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Barcia, Seely, Politelli on Pulpmx Show
The rains have stopped in Seattle and it's just in time for the Pulpmx Show presented by BTOSports.com to hash out what happened up there. Now, with just two rounds left in the supercross series, hosts David Vuillemin and Steve Matthes will talk about Seattle and all that happened as well as entertain and give away. We've got two tickets to the Lucas Oil Thunder Valley MX National to give away as well to a lucky listener.
Team Honda Muscle Milk's Justin Barcia was coming off a couple of fourths when he grabbed the holeshot in Seattle and never looked back. Bam-Bam Barcia got his second win on the year and entrenched himself into fourth in the 450SX standings. Justin's had a solid rookie season on the CRF450 and we'll have him on tonight to talk about all of that.
TLD Honda's Cole Seely didn't make the podium in Seattle but he probably should have. Doing it for 805-nation out there, Seely didn't get the start he wanted but he was very fast and ripped through the pack with ease. In the end Cole came up a bit short for the last podium spot but we haven't had him on in a while and wanted to catch up with him to see what's up.
HRT Honda's Austin Politelli, in his second year in the class, has proven that 2014 could see him on the box indoors. The kid backed up his fourth at San Diego all those weeks ago with another strong ride for a sixth. And in the process he moved into the top ten in the series. Politelli's got a bright future and we'll talk to him about it tonight.
As usual, the great privateer warrior-turned-salesman Jason Thomas will be on tonight to provide his usual wit and sarcasm to all of us. Maybe even educate us also!
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Gastroparesis is a stomach disorder in which the stomach takes too long in emptying its contents. Stomach muscles become partly or largely paralyzed.
The condition causes problems such as bacterial overgrowth from the fermentation of the food. The food can also harden into solid masses, called bezoars, that may cause nausea, vomiting, and, sometimes, obstruction in the stomach. Such blockages can be dangerous if they block the passage of food into the small intestine.
Causes/risk factors
Most often, this condition is a complication of type-1 diabetes. It can also occur in persons with type 2 diabetes, although not as frequently. Gastroparesis is caused when the vagus nerve, which controls the movement of food through the digestive tract, is damaged or stops working. When this happens, the stomach's ability to move of food is slowed down or stopped. The vagus nerve becomes damaged in persons with diabetes when blood glucose (sugar) levels remain high over a long period of time.
Other causes of gastroparesis include the following:
- anorexia nervosa;
- surgery on the stomach or vagus nerve;
- postviral syndromes;
- certain medications, particularly those that slow contractions in the intestine;
- smooth muscle or connective-tissue disorders, such as amyloidosis and scleroderma;
- diseases of the nervous system, such as abdominal migraine and Parkinson's disease;
- metabolic disorders, including hypothyroidism.
Not uncommonly, however, no specific cause can be identified.
Signs & symptoms
Common symptoms include:
- nausea;
- vomiting;
- weight loss;
- feeling full early when eating;
- and abdominal bloating and/or discomfort.
In addition to taking a medical history and performing a physical examination, physicians may request the following diagnostic procedures in order to diagnose gastorparesis:
- blood tests (to check blood counts and measure chemical and electrolyte levels);
- barium, upper-GI x-ray;
- barium meal study;
- gastric-emptying study;
- gastric manometry;
- upper endoscopy;
- or x-ay, ultrasound, or CT.
Gastroparesis slows and disrupts the timing of food absorption. Therefore, persons with diabetes should take insulin more often, take insulin after eating instead of before, and check blood glucose levels frequently after eating, administering insulin when necessary.
Gastroparesis is usually a chronic condition, so treatment does not cure it, but rather helps the patient manage the condition. In gastroparesis related to diabetes, the primary goal is to regain control of the blood glucose levels.
Treatments may include:
- medications. Drugs that serve to increase muscle contractions and motility in the stomach, or those that relieve nausea and vomiting, can be helpful;
- dietary modifications. Sometimes, eating six smaller meals more frequently during the day is helpful in controlling gastroparesis. Some physicians recommend several liquid meals a day until blood glucose levels are stable and gastroparesis is stable. Your physician may also recommend avoiding fatty and high-fiber foods, as these can slow digestion and be difficult to digest.
- surgery. Occasionally, when other approaches fail, patients may need to undergo surgery as treatment for gastroparesis. This approach may involve surgeons implanting tubes into the stomach or the small intestine, or modifying the shape of the stomach. See Aria's Division of General Surgery for more on stomach surgery as a treatment for gastroparesis.
- parenteral nutrition. An alternative to the jejunostomy tube is parenteral nutrition, in which nutrients are delivered directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system. The physician places a catheter in a chest vein, leaving an opening on the outside of the skin. A bag with liquid nutrients or medication can be attached to the catheter, allowing the fluid to enter the bloodstream through the vein.


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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - November 2013
|New information material
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|All Pages
Office for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) – redesigned website
The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing States and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) has launched its new and improved website.
The new site introduces a variety of new features:
• A news stream on the home page providing visitors with timely, easy-to-read information affecting LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS
• A page explaining the work of each Unit in a clear and concise manner
• Several pages providing insights into the activities and views of Under-Secretary-General Gyan Chandra Acharya
• An improved calendar feature to keep track of important events
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) – redesigned website
Ahead of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS has released a newly designed website for a more visual and streamlined user experience. The new design features all the latest information about UNAIDS––available through a range of multi-media options.
UN German Translation Section has joined Twitter: @UNgts
If you were not aware that the UN even had a German Translation Section, you may not be alone. While most people know that the six official UN languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish, it is less widely known that German is also represented at the Organization.
The German Translation Section was established pursuant to a General Assembly resolution, is financed by contributions from the German-speaking countries and has been active at UN Headquarters in New York since 1975. The Section translates resolutions and decisions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the annual report of the Secretary-General, the MDG Report and other UN documents of wide public interest.
UN System Organizational Chart – revised version (DPI/2470/Rev.3, August 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/structure/org_chart.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/aboutun/structure/org_chart.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/aboutun/structure/org_chart.shtml
German: http://www.un.org/Depts/german/orgastruktur/dpi2470rev3-german.pdf
Download the newly updated UN Organizational Chart - the new version reflects the changes that took place in the structure of the Organization in the past two years. The chart, which is not an official document, comes in all six official languages and several printable formats. It can be downloaded, embedded in your social media outreach, and printed in black and white or colour.
General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situation
CEDAW Press Release: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13885&LangID=E
UN News Centre Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46312&Cr=women&Cr1=conflict#.Um52ZBBdCTW
OPCW-UN Joint Mission
Looking for updates on activities relating to the destruction of the chemical weapons programme in Syria? A new website provides background on the establishment of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations Joint Mission, reviews its mandate and gives chronology of events including news updates.
It also features OPCW and United Nations information materials and key documentation on the matter. Currently, the website is available in English only with the Arabic version to follow later.
Research Guide: Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War
English: http://research.un.org/en/mines
French: http://research.un.org/fr/mines
This guide was created by the UNOG Library and the United Nations Library in collaboration with the United Nations Mine Action Service. It provides information on landmines, explosive remnants of war, and other weapons of societal disruption. It presents key documents, treaties, statistics and web resources, and exists in English and French versions.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 30 September 2013 (DPI/1634/Rev.149, October 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
German: http://archive.unric.org/html/german/dpi1634dt.pdf
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: 30 September 2013 (DPI/2166/Rev.123, October 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/ppbm.pdf
French: https://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/ppbmf.pdf
German: http://archive.unric.org/html/german/dpi2166dt.pdf
United Nations Political Missions (DPA)
Political missions deployed in volatile environments around the world are making a proven difference in defusing tensions, bringing countries back from the brink of conflict and building sustainable peace, says a recently published report on the missions, most of which are overseen by the Department of Political Affairs.
2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey - Summary Findings (UNODC)
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 36 per cent in 2013, a record high, according to the 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey released on 13 November 2013 in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and UNODC. Meanwhile, opium production amounted to 5,500 tons, up by almost a half since 2012.
Africa Adaptation Gap Report (UNEP)
Africa faces huge financial challenges in adapting to climate change that spells out the costs faced by the continent if Governments fail to close the "emissions gap" to keep warming below 2°C. Adaptation costs for Africa could reach approximately $350 billion annually by 2070 should the 2-degree target be significantly exceeded, while the cost would be around $150 billion lower per year if the target was to be met.
Business, Corruption and Crime in the western Balkans: The impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise (UNODC)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the European Commission (EC) jointly released a survey on 24 October 2013 showing that corruption plays a significant role in the daily business of many companies in the western Balkans. Based on interviews with more than 12,700 companies, the survey shows that corruption is the third biggest obstacle to doing business in the region. On average, one in ten businesses that had contact with public officials paid bribes over a 12-month period.
Global Tuberculosis Report 2013 (WHO)
The eighteenth global report on tuberculosis provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported by 197 countries and territories that account for over 99% of the world's TB cases.
HIV and Aging – a special supplement to global AIDS epidemic report for 2013 (UNAIDS)
The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has released a supplement to the 2013 UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic focused on the issue HIV and aging.
Knowledge Gateway for Women's Economic Empowerment
UN Women, with the support of the Government of Canada, launched a new site - the Knowledge Gateway for Women's Economic Empowerment. The mission of the Gateway is to offer a user-friendly community where one can find and share resources, materials and tools on women's economic empowerment, and connect with experts, peers, networks and potential partners. The Knowledge Gateway connects international, regional, national and local organizations and networks, including the UN system, governments, academia, civil society and the private sector. It consists of a Knowledge Library, which houses up-to-date materials, technical resources and best practices on business and economic opportunities for women, Knowledge Circles – where members can participate in ongoing e-discussions or start their own around nine thematic areas related to women's economic empowerment. It also offers a learning center, which offers access to learning resources, webinars, online courses and other curated materials for professional growth and a Knowledge Network which allows people to search leaders, experts, peers with similar interest and expertise.
On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives (World Bank)
A new scientific report - produced by the Bank and the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) - shows that by moving rapidly to reduce such short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP), we could slow the warming in critical snow and ice-covered regions with multiple benefits as a result.
State of the World Population 2013: Motherhood in Childhood - Facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy (UNFPA)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.unfpa.org/swp
German: http://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/WBB_2013/WBB_2013_100_dpi.pdf
Motherhood in childhood is a huge global problem, especially in developing countries, where every year 7.3 million girls under 18 give birth. Of these 7.3 million births, 2 million are to girls 14 or younger, who suffer the gravest long-term health and social consequences from pregnancy, including high rates of maternal death and obstetric fistula.
UNEP Synthesis Report "The Emissions Gap Report 2013"
Report & Executive Summary: http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/emissionsgapreport2013/
The Report, involving 44 scientific groups in 17 countries, finds that although pathways exist that could reach the 2oC target with higher emissions, not narrowing the gap will exacerbate mitigation challenges after 2020.
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential (UNEP / UN Women / UNDP / PBSO)
Published jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equity and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), this report is the product of a two-year collaboration between the four partners to: (i) improve the understanding of the complex relationship between women and natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and (ii) make the case for pursuing gender equality, women's empowerment and sustainable natural resource management together in support of peacebuilding.
How to Follow Up on United Nations Human Rights Recommendations: A Practical Guide for Civil Society (OHCHR)
This new guide describes methods and activities that civil society actors can use to promote the implementation of human rights recommendations as well as existing follow-up procedures and practices of UN human rights mechanisms and how civil society can participate. Complemented by real experiences contributed by civil society actors and OHCHR field presences, the Guide offers a menu of options from which civil society actors can select on the basis of their own priorities and capacity.
Mainstreaming Human Rights in Development: Stories from the field (United Nations Development Group)
The publication describes how human rights principles and mechanisms have been incorporated successfully into national development processes drawing on the convening power of the UN, its normative role and its impartiality, explains the work of six UN country teams, made up of many different agencies, that has yielded positive results in such diverse areas as prison reform, addressing discrimination, and integrating human rights in local water and sanitation development planning.
One-pagers on human rights issues
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has produced a series of one-pagers that provide concise and practical information on complex human rights issues:
• Core human rights in the two Covenants: http://is.gd/YamsUf
• Death penalty: http://is.gd/zg2ygm
• Free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples: http://is.gd/gQQI2H
• Gender-related killings of women and girls: http://is.gd/oD95Iz
• Maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights: http://is.gd/9numYB
• National action plans against racial discrimination: http://is.gd/lcBfj1
• Participation of minorities in policing: http://is.gd/p9xt3F
• Trafficking in persons: http://is.gd/qj8fUi
• Transitional justice: http://is.gd/KRDmBd
• Xenophobia: http://is.gd/4OYh76
Realizing Women's Rights to Land and Other Productive Resources (OHCHR / UN Women)
The report argues that women's rights to land are directly linked to global food security and sustainable development. There are also gender-specific problems that can be addressed through secure land rights, such as protection against violence and HIV.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
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VBAC is a safe birth option - your scar is strong! If you are interested in a VBAC, HBAC, VBA2C or more, or if you've already had one, share your thoughts, feelings and experiences here.
A collection of VBAC articles, studies, information and resources to best prepare you for your VBAC.
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Fred M. Crosby, Prop.
1895 - 1900 [burned & never rebuilt]
Hampton, N.H.
[From a pamphlet produced by the hotel in 1899]
This little New Hampshire town is located on the Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, forty-eight miles distant from Boston.
It has long been famous as a resort for summer tourists, as the familiar faces of its guests, returning each succeeding year, plainly testify.
It is also well know from the fact that several of the subjects of [John Greenleaf] Whittier's poems are located there.
Church-goers will find a good variety of churches, and the stores of the town are well stocked with goods to meet the requirements of summer visitors.
An electric road furnishes connections with Exeter, N.H., and Amesbury, Mass.
"The Leonia"
The Leonia is located on "Nook Lane Road," [now High Street] two miles distant from the centre of the town. It was first opened to the public in the summer of 1895, at that time being only a small house.
In 1896 the house was enlarged by the addition of sleeping apartments, new dining hall, broad piazzas, etc., and during this season and the following one of 1897, the hotel enjoyed a large patronage and came rapidly to the front as a resort house.
For the season of 1898, the house was still further enlarged by the addition of twenty-four new sleeping apartments, a large Dance and Music Hall (35x50), Card Room, Private Dining-Room and Billiard Room. A complete Electric Light Plant together with Electric Bells were also installed.
The Drainage has received special attention, and is carried to a low point far removed from the house. The Sanitary Plant has been installed under the strictest supervision, and including the plumbing has been renewed after the latest and most approved styles, making it perfect in every detail.
Tennis Courts, Croquet and Ball Grounds adjoin the house, and ample accommodation has been made for bicycles.
The large Dining Hall, seating 125 persons, and having a beautiful outlook toward the ocean on one side and the country on the other, is a feature of the house.
The easterly approach has been beautified by the addition of a fine "Portecochere." Telegraph and Long-Distance Telephone Lines, while not located at the house, are accessible in the village. The drinking water is obtained from an Artesian Well bored through solid rock 28 ft., and the water service for the house, fire apparatus, etc., is obtained from a large tank located 60 ft. in the air. Fish and Lobsters are obtained daily by a special house fisherman.
Two Mails arrive at, and depart from, the house daily.
A broad Piazza (10 ft.) encircles the house, giving a promenade of over 500 ft.
The Private Dining Hall adjoins the main dining hall, and can be used either separately or in connection with the larger.
A Laundry is in connection, where the washing of the guests can be attended to at moderate prices.
The house is only a short distance from the beach, but a coach makes trips during bathing hours which may be patronized if desired.
The Entertainment of the guests is one of the features, and hops, card parties, musicales, etc., are being continually planned, the musical part being looked after by a full orchestra.
A fine boarding and livery stable is in connection, supplied with the finest and best equipped teams along the shore. The prices are moderate and a goodly variety of turnouts is offered for selection.
North Beach
North Beach, as it is known in Hampton, is comparatively a new beach to tourists, the "Leonia" being the first hotel to call it to the notice of the public in the summer of 1895. It is a smooth, hard beach, and affords fine facilities for bathing. The bath houses built by the hotel in 1896 are of the latest type. A new Government Life Saving Station adjoins the bath houses and is an object of interest to patrons of this beach.
The drives around Hampton and the adjoining towns are worthy of more than special mention. Along the shore and through the pine woods, with which this part of the state abounds, and the beautiful picturesque country, are found a great variety of drives, over smooth, hard roads, making it specially attractive for teams and bicyclists.
Scenic Location
The hotel is located on an elevation of ground, 50 ft. above sea level.
From the piazzas and also from all rooms on east and south sides of the house, a magnificent ocean view is obtained from Cape Ann on the south to the Isles of Shoals on the north. These celebrated islands are but ten miles off shore from the hotel, and are plainly visible.
From the piazzas and from all rooms on south, west and north sides of the house an equally good country view is obtained.
Large Pine Groves are located at the rear and sides of the house.
Wild flowers and berries grow in great abundance all through this section of the country.
Owing to the fact that Ipswich Bay is located at the south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east of the hotel, all breezes from these points are ocean breezes, making the climate during the summer months cool, agreeable and all that can be desired.
The location of the "Leonia," combining as it does both seaside and country, makes it one of the most desirable along the North Shore.
The hotel will open June 1st and close October 1st, 1899. (Approximate dates.)
Second Floor:All rooms on this floor are large, comfortable rooms, having two window to each room. Prices for months of July and August range from $5.00 to $15.00 per week.
Third Floor: Large, comfortable rooms prevail on this floor. Prices for the months of July and August range from $5.00 to $10.00 per week.
Table board (American Plan) $10.00 per week per person.
Transient rates $3.00 per day.
Special rates for June and September and to families or parties desiring to remain longer than two months.
The house is admirably adapted for house parties during June and September.
[The Leonia was destroyed by fire on July 13, 1900.]


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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Without his signature, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has allowed legislation that will require doctors to be in the room for the initial dose of a drug used in medication abortions.
Nixon announced Friday he would not sign the bill that effectively prohibits the use of telemedicine to provide medication abortions in Missouri. Without the signature, the bill becomes law.
The Guttmacher Institute that supports abortion rights said 10 states require a prescribing doctor be present. Enforcement of the requirement has been temporarily blocked in North Dakota and Wisconsin because of litigation.
Planned Parenthood for the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri says it has not used telemedicine for medication abortions. But that option has been available since 2008 in Iowa.


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Facebook Wants to Eavesdrop on Your Entertainment
May 23, 2014 5:58 AM PT
Facebook is rolling out a new feature that encourages users to share their entertainment experiences on mobile devices.
The new audio identifier uses the gadget's microphone to listen in on any content playing. When posting a status update, a Facebook user will see an audio icon moving on the screen, searching to identify a song, TV show or movie. If it finds a match, the user can choose to share it.
When users share a song, their friends will be able to preview a 30-second snippet. In the case of TV shows, posts will include information about the season and episode being watched so as to encourage conversation among other users that are watching but avoid spoilers.
The feature is optional, and users will have to turn it on to enable it. The sound is not stored, so it won't be possible to use the feature to record ambient audio. If users do decide to enable the feature, the posts will be like any others on Facebook -- users can choose who sees them and who doesn't.
Android and iOS users in the U.S. can expect to see the feature roll out over the coming weeks.
Monetizing Entertainment
Facebook's move comes as social networks are competing to become the primary second screen for discussions of shows and music. However, creating that hub is about more than just giving users another option for their status updates, said Alfred Poor, senior technologist at aNewDomain.
"This is not about customer engagement and doing something to please Facebook users," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It's about trying to make even greater profit for Facebook. This feature indeed has a social element, but the primary value is that Facebook can sell this information to advertisers and other clients."
Facebook has been slower than some of its competitors to recognize the importance of those advertisers looking to capitalize on a second screen, but it's about time it launched such a product, said Peter Koeppel, founder and president of Koeppel Direct.
"It's a way for Facebook to compete more effectively against Twitter, which boasts a sizable audience that tweets about TV shows while a show is airing and now allows ads targeting people having a conversation on Twitter about a TV show," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It also enables Facebook to compete for TV advertising dollars by targeting the same audience that is watching a particular TV show."
Race for the 2nd Screen
Facebook's approach to becoming the No. 1 second screen is a good one, said Renaud Fuchs, director at Alvarez & Marsal Europe.
"Facebook's strategy is smart here, because it makes it Facebook-centric rather than TV-centric," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It's clever, because the approach so far has been TV-centric, meaning a TV show is telling their viewers to use social media to tell their friends they're watching a show, and including a hashtag. But this is coming from within Facebook, so it makes the post inherently about Facebook rather than only about a certain TV show."
Only time will tell if users -- especially the younger ones that Facebook needs to attract and retain -- will adopt that approach to sharing their digital entertainment habits, said Poor. The company also might have to iron out legal issues to make sure it is not playing content that's been obtained illegally. For right now, however, it's a sure bet that Facebook will reel in some extra ad dollars from the feature.
"Whether this helps stem the outgoing tide of Facebook's relevance among younger users remains to be seen," he added. "I'm not sure that it will bring back the younger users -- but it appears to be doing just fine with older users. I expect that it will likely make money for Facebook."


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- WWE United States Champion Antonio Cesaro turns 32 years old today. Other stars celebrating birthdays today include Bill "Demolition Ax" Eadie (65), Bart Gunn (49), Bill Goldberg (46), Andy Leavine (25) and Chyna (42).
- Via Twitter, Paul Heyman had words for Ryback as the two will wrestle each other in a singles match at tonight's RAW live event from Madison Square Garden. Heyman tweeted last night:
"The storm pounding New York City tonight is NOTHING compared to the beating I'm handing Ryback tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden!"
- WWE Superstar Ezekiel Jackson, who has been injured for months now, told fans on Twitter that he knows when he will be returning to the ring and that it will be soon.


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In last week's Hacker Challenge, we asked you to share your best travel hack. We received some great entries, but the winning hack shows us that wearing a jacket with zippered pockets is the easiest way to get through security quickly.
Check out the description of the winning entry below and read about some of our other favorite entries.
Winner: Wear Zippered Pockets to Get Through Security in a Flash
Matthew always wears a jacket with zippered pockets when he flies, regardless of the weather. As he approaches the security checkpoint, he puts everything—keys, wallet, phone, jewelry, and so on—into the pockets and zips them up. When he gets to the checkpoint, he's all ready to go. And at the other end, all he has to do is grab his jacket, notebook, and shoes, and he's off to meet his plane. Check out our checklist for breezing through security for more speedy airport tricks, while you're at it.
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Honorable Mentions
We got a lot of great entries and we'd be remiss if we didn't share some of our favorites. Here are some of the entries that really impressed us.
Carry Mentos on Every Flight
Reader BusBozo suggests carrying Mentos with you on your flights. They work just like chewing gum to help unclog your ears due to pressure changes, but you don't have a wad of gum to dispose of afterward. And if there are children around complaining about their ears, you can be a hero and help them out, too. Just make sure to check with parents before offering any candy to children! You could also substitute your favorite chewy candy if you're not a Mentos fan. Starburst, anyone?
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Put a Copy of Your Boarding Pass in Your Luggage
If there's one thing all travelers can agree on, it's that losing your luggage is a real hassle. BusBozo (providing us with his second tip this week) suggests that you make an extra copy of your boarding pass and place it on top of your clothes in your suitcase, so that it's the first thing anyone who opens your bag sees. If you get separated from your luggage, it's one extra way for the airline to know where the bag was supposed to go. And if you spot your bag in the lost and found, it's another way for you to prove the bag is yours.
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Carry an RF Adapter to Connect Your Laptop to Old Hotel TVs
Most travelers take along a laptop, tablet, or smartphone loaded up with some way to watch movies. When you're in a hotel room, it's great to be able to connect those devices to the TV in your room and watch on a bigger screen. It sure beats paying hotel movie rental prices! But what if you're staying in a hotel with an older TV that doesn't provide modern inputs for your device? Reader Michael suggest carrying around an RF to Composite adapter with you. It's a very small, inexpensive device that lets you connect composite cables (the video and audio cables with RCA plugs) to the cable or antenna jack on the back of older TVs.
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A big thanks to everyone who took the time to send us entries! Be sure to check back every week for a new challenge.
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Regarded as one of Germany's most beautiful pilgrimages, the St. Boniface Route is brimming with natural beauty and cultural gems from Mainz to Fulda. It is also an extraordinary route that follows the path of the funeral procession that took St. Boniface to his final resting place in 754.
The gently rolling hills of the vineyards disappear into valleys and lowlands punctuated with forests, adding a smattering of colour like an artist with his paint and brush... This is a world where you can forget about your everyday troubles. By the time pilgrims can see the distant Frankfurt skyline, they will have long been alienated from that world.
Pilgrims on the St. Boniface Route are moved by a mixture of being at one with nature, learning about cultural history and experiencing spiritual moments. Stops to take pause at old rural chapels, wayside shrines or crosses add to this feeling, for example at St. Michael's Church in Karben with its precious old murals inside the church. It is also worth taking a look around the church garden, as well as the rose garden with its beautiful examples of historic rose species. Coming across the "Hans in Luck" statue at the water trough in Düdelsheim or visiting the Vogelsberg Bible Park in Herbstein offer fleeting moments of happiness. Pilgrims seeking cultural history should pay a visit to St. Martin's Cathedral in Mainz, with its magnificent church built in an architectural style symbolising the once inseparable power of church and state. At the end of the St. Boniface Route, which was consecrated in 2004 to mark the 1,250th anniversary of St. Boniface's death, lies Fulda Cathedral and the saint's resting place. Those wishing to truly revel in their experience can enjoy an extra break at Frauenberg Monastery in Fulda, a Franciscan house of God, to get a real feeling of contentment.
Length of route: approx. 170 km
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Starts: Mainz
Ends: Fulda
Arrival options: Mainz Central Station
Departure options: Fulda Central Station
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Located in the Hennessey Basin on the eastern rim of the Napa Valley, the 761 acres of predominantly undeveloped wilderness property that makes up Kuleto Estate offers a remarkable number of unique growing environments and microclimates. This coupled with three distinctive soil types and an expansive range of plantable elevations makes Kuleto Estate not merely suitable for, but exceptionally appropriate to an astonishing number of varietals.
A modest 90 acres have been planted, with no plans to grow beyond 123 cultivated acres. Of the planted acres, Cabernet Sauvignon represents the largest block, followed by Syrah, Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Muscat. Tended by a dedicated full-time vineyard and winery team of fifteen people with a total production of around 10,000 cases, much of the work both in the vineyard and the winery is lovingly done by hand. With fruit pressed from beautifully maturing vines, the wines of Kuleto Estate reflect the generous character of their terroir.
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Once a year the rarest new Napa Valley wines become available under one roof at Premiere Napa Valley. Wineries throughout the Napa Valley are given one task to participate: create a one-of-a-kind wine for this event to be purchased by one lucky bidder. This event is only open to select members of the wine trade and the successful bidder is the sole owner of this unique wine.
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1. Think about how you are treating others, more than how they are treating you.
The middle school years can cause otherwise normal, healthy people, to become overly egocentric. Being a good friend means you are thinking more about how you can love others than how they are loving you. If everyone does this, then everyone is being loved, cared for, and thought about. When we shift our focus from, "how am I treating you?", to "how are you treating me?", we get all huffy and bent out of shape over all of the ways our friends fall short. When we focus on, "how can I love you?", we are more attentive, thoughtful and quick to offer grace.
2. Don't stir the pot with drama.
There is always one, sometimes two, girls who bring on the drama in every group. I do my best to tell my girls often, "don't be that girl". Drama is really about bringing attention to yourself, and feeling like you are in control of others, in some way. It is usually based on hyper-emotions, quasi-true information, and a whole lot of misinterpreted junk. Drama is never helpful. Ever. Take it from someone who was a whole-lot-o-drama in the past. Drama comes from a place of deep insecurity, and can be toxic. Do your best to diffuse drama when you see it. Speak truth bravely, and don't be manipulated by it.
3. Be mindful of manipulation.
Girls can do this in such covert ways, it should really be considered an art. But, it isn't Christ like. It isn't helpful. It isn't part of being a good friend. Manipulation is about holding something over someone in a way that shows you are in control. Witholding friendship, turning others against someone, threatening to tell someone's secrets, are just a few of the games girls play. They say, "I am in charge here, so you better, grovel, ask forgiveness, or do what I want, or else". Again, I say, "don't be that girl!". Be the girl who keeps her friend's secrets, who quickly reconciles, and who includes others, not excludes them. God is not manipulative, and Jesus never held anything over our heads. Be the type of girl who offers friends safety and security, instead of constant mind games!
4. Forgive freely. Don't make people work for your forgiveness.
Not forgiving is about holding power over someone, in the same way manipulation is. Friendships aren't about power, they are about encouragement. Christ freely forgives, and so should we. It doesn't mean we don't get hurt, and it doesn't mean we don't draw boundaries. But, being a good friend means making it easy for your friends to admit they were wrong. Chances are you will need to be forgiven also, so, offer to others what you would hope they would offer to you.
5. Encourage other's strengths, don't point out their weaknesses.
Be the girl, who is confident in who others have made her, to call out a friend for all of the things she does well. Point out her hidden talents, cheer for her when she makes the team, and congratulate her on an opportunity that maybe you wish you had been given. Speak life to your friends, and avoid being overly critical. Most likely, your friends are more than aware of all of the places where they fall short. Encourage them in the ways God has gifted them. We are all good at something, and your friends successes don't have to mean your failures. They can be your successes as well!
6. Listen.
Be a good listener. Take mental note of what your friends say, and offer constructive feedback. As you get older, this will become easier, but you have to start somewhere. Are you someone who actually hears what her friends are saying, or are you too focused on yourself to get any thing?
7. Be "for" your friends. Choose them. Be on their side.
When someone is talking badly about your friends, stick up for them. Don't join in, just so you can feel cool for the moment. Be the girl who has her friend's back. Also, part of being "for" your friends is wanting what's best for them. If you know a friend is in trouble, or is doing something potentially dangerous, love them enough to tell someone who can help. Even when it is hard, be the friend who looks out for her peeps well being.
8. Say hard things, gently.
Sometimes our friends need to hear the truth. However, when the truth is dripping with sarcasm and cutting words, it isn't all that palatable. Be the girl who can speak the truth with grace, in a way that makes your friends want to chew on it for a while. Pointing things out in a snotty, I-know-better-than-you kind of way, is not helpful.
9. Protect their name.
Wherever you go, make sure that you are always mindful of how you speak about your friends. Make sure that you are never the one running your friend's names in through mud! Talk about them in great ways when they aren't there. Tell others about all of their awesome qualities, and leave when the conversation goes in another direction.
10. Pray for them.
When you listen, you will know how to pray. When you are thinking through how to love them, instead of how they love you, you will know how to pray. When you spend your time with them, you will see areas of need, so you can pray. Ultimately, it is God alone who brings about lasting change, so commit to praying for and with your friends. Battle for them when they can't battle themselves and battle with them when they can.
11. Don't let boys get in the way.
Seriously girls. When you get a boyfriend don't forget your friends. When your friend gets a boyfriend, don't take it personally when she wants to spend some time with them. If you like a boy, but he doesn't like you, but does like your friend, let it go. He wasn't yours to stake your claim on. Don't ditch the girls for any guy. Remember if he is worth keeping, you won't have to.
12. When you are wrong, say you are sorry.
You will be wrong. You will do something to hurt your friend's feelings. When you do, admit it, and apologize with sincerity. Sometimes, you won't be sure if you are wrong. For the sake of unity, let your friend know that you value them, and that you are sorry if you have done something to hurt them. Be a big girl, and be honest with your shortcomings.
13. Pursue Jesus, together.
Pick friends who want to know Jesus as much as you do. The way they do that, might not look exactly like the way you do, but hopefully it will be their desire. If you are both pursuing the Lord, do so in a way that is mutually encouraging. Maybe read the same part of the bible together. Or, you could chat once a week about what God is teaching you. Find some way, no matter how young you are, to make your relationships with God a part of your common ground. If you have a friend who doesn't know the Lord, pray for them, and openly share with them. Be there when they have questions, even if your answer is, "I don't know, but maybe we can find out together". Starting this young, will build a firm foundation for your relationships with other ladies, later on in your life.
14. Serve one another, and serve others together.
Do things that are helpful, thoughtful and needed for your friends. If there is someone in your class, neighborhood or general circle of people, who is in need, serve them with your friends. You really get to know people, when you work along side of them. Be a part of what God is doing in your area, with your friends. And be the girl, who thinks about how she can serve her own friends!
15. Friends won't be perfect, but they are worth it.
Your friends will let you down. They will hurt you, tell a secret of yours, or go after a boy you like. No friend is perfect. But, a good friendship is worth working for. It will require an investment of your time and patience. It will be messy, fun, and everything in between. Fight for your friendships. Work through hard stuff, so that you can continue to grow together. Pray for understanding. Friendship will cost you something, but you will be abundantly blessed by a strong, healthy friendship. So, don't give up on people too quickly. Put in the time and energy to make your friendships great. Be that girl!


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Ash gets depressed after hearing that his previous achievements were just hollow. He manages to capture a Krabby, but sees that the Poké Ball disappeared. Learning that he can have six Poké Balls in possession, he wants to learn if Professor Oak is taking care of it. The heroes go in a nearby lighthouse and meet Bill, who tells them of a mysterious Pokémon. Will they see and hear this mysterious Pokémon before Team Rocket decides to get it?
Episode plot
Ash, Misty, and Brock were walking through a forest. Ash started bragging about how he had caught the three starters, when Misty said that he hadn't caught any of his Pokémon, his Pokémon decided to follow him. This got Ash really mad and he ran through the forest swearing that he would catch his 7th Pokémon, only this time for real. When Ash got to the end of the forest, he found himself on a small beach. While Ash was trying to think of what Pokémon to catch, he saw a small Krabby running around his feet. Ash threw out a Poké Ball and caught it easily. The Poké Ball suddenly transferred to Professor Oak's lab. Ash became frantic about where his Krabby had gone. Brock and Misty come out of the forest and ask Ash what he is doing. Ash responds that he is looking for the Poké Ball that he caught Krabby with. Misty informs him that a Pokemon Trainer can only carry six Pokémon at a time. The other Pokémon get sent to Professor Oak's Lab. Suddenly, Pikachu started jumping up and down and pointing at a building in the distance. They all look over at it a realize that it's a lighthouse and they all race towards it.
By the time they had gotten to the lighthouse, it was dark out and the long walk to the lighthouse had worn them all out. Ash ran the bell and someone said, ""Who's there?"
After Ash and his friends explained their situation and Brock offered to cook the lighthouse keeper a cheeseburger, they were let in. As soon as the door opened, they noticed that no one was there to greet them. Ash asked out loud is he could use the lighthouse's phone and they heard someone say, "Yes, there's a phone right near you". They still didn't know who the lighthouse keeper was.
Ash called Professor Oak about his Krabby and Professor Oak is shown on the phone's screen cooking dinner. Ash gets worried, thinking the Professor is cooking Krabby. Professor Oak assured him that Krabby was safe. Professor Oak showed him the Krabby that Gary had caught. Ash got mad because it was way bigger than Ash's. He went crazy when Professor Oak told him Gary had caught 45 Pokémon while Ash had caught only 7. Professor Oak told him that he is calling from Bill's Lighthouse and that Bill knows more about Pokémon that Professor Oak, so it would be a good idea to listen to him. Ash says goodbye and hangs up the phone.
Suddenly, a giant Kabuto appeared, saying that it was the keeper of the lighthouse. Elsewhere, Team Rocket was outside the perimeter of the lighthouse and they decide to steal everything in there. They decide to climb the cliffs, and then they recite their motto.
Meanwhile, The Kabuto said that his name was Bill and he got stuck inside the Kabuto suit during a research project. Ash, Misty, and Brock help Bill get out of the Kabuto suit. Bill thanks them and tells them that there are 150 different kinds of Pokémon, something Ash didn't know before. Bill also explained that there are many more Pokémon yet to be discovered. He also gave Ash a few things to think about, like "A Meaning for All".
Outside on the cliffs Team Rocket is still climbing the cliffside. Jessie was contemplating on the meaning of it all. Bill says there is one Pokémon he is searching for and it was the biggest Pokémon he had ever seen. He said it was unique and that no one had ever seen it before. He said that one night he had heard a strange noise coming from across the lake and the Pokémon had made the noise. Bill said that was the last time he saw the Pokémon.
They all heard a strange sound and a large Pokémon rose out of the lake. Bill said it was the Pokémon he had heard before. As the Pokémon came closer, they realized that the Pokémon was a Dragonite. The Dragonite came closer and Team Rocket was shown climbing the cliff. When they saw the Dragonite, they started launching missiles to try to catch it. Dragonite got mad and swung his tail at the trio, causing them to fly off into the distance. The Dragonite started to walk away, Bill tried to call it back but it didn't listen.
In the morning, Bill didn't appear upset that the Dragonite had left. He was happy that he just got to see it. With another lesson from Bill, Ash, Misty, and Brock leave the lighthouse waving Bill goodbye.
- "That's right Brock, in the league, a trainer is allowed to carry six Pokémon at a time. What are their names again Ash?" - Narrator
- "Their names are:" - Ash
- "Pikachu." - Pikachu
- "Pikachu, Pidgeotto, Butterfree, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, and I caught them all, fair and square." - Ash
- "Caught them? Ash, all of your Pokémon followed you." - Misty
- "You're always putting me down, but I'll show you! I'm gonna prove to you I can do it! I'm gonna be a Pokémon Master. Stand back and watch me work." - Ash
- "According to the phone book, that lighthouse belongs to Bill, the famous Pokémon researcher." - Jessie
- "Then I guess we've come to the right place, huh?" - James
- "How shall we sneak in? We could take the road, or risk our lives by climbing up the cliffs." - Jessie
- "Well we certainly can't take the road." - James
- "We have to climb up those cliffs." - Jessie
- "Cause we're the bad guys, and the bad guys always gotta sneak in." - Meowth
- "To be truly great criminals we have to do things the hard way." - Jessie
- "And then we'll become hardened-criminals." - James
- "But it will be tough to reach the top..." - Jessie
- "...cause we're afraid of heights!" - Jessie and James
- "It sounds like it's singing." - Misty
- "Would you care to dance?" - Brock
- "Oh, thank you." - Misty
- "What beautiful music." - Jessie
- "It's very haunting, yet so sweet." - James
- "Quite right. I'll attack it at once. But it seems a shame to aim at such a sweet creature." - James
- "Of course it's a shame, we built our fame on shame." - Jessie
- "Go on fire! It's all the shame to me." - Meowth
- This is the first episode that sponsored 1-800-Collect.
- An image of Mewtwo can be seen on the lighthouse's door.
- Bill's chart had all the Generation I Pokémon except Mew. The ones Ash obtained had a red dot over them: Pikachu, Pidgeotto, Butterfree, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and Krabby.
- Bill was voiced by the late Maddie Blaustein.
- At the beginning of the episode, the narrator breaks the fourth wall by talking to Brock and the others.
- The "Who's that Pokémon?" is Krabby.
- The mysterious Pokémon is a secret.
- This is the first episode where there is no battle between Pokémon.
- This is the first episode where Jessie, James and Meowth add the line "Prepare for trouble, make it double!" to their introduction.
- When Meowth was talking about how to get into the lighthouse, his ears were teal.
- Misty said to Ash that the Pokémon he obtained were following him, but this was incorrect because Pikachu was given to Ash by Professor Oak, Butterfree as a Caterpie was a lucky catch, Pidgeotto and Bulbasaur were captured in a legitimate battle, while Charmander and Squirtle were the ones who followed him.
Dub differences
- In the original version, after Jessie says that she, James and Meowth should climb the cliff to the top to reach the lighthouse, they question themselves weather or not they can, while in the dub, it's ironically revealed that both Jessie and James are afraid of heights.
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Comedian and writer Preacher Moss will present his "End of Racism" comedy tour at 7 p.m. Feb. 6, in the auditorium of Penn State Beaver's Student Union Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Bryant Reginald Moss earned the nickname "Preacher" because of his imitations of the pastor at his family's church. Raised as a Christian in a Maryland suburb, he attended a local military academy and converted to Islam at age 20.
Moss was the opening act and a writer for comedian Darrell Hammond, a regular on "Saturday Night Live." He continued to work in Los Angeles as a writer for other comedians, including Damon Wayans and George Lopez, and toured with comedian Dave Chappelle.
In addition, he and several other comedians developed the "Allah Made Me Funny" tour, which they performed throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Europe, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East.
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Along with the pygmy chimp or bonobo (Pan paniscus), the mammals (Pan troglodytes) is the closest living relative (4) to humans and is estimated to share 98 percent of our genes (6). There are currently four recognised subspecies of mammals, showing differences in appearance and geographic range: the western or masked chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus), central or black-faced chimpanzee (P. t. troglodytes), eastern or long-haired chimpanzee (P. t. schweinfurthii) and the eastern Nigeria chimpanzee (P. t. vellerosus) (3). They all have the characteristic chimpanzee body shape with longer arms than legs, together with opposable thumbs and big toes (5). The bare skin on the face, ears, palms, and soles of the feet is pinkish to black (5), whilst the rest of the body is covered with brown to black hairs (6). Chimpanzees have very expressive features with their bulging eyebrows and protrusive lips (6). The long arms and fingers and mobile shoulder joints allow chimps to move easily in the trees where they forage and rest (4). The majority of their locomotion however, takes place on the ground in the form of 'knuckle-walking' (4).
Chimpanzees are highly intelligent, social animals with a startlingly complex culture. They live in stable communities which range in size from 15 to 150 members, although individuals tend to travel and forage in much smaller groups (4). Males stay in their natal community for life and male relationships are ordered in a strict linear hierarchy, which allows many disputes to be settled without the need for violence (4); males are also dominant over all of the females in the group (5). Chimpanzees are long-lived and do not reach sexual maturity until they are around 10 to 11 years old, with inter-birth intervals of around five years (5). Young mammalss develop slowly and are weaned at around four years old (4), although they retain strong ties with their mother after this.
Chimps are active throughout the day and feed mainly on fruit, supplementing their diet with leaves, flowers, seeds and insects when fruit is scarce (4). Meat is a favourite food for chimps and groups will cooperate together to hunt and kill monkeys (5). Chimpanzees are remarkably dextrous and are one of the few species to exhibit tool use; from fly wisps and nutcrackers to rods used to probe for ants and termites (4). Chimps exhibit complex communication in the form of expressions, postures and calls (5); social grooming is vital for maintaining bonds between individuals (4).
Once found throughout the equatorial forest belt of Africa from the west to east coast of the continent (5), between 13 degrees North and 7 degrees South (2). Chimpanzee populations are today found where tracts of these forests remain and the largest populations are located in Gabon, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (2).
The chimpanzee inhabits a variety of woodlands from humid evergreen forests to deciduous forest and dry savanna woodlands (7).
The mammals is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). Subspecies: western or masked chimpanzee (P. t. verus); central or black-faced chimpanzee (P. t. troglodytes); eastern or long-haired chimpanzee (P. t. schweinfurthii); eastern Nigeria chimpanzee (P. t. vellerosus) are all classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Habitat loss from mining, forestry and agriculture is one of the major threats to wildlife in equatorial Africa at present (8). Deforestation in west Africa is most severe and remaining pockets of undisturbed forest are home to highly fragmented populations of mammalss (8). The demand for bushmeat has recently exploded due in part to the growing human population, more accessible forests and the increased availability of firearms (4); some conservationists believe this trade is currently the biggest threat to species' survival in the area. Exposure to human diseases presents a further threat to the mammals (8).
Chimpanzees are protected by law throughout their range although this is often poorly enforced. The precise impact of the bushmeat trade is currently being investigated by the Bushmeat Working Group, part of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (9). The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) has recently recognised the urgent need to protect our closest relatives and has established a Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP) aimed at identifying the conservation initiatives required to secure the future of the apes and obtaining political support and funding to allow these to be achieved (10). The Jane Goodall Institute, amongst other organisations, is involving local people in chimp conservation in the form of sanctuaries and education programmes (5).
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Gavriel Salvendy 2nd International Symposium on Frontiers in Industrial Engineering: Laser and Photonic Systems and Innovations for Better Quality of Life
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Purdue Industrial Engineering (IE)'s Evolution and Frontiers Program is a continuous, collaborative process to create (with additional colleagues internal and external to Purdue) updates and improvements of our thinking and inspiration about the profession's evolution and impacts.
As part of this effort, the Gavriel Salvendy International Symposium on Frontiers in IE is organized once every two or three years. The goal is to invite a select group of leading experts, IE and non-IE, to focus on one particular visionary theme of major promise. Deliverables include a journal white paper and a book published by Taylor and Francis on the results, overview, and research and action agenda.
This symposium's particular emphasis will be to identify research frontiers where industrial engineering has the potential to contribute to lasers, optics and photonics applications in manufacturing, health care, and security and communications.
By bringing together leading lasers and photonics scientists and technologists with talented industrial engineers, we hope to stimulate new thinking that would bring a systems perspective to bear on laser and photonic systems applications. Through expert presentations by world leaders and panel discussions, we will challenge ourselves to explore opportunities for revolutionary systematization of laser and photonic technologies towards addressing and accelerating solutions of the grand engineering challenges. A particular emphasis will be to identify research frontiers where industrial engineering has the potential to contribute to lasers, optics, and photonics applications in fields such as manufacturing, health care, security, and communications.
Realizing that laser and photonic technologies have already impacted solutions across many critical sectors, we are seeking to ask how industrial and systems engineering perspectives, such as systems integration, optimization, process simulation, cyber-supported collaboration and supervisory control, among others, can accelerate this systematization, and inspire new concepts, models, methods and significant quality improvements. We would also like to ask what such discussion implies for industrial engineers and for laser and photonics technologists in terms of near-term and long-term methodological innovations, research and action agenda, and educational programs.
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The symposium is sponsored in part by Professor Emeritus Gavriel Salvendy, who was a professor in Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering from 1971 until retiring in 2008, and is a tribute to his many contributions to industrial engineering. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Salvendy has also been a Founding Chair Professor and Department Head at Tsinghua University, has published over 500 research publications and authored/edited 36 books. Among his many awards, he received the John Fritz Medal which is the engineering profession's highest award for his "fundamental international and seminal leadership and technical contributions to human engineering and industrial engineering education, theory, and practice".
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Thessaloníkithĕ˝sälōnē´kē [key] or Salonicasălənē´kə, səlŏn´ĭkə [key], also known as Thessalonike, Thessalonica, Salonika, and Saloniki, city (1991 pop. 383,967), capital of Thessaloníki prefecture, N Greece, in Macedonia; on the Gulf of Thessaloníki, an inlet of the Aegean Sea, at the neck of the Khalkidhikí Peninsula. It is the second largest city in Greece, a major modern port, and an industrial and commercial center. Exports from the port (opened in 1901) include grain, food products, tobacco, manganese and chrome ores, and hides. The city's industries produce refined oil, steel, petrochemicals, textiles, machinery, flour, cement, pharmaceuticals, and liquor. Thessaloníki is also a transportation hub. It is the site of an annual trade fair.
Although largely rebuilt in modern style, Thessaloníki still retains its famous white Byzantine walls, the 15th-century White Tower, and a Venetian citadel. The city is famous for its many fine churches, notably those of St. Sophia (modeled after its namesake in İstanbul and including fine mosaics), of St. George, and of St. Demetrius. The ruins of the triumphal arch of Emperor Constantine are there, in addition to Aristotle Univ.
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Serious Entertaining: Enjoy the Last of Lobster Roll Season
Seasonal menu planning for the perfect dinner party.
Now that Labor Day weekend is behind us, before we start getting all pumpkin-giddy, it's time to enjoy the tail end of lobster roll season. We sure did last week on a roadtrip to the motherland of lobster rolls, a.k.a. Maine. Cruising down Route-1 in the SE-mobile (a Ford Fiesta in a fierce shade of red), we stopped at Scarborough Lobster, one of our favorite little spots just south of Portland, for a toasted bun piled high with the sweet, tender lobster meat.
This summer, Maine's lobster harvest was record-breakingly bountiful. The lobster harvest pushed prices the lowest they've been in 30 years, and now the lobster industry, which is Maine's third-largest employer, is launching a national campaign to "rebrand the lobster and convince people to eat more of it," according to Newsweek [via The Kitchn].
But with summer fading away, the lobster catch is also starting to drop off and prices at the Maine docks are inching up again. You should still be able to score some decent lobster by the pound deals in the Northeast.
How to Make Lobster Rolls at Home
What is a lobster roll? Really depends who you ask. Some people prefer theirs the "classic" New England way: a cold, mayo-based lobster salad variety. Others, mostly in Connecticut as well as satellite colonies all up and down the New England coastline, prefer theirs hot and buttered. Frankly, we like them both ways so The Food Lab has recipes and step-by-step instructions for both.
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#hi11: we assembled an armature within and around the house to allow the molding and reflowing of movement, its telepresentation, turning far corners into broken windows, hyperlinking plaster and flesh, the house a hashtag, a sort of realtime collaborative memory palace people could inhabit use and shape for instantly distorted recall.
Projecting information over houseformation, surfaces become the house talking to its selves in recursive loops. @hi11. Click-through the stairwell, preview the adjoining room's thumbnail, preview yourself onscreen, sitting on Google's fireworks.
Hash tag, price tag, luggage tag, name tag, license and registration tag. The house turned into it, now it's the tag that becomes like a house: #hi11


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Delta boosts Los Angeles flying | Business
LOS ANGELES -- Delta is adding flights in Los Angeles, continuing a slow-but-steady buildup in one of the world's biggest markets for air travel.
It's also adding bigger planes for some flights to John F. Kennedy airport in New York, with a higher-end seat in first class.
The eight new destinations include Seattle, Spokane, Wash., San Jose, and Anchorage. It's also adding Nashville - a key destination for people in the music business.
Delta has been adding partnerships with other airlines that bring passengers to Los Angeles, including Virgin Australia and Alaska Airlines. Those passengers can then transfer to Delta flights to other parts of the U.S.
Delta Air Lines Inc. has about 12 percent of the departures from Los Angeles, putting it in third place there, behind United and American.


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Story highlights
- Document said 106 truckloads per day was a sufficient amount of goods
- Israel says it was only a study and never put into action
- Human rights group disagreed, saying aspects of plan were what actually occurred
- Israel eased its food embargo two years ago
The Israeli military calculated the number of calories residents of Gaza needed to avoid malnutrition during Israel's embargo from 2007 to 2010, according to a document released Wednesday under court order.
A spokesman for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said the document was a draft that was never implemented.
"No action was ever carried out based on the paper," a written statement said.
Gisha, an Israeli human rights group, said it acquired two versions of the study from 2008. The document concluded that 106 trucks per day could bring the appropriate amount of food, medicine, hygiene items and agricultural "inputs." The group said that was in contrast to the more than 400 trucks that entered Gaza before June 2007.
"How can Israel claim that it is not responsible for civilian life in Gaza when it controls even the type and quantity of food that Palestinian residents of Gaza are permitted to consume?" said Sari Bashi, executive director of Gisha.
Gisha said the 106-truck standard was the model for what Israel Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai approved, and it demanded Israel allow the free passage of goods.
Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said: "This is good evidence against Israel. We will use this report against Israel to show its crimes against humanity."
Israel had enacted a ban on the import of many goods after the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007.
Israel, the United States and the European Union consider the Islamist group a terrorist organization. Israel is concerned that Hamas will use some materials for the purpose of attacking its territory.
Israel eased its food embargo in 2010.


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Michael Irvin Keeping the Promise
The cigar was the symbol of a series of promises. At least that was the way Michael Irvin saw it. There he was, the All-Pro wide receiver, the self-proclaimed "Playmaker" on the big-time National Football League dynasty of the '90s, the Dallas Cowboys. After a fallow decade, America's Team had been resurrected, the squeaky-clean, humble piety of Tom Landry and Roger Staubach jettisoned for the brash in-your-face arrogance of coach Jimmy Johnson and his former University of Miami star, the cocky Irvin. As all the pieces fell into place—as the Cowboys won their first Super Bowl in 14 years, then a second, then a third—Irvin basked in the glow of success. He loved the glory and the top-tier perks offered to an All-Pro football player in the Lone Star State. "We knew how the Cowboys did would even affect the Texas economy," says Irvin as he zips through the streets of suburban Dallas in his silver Mercedes SL55. "We were big; the Beatles, the Rat Pack of Texas." A smooth cigar was one great way to savor that glory. On Sunday nights, with the game still racking his ears and memories of each play ringing through his brain, Irvin would join his Cowboys buddies to decompress at places like the local Ruth's Chris Steak House. "You can't eat," says Irvin. "You're too hyped to get the food down. You need to play it out, let it go, relax and, most of all, be one of the boys." At first it was Leon Lett, the gregarious defensive end, who offered Irvin a taste of a vanilla cigar. "That was sweet, so delicious," says Irvin.
He and Leon, often joined by their buddy Emmitt Smith, the Cowboys' go-to running back, found the cigars an ideal way to chew over the game.
But even celebration of a battle well fought was secondary to Irvin's pride in having delivered on a promise he'd made years earlier to his father, Walter. Michael was one of 17 kids raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While Michael was in his teens, Walter fell ill with throat and brain cancer. Michael, already starting to prove his prowess as a football star, was the one Walter selected to drive him to his doctor's appointments.
"I'd just gotten my driver's license, so I was just happy to get behind the wheel of our silver Chevy Caprice," says Irvin. "But my dad had something else in mind. He'd talk to me about manhood, and responsibility. I didn't really understand it at the time, but I remember this: One time he tried in our living room to get up, and he couldn't, and he broke his hip. He asked out loud—and he was big, 6 feet, 2 inches, 240 pounds—'How long can I deal with this?' It wasn't the pain he was talking about. It was the pain of having his family see him like this. So he and I would talk, and he said to me, 'You're going to do something great. But you've got to promise me you'll take care of your mother. Promise me that.' And then one day he said, 'I feel like going home on the morning train.' And that night, he died."
Irvin kept the promise. He earned a scholarship to the University of Miami, became an All-American receiver, and then threw himself heart and soul into his pro career. "What made Michael so special was the way he worked," says Troy Aikman, the Cowboys' quarterback from those years. "He practiced every day as if he was going up against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship."
All his life Irvin dreamed of being a famous performer and a superb athlete. With Dallas, in his own loud and diligent way, he'd struck gold in both areas. "Wide receivers are the ones at the end," says Irvin, "so we've got to make noise and work hard to get people to pay attention to us. But when they do, we better make things happen." By 1990, his third season, Irvin ranked on a par with the great Jerry Rice. He also revolutionized the wide receiver position, imposing a new level of physicality to running his patterns. Earning good money, he bought his mother a new house and gratefully assumed the role of family financial caretaker. "You can catch it and take that hit," he says, "or get back to the ghetto."
Back with Lett and Smith after the games, and also occasionally with Aikman, lineman Erik Williams or other teammates, enjoying the sweet taste of the vanilla cigars, Irvin savored how far he had come. " 'Let's be big boys' was the way I thought of it," says Irvin. "Let's have a Cognac and a cigar. To me, that was the ultimate way of being bourgeois—brothers from the ghetto being bourgeois. Leon would try to eat caviar and we'd crack up. Imagine that, raised on collard greens and here we're cooling out with a cigar."
There was time spent making other promises, too. No other sport requires more intricate forms of collaboration than football. "You need everyone to help everyone," says Irvin. "For me to make that catch, the other receiver needs to run his pattern, too, so that the defense is off-balance. I may be the one who makes the grab, but everyone contributes to it. So we'd sit down and get each other to commit to things we'd do during the games—all those little things that add up to great football." As the late hours of Sunday turned into the early hours of Monday, as the smoke wisped its way into the air, Irvin locked himself into one agreement after another. This was what it took to be a champion. This was what it took to succeed. It was all so simple.
Life became more complicated for Michael Irvin on October 10, 1999. That was the day he suffered a career-ending neck injury in a game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Though he'd always imagined he'd have to be dragged off the field, he'd always thought that was a silly fantasy, and certainly one that wouldn't happen when he was a mere 33 years old. He finished his career with 750 catches and 65 touchdowns. Eligible for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the first time in 2005, Irvin failed to get voted in, but it's expected he'll make it to the Hall in due time.
Nearly six years after that fateful day, Irvin's sitting in a Dallas seafood restaurant, eating from a bowl of gumbo, sipping water, staggered by how fast fame comes and goes. Over the course of the meal, a few fans politely wave, say hello and wish him well. Irvin is kind to them all. He remembers how he lived for the chance to get in the face of the opposing defensive back, make the big catch and bring the crowd to its feet. "Fans may watch a movie," he says, "but with us, with football, they live a game. You do that in front of millions, it's like nothing you can ever imagine feeling."
And so, he entered the world of another kind of promise—one he was unable to keep. "For 30 years, my drug was football. That was who I was," says Irvin. "And then, just like that, it's gone. You start to wonder: Who am I? What's my purpose? We as men don't want to talk to each other about these kind of feelings." So instead, they find other outlets. If they're wealthy All-Pros used to rock star treatment, they don't always make the best decisions. Even back in his playing days. Irvin was breaking promises to his wife, Sandi (the two were married in 1990). In March 1996, celebrating his 30th birthday, he was arrested on charges of cocaine possession. But as he notes, "The team environment can keep you in check. I'd broken my promises to Leon and Emmitt and Troy, and knew if I did it again, they'd kick my ass."
Once retired, though, who was around to hold Irvin accountable in the way Lett, Smith and Aikman had? "I spiraled," says Irvin. "I was lost. I blew all kinds of money on women and drugs and hotel rooms. And don't forget, when you're the man, you've got a posse, so you're picking up tabs left and right. I'm talking hundreds of thousands of dollars."
There came a night when Irvin made his way home amid a barrage of TV helicopters and cameras. He had no idea how to begin to recount to his wife all the ways he'd lied to her. As soon as he opened the door, she made it all clear. Don't say a word to me, she said. Look in the mirror and make your peace with God.
In early 2001, after giving up what he calls "my main addiction—football," Irvin realized he had to give up the other addictions, too. Irvin found solace in religion. The hours he once devoted to hedonistic pursuits are now often spent with Bishop T. D. Jakes. "He's helped me get inspired, helped me understand myself and just what an obsessive person I can be," says Irvin. "Before I met him, I was knowledgeable but I wasn't spiritually healthy."
When he isn't spending hours reading the Bible, talking with Jakes or working with Sandi on building a new house, Irvin's got a new career that greatly excites him. His chatty manner made him a natural for a television career. However, his off-the-field scandals compelled ESPN to initially reject him as a potential commentator. After seeing Irvin excel in a short stint with FOX, though, ESPN decided it was worth hiring him as a studio analyst. "I love TV," he says. "I love that it's live. That's as close as it comes to the adrenaline of the game. I can talk about football all day."
According to ESPN football analyst Suzy Kolber, a fellow Miami graduate who's worked with Irvin and has known him since she worked for a Cowboys' TV network in the early '90s, "We talked extensively about how to do the job. And he works on it, not just on football but on diction, on language and delivery. He's good, he's outgoing, he comes up with unique lines and phrases that are unique to him."
Earlier this year, Irvin made his film debut in the remake of the 1974 prison football classic, The Longest Yard. Uncertain how to act, he met with Burt Reynolds, who'd starred in the first version and was also in the second. "He told me just to be real, to find it from the heart," says Irvin. Reviews of Irvin's supporting role were generally positive. "The former Dallas Cowboy can act," said Rolling Stone. Since then, he and the movie's star, Adam Sandler, have become pals, and Irvin hopes to find more film work.
But the cornerstones of his life remain football, family and faith. Life has not been easy for this man since he was carried off the field that day in Philadelphia. The cheers have gone; the memories remain. Can anything quite match that feeling he and Smith had when they took the field for their first Super Bowl back in 1993? "Don't let anyone tell you it's just another game," says Irvin. "We walked onto that field, and our knees were shaking. But we won, we got it done." Asked his thoughts on the comment that athletes die twice—the first time when they retire—Irvin nods his head.
These days, Michael Irvin enjoys his cigars in solitude. As a friendly concession to Sandi, he doesn't smoke at home, opting instead for one during his many road trips. Traveling to NFL cities for his ESPN work, staying in hotel rooms by himself, unwinding at the end of a day out on a location shoot, Irvin reflects on the many promises he's kept, the many he's broken and his hopes for the future—in his case, one blessed day at a time.
Oakland-based Joel Drucker, author of the book Jimmy Connors Saved My Life, writes about sports, popular culture and business.


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Fashion bash rattles slopes
Wealthy residents of the exclusive Swiss Alps ski resort town of Gstaad got their mink fur coats all ruffled when design icon Valentino Garavani continued playing loud Madonna music late into the night at his New Year's Eve bash at his chalet.
A source tells the New York Post, "They were playing dance music all night, and a lot of Madonna songs. A number of residents complained to the police as it was echoing around the mountain, and one officer went to speak to someone at the gate of Valentino's chalet. But it didn't seem to make much difference, and the music just carried on."
The bash at Garavani's and his partner Giancarlo Giammetti's chalet drew Madonna herself, her daughter, Lourdes, and her boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat, who reportedly "danced all night." Also there were "Les Misérables" star Anne Hathaway – who was recently married in a Valentino gown – and her hubby, Adam Shulman.


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Kennesaw State University physics Professor Nikolaos Kidonakis and Assistant Professor David Joffe in the College of Science and Mathematics share a unique connection with the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Kidonakis performed theoretical research on the Higgs boson and the top quark as part of both Standard Model calculations and other physics. His results are used worldwide by theorists and in experimental collaborations.
Joffe, who participated in the ATLAS experiment that confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson, said of the experiments in Switzerland, "It was like looking for the world's smallest needle in the world's largest haystack."
Earlier this month, physicists Francois Englert and Peter Higgs were awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their theories, hatched 50 years ago, that led each of them to independently propose the mechanism that gives subatomic particles their mass. Their theories were confirmed through last year's discovery of the predicted fundamental particle by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
ATLAS and CMS are particle physics experiments carried out by international teams of scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland. Several thousand physicists from 35 countries are taking part in the project to see what happens when protons collide at high energies.
Kidonakis also shares a personal connection with Higgs, who served as the Ph.D. advisor to Kidonakis' own Ph.D. advisor. Kidonakis also worked out of Higgs' office at the University of Edinburgh as a postdoctoral fellow there in the late 1990s, where Higgs is professor emeritus.
"We had several very interesting conversations about physics," Kidonakis said. "Professor Higgs was very nice but rather shy. He liked to stay out of the limelight."
Although Joffe did not meet Higgs, he was part of the team at CERN that collided protons at high energies to prove the existence of the Higgs boson particle.
"Researchers studied trillions of collisions over the years," Joffe said. "I worked on searches for the decay of the Higgs Boson into two photons, which involved sifting through all the data, an enormous amount of data, to find the evidence for the existence of the particle."