last between 1 – 2 hours. (This is FREE with every bike purchased over £1500)
Ride 24/7 Bike Fit – Process
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Is the last line part of the fic? The style changes very abruptly!
This is an interesting idea and on the whole you've played it out well. The one fault I will mention is that I found the logic tricky to follow at the beginning.
An intriguing look at war from a very different perspective.
I like that!!!!!!
Quite good. You made me want to read the book again. :)
Excellent emotion and detail.
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he never knew. may he lie and rest in the peace of his forefathers and son.
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Taste of Gramercy
Gramercy Neighborhood Associates
Saturday, October 12, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
Many of the surrounding neighborhoods have been celebrating their local restaurants in the name of charity for years, and now GNA is making that happen in Gramercy Park!
Taste of Gramercy will promote local businesses and introduce residents of NYC to the wonderful array of food that Gramercy has to offer. A portion of ticket sales will go to benefit local schools, including PS 40 and School of the Future. And any leftover food will be donated to NYC's homeless via The Bowery Mission.
For participating restaurants and sponsors visit tasteofgramercy.org.
We hope to see you there!
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**Please note that this event will take place rain or shine, there will be no refunds issued.
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If paying by check, please make checks payable to "GNA" and state the number of member or non-member tickets that you are purchasing. Checks sent should be mailed to: GNA, PO Box 678, Madison Square Station, New York, NY 10159 and MUST be postmarked by September 24th to allow for processing. All checks postmarked after September 24th will not be valid. Check purchases are subject to the same pricing terms as online purchases.**
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By STEVEN NALLEY
Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum discussed the need for more funding from the state government and his work with state officials to make that funding possible at a meeting of the MSU Faculty Senate Friday at Mitchell Memorial Library.
Keenum said he was recently in Jackson to reveal a new scholarship for student winners of the Mississippi Economic Council's Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program, and he made a point of discussing the issue with Gov. Phil Bryant and state congressmen. In September, he said, he and other public university leaders approached the Mississippi House-Senate Joint Budget Committee and requested a 12.6 percent increase in support for all state institutions of higher learning.
"Our share in that increase would be almost 11 million for the university if the legislature is inclined to honor our request," Keenum said. "Not all of it, but most of it will go into faculty salaries and new faculty positions. I'll be honest with you, I'm not very optimistic that we'll get a 12.6 percent increase, but I do hope that we get something."
Keenum said one reason the university needs this extra funding is the legislature's plan to address budget deficiencies in Mississippi's Public Employee Retirement System. This plan would require MSU to pay more into PERS, and he estimates this new expense will add up to $4 million for the university.
"That's a pretty big hit for us," Keenum said. "That's not in our budget now, so if we don't get any additional funding and this mandate stays in place, that will be a $4 million hit to the university."
Keenum said the university also uses state funds for improvements to the university, such as the new parking and classroom facility north of the YMCA building. He said he would also like to see the library expanded, and MSU needs a new engineering facility.
"We've already begun raising funds — private dollars — for a new engineering and science facility," Keenum said. "We're being successful to a point. I'd like to see that building funded at least with half the funds coming from private donations, but I need the bond authority before I can really, earnestly go out and leverage those bond funds with private dollars."
Keenum also briefly discussed the university's response to the cyber attack on one of MSU's servers, as did MSU Chief Information Officer Mike Rackley. Both echoed their statements in MSU's prior press release on the matter, saying that no sensitive employee data had been compromised.
Rackley said 525 of the people affected only had their Net ID, their email address and a time stamp reflecting MoneyMate deposits released by the hacker. Only nine more people had encrypted passwords released in addition to this information, Rackley said.
"In that regard, I went back and read the press release; it implies that all (534 people) were going to be contacted (about the attack)," Rackley said. "That was never the intent. In discussing it in the information security committee Wednesday afternoon, we concluded that there was really no sensitive information there (from the 525 people). So our intent is not to contact those 525, only the nine that had some significant potential exposure."


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A549 stimulation nitric oxide
Dear members,
I have problems with stimulating A549 cells to produce measurable amounts of nitric oxide. I tried different combinations of cytokines, also LPS 1microg/mL+IFN-gamma 100ng/mL+TNF-alpha 100ng/mL+IL-1beta 100ng/mL without any success.
I use the griess assay to measure nitrite after 18h of stimulation.
Has anyone experience or advice concerning that issue?
Thanks a lot for help in advance.
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President Tsvangirai says the MDC is very confident that the people of Zimbabwe will resoundingly vote yes in the referendum on the new Constitution on 16 March. President Tsvangirai said this while addressing a capacity crowd at a town hall meeting in Glen View 1, Harare last night.
He said the new draft Constitution showed that the MDC remained on course with its resolutions of the 2006 Congress roadmap that Zimbabwe should hold free and fair elections after adopting a new Constitution.
"We remain on course. We are on the rail to achieve free and fair elections and this has been part of the MDC resolutions made at the 2006 Congress," said President Tsvangirai.
"The new Constitution has been an MDC agenda when we decided that we should drag a screaming Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF to the negotiating table that would lead to the creation of a transitional government followed by the holding of free and fair elections. This has happened and it shows that we are on track," he said.
At the beginning of the meeting, President Tsvangirai took time to reassure the residents of Glen View to remain resilient following the arrest in 2011 of 31 MDC activists from Glen View on false charges of murdering a police officer. Five of the members are still in remand prison after being denied bail on several occasions.
"Do not lose heart. They will be released soon as nothing lasts forever," he said. On the new Constitution, he said the people of Zimbabwe were tired of the Lancaster House Constitution as it was a transitional document, which had been amended by Mugabe 19 times.
"The new Constitution sets new values and respect for the people. The people are not enemies of the State. It has a comprehensive Bill of Rights and gives the people freedom to challenge the government. People should not be violated by the State and those provisions are in the new Charter.
"It also gives term limits not only to the President but all State institutions. There is need for renewal of leadership. In parastatals, we want performance not what is happening when Air Zimbabwe, National Railways of Zimbabwe and other State entities have been grounded," said President Tsvangirai.
He said the new Charter would ensure that Zimbabwe had checks and balances. "The country lost a lot of money when it went to the DRC because there was no accountability," said President Tsvangirai adding that the new Constitution would see a liberal Parliament which will achieve 50-50 gender representation.
Turning to the behaviour of the police on Tuesday who disrupted a similar town hall meeting at the Zimbabwe Hall in Highfield, President Tsvangirai said the move showed that there is a demonic spirit hovering around.
"What will happen when we are in an election? There is a demonic spirit that is pulling the country down. It is unfortunate when the people have no confidence in the police. The police should do their job without bias and follow the law.
"Despite the behaviour of the police, the MDC and the people of Zimbabwe will not tire at this moment when we are now seeing victory. We have been assaulted before but now we can see the final destination," said President Tsvangirai.
Today, President Tsvangirai will address a similar meeting at 5pm at Magamba Hall, Warren Park 1 in Harare.


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By Bri Guy | Feb 28, 2013 | Total plays: 20,282
They just released a remix of Capital Cities "Safe And Sound." Cash Cash's production on this remix is very solid, pushing the edges to make it hip for new audiences. The track will eventually be part of Capital Cities' Safe and Sound Remix EP, which is set to be released sometime in the near future.
Head over to Cash Cash's SoundCloud for more of their stuff. And hit up Capital Cities' SoundCloud for information about their remix EP.


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Compliance & Enforcement
The FDA conducts inspections of medical device manufacturers to check that they are complying with medical device regulatory requirements. When a medical device manufacturer fails to comply with these requirements, the FDA responds with tools that include warning letters and recalls. In most cases, a company (manufacturer, distributor, or other responsible party) will take voluntary action to correct the violations identified by the FDA.
The CDRH Inspections Database provides information about FDA medical device inspections from 2008 to the present. The database contains information about the firms, types of devices and inspections, and links to warning letters (when available).
Each year, the FDA conducts inspections of medical device manufacturers to assess compliance with regulatory requirements, including the Quality System regulation. These inspections can result in the issuance of document known as a "Form 483," named for the form on which the investigator records any observations.
After an inspection, FDA staff reviews the Form 483 and decides whether agency action is needed to assure correction of the cited violations.
In the interest of supporting better quality medical devices and communication with industry, the FDA is providing data related to 2010, 2011, and 2012 quality system observations. Please follow the links below for information on warning letter citations for these years, as well as inspection observations from 2011 and 2012.
Compliance and Enforcement Actions
Quality System Data
FDA Medical Device 2013 Quality System Data - Analysis of 2013 Inspection Observations and Warning Letter Cites(PDF - 519KB)
- FDA Medical Device 2012 Quality System Data - Analysis of 2012 Inspection Observations and Warning Letter Cites (PDF - 160KB)
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A Phase 3 Randomized Double-Blind Trial of Maintenance with Niraparib Versus Placebo in Patients with Platinum Sensitive Ovarian Cancer
Study ID
Cancer Related
Healthy Volunteers
Study Sites
- Clements University Hospital
Isabel Villalobos
Principal Investigator
David Miller
This main study is a double-blind, 2:1 randomized, placebo controlled study in platinum sensitive ovarian cancer patients who have either gBRCamut or a tumor with high-grade serous histology. The patients must have received at least two platinum-based regimens, had a response to their last regimen, and have no measurable disease [Greater Than]2cm, and normal Ca125 (or [Greater Than]90% decrease) following their last treatment. The study will assess whether maintenance with niraparib will extend PFS in this population. There will be 2 independent patient cohorts, one with deleterious gBRCamut and the other with high-grade serous histology but without such gBRCa mutations based on the hypothesis that patients with gBRCa mutations will be enriched for responsiveness to niraparib.
BRCa mutation analysis will be sent for centralized testing at a reference laboratory. Cohort assignment will be determined prior to randomization, based on reference laboratory results.
a separate randomization list will be created for each cohort. Stratification factors will include time to progression after the penultimate (next to last) platinum therapy before study enrollment (6 to [Less Than]12 months and [GreaterThanorequalTo]12 months), use of bevacizumab in conjunction with the penultimate or last platinum regimen (yes/no), and best response during the last platinum regimen (complete response [CR] and partial response [PR]). an analysis of outcome by (1) concomitant chemotherapy with the platinum in the last and penultimate regimens (yes/no); (2) and number of prior platinum courses (2 and [Greater Than]2) will also be performed.
Clinic visits will occur in each cycle (every 4 weeks (+-)3 days). Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (ReCiST) tumor assessment via computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRi) scan of abdomen/pelvis and clinically indicated areas is required at the end of every 2 cycles (8 weeks with a window of (+-)7 days from date of visit) through Cycle 14, then at the end of every 3 cycles (12 weeks with a window of (+-)7 days from date of visit) until progression. if a patient discontinues treatment for a reason other than progression, death, withdrawal of consent or lost to follow-up, scans should continue at the specified intervals. PRos (Functional assessment of Cancer Therapy x ovarian Symptom index [FoSi], european Quality of Life scale, 5-Dimensions [eQ-5D-5L], and a neuropathy questionnaire) will be collected in a coordinated fashion with ReCiST tumor imaging while on study treatment and following discontinuation of treatment, regardless of progression status (at the nearest study visit to the imaging exam, after every 2 cycles through Cycle 14, then after every 3 cycles). if the patient discontinues study treatment, assessment of PRos will be performed at that time and then 8 weeks ((+-)2 weeks) later, regardless of subsequent treatment. The PRos may be completed remotely. it is estimated that PRo evaluations will take less than 20 minutes at each time point. Since these are questionnaires, their completion will not interfere with, or preclude, future treatment or clinical studies. after treatment discontinuation, study information on patient reported outcomes, response, tolerability with subsequent anti-cancer treatment, and survival will continue to be collected.
Patients will continue to receive their assigned treatment until disease progression (determined using ReCiST v.1.1 criteria and clinical criteria), unacceptable toxicity, death, withdrawal of consent, or lost to follow-up, whichever comes first.
Participant Eligibility
1. Female, age at least 18 years
2. Patient agrees to undergo analysis of their germline BRCA status. (Testing must
be completed prior to randomization with sample submitted up to 3 months prior to randomization if it appears patient is likely to meet other eligibility requirements.)
3. Histologically diagnosed ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer or primary
peritoneal cancer
4. High grade (or grade 3) serous histology or known to have gBRCAmut
5. Patients must have completed at least 2 previous courses of platinum-containing
therapy (e.g. carboplatin, oxaliplatin or cisplatin):
a. For the penultimate (next to last) platinum based chemotherapy course
prior to enrollment on the study:
i. A patient must have platinum sensitive disease after this treatment; defined as achieving a response (CR or PR) and disease
progression greater than 6 months after completion of their last
dose of platinum therapy(document 6-12m or >12m); (Source
documentation required and may include physician or clinic
b. For the last chemotherapy course prior to enrollment on the study:
i. Patients must have received a platinum-containing regimen for a
minimum of 4 cycles
ii. Patients must have achieved a partial or complete tumor response.
iii. Following the last regimen, patients must have either
1. CA125 in the normal range OR
2. CA125 decrease by more than 90% during their last
platinum regimen which is stable for at least 7 days (i.e.,
no increase >15%)
iv. Following the last regimen, patients must have no measurable
lesion >2cm at the time of study entry
Patients must be started on study treatment between 3 and 8 weeks after
completion of their final dose of the platinum-containing regimen.
Note: The last platinum regimen does not necessarily have to immediately follow the
next to last (penultimate) platinum regimen. For example, if a patient received a nonplatinum
regimen between the penultimate platinum regimen and last platinum regimen,
they could be eligible, so long as they meet all entry criteria.
6. The patient agrees to complete PROs during study treatment AND one additional
time point 8 weeks following study treatment discontinuation. It is estimated that
completion of PROs will take less than 20 minutes at each time point. Since these
are questionnaires, their completion will not interfere with, or preclude, future
treatment or clinical studies.
7. Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded archival tumor available from the primary or
recurrent cancer required for all non-gBRCAmut patients (and strongly encouraged
for gBRCAmut patients).
8. ECOG performance status 0-1.
9. Adequate organ function
a. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >=1,500/mcL
b. Platelets >=100,000/mcL
c. Hemoglobin >=9g/dL
d. Serum creatinine <=1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN) or calculated
creatinine clearance >=60mL/min using Cockcroft-Gault equation
e. Total bilirubin <=1.5x ULN OR direct bilirubin <= 1x ULN
f. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
<=2.5x ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case they must be
<=5x ULN
10. Able to take oral medications
11. Women of childbearing potential must use adequate birth control for the duration of
study participation (Section 4.3).
Additional Inclusion Criteria for Food Effect Sub Study
With the exception of inclusion criteria 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (above), all main study
inclusion criteria apply. In addition, the following inclusion criteria apply to the food
effect sub-study only:
1. Entry criteria are broadened to include patients with ovarian cancer regardless of
platinum sensitivity and burden of disease as long as no standard therapy exists or
the patient has refused standard therapy.
3. Must be able to eat a high-fat meal and fast for 12 hours.


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If January is the month to set new goals and resolutions for the New Year, February is the month to desert resolutions, like the abandoned cars on D.C. side streets packed tightly under the snow tossed from city plows.
Pastor John Newton (1725–1807) was familiar with this challenge of attaining lofty goals, a topic he discussed in a letter written in February 1772 to one of his friends.
Newton writes, "The Lord has given his people a desire and will aiming at great things; without this they would be unworthy of the name of Christians."
The desire to aspire is very important to the Christian life. We are to aim high in so many great things. Newton notes four of them:
1. We aim to pray regularly. What greater privilege to approach the throne of grace and to cast all our burdens upon the King of Kings?
2. We aim to read and study Scripture diligently. What is more desirable than much fine gold, sweeter than the dripping honeycomb, but God's Word?
3. We aim to delight frequently in Christ and live in his debt. What greater aim to live daily with a grateful heart for the Savior's work on the cross?
4. We aim to trust God in all circumstances, whether prosperity or adversity. What events in life are not directed by the infinite goodness and wisdom of God?
But …
… what often happens?
Newton writes:
1. In reality, prayer becomes a mere chore. Our lips move, but our hearts are far from God.
2. In reality, Scripture gets neglected. We give our time and attention to other books, and magazines look more appealing.
3. In reality, Christ gets ignored. In an average day we show more gratitude for the people in our life than the Savior who saved our life.
4. In reality, God's providence over life is forgotten. When life gets hard we are quick to "complain, murmur, and despond."
Newton writes,
Alas! how vain is man in his best estate! how much weakness and inconsistency even in those whose hearts are right with the Lord!
Alas, we aim big—but we often miss big. We miss because we are weak sinners.
So is there anything to learn in the missing?
Again Newton writes:
By these experiences [the misses] the believer is weaned more from self, and taught more highly to prize and more absolutely to rely on him, who is appointed unto us of God, Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption.
The more vile we are in our own eyes, the more precious he will be to us; and a deep repeated sense of the evil of our hearts is necessary to preclude all boasting, and to make us willing to give the whole glory of our salvation where it is due.
We mean well and we aim high, but we are sinful, inconsistent creatures. Our aims often fail like a field goal kick that lands on the 5-yard-line. So often we miss low—very low.
The solution is not to aim lower. The proper response is to continue aiming high. Rejoice in the successes and the periods of consistency. And then redeem the misses; let them remind you of your weakness and of your need for Christ, "who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord'" (1 Corinthians 1:30-31).
By continuing to aim high,
When a kicker aims high but fails, he hangs his head.
When the Christian aims high but fails, he learns to properly boast.
Tony Reinke serves as the editorial and research assistant to C.J. Mahaney. Reading Newton's Mail is a series of blog posts reflecting on various published letters written by John Newton (1725–1807), the onetime captain of a slave trading ship, a self-described apostate, blasphemer, and infidel, who was eventually converted by grace. Newton is most famous for authoring the hymn "Amazing Grace," or maybe for helping William Wilberforce put an end to the African slave trade in Britain. Less legendarily, Newton faithfully pastored two churches for 43 years, a fruitful period of his life when a majority of his letters were written. Reading Newton's Mail is published on Fridays here on the Cheap Seats blog.
Source letter: John Newton, Works of John Newton (London: 1820), 1:439–444; Letters of John Newton (Edinburgh; Banner of Truth: 1869/2007), 88–92.
The sting of personal criticism is painful, and it can be very dangerous, too. When criticism arrives, many temptations arrive with it. Often for me, when criticism arrives, my response reveals the presence of pride in my heart.
Tim Keller is familiar with the temptations that come with personal criticism. He writes,
The biggest danger of receiving criticism is not to your reputation, but to your heart. You feel the injustice of it and feel sorry for yourself, and it tempts you to despise the critic.
David Powlison shares Tim's familiarity with these temptations. At one point in David's life, a man began publishing criticism of him and his ministry. During this time David grew preoccupied with the personal criticism. He says it exposed many sins in his heart—a love of reputation, his desire to be thought well of, a desire to be treated fairly, a certain idealism and a romantic idea of the unity of the Body. "This man was a professing Christian," David said. "So why couldn't we be able to all get along? Why does this keep happening?"
David further explains how the Lord used this criticism to expose the idols in his heart and how Psalm 31 served his soul in the process, in his excellent message at our 2007 Pastors Conference.
I am all too familiar with these temptations myself. Criticism can uniquely reveal my heart, and often what I see isn't pretty.
I feel sorry for myself in the face of the "injustice." Bill Farley, in his excellent article, "The Poison of Self-Pity," writes that "the roots of self-pity are 'pride-in-action.' It is the propensity to feel sorry for yourself because you are not getting what you think you deserve." The pastor will be tempted to think, "I deserve encouragement, and this person does not seem to understand or notice or pay attention to the countless ways I am serving!" [1]. And through dwelling on what seems to be the critic's ignorance of the pastor's service and his withholding of encouragement, the pastor's heart quickly moves towards self pity. This is pride, and I've seen it in my own heart.
I am tempted to despise the critic. I sinfully judge the motive of the one criticizing me, wondering if they're offended with me, rather than focusing on the content of their communication. Worse, I am tempted to dismiss the content if it is imprecisely communicated or if the illustrations are not completely accurate. I did this just yesterday when someone kindly corrected me. This is pride, and I've seen it in my own heart.
When criticism arrives, temptations to sin come fast and furious in the heart of the pastor. And if a pastor isn't prepared for criticisms, if he doesn't prize growth in godliness, he will despise criticism rather than embrace it. Sadly I have many times.
But by God's grace, there is an alternative. We can view personal criticism as a God-appointed means to produce humility in our lives, even if the criticism isn't accurate. As John Newton wrote,
The Lord abhors pride and self-importance. The seeds of these evils are in the hearts of his own children; but rather than suffer that which He hates to remain in those He loves, He will in mercy pound them as in a mortar, to beat it out of them, or to prevent its growth.[2]
Criticism is just one of the many ways God will pound the pride out of a pastor. But only when we have this perspective, will we humbly embrace—rather than proudly react to—the criticism when (not if) it arrives.
[1] William P. Farley, "The Poison of Self-Pity," The Journal of Biblical Counseling (Summer 2007), 17.
[2] Letters of John Newton (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1869/2007), 377.
I have often been asked what it was like to pastor at Covenant Life Church for 27 years. Here is my immediate response: It was an unspeakable privilege and joy to serve this remarkable church. I'm not sure a single day passed that I did not receive encouragement from a kind member of the church.
And my experience is not unique. To pastor in Sovereign Grace Ministries is to be on the receiving end of encouragement every week and often every day. We have the privilege of serving grateful folks who love us and excel in communicating gratefulness. We simply do not deserve their support and encouragement. They make pastoral ministry a pure joy.
Well, most of them do.
In every church there will be those who are not particularly grateful, who normally communicate with you only in the form of criticism. And to some degree this is the norm for every pastor.
If you are a pastor you will be criticized. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually you will feel the sharp sting of critique.
Those within your church may criticize you, those who leave the church may criticize you, and even complete strangers may criticize you. The criticism will come from enemies and from friends. Some of the criticism will be true, some of it will be false, and some may be outright malicious. But it's coming—if it hasn't already arrived.
And there are many reasons why we can expect criticism:
But we as pastors often forget one more important reason:
God enlists many to serve us to this end.
Puritan Richard Baxter got this. In his book to pastors, The Reformed Pastor, he wrote,
Because there are many eyes upon you, therefore there will be many observers of your falls. If other men may sin without observation, so cannot you. And you should thankfully consider how great a mercy this is, that you have so many eyes to watch over you, and so many ready to tell you of your faults, and so have greater helps than others, at least for the restraining of your sin. Though they may do it with a malicious mind, yet you have the advantage by it.*
According to Baxter, the critique of many is actually a great advantage to pastors. This is a great mercy—at least I keep telling myself it is. And I have to keep reminding myself because criticism isn't my personal preference.
I would prefer to mature through less painful means. I would prefer to mature through a flood of sanctified encouragement—that's what I'm talking about!
But the reality is that I have grown far, far, far, far, far more from criticism and correction than from all the wonderful encouragement I have received over the years.
So God uses correction to mature pastors. That seems to be the norm. And this is God's great mercy to help me see my own pride and sin. (If you've discovered a way to avoid criticism and still grow, please give me a call!)
If you are a pastor, you will be criticized and corrected. It's coming. We must be prepared for it, and we must see it as God's means for our sanctification. How we respond to criticism (both from friends and from less-than-friends) is absolutely critical. I regret the many times I haven't responded humbly to correction. I desire to grow in perceiving correction as a great mercy from God.
So for the next several days I will be writing out some of my thoughts, biblical reflections, and personal experiences in this series: "The Pastor and Personal Criticism."
[Note: In this series I will use the terms criticism and correction interchangeably. I recognize the distinction between these two terms: criticism is a voiced disapproval of faults without a concern for resolving those faults; correction is feedback to rectify an error. The difference seems to be in the intent of the observer: the one simply points out apparent flaws, while the other points to apparent flaws and seeks to help bring change. However, because the pastor's response is similar in either case, I think a careful distinction between the words isn't necessary in this series.]
* The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, vol. 14, The Reformed Pastor (London: Paternoster, 1830), 64–65.
John Newton (1725–1807) referred to himself as "an apostate, a blasphemer, and an infidel," and he wasn't joking. Although he was born to a Christian mother, Newton's early adulthood was marked by atheism, witchcraft, and blasphemy so vulgar that sailors blushed.
Newton was a sailor and spent much of his life on the sea, eventually working his way up to captain of a slave-trading ship. While on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in 1748, his life was jostled by a violent thunderstorm at sea. The storm nearly sunk his ship—it did wreck his pride.
That experience shook Newton to the core. He was eventually converted and would later write an autobiographical hymn, "Amazing Grace," about God's kindness that "saved a wretch like me."
God's dramatic call on Newton's life pulled him out of darkness, into the light, and eventually placed him into pastoral ministry. Without formal training or education Newton entered the ministry, faithfully serving two congregations in and around London for 43 years. In these years Newton penned hundreds of hymns, sermons, and stacks of pastoral letters on topics of great value to the Christian life.
"Newton was indubitably one of the three greatest eighteenth-century evangelical leaders," J. I. Packer writes. "As a warm-hearted pastoral counselor, in groups and by letter, he had no peer."
Those peerless letters cover a wide variety of topics and are biblically rich, pastorally wise, and—like Newton himself—street smart. And they offer rich pastoral counsel to any reader who is willing to snoop around in someone's old outbox.
Today we launch a new blog series titled Reading Newton's Mail. The series will feature a few highlights from Newton's published letters. Although I plan to write most of the posts, C.J. may join the fun and contribute a post to the series on occasion.
Watch for Reading Newton's Mail on Fridays here on the Cheap Seats blog.
Tony Reinke serves as C.J. Mahaney's editorial and research assistant.
In conversations I often want to dispense with small talk—let's just get to the point. But underneath this haste is an assumption that small talk or casual conversation is superficial and worthless.
No so, according to my friend David Powlison.
A while back I interviewed David about his ministry and writing, and at one point I asked him to explain the purpose of his book Speaking Truth in Love. As a way of summary, David made a point that I have returned to on many occasions since. David said:
When I use the word counseling I don't mean a Ph.D. in psychotherapy in an office. I mean the way the Bible talks about counseling, which is the effect of the tongue, and the effect of our lives on each other. We are changed by relating to each other when we relate wisely. And that may happen in an office. Every pastor is going to make appointments and there will be times that you sit down with someone, or you just say to a wise friend, "Can we get together?" You talk and counsel happens. Or it could be just the most casual kind of conversation.
In God's view there is never an inconsequential word that anybody ever says. Every word counts. We are not always aware of that. Jesus says you will be judged for every careless word you utter (Matthew 12:36). That means that when you climb into anything a person ever says you find profound things revealed about what they are about: what they are after, what their intentions are, what their worldview is. Even in small talk there is a revelation of the heart that God is searching out, and he weighs the intentionality of small talk.
Small talk: it is either a way for me to say, "I don't want to know you and I don't want you to know you and so I am going to keep it light and make it as quick as possible and see you later." Or small talk is a way to say, "I care about you. I would like to get to know you." We can talk about a football team or the weather and it is actually an expression of two human beings making that connection, but it is because we love each other or want to know each other.
Small talk is going to be judged by God for the kind of deep intentionality it is. In other words, small talk is counsel.
Then David introduced Ephesians 4:29: "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." Thus, he says,
Let no word be spoken that is not nutritional, constructive, timely, appropriate, grace-giving. Every word. Never anything else. The Bible sets a very high bar. The way that we converse with each other is meant to be a means of grace so that we influence each other unto faith, unto joy, unto love, unto gratitude, unto honesty, and unto confession. All those things are meant to happen in daily life interactions.
David then referenced our dinner conversation earlier in the week, where we talked about the history of baseball (and of our mutual disdain for the New York Yankees!). He said,
We were not trying to avoid each other by talking about baseball. We are actually enjoying each other. It's part of the pleasure of two men being friends that we had a ball talking about baseball for about 20 minutes and then we talked about lots of other things—yes, that were more substantial—but the baseball part of the talk was not inconsequential. It was part of our pleasure in being friends.
An excellent point! And David's point is one that has changed my perspective of small talk and my practice of engaging in it.
You can listen to my full interview with David here.
January is a great month for personal planning. It's the one time of year when a majority of us study our twelve-month calendar and put some thought into how to best structure our time. And this means January is a good month to think carefully about our personal priorities and goals. Hoping to help Christians think through how roles and goals impact scheduling, C.J. wrote a blog series that can now be download as a 36-page PDF by clicking here: "Biblical Productivity" (0.6 MB).
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Jan. 26, 2014
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BEAUMONT – The Lamar men's tennis team didn't have much time to dwell on Saturday evening's loss to 11th-ranked Texas A&M, and the team responded emphatically on Sunday afternoon with 5-2 and 6-1 victories over Alcorn State at Thompson Family Tennis Center.
"There's no substitute for winning, especially when it comes to gaining confidence and progressing through the season," head coach Scott Shankles said. "Even though we played A&M really tough and battled hard, it was really good to come out here and get two wins against Alcorn State, which is a much improved team from a year ago. They came out and competed hard against us today."
The Cards made strong opening statements in both matches, as LU put up a dominating display in doubles. Michael Feucht and Juuso Laitinen teamed up for a pair of 6-2 victories, beating Garry Amor and Nikita Kostikov in the morning and Ernesto Santillan and Nischay Rawal in the afternoon. Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Mikko Rajamaki were also more than ASU could handle, defeating Lucas Morviac and Max Tkachenko in 6-0 fashion before returning for a 6-1 win against Amor and Kostikov.
"I was very, very pleased with our doubles play," said Shankles. "We really dominated there. We had a lot of great points, and we were making good decisions. I feel like the partnerships are blossoming, and I'm really excited about that."
Rajamaki was the first off the court in the morning's singles round, handing Amor a 6-0, 6-1 loss to give LU the 2-0 lead. Steven McMullan added to the advantage soon thereafter with a 6-1, 6-3 decision vs. Kostikov, and Laitinen would later seal the deal with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Tkachenko.
LU clearly looked to be the better side in the afternoon encounter, as Laitinen took a 6-0 opening set victory at No. 1 over Santillan, who later retired. Feucht came back from his morning loss in impressive fashion, beating Morviac 6-1, 6-2 at the second position, and Rajamaki clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kostikov on Court 5.
"Mikko was very impressive today," Shankles said. "He played well in both singles and doubles, and he put up scores that were very dominant. He played fantastic tennis, and I think he really stepped up his game. Michael also impressed me. He dropped a tough one in the morning, but he put his head down and really focused for the second match. He put up dominating scores as well."
The one-sidedness would continue as Lindqvist took home a 6-2, 6-0 win vs. Tkachenko at No. 3, and Trey Crysel grabbed a 6-2, 6-1 decision against Amor on Court 6.
"Trey has improved a lot in the past year," Shankles said. "We've been working on a lot of things with this game, and it really shows the effort that he's put in to come out today and put up a score like that. Today was probably the best that I've seen him play since he got here, and I'm excited for him."
Unfortunately for LU, it wasn't a clean sweep as Rawal bounced back from a 6-4 loss to McMullan in the first set to tie things up with 6-2 showing in the second. He went on to win the tiebreak 10-5.
The Cards will return to action on Saturday with a trip to Lafayette to take on Louisiana before returning for a match with Jackson State on Sunday.


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Nokia GEM – Touchscreen All Over
The Nokia GEM is the latest gift from the Nokia Research Center, the concept behind the phone is that it's totally customisable with touch screens on every surface of the phone. Essentially, the phone is one big touchscreen device. The shape of the phone is more reminiscent of the old school Nokia phones, rather than the iPhone/HTCesque phones of late. Though clearly some time away , it does indicate the exciting possibilities to come!
This isn't Nokia's first innovative/crazy phone idea. It also showcased the Nokia Kinetic bendy concept phone at Nokia World 2011.
Nokia Unik Customisable Phone
Targeting the global market, French designer Clement Logereau has designed a unique mobile handset that lets users modify its back made of 152 customizable small squares. Entitled the "UNIK," the Nokia concept becomes a fashion accessory for trendy users, as they can get additional squares in different colors and materials, including metal, transparent and rubber, from Nokia shops. The artistic cellphone lets users play with their imagination as they can match the texture with their mood or personality.
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text: GamesBeat Sony Pictures Television enters the game with a free role-playing adventure for mobile Above: Sony Pictures Television's Suits and Swords in action for mobile.Image Credit: Sony Pictures Television January 23, 2014 11:30 AM Jeff Grubb 0 Gaming is in its golden age, and big and small players alike are maneuvering like kings and queens in A Game of Thrones. Register now for our GamesBeat 2015 event, Oct. 12-Oct.13, where we'll explore strategies in the new world of gaming. Maybe the different divisions that make up Sony talk to one another, but it doesn't always seem like it. Take this example: The television-production wing of Sony is making an original video game. Sony Pictures Television has a new product. It's not a game show or an unscripted dating program for network prime time. Instead, it is a free-to-play role-playing game with strategy elements for your smartphone called Suits and Swords. It's available now for iOS and Android — and it's a way for this media arm of the Japanese conglomerate to break into the multibillion-dollar mobile market. The part of Sony that is responsible for Breaking Bad, Jeopardy!, and Community is now making its own original mobile games without Sony Computer Entertainment — the division that makes PlayStation. Previously, the TV company released gaming adaptations of its Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! shows, but this is the first time it has built something totally new for smartphones and tablets. Suits and Swords is a fantasy-RPG that has players going on an adventure to save the Four Card Realms. The game uses playing card mechanics with heroes from the Heart Union, Diamond Empire, Club Kingdom, and Spade Nation teaming up to fight off the tyrannical Joker. The game has players battling against enemies that include dragons and wolves. As Captain Black Jack, players engage in a variation on blackjack mechanics that have them trying to get as close to 21 without going over. "Sony Pictures Television has built a successful track record of leveraging familiar franchises like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy to create a variety of popular and engaging mobile games," Sony Pictures Television senior vice president of digital networks Philip Lynch said in a statement. "As we look to expand our portfolio with free-to-consumer titles, we're creating new game IP like 'Suits and Swords' to grow our audience base and reach a key marketable demographic." Mobile gaming is an expanding market. Analysts predict that smartphone and tablet games could push the whole industry to $100 billion in revenue by 2017. Young people are a big part of that, and it's something that Sony Pictures Television wants to start experimenting with. Related articles PlayStation Vita TV is Sony's new $100 microconsole Sony's next big phone might record 4K video, helping fill 4K content gap Sony announces Gaikai-powered PlayStation Now service for Vita, Bravia TVs Sony could be Microsoft's next big Windows Phone hardware partner Sony reveals its own Chromecast-like BRAVIA Smart Stick device More information: Sony Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through i... read more » Powered by VBProfiles


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We have discovered two late model 182's lately with the fuel tanks leaking (these are "wet wing" tanks). The seepage/leakage comes from the seams of the tanks, and both aircraft, it has occurred on the right wing tanks. Is anyone else finding this? Is Cessna addressing this? Both A/C were out of warranty.
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Neil, I talked to the Cessna Service Center rep. (Lee) nearest me about this (Stetson Aviation, Kennedy, Tx). He in turn consulted with the Cessna Field Rep. for Tx about it. The Cessna folks do not have any information about any tendency for late-model 182's to develop fuel leaks. They do have one other airframe that developed a leak in a fuel LINE on the LEFT system however. It was judged an anomaly. If your 182 is still within warranty (or even if recently out of warranty) Cessna would like to hear from you. Lee would be very happy to assist you at
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WVU Earns New National Ranking
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Following a three-week span that saw the Mountaineers sit just outside the rankings, the West Virginia University women's soccer team broke into the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's Top 25 Poll today, coming in at No. 22.
The Mountaineers (8-2-2, 2-0 Big 12) move into the poll following their 2-0 showing on the road in their opening weekend of Big 12 play. WVU opened the trip with a 2-1 victory at Oklahoma State on Friday, Sept. 27, before upsetting No. 9 Baylor, 4-3, yesterday.
Virginia (11-0, 5-0 ACC) is ranked No. 1, and Stanford (8-0-1, 1-0 Pac 12) follows at No. 2. UCLA (9-1, 1-0 Pac 12), Florida State (9-0-3, 4-0-2 ACC) and Notre Dame (9-1, 5-0 ACC) round out the top five.
Texas Tech (10-1-1, 1-0-1 Big 12) is the highest-ranked conference team and checks in at No. 12. Baylor (8-1-2, 1-1 Big 12) fell five spots to No. 16 after yesterday's loss.
The Mountaineers enter a four-match home stand on a four-match winning streak. WVU will open its home stand against Texas this Friday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m., at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
Friday is a "Dollar Night," and all tickets and select concessions will be available for $1 each. The game also will be a Gold Rush, and all fans are encouraged to wear gold. Additionally, children are encouraged to complete the coloring sheet found at WVUsports.com and bring with them to the stadium gate Friday night for one free youth admission to the match. Participants also will be entered into a drawing to receive a plush Musket toy.
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Posted on February 26, 2011 by saya
Making a speaker is much easier than you've ever imagined, and what you need to prepare is merely: textile (or paper), conductive tape and some strong magnets. Try this one made by Hannah Perner-Wilson and you'll find it quite impressive.
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Despite spending in the region of a million euro and getting the backing of the catholic church its now clear that the anti-choice extremists of Youth Defence & the Pro Life Campaign were resoundingly defeated when the Dail finally voted though legislation implementing the X-Case judgment of 21 years ago. This time last year they were confident that they already had enough Fine Gael TD's on board to block the required legislation but they reckoned against the wave of public anger that followed the death of Savita Halappanavar after she was denied a potentially life saving abortion in a Galway hospital.
12th June saw the publication of the The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 on which the Dail votes this evening. In this piece of legislation, it states,
"It shall be an offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life"
"A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or both."
Interview with Texan Anarchist, Jen Rogue
Q. How easy is to get an abortion in Texas?
Depends on what you mean by "easy." To begin with, there is a very conservative culture that shames and silences women about sex and opts for abstinence-only sex education, which contributes to abortion being inaccessible. Texas is almost ten times the size of Ireland and has the nation's largest rural population, which is yet another obstacle to access, given the limited options in health care. Additionally, with a price tag of $450 to $3,000 (depending on how advanced the pregnancy is), the cost alone makes access to abortion a huge challenge.
Q. How was this law going to change the situation?
The bill would ban any and all abortions after 20 weeks. Also, it would require clinics to be certified as "ambulatory surgical centres" and their doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. This would close almost every clinic in the state, leaving only 5 out of the current 47.
There are some stories that are hard to cover - the death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant women, from septicemia whose life might have been saved if an abortion was not delayed is a hard as they come. According to the Irish Times Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita said she had asked for a termination several times over a three day period only to be told "this is a catholic country."
For years we were aware that the failure of successive governments to legislate could result in a tragedy but when the first reports started to circulate that this had happened we were horrified. How did we come to this point?
Anti-choice bigots are going into a frenzy to try and prevent the Irish government legislating for abortion provision in the republic as required by the X and C judgements. But they are ignoring the reality that 1000 plus women are already obtaining abortions in the republic every year and are simply making that decision for themselves. The bigots 'keep Ireland abortion free' crusade was fake even before the opening of Marie Stopes in Belfast, the false slogan is presumably designed to fool the US donors whose donations the bigots salaries and offices depend on. But it is having tragic consequences for women in Ireland as those unable to access abortion pills are left without access to abortion.
A video being circulated on the internet shows Youth Defense anti-choice posters being sprayed with paint. Over the last month more and more bill boards from the anti-women anti-choice organisation Youth Defense have been appearing all over Dublin. It appears they have spent hundreds of thousands of euro in their latest campaign targeting women who have had abortions. In the last days we have seen or been sent photos of their posters that have been altered all over the city and just now we received notification of the video below which shows several of these sites being covered with paint or torn down.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled on the ABC case finding in favor of one of the three women who brought the cases and has said that the government has failed to legislate for abortion under the X case. The court found that the government had violated the rights of the woman who had a rare form of cancer and who had to travel to Britain for an abortion. This puts pressure on the government to legislate for abortion under the conditions of the 1992 "X" case. In the aftermath of massive street protests against the de facto internment of a 14 year old rape victim ('X') to prevent her traveling to Britain for an abortion the Supreme Court was forced to allow X to travel and ruled that terminating a pregnancy is lawful where the life of a mother is at risk.
Workers Solidarity Movement position paper on Abortion Rights as amended at November 2010 National Conference
Three speakers talk about the pro-choice struggles in Ireland they were involved in over the last three decades. These include the 1983 anti-referendum campaign, the Womens' Information Network, the SPUC v students case, Dublin Abortion Information Campaign, X-Case, Repeal 8th Amendment, 1992 Referendum, Dublin Abortion Rights Group, Alliance for a No Vote, 1998 referendum, Choice Ireland and the D-Case.
A detailed history with photos of pro-choice struggles in Ireland from the 1980's to 2007 and the involvement of Irish anarchist in those struggles. Includes the 1983 referendum (and those in 1986, 1992 & 1995) as well as the X-Case, the D-case and the Women on Waves ship. Written by a participant in almost all (if not all) of the events described.
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March 24th, 2013 (F1Plus / Chris Cameron-Dow) - The second race of the 2013 season ended in relative disappointment for the Toro Rosso team, after an incident before the race damaged the floor of Ricciardo's car and Vergne lost time in a pit-lane incident that damaged his front wing. A single point was all the team could salvage from a weekend in which both cars looked reasonably competitive.
Malaysia is known for short, heavy rain storms, and delivered just such a downpour shortly before the start of today's Malaysian Grand Prix. The result was a lot of water on the track, which caught out a number of drivers on their way to the grid before the race. Daniel Ricciardo was one such unfortunate driver, and took a trip across the gravel on the exit of turn 3, damaging the floor of his car in the process. There was no time to repair the car before the start of the race, which meant Ricciardo's performance was compromised from the very beginning. In the closing stages of the race, Ricciardo was forced to retire with a broken exhaust.
Vergne had a strong race, showing good pace throughout the afternoon. He was the unfortunate victim of a mistake by his pit crew, who released him after a pitstop right into the path of a Caterham that was entering its own pit box. The two cars collided, damaging both of their front wings. Vergne's team pulled him back into the pit box and changed his wing, but there was no recovering the time lost in the incident, and Vergne had to fight hard to make his way into tenth place by the end of the race. If not for the pitlane incident, Vergne could have been fighting with the McLaren of Sergio Perez in the closing stages of the race, and would likely have scored an extra few points.
This is what the Toro Rosso team had to say after the race:
Jean-Éric Vergne: "It's good to finish in the points, but it's a shame that a mistake in the pits cost us so much, as I could have done something better. So, overall I feel rather frustrated. But I'll take the point gladly. After these first two races, we now have a short break before we go racing again and we must use that time to take a close look at how we performed and where we can do better, because there is certainly a lot of room for improvement, as both these two races have been missed opportunities. On the positive side, again today, once we got over our problems I had a good race pace and managed to make up a lot of places."
Daniel Ricciardo: "I compromised my race even before the start when the conditions were very slippery, aquaplaning off at Turn 3. I managed to keep going, but I went across the gravel quite fast and damaged the floor. That probably played a part in my problem at the end. I got a reasonable start and made up a few places and was pretty pleased with the first couple of laps. But I did not have the pace to keep the Lotuses behind me and stay in the top ten, even though the switch to dry tyres was well timed. Like I said, I think the damage on that opening lap affected my overall performance all race long."
Franz Tost, team principal: "An eventful race with the field starting on Intermediates. We timed our switch to slicks well on both cars and Daniel made up a few positions straight away. The midfield battle was very fierce and we had one car at the front, Daniel, and one at the back of this group, Jev. Unfortunately, we had a poor release from Jev's pit stop and he collided with a Caterham which cost us a lot of time, as we had to pull him back for a new nose. The Stewards have fined us for a dangerous release from a pit stop and we agree with their decision. After that, Jev did a good job to fight back and get into the points ahead of that midfield group, which is quite an achievement on a dry track. The fact our race pace was satisfactory was the most positive point of the race. In Daniel's case, he went off on the lap to the grid and raced with a damaged floor, so taking that into account and how it affected his car, his performance in those circumstances was also positive. Unfortunately, we had an exhaust issue on his car in the closing laps and decided it was best to retire him in the pits. In general, our race performance was good, but we are too slow in qualifying. We have to find a way of improving on Saturday afternoons, so that we give ourselves a better start on Sundays."