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If you've been walking around all day thinking that nobody in America cares about Survivor (now in its 24th season!) anymore, and that there couldn't possibly exist a frighteningly thorough fan site dedicated to the show, you'd be dead wrong.
And if you've also been walking around all day thinking that Jeff Kent, former all-star second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, who looks like your uncle Todd from Tampa Bay and who is mainly known for being an even bigger dick than Barry Bonds, would never appear as a contestant on Survivor, well, you'd be dead wrong about that too.
According to SurvivorFever.net (which I stumbled on thanks to SBNation's Grant Brisbee), Jeff Kent is slated to be a contestant on the upcoming 25th season of Survivor (spoiler alert!), tentatively titled, Survivor: A Buncha Dudes Sweatin' In A Jungle.
How reliable is SurvivorFever.net's information? I have no idea, and I'm not about to spend any amount of time trying to figure such a thing out because I could not care less about Survivor.
Still, I hope that Kent does indeed go on the show, if only because I'd like to see one of modern baseball's greatest shitbags get giardia or something like that.
[SurvivorFever.net via SBNation]


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Featured Geocacher of the Month Nominees – Add Your Comments
Groundspeak needs your help featuring a geocacher each month that stands out by inspiring other geocachers with their innovation, creative hides and/or logs, respect for the environment, and helpfulness. More than a fifty geocachers submitted outstanding nominees from around the world.
The featured Geocacher of the Month recognition celebrates geocachers for their contributions. A panel of Lackeys had the difficult task of selecting three of the most outstanding nominees. You can help name one of these nominees the featured "Geocacher of the Month."
Each geocacher you see below displays extraordinary geocaching qualities including generosity and inventiveness. Write a comment on this blog post about which of these three geocachers you'd like to see as the September featured "Geocacher of the Month." Those not recognized as a nominee or as the featured "Geocacher of the Month" are encouraged to submit nominations again next month.
Read the testimonials below and leave a comment with your suggestion. Some testimonials have been edited for length.
(Member since 2006)
Nomination by pkreun: "AussieCacher has hosted events in both the US and his native country, Australia, helping experienced and new geocachers alike. He is always willing to go out of his way to help others. In 2007 he organized a Travel Bug race from Sydney, Australia to Sioux Falls, South Dakota with 33 Travel Bugs taking part in the race. He laminated each competitors TB details and delivered them all to the starting location in Australia. AussieCacher has created and hidden some very unique and creative geocaches in both Australia and the US. Many of these geocaches have not been seen anywhere else and were hand made from scratch.
AussieCacher thoroughly enjoys the outdoors and respects the environment immensely. During his travels geocaching he has performed CITO many times and rescued animals from turtles, birds, frogs to dumped kittens. AussieCacher has taken part in 12 CITOs and just last month he hosted his first CITO. He has developed 12 EarthCaches as well as finding over 180."
(Member since 2005)
Nomination by The Weasel: "Jeff has hosted five "official" 101, 201, and 301 events. What I would like to stress is that Jeff has done WELL over 50+ 101 events for SEVERAL groups from the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Libraries, and any group that asks for a class to be held. Some of these events have been several hours away, but Jeff is always willing to lend a hand and do this.
Jeff has hosted 8 "unofficial" trips to a 5×5 caches of his, The Siege!. This is a very extreme cache which involves going over a cliff face. Jeff is ALWAYS willing to take groups to this cache to ensure their safety.
Jeff is a VERY active member of the Iowa Geocachers Organization where he has held a position on the BOD for several of years as well as part of the Land Management committee.
Jeff is a volunteer with the Linn County Conservation, and has donated several hours helping them with various events.
Jeff is a model geocacher which all of us in the area and beyond can be proud of. He is always willing to lend advice/help to any cache that approaches him or contacts him."
(Member since 2006)
Nomination by OddAngles: "David and Tina would be an excellent choice for this award. This team has a Fire Love for Geocaching. They will take anyone who wants to caching and take them to do any and every cache that their heart desires.
David and Tina are always willing to participate in CITO's and have co-held many CITO Events.
They have been caching since December 2006.
I would say David and Tina are well rounded cachers in experience when it comes to terrains and difficulties. Their cache hides are as versatile as the caches that they've hunted. The Pilgrim's have hidden water caches and high terrain land hides as well.
When Pilgrimsprogress help's with an event, they will go to no end to make it fun. David and Tina will come up with the most exciting and fun games. Besides the Human Checkers, they did a boardwalk team race once…where a team of 3 had to walk using boards as their feet. Pilgrimsprogress also co-managers of a Geocaching Group out of Augusta, Georgia called "CSRA Geocachers". They are the heart and soul, the brains and backing behind many of the group's monthly events."
A panel of Lackeys will use your comments to help decide the featured Geocacher of the Month award. Each featured Geocacher of the Month will receive an exclusive special edition featured "Geocacher of the Month" geocoin along with a Geocacher of the Month hat and certificate acknowledging their contributions signed by the founders of Geocaching.com: Jeremy Irish, Bryan Roth and Elias Alvord.
If you know an outstanding geocacher who should be the Geocachers of the Month, send an email to email@example.com.
Every nomination must meet the following requirements. Please include your name, the name of your nominee, their username, at least one picture of the nominee and description (in 500 or fewer words) explaining why he or she deserves to be the Geocacher of the Month. Please inform your nominee that you've submitted them for the award. Nominations for the October Geocacher of the Month must be received by October 3rd.
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If you follow FGS on Facebook and Twitter, you may already be aware that registration for the FGS 2014 Conference in San Antonio, August 27-30, is open!
Below you will find the press release that is being sent out today. Feel free to share the press release on your blog, website, society periodical, email list, or just share it with your friends. The more people that hear about the conference, the better the conference will be.
FGS 2014 Conference Registration is Open
"Gone to Texas" – A Conference for the Nation's Genealogists
March 26, 2014 – Austin, TX. Online registration is now open for the 2014 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, scheduled 27-30 August 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. Register at http://www.fgsconference.org by 1 July 2014 for an early-bird discount. This year's conference theme is "Gone to Texas," and the local hosts are the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society (SAGHS) and the Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS).
This year's FGS conference offers an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in researching their family history. This conference will offer over 160 educational sessions on records, strategies, and tools for genealogists of all levels. Sessions will be presented by some of the leading genealogists from the United States. Ten different sponsored luncheons will provide opportunities for networking.
Platinum sponsors include leading family history companies: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and findmypast. Other participating and supporting organizations include Family Chronicle Magazine, Dell, Lexmark, Association of Professional Genealogists, Board for Certification of Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, The Polish Mission of the Orchard Lake Schools, Texas State Genealogical Society, and The National Huguenot Society.
Conference Highlights
- Conference Sessions: A wide variety of genealogy-related lectures and workshops for all experience levels. Attendees will be able to learn about Texas and neighboring states research, African-American and ethnic origin research, military research, genetics, technology, migration, methodology and more.
- Exhibit Hall: The large exhibit hall will feature the latest software, books, maps, databases and gadgets on the market for genealogists and family historians, as well as information about genealogical organizations. Representatives of FGS member societies will staff their booths in the special Society Showcase area.
- Special Events: On Wednesday evening, local hosts San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society and Texas State Genealogical Society invite registrants to an evening at the Institute of Texan Culture, an amazing museum located directly behind the convention center. On Friday evening, The San Antonio Conservation Society hosts a festive Night in Old San Antonio in the historical art village of La Villita. The Conservation Society only hosts 10 of these events each year, and FGS is excited to offer this event. Details can be found at www.fgsconference.org
- Focus on Societies: On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, sessions are jam-packed with ideas and tools to help societies promote themselves, increase membership, and develop sources of revenue. The day kicks off with a first ever, half-day workshop to develop a plan and tools to use to enhance and guide their society forward.
- Librarians' Day: On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, ProQuest will sponsor a full-pre-conference day of sessions designed for librarians, archivists, and other information professionals serving family history researchers.
There are more activities and research opportunities too numerous to list. However, you can learn all about the 2014 FGS Conference and register for this exciting four-day event at http://www.fgsconference.org. Be sure to also visit or subscribe to the FGS Conference Blog at http://www.fgsconference.org/blog for more information.
Learn More and Stay Connected
Like FGS at: https://www.facebook.com/FGSgenealogy
Follow FGS on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fgsgenealogy and hashtag #FGS2014.
Visit San Antonio at http://visitsanantonio.com/
About the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was founded in 1976 and represents the members of hundreds of genealogical societies. FGS links the genealogical community by helping genealogical societies strengthen and grow through resources available online, FGS FORUM magazine (filled with articles for the family history community), and Society Strategy Series papers, covering topics about effectively operating a genealogical society. FGS also links the genealogical community through its annual conference — four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society management topics. To learn more visit http://www.fgs.org.
Federation of Genealogical Societies
PO Box 200940
Austin, TX 78720-0940
phone: +1 (888) 347-1500
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Samsung has been fined about $340,000 for unleashing an army of paid commenters to praise its products and criticize competitors in online forums.
The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission investigated allegations against Samsung of creating fake online comments on Taiwanese forums and found they were true, according to The Verge. Two marketing companies who participated also were fined just over $100,000.
The paid writers criticized competitors, neutralized negative news about Samsung and gave glowing reviews of Samsung devices. This kind of guerrilla marketing is considered "astroturfing" and other companies besides Samsung have participated in the subversive marketing.
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So sorry for your loss, Australian Voice. But guess what? Now that Keith Urban has quit you, it seems likely he'll be hanging out more in America. And by America, I mean American Idol. Channel Nine down under is reporting Urban confirmed his decision to leave their production of The Voice . "I've been so fortunate to have been a part of The Voice. And as much as I'd love to do it again, it's clear that the recording and promoting of a new album, a tour and other commitments will keep me from being a part of the second season." He added a big thanks to the contestants who sang on the show. "I thank you. You've inspired not just me, but countless others," Urban said. "To everyone behind the scenes and to my on-camera family — Darren [Percival], Delta [Goodrem], Joel [Madden] and Seal, thank you for making it so much fun." Enough fun to continue that mentoring mojo in Hollywood? Fingers are still crossed.


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Jose Mourinho says no agreement in place for his Real Madrid exit
Jose Mourinho dismissed reports that he has reached agreement with Real Madrid to leave at the end of the season.
Last Updated: 20/03/13 4:16pm
Mourinho is widely reported to have a less than smooth relationship with club president Florentino Perez, and it is expected that he will not continue at the helm of Real beyond this summer.
But the Portuguese tactician - who admits his next job is likely to be in England - is adamant that an agreement is already in place
"I have no agreement with Real Madrid to go. I have signed nothing, that's a nonsense," Mourinho told RTP.
"The criticism? Nothing affects me, nothing bothers me. I do not go crazy nor do I get depressed. Nothing motivates me more than my own motivation."
He was again quizzed about his future and said: "My future? I am not training outside of Spain, England, Italy or France."
Mourinho was nominated for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or Coach of the Year award, but he did not attend the gala and he criticised the voting policy.
"I don't regret not attending the gala at all," he said.
"One, two or three people phoned me to tell me that they had voted for me and later, when the list of votes was published, another name appeared by their votes. That was why I decided not to go to the gala.
"I'm accusing FIFA of irregularities in the vote for best manager in the world. There was a lack of transparency. FIFA was aware of these irregularities, knowing they were there, but did nothing to avoid them."
FIFA denied Mouirinho's claims.


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i would really like a ghostbusters themed sticker pack or 2d skin,i tried to make them both myself but failed,im not too good with computers,but if someone knows how or already knows where to get them that would be great,if your interested in making them ill donate coppers to you or whatever just give me a price,i have some pics in mind for stickers but yeah. thanks
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India's confirmed coronavirus tally reaches 6 million cases
India's confirmed coronavirus tally reached 6 million cases on Monday, keeping the country second to the United States in number of reported cases since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry on Monday reported 82,170 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the overall tally to 60,74,703. New infections are in India are currently being reported faster than anywhere else in the world.
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Trump ex-campaign boss hospitalized amid threat to harm self
President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale was hospitalized Sunday after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials. Police officers talked Parscale out of his Fort Lauderdale home after his wife called police to say that he had multiple firearms and was threatening to hurt himself. Police Sgt. DeAnna Greenlaw said Parscale was hospitalized under the state's Baker Act, which allows anyone deemed to be a threat to themselves or others to be detained for 72 hours for psychiatric evaluation.
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The South African cleric taking on the church over a rapist priest
Reverend June Major has gone on hunger strike twice to demand that the church take action against her alleged attacker who still practises as a priest
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Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff are both from New Jersey. Biden and Emhoff have rapidly become two of the campaign's most prolific surrogates, engaging in in-person campaign events and virtual fundraisers at a pace that often outmatches their spouses at the top of the ticket. While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent their days campaigning in key states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida, Jill Biden and Emhoff have had nonstop schedules of virtual fundraisers, constituency-focused events and trips to important but less high-profile states like Virginia and Maine, where Jill Biden visited this week.
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Joe Biden: Vacancy about health law, not court expansion
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants voters to see Republicans' push for a speedy Supreme Court confirmation as an end-run of Congress and the 2010 health care law. In remarks on Sunday, the former vice president sidestepped any talk of expanding the court to counter conservative gains should he defeat President Donald Trump in November and Democrats regain a Senate majority. Biden called that scenario a distraction from the practical effects that Trump's nominee, conservative federal judge Amy Coney Barrett, could have if she succeeds the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Lawyer says officer thought Blake was trying to kidnap child
The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children and that he opened fire because Blake started turning toward the officer while holding a knife, the officer's lawyer contends. Sheskey saw Blake put a child in the SUV as he arrived, but he didn't know that two other children were also in the back seat, Matthews said.
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UN failures on coronavirus underscore the need for reforms
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Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:40:24 GMT
Trump vows quick court vote, Biden urges delay for Nov. 3
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Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:18:14 GMT
Nearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatment
The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease — and millions of others may survive. Ming Wang, 71, and his wife were on a cruise from Australia, taking a break after decades of running the family's Chinese restaurant in Papillion, Nebraska, when he was infected. In the 74 days he was hospitalized before his death in June, doctors frantically tried various experimental approaches, including enrolling him in a study of an antiviral drug that ultimately showed promise.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:29:53 GMT
Barrett could be Ginsburg's polar opposite on Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett paid homage to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her White House speech Saturday as a shatterer of glass ceilings. Barrett, a judge on the federal appeals court based in Chicago, made clear in her Rose Garden address that she looks to conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she once worked, and not Ginsburg, on matters of law.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:12:24 GMT
Military suicides up as much as 20% in COVID era
Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked as service members struggle under COVID-19, war-zone deployments, national disasters and civil unrest. While the data is incomplete and causes of suicide are complex, Army and Air Force officials say they believe the pandemic is adding stress to an already strained force. Such a move would be part of a broader effort to make the wellbeing of soldiers and their families the Army's top priority, overtaking combat readiness and weapons modernization.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:49:11 GMT
10 things you need to know today: September 27, 2020
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:44:00 GMT
The eyes don't have it: Masks upset classroom communication
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:01:07 GMT
On guns, abortion, high court could become more conservative
If Congress confirms President Donald Trump's nominee to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court would become more conservative, and also perhaps more ready to tackle certain hot-button issues like abortion and guns. Chief Justice John Roberts would also likely become less able to steer the outcome in divisive cases. Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at 87, was the leader of the liberal wing of the court, which had been split 5-4 between conservatives and liberals.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:39:03 GMT
UN: Yemen's warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:06:51 GMT
Islamist militants kill 18 in north-eastern Nigeria
The Islamic State group said it was behind the ambush on a convoy of government officials.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:16:03 GMT
Large majority of Swiss reject bid to rein in immigration from EU, says exit poll
Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a Eurosceptic party's attempt to restrict immigration from the EU in a referendum yesterday (on Sunday) seen as a key test of attitudes towards foreigners. The Swiss People's Party (SVP) called the referendum on scrapping a mutual free movement agreement with the EU. Echoing some of the arguments for Brexit, the Right-wing populist party pushed to take back control of immigration, which it said had become "uncontrolled and excessive". Switzerland's population of about 8.2 million includes some 1.4 million EU citizens. About half a million Swiss nationals live in the EU. The SVP, Switzerland's largest parliamentary party, proposed to give Swiss nationals preferential access to jobs and welfare benefits over citizens of the 27-nation bloc that surrounds the prosperous Alpine country, which is not an EU member-state. Its proposal was defeated 63 per cent to 37 per cent, according to projections by the SRF broadcaster, based on partial results. The initiative was opposed by the government, business leaders and all other political parties out of fear that it would jeopardise Switzerland's close ties with the EU. The SVP had painted a bleak picture of older Swiss workers being replaced by younger immigrants. It blamed foreigners, who make up a quarter of the country's population, for rising housing costs and overcrowded schools and public transport.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:10:33 GMT
Conservatives lead in French Senate elections, Greens gain
France's main conservative party looked set to keep control of the Senate and the Greens made new gains in partial elections Sunday that posed a new challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's struggling centrist movement. Nearly half of the chamber's 348 seats were up for grabs in the vote, an indirect election in which some 90,000 local elected officials like city councilors choose the senators. As results gradually came in Sunday night, Senate President Gerard Larcher of the Republicans party tweeted that the center-right majority was intact, and that he would run for another term as Senate leader "to restore the confidence that our country so lacks."
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:01:13 GMT
Israelis mark Yom Kippur under 'painful' virus lockdown
The solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which annually sees Israeli life grind to a halt, begins on Sunday in a nation already under a sweeping coronavirus lockdown. Every year, businesses shut down, roads empty out and even radio and TV stations go silent as the faithful fast for 25 hours and hold intensive prayers of atonement on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. It's the second nationwide lockdown since the pandemic began, an attempt to contain one of the most severe outbreaks in the world.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:39:28 GMT
Former Lebanese FM, president's son-in-law, has coronavirus
A former Lebanese foreign minister and son-in-law of President Michel Aoun has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Sunday. The statement from his office said Gebran Bassil, who also heads the Christian Free Patriotic Movement party, will isolate until he recovers, adding that the infection level is still "low and acceptable." The announcement comes amid an alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Lebanon, with record numbers registered almost every day for the past week.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:37:19 GMT
France vows to protect its Jewish community after stabbing
France's interior minister promised Sunday to protect France's Jewish community from extremists after a double stabbing in Paris blamed on Islamic terrorism. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited a synagogue Sunday ahead of the evening start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and said more than 7,000 police and soldiers are protecting Jewish services this weekend. France has Europe's largest Jewish community.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:36:02 GMT
Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
Afghanistan's dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is shrinking to its lowest levels. With growing threats from the local Islamic State affiliate, many are choosing to leave the country of their birth to escape the insecurity and a once-thriving community of as many as 250,000 members now counts fewer than 700. The community's numbers have been declining for years because of deep-rooted discrimination in the majority Muslim country.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:13:53 GMT
Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 18 killed
Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has erupted again over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the territory's defense ministry said 16 soldiers and two civilians have been killed and more than 100 others wounded. Azerbaijan's president, meanwhile, says his military has suffered losses, but gave no details. Armenia also claimed that four Azerbaijani helicopters were shot down and 33 Azerbaijani tanks and fighting vehicles were hit by artillery.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 07:25:21 GMT
Lebanese army: Shooting in north Lebanon kills 2 soldiers
Gunmen in a car opened fire on an army post in northwestern Lebanon on Sunday, triggering a shootout in which two soldiers and one gunman were killed, the Lebanese military said. The attack struck an army post in the Minyeh region, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Beirut. An army operation was underway to arrest the fugitive and uncover the circumstances of the attack, the military said.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 07:19:50 GMT
Leaders to UN: If virus doesn't kill us, climate change will
In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week's annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn't kill us, climate change will. With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there's no vaccine for global warming. "We are already seeing a version of environmental Armageddon," Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said, citing wildfires in the western U.S. and noting that the Greenland ice chunk was larger than a number of island nations.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 06:45:06 GMT
Arrests in Portland protest follow fairly calm rally
Several people in Portland, Oregon, were arrested in anti-police brutality protests that continued into early Sunday, hours after demonstrations ended with few reports of violence. The protests that began Saturday night were declared an unlawful assembly and police began forcing demonstrators out after objects were thrown at officers, including full drink cans, firecrackers and rocks, police said. Hundreds of people had gathered at demonstrations in the downtown area of Oregon's largest city when the unlawful assembly was announced just before midnight.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 04:41:34 GMT
Trump caps judiciary remake with choice of Barrett for court
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort. Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, said Saturday that she was "truly humbled" by the nomination and quickly aligned herself with Scalia's conservative approach to the law, saying his "judicial philosophy is mine, too." Barrett, 48, was joined in the Rose Garden by her husband and seven children.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 04:08:23 GMT
New US threats to Iraq widen rifts, leave PM exposed
Enraged by near-daily attacks on its interests in Iraq, Washington has threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad, in a blow to a premier seen as a bulwark against Iran.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 02:36:56 GMT
North Korea accuses South of intrusion to find dead official
North Korea accused South Korea of sending ships across the disputed sea boundary to find the body of a South Korean official recently killed by North Korean troops, warning Sunday the intrusion could escalate tensions. "We urge the South side to immediately halt the intrusion across the military demarcation line in the West Sea that may lead to escalation of tensions," the official Korean Central News Agency said. Along with its denial, South Korea proposed a joint investigation to resolve discrepancies in each country's account of the South Korean official's death last week.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 02:07:40 GMT
In a time of disarray, UN's virtual meeting adds surreal notes
"Our common house is in disorder," said French President Emmanuel Macron, describing the troubled state of the United Nations General Assembly as it prepares for a second week of mostly virtual meetings and speeches starting Tuesday.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 01:33:49 GMT
Belarus tells UN sanctions would be 'harmful for everyone'
Belarus' foreign minister warned Western nations Saturday against imposing sanctions over the country's disputed presidential election and crackdown on protesters, saying their expressions of concern are "nothing but attempts to bring chaos and anarchy to our country." With the European Union and Britain contemplating sanctions, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the virtual U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders that "interference in our internal affairs, sanctions and other restrictions on Belarus will have the opposite effect and are harmful for absolutely everyone."
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:40:59 GMT
Italian family fosters Gambian migrant: 'The son we never had'
When Gambian orphan Muhammed Sanneh arrived in Sicily aged 16, his life took an unexpected turn.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:56:58 GMT
Syria minister calls Turkey main terrorism sponsor in region
Syria's foreign minister accused Turkey on Saturday of being "one of the main sponsors of terror" in his country and the region, and said it is guilty of "a war crime and a crime against humanity" for cutting water to more than a dozen towns that resisted Turkish occupation. The nine-year Syrian conflict, which initially began as a civil war, later became a regional proxy fight. Turkey, which now controls a zone in northern Syria, has backed opposition fighters against Syrian President Bashar Assad, Syrian Kurdish fighters and the Islamic State extremist group.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:40:17 GMT
North Korea warns of naval tensions during search for slain South Korean
North Korea said on Sunday it is searching for the body a South Korean official killed by its troops, but warned that South Korean naval operations in the area threatened to raise tensions. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a rare apology on Friday for the fatal shooting of the South Korean fisheries official in North Korean waters. Seoul then urged Pyongyang to further investigate the fatal shooting and suggested it could be a joint probe by the two sides. South Korea's military has accused the North's soldiers of killing the man, dousing his body in fuel and setting it on fire near the sea border. North Korean state news agency KCNA said on Sunday that the country's authorities were considering ways to hand over the body to the South if it is found. The report called it an "awful case which should not have happened" but warned that South Korean naval operations near the site of the incident had crossed into North Korean waters.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:33:37 GMT
How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years
Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett's fast-track rise, set to drive the nation's highest court to the right for a generation or longer, is the fulfillment of a decadeslong effort by conservatives to remake the federal bench that kicked into high gear after President Donald Trump was elected.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:49:24 GMT
Louisville protests continue in Breonna Taylor's name
A crowd marched in Louisville's streets chanting "Breonna Taylor, say her name" on Sunday evening, the fifth night of protests after a grand jury declined to charge officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer urged people to begin heading home about an hour before the curfew was set to begin at 9 p.m. as the protesters continued to march. Earlier in the day, people were gathered at Jefferson Square Park, which has come to be called "Breonna's park" by demonstrators, as speakers condemned the grand jury's decision, The Courier Journal reported.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:48:57 GMT
GOP invests M in boosting Trump with Barrett confirmation
The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day. The confirmation battle will be featured in a new million RNC digital ad campaign to encourage battleground state voters to return vote-by-mail ballots or go to the polls. The national party, in concert with President Donald Trump's campaign, is planning local events and protests across the country to support Barrett's confirmation as well.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:16:01 GMT
The U.S. reckoning on race, seen through other nations' eyes
It's not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation. A handful of America's critics have taken note too, using recent months' demonstrations and graphic images of police violence to denounce the country at the United Nations' gathering of world leaders this year. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invoked the killing of George Floyd, the Black American man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis pressed his knee against his neck even as he repeatedly said he could not breathe.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:10:40 GMT
The U.S. reckoning on race, seen through other nations' eyes
It's not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation. A handful of America's critics have taken note too, using recent months' demonstrations and graphic images of police violence to denounce the country at the United Nations' gathering of world leaders this year. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invoked the killing of George Floyd, the Black American man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis pressed his knee against his neck even as he repeatedly said he could not breathe.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:10:40 GMT
Her words: Amy Coney Barrett on faith, precedent, abortion
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he was nominating Barrett to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. — 2013 article in the Texas Law Review, citing Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that recognized a woman's right to abortion.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:10:14 GMT
Thousands march in Washington to pray and show Trump support
Thousands of people packed the National Mall in downtown Washington on Saturday to pray and show their support for President Donald Trump. The march, which stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol, was held just hours before Trump was set to announce he was nominating a conservative judge for the Supreme Court. Vice President Mike Pence, speaking from the steps of the memorial, said he came to extend Trump's "greetings and gratitude" and asked them to pray for the new Supreme Court nominee.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:00:52 GMT
The U.S. reckoning on race, seen through other nations' eyes
It's not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation. A handful of America's critics have taken note too, using recent months' demonstrations and graphic images of police violence to denounce the country at the United Nations' gathering of world leaders this year. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invoked the killing of George Floyd, the Black American man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis pressed his knee against his neck even as he repeatedly said he could not breathe.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:24:57 GMT
The Latest: Graham: Court vote could be week before election
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham says he hopes his committee will approve Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court by the week of Oct. 26, setting up a final confirmation vote on the Senate floor one week before the Nov. 3 presidential election. Trump nominated Barrett on Saturday to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:06:48 GMT
Boris Johnson urges nations to unite and 'turn our fire against our common foe'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged world leaders to unite in the fight against COVID-19, speaking Saturday at the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in a prerecorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. The controversial British leader, who spent three nights in intensive care in early April after contracting the disease, promised an increase of 30% in contributions to the World Health Organization — 340 million pounds (2 million) — over the next four years.
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:04:54 GMT
As U.S., China squabble at U.N., a plea - and warning - from one of world's smallest states
Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:02:32 GMT
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functions often depend on the assembling of macromolecules into well-defined networks and complexes. Our research is to use recombinant collagen triple helix as a model system to explore the determining factors that govern the higher level molecular assembly. About twenty different types of collagen molecules have been identified in humans, occurring in almost every tissue. Different types of collagen share the same basic structure unit – the triple helix, consisting of three poly-peptide chains with the characteristic (Gly-X-Y)n repeating (amino acid) sequence. The triple helix further assembles into different supramolecular structures that confer the diverse biological properties of different tissues. Understanding of the mechanism of molecular assembly of collagen will be essential for our understanding of the molecular basis of tissue functions, the mechanism of macromolecular organizations and how mutations in collagens cause diseases.
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Bai, H., Xu, K., Xu, Y., Matsui, H. (2007) Fabrication of Au Nanowires of Uniform Length and Diameter Using a Monodisperse and Rigid Biomolecular Template: Collagen-like Triple Helix, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Published Online
Tsai, M., Xu, Y. and Dannenberg, J. J.,(2005) Completely Geometrically Optimized DFT/ONIOM Triple-Helical Collagen-like Structures Containing the ProProGly, ProProAla, ProProDAla and ProProDSer Triads, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (127):14130-14131
Liu, S., Lu H, Xu, Y., and Jiang, S. (2005) Different from the HIV fusion Inhibitor C34, the Anti-HIV Drug Fuzeon (T-20) Inhibits HIV-1 Entry by Targeting Multiple Sites in gp41 and gp120, J. Biol Chem. 280(12):11259-73
Xu, Y. (2004) Characterization of heterogeneity of self-associating systems using equilibrium sedimentation techniques, Biophysical Chemistry 108:61-43
Persikov, A., Xu, Y., Brodsky, B. (2004) The two-state reversible folding and unfolding reaction of collagen triple helical peptides, Protein Sciences, 13:893-902.
Chien, C., Xu, Y., Xiao, Rong., Aramini, J. M., Sahasrabudhe, P. V., Krug, R. M., and Montelione, G. T. (2004) Biophysical Characterization of the Complex Between Double-Stranded RNA and the N-terminal Domain of the NS1 Protein from Influenza A Virus: Evidence for a Novel RNA-Binding Mode, Biochemistry 43, 1950-1962
Xu, Y., Hyde T., Bhate, M., Lu, X., Broadsky, B., and Baum. (2003) NMR and CD Spectroscopy Show that Imino Acid Restriction of the Unfolded State Leads to Efficient Folding, Biochemistry 42, 8696-8703


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The Stinkubus. Scorpion Releasing (always a lot of fun titles) has released Incubus (I refuse to put the poster's "The" in there, because it's not present on-screen), the 1980 Canadian horror flick from some tax shelter called Film Ventures International (released by Artists Releasing Corporation), directed by John Hough and starring John Cassavetes, John Ireland, and Kerrie Keane. With that talented cast, some heavyweights behind the camera, decent production values, and a promising storyline, Incubus should have been a cinch to stand out from all the crappy schlock released during that golden age of late 70s early 80s horror...but it didn't. A few original trailers are included as extras for this widescreen transfer.
The small New England town of Galen. Dr. Sam Cordell (John Cassavetes), having arrived there about a year prior with his teenaged daughter, Jenny (Erin Flannery/Noble), is now faced with a terrifying situation: a man, or men, are hideously raping women in the town, the force and violence of the rapes leaving the women sexually mutilated and filled with ungodly amounts of red-tinged sperm (a Disney film!). Police chief Hank Walden (John Ireland) is in over his head with this one, while Laura Kincaid (Kerrie Keane), an outsider to Galen who now owns the town newspaper, is trying to determine what forces may be at work here. Meanwhile, creepy Jenny's creepy boyfriend, Tim Galen (Duncan McIntosh), is having bad dreams at night about a faceless woman being tortured, something his grandmother, town bigwig Agatha Galen (Helen Hughes) doesn't want to hear about....
I'm pretty sure I saw Incubus either at the theatres or on cable at some point in the 80s, but little of it stayed in memory. And now I remember why. A frustrating, disjointed supernatural horror movie, Incubus's elements should add up to, at the very minimum, a competent, scary enterprise―with even the promise of something intelligent going on from time to time (a pretty rare thing in early 80s horror, to be sure). After all, its executive producer was Stephen J. Friedman, who could turn out anything from The Last Picture Show to Slap Shot to Eye of the Needle to All of Me. Incubus' story was based on a book by celebrated novelist, short story writer and screenwriter Ray Russell (Mr. Sardonicus, The Premature Burial, X, Chamber of Horrors), with direction by the talented John Hough, who knew a thing or two about crafting a fast-paced, entertaining bit of exploitation (iconic titles like The Legend of Hell House, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, as well as the original Witch Mountain movies and The Watcher in the Woods for Disney). The supporting cast, made up mostly of anonymous Canadian actors, may not have been top drawer (some of those performances are quite poor, although the lovely Keane, of the popular kids' show, What Will They Think of Next?, is suitably mysterious). However, with heavyweight anchors Ireland (lending old Hollywood strength) and Cassavettes around (even in dreck like this, he comes up with quirky, interesting line-readings), those lesser performances could be forgiven...or better yet, forgotten.
Somehow, though, Incubus goes off track―right from the start. The opening scene, with Mandy and Roy (Mitch Martin and Matt Birman) getting slaughtered at the beach, is distressingly pedestrian and worse, obvious, looking like a hundred other such scenes you've seen in countless other suspense/horror outings. Hough regains his visual footing in later scenes (the library museum attack is believably frightening), mounting a few suspenseful sequences with some interesting framing, while regularly inserting off-putting, unnerving throw-aways to keep us off balance (Ireland examining a body...which turns out to be a mannequin). Hough, going against conventions of the time, shoots the rapes from the neck up, letting the horrified faces of the victims, and our imaginations, do the rest (even with occasional nudity, they're gratefully not intended to titillate). Indeed, the gentlemanly Hough only gets gory with the men; the barn kill of the farmer is memorably grotesque (shovel to the neck, with the victim blowing off his own foot). However, these scenes, no matter how well intentioned or mounted, only work individually; the movie on the whole is a fitful, herky-jerky experience.
Now, I like a good red herring as much as the next moviegoer, but there's a big difference between a deliberate dodge to happily trick and confuse me, and either undeveloped or chopped-up plot points. And Incubus is loaded with vague, aborted tangents. Why is Sam so...bothered by his 18-year-old daughter dating Tim? Why does Jenny sit on the edge of her father's bed, kissing him on the mouth and telling him she'll never leave him? Better yet, why is Sam watching her coming out of the shower (and looking quite guilty about it)? If an incestuous theme was intended, why beat around the bush about it? Is that why Sam seems intent on Jenny not stirring up talk in the "gossipy" town of Galen? Or is he worried they might discover he murdered his wife...or didn't he (Cassavettes, who looks absolutely f*cking crazy here, would seem to be prime suspect number one for the rapes, even to Barney Fife)? He certainly flashes on her dead body more than once, as Hough shoots him like the incubus (and why does Sam flash on Jenny as the unseen girl in Tim's final dream?). Why use Laura as the body of Sam's wife, and not tie it in somehow? Speaking of Laura, what is her character doing that is so wrong―she is a reporter and owner of the newspaper―that p.o.s P.O. Walden? When Laura discovers these same rapes occurred 30 years ago...wouldn't someone in the town also remember that little detail―like, um...copper Walden? And what's with all the sperm? Sometimes it's dry humping, sometimes it's Niagara Falls? Mind telling me why the difference? Why is it red? How and why does it "move differently," according to Sam? If it's important enough to keep obsessing on it in the movie, couldn't I be given an answer, then? And how about those "witchhunter" Galens, who, according to Agatha, have always been witchhunters? Okay...wanna tell me about that? Is Galen some kind of witchfinder/witch/incubus nexus in the universe? Seems like a pretty important plot point to throw out there in the movie's last ten minutes...without explanation. Worst of all, if you're going to go through the trouble of mocking up a fairly convincing representation of said incubus...can I see it for more than a few seconds at the end of the movie?
Looking back, that's a whole lot of unanswered questions that either points to really crappy scripting, or some desperate post-production second guessing. Either way, the sum of Incubus is definitely not equal to its parts.
The DVD:
The Video:Since this is a check-disc, no rating on the A/V until we get the final street product.
The Audio:Since this is a check-disc, no rating on the A/V until we get the final street product.
The Extras:Except for that Katarina girl (I just wish she'd play these intro and exit bumpers straight, instead of all those exaggerated hand gestures and bad jokes), there's an original trailer for Incubus, along with trailers for Death Ship, Day of the Animals, Alley Cat, Mortuary, The Hearse, The House on Sorority Row, The Return and Humongous.
Final Thoughts:Whether it was messed up from the start or after they took the shears to it, Incubus stinkubuses. A rental is recommended for Cassavettes and for 80s horror completists―not exactly an overlapping group.


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Apparently we'll get a Darth Revan minifig with $75+ purchase from May 3-5. Kind of lame, IMO, since there aren't any KOTOR sets for him to go with. Plus I was hoping for the red protocol droid.
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Start saving your dollars. We already told you that Apple was working on a larger 15-inch MacBook Air and now a "premium Mac accessory maker" has informed tech blog ElectricPig that 15-inch Air's are coming in April. Whoo boy!
The news comes hot off yesterday's speculation that Apple has ditched Nvidia's Kepler GPUs for integrated graphics in its 15-inch notebooks.
Here's the skinny straight from ElectricPig:
This particular company is a key player in MacBook docking solutions, so they've got to keep abreast of the finer details of what's coming. And what is coming? If you take our source's word for it, a 15-inch MacBook Air with ports on both sides, no optical drive and no ethernet cable.
ElectricPig's source went on to say that its not sure if Apple will completely do away with the "Pro" brand and that the 17-inch MacBook Pro could stick around. That sounds about right, for now.
It all makes perfect sense. The MacBook Air is no longer the underdog in the Mac family. It's estimated that the MacBook Air now accounts for 28 percent of Apple's notebook shipments, fueling the increased demand for solid-state drives and long-lasting batteries.
Look no further than at Intel's Ultrabook rally and it becomes even more clear that the Air and its svelte shape is the blueprint for all notebooks moving forward.
If Apple does drop 15-inch Airs next month, expect them to have everything a 13-inch MacBook Air has (11-inch MacBook Airs don't have an SD card slot), but with new Ivy Bridge processors and likely larger batteries.
You should also expect to pay more for a 15-inch Air as well. Current 13-inch Airs top out at $1700 (custom made-to-order 1.8GHz processor), so expect that figure to be higher for the larger screen and possibly higher resolution.
Not an Apple fan? That's alright too because Asus and Acer are reportedly readying their own 15-inch Ultrabooks as well.
It's going to be a great year to buy a laptop — Apple-branded or not — ones that won't kill your back.
ElectricPig, via AppleInsider


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Connecticut Accused of Lying Over Transgender Teen Held in Solitary Confinement
From Vice
A transgender teen with a horrific history as a victim of rape, abuse, and trafficking is being held in solitary confinement at an adult prison in Connecticut, yet has still not been formally charged. Still, the state not only failed to protect her, but may have even lied about its mistakes.
VICE News has obtained court documents that show Connecticut's Department of Children and Families (DCF) Commissioner Joette Katz may have intentionally mislead the public last month.
In November, the 16-year-old transgender girl known as Jane Doe was deemed a delinquent because of her history of violently fighting with other girls and staff at the facilities where she'd been housed since being taken into DCF custody at the age of 12. In April, after an alleged assault on a staff member, she was transferred at the request of DCF to York Correctional Institution, the adult women's prison in Niantic. (more…)


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1813 - 1901
Historical Period:
The 19th Century
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is one of the most important opera composers. His liberal political views and his strong Italian nationalism colored many of his works.


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Another day, another Nürburging run with a heavily-disguised future Italian exotic. But hey, I'm not complaining, especially when the car in question is LaFerrari, Ferrari's amazing new hybrid halo car.
The good news we can get from this video is that LaFerrari will sound spectacular. I mean, its 963 horsepower V12 is nothing to sneeze at, hybrid or not. It definitely hits all the right notes, if you know what I mean.
Also, can we get that camo as an option on the production car? I actually think it's pretty cool-looking.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Prosecutors say a suburban New York man who ran onto the field during the All-Star game at Citi Field faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The suspect allegedly did it on a Twitter dare.
Queens district attorney Richard Brown says 18-year-old Dylan McCue-Masone of Shirley, on Long Island, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday. He's charged with interfering with a professional sporting event.
Brown says McCue-Masone allegedly initiated a dare to run onto the field if he received 1,000 responses to his tweet about it.
McCue-Masone also faces civil penalties of $5,000. He was released without bail and is due back in court Sept. 11.
He was represented by an attorney from Legal Aid, which did not immediately respond to a comment request Thursday.


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I am so incredibly late with our challenge this week, I am so sorry!!!! I have had so much going on this week with cars being unroadworthy and children's school stuff the week just flew by.
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Determination of Human Penile Electrical Resistance
J Sex Med. 2010 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Tsai VF, Chang HC, Liu SP, Kuo YC, Chen JH, Jaw FS, Hsieh JT.
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Introduction. Electrosurgery has been a surgical application since the late 19th century. Although many urologists take this daily application for granted, the effects of electrical treatment on penile nerves and vessels have not been well documented.
Methods. Measurement of the electrical characteristics of three human penises in order to create models to analyze the effect of electricity on penile nerves and vessels.
Results. Electrical resistivity (rho) of the penile shaft is 127.14 Omega . cm at 500 kHz. Electrical current density (J) of the penis shaft is 71.06 mA/cm(2), nerve (60.23 mA/cm(2)), vessel (67.93 mA/cm(2)), and return electrode (2.11 mA/cm(2)). Electrical field strength (E) of the whole penis shaft is 9.03 volt/cm. The proportion of generated heat on the penis is four times as much as on other body parts of the circuit.
Conclusions. Potential and subclinical injury to erectile tissue caused by electrosurgery on the penis cannot be underestimated.


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|Perl-Sensitive Sunglasses
Let shortcut types have useful behavior in the parameterless caseby jdporter (Canon)
|on Aug 15, 2006 at 13:53 UTC ( #567465=pmdevtopic: print w/replies, xml )
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One of our esteemed monks yesterday proposed to let the cpan:// shortcut type (or "pseudoscheme") have meaningful behavior when written with no parameters ([cpan://]). Seemed reasonable enough, but I don't feel that cpan:// should be special in this regard; so I'm proposing that all shortcut types be similarly extended — or at least those for which some such reasonable behavior can be identified. Specifically, I propose that the following PerlMonks pseudoschemes render as the corresponding link in the parameterless case:
Note that the specific link texts shown above are merely the default; per the usual operation of shortcuts, explicit link text, if given, overrides the default.
Pseudoschemes not listed above either:
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- Stocks To Watch
MannKind Gains, Acorda Therapeutics Loses as Trial Results Released
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Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) has dropped today after announcing the results of a clinical trial.
From Accorda's press release:
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. today announced data from a Phase 2 proof-of-concept study of dalfampridine extended release tablets, 10 mg (dalfampridine-ER) in people with post-stroke deficits. In the study, treatment with dalfampridine-ER was well-tolerated and improved walking, as measured by the Timed 25-Foot Walk test (T25FW).
RBC Capital Markets' Michael Yee and team put the news in context:
In the short-term, ACOR's scripts look a bit mediocre tracking a tad shy of Q3 consensus, and overall new scripts are down too. Longerterm, we believe value creation will need to come from 1) expanding the label to a new indication in "post-stroke" pts which is going into Phase II/III and could theoretically double the commercial sales, 2) its re-myelinating antibody rHigM22 in Phase I might get attention because Biogen's Phase II LINGO re-myelinating program could be very intriguing in H2:14. Risks are that a Paragraph IV should be expected in January 2014 around the corner and the "post-stroke" data is interesting but not as compelling versus the MS indication. Overall, however this will take some time to play out as the next post-stroke study doesn't even begin until Q2:14 so data not until at least 2015+. That said, expectations are pretty low and we think the stock is pretty cheap at $1.1B EV or ~3x sales plus all potential upside from label expansion or pipeline.
MannKind (MNKD), meanwhile, has gained after asking the FDA to approve its inhaled diabetes drug Afrezza. The Associated Presshas the details:
MannKind has no drugs on the market. It first filed for Food and Drug Administration approval of Afrezza in March 2009, and in early 2011 the FDA told the company to run more clinical studies. The agency wanted MannKind to use the studies to compare its new inhaler with an older inhaler that was used in previous studies. In August, MannKind said drug met its goals in both trials.
Cowen's Simos Simeonidis and team warn investors that an FDA approval is not guaranteed:
It appears that the company did these two trials after working closely with FDA, and despite some potential debate about secondary endpoints, which we consider more relevant to commercial impact vs. approvability, both trials met their primary endpoints. So, if AFREZZA were almost any other product, that had met both primary endpoints in two Phase III trials designed after close discussions with FDA, the third time around, approval would probably not be in much debate. However, given that this is AFREZZA, which could be a paradigm-shifting drug on the one hand, has the potential to be used by millions of patients, is a growth factor that is rapidly inhaled into the lungs, and would be the second inhalable insulin, after a product that had potential links (even if they were never fully established, and even if AFREZZA has been shown to have a clean safety profile, up to now) to lung damage and lung cancer, we believe that an approval should not be considered a foregone conclusion. Though we believe that AFREZZA should be approved, based on what has been communicated by MannKind regarding their interactions with the
FDA, especially the agency's willingness and interest in approving AFREZZA, if its full dataset establishes its safety, we also believe there is still the outside chance of a negative surprise in the form of the agency asking MannKind to jump through additional hoops.
Acorda has dropped 6.3% to $33.12 today at 2pm, while MannKind has gained 5.1% to $5.37. Vertexs Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) has gained 3.3% to $73.25, Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX) has jumped 2.4% to $27.86 and Gilead Sciences (GILD) has ticked up 0.8% to $63.18.


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It is quite a long time I did shot the pianist in my blog… probably patience and perseverance are better than aggressive behavior, but today I have been transfixed by an answer from metalink.
Sometimes the issues I submit are a bit exotic but there it was a join with one view using one function and dual returning wrong results. Reproducible at will on any db 10.2.0.4 and below.
After 2 weeks the helpful engineer told me it is fixed with patch 6471020 and in 11g. I asked if he tried it but he said no. As the patch is not available on my platform I asked if could try it but then he came back with an amazing workaround he became from an ARE (advanced resolution engineer) :
Remove the function from the view.


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Police identify Chambersburg homicide victim
Men charged in fatal shooting
Two men are in custody and facing charges in a Chambersburg homicide.
Jason C. Shauf, 38, and Carl L. Varner, 54, are both charged with first-degree and second-degree murder, robbery, burglary and criminal conspiracy.
The pair entered a home in the 300 block of East King Street Monday night with guns and ordered the residents to the second floor, demanding money and property, police said.
One of them fired a round into the ceiling of a bedroom, and the other fatally shot a man, police said.
Police identified the victim as Victor Hugo Campos-Olguin, 29, and said he died of a single gunshot wound to the neck.
On Tuesday morning, State police took Shauf into custody at a home in the 100 block of Sollenberger Road in Hamilton Township, according to police.
Chambersburg police said they took Varner into custody Tuesday afternoon at a home in the 200 block of East McKinley Street in the borough.
Shauf and Varner are both in Franklin County Prison.


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Story highlights
- Paris is suffering from a world-famous taxi shortage, says David Frum
- Despite attempts at reform, the number of taxis has increased only 14% since 1937, he says
- Europe's economic crisis is embodied in France's failure to fix this problem, Frum says
- Frum: Europe's anti-competitive rules that prevent hiring are an economic burden
The taxi rocked to the pounding sounds of French rap music.
My wife turned to our hostess. "Can you ask him to turn it down?"
The hostess waved her hands nervously. "No, it will only offend him." She explained: The massive Paris taxi shortage had transformed the city's cab drivers into so many motorized Soup Nazis: "My cab, my music; if you don't like it -- walk."
Back in 1937, Paris capped the number of taxi permits at 14,000. Now, 75 years later, a bigger and vastly richer Paris receives some 27 million tourist visits per year -- and the number of cabs has edged up less than 14%, to 15,900. Result: In wind and rain and baking sun, Parisians must stand in long lines at taxi stands for cabs that never come.
In 2007, the new government of Nicolas Sarkozy proposed to supplement the existing fleet. It would license 6,500 new cars in Paris, 23,500 in the rest of France. The proposal triggered a strike that shut down the city for a day -- and frightened Sarkozy into surrender.
Five years later, it's as difficult to find a cab in Paris as ever. (Paris has about 2,000 more cab licenses than New York, which has a much bigger population, but New York has a vast fleet of cars for hire to supplement medallion cabs -- and except for the luxury market, car services are illegal in Paris.)
On the list of world problems, the difficulties of Paris taxi riders may seem to rank low.
Think again.
Almost 3 million French people are now out of work, the severest unemployment in 12 years. Millions more have quit the workforce altogether, subsisting on disability pensions or other social benefits.
Prolonged mass unemployment in Europe has triggered a global debate about the euro currency, and rightly so. Yet it's also true that every day, people in Europe are denied work by dumb laws that prevent willing customers from hiring them.
Adding 30,000 new taxi licenses in France would mean more than 90,000 daily taxi shifts: In other words, upwards of 90,000 new jobs.
And it's not just taxis. France's Raffarin law strictly regulates the creation of new retail premises. Anyone who wishes to create a new store in France of more than 300 square meters must first gain permission from a government commission that includes -- wait for it! -- other existing retailers. In Germany likewise, the federal government until recently forbade stores to stay open past 10 p.m. (In 2011, the federal government transferred authority over hours to the states, some of which have chosen to allow longer openings.)
In almost every European country, restrictions on firing workers have made employers very reluctant about hiring in the first place. That hesitation -- plus heavy payroll taxes that raise hiring costs -- explain why so many European restaurants, cafes, and shops seem so lightly staffed compared to their American counterparts.
These are not macroeconomic issues. They don't involve central banks or currency policy. These are anti-competitive rules that prevent hiring that employers would want to do even in bad economic times.
Fixing these rules requires some political courage, which is never in super-abundant supply. But courage is not the only thing needed. Imagination and ingenuity are even more important.
Go back to our Parisian taxi drivers. Why are they so opposed to adding to the taxi fleet? Interestingly, they're not concerned about competition for fares: They know as well as anybody that the cab shortage is leaving money quite literally standing on the sidewalk.
What concerns them, rather, is the value of their licenses. Paris drivers have paid nearly 200,000 euros for their licenses -- money they have usually borrowed and must work frantically to repay. Drivers regard their licenses as precious capital assets, which they hope to resell in turn.
If the fleet increases, the value of those licenses would presumably drop. Sarkozy's 2007 reform proposals called for giving away the 30,000 additional licenses for free. It said nothing about compensating the existing licensees. If drivers had been reassured on that point, they might have been mollified -- and if they still protested, overriding such protests would have been easier.
France's new president, Francois Hollande, has yet to take a stance on this.
It's not enough for Europe's would-be reformers to summon their courage. They must also be shrewd -- and that's no easy task in a crisis terrifying enough to cause almost anyone to lose his or her head.
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Limit CPU usage of Linux process
cpulimit is a small program written in C that allows to limit CPU usage by Linux process. Limit is specified in percentage so it's possible to prevent high CPU load generated by scripts, programs or processes. I found cpulimit pretty useful for the scripts running from cron, for example I can do overnight backups and be sure that compression of 50GB file via gzip won't eat all CPU resources and […]Read more →


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2003 News Releases > March 2003 > WBU students take semester hiatus for mission work
WBU students take semester hiatus for mission work
PLAINVIEW - Zack Greer will be the first to admit that mission work "is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life." But he also said returning to the states in January to finish his education at Wayland Baptist University left him feeling split between his native country and Tanzania, the African nation he'd called home for the last seven months.
Greer and his sister, Penny, both juniors at Wayland, took their summer and fall semesters off from school to do mission work in Tanzania with their parents, James and Dana Greer, missionaries there since April 2001.
It was the Greer children's first visit to Africa, though both Zack and Penny have done summer mission work both in the U.S. and abroad. For them, missions was a big part of family life and they knew their parents would eventually go into full-time mission service.
"They tried to go (into missions) years ago, but we were too old then and the IMB didn't want them taking older children into the field," Zack said. "We knew it was going to happen eventually."
"We wanted to do it with them," Penny added. "We would have been good MKs (missionary kids)."
James Greer, who had served in all facets of church ministry and was serving as pastor in Athens, announced in the summer of 2000 that he and his wife would finally be going into missionary service. Their children, who had been attending Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, began looking into universities to transfer and complete their education.
Though they weren't considering Wayland at first - East Texas was home to them at the time - they began looking into the West Texas school and, as Penny says, "It just all worked out. All the puzzle pieces fell into place." With two sets of grandparents in Pampa, the pair knew they'd also be close to at least some family, though their parents would be miles away in Africa.
In their Spring 2002 semester, Zack and Penny said they began talking about visiting their parents, but not just for a holiday.
"The way I saw it, I didn't want to go if I couldn't do ministry," Zack said. "We talked with Dad and he suggested we do a people-group study."
Working through the Tanzanian government, the International Mission Board and the university, Zack and Penny were able to get clearance to spend the remainder of 2002 in Tanzania, studying the Makonde people.
The elder Greers had been the first Baptists to work among the Makonde, who Zack describes as a remote people who live in mud huts and have no electricity, no running water and primitive living conditions. Famous for their carvings on wood and other materials, the Makonde are also a large people group, with a population of about one million.
After arriving in Newala, Tanzania, the younger Greers spent the first months learning the Swahili language and forming relationships with the Makonde people. After they had gotten more acquainted, they began visiting more in-depth with the nationals in order to learn their history, culture, customs and language and record much of what they learned. Penny worked among the women primarily, while Zack formed bonds with the males in the village.
"They were just so excited that we wanted to know more about them," Penny said. "They would talk about everything very openly."
After collecting many stories, Penny and Zack compiled a lengthy report on the Makonde for use by the IMB, the Tanzanian government and Wayland. They were also able to work with their parents, who are church planters, in developing more preaching points in the area.
While in Tanzania, Zack and Penny were able to see the first church among the Makonde started in the village of Chitandi. Within weeks, what began as a preaching point underneath a grove of trees had blossomed into a temporary building made of bamboo. The students were also able to see God's work among the Tanzanian people.
"The country is 98 percent Muslim, but the Lord really prepared the hearts of the people before we got there," Zack said. "At our first service in Chitandi, we had a pastor from Pampa visit and speak and about 40 people were saved. Many of those were the Islamic leaders, and the other Muslims there were all wondering what they would do now for worship since their leaders had become Christian."
Though they weren't enrolled in college, Zack and Penny said they learned many lessons through their experiences with the Makonde and both said the visit affirmed their calls to mission service. Zack noted that the length of their stay was important to the decision, since it gave them a real chance to know what time away from their own cultures was like.
"I learned that as Americans, many times we base our happiness on material things, but the Makonde build their lives on relationships," he said. "Christians there bond together better than we do, too. If we would quit tearing each other down and really united together, we'd be a lot more effective."
Penny said the attitude of the Makonde made an impact on her too.
"The women there get up every day and walk to get water from the bottom of the plateau, but they were so happy," she said. "They had nothing, but were so happy all the time. They always had a smile."
Penny, a religion major and music minor at Wayland, and Zack, a religion major and English minor, both intend to pursue missions after they graduate in December 2004.


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Well I WAS trying to encourage a new member to join in
There is lots of "common ground". (except with Marduk)
yeah i bet brew must think you're really mature especially as I didn't say a word about you Beaglethat's Marduk every day, all the time. All the other posters are great people.
like your first post to me at this forum where you accused me of being dishonest and said that anything I said was invalid because I had a secret agenda, which I didn't
or that time in one thread where you accused me of being both a orthodox club member and a pseudoscientist at the same time
go look in the mirror if you want to see something worthy of your contempt
you clearly have been the agitator all along