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BRUSSELS, Belgium – Arab countries joined the rest of the world in condemning Thursday's suicide bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, with the Syrian information minister calling the attacks "a barbarous crime."
"Syria's government and people condemn all terrorist actions that target innocent civilians and which serve only the enemies of security, stability and peace," Information Minister Ahmad al-Hassan told the official Syrian Arab News Agency (search).
Because of its support for Palestinian radical groups, Syria is on the State Department list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
The secretary-general of the Arab League (search), Amr Moussa, said he "strongly condemns the explosions that targeted innocent civilians," according to his spokesman, Hisham Youssef. The Arab League groups 21 Arab states and the Palestinian Authority.
The explosions destroyed the outer parts of the British Consulate-General and the Turkish headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank in Istanbul, killing more than two dozen people and wounding hundreds.
The attacks were blamed on the Al Qaeda terror network, which claimed responsibility for Saturday's suicide bombings at two synagogues in Istanbul. Those attacks killed 23 people and the two bombers.
Some saw a premeditated political pattern behind the attack, not just blind hatred.
"The synagogues the other day, the Brits today. It seems like someone is trying to tell the Turks that they should be punished for the support to Israel, for the support to the toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq," Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said.
Moeller said no one anymore could feel safe. "Everybody can be hit, the Red Cross (search), the United Nations, the synagogues, the consulates are being hit," he said, referring to attacks in Iraq as well as Turkey.
"I don't know who is responsible for those explosions, but whoever is responsible, it is a big mistake," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters in Cairo. "There is no justification for such criminal attacks, which are denounced by the civilized world."
Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher denounced the Istanbul attacks and offered Turkey his country's support.
"These terrorist attacks, and the ones which preceded them on the Jewish synagogues in Istanbul, require increased international efforts to combat all forms of terrorism," Muasher said in a statement carried by the official Petra news agency.
World leaders vowed to intensify the fight against terrorism.
"There must be no holding back, no compromise, no hesitation in confronting this menace, in attacking it wherever and whenever we can and in defeating it utterly," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
European countries had already increased security around many potential targets like embassies and synagogues since Saturday's bombing, and the new attacks only stepped up such efforts. German police erected barriers around the British Embassy in downtown Berlin on Thursday.
Several countries, from Britain to Switzerland, advised against traveling to Turkey.
Even Europe's most popular pastime, soccer, was affected. The European federation UEFA postponed two international matches in Turkey because of the attacks.
Germany's foreign spy chief, August Hanning, said bin Laden continues to play an important role in mobilizing resurgent Al Qaeda activists, who have found a new rallying point in the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
"Now they are once again able to carry out attacks on a major scale," he said. "We believe (bin Laden) still plays an important role in the background," he said. "He communicates with his supporters through his messages. He tries to mobilize them, and of course he uses the situation in Iraq."
Against such threats, the world rallied around Turkey on Thursday.
"It is not just Israel, this is a danger to the entire free world. There is no compromising with terror," said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "This compels us to remember the need for the free world to fight the terror."
The attacks coincided with President Bush's visit to Britain, the chief ally of the war in Iraq. On Thursday, British targets were at the center of the attacks.
"Great Britain, America and other free nations are united today in our grief and united in our determination to fight and defeat this evil wherever it is found," Bush said.
The NATO nations and Russia said in a joint statement after a meeting Thursday that "the terrorists who carry out these atrocities will not succeed in their efforts to sow fear and division among the international community."
At the European Parliament, the legislators stood a minute in silence to commemorate the victims.


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I used the new account to try creating the blog again but now it says that the blog is taken. Will it take some time before I can use it.
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The blog only been up for half an hour before I decided to delete it and make a new account with that domain name.
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"Our community is under siege,'' said Jamarhl Crawford, publisher and editor of Blackstonian, a newspaper catering to communities of color in Boston.
Crawford, one of the panelists at the community forum held last night at the Dudley Branch Library, said Roxbury was in a fragile state and that the opening of a Wal-Mart store would negatively affect local businesses. He said he feared the possibilities of discrimination, dead-end jobs, and a lack of benefits from the company.
Each of the panelists represented a different community organization. The meeting was hosted by the We Want Good Jobs Coalition, which includes more than a dozen social justice and economic development organizations.
No representative from Wal-Mart, the Arkansas-based retailer, was present at the meeting, which was attended by about 100 people. Russ Davis, executive director of Jobs with Justice and one of the organizers of the gathering, said the company had been invited.
"While we still do not have any announced projects in the city of Boston, we think our stores can be part of the solution for folks that need a job or want more affordable grocery options in their neighborhood,'' said Steven V. Restivo, Wal-Mart senior director of community affairs, in an e-mail to the Globe last night.
He said the company believes residents should have the option to choose where they work and shop.
"Unfortunately, some of the louder voices in this debate don't represent the majority opinion,'' Restivo said. "This fact is made clear every time we open a new store as thousands of local residents - none of whom went to a rally, attended a council meeting, or called a radio show - show their support by shopping our store.''
According to the company's website, as of June 2011 there are 11 supercenters and 36 Wal-Mart discount stores in Massachusetts. There are also two Sam's Club membership warehouse stores operated by the company.
Tito Jackson, the city councilor representing Roxbury, said at the forum that he stands in solidarity with residents against Wal-Mart.
"Wal-Mart has not come and spoken to my office,'' Jackson said. "And I think that's very problematic.''
Jackson said he was worried that Wal-Mart was trying to "jump on board'' as public funds were becoming available in the city.
Some of those attending the meeting last night said they were very concerned with the possibility of a Wal-Mart opening in their neighborhood but want to hear from company representatives before they take a position.
"I'm kind of conflicted because I don't understand how people can be against jobs coming into the neighborhood. Any job is better than no job,'' Lionel Rogers, 49, of Roxbury said. "There are other low-paying companies out there. Why aren't folks rallying against them?''
Some of the panelists speaking against Wal-Mart said the company offers low wages and that residents have high standards that demand better paying jobs.
Najee-ullah Hasan, 66, of Roxbury, said he wants to hear from Wal-Mart, because "there must be some benefits to having them in the community.''
Organizers said they plan on hosting more meetings in order to figure out the fate of the neighborhood.
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y-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain. Dysfunctions of GABA-mediated inhibition have been implicated in the etiology of a variety of brain disorders such as epilepsy. Furthermore, GABA receptors are a target for a variety of therapeutic, neuroactive compounds such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
GABA, released at presynaptic terminals, diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to the pentameric GABA receptors on the postsynaptic membrane. We address a variety of questions directed at understanding how GABA receptors work. First and foremost, what is the mechanism by which the binding of agonist (GABA) leads to the opening of the chloride-selective pore? Also, once open, how does the pore allow 106 chloride ions per second to flow across the membrane, but essentially no cations? A third question addresses the mechanism by which allosteric compounds such as benzodiazepines (diazepam) and barbiturates (pentobarbital) alter channel function. Finally, how does the GABAergic neuron regulate the number of postsynaptic GABA receptors on the cell surface. To address these questions we use a variety of molecular biological, biochemical, pharmacological, electrophysiological, and biophysical techniques to gain insight into the structure and function of GABA receptor activation, permeation, modulation, and regulation.
Khatri A, Weiss DS. The role of Loop F in the activation of the GABA receptor. J Physiol. 2010 Jan 1;588(Pt 1):59-66.
Li P, Khatri A, Bracamontes J, Weiss DS, Steinbach JH, Akk G. Site-specific fluorescence reveals distinct structural changes induced in the human rho 1 GABA receptor by inhibitory neurosteroids. Mol Pharmacol. 2010 Apr;77(4):539-46.
Khatri A, Sedelnikova A, Weiss DS. Sructural Rearrangements in Loop F of the GABA Receptor Signal LIgand Binding, Not Channel Activation. Biophys J. 2009 Jan:96(1):45-55.


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Rating: K+
Spoilers: Manus Domini, sort of
Summary: You know if you were to walk right up to him, place your muzzle on his temple and pull, you couldn't kill Santiago
Disclaimer: not mine, don't sue
Author's note: another 'why'/cute little idea
"You know that if you were to walk right up to him, place your muzzle on his temple and pull, you couldn't kill Santiago," Pinocchio old Hobbes some time before uManus Domini/u. The later had relieved the former's shift of the night twenty minutes ago and had assumed him to be long asleep.
"Yeah?" he whispered, wishing neither to appear ignorant nor to wake their third companion.
"In the early days of his supremacy," Pinocchio continued, "he gained access to his file. He didn't do much - he couldn't. It's preprogrammed, mostly, and he believes in his ability as a soldier to survive like a religion, but he rewrote one section of his game parameters - Death. The bastard made it much harder to kill him than anyone else in the Realm."
"So how..." Hobbes began when it became apparent the other man wasn't going to continue, but he was cut off.
"Don't look at me."
At that moment Florence rolled fitfully in her dusty sleeping bag and both men resumed a silence that lasted several minutes. Hobbes thought. He thought of knowledge and power. How some knowledge is more powerful the fewer that possess it, some the more. He thought of cheating, of fairness, of self-preservation. He thought of selection, of sacrifice, of code, and how his had already been rewritten. In the dak before he saw a pair of hands.
"So then why..." he began quietly, but quickly stopped. Pinocchio had shifted and was already asleep. He blinked. the hands disappeared. He was alone with his thoughts and the stars.


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1939 was the year of The Wizard of Oz and Mr Smith Goes to Washington, but standing tall above them all was the story of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara.
With the film's remastered release on DVD and the astonishing Blu-ray version, Gone with the Wind takes its rightful place on home movie shelves as a must-have. Available in several forms including a two-disc 70th anniversary edition DVD and the three-disc Blu-ray box set that has to be one of the year's best Blu-ray releases.
Included in the Blu-ray release is eight hours of extra footage, a 52-page hardcover book on the film as well as a CD soundtrack sampler and art prints from the original film.
Warner Home Video released the Gone with the Wind sets November 17 and SheKnows could not have been more impressed with the Blu-ray package. The DVD is also worth the upgrade if you already have the film in your collection with its remastered excellence and the addition of historian Rudy Behlmer's commentary.
When opening the 70th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray box set, it is as if the viewer has not only been transported to when Gone with the Wind was new, but also impeccably captures the feel of the movie's time period.
The Blu-ray release is also a limited edition with only a total of 150,000 produced. A perfect gift for any Gone with the Wind fan or film fanatic for that matter, Victor Fleming's masterpiece is a study in a film that sets the standard for how all other films would be judged for the rest of the century.
Of course the highlight of this new Blu-ray version of Gone with the Wind is its sonic and visual excellence. As Warners recently did with the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, the Blu-ray format is proving to be quite friendly to the classics.
"You're going to see, hear and experience so much more with this Blu-ray edition," said Jeff Baker, WHV Executive Vice President and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog. "Viewing Gone with the Wind again on Blu-ray is like seeing it for the first time. You're brought into the saga of the war torn Tara so intensely, you feel as if all the characters literally come alive. At times, I felt as if I was on the set standing next to the camera watching Gable and Leigh as the whole scene unfolded."
New features available for this 70th anniversary edition of Gone with the Wind include the documentaries:
Gone with the Wind is the grandest, most ambitious and spectacular piece of filmmaking in cinematic history. With more than 50 speaking roles and 2400 extras, the film is the quintessential Hollywood epic.
Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland starred in Gone with the Wind, which has thrilled audiences for decades with its eternal love affair, set in the South against the backdrop of the Civil War. The star-crossed lovers, dashing Rhett Butler (Gable) and his headstrong heroine Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh), charm new generations with the passing decades and with the 70th anniversary edition of the film now out on DVD and Blu-ray, legions more will learn the majesty of getting Gone with the Wind.
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With the countdown to the June 8 Parliamentary General Elections now on, residents are being reminded that they must be registered on the electoral roll if they wish to cast their vote in these elections.
If you are registered to vote you will soon be receiving a polling card through the door which will tell you whether you have a postal or a proxy vote in place, or which polling station you must visit to cast your vote.
If you have not received your polling card by next week this may mean you are not on the electoral register. One of the most common reasons for falling off the electoral register is if you have moved house or recently moved into Northumberland.
If you have only very recently registered to vote and received a confirmation letter from Northumberland County Council, you will receive a polling card at a later date. There is no need to re-register.
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May 08, 2007
Picking our pockets one Marketplace Point at a time.
Without a doubt, the Xbox Live Marketplace has been a roaring success. With over 135 million downloads ranging from free gamer pics to $10 Xbox Live Arcade games, you can bet Microsoft and the entire gaming industry sat up and took notice at how gamers lovingly embraced this new service.
Up until now, no one really knew if small digitally distributed microtransactions would be accepted by consumers; after all, the first iteration of Live Arcade on the original Xbox was a failure (though to be fair, this was primarily because you had to order a CD to install the XBLA software and the limited selection of games were way overpriced). But Microsoft learned from their mistakes and Xbox 360 owners enthusiastically responded to the new user-friendly interface, more reasonable pricing and wide selection of products. With both Sony and Nintendo building their own digital distribution systems, it's clear that microtransactions are here to stay. In fact, eMarketer research found that in 2005, only 8% of all gaming revenue came from digital downloads but by 2010 they estimate that figure will nearly triple to 22% ? a pretty hefty chunk of change.
But is that a good thing?
On one hand, consumers love them because they are convenient; a few clicks and you receive your purchase almost instantly. The low prices are also attractive, with the average XBLA game only $10 compared to $50+ for a retail game. Microtransactions also give gamers freedom of choice, allowing you to extend your favorite game through optional content like new missions, maps, weapons and so on.
On the other hand, microtransactions are still relatively new, which creates a big problem: the gaming industry doesn't know where the pricing limits are. Unlike established business models like traditional retail where vendors can call upon years of consumer research and analysis to determine the perfect balance between price and demand, there is very little on microtransactions. As a result, the gaming industry is treating these early days of microtransactions like a lab experiment, blatantly using gamers as guinea pigs to test our tolerance limits with high priced, low value content.
At first, Microsoft played it safe, offering XBLA games at prices so low it was practically a no-brainer to scoop them up. Only $5 for Geometry Wars and Uno? What a steal! But then prices started creeping up with the standard price now doubled to $10 for original titles. Don't be surprised to see prices jump to $15 or more as publishers continue to test how much more we can bear.
In fact, we've already seen titles over $15 ? namely the horribly implemented Lumines Live. Normally, $15 for one of the best puzzle games in existence would be a bargain but not when you only got a fraction of the game for that price. Both the Puzzle and Mission modes only gave you access to the first five of 40 puzzles/missions, the VS CPU mode only let you play the first of 10 rounds, and a ton of skins and music were left out. Essentially, you ended up paying $15 for a demo and had to shell out more money to piecemeal the game together properly. Can you say bait-and-switch?
This is the point when gamers' worst fears became reality ? namely, that publishers would exploit microtransactions to force us to buy features that would otherwise normally be included in the final product. Selling additional add-ons is one thing but leaving things out on purpose in order to surreptitiously inflate revenue is both disgustingly greedy and disrespectful to the consumer.
Unfortunately, the backlash from the Lumines Live fiasco didn't teach the gaming industry bean-counters anything. You may recall the nasty
story last year that stated Polyphony Digital was seriously considering releasing Gran Turismo HD in two versions, one with only 30 cars, two courses and a single racing mode, and the other with no cars, tracks or game modes. You would then have to download each car for 50 to 100 yen (approximately $0.43 to $0.86) and each track for 200 to 500 yen ($1.72 to $4.30). Considering that they planned on offering 750 cars and 50 tracks, you could potentially end up paying a ludicrous $860 for every download. To be fair, this pricing model was never officially confirmed and the fact that Gran Turismo HD was shelved means gamers can probably breathe a sigh of relief. However, you can bet that Gran Turismo 5 will have downloadable cars and tracks, but let's just hope the vitriolic reaction to this story will discourage Polyphony Digital from coming out with anything even remotely resembling this idiotic pricing model.
Stories like this are disturbing because gamers have shown that we are more than willing to pay a reasonable price for content that adds reasonable value to our games ? there is no reason to try and nickel-and-dime us to death. The real challenge for publishers is determining what constitutes ?reasonable,? something Bethesda learned the hard way thanks to the severe backlash over the infamous Oblivion Horse Armor fiasco, which proved gamers will not tolerate being overcharged for things that offer disproportionately little value.
You'd think publishers would learn from Bethesda's mistake but you'd be underestimating the greed of the bean-counters. Consider the Guitar Hero II music packs that provide a mere three songs for 500 Marketplace Points, or about $2.08 per song. This means that fans hoping to download all 47 songs from the original Guitar Hero would have to shell out almost $100 ? hell, you could probably buy a used PS2 with GH1 for less than that. Naturally, gamers are furious considering they can buy a real song from iTunes or any number of download services for only $0.99.
Microsoft Director of Xbox Programming Larry ?Major Nelson? Hryb has been defending these prices in several interviews and on his own blog. His main argument is that licensing, development and testing costs drive up the price and so comparing GHII song pricing with iTunes pricing is not valid. Okay, fair enough. But let's crunch some numbers: GHII sells for $90 and includes 74 songs and the kick-butt X-plorer guitar (which on its own costs $60). For argument's sake, let's say the game on its own without the X-plorer costs $50, the average price for retail games. At that price, the 74 songs on the disk are worth only $0.68 each, or a whopping 67% less than the downloadable songs.
How can this be? After all, the songs on the disk are subject to the same licensing, development and testing costs. In fact, developing new content should be cheaper since all of the development tools and protocols are already in place ? there's no need to create new artwork, graphics, animation, software, internal procedures and other expensive stuff from scratch since everything is already set and ready to go, which should make the process of creating new content relatively quick and inexpensive. Remove the cost of packaging, shipping, documentation, DVD burning, retailer margins and other costs that downloadable content does not incur, and the price should drop even further.
As you can see by this simple math, crying that ?development costs? justify the pricing does not hold water. So what gives? Is Activision trying to gouge its customers?
Possibly. But consider Microsoft also plays a very important role here. No, they have no hand in the development costs of third-party content but they do incur costs every time a publisher submits something for download, including strict quality control testing procedures that are time consuming and expensive. Once the content is approved, it has to be hosted in Microsoft's Xbox Live data center, which consists of extremely expensive rackmount and blade servers, redundant storage area networks (SANs), backup tape libraries, fiber channel switches and other pricey equipment only an IT geek could love. There's also the electricity to run this equipment ? heck the daily air conditioning power requirements alone could probably power your home for a week. Add in the high speed bandwidth costs of billions of bytes flying between consoles and it's clear that anything hosted on Xbox Live incurs huge overhead that has to be recouped somehow.
Microsoft has been losing money on their gaming console business since day one. This was a conscious decision early on as their primary goal was to build market share; but now that they have succeeded on that front, the focus has shifted to generating profits since they obviously can't operate it at a loss forever.
The Xbox Live Marketplace has proven to be a very good source of revenue since Microsoft gets a cut from every microtransaction (presumably, the higher the price, the bigger the cut). They claim that all pricing is left up to the publisher but this is clearly not the case. Consider that Bizarre Creations wanted to release Geometry Wars for free but was forced to charge the minimum amount Microsoft would allow ($5). In a similar example, Marble Blast Ultra developer Garage Games claims to have completed 11 new levels and new gametypes and wanted to release them for free as a thank you gift to their customers. However, Garage Games claims Microsoft balked at the pricing and demanded that they charge for it, which is why we have never seen this content.
In perhaps the biggest spat over Marketplace pricing, Gears of War developer Epic Games apparently went through an epic battle of their own with Microsoft regarding the Hidden Fronts four-map pack for their award-winning hit. Epic prides itself as a gamer's developer and has a history of thanking its customers with substantial free content, but Microsoft allegedly prevented them from offering these maps for free. After much arguing, they ended up compromising and are now using a Halo 2 system where the maps can be purchased for $10 until September, after which they will be free. This has caused Major Nelson to go on the defensive once again with his latest podcast; openly mocking gamers who believe Epic should be able to release the maps for free. But one thing Epic did manage to slip their customers for free was a new gametype, Annex, by bundling it with a patch. Sneaky.
So it is clear that Microsoft does not leave pricing up to the publishers; they've even contradicted themselves by stating that they have the final say on all pricing ? allegedly to ensure that the pricing is ?balanced? among products with similar value. Arguably, it seems instead that they are more concerned about maximizing profit margins.
To be fair, I think we all recognize that Microsoft and game publishers are in business to make money and not give away freebies. Running Xbox Live is very expensive so Microsoft has to recoup those costs somehow. But that raises the question: what the heck are our annual Xbox Live Gold subscription fees for? High microtransaction prices are perfectly understandable if no one paid an annual fee but as it stands, it reeks of nickel-and-diming. As a result of their efforts to maximize revenues they are instead damaging the goodwill they have spent the past six years and billions of dollars developing. Forcing overpriced, under-valued content onto your customers is not a good way to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Rather than trying to maximize the profit for each individual microtransaction, a much better business model would be to lower prices to stimulate increased sales volume. More reasonable pricing would encourage people to buy more content; just look at the huge success of Geometry Wars and Uno, both so cheap you couldn't help but buy them. If the GHII content was charged at 200 or 300 points, you wouldn't have gamers screaming about being ripped off ? instead, you would have thousands of additional purchases that would probably generate more profits on volume than at the ridiculously high margin/low volume pricing scheme they are currently using.
Another alternative would be to reward Xbox Live Gold subscribers with a discount on all Marketplace purchases ? I'd say at least 50%. While this would dramatically reduce profit margins per transaction, it should once again stimulate a greater volume of sales, create a value added benefit for subscribers and encourage Silver members to upgrade to Gold, which would add even more revenue to Microsoft's bottom line.
Microsoft also needs to remove the shackles from publishers and truly let them set their own prices ? which means if they want to give content away for free, let them. The publishers are helping sell consoles and Xbox Live subscriptions so why tie their hands and force them to treat their customers in a way they don't want to? Heck, even adding a tiny ?delivery charge? of 100 points to help recoup hosting and bandwidth costs would be reasonable ? though once again, it makes you wonder where our annual subscription fees are going.
So what can gamers do against these corporate powerhouses? Fortunately,
have the power to change the business of microtransactions. It's quite simple, really ? don't buy content that is overpriced with little value. Believe it or not, it works; your protests changed all post-Horse Armor content for Oblivion, resulting in more substantial content at lower prices. The uproar over Lumines Live likely means we will never see such bait-and-switch pricing tactics again. You can do the same for GHII and any other game that attempts to pick your pocket. Remember, it's
money ? only you have the ultimate decision on where to spend it. Don't let anyone try to squeeze your wallet by letting you believe you have no choice ? you
have a choice.
When the gaming industry realizes that gamers are not buying their overpriced content, they will have no choice but to introduce more reasonable pricing or add substantially more value. At that point, everyone wins; gamers win with lower prices and better content, and the industry wins with increased sales volume. Until we reach that point, however, keep one eye on the price tag and one on your wallet.
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Dwayne Harris said he expects a tough competition for the receiver spots in training camp.
The second-year receiver, a sixth-round pick out of East Carolina a year ago, is in the running with Kevin Ogletree, Andre Holmes, Raymond Radway and Danny Coale, at a minimum, for the third, fourth and fifth receiver spots, if the Cowboys keep that many.
But the Cowboys will also have three undrafted rookies in camp, Donavon Kemp, Tim Benford and Saalim Hakim.
That's a lot of competition for three spots behind Miles Austin and Dez Bryant.
"It's going to be tough," he said Thursday at Cowboys Stadium after the final minicamp practice of the offseason. "Everybody wants a roster spot. Everybody wants to show the coaches what they can do. I wouldn't expect anybody to come out here and not give their all. It's going to be tough. It's going to be fun."
Harris allowed himself a bit of a smile at that thought. He's already been through a training camp and won a job. He did it last year, making the team after averaging 23 yards on six catches in the preseason, including a 76-yard touchdown.
This year, he'll have more of a head start, thanks to the OTAs and minicamp he didn't have last year.
"Every day I got a little better, progressed every day," he said. "My knowledge of the playbook got better every day. I think just the whole offseason helped out a lot. Last year, we didn't have this much time to learn the playbook. It was harder for the rookies coming in. I think this year made it easier for everybody."
Harris did not catch a pass in the regular season last year. He returned 15 punts and eight kickoffs. His 28.9 average on kickoff returns led the team.
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According to a story in The Australian, the drug company Merck has been accused of paying nurses to sift through patient medical records in search of potential candidates for the drug Vioxx. Here's what nurse ethicist Douglas Olsen, who recently wrote a two-part article (here's part one; part two is here) for AJN on nurses and the pharmaceutical industry, wrote to us about the story:
The news report demonstrates the public's visceral sense that the Merck program in Australia was unethical. Nurses, as well as doctors and pharmacists, can anticipate righteous indignation whenever their clinical deliberations appear compromised by a company's desire to sell a particular drug.
The claim is that nurses, hired by a third party, identified potential users of Vioxx from patient records with physicians' permission and then initiated contact with the intention to offer Vioxx as an alternative to their present medication.
With its underlying goal of boosting sales of a particular medication, the program created an apparent conflict of interest.
Patients need to trust that nurses are acting in their best interests when giving information in service of a health care decision. Nurses have an obligation to be worthy of this trust. The clinical encounter fails to serve patients if they lack the ability to talk freely about their condition because they lack confidence that the nurse is there to solely serve them.
Because most nurses do practice ethically, making care the primary goal, patients largely do have this trust. In this situation, patient trust was exploited. Not only were the patients harmed by having health care decisions compromised by discussing options with nurses who had an apparent conflict of interest, the nursing profession was damaged by exploiting the trust patients feel when hearing, "I'm a nurse, let's talk about improving your care."
A particular product should be discussed when it's the best alternative for the patient and not because it produces profits for a company. Profit motives should not interfere with the clinical relationship.
The question is whether the nurse knew that the program paying their salaries was not about helping patients but increasing drug sales. The most charitable assessment would suggest that the nurses did not know or that the program coordinators truly assumed that Vioxx was the most beneficial drug for patients. Still, the profit-driven nature of the drug company's mission taints even a charitable assessment of its motives.
The good will nursing has established with the public through years of earnest work was exploited to sell more Vioxx. We don't know if the nurses were aware of this, but we do know the company deliberately exploited and damaged the good reputation of nursing.
–Douglas P. Olsen is an AJN contributing editor who co-coordinates the journal's Ethical Issues department. He is a nurse ethicist with the National Center for Ethics in Health Care at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington, DC. The views he expresses here are his alone and should not be construed as representing those of the National Center for Ethics in Health Care or the Veterans Health Administration.


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Mariners Skipper Lloyd McClendon shook up his lineup today in the final game of the series and got another good offensive performance from his boys as the Mariners took 2-3 from the Houston Astros with today's 8-7 win. Believe it or not the win puts the Mariners at a respectable one game under .500 as they travel down to Oakland to try and improve on their 4-1 road trip.
Unfortunately as good as the offense was today, the pitching was mediocre with the exception of Tom Wilhelmsen who came on in relief of starter Brandon Maurer who seems to be another AAA+ kind of guy. But hopefully once Paxton and Walker get healthy things will solidify for the pitching staff. Otherwise I'm not sure how many more of these nail-biters I can endure with our shaky bullpen.
Meanwhile the hapless Astros and their loyal fans go to 10-21 on the year despite having a beautiful stadium with retractable roof put in place to keep the sun and humidity out a problem we would love to have here in drizzly Seattle. You do have to hand it to the Astros though as they have played scrappy ball this series keeping right on our tails the whole way both games.
It was nice to see Willie Bloomquist the Pride of Port Orchard get the start at short and contribute with both his steady glove and a couple of RBI's. Another veteran John Buck came off the bench to fill in at catcher and responded with a three hit day including a pair of doubles.
It seems like it was only yesterday that the Mariners were on that eight game losing streak and the season was all but lost. Now we have a chance to head into Oakland and do some damage against the AL West leading Athletics, and if that happens things could get real interesting real quick! Go M's!http://jeffsmariners.com
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Evolutionary biologists have historically struggled to understand why the human animal developed a sense of humor. The best theory I have heard comes from watching when infants laugh. Babies don't truly laugh until about the fourth or fifth month, and they do so as a response to relief after a fright. e.g. Mommy makes a scary face (fright), but baby realizes that it's still his loving mother (relief); Daddy tosses baby into the air (fright), but catches him a second later (relief); the game of peekaboo; etc. Eventually we get to the point where we enjoy the shock-relief contrast such that we seek it out. All physical comedy is based on this principle. The man falling down is only funny after it's clear that he's really alright. I've come to classify the vast majority of British comedy as "humor from uncomfortable situations". Monty Python and The Office are good examples. "Safe fear" is the apparent attraction of scary movies and roller coasters (neither of which appeal to me). While this fright-relief pattern is not the only dimension to comedy, it's one of the first to develop in children and is definitely one of the principal aspects of why we laugh.
On Tuesday morning we went for Marga's last ultrasound appointment. <sarcasm>The obstetric nurse was her usual charming self.</sarcasm> She almost denied us entry because we had changed our appointment date. When we got into the examination room, the doctor came in. She seems like a nice enough woman, but is just overpowered by the pure evil of her demon assistant. Luckily the devil nurse isn't present during the examinations. The doctor went silently about measuring the cranium and femur of my unborn child, who now takes up more than the full screen of the ultrasound machine. There was some small talk about the baby's activity levels. Then Marga comes out with this:
Marga: "To be honest, I'm not so sure that it's a girl."
The doctor immediately tensed up. No doubt she's previously had to deal with emotional mothers that refuse to believe the sex of their baby. I was confused too. I had no idea where Marga was going with this. And her timing was perfect.
Doctor: "Um….really?? …..why not?"
Marga: "Judging from all the violent kicking, I think it might be a calf."
The doctor burst into laughter. Her relief was as palpable as her nervousness had been.
Doctor: "Ha! I've never heard that one before! That's a good one."
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The following is a list of names for 40/60 condominium lottery draw winners held on July 08, 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Welcome to the Continental Deli. German cuisine straight from our Family to Yours!
Welcome to our site! We at Continental Deli in La Habra are still in the process of getting it perfect, but feel free to have a look around in the meantime. For any questions, call us at 562-697-0333.
We're getting ready for the Holidays and invite you to join us!
Enjoy our German Deli Goods. Listed below are Continental Delicatessen's menus, including Sandwiches and Sausages on top, Breakfast in the middle and Beverages at the end. All of our items are available for Dine-In or Take-Out. Be sure to ask your server for the Special of the Day.
We are known for our Corned Beef and Pastrami Sandwiches. Bratwurst is a #1 seller! And you have to try our Famous Continental Potato Salad made fresh all the time. Be sure to call us with any questions or stop by and ask our friendly staff.
Continental Deli is open 7 days a week. Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm. Sunday 9am-5pm.
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We start serving breakfast at 9am! But it is available upon request all day.
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Sedona Community Farmer's Market
Every Friday Morning through October 3rd, 2014
Whether you live in Sedona or are just visiting, the farmer's market is a great way to check out the local flavor and grab some fresh produce and breads. If you are visiting Sedona and are staying at the Best Western PLUS Inn of Sedona our Complimentary "About Town" Sedona Shuttle will drop you off at the market and pick you up when you are ready to return to the hotel. And if you are worried about purchasing something that requires refrigeration, all of our rooms are equipped with a refrigerator.
"Good Eats" at the Sedona Community Farmer's Market
Usually we center our "Good Eats" posts around a favorite local restaurant where you can enjoy a delicious meal at a good price, but much to our delight the Sedona Community Farmer's Market at the beautiful Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village offers some of the best nutritious eats in town! Okay, so they may not have servers and chefs waiting on you hand and foot but they have some really great vendors who offer nutritious snacks and wonderful ingredients for you to make you own delicious dishes!
On my visits to the market I am always pleasantly surprised with the variety of vendors providing everything from delicious greens to sauces. Of course I have my favorites! Sky Hi Sprouts ranks very high on my list. The sprouts and micro-greens are grown with organic seeds and soil, absolutely yummy! When I stopped by last year the gentlemen snipped off some sunflower sprouts for me to taste and that is all it took, I was hooked and have vowed to visit every Friday! I ended up buying a huge bag of sprouts and a few other greens. They have been a great addition to my salads, sandwiches and can stand on their own for a quick munch!
I also purchase breads, pasta sauce, salad greens, candles, and some very good hot sauces from some of the other vendors. All of which came in handy for my week with visiting family. The Mamma Letizia's Spicy Italian Marinara Gravy was a huge hit in my special lasagna!
The market takes place ever Friday morning from 8:00 am – 11:30 am every Friday until October 3rd, 2014 in the creek-side parking lot of Tlaquepaque! Meet the local growers & taste the local flavor! Farm fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, grass fed beef, goat products, tamales, breads and pastries, gluten free, vegan, hand-made chocolates, live music and much more! To see a full list of vendors or to learn more about the market please visit Sedona Community Farmer's Market.
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Did you know that the Best Western PLUS Inn of Sedona offers a Complimentary "About Town" Sedona Shuttle Service? That's right, if you are a guest of our Sedona hotel we'll do the driving for you. We'll take you anywhere within Sedona proper in our 12 passenger air conditioned van, then just call us and we'll come back and pick you up! This free shuttle service is available to all of our guests from 8:00 am until last pick up at 9:45 pm.
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It appears that HP's Chromebox is powered by Haswell Core i7 parts, but that sounds like overkill. It is possible that the top SKU features a Core i7, while cheaper models will end up with low-end chips, much like the $179 Asus Chromebox.
HP's focus appears to be on office users and it should be available this spring. It has dual-display support, a flexible VESA mount, HDMI and DisplayPort along with four USB 3.0 ports. No word on storage or RAM for the time being.


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There are important lessons to be mined historically regarding how we examine Donald Trump's support from and for a number of ruthless dictators and political demagogues. Trump's endorsements of and by a range of ruthless dictators are well-known and include Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the former French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Front Party. All of these politicians have been condemned by a number of human rights groups including Human Rights Watch on Torture, Amnesty International and Freedom House. All of these politicians share a mix of ultranationalism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia and transphobia.

Historical memory suggests that a template for understanding Trump's embrace of rogue states, dictators and neo-fascist politicians can be found in the reprehensible history of collaboration between individuals and governments, and the fascist regimes of Italy and Germany before and during the Second World War. For instance, one of the darkest periods in French history took place under Marshall Philippe Petain, the head of the Vichy regime, who collaborated with the Nazi regime between 1940 and 1944.

As Helene Fouquet and Gregory Viscusi have noted, the Vichy regime was responsible for "about 76,000 Jews (being) deported from France, only 3,000 of whom returned from the concentration camps … Twenty-six per cent of France's pre-war Jewish population died in the Holocaust." For years France refused to examine and condemn this shameful period in its history by claiming that the Vichy regime was an aberration, a position that has been recently taken up by Marine Le Pen, the neo-fascist National Front candidate. Not only has Le Pen denied the French government's responsibility for the roundup of Jews sent to concentration camps between 1940 and 1944, she has also used a totalitarian script from the past in appealing to economic nationalism in order "to cover up her fascist principles."

Memories of collaboration with fascist dictators function historically to deepen our understanding of Trump's associations with right-wing demagogues as a warning sign that offers up a glimpse of both the contemporary recurrence of fascist overtones from the past and what Richard Falk has called "a prefascist moment." Trump's endorsement of right-wing demagogues such as Duterte, Putin, and Erdogan, in particular, is more than an aberration for a U.S. president: It suggests more ominously his disregard for human rights, the suppression of dissent, human suffering, and the principles of democracy itself. Trump's collaboration with dictators and right-wing rogues also suggests something more ominous.

It is against this historical backdrop of collaboration that Trump's association with various dictators should be analyzed. The case of Duterte is particularly telling. Warning signs of a "prefascist moment" abound in Trump's invitation to Duterte to visit the White House. Duterte has supported and employed the use of death squads both as mayor of Davao and as the president of the Philippines. The New York Times has reported that "more than 7,000 suspected drug users and dealers, witnesses and bystanders — including children — have been killed by the police or vigilantes in the Philippines" under Duterte's rule. Moreover, he has supported a nationwide killing machine that includes giving "free licence to the police and vigilantes" to kill drug users and pushers while allowing children, innocent bystanders and others to be caught in the indiscriminate violence. He has called former president Barack Obama "the son of a whore," has compared himself to Hitler, has stated that Trump approves of his drug war, and has threatened to assassinate journalists. Duterte's ruthlessness is captured by photographer Daniel Berehulak who while working in the Philippines stated that he had "worked in 60 countries, covered wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and spent much of 2014 living inside West Africa's Ebola zone, a place gripped by fear and death" but added that what he experienced in the Philippines "felt like a new level of ruthlessness: police officers' summarily shooting anyone suspected of dealing or even using drugs, vigilantes' taking seriously Mr. Duterte's call to 'slaughter them all.'"

In his endorsement, support and legitimization of a range of dictators and right-wing extremists, Trump has emulated a period in history of shameless complicity with the ideologies, policies and practices associated with fascism itself. Situating Trump within the historical legacy of collaboration with fascist states and leaders provides a new language for examining how far Trump might go in pushing authoritarian policies, and how historical memory can be used to prevent such practices from being normalized. Trump's collaborationist endorsements offer insights into what the prelude to authoritarianism looks like in contemporary terms by enabling the public to understand how fascism can be normalized by escaping from history.


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Has anyone used Health Specialists to travel?
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Currently an OR nurse and never traveled....I'm doing some research on several Travel Agencies. I want to avoid getting left hung to dry at all cost and actually make good money on the road. Does anyone ever notice that most of them are very short answering questions and just send a brocheur to your email or try to get you off the phone when asking questions? The only really awesome recruiter I talked to was from 'Health Specialists' based out in Kansas. I only read stellar reviews but wanted to see if anyone here has used them and know how their pay rates/housing/car allowance/insurance translates from paper to real experience. Thanks in advance!


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George Clooney is well-known for his rugged handsomeness, and has always fought off questions about Botox and other Hollywood immortality measures with sarcasm.
One of his more notorious jokes was "ball ironing," where he said he spent his money getting his testicles ironed out instead of his face.
Now one LA nurse has taken Clooney's tongue-in-cheek ball joke and has turned it into a reality.
Cosmetic expert Nurse Jamie told MailOnline that she added 'Tighten the Tackle' to the list of services at her Santa Monica spa, Beauty Park, last year, and it has been a raving success.
Comparing it to a Brazilian bikini wax, Nurse Jamie says she uses "lasers to remove hair, erase wrinkles, and correct discoloration on the scrotum." Let that sink in a minute, it's a laser beam on your testicles. No way that can possibly have any horrible side effects, right?
There you have it, fellas, you no longer have the excuse of simply "being a man" for grossing out your partner with your wrinkly junk. If aliens are spying on us and find out we're ironing out our sacks, I don't blame them if they decide to vaporize us all.
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Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes: > > OK, here is another idea, maybe crazy: > > > When we read in a page that has an invalid CRC, we check the page to see > > which hint bits are _not_ set, and we try setting them to see if can get > > a matching CRC. If there no missing hint bits and the CRC doesn't > > match, we know the page is corrupt. If two hint bits are missing, we > > can try setting one and both of them and see if can get a matching CRC. > > If we can, the page is OK, if not, it is corrupt. > > > Now if 32 hint bits are missing, but could be based on transaction > > status, then we would need 2^32 possible hint bit combinations, so we > > can't do the test and we just assume the page is valid. > > A typical page is going to have something like 100 tuples, so > potentially 2^400 combinations to try. I don't see this being > realistic from that standpoint. What's much worse is that to even > find the potentially missing hint bits, you need to make very strong > assumptions about the validity of the rest of the page. > > The suggestions that were made upthread about moving the hint bits > could resolve the second objection, but once you do that you might > as well just exclude them from the CRC and eliminate the guessing. OK, crazy idea #3. What if we had a per-page counter of the number of hint bits set --- that way, we would only consider a CRC check failure to be corruption if the count matched the hint bit count on the page. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
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Tree planting in the Forest of Marston Vale
Get involved with a day of tree planting in the Forest of Marston Vale.
Come along any time between 11am and 3pm, on Sunday 12th Feb 2017, and help the Forest of Marston Vale reach its target of 6 million trees – all you need to bring is warm, waterproof clothes, and plenty of enthusiasm!
The Forest of Marston Vale will be supplying trees, tools and teas & coffees, so bring the whole family along to make a difference to the Forest, and plant something that will live for generations.
Free shuttle buses will be running throughout the day to the planting site in Cranfield, from the Forest Centre in Marston Moretaine.
For further information please contact:
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Okay, we're going to have some fun today! My special guest today and tomorrow is Tracy Tappan, author of paranormal, military, and historical romance. Her tagline is: "Sinister, sexy, and sensitive: a hero for every woman." Um, I'll have one of each, please.
Tracy will be back tomorrow to talk about her books and do a cool giveaway, but today she's going to talk about her new website called The Character Couch, where she applies her background as a clinical counselor on fictional couples nominated by readers. You see where this is going, right? She's going to analyze a couple from one of my books and you get to decide which one. More about how it will work in a minute; be sure to read to the end to participate in the game and win goodies. First, let's hear from Tracy!
by Tracy Tappan
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the action-packed movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" are a husband and wife who don't know each other are assassins. The movie opens with these two sitting in front of a therapist, squirming with discomfort; we guess this is as much from the possibility of having to bare their souls—something an assassin can't do—as from the idea of talking about a marriage that has obviously been filled with lies. Either way, it's going to be entertaining. And, oh, yes, the therapist kicks off the session with a bang.
"How often do you have sex?" he asks.
"I don't understand the question," Angelina Jolie returns, dead-pan.
"Is this on a scale of 1 to 10?" Brad puts in.
"So is 1 very little," Angelina continues, "or is 1 nothing? Because, technically speaking…zero would be nothing."
So it seems that Bran and Angelina haven't been having sex for a while.
We can hardly believe it.
The episode is funny, touching, and intriguing, which is exactly the tone of my new reader-focused website, The Character Couch (www.charactercouch.com), where fans can suggest their favorite romance couple to be brought into a therapy session. Yes, this is therapy, but these sessions are anything but angst-ridden. They are written in the same spirit as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," drawing us in to be a fly on the wall and peek at something we normally wouldn't be able to see.
Through these lively sessions, readers are given a chance to reconnect with the characters they've come to love and miss, enjoying again the distinctive traits that made the couple one of our favorites in the first place. Will there be amusing bantering in the session, a sense of firm, quiet resolve, poignancy? Sure. All of it. Every session is different, but always attention-grabbing.
Today, I share about my new, unique endeavor.
What encouraged you to start this website?
Like most romance writers, I'm also an avid reader. And like most readers, I found that the best books always stuck with me long after I'd turned the last page, leaving me hungry for more. I figured other readers had a hard time waiting for the next book to come out from a beloved author, too, so I came up with an idea that would combine my two loves—of doing therapy and writing romance—in a way that would provide innovative, free entertainment for fans. And like I said earlier, reconnect us. We romance booklovers are voracious readers. More fun stuff to read can only be a good thing, right?
I heard the word "free." No hidden costs, no advertisements?
None of that. These stories are free to authors and readers. Always. The sessions are formatted for all eReaders (Nook, Kindle, Ipad, etc.), too, so folks can read the sessions in any way that is most comfortable for them to enjoy and at their leisure.
Even though this is a reader-focused project, I can see benefits for authors, too.
Absolutely there are. Especially for authors who write books in a series, having characters on The Couch for one novel will keep the buzz going for the next. Participation on The Couch also opens the door for gaining new readership by providing a richer taste of an author's story and characters to prospective readers than a blurb might do. At the same time, The Character Couch gives readers an interesting way to find new authors and stories. It's a win-win situation for authors and readers alike. I could keep going. The potential benefits are countless.
How does a reader go about suggesting a book for session?
Oh, that's easy. There's a Submit A Book button in the side banner of the website. Just click on that and make a suggestion. I am very spam adverse, by the way. Guaranteed if you give your email for Submit a Book and likewise for the Notify Me button to be told about the next session, the only thing you'll hear is: "Hey, this month's session has been posted!"
For me, the Suggest A Book button on the website is the coolest part of the concept. Readers call the shots, you know; they control who shows up in session.
What if I miss a session?
No worries. Once a new session goes up for the month, the old one is archived. The comment section remains active, as well. Readers are invited to engage with their favorite authors about the session for as long as they want.
How does a session typically end?
The fun part about these sessions is that there isn't a "typical," but I can assure readers that the happily ever after will remain secure throughout.
During the course of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie discover that each other are assassins. With the truth out, there's hope for their marriage now. They end up in front of the therapist again, recapping, still spouting off to each other, but in a way that puts a smile on our faces; we know they're going to be okay. The therapist seems to agree, talking about how marriage takes work, but—
Brad interrupts to say, "Ask us the 'how many times did you have sex this week?' question again."
"John," Angelina Jolie scolds quietly, while Brad Pitt proudly flashes ten fingers outside of Angelina's sight lines.
Oh, yeah, the end will be a gas.
Tracy Tappan, founder and creator of The Character Couch, is a multi-genre author of gritty romance. Her latest release in her dark paranormal series, THE BLOODLINE WAR, about an endangered breed of human who are kidnapping genetically enhanced women to save their race, is available now. Visit her website and join her Author Updates to keep abreast of other releases in her paranormal series, her upcoming medieval historical trilogy, and her new pulse-pounding military suspense series. Tracy also loves to connect with readers. Please follow her on Facebook and Twitter, or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Okay, here's the deal. Sorry, Sentinels fans–DJ's relationships are waaaay too complicated. I mean, do you pick DJ and the undead pirate, DJ and the elf who's forced her into a political marriage, DJ and the out-of-control loup-garou, or DJ and the guy she's actually supposed to be involved with? (Don't even go there with the merman.)
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Just like the mess politicians are making with the debt ceiling debate, the stock market continues to trade in a choppy fashion for 2011. Currently we are in the third pullback in the giant trading range that's been in effect all year. Measured by the S&P 500 the trading range has been only 100 points wide ranging from 1260 to 1360. July is going to be the first month this year where we don't get a strong window dressing rally to end the month, no doubt aided by our bungling politicians.
One of the major rotations this year was out of commodities, which had huge gains from 2010 to March 2011, and into the defensive sectors of Consumer Staples, Health Care, and Utilities. The market seems to have continued to prefer the defensive sectors since the rotation as they have held onto most of their gains so far. Meanwhile the CCI commodities index has continued to consolidate sideways since the March top.
The table below shows 16 stock market sectors and the performance so far for 2011 is split down the middle with 7 sectors higher, 7 lower and one flat. Along with the defensive sectors the better performers have included Oil Services, Retail, Commercial Real Estate and Tech. The Homebuilders, Brokers, and Financials, which drove the market into the 2008 financial crisis, are the worst performers so far this year and have helped hold down the overall market.
Showing just how fragmented this market is the Nasdaq 100 has been a big winner since the end of June and is at the top of its trading range, but the Semiconductors have done exactly the opposite and are at the bottom of their trading range. The financials and brokers are still holding above their July lows after having trended lower all year. Homebuilders just made a new low for the year.
The Volatility Index has hit new highs since the March pullback and the momentum in volatility is currently still accelerating to the upside. Usually the pullback doesn't exhaust itself until the momentum in volatility burns itself out which is nicely shown by watching the TRIX momentum indicator.
Watching the volatility index will probably provide clues as to when this pullback will end. Looking past the pullback, it's critical that the financials, brokers, and semis don't continue and make new lows for the health of the overall market. The eventual breakout from this trading range of 2011, whether to the upside or downside, will depend on the movements of individual sectors and especially the more influential ones.


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The Drama League nominations have just been announced, kicking off the New York theater-awards season.
I'll have a story in this weekend's U-T Sunday Arts section on the Tony Awards prospects for San Diego-linked shows. But meantime, a quick rundown of how some locally connected plays and musicals stacked up with the League:
• "Peter and the Starcatcher" (developed at La Jolla Playhouse): nominated for distinguished production of a play; additional nominations for actors Christian Borle and Celia Keenan-Bolger.
• "Leap of Faith" (directed by current Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley): nominated for distinguished production of a musical; performance nominations for Raúl Esparza and Leslie Odom, Jr.
• "Jesus Christ Superstar" (directed by former Playhouse artistic director Des McAnuff, and presented in La Jolla last year): nominated for distinguished revival of a musical.
Also just announced: Nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honor both Broadway and off-Broadway theater (the Tonys are strictly for Broadway shows).
The Outer Critics handed three nominations to "Bonnie & Clyde" - for outstanding new Broadway musical, best score, and featured actress (Melissa Van Der Schyff, winner of a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award in 2010).
That show had its world premiere at the Playhouse nearly three years ago, but made a quick exit from Broadway after landing there in late 2011.
Esparza also was nominated as lead actor in a musical for his turn in "Leap of Faith."


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The skin condition from outer space
An unexplained skin condition and mysterious white material found on treetops are just some of the more "unusual" features in the latest UFO files to be released.
Alongside countless "light in the sky" sightings are a few episodes in which eyewitnesses claim some form of physical effect from their experience.
In one account, a man in Ebbw Vale, south Wales, on a clear and dry night, at 10.40pm on January 27, 1997 claimed to see a UFO as he was driving his car.
In his report to Ebbw Vale police the following day the man, from Newport, Gwent, said his car was surrounded for five minutes by a "tube of light" which swept towards him from the north east. Both his radio and mobile phone stopped working.
The man reported feeling ill following his brush with the unknown.
The report said: "He felt and was indeed sick later on. He is still feeling ill today (28/1/97) and has developed a skin condition. Advised to see doctor."
Another such case in the records happened near Birmingham, at 4am on March 18, 1997, when a man reported seeing a 200ft blue triangle over his back garden.
The man claimed the object hovered — causing dogs to bark — and shot off, leaving a "silky white substance" on the garden trees, which he collected in a jam jar.
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Cuba's "Highly Regarded" Health Care System
Recently, NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell was responsible for the latest round of Leftist propaganda praising the health care system in Cuba. Her report even featured validation from a woman with a history or working for Castro propaganda outlets, who of course was not identified as such.
It takes a special sort of ignorance for a news outlet to praise alleged "accomplishments" of a brutal and inhumane totalitarian regime, especially when one of the many deceptive hallmarks of such a regime is maintaining strict control over what information, location, and potential interviewees are available to international outlets like NBC.
For a terrific breakdown of this "report" check out this story over at Newsbusters.


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A year ago New York State passed a bill requiring that all prescriptions for controlled and non-controlled drugs that are issued by medical and dental practitioners to pharmacies be submitted electronically. Practitioners asked for a delay but now as of March 27, 2016 the New York State requirement has taken effect. We updated our software last year to include e-prescribing so we have been on-board for a year. I love e-prescribing! It is easy to transmit a prescription electronically with our software and e-prescribing protects the patient. We can check dosages and history for a given patient – errors are much less likely.
This electronic prescribing requirement is intended to address the misuse of controlled drugs. Electronic prescribing software provides us with a more complete picture of a patient's prescription history, in addition to options and doses. Prescriptions are transmitted immediately to the patient's pharmacy to be filled. This will eliminate errors resulting from poor handwriting or a misunderstanding. Electronic prescriptions are tamper-proof and stolen prescription pads will not be accepted. E-prescribing software improves drug safety by enabling the dentist to automatically check drug dosges, adverse reactions and duplicate drugs. Access to the patient's medication history is available to us on the spot. Our e-prescribing software is linked to our Dentrix practice management system. It is seamless.
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text: Meta Rate My Team PokéBase - Pokémon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat How come a pokemon will have an egg if only one pokemon in day care? 1 vote 635 views I asking about Sapphire! I put a pokemon in day care lady and I leave it. after taking a long journey, when I want to take my pokemon back, guess what? IT HAVE AN EGG! how come? with whom? eggs ruby-sapphire asked Jul 28, 2010 by Wobbuffet33 retagged Jun 19, 2012 Who did that, because I have never heard of that? commented Jul 28, 2010 by ohioscyther I don't remember that, but I still have the egg! after it hatch, I will tell you what is it... commented Jul 28, 2010 by Wobbuffet33 Okay, that is just wrong. commented Jul 29, 2010 by trachy Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 1 Answer 5 votes Best answer Sorry dude, there just isn't any possible way for this to happen. Even in real life, the only living things that can reproduce by themselves are cells and flowers. There's a way to override the Day Care system in Ruby and Sapphire, meaning that if you put two breedable Pokemon togethter, and walk the amount of steps it takes for them to lay more than one egg, then you can talk to the Day Care Man and get one of the eggs, and quickly return to the Dare Care Lady and pick up your Pokemon while there is still an egg waiting to be picked up. Putting two new breedable Pokemon together, and picking up the older egg can be confusing at times. Sorry if I explained that in a complicated way, but that is a definite candidate for what happened. It happened to me once, when I was breeding Treecko, and took back my Sceptile and Salamence, and replaced them with Pichu and Clefairy. I was so freaked out to get an egg back that hatched another Treecko. answered Jul 28, 2010 by ~-~WILL~-~ Why did you replace them with Pichu and Clefairy? I'm pretty certain Pichu can't breed. commented Sep 5, 2010 by treeco123 Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions What are the chances of getting an egg from the day-care? How many eggs can one pokemon leave at the Day-Care? What other Pokemon do I put in the day care to get Rhyperior and Hippowdon with the curse egg move? I put my mantibuzz in the day care with my ditto and left it but no egg? Will eggs moves pass down to the child if the parents have the egg move deleted by the day-care? Does Flame Body stack when hatching an Egg, if you have more than one Pokemon with Flame Body in the party? If you leave 2 Pokemon in the daycare when doing the Masuda method does the day care cost get too high? If I have three Pokemon with flame body, how long will it take to hatch an egg? Useful Meta Posts How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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There is a common misconception among Christians, which is that Muslims believe that all the scriptures of Jews and Christians are corrupted and that they contain nothing true, which is not accurate. Muslims believe that these scriptures (including the Bible) may contain true and false scriptures as they have been subjected to corruption either by addition or by omission or by replacement and there is a lot of historical evidence proving that, and this will be shown in the entire Bible section.
Evidence of Corruption (Tahrif) from Quran and Sunna
God said in the Quran in the context of talking about Jews:
Woe, therefore, to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, `This is from ALLAH,' That they may take it for a small price. Woe, then, to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn.( Holy Quran 2:79)
Ibn Abbas, the Prophet ﷺ's disciple said:
"O Muslims! How could you ask the People of the Book about anything, while the Book of Allah (Qur'an) that He revealed to His Prophet ﷺ is the most recent Book from Him and you still read it fresh and young Allah told you that the People of the Book altered the Book of Allah, changed it and wrote another book with their own hands. They then said, `This book is from Allah,' so that they acquired a small profit by it. Hasn't the knowledge that came to you prohibited you from asking them By Allah! We have not seen any of them asking you about what was revealed to you."
And Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said in Bukhari:
Do not believe the People of the Book and do not deny them. Say: "We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to you. Our God and your God is One, and to Him we have submitted."
And said in Abu Dawood:
The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said: Whatever the people of the Book tell you, do not verify them, nor falsify them, but say: We believe in Allah and His Apostle. If it is false, do not confirm it, and if it is right, do not falsify it.
Also there was another Hadith in Bukhari that that Humayd bin `Abdur-Rahman heard Mu`awiyah talking to a group of Quraysh in Al-Madinah. He mentioned Ka`b Al-Ahbar, and said:
"He was one of the most truthful of those who narrated from the People of the Book, even though we found that some of what he said might be lies.'
He meant that Ka'b didn't intend to lie, but he was telling what unintentionally was interpolated by the People of the book which was against the Quran and Islamic teachings.
Does the Quran testify for the Bible?
Some people think that the Quran endorses the Bible as it talks about the Torah and the Gospel as books of God. Our Muslim belief in the Bible is that God sent the Torah to Moses (Peace be upon him), and the Gospel to Jesus (Peace be upon him), but this doesn't mean that the Pentateuch or the four Gospels present now are the real Torah and Gospel sent to Moses and Jesus (Peace be upon them).
The case is that the Torah, the Gospel and books of other prophets' have been subjected to corruption and to many interpolations that the true verses are mixed with the false ones, that's why God sent the Quran to Muhammad ﷺ who is the final prophet, where it was saved from corruption as it is the final book, and contains the absolute truth. So we consider the Quran as a judge on the Bible, we accept the Bible verses which agree with the Quran, and reject the Bible verses which disagree with the Quran. As for the verses the Quran didn't talk about, we neither agree nor disagree.
God can't protect His books?
Some might object and say: "Isn't God able to protect His Book?" Of course God can protect His books, but the Quran tells us that God left His book to the People of the Book, so as to test them, but they disobeyed God and interpolated in the Book:
Surely, WE sent down the Torah wherein guidance and light was. By it did the Prophets, who were obedient to US, judge for the Jews, as did the godly people and those learned in the Law, because they were required to preserve the Book of ALLAH, and because they were guardians over it. . (Holy Quran 5:44)
And this was very clear even in the Bible itself:
Deuteronomy 4:1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
This verse clearly tells that interpolation in the Bible can happen, and it is not impossible because if it was impossible, there would have been no need that God warns them against it. For example, God ordered the Israelites not to worship idols, but we found some Israelites worshiping idols, this is because worshiping idols is accessible to the ones who want to do it. In the Quran, nowhere did God order Muslims not to add or diminish from it, but He simply promised to preserve it as explained in the previous section.
The Quran orders the Muslims to ask the people of the Book?
Some Christians have a misconception of a verse in the Quran saying that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to ask the people of the book when he has any doubt, so the people of the Book must be on the true way. Holy Quran says:
So if you are in doubt, [O Muhammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters. (Holy Quran 10:94)
However, this verse actually has a different context. Arab pagans used to exclaim how a human being could be a prophet from God and they thought that the prophet should be an angel. The Quran answers this point by saying that the Jews and Christians used to have prophets among them and you can simply go and ask them about that, especially when it was common among the Jews in Arabia at that time to say that this is the time of raising a prophet but they never thought that he would be among the Arabs. This was the context of the verse but it has nothing to do with endorsing the false beliefs of the people of the Book exposed in many other verses in the Quran.
Who corrupted the Bible and when and how?
These are other common questions among Christians asking about the details of corruption. However, there is a problem with the questions themselves. If I saw a dead man on the road and I brought a doctor to examine him and it was confirmed that this man is dead, then someone came and said: "You show tell me who killed him and how and when so that I believe that he is really dead." would this seem to be logical
We must distinguish between the fact that the Bible has many difficulties and unanswered questions as will be shown in the next articles and the way it happened and who was responsible for it. This man was proven to be dead because his heart and his organs stopped. To know who killed him and how, this is the job of the police and it won't change the fact that he was dead. In the case of the Bible, a detailed analysis shall be shown in the next articles.


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Extracted from Arthur's book, Awakening Our Self Healing Body
From Living Nutrition vol. 8
The solution—don't get sick in the first place. In order to preserve health, the causes of disease must be avoided, which implies living according to our natural mandate. In other words, we need to learn to live healthfully to begin with so at NOT to bring on costly disease. More importantly, we need to understand the nature of disease and how to best fulfill our physiological requisites so that we aid healing when sickness occurs, rather than further complicating the disease process.
Our health care system is driven by profits, not by educating the public on how to maintain and preserve their well-being. The quality of human health should not depend on who can turn the largest profit. A precise and practical knowledge of the conditions and circumstances which induce disease—as well as the methods for removing disease WITHOUT generating iatrogenic disease (illness that is caused by prescription drugs and medical intervention) is a great need of our time.
Fortunately, there does exist a healing art that is very effective in removing disease and restoring the body to a condition of health: Natural Hygiene, the branch of biology that investigates the conditions upon which health depends, the means by which it may be sustained, and the natural methodologies whereby health is restored when it has been lost or impaired.
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